1/6 2014 a big year for SW sixth scale.

[saunders45]

Give me Chewie, R2, and 3PO for starters. How many more flipping clones do we need when we're missing central characters? It's ridiculous.

 

[Pixelpiper]

3PO and R2 have been done before - not in scale (with each other), but Chewie remains the big missing link in higher end 1/6 scale. That's not to say that a droid pair wouldn't be welcome. I'm sure they'd sell exceptionally well if they weren't priced in stupid territory like the Tamashii 3PO.

 

[Wor-Gar]

It's truly amazing after 8 years of cranking out Star Wars figures at around 12 a year since the beginning in 2006, that Sideshow still has so many holes in the line-up. Granted, the SW universe is endless with characters, but there's still so many central and fairly central characters that have not even been attempted.

 

[devilof76]

Count the number of spots wasted on clones and the mystery begins to clear itself up.

Are you listening Sideshow? A dumptruck full of kittens will be emptied into a shark tank for every clone you make beyond this point.

I don't bluff.

 

[CaptnRex]

I think Sideshow have slowed down with the releases lately too. We don't need Sideshow Droids, Tamashii need to finish what they started.

Sculpted Chewie can't be that hard, they did the PF, just add some joints, lol.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

I think Sideshow have slowed down with the releases lately too. We don't need Sideshow Droids, Tamashii need to finish what they started.

Sculpted Chewie can't be that hard, they did the PF, just add some joints, lol.

They should've just released the Tamashii pair together, from the get go.

You want a furry Chewie doll? Commission someone to make it for you.. but please, don't wish that horror on the general consumer public.

 

[Pixelpiper]

If Tamashii had released both droids together, we'd all have that stunted abortion of an R2 to look at. That proto wasn't some stand-in, it was what they were using to get licensor approval according to their own labeling. I think everyone is better off without it. At least this way there's still the Taito versions out there to be dressed up a bit.

 

[j14]

It would be an even bigger year if Grand Moff Tarkin or Count Dooku were finally revealed.

Good call. I've only been waiting 5 years for Tarkin...c'mon Sideshow, get to it already.

Sent from atop my Dewback

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

If Tamashii had released both droids together, we'd all have that stunted abortion of an R2 to look at. That proto wasn't some stand-in, it was what they were using to get licensor approval according to their own labeling. I think everyone is better off without it. At least this way there's still the Taito versions out there to be dressed up a bit.

Perhaps.. but I'm sure their 'scholar' would have a thing or two to say before they potentially pressed ahead with those specs.

 

[Pixelpiper]

Perhaps.. but I'm sure their 'scholar' would have a thing or two to say before they potentially pressed ahead with those specs.

I doubt that, because the R2 could otherwise be "close-enough" except for scale. 3PO was the correct scale, but also just "close enough" in sculpt. So far from perfect, to at least the same degree as Sideshow's latest Vader. And over-priced by an even greater margin. We need a droid set for the plebs - in scale and a great sculpt. A trifecta if you will.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

I doubt that, because the R2 could otherwise be "close-enough" except for scale.

Well, without splitting hairs - it was a prototype. Three glaring faults though; the chrome dome, the clear main 'eye' - & the scale.. & you suppose he'd be ok to give his scholarly stamp on those? Why not. Hey - everyone's a scholar these days, no big deal.

3PO was the correct scale, but also just "close enough" in sculpt. So far from perfect, to at least the same degree as Sideshow's latest Vader.

Now you're just talking jibberish. It's a farcical comparison - don't go there.

And over-priced by an even greater margin..

Well, of course it was overpriced - no one's going to disagree with that necessarily.

 

[Pixelpiper]

The proto R2 was incorrectly shiny, but there's no reason to believe a final wouldn't have been the same, what with the finish on 3PO also not being a match for the movies. In the end, I'm probably glad we don't get to find out and I hope we'll see both of these guys revisited sooner rather than later - I wouldn't expect anything before 2016 though.

 

[Mad Old Lu]

Threepio's proto had a matte fishish and they fixed that:

I'm positive they would have fixed R2's dome finish and most likely the eye. Now, fixing the scale on the other hand is anyone's guess.

 

[Taibhse]

They should've just released the Tamashii pair together, from the get go.

You want a furry Chewie doll? Commission someone to make it for you.. but please, don't wish that horror on the general consumer public.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

The proto R2 was incorrectly shiny, but there's no reason to believe a final wouldn't have been the same, what with the finish on 3PO also not being a match for the movies.

What do you mean 'no reason'? There's every reason.

..& C-3PO's paint is more accurately matched than you're suggesting, so..

 

[Pixelpiper]

I'm not sure what reasons you've seen to suggest R2 would be any different than the proto that was shown, but I suppose we'll never know. The SW ship has sailed for Tamashii.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

I'm not sure what reasons you've seen to suggest R2 would be any different than the proto that was shown, but I suppose we'll never know. The SW ship has sailed for Tamashii.

The word 'prototype' for starters.

Come on PP, seriously..

 

[Pixelpiper]

I'm going by the style of C3PO. Unnaturally shiny, with a light golden tone that doesn't match the costume in the movie. That's why I think the R2 shown and labeled "waiting for approval" was closer to what a final product would have been than not. With regards to the size, no one would make an incorrect scale mold for approval and then have to redo all the work again at the correct scale. It was too small simply because they decided to make it that size. They got it wrong, like many of the details on C3PO. he simplest explanation is more often than not the correct one.

The fact no R2 was produced should be treated as a blessing at this point.

This is a pre-production C3PO sample:

 

[devilof76]

I'm pretty sure that anyone who actually wanted to sell a $400 R2 would have reworked the scale to the correct standard, particularly if that was why their prototype was rejected.

 

[saunders45]

3PO and R2 have been done before - not in scale (with each other), but Chewie remains the big missing link in higher end 1/6 scale. That's not to say that a droid pair wouldn't be welcome. I'm sure they'd sell exceptionally well if they weren't priced in stupid territory like the Tamashii 3PO.

I'm not a fan of the Medicom scale, and I'm not going to pay $800 for the Tamashii pair. I still wanna see SSC do them.