My Attempt at Toyfair 2007 Coverage Second Half
Hi Everyone,
OK, I just finishing eating my sandwich and opened up an Iced Cold Dew and got my second wind. Here's the juicy stuff.
Sideshow
Sideshow had to be one of the busiest booths at the show. Tons of people staring at their new lineup for 2007. Here's my report.
First, the Aliens/Ripley 1:6 Scale Powerloader. I'm not that much into figures myself, but after I saw this, I'm taking home a Ripley figure just for this piece. It's huge !!!. Very well detailed up to the red light on the top of the powerloader, which will flash like it did in the movie. Sideshow had most of the Alien and Predator stuff on display in 1 showcase and the Powerloader was right smack in the middle of it. It's a definite pickup when Sideshow finally releases it.
The new Sideshow exclusive James Bond Premium Format Figure was fantastic. The clothing/suit was beautiful. And the new face sculpt captured the essence of Sean Connery. Dead on accurate. I'm glad I preordered one of these from Sideshow.
The Sideshow Legend from Lord of Darkness was spectacular. The sculpt was incredible and his clothing down to the little sequins in his robe were amazing. Very big statue as well.
Moving on to the Darth Maul Premium Format. Wow !!! Maul is in a great pose. The light up saber effect was really cool and the face sculpt was pretty good. The clothing was really well done. All though SS only had a proof on display. What I thought was cool, was the way Sideshow is putting the electrical mechanism for the saber inside of Maul's hand. Unlike the Darth Vader Premium format, the electrical component is built into Maul's hand so basically when you put the hand on, the saber lights. This was a great idea Sideshow came up with.
The Boba Fett Premium format has to be one of my all time favorites now. I was partial to the Attakus Fett but after looking and holding Boba in my hands, I fell in love. I can't wait for him to come out. Best Boba statue to date in my opinion.
Emma was there as well. All 36 Double D's of her. LOL, well at least that's what it looked like. I still can't believe how cool she is and at such a low price point. Guys, if you wife allows it, you have to take one of these home. LOL.
I thought the X-Men vs Sentinel #2 was OK. I liked the Sentinel base, but liked the Emma Maquette better than the Emma on top of the Sentinel. The Beast was OK as well. I personally like the Bowen Beast statue better myself. The fact Sideshow had the 1st X-Men vs Sentinel Piece next to it made #2 look better. They looked really good together side by side.
Other honorable mentions was Elvis. I still don't think it was 100% accurate, but people were raving about it. The Anakin vs Obi Wan Diorama was really nice. The base was huge and the detail on the figures were nice as well. I think you will be seeing alot of nice Star Wars Dioramas moving forward. The Crack of Doom Diorama was small, but very accurate. Since I'm such a sucker for Lord of the Rings, this is a no brainer for me. The new Buffy looked really good. I like the face better than the 1st Buffy PF. The Alien 3 statue was impressive. Big !!! The tail almost hit me as I walked by it. Frankenstein's 1:1 Bust was pretty cool all though I'm not into 1:1 busts myself. The Dejarik Holochess Set was pretty small but detailed. The base (chess board) was very clean and sleek looking and the pieces all though small, were very detailed.
Gentle Giant
The wife and I spent about an hour in Gentle Giant's infamous room. Wow, where do I start here. Hmm. OK, let's start with Lord of The Rings.
The 2 new pieces Sam and Frodo were beautiful sculpts. GG had them both displayed with Helmets off and the Helmets were on the side of each piece. The paint application was great and I loved the rock bases. Sandwiched in between Frodo and Sam was I would think, the final version of Elrond, which looked really cool. Elrond had a really nice base as well and his cape came down past the base and curled up a little on the sides of the bust.
There was a clay prototype of Gimli and Legolas Maquettes. These we were told will be sold separately and the bases will be designed to go together so it will look like 1 bigger maquette of both of them. Pretty cool.
The finished Saruman Bust was great as well. I must say Gentle Giant has something really special with this LOTR line and I will be the proud owner of all of them, when they finally come out.
As for Star Wars, let's start off with R2-D2, which I would think is a statue, but I think he is classified as a bust. They had a beautiful prototype of him. The new Vader from ROTJ kneeling on a circular base which will light up was a nice refresh of Vader and probably GG's best Vader to date. Han Solo which I believe was from ESB was shown as a clay prototype. Han's pose looked similar to the Unleashed Han, where it looks like he is looking back and firing his blaster. Can't say much more about it because it was only a clay proto. The Chewbacca Maquette was out as well. Again a prototype, but you can make out all of the detail on his fur. He was a nice sized maquette as well. GG had Red and Blue Royal Guard Busts on display. The Red was painted and the Blue was a clay prototype. Now Sidious will look much better with these 2 flanking over his shoulders.
Bubo was pretty cool from Clash of the Titans. The sculpt looks like it was made out of metal. Very shiny. The tree limb he was resting on looked like real wood as well. A real nice piece for Clash of the Titan fans. I'm not sure if I will get one of him yet. Since he is such a low production run, I will probably take one home. Still undecided.
Something really cool I saw were the 2 new Rotocast pieces GG will be putting out. The 1st was a Scout Trooper on Speeder Bike and the 2nd was a TIE Pilot in his TIE Fighter. The design of these are more like characticures, where the Scout Trooper had a bigger head than his body and the TIE Pilot was bigger than the TIE Fighter he was popping out of. I actually liked them. Especially the Scout Trooper on Speeder Bike.
The R2-D2 Trash can which GG will be importing was fun. I may get one for the office. All though it does not look like it will hold that much trash. LOL.
The Star Wars Chess Set (Sith vs Jedi), which I was told will be made with special built in compartments to hold all of the pieces was really cool. It showed Vader and Sidious as the king and queen and the Jedi side had X-Wing Pilots as pawns. Luke, etc. I actually forgot what all of the pieces were and should have wrote this down. I believe the pawns on the Sith side were Rebel Troopers. Pretty detailed chess board too.
On to the Bust Ups. Gentle Giant will be releasing a Return of the Jedi Bust Ups series. In this set we saw Endor Leia, Endor Han, Chewbacca (I believe, but I could be mistaken) and Ewoks. There was also a 3D looking Bust Up, which shows (I think I have this correct), Luke's X-Wing Fighter escaping the Deathstar and the Deathstar with a halo around it, representing it blowing up. It was small, but really cool.
As for the Exclusives wall, the Darth Malek was cool as was the Blue Royal Guard statue. Of course I stared down all of the Clone Busts and Bly was a standout. Chewbacca with his mask looked to me like the regular Chewbacca wearing a mask. LOL.
The Yoda and R2-D2 Maquette was pretty cool, all though I'm partial to the new statue/bust/what ever Gentle Giant calls it, coming out. The Mace Windu maquette from Clone Wars was awesome. I loved the pose and that mean "I'm going to kill you" pose from Clone Wars.
GG will also be distributing Star Trek Figures through Medicom and had Captain Picard out on display. He looked really good. I believe they will be distributing all TNG figures 1st and no TOS, but don't quote me on that.
As for any GG which I may have left out, you can email me directly. All though I think I got most of the stuff which hasn't been released.
I hope all of you enjoyed my attempt at Toyfair Coverage and thanks for reading.
Have a great night.
Thanks,
Mike
OK, I just finishing eating my sandwich and opened up an Iced Cold Dew and got my second wind. Here's the juicy stuff.
Sideshow
Sideshow had to be one of the busiest booths at the show. Tons of people staring at their new lineup for 2007. Here's my report.
First, the Aliens/Ripley 1:6 Scale Powerloader. I'm not that much into figures myself, but after I saw this, I'm taking home a Ripley figure just for this piece. It's huge !!!. Very well detailed up to the red light on the top of the powerloader, which will flash like it did in the movie. Sideshow had most of the Alien and Predator stuff on display in 1 showcase and the Powerloader was right smack in the middle of it. It's a definite pickup when Sideshow finally releases it.
The new Sideshow exclusive James Bond Premium Format Figure was fantastic. The clothing/suit was beautiful. And the new face sculpt captured the essence of Sean Connery. Dead on accurate. I'm glad I preordered one of these from Sideshow.
The Sideshow Legend from Lord of Darkness was spectacular. The sculpt was incredible and his clothing down to the little sequins in his robe were amazing. Very big statue as well.
Moving on to the Darth Maul Premium Format. Wow !!! Maul is in a great pose. The light up saber effect was really cool and the face sculpt was pretty good. The clothing was really well done. All though SS only had a proof on display. What I thought was cool, was the way Sideshow is putting the electrical mechanism for the saber inside of Maul's hand. Unlike the Darth Vader Premium format, the electrical component is built into Maul's hand so basically when you put the hand on, the saber lights. This was a great idea Sideshow came up with.
The Boba Fett Premium format has to be one of my all time favorites now. I was partial to the Attakus Fett but after looking and holding Boba in my hands, I fell in love. I can't wait for him to come out. Best Boba statue to date in my opinion.
Emma was there as well. All 36 Double D's of her. LOL, well at least that's what it looked like. I still can't believe how cool she is and at such a low price point. Guys, if you wife allows it, you have to take one of these home. LOL.
I thought the X-Men vs Sentinel #2 was OK. I liked the Sentinel base, but liked the Emma Maquette better than the Emma on top of the Sentinel. The Beast was OK as well. I personally like the Bowen Beast statue better myself. The fact Sideshow had the 1st X-Men vs Sentinel Piece next to it made #2 look better. They looked really good together side by side.
Other honorable mentions was Elvis. I still don't think it was 100% accurate, but people were raving about it. The Anakin vs Obi Wan Diorama was really nice. The base was huge and the detail on the figures were nice as well. I think you will be seeing alot of nice Star Wars Dioramas moving forward. The Crack of Doom Diorama was small, but very accurate. Since I'm such a sucker for Lord of the Rings, this is a no brainer for me. The new Buffy looked really good. I like the face better than the 1st Buffy PF. The Alien 3 statue was impressive. Big !!! The tail almost hit me as I walked by it. Frankenstein's 1:1 Bust was pretty cool all though I'm not into 1:1 busts myself. The Dejarik Holochess Set was pretty small but detailed. The base (chess board) was very clean and sleek looking and the pieces all though small, were very detailed.
Gentle Giant
The wife and I spent about an hour in Gentle Giant's infamous room. Wow, where do I start here. Hmm. OK, let's start with Lord of The Rings.
The 2 new pieces Sam and Frodo were beautiful sculpts. GG had them both displayed with Helmets off and the Helmets were on the side of each piece. The paint application was great and I loved the rock bases. Sandwiched in between Frodo and Sam was I would think, the final version of Elrond, which looked really cool. Elrond had a really nice base as well and his cape came down past the base and curled up a little on the sides of the bust.
There was a clay prototype of Gimli and Legolas Maquettes. These we were told will be sold separately and the bases will be designed to go together so it will look like 1 bigger maquette of both of them. Pretty cool.
The finished Saruman Bust was great as well. I must say Gentle Giant has something really special with this LOTR line and I will be the proud owner of all of them, when they finally come out.
As for Star Wars, let's start off with R2-D2, which I would think is a statue, but I think he is classified as a bust. They had a beautiful prototype of him. The new Vader from ROTJ kneeling on a circular base which will light up was a nice refresh of Vader and probably GG's best Vader to date. Han Solo which I believe was from ESB was shown as a clay prototype. Han's pose looked similar to the Unleashed Han, where it looks like he is looking back and firing his blaster. Can't say much more about it because it was only a clay proto. The Chewbacca Maquette was out as well. Again a prototype, but you can make out all of the detail on his fur. He was a nice sized maquette as well. GG had Red and Blue Royal Guard Busts on display. The Red was painted and the Blue was a clay prototype. Now Sidious will look much better with these 2 flanking over his shoulders.
Bubo was pretty cool from Clash of the Titans. The sculpt looks like it was made out of metal. Very shiny. The tree limb he was resting on looked like real wood as well. A real nice piece for Clash of the Titan fans. I'm not sure if I will get one of him yet. Since he is such a low production run, I will probably take one home. Still undecided.
Something really cool I saw were the 2 new Rotocast pieces GG will be putting out. The 1st was a Scout Trooper on Speeder Bike and the 2nd was a TIE Pilot in his TIE Fighter. The design of these are more like characticures, where the Scout Trooper had a bigger head than his body and the TIE Pilot was bigger than the TIE Fighter he was popping out of. I actually liked them. Especially the Scout Trooper on Speeder Bike.
The R2-D2 Trash can which GG will be importing was fun. I may get one for the office. All though it does not look like it will hold that much trash. LOL.
The Star Wars Chess Set (Sith vs Jedi), which I was told will be made with special built in compartments to hold all of the pieces was really cool. It showed Vader and Sidious as the king and queen and the Jedi side had X-Wing Pilots as pawns. Luke, etc. I actually forgot what all of the pieces were and should have wrote this down. I believe the pawns on the Sith side were Rebel Troopers. Pretty detailed chess board too.
On to the Bust Ups. Gentle Giant will be releasing a Return of the Jedi Bust Ups series. In this set we saw Endor Leia, Endor Han, Chewbacca (I believe, but I could be mistaken) and Ewoks. There was also a 3D looking Bust Up, which shows (I think I have this correct), Luke's X-Wing Fighter escaping the Deathstar and the Deathstar with a halo around it, representing it blowing up. It was small, but really cool.
As for the Exclusives wall, the Darth Malek was cool as was the Blue Royal Guard statue. Of course I stared down all of the Clone Busts and Bly was a standout. Chewbacca with his mask looked to me like the regular Chewbacca wearing a mask. LOL.
The Yoda and R2-D2 Maquette was pretty cool, all though I'm partial to the new statue/bust/what ever Gentle Giant calls it, coming out. The Mace Windu maquette from Clone Wars was awesome. I loved the pose and that mean "I'm going to kill you" pose from Clone Wars.
GG will also be distributing Star Trek Figures through Medicom and had Captain Picard out on display. He looked really good. I believe they will be distributing all TNG figures 1st and no TOS, but don't quote me on that.
As for any GG which I may have left out, you can email me directly. All though I think I got most of the stuff which hasn't been released.
I hope all of you enjoyed my attempt at Toyfair Coverage and thanks for reading.
Have a great night.
Thanks,
Mike
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