Veil1
Super Freak
Hey all. A question for anybody that has some of the Sideshow GI Joes, I was wondering what quality the weapons are. Are they comparable to Soldier Story, or Hot toys? Thanks in advance for any opinions.
of all the things ss ****s up, weapons are not one of them.
^^^ This. Sideshow's always excelled at weapons and footwear.
Design-wise, Hot Toys weapons are better, and there's more variety, but they are flimsy as *****. I don't know how many times I've had to glue a muzzle back on, or have had a scope fall off and not been able to attach firmly.
Sideshow's weapons are really sturdy, the only issue I've had is a crooked muzzle on some weapons. They also only have a few weapons in their repertoire as well: the Uzi (re-used), variations of XCRs (re-used), variations of AKs (re-used), ACR, Dragunov, etc. The FAL that came with the CG could be used with a Ripcord should SS produce that figure. Their only stand alone weapons so far are the CGs Kriss, Dusty's FAMAS, and Zartan'w sniper rifle.
--Design-wise, Hot Toys weapons are better, and there's more variety, but they are flimsy as *****. I don't know how many times I've had to glue a muzzle back on, or have had a scope fall off and not been able to attach firmly.
Sideshow's weapons are really sturdy, the only issue I've had is a crooked muzzle on some weapons. They also only have a few weapons in their repertoire as well: the Uzi (re-used), variations of XCRs (re-used), variations of AKs (re-used), ACR, Dragunov, etc. The FAL that came with the CG could be used with a Ripcord should SS produce that figure. Their only stand alone weapons so far are the CGs Kriss, Dusty's FAMAS, and Zartan'w sniper rifle.
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No disrespect to Sideshow, but . . .
Triad Toys came out with the first 1:6 KRISS with their Tyrus Kilemah figure well before Sideshow's CG figure.
Granted, I prefer the overall design & quality of Sideshow's version, but the one from Triad Toys is still very worthwhile.
Quality of SIDESHOW GI JOE weapons > SOLDIER STORY
I think he meant that the KRISS, FAMAS and FN FAL (acronyms all, heh) are the only guns in the line that haven't been re-used for other characters yet, particularly given that there have been multiple 1/6th version of the FAMAS and FN FAL from long before SSC even picked up the license.--
No disrespect to Sideshow, but . . .
Triad Toys came out with the first 1:6 KRISS with their Tyrus Kilemah figure well before Sideshow's CG figure.
Granted, I prefer the overall design & quality of Sideshow's version, but the one from Triad Toys is still very worthwhile.
Yeah, that's what I meant, thanks for interpreting it for me.
You can add Cobra Commander's MP7 to the list. Firefly's TMP was re-used with Commando Snake Eyes, and Cobra Commander's Desert Eagle was given to the Crimson Guardsmen.
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