Swords and Spaceships

I'd do some in-depth commentary, but I had a great run of writing tonight. ZOMGBBQSAUCE!!! Sideshow's take on Jabba the Hutt. It'll cost about $375 to get the complete set, which is completely out of the question for me. It's neat as hell, but where would I put it? I'm glad that Sideshow put this out now, so it will prevent me from becoming a completist with this line. I'd consider just getting Jabba and the creatures (I could get those for about $150), since I could make a dais out of foamcore. But, Sideshow, the devilish bastards, stuck the pipe and bowl in with the dais. So that breaks the deal. Still, it's gnarly to see them take on something so ambtious. I want to see their rendition of an armored Darth Vader and Boba Fett now. :)

which is a good thing. More on SDCC later. I was just happy to see MOTU continuing on this strong.

Out Sept. 19th. Yay!

Since I absolutely loved the newest Pirates flick, Dead Man's Chest, I did what every other overeager toy collector does- bought toys. I had two choices- NECA's 7" scale stuff, which are $13-15 each, or Zizzle's 3.75" toys, which are about $5-6 each and in my favorite scale. I picked up Prison Escape Jack Sparrow, Davy Jones, and Pirate Disguised Elizabeth Swann. Great stuff all around. They're a lot like Star Wars toys from around 2001- great body sculpts with accurate costumes, but not quite there on faces. But these are great for the scale, price, and the fact they're from a new player in the game, called Zizzle. Here's the current lineup. If Zizzle goes back and does figures from Curse of the Black Pearl, and also does toys from the next sequel, At World's End, they'll have a hit on their hands. Here's series 2 of Dead Man's Chest. I'm impressed. They're doing playsets in this line, which is awesome. I've heard about the...