FIGURE PAINTING VS. SUN – POP CULTURE SHOCK ANSWERS

I’ve always been worried about my statues get sunlight, then, through the miraculous world of cyberspace, I had the chance to ask directly to the manufacturer about the eternal dilemma: figure painting vs. Sun. Here’s the answer:

My take to this answer is that indirect sunlight exposure will not damage the painting, and if does it will take several years to do so. My collecting room (which happens to be my bedroom) has one window. So as long as I keep my figures away from the window I won’t have to worry about discoloration. What are your thoughts about the matter? 

I GUESS I JUST LOVE POLYSTONE

Still unique

When you think your statue is one of a kind limited edition and then you see the assembling line one has to think all that harder to keep that frame of mind. But regardless the number of copies, yours is unique. Mine feel unique despite this image because it’s still a human process. And humans tend to even slightly vary the stroke of paint or the intensity of a shadowing work or whatever. (But not that much because that’s a standard set and one can’t deviate from this.) I look at my Sideshow Daredevil and it seems unique to me even though once he was on a huge table with a thousand like him. This one is mine and it’s numbered, and is sold out, hence limited. But seeing that image above steals a bit of the glamour of uniqueness from the figure. 

To be extremely honest and contradictory it doesn't steal that much because the assembling space looks so artisanal that you feel differently from what you would if you were seeing a mass market product assembling line. I like the artisanal aspect of our hobby, it’s what, besides the quality of the end product, separates a limited edition collectible from a Walmart toy. This and the weight of polystone. Yes the weight of polystone has a great deal of giving the statue it’s value and uniqueness. Yes, I guess I just love polystone.

COWABUNGA! WHAT A COINCIDENCE!

Exactly one week after I published a post about Sideshow selling Teenage Mutant NinjaTurtles from all eras, I receive the following e-mail:

Such a coincidence, don’t you think?

TURTLES FOR ALL TASTES

You don't need to be a gourmet to enjoy this menu of turtles. Juts loving pizza is enough. I don't know what the heck is going on with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise, all I know is that right now you can find Turtles for sale from every period you like in the history of our green heroes: being the comics version, the TV series version, the first animatronics movies version or the new CGI's from the new movie ones, plus a new line to be launched by Sideshow, you have it all covered by different studios. It's truly a turtle smorgasbord. See the pics and the studios behind each Turtle line.

Mondo Studios stuck to the roots, recreating in 3D
the 2D turtles from the original comic books


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Prime 1 Studios choose to follow the movies. The old animatronics ones (which are promised to bring a new technology in
modelling materials to give the turtles a more "turtleish" texture) a as well ans the new CGI blockbuster green giants.

Where's Megan Fox Statue?!

You choose what the version of the turtle's movies you enjoy the most and prepare
your pocket because these turtles ain`t comin' cheap.

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Finally if the TV show was your favorite TMNT incarnation, no problem, Ikon Collectibles got you covered:

If that wasn't enough, Sideshow decided to launch their version of the heroes with the statues plus a Premium Art Print. So you're fan of the shell fighters you have aplenty to choose from and must have some money saved on the bank because the there`re turtles all around you, in different shapes and sizes but all of them Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Cowabunga!

Sideshow enters the turtle arena with the statues plus a gorgeous
Premium Art Print. Though choices for Ninja Turtles fans.

Where you can find all of these? On the Sideshow site of course, who distributes the better products from the better studios (but you gotta dig it deep to find some of the figures). Good luck.