it's so cool to see the archive of sideshow's premium
format figures because you can see how over time they've become more
ambitious with the poses the materials they're using
you know and revisiting some of our favorite
characters with new sculpting and new manufacturing
techniques and now we're about to check out some of their newest ones
for 2020.
so this is the superman call to action premium format figure and we kind of
wanted to test the boundaries on everything that we have known before
uh including the sculpt and the balance of the piece as well as the cut
and so this is an extremely ambitious project so this is kind of a
quintessential superman moment that we wanted to capture but we wanted to give
collectors a choice as well so we do have him in the clark kent configuration
right now but there is a superman portrait with the kiss curl and a
slightly more determined look on his face but the coolest thing
about this piece besides the kind of counterpoint to balance where he is
balancing on one foot running through a puddle in a
metropolis alleyway is the fact that this is a statue that interacts with its
own fabric and if you look back across our catalog of
pieces a lot of them do have the cut and sew elements or the mixed media
but it's mostly it's shirts it's capes it's it's pieces that the collector can
pose if they want but um this this piece has tension this
piece interacts with its own fabric as he is removing
the shirts to reveal the superman symbol beneath
so this is a really unique sculpt um there is wiring in the
the collar of the shirt and the tie so you can get some dynamic action
if you want to pose that yourself but very specifically from the
the tailored pants to the suit jacket and undershirt
this piece interacts with its own fabric which is
is a really cool addition uh to to the collection and i don't think you can see
it from this angle but the base of the statue is also in the shape of the
superman logo so it's a really nice kind of tribute to
everything that clark kent and and superman are as as a
as a hero of metropolis um so this is just
it's a piece that you can't help but feel inspired looking at as he
he bursts from the alleyway and uh prepares to save the day
and what a perfect character for because it's you know the larger-than-life
hero but with than the very grounded materials that
of him going from civilian from clark kent
to superman you also have tiny glasses yes yes and so i
i love i personally like the uh the clark kent portrait because i'm a clark
kent girl but yes he does have sculpted glasses he
has a hat this piece has i mean he even has a belt
with a belt buckle this piece is detailed from head to toe because we
wanted to make sure that if we did this moment of of transition from the
the civilian to the hero that it captured everything that was the
best of both sides of him and i can tell there's got to be a
really strong wire from that foot through to the top of the torso yes our
sculptors made sure to take into account the physics of the the counterbalance
and and the fact that he is on one foot uh leaping through a puddle
um yes it's extremely cool uh the way that
science plays into the sculpts of these beautiful art pieces
uh and and the balance is a really important part of the statute as well
and this is the prototype right here yes we are looking at the prototype it is
available for pre-order on our website currently
and i don't have the estimated shipping window but uh it did premiere earlier
this year so people do have the opportunity to get on that
and it is an all-inclusive edition so you get both versions of the the
clark kent and superman portrait with the one edition there's no
exclusive to this one so here i think are two wonderful
examples of the premium format figures where they have
dynamic poses that emerge from really interesting bases
so strange here the cape is cut and so it looks like that's right
yes yes so the the the um the red cape has a lot of actually different versions
of cut and so fabric going on there is the kind of
gold and black patterned trim there is the more suave
uh kind of silky looking red on the inside and then on the outside is kind
of a more classic uh cloth feel that gives the
the cloak of levitation it's kind of a relic
status to it in the center as the clasp of course is the eye of agamotto and
contrary to what your eye might suggest the rest of his costume is completely
sculpted even though they they managed to get
the stitching details on his costume in there so you would believe that it
it seamlessly transitions with the fabric but he's got a lot of dynamic
motion and realism to the sculpt of the rest of his costume
i can't even see like the patterning on the top of the cloak you have like the
the perpendicular cross hatching just to show that it is not
it's in that world to the scale also yes and i think it adds an element of the
kind of comic book come to life with that with that amount
of detail and it captures the light really well
the cloak extends to 24 inches wide at its widest point so if you really want
to be fancy with doctor strange it does have
internal wiring to support that but as you mentioned he is leaping out
of kind of a dark dimension portal base because he is the sorcerer
supreme and of course he is casting a very vibrant spell and and one
of my other favorite kind of little details with characters who cast
spells or fire energy is that the the paint of their hands or whatever is
emitting the energy is painted to reflect that light source
so his gloved hand does have some green elements to it so that you get a full
experience of this this spell is enveloping him
in the way that he is casting it and you're adding extra layers of paint both
on the kind of portal you have to spell and
also on silver surfer here that cosmic look to you know what he's
surfing on yes so these these maquettes are really
a chance to to go extremely hard with the detail i mean
with some figures like six scale figures the bass needs to
not detract from from the piece where you pose it but these pieces the bass is
part of the story so this is the silver surfer highly
anticipated perhaps one of the most anticipated pieces from sideshow for
this convention he was teased during our 12 days of
sideshow holiday event and this is norenrad in all of his
cosmic glory i mean he is a sight to behold and of course
you always have to wonder oh my goodness is galactus going to eat us next now
that we've we've seen him emerging from the cosmic
portal but the the portal itself has a really cool
um kind of textured and ingrained in the paint star field and and the stars vary
in size so it's almost as if time and space are warping around him as
he he wields the power cosmic and there is depth to the star field and
this very reflective finish yes it's a it's a
very very nice silver finish we wanted to make sure that this wasn't just a
silver flat piece because he is so reflective
it needed to capture every detail of his physique he stands about 25 inches tall
i believe um and it's it's a kind of a museum pose
a very firm this is a surfer who knows exactly what
to do on his board but he's got that dignity to him that
you see especially as he is a herald of galactus
um just a really stoic and kind of uh intimidating uh demeanor about him
that we we were excited to capture and um
actually i want to point out he does have an exclusive accessory that matches
with a proximity base we like to call them proximity vases
when they don't connect but they are displayable right near each other
they match this is frankie ray nova this is a really cool piece because if
if collectors uh order the exclusive edition of the silver surface they
almost get an entirely secondary character a quarter scale
about a bust of frankie rae and she does have
a light up hair feature it is not on display currently
but we are looking at the prototype and and i think this for fans who have been
really aching to add to their cosmic collection this
is kind of a one-two punch of essential marvel characters
how long are these types of sculpts and products in development before they can
be unveiled and that's a great question i mean from from
the announcement the tease that we knew he was
he was coming from the holidays in december now to july
um it's a it's a non-linear process because of the ways in which
they can move throughout um i mean even dr strange would have to go between
sculpt cut and so paint there might be adjustments throughout so
it varies piece by piece and i i don't know if there's a definitive answer i
can give for that but each of these pieces is actively changing and
extremely dynamic throughout the solicitation progress
process all the way up until the point we we launched the gallery and put it on
display on our website and the point where it can be displayed
at the comic-con the sideshow con you know
booth so to speak yes we have to make sure the paint is
dry uh but yeah this is it's it's very exciting what we've been able to
get ready to to show everybody for sideshow con this
year because this would have been just a small uh sliver of what we had on
display at san diego comic con amy i want to conclude here with this
massive rancor uh this isn't of course quarter
scale this is a deluxe statue i mean i don't
know if we know the exact scale of a rancor but we did our best approximation
this is a a deluxe piece for a reason uh for star
wars fans who are really looking to kind of if they want to add to their job
as palace collection or or they're just a fan of the big monsters of star wars
he measures about 29 inches tall and and roughly the same
wide thanks to his massive stance and those
gigantic claws which are definitely bigger than
my hands so it's pretty intimidating is this
what you consider like a an artist's interpretation or are you trying to go
for the the puppet so this is this is as
screen accurate as we could get it to be but obviously
um based on the the age of the film and the angles we see there
are aspects that we didn't get to fully see realized on the rancor puppet so
this is a new perspective based on our artists
studying of the original materials and adding the details that we would see
closer up if we actually got face to face with the rancor there are
scars and scales and rough textures and kind of
a lot of spines and horns on this creature that we might not have had the
chance to see on film so it gives people an entirely new perspective of what this
beast truly looks like up close and it's an
example of one of the massive things that you guys have to ship
as a product in terms of how it comes apart and comes together
yes and so that is always also a a challenge that our
production team is always taking into account the the
safety and shipping we do things called drop tests with the boxes to ensure that
obviously not with the product that you are getting shipped but we do we do
rigorous testing to make sure that pieces uh like this can be preserved as
perfectly as possible for collectors and this is this is going
to be a uh get a friend to help you lift this box
when when the rancor comes in but i do want to point out
uh this this massive piece uh he does have some fun details in the base
including the skull of a gamorian guard who unfortunately fell into the pit with
him um and and the feet were a challenge because uh they had to
support this type of character and so our
artists also do look at real world animal references and i believe
specifically rhinoceros uh were a part of the inspiration for the rancor
and it's also really fun uh in in the ma and then
the nose of the creature you can see they've even added glistening paint so
it looks like flaring nostrils fresh with disgusting
saliva and snot and i mean that's the level of
detail you expect when you you get a deluxe statue of a star wars
monster brought to life just a little bit of sheen
to catch the light in the eyes or the you know the snarl in the teeth
yes that all of that contributes to making the beast feel alive
even on your shelf thank you so much amy for giving me a tour of the booth here
it's so amazing to see these without the the plexiglas
cases yeah that's been a real privilege getting getting to
show an even more unfiltered access to the detail that our artists put into
these pieces so thank you so much for joining us
absolutely and we can't wait to come back for the next con