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Post by Raven on May 6, 2005 15:08:12 GMT -5
Argh those arms are horrible. I just love Sideshow, but I cannot express how all that articulation just ruins a fantastic figure.
I hate to have to buy another regular Spike just to get a jacket to cover up those arms. Crap.
But did I order, yes I did.
Don't forgot to order thru our link!
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Post by SlayerLV on May 6, 2005 15:14:00 GMT -5
I love Spike to death but uhh those arms suck, Sideshow show really consider a little less articulatin on their figures and I really hate the mouth on him it just looks weird.
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Post by buffyfannumerouno on May 6, 2005 18:03:22 GMT -5
I preordered him. I think that I"ll just use the extra coat that I have from one of the other Spikes to cover those arms.
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Post by rogueslayer2 on May 6, 2005 18:51:35 GMT -5
Wow! I can't wait for this figure. I'm a little unsure about the boom box accessory though, it makes him look like an early 90's fashion victim.
I agree with all comments on his arms. I'd rather him come with a static pose than all those joints.
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Post by sueworld2003 on May 6, 2005 19:09:13 GMT -5
Well I have to say I'm really rather dissapointed in this figure. I'm a huge fan of the Punk Spike image, and this really doesn't do his charater any justice at all. The face is wrong, the 'open' joints are horrible and distract the eye too much, and the costume is just off. The jeans are not ripped or weathered in any way.
Just not good. And why a boom box for goodness sake. He didn't have one in that episode, so why didn't they unclude a spare duster to go with him insted? Weird.
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Post by punkrawkerspike on May 6, 2005 19:13:29 GMT -5
Wow! I can't wait for this figure. I'm a little unsure about the boom box accessory though, it makes him look like an early 90's fashion victim. On the plus side... If we need a 'punk' extra to go into the Vanilla Ice Early 90's Music Disaster Playset... Well, this guy might just fit right in! |
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IdoDoodle
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Post by IdoDoodle on May 6, 2005 22:17:46 GMT -5
Ok, wait. So if you don't get the exclusive, the only accessory is the pipe thing?
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Post by FireflyFlanatic on May 7, 2005 0:50:16 GMT -5
Just pre-ordered him (and actually remembered to do it through this site this time!!). I really like him. I do think the boom box is lame and would've prefered another long coat but maybe they figured because the other two figures came with that it wouldn't seem so special. But, this was the episode he got the coat in so it should've come with it as a standard item. I always order the exclusives when they come out but I really had to debate about this time because the boom box is so lame.
The jeans should have the rips in them too and these don't. Maybe they will do it for the final version. I'm not the type who customizes with my figures so I wouldn't just cut these myself. But Sideshow should make the outfit as accurate as possible. The shirt is also off. It looks like it has too many safety pins. The pants should be more tucked into the boots but we can probably do that on our own. The biggest thing is the pants aren't ripped though and they should be.
I really like the face and am otherwise quite pleased with this. I still think because it's a male figure the arms look better on him then they did Buffy. We'll be able to pose him swinging the pipe in a manner that you don't get a full on shot of all the joints. With Buffy, there wasn't anyway you could really pose her to hide them.
And did anyone else notice that this is also a 3rd quarter release? So now it's this figure, Origin's Angel, Xander and Oz all coming about the same time.
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Post by prophecygirl on May 7, 2005 4:26:08 GMT -5
I ordered mine! And I remembered to do it through the forum this time  |
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Post by Vala on May 7, 2005 4:33:43 GMT -5
Its okay but i think i'm going to stick with my fool for love little spike
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Post by sueworld2003 on May 7, 2005 15:57:44 GMT -5
Did anyone else notice that apart from the lack of ripping on the jeans, the shirt is missing the small splashes of light blue and red that should be all over the front of it?
Know I'm being 'picky' but there you go.
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Post by deannaB on May 7, 2005 19:49:46 GMT -5
Here's sort of a virtual repaint I did: img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/deannab/misc/2017_image03b.jpgI got rid of the huge gaps between teeth, and gave him more punk makeup. I darkened his eyebrows the way they should be, rather than natural brown, and gave him a little more eyeliner while I was at it, then made the body match the skintone a little more. So now he looks like Kurt Russell with bleached hair, but that's a little better at least. I think they should have had the jacket he wore in the 70s flashback in LMPTM as an exclusive, but that would have been more expensive to make, with all the little buckles that it had. I do remember seeing that boombox on the subway floor, but it wasn't clear whether it was hers, Spike's, or an innocent bystander who had fled for his life and left his boombox there. But it still doesn't make me want to preorder it from Sideshow. If it were something that I really wanted, like Vampire Spike's Hawaiian shirt or the original Spike's ungloved hands, I'd get it and hope to get a good paint job on the face, but in this case I'll pre-order it locally, without the exclusive, so I have a chance to check over a half-dozen figures and pick out the best looking one. Which I'm hoping looks better than the prototype. |
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Post by FireflyFlanatic on May 7, 2005 20:10:53 GMT -5
Yeah, the shirt doesn't look right either. I wasn't sure what it was that looked wrong but now that you mentioned it, it is missing the extra splashes of color. I may cancel my pre-order just because I don't know if I think the boombox is worth the extra five bucks. Plus I can get the regular version for a cheaper price somewhere else and with cheaper shipping. I have plenty of time to think about it but I do think that's what I'll end up doing.
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Post by FM on May 8, 2005 8:58:52 GMT -5
He looks really, really bad. The arms wouldnt look as bad if they werent so shiney, so painting them to match the face would help a lot. The outfit is all wrong as many have pointed out. God, this is a $50 figure!!! Why does it look so cheap and hardly matches the source material???
So it looks like I wont be getting this unless it is on ebay for $20. Same goes for Origins Angel...and I'm actually considering cancelling some of my preorders because having a complete Sideshow collection just isnt as important to me after seeing this.
The quality is so hit or miss with this line...some of them are amazing (Buffy, Angel, Spike, Vampire Spike, The Master) while others are really disappointing (Faith, Willow and this new Spike). Plus the character choices are beyond odd. We're at our third Angel and Spike, we've got 4 Buffys, 2 Willows and not a single Giles, Cordelia, Anya, etc. At this rate, we'll have 17 Spikes before our first Tara.
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Post by kakistos on May 8, 2005 9:43:11 GMT -5
Why do they use generic bodies on all of their figures? Would it really drive up the cost if they customized each body at least a little bit?
The body just isn't right for a figure that shows bare arms and shows the neck joint like this one. The head just looks so horrible sitting there like that.
They really seem to be sacrificing the quality on these figures just to have a lot of articulation.
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Post by BtVSFigs Admin on May 8, 2005 10:43:53 GMT -5
That is...not pretty. He doesn't look tough at all, he looks like a little skinny man you'd see holding a purple flag at a gay parade. They really need to work with these bodies and bulk them up a little, especially when parts of it are exposed.
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Post by agirlcalledbob on May 8, 2005 12:43:02 GMT -5
Not a fan of the uncovered body parts on the 12 inchers. The face isn't the best and, well, from the looks of this Spike, Nikki gave him a wedgey right before he killed her.
I love the episode but I am tired of losing $10+ in shipping costs because I order it then don't like the final product... so I won't be pre-ordering it atleast.
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Post by JBHpet on May 8, 2005 15:57:44 GMT -5
His facial expression kinda reminds me of Beetlejuice for some reason....
I don't think this figure came out well at all. Xander and Oz came out excellent, I thought sideshow was on a roll again.
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Post by FM on May 8, 2005 16:01:19 GMT -5
That is...not pretty. He doesn't look tough at all, he looks like a little skinny man you'd see holding a purple flag at a gay parade. They really need to work with these bodies and bulk them up a little, especially when parts of it are exposed. So all skinny men now look like they are holding purple flags at gay parades? I dont know what gay people you hang around with but from my experience, they look just like everyone else...actually, they often seem to be in better shape and take care of their bodies more than your typical straight guy. |
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Post by BtVSFigs Admin on May 8, 2005 16:03:23 GMT -5
So all skinny men now look like they are holding purple flags at gay parades? I dont know what gay people you hang around with but from my experience, they look just like everyone else...actually, they often seem to be in better shape and take care of their bodies more than your typical straight guy. I didn't mean it as a stab at or stereotype of gay men. Just because I said he looks like a skinny gay man doesn't mean all gay men are skinny like that. It's a running joke with my group of friends (2 of whom are gay) that they like them nice and skinny with spiked hair and chains. Having gone to the Decadence Festival down here for a couple of years now, he looks like some of the guys you see who get dressed up for the parade. One in particular he looks remarkably like but that guy had blue hair and the ass cut out of his pants, but that's irrellevant here. I guess to me it came out as a joke, to anyone else it could be offensive. I apologize to anyone I might've offended. |
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