Newsletter out--Holographic Darth Sidious with Mechno-chair (1/6th Scale)

[Buttmunch]

I think it looks great. I'll be ordering mine on Thursday. Can't wait for Maul and Vader to be posed with this.

 

[Sachiel]

It is small. Especially since the actual hologram in the movie looked to be 1/1 scale compared to the real emperor. Plus the hologram doesn't look to be his whole body.

 

[Amir]

It is small compared to movie scale. But it was not a 1:1 size hologram of the Emperor in TPM. I do wish it was bigger but it still looks very nice.

 

[Lord Aykroyd]

OK - definitive proof its 1/8. AND IM REALLY SORRY FOR BEING SUCH A HARD a$$.

Here is a scene capture

Now, assuming everything is 1/6 scale in the picture, to make something 1/8 you would scale it by 6/8 (or make it 75% of the size)
Ive done that here

As you can see - its the exact size as the toy (actually the toy is even a little smaller)

The SDCC chair is absolutely 1/8 scale, not 1/6 - this was a major error.

Now I love SSC to death - and will definitely be getting this, but I mean COME ON! Next thing we know they will have the nemodians using standard Art Buck bodies (as you can see, they tower over the standard body - they're like wookies!)

Anyway, rant over. Im sorry SSC, but you totally missed accuracy on this one.

 

[mfoga]

Well Pose it with Medicom and it will be all good

 

[Lord Aykroyd]

Well Pose it with Medicom and it will be all good

Done and done.

 

[IrishJedi]

Well Pose it with Medicom and it will be all good

 

[Deak Starkiller]

Anyone else feel that with the light on it's got sort of a Virgin Mary thing going?




...just me then.

LOL, god is grace!

 

[metaphorge]

Here is a scene capture

Now, assuming everything is 1/6 scale in the picture, to make something 1/8 you would scale it by 6/8 (or make it 75% of the size)
Ive done that here

As you can see - its the exact size as the toy (actually the toy is even a little smaller)

The SDCC chair is absolutely 1/8 scale, not 1/6 - this was a major error.

I'm going to bet the thought process here was to make it so that Sidious would be on eye-level with most of the currently available figures. It's film inaccurate, but I think this may have been an acceptable trade-off.

In any case, I'm stoked for this. Stuff like this and the Dejarik table and Bubo are really making me love this line, much more so than if they just stuck to the five or so main characters.

Now where's my Wat Tambor?

 

[Buttmunch]

Anyone have a screen cap other than the one above? I'm not entirely sure the Holo is that big. It is the closest thing to the camera in that shot and therefore can make it seem bigger than it really is. The holo in that pic seems to be the same size as Sideshow's. I think it is the chair that might be small. Either way, I'm sure there were different sizes of mechno-chairs and holographs in the universe so the size won't bother me at all, besides a smaller size may be saving us in the price category.

 

[JGouse0498]

Anyone have a screen cap other than the one above? I'm not entirely sure the Holo is that big. It is the closest thing to the camera in that shot and therefore can make it seem bigger than it really is. The holo in that pic seems to be the same size as Sideshow's. I think it is the chair that might be small. Either way, I'm sure there were different sizes of mechno-chairs and holographs in the universe so the size won't bother me at all, besides a smaller size may be saving us in the price category.

The chair isn't that much closer to the camera than the Neimoidians and Maul. At least, it's not enough to change this 1/8 scale demonstration into 1/6. I stand by my gut feeling that this is 1/7 scale.

In any event, I'm willing to forgive slight scale inaccuracies on something such as this. It's not like they released Qui-Gon on the short body.

 

[The Ringer]

Thank You Sideshow for the comparisson shot! It makes me want to order it more!:chew

 

[Boba Fett]

Definetely getting this. It looks good posed with Maul, despite if is film accurate or not. I don't really care.

 

[Khev]

The first time Palpatine ever made an appearance in the saga was through a hologram (ESB) and his TPM holo was quite iconic as well ("Wipe them out, all of them...") so it would be cool to have him in that form. I'll probably get it.

 

[Darklord Dave]

Using that one screen shot isn't really fair as we don't know how far away from the camera Maul is.

 

[MaulFan]

I like that the Sidious figure can be removed as well, I wonder if a customizer might make a throne for the Mechno chair to haul Nute around.

 

[DarthNeil]

Happy meal toy.

Have you seen them already at work?

 

[TheObsoleteMan]

Caught this over at Rebelscum:

https://threads.rebelscum.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB38&Number=2534783&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=6

Hi all,

The LCD display at C4 showed $40 (attendee edition). Each podium had an LCD with the product and pricing info. Also, the legs on the Mechno-chair are articulated and the LED is powered by two watch-type batteries.

Less than I was expecting.

 

[Buttmunch]

Caught this over at Rebelscum:

https://threads.rebelscum.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB38&Number=2534783&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=6



Less than I was expecting.

It is exactly what I was expecting. Remember, clear plastic isn't very expensive. You can/could buy an articulated hasblow "hologram" figure for $5-7. Without articulation that should decrease. All of the cost is in the chair. The hologram itslef is easily only $5, $10 tops.

 

[Customikey]

At $40, I'm in. A penny more, and he's cancelled.