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Sideshow Collectibles
Star Wars Busts and Life-Sizes |
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Gamorrean Guard Life Size Bust
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| 30th Oct 09 - Well the cat's out the bag (or should that be pig's?), as
its been leaked that Sideshow Collectibles is working on a 1:1 scale bust of
a Gamorrean Guard - which will be the next to arrive in Spring 2010 after the Darth
Vader Reveal |
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| We have to say that this is a good move for SSC and the
likeness looks very good as well from these proto images. Thanks to Sergui
for sending the screen grabs (below) which we've now been able to supplement
with the "official" press pics from SSC. |
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| Dunno who this bloke is but he's gazing quite intently at
the Gammorean. Maybe that's why the hogs looking a bit nervous. |
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| Above and below a comparison with SSC's sculpt against a
frame grab of an original. The SSC looks a little thin in the face but that
could be the photo. We
would have preferred more shoulder as it would really beef up the display
(can you beef up pork?) but limiting the size of the shoulders was probably
a weight issue - these polystone 1:1's tend to weigh a lot with this one
coming in at 20lbs |
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| The sculpt is really superb and features such as the runny
nose (Swine flu?) which oozes over his lips, gives the bust an impressing
dash of realism. Just don't expect your mum/girlfriend/wife to like it. They
wont and think you're odd for buying it, which you are. Accept this and bask
in your freakishness that you spend $500 on a decapitated pig head display. |
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| As with all the Sideshow busts they've really made an
effort with this piece and wisely incorporated leather( or leather-like)
material for its headpiece. If you look from the rear it gives it a more
realistic appearance than if they had sculpted the whole thing. From these
photos it doesn't like like the headpiece itself is removable but part of
the main sculpt - but that's not a bad thing. |
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| Below some detail around the eyes - which look the most
scarily accurate SSC has produced to date - much improved from their earlier
busts. We would have preferred deeper nasal canals. Wow, that's something I
never thought I would ever have to say. |
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| In the photo below the green baize of the material SSC's
used in the photo almost illustrate what the bust would have looked like had
shoulders been sculpted. In our minds this would have been an improvement
but would also have added significantly to the size and weight (already a
shipping issue outside the US) - and thus the cost. Maybe it was a wise
decision. |
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| In summary this looks like a fantastic collectible. It has
an excellent likeness to the originals seen on-screen and the finishing
touches are excellent - we keep expecting those eyes to blink. If you're at
al into these kinds of things (and by being here you probably are) then we
would seriously recommend this. Not sure what the production run is likely
to be but it'll probably be small - around 400? In our view probably their
best bust Sideshow has produced for the soft/masked characters. So....do you dig on Swine? |
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