Sideshow Experience

In this Screencap animation, comic creator Dennis Bower remembers growing up watching Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Sideshow and Blizzard are in discussions about Diablo III. We’re far from decided on the best way to represent the various classes, but we are tremendously excited!

The answer is “not in 2012.” But believe us when we say that your enthusiasm is shared by our development team. It’s important for us to have the right approach for characters, including Mara, and we are on it. For example, when it comes to females (and other new body types) we are making leaps [...]

We like the ideas and options upgrade kits could offer, and are looking into it. But we also like producing new figures with fresh eyes! Things are progressing quickly with our development and production processes, and we feel somewhat obligated to take a new approach at characters, especially if our last attempts were years ago. [...]

We hear ya bub, but we are really stoked to show our Wolverine vs. Hulk first!

Ah, well we like your line of thinking! As big fans of those characters we were excited to present them as Premium Format Figures that would display nicely together. At this time, we have a lot of other plans for Legendary Scale Busts and Comiquettes that come first on our agenda. But rest assured we [...]

Better order a pizza and settle in, dude! Sideshow has some fresh ideas for TMNT, and we will be sharing them soon. Think smaller – more battle friendly! Just recently we caught up with our friend Kevin Eastman, co-creator of the Turtles, and showed him some of the early design ideas. And we got him [...]

Interview by Rachel Swaby Twenty-five years ago Tom Gilliland found himself working at the mecca of model building. He was making something like $7.20 an hour working the register at Kit Kraft, a hobby shop located in Studio City, California. He began by painting miniatures for role-playing games in his off hours, but his interest quickly [...]

Fear not my friend, we’ve got it covered in the name of truth, justice and the American way. Keep your eyes on the Design & Development blog in the near future, we will have some Superman (and Reeve) updates coming your way.

From the Los Angeles Times — Outnumbered by the women at an Irvine senior living center, men rediscover the joy of model making that has been dormant since they were young. Along with trains and planes, they build fellowship. In a room on the second floor of the Atria Woodbridge senior living community in Irvine [...]

This just in! Our first look at a new batch of character posters for blockbuster G.I. Joe: Retaliation, set for release this summer on June 29th. Channing Tatum returns as Duke, along with Ray Park as Snake Eyes and Lee Byung-hun as Storm Shadow. Newcomers to the cast include Bruce Willis as General Joseph B. [...]

We’re a touch distracted by the awesomeness presented by The Avengers, but yes, it’s in the plan.