I’m impressed, I must say. Actually hardly ever do I encounter a blog that’s both educative and entertaining, and let me tell you, you’ve gotten hit the nail on the head. Your thought is excellent; the issue is one thing that not enough persons are speaking intelligently about. I’m very glad that I stumbled throughout this in my search for something referring to this.

Does anyone knows when the Carnage will be available for priority pre-order? I’ll deeply appriciate it. Thanks, God bless.

What do I think? I think DJ is right on the money and cjflan32 is right out to lunch.

Does anybody really care which licence is the most popular at the moment? Are some of the people around here so insecure that something as trivial as this is really important to them? Fact is, licences come and licences go. No one stays on top forever. During the years between 2002 and 2006 LOTR was the most popular SS licence….ever. The amt. of statues/busts produced, and the ES’s were staggering, and will never be duplicated. Today it is Marvel, and who knows what will be next?

This was never an issue about which licence is most popular. It was simply about LOTR collectors wanting something to cheer about. I’m sure even some of the clueless SW and Marvel fans out there can understand our frustration. One PF over a 14 month time span is something we were simply not too happy about. And for that we are accused of being a bunch of whiners. Now I don’t recall a single LOTR fan being upset about SW and Marvel collectors getting preferential treatment, they are after all, the 2 most popular licences SS currently owns. What we did take offense to however, was the constant crying by SW fanboys in spite of the fact you had already gotten 3 new sneak peeks. You guys, seemingly, are never happy. No matter what SS does you have to complain. Enough already. It’s time for some of you guys to GROW UP!

Yes, SW and Marvel are today’s “bread and butter”, but surely some of you brain surgeons recognize that SS simply cannot cater to two licences, and two licences alone and remain as the #1 collectible company in the world.

Hey THE ONE so i guess your’r the Bread and cjflan32 is the butter EH! What you think Gumby?

To cjflan32:
Frankly it doesnt matter whether Star Wars has been around 30 years and made more than a billion. The “phenomenon” and “juggernaut”; as you call it, is really just 6 movies, some comics and a cartoon series, among other media. Yes LOTR and SW are directly comparable because LOTR has been around for 70 years and is the number one selling book trilogy of all time, has all the related media, and blah blah blah that debate could go on forever.
What matters most in this case is licensing and collector bases, not that SW is better than LOTR or vice versa. Sideshow only bothers with licenses that they know have profitability and a consistent collector base therein. Everyone keeps mentioning the LOTR 1/6 line “flaming out” as you call it, which was (and is) controversial, but what’s alot more noteworthy is that why, if the LOTR line isn’t all that important, didn’t SS just drop the license altogether??? By the way the ToyBiz line didn’t flameout either, the company was dissolved by Marvel Enterprises and they made 6″ LOTR figs from 2001 thru 2006. Not to mention United Cutlery and HCG are intro’ing a bunch of new LOTR weapon prop replicas,, why would they do that if there was no longer a market? Conversely, no company favored SW pieces more than Master Replicas,, they virtually moved their whole production to solely SW props, and, as awesome as those pieces are,, what happened to MR? They went bankrupt after that, now talk about a flame-out!!!
The fact is Sideshow hasn’t dropped LOTR altogether because they know it’s profitable and popular – case in point; check out the Best of 2009 Poll, what’s the PF with the highest number of votes? That’s just one example. Looked at the LOTR PF page lately? Any LOTR PFs in-stock? How about the SW PF page, any of those in-stock? See the difference?
I think I can speak for all LOTR collectors when I say that we aren’t asking for the market to be flooded with LOTR pieces like SW is, but at least give us a little more than 1 PF and 2 dio announcements in 14 months. Same goes for any license that Sideshow has, if they have the license and the collectibles sell, why let them wither and die on the vine???

I hope all the new and improved retooled 1\6 figure body intended
for use with with hobbits is going to be used for jawas, a breakdancing yoda and what the hey even R2.

To cjflan32…Please stop comparing The Lord of the Rings to Star Wars…Star Wars is a miltibillion dollar movie only because it been around for about a hundred years…so buddy no worries give it some time and you’ll see that The Lord of the Rings will do the things that Star Wars did..and don’t worry buy the way its going its gonna be in a far far away galaxy over multi billion dollar…..

2010 is gonna be a great year for Marvel PF and comiquette collectors. Carnage comiquette, Spider-man comiquette(mentioned in the Carnage video!), Wolverine PF, Sabretooth PF. Also, probably coming up are Gambit, Cyclops, Colossus, Spider-woman and more.
NICE WORK SIDESHOW.

Interesting selection of previews, pretty much a little something for everyone.
So I guess this means we have to wait another year for that Firefly/Serenity PF line then.

No Avatar previews?! SAD….

AWESOME…I can’t wait to get Gandalf the Grey & Mola Ram PF…THANKS SSC!

Now that all is shown, I am sure most are satisfied. I like SW, LOTR, Etc, but not as a collector. Conan is so tempting…the best Conan by far. Carnage looks good but I’ll wait for the Spiderman comiquette. I guess I’ll settle with the Hulk 1:1 bust; more Hulks will eventually come no doubts. For next year, please make a female wizard/sorceress as the second of the Diablo III series. And maybe I’ll get to play the game once Blizzard get their acts together.

Even though we all did not get what we wanted I still think we owe sideshow a round of applause. They have been doing fantastic work. And for that I thank you side show.

(Random Lone Applause)*Clapping*

Cool stuff, SS!
Was hoping for an annoucement on Ms. Marvel, Spider-Woman & Shanna the She-Devil statues from Frank Cho. Oh well…I’m a patient little beagle.

YAAAAAAAAAA! “CARNAGE”! YES, YES ,YES. This is going to rule when I have my Venom and Carnage side by side. Very interested in what spidy will look like.

Hey SideShowLover,
Please forgive us LOTR collectors for being so greedy as to want some LOTR goodness after going the previous 14 months with one single PF announcement.
And Einstein, not only do I not even have the slightest clue what this means “LOTR was not even of a series”, I’m afraid to even ask

Maybe you’ve been living in a cave somewhere [or under a rock], but the LOTR movie trilogy, is only the most successful [both critically and financially] movie trilogy of all times.

Wooot Carnage and the Spidey. On a side note i hope they look at the arm that is becoming a weapon, not to sure about that part if the design.

ROTFL!!! Good thing Mint Collector doesn’t run Sideshow…they’d be out of business!! LOL!!!

What!?! What the hell happened to the 12inch figures starwars!! Count dooku, yoda,apprentices you know obi-wan so he can next to my gui-gon. don’t forget apprentice anakin from the clone wars with the little hair tail. how about darth nihilus. Love you guys!! Sideshow your the best!!

im with mint collector what alet down sideshow same old statues already been done only thing to look forward to is gandalf who picks what statues to make i would like to know

YES

All collectors kneal befor the Marvel GODS!

Right onthe money SS, another kick-ass comiquette!!!

ENOUGH! with the Star Wars already!
Almost 1/4 of the previews are for star wars figures. All they do is keep using the same characters in different forms and SS is milking the Star Wars peeps for everything they got. Unfortunately the star wars peeps do not see it that way. They are blind by their dark desires. How about some items for the collectors other then the Star Wars freaks? SS please listen to your customers, what happened to the dead line? Is it dead? Haven’t seen or heard anything about it lately, not even nothing new in spooktacular. Thank God, I got one of the 10 international Patient Zero PF’s. SS, I love your products, but please cut back with the Star Wars. The movie and excitement has been dead for years, start looking towards the future with some of the great lines that your company offers.

baaaah… i kinda was kinda getting kinda sick of all the kinda’s but i’m kinda glad now that i will be able to kinda save cash in 2010,

although these next 2 months my bank account is going to be kinda hemorrhaging …. happy new year.

man that carnage piece looks “hella balls to the wall awsome’!

Did I call that one or what? [As I pat myself on the back lol]. Carnage looks simply awesome!!! This will go perfectly with Venom and the inevitable Olivetti-based Spiderman comiquette.

No more wizards or nerdy hobbits.
REAL MEN would like more G.I. JOE!!!
Destro, Zartan, Beach Head, Baroness, Stalker, Gung-Ho, Barbeque, Dusty, Flash, and Scarlett are MUST DO’s! A Cobra BAT would be ridiculous! Great Job on the Line, I will continue to purchase every….single….one!!!!!

You are exactly right Tom P. Most collectors of most licences simply don’t buy the item’s they don’t like. But not SW collectors, not only will they not buy it, they’ll still be ripping it apart 10 years from now.
As much as I’d love to get a LOTR LSB announcement today [since there's not a single pre-order in the forseeable future [not even a lousy sneek peak!]I’m predicting a Marvel announcement. More specifically, a CARNAGE Comiquette.

LAST DAY….LETS SEE SOME REMY LEBEAU!!!

Nothing Alien yet! Last day, and I’m crossing my fingers for a tease of the Alien maquette. No one else is, but here I am hoping.

Tom.P -Or did you mean exclusives for the bag ladies shopping cart?? thanks all the same but I’m no Connor Macleod (of the clan Macleod) as Ramirez once said…

“Don’t lose your head!”

Exclusives? Hmm..? group therapy demands ‘inclusion’ to prevent feelings of ostracization and alienation etc etc., but if the lunatics are running the asylum throw in a Big Chief, a Taber and Nurse Ratsh*t with complimentary throat masseur.

Failing that The Invisible Man -in stealth mode (?)

For Ryan McCall: NO. they shouldn’t be doing EU. Stay with the canon film stuff. That Jabba diorama looks beautiful!!!

Same here RAF007, PLZZZZZZZ BE MARVEL ON THE 4TH!!

12 days of nothing that I would buy…Hopefully Gambit on last day b/c I highly doubt it would be anything Transformers related…Congrats SW fans, these days have been kind to you!

gumby – I couldn’t have said it better! Lots of love for the SW fans during this event but, once the final pieces are unveiled, we can look forward to the flood of criticism and complaining about costume, facial features, pose, general accuracy, etc, etc. Now, I’m no stranger to “nit-picking”, but I just show my descent by NOT purchasing what I don’t like! Fortunately for me, I likey what I sees so far! UNfortunately, for my wallet….I likey what I sees so far!

I’ll tell you what’s more shocking…

“They, uh, was givin’ me ten thousand watts a day, you know, and I’m hot to trot…”

Juicy fruit?

Hmmmmmmmmm,, can’t decide what is more shocking,, the fact that 3 days of the 12 have been SW pieces, or that the SW ppl are STILL whining and complaining,, un-by-god-believable…………….

Mola Ram and GTG look great. I’ll be interested in seeing ow that Conan piece turns out. Normally not my thing, but something about it grabbed my attention…

Crazy Horse, Chewbacca and Quint PF’s please…:}

To DJ: I know SS & DC are distant apart On making statue & maybe a fantasy….but it can happen. If it’s a license fee, just pay it. I have no problem paying more for the statue or buy out DC Direct completely. Also if other companies like kotobukya can make statues of DC characters, then I can’t see why sideshow can’t do otherwise.

Since the company has it’s roots in the horror genre, there’s a couple of characters that are missing. Well not only a couple of characters, but an entire medium actually; Games. I would love to see a premium statue Big Daddy of the Bioshock series for instance. There’s just so much yet untouched in games: an imp from doom, Gordon Freeman fighting a headcrab zombie or even an antlion or Alyx Vance doing the same. Not to mention Bethesda’s wonderfull elder scrolls series and Fallout 3. Just give it some thought and you’ll realize, that this is a medium with a neverending supply of fantastic creations. Congratulations on the new figures by the way and have a great 2010!

most of those new stuff are quite good, but none of it is a must buy for me, one more left, we’ll see, I’m not worried ’bout this I’m actually glad that I’ll be able to save a bit of money for upcoming pieces I know I’ll not able to resist(ringwraith, c3p0, ect)

Nice Jabba Dio, how about Luke Vs Boba Fett, or Obi Vs Ponda Baba (arm cut off scene).

Love the SW dios But pls the last one need to be the Stormtrooper PF

OMG!!! That Jabba/Leia diorama is S W E E T!!!!!!

Well what a surprise…anouther SW dio, inevitable realy but there is still tomorrow…

Can only hope you guys at SS have saved the best for last, show us that Marvel PF!

We want MARVEL… we want MARVEL…. we want MARVEL… MARVEL…. MARVEL……..!!!!!!!

I haven’t whined yet about Sideshow neglecting to create anything I might like and, quite frankly, I feel sort of left out so, here is my whiney request: So there’s this shopping cart lady in my neighborhood, right, and so I just think Sideshow should make a diorama or premium format figure of her because she is like just really awesomely gross and stuff and she could have, like bugs in her hair and missing teeth and really dirty clothes and maybe a beat up old doll with a missing head that she talks to or, maybe she just has the dolls head and…….

LOVE that Conan piece!! Sexy, provocative. I’m really glad to see Sideshow take things up a notch with the adult collector in mind. This kind of work truly is art, and not just another attempt at an actor’s likeness, created from over-used film stock poses! First, we get the beautiful Diablo III. Next, this wonderful interpretation of classic Conan! I can’t wait to display these together! I think I’m going to need an intire wall devoted just to the Barbarians! Keep rockin our world, Sideshow!

Definitely looking forward to picking up a couple of these pieces. Now Sideshow, pleaaaase give us Underworld!!

Also agree with Lou Man, a Bill the Butcher PF would be great!

I must still repeat my point. Amazing that these sculptors seem to really focus on a good pose that captures the essence of a character for these statues, yet they couldn’t get one pose that was used with Luke Skywalker as a Jedi Knight. Seriously guys… did you all sit around a table and decide that the non-iconic, non-existent pose was the best option holding a pistol with no cloak option?

I’m still hoping for a Qui-Gon Jinn Premium Format! Or, the Attack of the Clones Anakin vs. Tusken Raider’s diorama!

Please oh please oh please!!!!

Aurra Sing… strange choice, that and Talon both. I would take them in 12″ but not PF. Gandalf looks great… hope it lights up at the staff crystal! Conan and disney items were cool. I hope we get a Chewbacca in either 12″ or PF for one of the final two… or some other armoured imperials in either format.

where is gambit???please ss!!please!!!!

No Randall P. McMurphy (Cuckoos Nest) or Gabriel the wing-ed (The Prophecy)
then **ahem**

Gandalf looks great but I hope those clothes are just a mock up and not the final product. It is Gandalf the “GREY” (“GRAY” ) after all.

1 more STAR WARS announcement and I’ll be happy. Broke, but very happy.

For those of you who opt for electro convulsive therapy that lets the ladies light up like a pinball machine and pay off in silver dollars how about about a Randall Patrick McMurphy PF?

-or Gabriel the wing-ed PF

“I’m an angel. I kill firstborns while their mamas watch. I turn cities into salt. I even, when I feel like it, rip the souls from little girls, and from now till kingdom come, the only thing you can count on in your existence is never understanding why.”

p.s i’m guessing with two days open the marvel fans are a shoe in on another piece.

OMFG!! OMFG!!! Conan is like my third favorite characters; Hulk is still my favorite of course. SS totally surprise me with this. This Conan is no undeveloped retro version. It’s a gift to those true Conan comic fans. When fully done, I wonder how this diorama is compared to my Diablo 3 Overthrown Exclusive. I got a weak heart for the savages.

With the Conan dio, Sideshow has solidified itself as the pre-eminent sculpting house of female butts. Good god, men! It makes you want to take a bite out of it.

Yes indeed! my partner has just pointed out ive made a spelling error! sertaine=certain

To malice : I can fully understand your preference of baddies, they more closely match your personality. And thanks for the week off, these high heels are killing me.

To mikki : I hope you are wrong about that. Since we already know about the 1:1 Hulk, HT Terminator, and Allosaurus dio’s they would hardly qualify as a surprise at this point.

To Sideshow : You have once again “hit one out of the park” with your stunning GTG PF. As DaveMac has so eloquently put it, “I am happier than a tornado in a trailer park!”

…would a Bill the Butcher come with throwing knives and shillelagh? Doubt he’ll pulling any ‘wabbits’ out that hat of his though (?)

- As for an upgrade may I suggest for 2010 gig of RAM!

How about an announcement that they will start doing some DC statues. Wouldn’t it be great if Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman etc was in Comiquette or PF. We have too much Lotr, Marvel & Indiana Jones stuff already. Please Sideshow make this happen within the next year or so? That will he a great New Year announcement for me.

Gandalf looks amazing! Great facial sculpt, wonderful pose, and a fantastic looking base! Thank you SS! A great start to 2010 for LOTR fans.

Thanks Sideshow for the preview,how about Gangs of New York’s Bill the Butcher PF…That would be sweet. Happy 2010!

Fantastic news Sideshow….Hulk 1:1 bust then Mola Ram PF and now Gandalf the Grey PF…..A Terminator diorama would make me drop my jaw….fantastic Sideshow

Keep the PFs coming!

congrats to my fellow ringers on the GTG he looks awsome but a pass for me. Bring on the baddies wiches! Saruman,cave troll, witchking in true form,king of the dead smeagol premium formats.

@ETI thanks buddy! and GUMBY take next week off you’ve earned it.

ok, so gandalf pf now about closes the guessing game for this year’s 12 days of sideshow. coming previews for the last 3 days would be the dinosauria diiorama, hulk 1:1 bust, and the hot toys terminator…

thanks for the gandalf pf sideshow! him, the chernabog, maleficent, and tha dinosauria pieces will be mine! 4 out of twelve, i’m happy! happy new year!!!

Holy f’n shat!!!! GTG PF!!!! Thank you SS. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Best Christmas present this year!!!!!!!!

Please make sure the staff lights up!!!!

Thanks Sideshow, thank you, thank you, thank you! Very happy with GTG PF new. The sculpt looks a bang on likeness IMO – great job. I want him so much. Put my name on one right now. Happy New Year SS and all fellow collectors out there.

Unfortunately I haven’t seen a single item I am going to buy. When are we going to see the new license announcement!? 12″ Firefly figures PLEASE!!!!!!

That would be kind of sad if the new year brought only stuff that I can’t afford to buy.

Etienne, you really should reconsider. I was not sold on PF’s in the beginning, but SS has done such a great job of producing LOTR characters that actually look like the actors they are portraying [Aragorn, Legolas, and now Gandalf the Grey]. Quite frankly the likeness of these pieces blows the Weta stuff right out of the water.

Gandalf the Grey PF looks great its a shame i’m not collecting PFs but anyway..Hoping for a new Dio or Legendary scale bust…

Gandalf will be mine! Hopefully the 3rd will bring more LotR love!

Hooray Gandalf PF. Now the LOTR peeps can hush-up. lol I kid, I kid. Glad to see you guys got some love too! Bring on the Predator stuff prefferably PF line. Oh yes and a Force Unleashed Starkiller PF in his Hoth gear would be SUH WEET!

Gandalf the Grey PF! Now that’s more like it!!

Now that LOTR’s is out of the way…Gambit or some type of Transformers teaser…Happy New Year!

To all you collectors out there but most of all Gumby and Malice hope you have a fantastic New Year hope 2010 is a fantastic year…Happy New Year Sideshow!

Ok, I was pleased to see the Star Wars Dio but Aura Sing has just become my second most wanted Sideshow piece behind the PF Talon.
As said below carry on with the hotness! Ventress, Leia, Talon and now Aura Sing thats just awesome….. and I wasn’t going to buy any more PF’s!!!!
Can’t keep up with the 12″ line and the dio’s never mind these slick PF’s that just get better and better!

I agree with Darth Impulse and anyone else who can take a step back and wait. Enjoy the videos. As much as I’d like to see another Universal Monsters offering, I’m already on board for the SSE Creature Bust and probably the Chernabog, depending on the price. Its probably best if I don’t see anything else I want and just enjoy viewing the pieces as they are listed. I don’t collect Star Wars but the pieces previewed are quite compelling and I can certainly appreciate people wanting to collect them.

@ gumby – i think felix was trying to write whinge rather than whine.

What? No more bickering, grumbling, or drama? You guys are just drunken old men now? Bring on the baby New Year! Joking!!
I am glade SS are producing some various products. Besides the nasty paint job on Iron Man bust I’ve been reading, quality is up there too. Diversity is the spice of life. It will also give me more time to build up my cash reserve for those item that I will actually buy.

I want the next AH comiquette announcement. Come on SS, Mystique is out and we haven’t seen a glimpse on who’s next on the line.

Time to give credit where credit is due, Maleficent’s gonna be awesome!

SDJ, you are right on the money. Taking shots while waiting for announcements is an entertaining way to pass the time.
And felix, I beg to differ. There is nothing more pathetic or embarrassing than your attempt to spell whine [sorry but "winge" just doesn't cut it LOL]

To mikki, Miguella, DaveMac, Etienne, SDJ and all the LOTR collectors out there, I wish you all a Happy New Year. And to the rest, hopefully 2010 will be the year you all come to your senses and embrace the only licence that really matters.

So far I’m not really into anything posted. I hope we can get an awesome Gambit statue!

sorry, forgot to check for spelling errors – entity, voorhees

maleficent pf made me smile! a happy new year it is! so now, four days left, one day for the dinosauria diorama, one day for marvel hulk 1:1 bust, one day for terminator (my guess is this would be a pf of ah-nuhld carrying the coffin…just a guess), and the last day would be…HOPEFULLY… for a LOTR announcement. my likes, the disney stuff, dinosauria, and of course, LOTR (which by the way, would be giving me my legolas PF this coming week) so 4 pieces out of twelve…good enough…

hey gumby, malice, davemac, and the rest of the collectors here, even you big DUH, happy new year!!!

Quote; ‘I don’t know, perhaps SS got LOTR collectors confused with Star Wars fanboys. They definitely collect dolls, not to mention SW lunchboxes, Lego, and pretty well every other trinket ever invented with the George Lucas name on it.
I hope this answers your question.’

“You call him ‘Doctor’ Jones! DOLL!!”

…sorry, I couldn’t resist.

Y’all need to get out more.

That Jason Voorhees looks freakin awesome – That will most certainly be going on my shelf all things willing.

Guys, you realy need to here you lot winge. Im no Marvel fan, Im into Terminator,Predator,Aliens. Hearing so much crying done for the ‘LOTR’ is embarassing & pathetic. Why do SS keep making Marvel/SW in favour of LOTR.. because Marvel & SW must be more interesting & fun to work on for the SS guys not to mention more popular & profit worthy. Not one Ter/Pred or Aliens piece has been hinted at yet & I havent broken down into tears. So please ‘gumpy’ & the rest of you LOTR lot man up & bore off!

Oh, I’m not worried DJ. Even if there isn’t another SW announcement, I’m happy with what I’ve seen. Still, SS knows how to take care of their best customers (Marvel/SW) and SW fans will get another announcement on the next row. “It’s unavoidable.”

You’re right Mikki, the guy is completely clueless. Why he would want the rest of us to know just how clueless he really is, is beyond me??
Good point Etienne! I don’t know how old Big D is, but he’s got the grammar of a 6 year old. And a Happy New Year to you as well!!

Now please SS, give your loyal LOTR fans something to cheer about. I don’t care if it’s the Ringwraith PF or the GTG PF, either one will do very nicely.

Can’t wait to see the finished Aurra Sing Premium Format! Wasn’t The Phantom Menace piece I was hoping for, but at least it’s something from TPM!

Oh darn- looks like NLH stepped in and took out a piece of the Star Wars/Marvel Dynasty,,, oh well, not to despair,, 5 more days left…..

Go Get some LotR PF´s please !:-)
i´m tired of waiting for Gandalf the Grey or Arwen PF Statue to be released. no more SW please

i’m with you on there gumby! this guy doesn’t completely understand what he’s saying… may be his D stands for “DUH?!” hahaha! oh well… still waiting for some LOTR announcements…based on the last newsletter, two more spots will be given to the dinosauria allosaurus vs camarasaurus diorama and the 1:1 hulk bust by andy b. so the remaining 3 days would be just fine for 3 LOTR announcements…i wish! ;P

Come on! Firefly/Serenity, Dr. Horrible, Blade Runner, Fifth Element, Venture Bros… there’s so many properties out there with large fan bases, larger than the comic book characters probably.

Hey Big D, thanks for sharing your insight and wisdom with us. I didn’t realize until now that LOTR [the most successful licence SS has ever owned, the licence that literally put SS on the map as a high-end collectible company, and the licence recognized as the foundation for every other SS licence including Marvel and Star Wars] was so boring. Nor did I realize until now that LOTR “aint making SS no money” [nice grammar BTW lol]. And of course the fact that every LOTR PF, and almost every Dio. and LSB are completely sold out really hammers home that point. ROTF
Would you be so good as to point out all the other boring SS licences in an effort to save all of us from making the mistake of spending our hard earned money on licences you deem boring?
And while you’re at it please share with us what the “D” in Big D stands for. I could only think of 3 possible choices myself, delusional, dummy, and doofus.

Fact:

Sideshows most profitable license = Marvel

Lucas and SW fans bow down to the Marvel and Disney Empire. We Win.

Big D…..you have no clue. lol

To JS, good call on the Marion Ravenwood 1/6 figure. I know we’ve already had an Indy sneak peak, but with the Indy line said to be “on pause”, this would be a welcome surprise and an instant purchase on pre-order!

Oh O…Jason Vorhees. I can anticipates the flood of complaints coming, LOL. SS, please make the Kirby Hulk 1:1 bust affordable; don’t make me sell my blood for this one.

GREAT JOB SIDESHOW WITH AURRA SING!!! PLEASE LET ME SEE YOUR PREVIEW STORMTROOPER PREMIUM FORMAT!! THANKS!!!

It sure has been fun with this 12 Days thing. I little something fun to look forward to during the day in the post-Christmas blahs!
(We are actually moving this week and I am keeping the computer hooked up till the very last moment to see if I can catch today’s reveal!)
Fun Fun Fun!
(I hope they show us something cool in 1/6 like a Star Wars Hammerhead or Marion Ravenwood or something. Or maybe Merry and Pippin after all?)

GAMBIT GAMBIT GAMBIT!!! LOL really though I can’t wait

Thanos, Gambit, Colossus, Cyclops.. ok broke. Marvel is really packed as what gumby stated. Any other bad guys from Star Wars with more dynamic sculpture? Such as those from Star Wars Unleashed series from Hasbro? =) Wonder if Sideshow will even get DC license.

Iron Man Mark III suit movie version with alternate head in 1/4 scale please…….You’ve already done the 1/2 scale….why not give us something we can not only afford but also have enough room to display it in.

So many complainers. First of all. Just like any artist, movie maker, sculpter…it’s not just about YOU and the bottom line. They need to do things and create things that they love. Whether everything they do is a success with the consumer is another thing. But they need to do those passionate or interesting projects that excite and motivate them, or things they think are cool to work on. So if you don’t like it, don’t buy it and stop collecting their stuff then.

Indy diorama preview please!

Aura looks amazing… And while I would love to have a Premium Format Stormtrooper, I would rather you take you time and make it “perfect” than hurry it along just to get it out. And any Star Wars love in the Premium Format arena is OK in my book… And to those who wonder why all the Star Wars “favoritism”? Hey, somethings gotta pay the bills…. hahahaha….

another star wars piece?! i just hope there would be AT LEAST TWO announcements for future LOTR pieces within the remaining 6 days. and this is no longer a request! stop with the star wars already! as in STOP IT!!!

DJ – It’s all about the “Benjamins” my friend! I feel your pain, but just take a walk around the convention floor of the next Comic-Con if you have a chance to attend. You might be surprised that a big portion of the other exhibitors will be pushing Star Wars – i.e. Lego, Hasbro, Gentle Giant, Diamond Select, etc., etc. When you include the expanded universe, Star Wars probably – and this is just a guess – has at least as many, and most likely, a much larger fan base for it’s characters than any of the other licences such as DC or Marvel. Don’t misunderstand me, I’m also a Marvel and DC fan, but I’m just saying that Star Wars is most likely the “bread & butter” of Sideshow’s product line. If they did’t offer the big sellers, they couldn’t afford to bring the other licences / characters to the fans. Of course, it’s possible I don’t know what the heck I’m talking about and just blowing smoke up your chimney!

Sideshow, why don’t you start asking us what WE want as opposed to you guys deciding for us, because clearly we aren’t seeing eye to eye here, at least where Star Wars is concerned.

I totally agree with gumby/bearmodel/SDJ/Dino…I’m sorry but what is with this HUGE focus on Star Wars? Its like 75% of the Sideshow operation is devoted to just Star Wars pieces,,continuous stream of PFs, dios, 12 inch… ENOUGH ALREADY! There are sooo many other licenses that need some serious attention and life breathed back into them,,, as bear model pointed out,, Terminator, the Dead, AVP, Legend, and how about some brand new Star Trek PFs that have needed to be done for YEARS like the rest of the Original Series or even TWOK, etc (not even going to bring up LOTR again). Star Wars and Marvel have had way too much attention, especially when it gets to the point of making PFs of meaningless characters,,,please stop the favortism now.

Oh, Aurra!…I hate to see you go, but I just love to watch you leave! Someone has been doing Pilates!

SIDESHOW STOP MAKING SOME SW…CONCENTRATE ON THE MARVEL STUFF..YOU KNOW THIS IS WHERE THE MONEY IS !!!!

AND MAKE A WORLD WAR HULK PF !!!

By far the easiest SW PF pass in history. Would love to know the thinking behind one of the most irrelovent characters in the Star Wars Universe getting her own PF

Six days left…please show a teaser of the next LOTR PF, Sideshow! Also, you previously answered one of my “Ask Sideshow” questions and confirmed that Boromir was one of the characters slated to get the PF treatment…I have requested several times that Boromir be depicted in Gondorian armor as seen in the “Retaking of Osgiliath” from the extended Two Towers. Seeing your recent Vlad the Impaler PF, I have hope that a armored Boromir holding the flag of Gondor in one hand and his sword/the Horn of Gondor in hos otehr hand can be done!!!

YES!!! Aurra Sing!!! Like what the surfer said: Geonosis Padme NEXT!!!

Nice butt, Aurra!

100% agreed with Elliott!!! Predator maquette!

Happy Holidays all! OK…we’re halfway through and still no LOTR items…what’s up with that?? I’m jonesing for Tolkien stuff (LOL)

Can we please get a new adamn hughes designed comiquette.

Why don’t some of you Marvel geeks give it a rest already. You sound like a bunch of whiny girls. Since Spook 09 you’ve gotten the HB Iron Man, white Elektra, and SS comiquettes. The Spider-Woman and BiB Spider-man LSB’s, the X-23 dio. and the Wolverine PF.
Plus you’ve got pre-orders for the Sabretooth PF and 1:1 Hulk in about a week.
Not to mention recent sneak peeks of Cyclops, Gambit, Colossus, Thanos, DD [have I missed anyone?], and now Bullseye.
Feel free to get you noses out of your comic books, move out of the basement bedroom in your parent’s house, and join the rest of us in the real world. Marvel fans = Epic Fail!!

T-1000 PF and a predator maquette please!!!

Never got into the “Buffy” stories or characters but, this piece looks very cool! Like the attitude in Buffy’s pose – this sweet, innocent looking young woman sitting in this very imposing and wicked chair, contemplating another vampire kill! The skulls really sell it!

It would be nice since you felt the need to revist Buffy, that you feel the same need and revist the 1/6 LotR line.

Bring on the 12″ “Firefly” figures! Starting with Mal!

Buffy’s back. Nice. Definitel fan here.

You created an awesome Qui-Gonn & Obi Wan vs Darth Maul Diorama from Episode 1. This is the first major Star Wars lightsaber duel in all 6 movies. The last major lightsaber duel is the fall of mighty Darth Vader vs his own son Jedi Luke Skywalker (with the Emperor sitting there seething with hate). The fans all know that this is a given and that SideShow will create it. You have to make this piece to show the fall of the ultimate villian Darth Vader. The question is when is it coming out?????? Please don’t wait until you decide to call the Star Wars Diorama line quits or until it is too late and you go out of business (like Palisades did ending the best GI Joe and Transformers line of polystone pieces ever made).

what miss gumby said is correct, now go make me a sam-mitch!

all these people sideshow asking for pf lotr and star wars surley they carnt all be disaponited this christmas sideshow buff who on the 29th hope for the 30th

I agree- a fire needs to be lit under the Ringwraith PF project, that one needs to happen soon,, but we have already seen a sneak peek pic of the GTG PF in development, and that was back in October,, surely it should be ready for unveiling by now,, at least in unpainted form. C’mon Sideshow lets see GTG!

Kratos comiquette sneak peak PLEASE!!!

I’m with Miguella [aka Malice], a glimpse of the much anticipated Ringwraith PF would be awesome!!

Sideshow Stormtrooper Premium Format!!!

please let GAMBIT be one of the previews!!!!!!!

Bullseye is nice, but I’m waiting for cyclops,colossus or apocalypse.

pleas sideshow Willow movie, General Kael!!!!

My wife and I are looking forward to your new Avatar premium format figures. Jake and Neytiri are our favorites and we’d love to add them to all our sideshow collections.

Marvel fans getting thier love, now we LotR fans need ours!

The two top dogs in dio form… we needed this. Thanks SS… this Yoda vs Sidious will be a must own!

A couple of nice sneak peeks so far, but with 4 down and 8 to go still nothing LOTR-related. With no PF’s [other than the GTG sneak peek on Oct 30th.]or LSB’s on the horizon how about finally giving LOTR fans something to cheer about. We’ve had exactly one new pre-order in the past year from all three of your LOTR lines combined!! If your looking to kill interest in LOTR keep doing what your doing, it’s working perfectly.

hi im with master yoda crying in my sleep for a pf stormtrooper and pf luke and han heads to go with it interchangable also lotr have dried up hope it not because your ending the line sideshow so many characters no done yet

YES! Yoda Vs. Sidious, have been waiting for this one a long time
Thanks Sideshow

GREAT JOBS SIDESHOW!!! PLEASE NOW STORMTROOPER PREMIUM FORMAT PREVIEW!!!

Yoda Vs. Sidious is a pass for me. I just could deal with the hoppy little swordsman and am happy with the OT Luke and Yoda figure. Mola Ram looks amazing.

Blackhole Stormtrooper 1/6 scale. Don’t make me paint my own Sideshow!!!!

Sidious and Yoda. Finaly something about the Emperor. A light up would be fantastic and an Exclusive with 2 other heads for Emperor and Yoda would then be a done deal for an order from me.

hello ,hello mulder is that you
mulder, ya it’s me scully,i cant
hear you that good. I think i found something, I’ll talk to you later.—- mulder, mulder,——-

Sideshow what do you think about the clash of the titans license

I MUST HAVE YODA FIGURE!!!!!!!
Yoda vs Sith = awesome

Master Yoda is wise!

Wheres the preview for the 26th???

GI JOE 12 INCH BEACHHEAD AND MAKE HIM TIGHT WITH A RAEL CLOTH FACE MASK UNLIKE FIRE FLY

I wholeheartedly support DJ’s views. It’s been way too quiet this year for fans of the LOTR PF line. So let’s end 2009 in style and please give us that second LOTR PF announcement of 2009!

Qui-Gon Jinn Premium Format!!!!!

And or, the Attack of the Clones Anakin vs. Tusken Raider’s diorama!!!!!!

STORMTROOPER PREMIUM FORMAT !! STORMTROOPER PREMIUM FORMAT !!

I hope we’ll see a preview of Colossus, Jack Sparrow and TOD Indy PF

Sideshow, bring on the Slayer!!! Buffy fans are waiting. We know you won’t disappoint.

Chernabog’s hugely cool, but wouldn’t this be considered more of a maquette?

::waiting patiently for some LotR love::

Thanks for a great year Sideshow, you guys have once again raised the bar in all collectible lineups, and I am looking forward to at least three pieces from 2009. My only one MAJOR disappointment was…as successful as the line is….only one LOTR PF announcement for the entire year. In 07 and 08 there were several so it really didnt make sense at all. There are tons of characters left in LOTR that need the PF treatment (especially after seeing what you did with Vlad), even misc ones, that would sell out for sure. For next year, we pretty much already know GTG will be announced, and then follow it up with a Nazgul (at least for malice’s sake. Even just those two for next year would be a good start.
Sideshow, I emplore you- please get this line back on track for 2010. Dioramas are great, but Premium Format is how the LOTR characters shine brightest and where the license is truly a success.
Merry Christmas and a safe Happy New Year to all at Sideshow and all my fellow collectors out there.

I am in awe, I have the first two Indiana Jones Premium Format, a diorama preordered and now the great Mola Ram, and a new Arnold T-800 on Jan 7 2010!!! Sideshow just give me a job so my paycheck can go directly to you. My Wallet has flies coming out and I’m going to need a new house to put all the stuff in.

If all the previews are as good as this we are in for a good year, Merry Christmas to my fellow collectors and all the staff at Sideshow, My one true wish for 2010 lets finaly see a PF Stormtrooper please.

Please Sideshow we want Star Wars Premium Format announcement!!!

Mola Ram!!! Very cool… Me likey… Merry Christmas everyone! Or a belated Happy Festivus!

OK but does the heart light up?

Thats Dr Jones to you doll! Chilled monkey brains anyone?

Great a new Indiana Jones PF!