SDCC’12: Sideshow Collectibles teases upcoming statues

If you missed out on any of the previous Sideshow Collectibles Legendary Scale statues, then you know they are near impossible to get at a reasonable price on eBay. That’s why you need to pay attention to these teasers that Marvel and Sideshow Collectibles have released for the upcoming Galactus Maquette, Hawkeye Premium Format Figure, and the Doctor Doom Legendary Scale Figure – a must have for collectors.

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The Collection Obsession: Packaging, The Great Space Waster

I’ve got to be the collectible market’s dream come true.  I seem to have an obsessive compulsive disorder that makes me a completest, as once I start collecting something, I’m driven to continue purchasing those items until the collection is complete.  As someone who went through the 1990s rise and fall of the speculation market, it’s also been ingrained into my head that limited edition items should be kept mint on the card or mint in the box if one wants to have any hope of selling the items for a profit in the future.  Having been on a major collecting kick for the last 10 years, a couple of things have become completely clear 1) I’m a pack-rat, and 2) the biggest foe to any collector has to be the packaging.

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Jessica Rabbit Gets Tooned Up at Sideshow Collectibles and Electric Tiki

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Those guys and gals at Electric Tiki really know how to take popular characters and turn them into magnificent maquettes and statues.  Sideshow Collectibles has announced Electric Tiki will be taking Jessica and Roger Rabbit, as well as the characters from Rescue Rangers and giving them the Electric Tiki Tooned Up treatment.

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SDCC’08: Electric Tiki Toons Up Buffy (again)

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Electric Tiki released a tooned up version of the vampire slayer last year at the San Diego Comic Con.  The company is back again with three more maquettes that include End of Days Buffy, Glory, and Dark Willow.  Take the jump for a look at these beauties.

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