Shaun of the Dead from Sideshow
Sideshow toys released some images of the upcoming 12 inch Shaun of the Dead figures that should get the boxers wet of a few of you out there. They have both Shaun and Ed available for pre-order. Check them out:
Shaun comes with a bunch of nifty little accessories including a bouquet of flowers that’s EXCLUSIVE TO SIDESHOW. Uh yeah, not that exciting.
Ed comes with a few cool accessories along with his really ugly mug and a Sideshow exclusive ice cream cone… yawn….
Does it bother anyone that while these figures are pretty cool they have all their horrible joints on display for the whole world to see? It’s almost like they are the diametric opposite of a McFarlane figure and that’s not for the best. It’s great that they’ve got some nice facial sculpts and their clothing is fantastic looking, but I just can’t handle those artist’s mannequin wrists and hands. Maybe it’s just me, though.
This is also the part of the post where I admit that I’ve never seen Shaun of the Dead. I know, I know, I can hear you collective gasps and boos from this side of the internets. It’s on the “I’ll get to it someday” list along with about a million other geek staple films that you’d be absolutely shocked to find out that I haven’t seen yet. However, Shaun of the Dead has moved up the priority list after having read the Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z recently. I’ve got Zombie fever* and man do I really need to get a Netflix account…
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*please do not blow my head off with a shotgun, I don’t really have zombie fever.
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November 6th, 2007 at 10:33 pm
Yeah, I don’t like the joints on them either. While they both look good, they just don’t seem as cool as the usual Sideshow release.
November 7th, 2007 at 4:20 am
wow, those both look really… not good.
I mean, Sideshow knows they’re supposed to base these things off the actors, right, not their stand-ins? Just because everyone at the office thinks the guy who empties the trash is cool to talk to, you don’t put his face on a $100 toy you’re trying to sell to people. That fans will notice if you take the head from Sloth from The Goonies and put in on a new body? These are all things Sideshow is aware of?
I’m not crazy about the joints (that’s what happens when you make your first figure that isn’t wearing a full army uniform or Jedi robes), but yeesh, those facial sculpts are beyond hideous! Halfassery like this makes me extra-glad that I don’t collect 12″ figures…
November 8th, 2007 at 6:03 pm
Thanks for this post. I happen to love this movie, but for the toys…I’m a little unimpressed. I certainly hope this company doesn’t do the figures for “Run Fat Boy Run.” Anyway, keep up the good work!