1/6th Scale Sideshow Hoth Luke Skywalker (Echo Base)

[CaptnRex]

SS has literally put out the best for Luke. If this was the custom world there would be a stampede here to get the figure. In fact its great to see so many customizers now working for a company making Legit figures.

Paint: Wan Lee (Lalla)
Sculpt: Trevor Grove
Andy B.
Clothing: Serang Kim

Do you know how much Lalla paints one head for these days ? Upwards of $400. Serang's figures are way upwards of a grand with his DX packages touching $5k. And Trevor of course needs no introduction here.

The team that worked on Luke can put HT's to shame. I believe the sculpts and apps are up there with the best.

Except Lalla isn't hand painting every one of these production figures, the SSC factory is.

 

[lerath666]

I was looking at the 'ensemble' pick with Luke standing with his gear in front of him (where is his base SS? dont cheap out on the snowy base). Is anyone worried about the thickness of the lightsaber?

Been saying that a while now. it started with padawan Obi, and is carried over to vader, Malgus, and some others.

i DO NOT care for it. that big, it might start to warp and/or droop.

SIDESHOW! BRING BACK THE THINNER BLADES! they looked SOO MUCH BETTER!

this saber looks BAD to me

 

[lerath666]

Except Lalla isn't hand painting every one of these production figures, the SSC factory is.

no, but he is doing the paint masters, and lately, finished product has been matching the prototype paint masters MUCH MORE CLOSELY wish sideshow.

 

[Pixelpiper]

Is anyone worried about the thickness of the lightsaber?

Nothing a little coconut oil can't fix. Oh wait...

 

[Invictus Sol]

Lol, pix, was not expecting that from you.

 

[Pixelpiper]

It's what my wife always says.

 

[fireball117]

Fuuuuuu, for that price I'd stick with the hasbro version of the taun-taun and customize it, they are getting up there with the hot toys prices.

 

[Pixelpiper]

Hot toys doesn't make large tauntauns.

 

[EVILFACE]

lol, suddenly Trevor Grove isn't as good as Hot Toys.

 

[Wulf]

[ame]https://youtu.be/cdEQmpVIE4A[/ame]

 

[Invictus Sol]

lol, suddenly Trevor Grove isn't as good as Hot Toys.

Yeah, that's what make me laugh, too. Grove is so coveted in general (and especially in the customs section), that it's kind of weird to see his work getting a thrashing here (and Serang Kim for the outfit, holy, needless to say that's impressive). I'm not blown away by the likeness to Hamill, but it's close enough to 'Luke' that I ordered the exclusive from Sideshow. Not a super big fan of the battle-damaged look but if there are tweaks made prior to release, it could be a very nice piece to have.

Worst case scenario, I'll sell the BD HS a-la-carte for the difference between ordering from Sideshow and locally ($40.00). Also ordered the Tauntaun from Urban Samurai, so saved a bit on that. Just waiting for Solo, now, and I'm all-in for Hoth.

 

[CollectorGuy]

Been saying that a while now. it started with padawan Obi, and is carried over to vader, Malgus, and some others.

i DO NOT care for it. that big, it might start to warp and/or droop.

SIDESHOW! BRING BACK THE THINNER BLADES! they looked SOO MUCH BETTER!

this saber looks BAD to me

No they didn't look better they were too thin and fragile, the lightsabers in the film are thicker than that.
I do agree the new ones are a little " Too " thick though, but at the same time more in 1/6 scale too.

 

[ApeManRyan]

Been saying that a while now. it started with padawan Obi, and is carried over to vader, Malgus, and some others.

i DO NOT care for it. that big, it might start to warp and/or droop.

SIDESHOW! BRING BACK THE THINNER BLADES! they looked SOO MUCH BETTER!

this saber looks BAD to me

How the hell did my picture end up in this thread? Too add it really is not that bad. When SS made it look all thin. Looked like crap. The thickness on Obi Wans saber is a bit too thick but a little in the middle and would be perfect but still love it.

 

[LoveMinusZero]

I dunno, those sabres look awful to me, I don't really think any lit toy sabres look good, but the new fat ones scream Hasbro to me.

 

[Reefer Shark]

Think it looks really nice!

But gonna pass, a bit too much for both, and I would feel empty with Luke and no Taun-Taun lol

 

[shocktrooper_au]

You have to turn the screen upside down for the bd scuplt to look like hamill

 

[Sachiel]

I dunno, those sabres look awful to me, I don't really think any lit toy sabres look good, but the new fat ones scream Hasbro to me.

Yeah the new blades look like crap. The original design was much nicer. Even the Hot Toys Luke has it.

 

[CaptnRex]

no, but he is doing the paint masters, and lately, finished product has been matching the prototype paint masters MUCH MORE CLOSELY wish sideshow.

I really hope so.

Just ordered this and a Tauntaun.

 

[darthsprawl]

His hands look unusually out of proportion.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

He has Taylor Kitsch's eyes..