SDCC09...Oh Sideshow, how you disappoint...

What the hell happened to this company?

On the eve of Comic-con Sideshow released a bunch of announcements and sneak peeks. No doubt we'll see more at the show.


Three count 'em three more Iron Man sculpted pieces in various scales and at various retails. I don't know how many Iron Man pieces SS has come up with to date but besides the X-Men's White Queen, it's clear SS thinks these two are the most popular characters in the Marvel Universe. Oh there's also a new Venom statue despite the fact Venom hasn't been cool since the third Spider-Man film ruined him.

Also new in the SS Marvel lineup is the Scarlet Witch's chest. May or may not be a new Adam Hughes designed Comiquette.


Then we have a new or should I say old Indiana Jones from the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 1/6th scale figure. Likely coming sometime in 2010...only nearly two years after the fourth Indy film was in theaters. Nice timing SS! Finger on the pulse baby!

We also see more overpriced figure environments listed. Anyone buying these at full price is a class 'A' sucker. Then to round it off, we still have yet more overpriced Lord of the Rings statues and the schlepping for Hot Toys superior products.

Oh Sideshow...you're going to have to work much harder than this during Comic-con to impress anybody. Get your shit together. Look around the con at your competition...everyone else is improving while you hammer out the same old crap or overpriced lameness.

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.