New Sideshow Daredevil Premium Format

[RIDDICK]

Armor-laden suit is fine for someone like Batman who has a lot of cash and access to technologies.
It's doesn't make sense for someone like Daredevil who's a cheap getto lawyer when he's not fightin' crime.

Nextflix show went the right way with the armored suit, it made sense there. But if you introduce something that has no background you better write one on the box or design the suit in such a way that we could read its history by simply lookin' at it.

 

[JAWS]

Armor-laden suit is fine for someone like Batman who has a lot of cash and access to technologies.
It's doesn't make sense for someone like Daredevil who's a cheap getto lawyer when he's not fightin' crime.

Nextflix show went the right way with the armored suit, it made sense there. But if you introduce something that has no background you better write one on the box or design the suit in such a way that we could read its history by simply lookin' at it.

We are not calling shin guards and knee pads armor-laden are we??

 

[Phoenixblazes]

The modernization by XM can be simple things like straps and zippers (Wolverine has straps on his gloves and zippers on his boots) or something more drastic like the straps on DD and the ridiculous hump they put on his back. They do have pieces that are pretty much spot on like Phoenix. However, they then have her on a destroyed Sentinel base when she never fought Sentinels before. I've read comics for a long time so I tend to see these types of discrepancies and find them a bit annoying. That said, as much as I didn't care for the Sentinel base on Phoenix, I did pick her up because I loved the figure and the flaming eagle. Getting the figure right and as comic accurate as possible has always been the most important criteria for me when it comes to buying a statue. Because of that, it's been hard to be a Sideshow fan nowadays.

Is that truly bad? Imo little adjustments or rather small additions like that greatly add to a character that we have known for decades without desecrating its history.

Pretty much the opposite of what was done to the recent Cap PF by Sideshow who imo just went a bit too far. However the opposite reaction was achieved with what they did with their new Wolverine; making it one of the few items I've purchased the Exclusive directly via Sideshow rather than saving about 20% if I were to order locally.

We are not calling shin guards and knee pads armor-laden are we??

It looks like we are

But unfortunately many feel that comic characters shouldn't be made to be even slightly more realistic, given that they are somewhat unrealistic characters to begin with.

 

[hannibal10]

Armor-laden suit is fine for someone like Batman who has a lot of cash and access to technologies.
It's doesn't make sense for someone like Daredevil who's a cheap getto lawyer when he's not fightin' crime.

Nextflix show went the right way with the armored suit, it made sense there. But if you introduce something that has no background you better write one on the box or design the suit in such a way that we could read its history by simply lookin' at it.

JFC it's a statue.

 

[filip629]

Is that truly bad? Imo little adjustments or rather small additions like that greatly add to a character that we have known for decades without desecrating its history.

Pretty much the opposite of what was done to the recent Cap PF by Sideshow who imo just went a bit too far. However the opposite reaction was achieved with what they did with their new Wolverine; making it one of the few items I've purchased the Exclusive directly via Sideshow rather than saving about 20% if I were to order locally.

Believe it or not, the straps on his gloves, zippers on his boots, and the armor or robot look of the blue cuffs around his shoulders was more than enough for me to pass on the original XM Wolverine. I have to put this in context though. I already have the sideshow Wolverine comiquette and it is very comic accurate so passing on XM's stylized Wolverine wasn't a problem for me because I already have a 1/4 comic accurate Wolverine that I love in my collection.

This all said, the only sideshow merchandise I have on pre-order is the new Wolverine PF. It's pretty close to his Astonishing costume and I absolutely love the unmasked portrait and think the other aspects of the statue look great. Again, I have to put this into context. I am a Wolverine and Batman nut. I don't own multiple statues of the same character in my collection. It's actually a rule I impose on myself so that I don't run out of room to display my collection. However, I do make an exception for just Batman and Wolverine because I like those characters so much. In the case of the new Wolverine PF, I just don't see any company releasing a 1/4 scale Astonishing Wolverine in the future and I really like that costume. This new Wolverine PF is going to probably be as close as it gets. So, I pulled the trigger and pre-ordered it as a stand alone piece. I didn't PO Magneto strictly because he wasn't close enough to his classic comic costume and I expect to be passing on whatever few X-MEN PFs sideshow releases before they abandon this line. The sad part is I still need a 1/4 Colossus, Cyclops, and Nightcrawler for my collection and I'll probably pass on any those releases (if they happen) in this new modernized X-MEN PF line. The only reason I'd pass on those characters if the sculpts look good is because I don't like the costumes that they are wearing. I don't mind small changes such as extra texturing or stitching. However, I really tend to hate straps, pouches, zippers, and padding in particular. The new Cap PF has so much padding he looks like he's ready to play football and the padding added to the new Batman PF just doesn't look good. Particularly because he has no padding on his upper body. It just looks awkward to me and don't even get me started on his sequin pants and that it looks like he's wearing chaps.

To bring things full circle and back to this new DD PF. I'm not at all a fan of all the added extras to his costume. However, I will say that if sideshow would have at least just painted his entire costume the same color of red that they used, it would be a much better looking statue IMO. Enough so that it may have pushed classic fans like me over the edge to PO it. I do like the sculpt but can't stomach all of the extra additions and new color scheme to his costume all at the same time. Anyway, I don't know if anything I said explains my position any better but that's just my thoughts in general on modernized costumes.

 

[Spliff]

Armor-laden suit is fine for someone like Batman who has a lot of cash and access to technologies.
It's doesn't make sense for someone like Daredevil who's a cheap getto lawyer when he's not fightin' crime.

Nextflix show went the right way with the armored suit, it made sense there. But if you introduce something that has no background you better write one on the box or design the suit in such a way that we could read its history by simply lookin' at it.

So it makes sense that Matt can obtain an armor laden suit in the show using the show's logic but not possible in the comic lore for Matt to obtain an armor laden suit. That makes total sense.

Outside of how weak that logic is, I'll just throw in that Reed makes suits for heros all the time. For free. He has also designed a suit for Matt before. So there you go, you can use that, or one of any other millions of instances in his long rich lore as a trained ninja that he can obtain a suit like that.

I can tell you don't read the books, though since Matt hasn't been a "cheap ghetto lawyer" in quite some time.

 

[BigWhammo]

Daredevil comic armor

 

[Thomascrown17]

Daredevil comic armor

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Can you imagine the outcry if THAT was releases? Lol


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[BigWhammo]

Can you imagine the outcry if THAT was releases? Lol


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Bowen did it.

 

[Asdf]

Oooh my eyes.

 

[RIDDICK]

We are not calling shin guards and knee pads armor-laden are we??

No, because this PF's design doesn't have them.

Again, I like this costume a lot more than Netflix one. It just doesn't make sense for DD to have it without some additional background to tell us why. All they have to do is write some on the backside of the box.

So it makes sense that Matt can obtain an armor laden suit in the show using the show's logic but not possible in the comic lore for Matt to obtain an armor laden suit. That makes total sense.

Indeed. Because they "explain and show" it in the show.

Outside of how weak that logic is, I'll just throw in that Reed makes suits for heros all the time. For free. He has also designed a suit for Matt before. So there you go, you can use that, or one of any other millions of instances in his long rich lore as a trained ninja that he can obtain a suit like that.

I can tell you don't read the books, though since Matt hasn't been a "cheap ghetto lawyer" in quite some time.

The design isn't from comic books, it is Sideshow's interpretation based on comic books and something they themselves like. So the whole "read the comix" logic doesn't work here. You can use it for your made-up fan background, nothing wrong with that.

 

[divo]

So it makes sense that Matt can obtain an armor laden suit in the show using the show's logic but not possible in the comic lore for Matt to obtain an armor laden suit. That makes total sense.

Outside of how weak that logic is, I'll just throw in that Reed makes suits for heros all the time. For free. He has also designed a suit for Matt before. So there you go, you can use that, or one of any other millions of instances in his long rich lore as a trained ninja that he can obtain a suit like that.

I can tell you don't read the books, though since Matt hasn't been a "cheap ghetto lawyer" in quite some time.

Spliff, the next one is on me.

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

Can you imagine the outcry if THAT was releases? Lol

I would’ve bought that

 

[filip629]

I would’ve bought that

At the very least, it's comic accurate.

 

[Pork Chop Express]

I do both. Vote with my wallet and voice my opinion. If anyone has a problem with that, there's an ignore feature on this forum.

I think you've made your point. Many, many times.

I'm sure that many agree with you, as your points are more than valid.

And I really don't mean to be offensive etc, but unfortunately if it keeps on going like it has across multiple threads it's going to start reading like ranting and raving soon. No matter how valid your points.

It's unfortunate that Sideshows art direction is moving in this direction, but I think it may be time for some to cut their losses and accept their Sideshow collection as is.

(Just my final 2 cents on the issue).

That.

 

[filip629]

That.

This...ignore button. Feel free to use it any time.

 

[BurningRage]

 

[BurningRage]

$575 ex

 

[BurningRage]

 

[Erndog]

That EX is SO much better than the REG. The regular looks like a robot.

If you look at JUST the head, without question the EX give a classic vibe to it.