Sideshow 1:6 Vader Pics Including Size Comparison To Medicom Vader

A lucky Sideshow contest winner scored a production sample Vader figure and has posted some great photos, including a picture with the earlier Medicom Vader figure. Medicom has taken considerable criticism lately for the size of their figures (closer to 11" than 12") and the difference between the 14" Sideshow Vader and the Medicom version is pretty staggering.

That said, the Medicom sculpt still looks more screen accurate to me, making this an okay Sideshow figure, but a fail overall, especially as the Medicom figure had been out for at least a year and Sideshow knew what they had to beat.

Which begs the question, what the hell is going at Sideshow these days? Their prices go up as the quality of their output goes down. Meanwhile Hot Toys is doing amazing work at comparable prices.

I greet new Sideshow figures with the same enthusiasm I have for new naked Britney Spears pictures; sure, I'll look, but I've seen it all before and there's a strong likelihood that what I'll see will really gross me out.

Then I'll reminisce about the pre-Fed days and try to cleanse my pallet with some Megan Fox shots or even a Kelly Clarkson upskirt pic to get those horrible images out of my head!!!

KISS 1:6 Medicom Gene Simmons & Paul Stanley

Medicom finally gives Kiss fans what they want; 1:6 versions of both Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley in Destroyer era gear (and with Destroyer-era physiques), complete with painted / molded chest hair.

It's been 30 years since Mego introduced the first Kiss figures in the 70's, yet since the Kiss reunion/licensing resurgence of the mid-90's, no one has made articulated 1:6 figures with soft goods.

Hopefully Medicom will fix the obvious costume issues before production and give us Peter & Ace as well, but in the meantime, this is long-overdue, and a good start. Certainly much better than we could have expected from Sideshow, who briefly flirted with the license in their bizzare large scale figure line and will probably be the official distributor of these in the States.

These are leaked images from upcoming advertisements for the figures, courtesy of Toy World HK. No release date or price point announced yet.