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Post by gooball on Apr 22, 2004 23:09:27 GMT -5
Hi. I, and I'm sure others as well, would appreciate it if people who have received the Sideshow Spike posted their impressions. Is he a let-down? Better than you imagined? What do you like/dislike about it? Thanks ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) .
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Post by Buffy on Apr 23, 2004 17:18:46 GMT -5
The fact that I have not even got a shipping notice for mine yet is a let down.
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Post by deannaB on Apr 23, 2004 20:52:40 GMT -5
Cutting & pasting, then doing an edit job on the review I wrote for another forum:
They did a great job on his face. It looks exactly like James from all angles. If you look carefully, his forehead even has slight wrinkles in exactly the same places. His full bottom lip is painted shiny to look like it's moist. (Angel's much more narrow lips aren't.) He's got the scar painted on his eyebrow, but it doesn't seem to bisect the brow like it usually does on the show, where they trim the hairs around the scar to make it show up better. And the eyebrows seem a bit too light a brown, especially since it's supposed to be a BtVS S2 Spike. His eyes are nicely blue, though, and also painted shiny. The hair actually gets whiter at the roots, which I find a little odd, especially since the MAC Spike has slightly darker roots. His neck isn't long enough, and it doesn't have JM's "I just swallowed a yoyo" adam's apple. He's the same height as Angel - it looks like they used the same body on both guys, only adding the tattoo on Angel. Nice Spikey abs, though, but of course he doesn't have James' infamous gigantic big toes. And while his hands are good for holding things, when he isn't, they look awkward and possibly arthritic the way they're bent. But these are just quibbles.
His leather duster has faux buttons and button holes, and is held together at the bottom with a stitch of thread. I can see why they did that, but I'm going to have to clip that, maybe replacing it with a hook and eye. Maybe I'll embed some black wire underneath. It needs to swirl in "fight scenes." He has the standard black knit t-shirt, red over-shirt with tiny faux buttons, black pants with a single snap (no belt), and slightly oversized (so you can pull them on and off) boots, standard Spike lace-up with twin buckles at the top. Good costume detail. They really did their homework.
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Post by gooball on Apr 24, 2004 3:03:01 GMT -5
Great, thanks for the review deanna ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) . It sounds like you're really happy with the face and costume but still have a few minor issues. It's good to hear you didn't have any major problems ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) . Hmm... my Buffy and Angel finally shipped on Friday (Thursday U.S. time), so I should have them during the week. Thankfully my wait for Spike won't be nearly as long. As much as I really love the Scoobies, when it comes to the figures the Big-Bads are really what are exciting me. The Master looks great ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) . Thanks again. ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png)
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Post by deannaB on Apr 24, 2004 3:33:11 GMT -5
I've noticed that on boards that are predominantly female, there's a lot of grumbling about the standard Spike figure only having the gloved hands. Lots of the display possibilities with the other figures (or Barbie) require... um, shall we say partial or total costume removal, which looks funny when he's still wearing gloves. ;-)
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Post by murderofcrows71 on Apr 24, 2004 23:32:24 GMT -5
Yeah I got my Spike today and have to admit I'm kinda disappointed, don't get me wrong I like the figure but there is so much different from the pics on the website and mine that it almost seems like a different company made this one. First the eyes are way too light blue and need darkened up a bit. The whole skin tone is much lighter than the Buffy or Angel and should be a couple shades warmer to fit with them. The sculpt is top notch but when compaired to Buf/Angel he's got a big noggin. It seems his head is huge compaired to Angel's, when it should be the same or a tad smaller. The hair didn't have near as much of a dark tones wash as the box pics, infact almost none. So it looks as if the hair is all painted one solid color and makes it look like a toy instead of the realism Sideshow figures usually have. And since the paintjob's so pale anyway his forehead kinda blends into the hair from a foot or two away. The likeness is great and the paint job is just ok. I haven't come to a decision on the clothes yet. I like the jacket and the red shirt, but isn't the shirt supposed to be tucked into the pants and left open? If so it might be hard cause his pants come up to his chest on my fig. Oh well, still a great fig and with a little minor work he'll be as good as the one posted on the website. Murderofcrows71 by the way, big thumbs up on the exclusive hands, looks better with them than the gloves.
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Post by deannaB on Apr 25, 2004 2:55:11 GMT -5
Actually, Spike's head *is* larger than Angel's. They had a really hard time fitting James Marsters with a wig for Fool For Love because his skull is so big, they only found one wig that would fit him in all of Hollywood. For subsequent flashbacks, they had to have one specially fitted. It's one of those things that you normally don't notice until you really look, especially when he's in profile. But yeah, in this case the smaller vamp has the bigger head. The head sculpt does seem a little wide though, rather than just extending far back of his ears, but I'm not yet ready to declare it "wrong." Spike's also normally a little paler than Angel, since James is a little more dilligent about staying out of the sun in order to look more like a vampire (plus genetics, of course), so that's not terribly wrong either. And as far as I remember, he never tucks in the red overshirt, and doesn't even always tuck in his t-shirt. The MAC figure has them both untucked.
But I'm with you on the hair thing. The hair near the roots, which has only suffered one bleaching, should normally be a little darker than the rest. It just looks wrong with the white roots, like someone painted the hair on with Liquid Paper.
But it's a whole lot easier to get him to stand than the MAC Spike, so definite plus there...
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Post by DanMan on Apr 25, 2004 23:17:29 GMT -5
Spike's red shirt is NEVER tucked in. Having it tucked in, yet unbuttoned all the way? That would look so ridiculous! And he should be a good deal paler than Buffy who is somewhat tan. I have to agree with DeannaB , I think she definitely knows of what she speaks. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by Rogue on Apr 26, 2004 13:08:08 GMT -5
I studied Spike's look for a while when a coworker of mine gave me a Spike makeover. It's damn hard trying to find those same exact boots Spike wears, in fact I've never found them for sale anywhere. (Yes, I tried ebay. Nada.) My trenchcoat isn't the same either, but the one he wears was expensive and I wasn't that obsessed with being a clone ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png) About the hair, yes the roots should be a bt darker than the rest. Actually my hair usually looks best with slightly darker roots, like a few weeks after getting my hair done. I can't wait for my Sideshow Spike to get here... he'll have a few girlfriends in the few Barbie (and some female LOTR) dolls I have ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) Plus the older Sideshow Buffy... I've noticed that on boards that are predominantly female, there's a lot of grumbling about the standard Spike figure only having the gloved hands. Lots of the display possibilities with the other figures (or Barbie) require... um, shall we say partial or total costume removal, which looks funny when he's still wearing gloves. ;-) Hehe.. maybe he's just being "safe" ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png) Or it's a new kind of fetish... ;D PS - wow, 900th post!
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Post by sueworld2003 on Apr 26, 2004 21:35:01 GMT -5
Wel I can't wait for mine to turn up! Although being in the UK means god knows when I'll get it! As to Spike's hair. Well when I was working on my Spike figure I really had to gather a hell of allot of photo's together and judging by those, his hair (depending how long James has gone without a dye job) is slightly dark at the roots, going to almost white, then turning to a goldern yellow. The white at the base is very noticeable in some shots of him. As to the coat I remember reading an interview with the Buffy costume designer who said Spike's duster was infact a women's coat, with the buttons changed around. I think that was used because the leather was softer, and so the whole coat 'flowed' better. That would account as to why the copy of the duster used in Angel loks a bit stiff and odd. It just doesn't 'hang' as well as the old one did......me obsessed much! ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png)
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Post by Devon on Apr 26, 2004 21:56:02 GMT -5
Got my Spike today. Wow, it's almost worth the price just for the box. Awesome box. Actually disappointed though in the figure itself. The gloves don't bother me at all, but the coat just looks way too big - like it was made for some other figure and used 'cause they already had it. The boots are good though. I don't understand how in the photos of the Spike figure how something could be so right on it's spooky and then get the figure and it doesn't really look that much like Spike. It looks like someone I can't put my finger on - I will think of it late at night and say ah ha to myself. Still, I'm very happy to have it and very pleased with it despite the way I sound. Though now I'm kind of sorry I also bought Buffy and Angel (which are due tomorrow). Keeping fingers crossed here that they are just as pleasing.
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Post by Eternalus on Apr 27, 2004 11:12:39 GMT -5
I just bought Spike off ebay. How is Angel and Buffy? I was thinking of getting them to. Theyseem so cool?
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Post by sueworld2003 on Apr 27, 2004 11:16:51 GMT -5
Anybody got any photos that they fancy posting of the 'littlest Vamp in town' aka Sideshow's Spike? I'd love to see how they compare with Sideshows publicity ones! ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png)
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Post by gooball on Apr 27, 2004 12:21:57 GMT -5
I just bought Spike off ebay. How is Angel and Buffy? I was thinking of getting them to. Theyseem so cool? I've just received my Buffy and Angel today, after a long wait. I've only opened Angel thus far, but I am very impressed ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) . I'll probably be opening Buffy tomorrow... Here's a *quick* photo I took. I'll take some better ones tomorrow if I get the chance. I think it's definitely worth collecting all the figures. Angel looked a little weird in the packaging; his clothing looked 'puffed up', but once you open and adjust the clothing he's great. Pictures here
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Post by Eternalus on Apr 27, 2004 12:46:16 GMT -5
Awesome. Though his pants are a bit high lol.
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Post by gooball on Apr 27, 2004 12:51:21 GMT -5
Awesome. Though his pants are a bit high lol. Yeah, I know. A little weird, but nothing too bad. I think you can adjust them if you really want to, as well....
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Post by Rogue on Apr 27, 2004 13:51:32 GMT -5
Got my Spike today. Wow, it's almost worth the price just for the box. Awesome box. Well. I got my Spike literally just now. The shipping box is a bit banged up, so I open it up to find... that the figure's box is bent to hell! ![>:(](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/angry.png) The figure itself is fine, but the box has creases all over the front, and crumples here and there. Banged up so bad that the tape seals on the top are busted. I am so mad, that I might just consider sending it back to Sideshow and demanding one in a mint box. ![::)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/eyesroll.png) I preordered mine right at the start, and have the one with the extra set of hands... I don't see this being replaced easily. But they will, goddammit. Has anyone else had a similar problem? Maybe just a slight crease or dent? Anyways I am now convinced of two things: 1. Sideshow's shipping boxes suck ass. 2. FedEx sucks ass. That is all. ![>:(](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/angry.png) ;D Edit: Just sent a complaint through Sideshow's online form. I requested a new outer box, since the figure & accessories (and amazingly the inner tray) are all fine. But the box and inner cardboard (the green background) are so f%^*@d up it's not funny. ![:'(](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cry.png)
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Post by kakistos on Apr 27, 2004 14:14:09 GMT -5
Well. I got my Spike literally just now. The shipping box is a bit banged up, so I open it up to find... that the figure's box is bent to hell! ![>:(](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/angry.png) The figure itself is fine, but the box has creases all over the front, and crumples here and there. Banged up so bad that the tape seals on the top are busted. I am so mad, that I might just consider sending it back to Sideshow and demanding one in a mint box. ![::)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/eyesroll.png) I preordered mine right at the start, and have the one with the extra set of hands... I don't see this being replaced easily. But they will, goddammit. Has anyone else had a similar problem? Maybe just a slight crease or dent? Anyways I am now convinced of two things: 1. Sideshow's shipping boxes suck ass. 2. FedEx sucks ass. That is all. ![>:(](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/angry.png) ;D Edit: Just sent a complaint through Sideshow's online form. I requested a new outer box, since the figure & accessories (and amazingly the inner tray) are all fine. But the box and inner cardboard (the green background) are so f%^*@d up it's not funny. ![:'(](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cry.png) I'm worried about that happening to mine on it's long trip from CA to OH. I don't think I've gotten anything by FedEx, but I've heard people say they weren't happy with them. I'll find out tonight, though; they're supposed to be delivering the figure today.
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Post by Rogue on Apr 27, 2004 14:35:48 GMT -5
I'm worried about that happening to mine on it's long trip from CA to OH. I don't think I've gotten anything by FedEx, but I've heard people say they weren't happy with them. I'll find out tonight, though; they're supposed to be delivering the figure today. I'm in Florida, so it went a little farther to get here. I hope yours makes it alright... this is awful. ![:(](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/sad.png) I could probably just pull out the tray and take Spike out, but I don't wanna do that if Sideshow says they need me to send the whole damn thing back. I hope they can just send me a flattened box at no charge... via USPS... ![:-/](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/undecided.png)
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Post by michaelcrawford on Apr 27, 2004 16:17:35 GMT -5
I complained about that in one of my other recent Sideshow reviews - might have been for Andro and the Helosian. I didn't have that problem with Spike, but with the outer box being so tight on the inner box, damage is just waiting to happen.
Michael MWC
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