Continuing from the previous post of spotting Predators in odd situations, here’s a pretty good one as well. It’s a picture of an Alien and Predator having a go at each other again, except this time they’re relying a little bit more on brains than brawn. A surprise really, I never took these two as the intellectual type.
For a slightly more believable (and exciting) battle between these two fearsome creatures, check out Sideshow’s Aliens VS Predator: Requiem Diorama below:
This is Sideshow’s first bust from the Star Wars universe to receive the Legendary Scale Bust treatment. Sideshow has decided to start this line with Commander Cody, the leader of the 212th Attack Battalion. This bust stands at 18 inches tall and depicts Commander Cody receiving “Order 66” from a holographic image of Emperor Palpatine. The Emperor Palpatine hologram features a LED light feature, powered by batteries hidden in a compartment within Commander Cody’s hand.
Although I’m not a huge Star Wars fan, this bust is nevertheless starting to grow on me as I’m a sucker for statues that feature LED lights. And in this case the LED feature is used very appropriately on the holographic image. Nice!
Sideshow Collectibles will be collaborating with Amalgamated Dynamics Inc. (ADI) to produce the PredAlien Life-Size Bust from the Aliens VS Predator: Requiem movie. The Life-Size Predalien will be produced from molds for ADI’s screen-used costumes and props and is huge at 24″ (610mm). This is without a doubt a very impressive bust but I’m just curious how most of you who purchase large collectilbles find the space to display them? I don’t have that many large pieces but it’s already a challenge to find more shelf space for new items.
Pituvision has a video of the PredAlien bust from SDCC below:
Here’s Hot Toys’ take on one of the characters of Watchmen. The Silk Spectre II figure will be yet another addition in Hot Toys’ impressive line of Movie Masterpiece figures. I think the likeness of the face sculpt is pretty spot-on to Malin Akerman in her role as Silk Spectre II in the highly acclaimed Watchmen movie. Figure-hugging black costume, yellow romper with garters, black thigh-high boot tops, black gloves…what’s there not to like about this figure really? And I like how they’re using implanted hair, rather than the usual sculpted ones. It just adds another layer of realism to the figure, but some might consider that a bit too doll-like eh?
Also, if you’d like to watch the Watchmen film in full-HD glory do check out the Special Edition Blu-Ray Watchmen package at Amazon.com as well, it comes with a nifty light-up Night Owl case to store the Watchmen Blu-Ray discs.
Here’s the first Street Fighter themed diorama from Pop Culture Collectibles and Sideshow Collectibles. The Ryu VS Sagat Diorama depicts these two longtime Street Fighter rivals in a dramatic battle scene which shows how Sagat got that scar seen on his chest. This diorama will be cast in polystone, and comes complete with a certificate of authenticity signed by sculptor Alexi Bustamante and Jerry Macaluso.
The exclusive version of this Ry VS Sagat Diorama comes with illuminated Dragon Punch, but is unfortunately sold out. However, Sideshow Collectibles offers a ‘Wait List’ feature if you’d like to try your luck.
Sideshow Collectibles is releasing a polystone diorama depicting the clash of 2 of our world’s most fearsome creatures. The Aliens VS Predator: Requiem Polystone Diorama will pit a Wolf Predator against a group of Alien pests. I really like the look of the Wolf Predator (which is why I’m still a proud owner of Sideshow’s Wolf Predator Mask), but I didn’t like the Aliens VS Predator: Requiem film much, and I take it most people felt the same.
This is a definite must-have item as I love Matrix and Hot Toys has again done a fantastic job with this. Hot Toys seem to be on a roll these days and most everything they churn out turn to gold. This is of course good for us collectors, as their competitors will just have to step up to the challenge and we can only expect better things in the future from these companies. This here is the Sentinel robot from The Matrix. Not only is it an incredibly detailed representation of the squid-like robot from the Matrix trilogy but at over 15 inches long, this 1/16-scale Sentinel is also pretty huge. The Sentinel features 15 poseable tentacles, each with 2 points of articulation, and 10 poseable limbs beneath the main squid body, each with 3 points of articulation. I guess 2 things are going to suffer as a result of this Sentinel figure, our wallets and display space.
Here’s one for the Star Wars fans out there, especially those who love the little green Jedi Master. This Premium Format Figure depicts Yoda in the midst of handing out some pain to an unfortunate Clone Trooper using his trusty walking stick lightsaber. Yoda will also be outfitted in a real fabric robe. A good decision on Sideshow’s part, since I’ve always preferred mixed media statues using multiple materials as they give a more accurate representation. And to add some bling, Yoda’s lightsaber features electronic light function.
If I remember correctly, Zangief will be the 8th character to appear under Pop Culture Shock’s line of Capcom’s Street Fighter and Darkstalkers 18-inch Mixed Media Statues. The previous characters released under this line include Cammy, Morrigan, Felicia, Ken, Vega, Ryu, and Akuma. Zangief will be sculpted by Jerry Macaluso, who was responsible for all the previous Street Fighter characters from Pop Culture Shock. He was also the person who brought us the fantastic line of 6-inch Street Fighter action figures from SOTA Toys.
There will be two versions of Zangief, a normal skin and a Sideshow Exclusive Mecha Zangief. As expected of the mixed media label, Zangief will come in high-quality polystone, and his clothes will be real fabric clothing. There’ll also be an interchangeable head and signed certificate of authenticity from Sideshow Collectibles and Pop Culture Shock.
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the original Alien film, Sideshow Collectibles in partnership with Hot Toys will be releasing the 1:6-Scale Alien ‘Big Chap’ Poseable Model Kit under Hot Toys’ Movie Masterpiece label and will be based on the original designs of H. R. Giger.
The ‘Big Chap’ is about 14″ in height, roughly the same as Hot Toys’ Predator figures if I’m correct. It comes with a nicely weathered diorama base but not much accessories here, Aliens don’t use guns anyway. They pretty much do away with claws and green acid spit..and the occasional hide and seek.
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