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Post by Raven on Mar 10, 2005 11:27:47 GMT -5
Got mine yesterday and totally love him, the skull is fabulous and I have him holding it.
The only complaint I have is that dark skin tone, I can't understand why they didn't use the same tone that was on human face Spike. Also the glaring difference from the hands and the arms is quite distracting, Sideshow really has the worst bodies ever.
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Post by FireflyFlanatic on Mar 10, 2005 11:35:24 GMT -5
I have to agree with you with the faces not matching up. I originally had my two Spiike figures posed next to each other but the difference in skin tone is so obvious it was annoying me. Spike's supposed to be pale. Now, I ordered two of these, one for me and one for my daughter and her figures face is much darker than mine.
And the hands not matching the bodies bugs me too, especially with the Gentlemen and the Master. It wouldn't hurt for them to spray the bodies to match the hands and faces.
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Post by Raven on Mar 10, 2005 11:41:01 GMT -5
And the hands not matching the bodies bugs me too, especially with the Gentlemen and the Master. It wouldn't hurt for them to spray the bodies to match the hands and faces. It's just bleh, with the Master and Gentlemen I can hide alot with their longer sleeves. But Spike in that short sleeve shirt you can't hide a thing. I actually tucked one arm behind because it looks so bad, and I just have the one holding onto the skull. |
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Post by FM on Mar 10, 2005 12:09:37 GMT -5
I got mine about a week ago and quickly changed him out of the hawaiian shirt and put the black shirt and jacket on. The hawaiian shirt lives in the box now.
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Post by Raven on Mar 10, 2005 12:48:02 GMT -5
The hawaiian shirt lives in the box now. I think mine may be sent to his room shortly too. I shudder to think if it would have come with cargo shorts too. |
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Post by FireflyFlanatic on Mar 10, 2005 13:34:53 GMT -5
I also got the exclusive version and also took him out of the hawaiian shirt immediately. I don't know how old any of you are but when I was a kid they had the Bionic Woman and Six Million dollar man dolls. These dolls had a thin membrane that went over the arms so you couldn't see the arm joints but they rolled back so you could "expose" the bionic parts. It would be cool if Sideshow could use something like this that covers the whole body but still allows the figure to be posed and moved. The problem with the bionic figures is that the "skin" tore really easy but I doubt we'd be peeling it back to look underneath!
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Post by Raven on Mar 11, 2005 13:47:46 GMT -5
Just posting my pics. That scultp is just really fantastic and love, love the skull. Sorry they are so large, but I wanted to show the detail to friends of mine.   |
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Post by FireflyFlanatic on Mar 11, 2005 13:57:30 GMT -5
Great pictures! I love them that large! I think I'll pose mine holding the skull too because your's looks so great!
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Post by alcazarzgirl on Mar 11, 2005 19:06:20 GMT -5
I got my exc. today. He is so perfect I love him. Worth every dime.
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Post by IdoDoodle on Mar 12, 2005 22:18:02 GMT -5
Aww crap. I thought the skull I got had a couple chipped teeth and seeing Raven's pic has just confirmed my suspicion. *Sigh*  |
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Post by lornehashornes on Apr 5, 2005 20:05:02 GMT -5
I just got my Vampire Spike Exclusive from Sideshow today. I was on the waiting list and was very happy to finally get one. I think he's great. I like the hawaiian shirt and think it would have been nice if they had also included the short pants he had in the episode. I found some old Ken's shorts and put them on Spike and it's really funny with his big boots. But I must admit that the apparent articulations bug me too. I wish Sideshow would do something about it. It's one of the reason I didn't buy Prophecy Buffy because I found her ugly in her dress with her legs and arms articulations showing. When we see the limbs, they should make them more barbie like. I think some of them have arms bendable, may be not as much as the Sideshow figures but it would look nicer. Oh! and wasn't Spike supposed to have black nails? Because on one side of the box we can see one nail and it's black.
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Post by prophecygirl on Apr 11, 2005 6:38:17 GMT -5
I got Vamp Spike this morning, and I love him!! Definitely one of the best sideshow figures. His accessories are excellent, and the face sculpt just amazing.
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Post by Buffy&Angel4Ever on Apr 11, 2005 6:41:01 GMT -5
Yeah, I finally received my regular vampire Spike today (04/11), more than 3 weeks after human Willow and Prophecy Girl Buffy (03/19), 3 weeks which seems 3 months. I love him, the face is amazing, better than vampire Angel (even if love it also). And the accessories are cool, they fit perfectly in his hands. Now I have 4 vampire faces 12 inches figures : Angel, Spike, Master and Willow, and soon Buffy, and I hope Drusilla, Darla and Xander.  |
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Post by madvicks on Apr 14, 2005 13:42:06 GMT -5
I got my exclusive Vampire Spike this morning. Wow! The sculpt really is amazing. I was worried that after the Willow debacle, Spike might be totally different to the prototype pictures. The likeness is excellent and I think the accessories are so much better in terms of being "different" and varied. Plus he looks cool in his Hawaiian shirt! I'm a happy bunny!
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Post by SlayerLV on Apr 14, 2005 14:57:22 GMT -5
He looks awesome but does anyone else think the amulet looks really yellow? I thought it was supposed to be clear.
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Post by Raven on Apr 14, 2005 15:59:43 GMT -5
They probably just used yellow so that it would stand out more, clear would just blend in with whatever outfit you put him in.
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Post by Slayer44 on May 9, 2005 8:01:01 GMT -5
I just won an auction on ebay for the exclusive version of vamp Spike and from the picture it looks like his leather jacket is in front of him and all of the other images I have seen of him packaged it is behind him. Does anyone else have one of him packaged where his jacket is in front of him? If not I guess that means that this figure was probably opened.
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