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AMAZING acquisition my friend Andy
AMAZING acquisition my friend Andy
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Man, you're absolutely right, in that in terms of detail...its ridiculously insane!
I'm looking at every areas, and everywhere you look, the detail is astounding! Paint looks amazing!
Prime1 is just on another level.
Grats buddy!
Man, you're absolutely right, in that in terms of detail...its ridiculously insane!
I'm looking at every areas, and everywhere you look, the detail is astounding! Paint looks amazing!
Prime1 is just on another level.
Grats buddy!
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Don't get me wrong, but those Prime1 TF statue are purely AMAZING!!! Prime & Megatron are out of this world when looking at the sculpt, paint & détails, but unfortunately I'm not a fan of those movies.
Congrats Andy on those MUSEUM pièces, those truly deserve their grail status. They are PERFECT in every way and deserve all the praise they are getting!
Don't get me wrong, but those Prime1 TF statue are purely AMAZING!!! Prime & Megatron are out of this world when looking at the sculpt, paint & détails, but unfortunately I'm not a fan of those movies.
Congrats Andy on those MUSEUM pièces, those truly deserve their grail status. They are PERFECT in every way and deserve all the praise they are getting!
Hed_Honcho
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Awesome Andy!!!! I hope to pick one up at some point, looks amazing. Have you managed to pair him with megatron yet or is he back in storage for now?
Awesome Andy!!!! I hope to pick one up at some point, looks amazing. Have you managed to pair him with megatron yet or is he back in storage for now?
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Re: RobertoBagg10's Display Thread 'NEW UPDATE' PRIME 1 STUDIO OPTIMUS PRIME STATUE
Look great Andy. Congrats.
Look great Andy. Congrats.
RobertoBagg10
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Thanks for the kind words buddy As you can imagine, a statue of this detail is always going to have parts of it that are very intricate and fragile such as the doors, the wing mirrors, etc...but as a whole the statue is pretty sturdy. Prime 1 also provided spare parts plus glue inside the box for which they felt might arrived damaged so that you can glue on a replacement 
Thanks Steve Yea, this one arrived in just 2 boxes (thank god!) and Megatron was 3
Hey Chris, thanks for the kind words
us oldies love the 80's mate! 
Thanks for the gerat comments my friend
Thanks Matt
Great pics and congrats! That statue is out of control awesome. Does it seem fragile to you? It looks like it would be, but I haven't heard complaints of damage. Just wondering.
Thanks for the kind words buddy
As you can imagine, a statue of this detail is always going to have parts of it that are very intricate and fragile such as the doors, the wing mirrors, etc...but as a whole the statue is pretty sturdy. Prime 1 also provided spare parts plus glue inside the box for which they felt might arrived damaged so that you can glue on a replacement Thanks Steve
Yea, this one arrived in just 2 boxes (thank god!) and Megatron was 3 Hey Chris, thanks for the kind words
us oldies love the 80's mate! Thanks for the gerat comments my friend
Wow that really is insanely good. The detail is just crazy on this. Massive congrats buddy
Thanks Matt
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Really? Wow that's a first! How realistic of them to do that. Great idea IMO to include extras and glue lol. Even better that yours showed up unscathed though.
Thanks for the kind words buddy
Really? Wow that's a first! How realistic of them to do that. Great idea IMO to include extras and glue lol. Even better that yours showed up unscathed though.
chrisdeeds
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Fantastic shots as always!
Fantastic shots as always!
RobertoBagg10
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Yea, its a great touch from a company on the up and up to show the nature of this company, i had some slight warping on my Megatron base which was causing the statue to wobble slightly...i messaged Sideshow and as expected, they were unable to help me and offered me a measly $150 credit. So i messaged Prime 1 with my issues and they were able to ship out a new base free of charge and covered my shipping cost AND covered all import charges to the UK! It really was service of the highest order. So refreshing
Thanks my friend Adam
Thanks so much for stopping by and for the kind words I can understand why so many cancelled their orders in the end, especially those living in Europe due to the strength of the Dollar...i really hope you can pick yours up later down the line as i'm sure it will be available for a while yet due to the high ES
Thanks so much Remy agree on all of your points my friend 
Hey Marc, yea i'm actually in agreement with you in that i too wasnt a big fan of the movies. I love Transformers dont get me wrong, but my love is with the G1 and in a week or two's time i'll post up some pics of my new 1/2 scale custom G1 Optimus Prime However, as a statue collector, i just could'nt pass up on these incredible pieces by Prime 1 and the complexity of the designs that has gone into making these iconic movie characters into statue form
Thanks for the kind words as ever my friend
Really? Wow that's a first! How realistic of them to do that. Great idea IMO to include extras and glue lol. Even better that yours showed up unscathed though.
Yea, its a great touch from a company on the up and up
to show the nature of this company, i had some slight warping on my Megatron base which was causing the statue to wobble slightly...i messaged Sideshow and as expected, they were unable to help me and offered me a measly $150 credit. So i messaged Prime 1 with my issues and they were able to ship out a new base free of charge and covered my shipping cost AND covered all import charges to the UK! It really was service of the highest order. So refreshing AMAZING acquisition my friend Andy
Thanks my friend Adam
Thanks so much for stopping by and for the kind words
I can understand why so many cancelled their orders in the end, especially those living in Europe due to the strength of the Dollar...i really hope you can pick yours up later down the line as i'm sure it will be available for a while yet due to the high ESThanks so much Remy
agree on all of your points my friend Hey Marc, yea i'm actually in agreement with you in that i too wasnt a big fan of the movies. I love Transformers dont get me wrong, but my love is with the G1 and in a week or two's time i'll post up some pics of my new 1/2 scale custom G1 Optimus Prime
However, as a statue collector, i just could'nt pass up on these incredible pieces by Prime 1 and the complexity of the designs that has gone into making these iconic movie characters into statue form Thanks for the kind words as ever my friend
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Hey Ben, thanks buddy I would love to have been able to pair them together for that killer pic but as you probably guessed, Megs is now back in storage with that said, so is Optimus Prime aswell!
Thanks for the kind words Yoga
Thanks Jeremy I appreciate the great feedback my friend
Thanks so much Dave and Chris always a pleasure to have your thoughts
Hey Ben, thanks buddy
I would love to have been able to pair them together for that killer pic but as you probably guessed, Megs is now back in storage with that said, so is Optimus Prime aswell! Thanks for the kind words Yoga
Thanks Jeremy
I appreciate the great feedback my friendThanks so much Dave and Chris
always a pleasure to have your thoughts
RobertoBagg10
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RobertoBagg10's Display Thread 'NEW UPDATE' SIDESHOW IRON MAN MK42 MAQUETTE P...
Here are some pics guys...happy to say that Sideshow delivered a solid Iron Man piece...at last! The paint colours are fab! Movie accurate golds and red and a pretty cool action pose too. Will try to get some shots together with Iron Patriot tonight as the two go great together (would've liked similar bases like we got for the Iron Man MKVI and War Machine Maquettes) but still a great pairing.
So is the Sideshow MK42 1/4 scale Maquette the best so far out of the three releases? Of course its a matter of opinion...but for me (having owned all 3) Sideshow take it. The Iron Studios version was a disaster in regards to paint apps...ironically, the pose is still my favourite of the 3 statues but that's where the positives end. In regards to the XM piece, i had that for about a month until i realised that i could'nt live without lights on my Iron Man statues and i know your gonna say 'but how often do you turn them on?!' i actually turn them on probably when i have friends over or when i want to geek out to myself 
it just brings the statue to life....something extra if you like which brings out the viewing pleasure. I know it's not everyone's cup of tea but had the XM MK42 had lights then there's a strong possibility that it would still be with me
Sideshow's MK42 has nailed the colours...whilst the gold on the XM version was more metallic looking, Sideshow's isnt too bad but no way as good as XM's, which is probably the best painted Iron Man piece i've seen to date. However, Sideshow offer a cool action pose and a fairly decent base. I actually thought the weathering on the scaffolding was pretty amateur to be honest....like a quick 15 second touch up with a paint brush and the rocks, whilst sculpted well, are painted a little bland...could so with more detail i think.
Again, i wont get into which RDJ head is better cos everyone's opinions are different...i can only speak for myself and say that the XM RDJ portrait would be more suited more for a classic Tony Stark look. Sideshows RDJ portrait isn't on par with say Hot Toys (who have the best likeness to Downey Jnr period) but it certainly looks more like RDJ than XM's version.
Here's some pics
So to briefly summarise, here's how i scored the 3 Iron Man MK42 1/4 scale statues currently on the market:
Iron Studios 6/10
*Great pose and bonus .5 for light features otherwise i would have given it a 5.5/10. Sadly let down by poor paint application
XM Studios 7/10
*Solid statue with unbelievable paint apps and a great use of alternate switch out parts. Sadly missing any light features and a Pepper Potts portrait which i never removed from the box
Sideshow 7.5/10
*Movie accurate suit colours, action pose, reasonable RDJ portrait and superb light features. Sadly there are still some sloppy black lines here and there and the base is actually mega light in weight which i hate to see
Here are some pics guys...happy to say that Sideshow delivered a solid Iron Man piece...at last! The paint colours are fab! Movie accurate golds and red and a pretty cool action pose too. Will try to get some shots together with Iron Patriot tonight as the two go great together (would've liked similar bases like we got for the Iron Man MKVI and War Machine Maquettes) but still a great pairing.
So is the Sideshow MK42 1/4 scale Maquette the best so far out of the three releases? Of course its a matter of opinion...but for me (having owned all 3) Sideshow take it. The Iron Studios version was a disaster in regards to paint apps...ironically, the pose is still my favourite of the 3 statues but that's where the positives end. In regards to the XM piece, i had that for about a month until i realised that i could'nt live without lights on my Iron Man statues and i know your gonna say 'but how often do you turn them on?!'
i actually turn them on probably when i have friends over or when i want to geek out to myself it just brings the statue to life....something extra if you like which brings out the viewing pleasure. I know it's not everyone's cup of tea but had the XM MK42 had lights then there's a strong possibility that it would still be with me Sideshow's MK42 has nailed the colours...whilst the gold on the XM version was more metallic looking, Sideshow's isnt too bad but no way as good as XM's, which is probably the best painted Iron Man piece i've seen to date. However, Sideshow offer a cool action pose and a fairly decent base. I actually thought the weathering on the scaffolding was pretty amateur to be honest....like a quick 15 second touch up with a paint brush
and the rocks, whilst sculpted well, are painted a little bland...could so with more detail i think. Again, i wont get into which RDJ head is better cos everyone's opinions are different...i can only speak for myself and say that the XM RDJ portrait would be more suited more for a classic Tony Stark look. Sideshows RDJ portrait isn't on par with say Hot Toys (who have the best likeness to Downey Jnr period) but it certainly looks more like RDJ than XM's version.
Here's some pics
So to briefly summarise, here's how i scored the 3 Iron Man MK42 1/4 scale statues currently on the market:
Iron Studios 6/10
*Great pose and bonus .5 for light features otherwise i would have given it a 5.5/10. Sadly let down by poor paint application
XM Studios 7/10
*Solid statue with unbelievable paint apps and a great use of alternate switch out parts. Sadly missing any light features and a Pepper Potts portrait which i never removed from the box
Sideshow 7.5/10
*Movie accurate suit colours, action pose, reasonable RDJ portrait and superb light features. Sadly there are still some sloppy black lines here and there and the base is actually mega light in weight which i hate to see
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darthstitch
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Very great acquisition my friend Andy!
Very great acquisition my friend Andy!
mrchris
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great pose on the XM andy.but yeah overall the SS is the better.looks great lit up buddy.
great pose on the XM andy.but yeah overall the SS is the better.looks great lit up buddy.
Darkavatar
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Re: RobertoBagg10's Display Thread 'NEW UPDATE' SIDESHOW IRON MAN MK42 MAQUETTE PG734
I have heard some bad things about this, like you said the sloppy black lines here and there and some say that the color isn't metallic but matt or dull. Nevertheless, I look at your pics and think it looks amazing and I think people that think this sucks are just nit picking. Well done on getting such a great purchase.
BTW how come you didn't post a pic of the RDJ portrait?
I have heard some bad things about this, like you said the sloppy black lines here and there and some say that the color isn't metallic but matt or dull. Nevertheless, I look at your pics and think it looks amazing and I think people that think this sucks are just nit picking. Well done on getting such a great purchase.
BTW how come you didn't post a pic of the RDJ portrait?
Patriot666
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He looks great with the base lights. Congrats!
He looks great with the base lights. Congrats!
gypsycatcha
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Re: RobertoBagg10's Display Thread 'NEW UPDATE' SIDESHOW IRON MAN MK42 MAQUETTE PG734
I really like this piece. My fave of the bunch. Pose looks decent and looks ace lit up
I really like this piece. My fave of the bunch. Pose looks decent and looks ace lit up
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