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I still can’t believe they want $800 for that.
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I still can’t believe they want $800 for that.
I still can’t believe they want $800 for that.
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I still can’t believe they want $800 for that.
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Right? Pretty nuts, I'm being priced right out of this hobby..
A lot of people want the dewback re-released, but I guarantee they would charge $800 for that now too.
I don’t get why someone at Sideshow hasn’t figured out if they made Rebel soldiers; Hoth, Endor, Yavin, whatever, and priced them at around $150ish, people would snatch them up and army build. Throw in subtle differences. Stormtroopers too. Or like others here have said, give us background characters Hot Toys aren’t getting to any time soon. Unless this Yoda actually gives sage advice and tries to steal stuff from my kids screaming MINE MINE MINE! then I’m cool with HT ESB version. This makes zero sense.
Yeah that’s why figures like that don’t work. It would be different if they were selling for under $100 a piece but not many are going to want to army build RThey'll want $200 for each of them. HT got $205 for the Death Star Gunner and it didn't come with a headsculpt.
Sideshow should just switched their effort to background characters, robots and aliens. I can't really imagine what their managers are thinking when they approve project like this. They can compete with HT only with price, that's only thing they can do same.
I've believed this for years. Even before HT got the license. I know Sideshow wants to go head to head with Hot Toys on the A-list character because those sell the most and have the highest profit margin, but they are charging essentially the same price for a generally inferior product, so what exactly is the appeal. The only niche they are managing to find is offering different costumes.
Instead of competing with HT why not "complement" the product line? SS is missing out on the golden opportunity by ignoring aliens, droids, vehicles and environments, which would probably sell like hot cakes. They have been retooling and re-releasing updated (and more expensive) versions of a few aliens like Jabba and Bossk, so it's possible we could see more updates down the road. Other than the rather flat paint jobs, SS actually did a very nice job on their aliens, so I probably wouldn't trade up unless there was a significant improvement to justify paying $150 more than the originals. However, new and improved versions of Thrawn (HT size + new head and tailoring), Ventress (HT body, smaller head, better tailoring) and Aayla (HT scale with seamless arms) would definitely get my vote.
There is a virtual treasure trove of characters Sideshow could mine from SW canon and Legends, just for starters:
Alien Characters -- Oola, Aurra Sing, Admiral Ackbar, General Raddus, Nien Numb, Ewoks (2-packs w/real fur), Moroff, Maz Kanata, Jar Jar, Boss Nass, Sebulba, Shaak-Ti, Savage Opress, Darth Revan, Darth Malak, Darth Bane, Darth Talon, Nute Gunray, Lama Su, Taun We, Saesee Tin, Luminara, Barriss Offee
Creatures-- Wampa, Bantha, Nexu, Reek, Acklay, Rancor (imagine that at 1:6).
Humans -- If SS wants to do humans, they might be better served focusing on Legends and Video game characters like Galen Marek/Starkiller, Juno Eclipse, Maris Brood, Mara Jade, Jacen and Jaina Solo, Darth Caedus, Shae Vizla, Satele Shan, Rianna Saren, Valkorion, Arcann, Thexan, Vaylin, Tirall, Republic Commandos.
Supporting Character/B-list Humans -- They could make an agreement to produce the characters HT will never get around to (and use HT bodies and maybe their sculptors) -- General Veers, Lobot, Admiral Piet, Valorum, Bail Organa, Zam Wesell (+ alt head), General Hux, Orson Krennic, Cassian Andor, Saw Gererra, Baze, Bodhi, Lando (Glover), Qi'Ra
Vehicles--Land Speeder, Sith Speeder, Rey's Speeder, and depending on price maybe they could even offer a Jedi Starfighter, X-Wing fighter, and TIE fighter at either 1:6 or 1:12 scale
Environments -- That could be pretty wide open, anything from an ESB snow environment to a Jakku environment with a partial AT-AT walker foot. They could also do specialty bases.
Sure, they might not be able to do the huge runs of the A-list characters (I don't know how many HT produces, but for the sake of argument, let's say 10,000-20,000 depending on character). But even if these B-list runs were say 1,000- to 1,500-pieces, @ $225-$250/per that would be a pretty solid business model. I'm sure there are 1:6 companies that would kill to get that kind of Star Wars "B-License". Heck Sideshow wouldn't even have to devote any resources or take any risks. They could farm out the project entirely to a small, hungry shop; give them an annual character list and delivery schedule; market and distribute the figures; and just collect their cut.
I didn’t realize it wasn’t a pre-order. I do wish more releases would just be like that where the company is like: it’s ready, order now and get it shortly afterwards. Rather than the year or however long of a wait most releases have. It does make me think though that this is something cobbled together quickly from their previous efforts.
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