I love Sideshow, don't get me wrong. I love them enough to pay $1350 for the Gray Hulk Vs. from a member of this board.
With that said, I am so extremely disappointed here. Everyone that's saying "It sucks" isn't degrading Mart's sculpting ability, just the fact that, compared with ANY of the other VS. pieces, this thing is a joke.
And for those who are trying to put up some sort of mental block that this isn't part of the VS. line ::cough TOM cough::, it is absolutely part of the line, as stated in the podcast. You can justify not buying it however you want, but in reality, the hardcore LINE collectors amongst us, will have an incomplete collection without this piece.
Here's the rub: The completists will purchase this item to keep their LINE complete. But what message is that sending to SS? It says "Hey SS, yeah I don't like it, but I'm buying it anyway, because I'm a completist"
What your really saying is, "Hey Sideshow, I am okay with this, so GO AHEAD AND DO THIS WITH THE THOR vs. SILVER SURFER and then with DAREDEVIL vs. BULLSEYE! I'll still buy it!"
Deny it all you want, argue that point to your heart's content...but it's the absolute truth. They even made it perfectly clear in the podcast by saying "We never said the VS. dioramas had to have full size characters"
That tells me that if this thing sells, they'll do it again.
I absolutely refuse to buy this piece.
Actually, I would buy this if someone, ANYONE from SS would come out publicly and promise to keep all future VS. pieces in the same size/scale/quality, as the first 4 dios. If that happens, I'll buy BOTH of these items, since that's the only REAL way to have the entire VS. collection.
That's another thing that really irked me. Not only was the piece not up to snuff (relatively), they now force you to buy BOTH ($250) if you want both looks, which drives the price right back up into full size diorama territory. It makes absolutely no sense. We all would have purchased a full size exclusive. They have sold out every time.
I do appreciate Sideshow using my comments in the podcast (the one's they erased from the actual preview page on their site) That guy doing Walken if F###### HILARIOUS! Keep that part up SS!
What all of these negative posts break down to is this; Sideshow is the best company out there, and have some of the best sculpts, PERIOD. That's why it hurts so badly; because when you’re so high up, like SS is, the pain is that much greater when they fall down, on a greatly anticipated piece like this.
