slobodaneee
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Ok. CR arms may be too skinny. Do you think the MOS arms can be transplanted on the SS body?
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Ok. CR arms may be too skinny. Do you think the MOS arms can be transplanted on the SS body?
TonyMeis
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SS Superman arm is way more muscular. I don't see a need for it. As for double joint... I also don't feel it's necessary......
1. Hardly will do any pose with arms bending more than 45 degree....
2. These are muscular bodies, I rather have the muscle than flexibility and loose the appearence
Then again, depends on which character I may do double joint elbow mod, but Superman arms is fine the way it is.....
Am I the only one who thinks this figure looks way to small?
Of the 785 members who have viewed this thread, you might be member number 785 who has casually mentioned it.
LIBBY1957DOG
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you know Barry ,now you come to mention it lol
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hahahaha
jimminy
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Mine arrived a few days ago. I pre-ordered from Australia and have since moved to Hungary, and I experienced the joys of the VAT when this arrived. I spent some SS rewards points and Supes was supposed to be one of my cheapest figures, but with taxes it became one of the most expensive.
It is a flawed figure, as people have said. Those who didn't get the exclusive wouldn't have many accessories! They could have thrown in some different colours of kryptonite, or Kandor in a bottle, or an ant or a lion head ...
I know it is bad to say, because then I become the guy letting Sideshow get away with cutting corners on their sixth scales, but despite everything I sort of love it.
I'm the kind of Superman fan who adores Silver Age Superman. For me, the cheesier Superman is, the better. Legion of Super-pets, all that, is pure glee. I grew up on Batman comics but damn it, and perhaps because I am generally such a cynic, the older I get, the more I find Superman's simplicity really appealing. If Superman floats down and talks to a kid, or saves a cat from a tree, damn it if I don't well up like a moron.
It's a figure of a comic book Superman, and I love it for that. The proportions are a bit weird, but comic book proportions are. Sure, Silver Age Superman was a lot beefier, and his damn trunks didn't have a bit of red peeking above his belt, but to me ... If his costume is a bit silly looking, he doesn't care. He's Superman, right? If he's a bit skinny .. well, I always wondered how someone as strong as Superman was supposed to get an actual workout anyway. It doesn't look like sixties Superman, but it looks like a low-paid actor doing publicity for sixties Superman in a cheap costume. And that kind of makes me love it more. He's Superman. He doesn't need to look tough. He doesn't care if his underwear peeks above his belt. He's too buy trying to do good, saving cats from trees, and talking to kids and telling them to help out in their local neighbourhood.
I immediately posed the figure smirking and thumbs up, cause that to me is the purest kind of Superman, Alvin Schwartz's Superman tulpa, representing a basic myth and inspiring us all. There is an innocence to this figure that I find incredibly appealing. It is a bit childlike, and even like a child's toy. Sure, that makes me wish I didn't fork out quite as much money for it, but ... somehow it screams 'Superman' to me more than a perfect, towering, tough-looking, slick figure would have. I wish I had a Krypto to pose with him.
I used his pointy-finger hand to immediately smoosh down the hem of his trunks behind his belt.
I can't wait to pose Supes and Bats together, but my Batman is still on the other side of the world, waiting to be shipped over with all my household stuff.
The SS Batman was magnificent. This figure is flawed ... but damn it, I still love it, and perhaps even moreso for some of the flaws. Superman doesn't care if he looks silly. And that's why he's great.
It is a flawed figure, as people have said. Those who didn't get the exclusive wouldn't have many accessories! They could have thrown in some different colours of kryptonite, or Kandor in a bottle, or an ant or a lion head ...
I know it is bad to say, because then I become the guy letting Sideshow get away with cutting corners on their sixth scales, but despite everything I sort of love it.
I'm the kind of Superman fan who adores Silver Age Superman. For me, the cheesier Superman is, the better. Legion of Super-pets, all that, is pure glee. I grew up on Batman comics but damn it, and perhaps because I am generally such a cynic, the older I get, the more I find Superman's simplicity really appealing. If Superman floats down and talks to a kid, or saves a cat from a tree, damn it if I don't well up like a moron.
It's a figure of a comic book Superman, and I love it for that. The proportions are a bit weird, but comic book proportions are. Sure, Silver Age Superman was a lot beefier, and his damn trunks didn't have a bit of red peeking above his belt, but to me ... If his costume is a bit silly looking, he doesn't care. He's Superman, right? If he's a bit skinny .. well, I always wondered how someone as strong as Superman was supposed to get an actual workout anyway. It doesn't look like sixties Superman, but it looks like a low-paid actor doing publicity for sixties Superman in a cheap costume. And that kind of makes me love it more. He's Superman. He doesn't need to look tough. He doesn't care if his underwear peeks above his belt. He's too buy trying to do good, saving cats from trees, and talking to kids and telling them to help out in their local neighbourhood.
I immediately posed the figure smirking and thumbs up, cause that to me is the purest kind of Superman, Alvin Schwartz's Superman tulpa, representing a basic myth and inspiring us all. There is an innocence to this figure that I find incredibly appealing. It is a bit childlike, and even like a child's toy. Sure, that makes me wish I didn't fork out quite as much money for it, but ... somehow it screams 'Superman' to me more than a perfect, towering, tough-looking, slick figure would have. I wish I had a Krypto to pose with him.
I used his pointy-finger hand to immediately smoosh down the hem of his trunks behind his belt.
I can't wait to pose Supes and Bats together, but my Batman is still on the other side of the world, waiting to be shipped over with all my household stuff.
The SS Batman was magnificent. This figure is flawed ... but damn it, I still love it, and perhaps even moreso for some of the flaws. Superman doesn't care if he looks silly. And that's why he's great.
jimminy
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I will say that besides the trunks, to me the stand is the biggest place where they dropped the ball. SS Superman can float, or he can fall with style, but he certainly can't fly.
Flying is fairly important feature for any Superman beyond the earliest Golden Age stories. It seems like a proper clear flying stand would be fundamental. The first pose I tried to give him was the classic 'fist out, flying through the air' that every kid wearing their undies on the outside mimics, but nope.
Flying is fairly important feature for any Superman beyond the earliest Golden Age stories. It seems like a proper clear flying stand would be fundamental. The first pose I tried to give him was the classic 'fist out, flying through the air' that every kid wearing their undies on the outside mimics, but nope.
thedarkknight
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If I were more of a Superman fan, that post would have sold me on the figure. Sideshow's figure definitely captures the charm and fun of the character.
slobodaneee
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Tony,
I understand that you and many don't believe double-jointed arms are necessary on this figure but you are someone who has removed the costume. Do you think it is possible to attach Hot Toys arms? I value double-jointed arms more than some others. I was just wondering if it was possible to make the switch.
TonyMeis
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With a bit of modification, it can be done : )
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Except none of the pegs are compatible, so you'll need to do some severe body modification as well as paint.
Darth_IMPoor
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Yes, definitely true but I wouldn't consider it "severe" modification. Nothing needs to be modded on the body. The hand pegs swap easily and only a little shaving of the Supes foot peg is needed to fit into the Bats leg. The most labor intensive process will be the neck repaint.
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I'm kinda stuck on using the heat vision sculpt right now. I just love the intensity of it.
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Great pic looking forward to this one.
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