Sideshow 1/6 R2-D2
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Good stuff. Thanks for the extensive photos. Left seam looks prominent. Right one seems like it'd be barely visible. 
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This pic is pretty awesome.
Bo Shrek
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SS royally ****ed up the Gammorean Guards!!
Bo Shrek
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Damn....Im not in love with the overall shape. Dome looks off. High and narrow perhaps?
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Looks fine to me. If you think it's off then don't get it so it won't be disappointing to you.
Can't wait to receive mine.
Bo Shrek
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Looks fine to me. If you think it's off then don't get it so it won't be disappointing to you.
Can't wait to receive mine.
I'm on the fence! Do I want it? Sure! I have a space for it right beside My HT Luke! Will wait to see YouTube reviews. Bottom line $150 is a good price!
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I have the Medi C-3PO and R2. I can say Medi finishes on this 2 figures are superb. And yes, no seam on there R2. But still, as a Star Wars fan. I'm still getting the Sideshow version.
You have to remember lenses distort curves quite a bit and could be distorting the dome. I assembled movie scene pics of 3PO's head (all looking straight at camera) and put three pics side-by-side and they all looked so different - fatter and wider, narrow and thinner, top of head more bulbous. Amazing to see so much variation.
The overall R2 shape's not looking bad to me but he definitely needs a set of "partial wheels" that will raise him up 1/8"-1/4" Youtube vids will help to judge the shape.
Is the Medi R2 dome metal or painted plastic? I'm guessing it's plastic.
inked
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You guess correctly
Hmm... obviously a better metallic paint than what SSC's factory uses. That factory does Happy Meal toys also I believe.
inked
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Hmm... obviously a better metallic paint than what SSC's factory uses. That factory does Happy Meal toys also I believe.
The Medi dome paint wasn't brilliant either IMO. On the ones I've had it was also very sloppy, plus the Medi dome wasn't perfectly flush wo the body so there was light leak at the joint when the lights were on.
From the photos I've seen of the SSC R2, IT looks better in every way (apart from the seam)
Oh, okay. I've only seen the Medis at a friend's house. That was a few years ago though. I remember them being really cool. Glad to hear the SSC R2 may top it.
D. Martin
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Not if you use lens correction...
Are you sure the dome wasn't completely set? Cause you have to pull the dome off to install the battery, maybe the dome wasn't completely pushed in.
Mine has no light leak. And the paintjob looks great.
I'm still waiting on more in hand pics cause I have the SS r2 on PO but I really love my medi R2.
I know most people were put off cause its on the small side but it doesn't bother me.
The paintjob on the medi is superb.
There's things I like better on SS, and some on medi.
Will have to judge when more in hand pics show up.
inked
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Positive, I've owned 4 (3 of the lights only version and 1 light and sound version) and they've all had problems of one sort or another (not all had light leak).
Issues ranged from bad paint applications / light leak / dodgy sound due to poor wiring.
It was nice enough for the prices I paid (ranging from £60 to £99) but it was far from perfect.
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