Thanks for the shout out Mike! I'm a loyal follower of your channel...I think this video will stand the test of time because no other channel has truly asked this transparent question to statue collectors! Unlike Sideshow, you produce superior quality content for quality viewers and quality subscribers great topic 🤘🏻
@Echo_Base_North6 ай бұрын
Sideshow is the OG. Prime 1 and all the others would not be here if it weren't for Sideshow. They laid the ground work for the hobby and were the top dogs for like 15 years, so no they are not garbage. Sideshows failure has been in the ability for them to evolve and to innovate. Large edition sizes and constantly recycling the same old characters is their biggest problem IMO.
@MrGizmo56026 ай бұрын
Great answer echo. Thanks for sharing and being part of Maiden Mikes World
@BedroomBeethovens6 ай бұрын
i'd say they aren't doing themselves any favors with their HUGE edition sizes and waiting to announce them. If you preorder a sideshow statue, they could announce a 2500 ES and it'll take 4 years to sell out and be discounted. Definitely makes me hesitant to blindly preorder from Sideshow. Some people don't care though, more power to them.
@MrGizmo56026 ай бұрын
Beethoven your response is music to my ears. I think they are attempting to turning that high piece count problem around now
@vividcollectibles6 ай бұрын
I own statues made by all of the major players in the business, and i strongly disagree with this statement. While far from perfect, Sideshow still gives you the best bang for your buck. Sideshow understands the collecting hobby better than most companies out there. They keep their prices relatively fair and their statues are space friendly between boxes and base dimensions. Sure, there's companies that have some amazing statues at nearly twice the price, but i can also make the case that sideshow has made those same statues better for nearly half their price. Ultimately, there is no definitive best statue company out there because they all offer something different and have all made great statues and some bad ones.
@MrGizmo56026 ай бұрын
Well said. Great points
@markbuchs4236 ай бұрын
Just finished yard work this weekend and had to come in here and comment. Absolutely they are, tossed a few in my garbage cans out back while cleaning out the garage. LOL. Hey man, Sideshow offers a great product at times. Not all are hits but when they hit, they can go toe to toe with the BIG boys/companies. Love all my Sideshow statues I own. Something doesn't have to be 40 inch tall to be considered "premium" or great. Lots of collectors getting lost in the hype sauce and the big pieces. If you need me on the front lines with you Mike, give me a call. Sideshow boys ride or die!
@MrGizmo56026 ай бұрын
Hahahaha Marky awesome. I’m sitting this out. I’m just refereeing
@MsBLACKSCREEN6 ай бұрын
Yes, just under DC Direct collectables/ statues !!
@MrGizmo56026 ай бұрын
Hahahaha there She goes. Go get em
@josephtizcareno75226 ай бұрын
I used to think Sideshow was bottom shelf until I bought their xmen line. I have to say the quality is there and the cost is fair. Their Gambit maquette is amazing and Cyclops under rated.
@MrGizmo56026 ай бұрын
Great turn of events in your view of sideshow
@RickRockerMusic6 ай бұрын
Concepts I tend to like SS best. Execution is Prime 1 but those shipping prices are absolutely absurd. Xm is somewhere in between.
@MrGizmo56026 ай бұрын
Ricky Rocker you are rocking right on with that response. Welcome to Maiden Mikes World 🌎
@MaxPowerHouse236 ай бұрын
Interesting topic. My opinion is that they are not, however, they are no longer at the top of the the high end collectible market so for what you get from them often feels over priced and not as high premium. With other real high end studios/companies coming in albeit at a higher price but with the same licenses SSC in comparison comes in , very often, as the Neca or McFarland of collectibles. So still great but definitely not high end for their commanding price. They started high end even lead the industry for a long time but now they seem to be getting closer to in store “limited edition” mass produced collectibles. And as it stands with how they are doing business now they are becoming better distributors for other companies than an art studio that makes high end stuff themselves. But hey if they is what will keep them from going out of business, that’s cool. Need an example? Their Christopher Reeve Superman, I have him. Looks great and then you look at the head sculpt, and while I do like it although not a super great likeness to the actor, it’s got this weird seam around the jaw line like it was pieced together by children not artists. Not sure why it even has this considering it is a statue and not a figure. When you see this and you pay over 600.00 for that you kind can’t help to say “ I’ll save my money next time and get a Reeve Sups statue from a real high end studio” like….well you know. Ouch! Of course, one from those studios will cost you double that of the 600.00 price of SSC’s piece but you will be getting something a lot more special and it will look like Christopher Reeve. I will still buy from SSC because they do have cool stuff but they are just no longer high end and shouldn’t command high end prices for (almost) off the store shelf collectibles.
@MrGizmo56026 ай бұрын
Wow max you are stripping sideshow down my friend. Great job.
@MaxPowerHouse236 ай бұрын
@@MrGizmo5602 Thank you! Just calling it how I see it. Their reign of high end collectibility is about over. Like Sega was a big player in the Console days and then later did software only because they couldn’t compete, SSC is going the same route or maybe they should all together get out. They can’t compete with these other companies bringing super high end collectible for collectors, however, they can just be their distributors and still profit. And maybe they shouldn’t. Collectors still need a small to medium tiered collectibles company (we all can’t afford a 2k+ piece from Queen Studios or XM, right?) I mean, Neca and others do a great job at this for budget friendly collectors. So no I don’t believe SSC is garbage but they are not high end anymore and should be priced accordingly and market themselves as a low to mid tier budget friendly collectible company and/or studio with great distributing power for other high end partnered companies. That Reeve Sups should have been in the 450.00 range based on likeness/paint, costume design, and weird seam around the face, in my opinion.
@MrGizmo56026 ай бұрын
@@MaxPowerHouse23 I agree ☝️ with all said
@zeheero6 ай бұрын
YES. Because they rob my wallet constantly with their amazing release of new statues lol.
@MrGizmo56026 ай бұрын
I agree with you on that.
@MsBLACKSCREEN6 ай бұрын
Nope, your just giving it away, if you buy Sideshow !!😎😘
@allenpierce82296 ай бұрын
Agree 💯
@kaicollectibles6 ай бұрын
It's not garbage I got a lot of pieces myself but I will not buy them anymore. They wake false expectations with their promotion videos like showing paintjobs etc. the final product is most of the time a let down compared to the shown material. Last time it was with the man with no name premium format...what a bummer. Face looks as flat like a 15 year old statue. When you write something critical (polite) under their youtube videos, they always ignore it. It does not feel like customers are important...only their €$ and yeah 600-800 is still a price were you can expect something!
@MrGizmo56026 ай бұрын
Wow interesting take Kai, I never looked at it from that angle. I thought they were pretty great with customer service but your angle of customer service is different from what I was looking at. Great take.
@OneLovePsych6 ай бұрын
My man! Sideshow’s NUMBER 1 problem to me is that they make 10,000 of everything, then they sell them at 30% off for the next 5 years. Lower the edition sizes for the love of god… Then they can work on getting a little better. They make some really good pieces but they need to get their shit together in a lot of areas!
@MrGizmo56026 ай бұрын
You are correct with those 10k piece counts. But they are coming down.
@Shredwacka6 ай бұрын
I have around 20 statues now,mainly by Sideshow but do have a couple of Prime 1 and PCS 1/3rd pieces too. I have everything from Lobo to Bane to Posion Ivy, Conan,Sabretooth, Venom and Wolverine. No specific theme,just if they look cool and it resonates with me then I'll buy it. Sideshow are awesome,their statues are just as good as any other competitors. The one thing I really like is,they don't have ridiculous pricing for 1/4th or 1/3rd unlike others...
@MrGizmo56026 ай бұрын
Can’t agree with you more. They have kept the pricing reasonable. Thanks for being part of Maiden Mikes World
@CristianoMiami136 ай бұрын
He are you my man great video just got a notification from sideshow last week to purchase the Michael Keaton Batman and Bruce Wayne I jumped on it since I was on the wait list.. it’s pricey but it’s a part of my childhood then I just put a deposit on the JnD catwoman Michelle pfeiffer. Spent too much money on a week brother. Need to find at of my school loans first lol
@MrGizmo56026 ай бұрын
Chris you gonna be broke for the rest of your life paying off the student loan and JND statue 🤣well worth it though.
@countcagliostro3736 ай бұрын
I have owned a lot of Sideshow PFs, sold them all, but recently po-ed the Berserker Wolverine (it‘s just too awesome to pass on). Even though QS, P1, JND or Infinity Studio are better with most of the stuff, Sideshow is the best at price-value-ratio. They are the only company at the higher end collectibles that have not gone astronomical with prices. That should be appreciated! 🥳 By the way: Love your show. Keep it up! 🤙
@MrGizmo56026 ай бұрын
Count thank you for being part of Maiden Mikes World 🌎
@rylojenkinsthe3rd5696 ай бұрын
Not at all. By the way, great podcast and love the set up of the man cave.
@MrGizmo56026 ай бұрын
Well rylo thanks for being part of Maiden Mikes World
@KingDarkcross6 ай бұрын
Garbage? No, I think because Sideshow is the largest producer and releases so many products over a year that the number of flops seems high. Each statue company has an occasional mediocre statue but they don't output the numbers Sideshow does. For every Poison Ivy Deadly Nature that goes to an awesome factory we get the Darkseid Maquette that goes to a cheap factory. Now in terms of having a "collectible" this is where they suffered in prior years, having ES of 11k Darth Vaders, 8k Silver Surfer makes their value drop. Past few releases have been low ES we'll see how these do in the next few years, but definitely some pieces get better attention than others at the factory.
@MrGizmo56026 ай бұрын
Dark cross my brother you need to change your name to Smart cross. Cause that is a great response
@Kratos18296 ай бұрын
No, they had a few years where they were not doing good, but garbage, no way. Right now, they are doing amazing. Every company has garbage releases, but that doesn't make them bad.
@MrGizmo56026 ай бұрын
I hear 👂 u.
@badprotocol11056 ай бұрын
Garbage? Absolutely not. Are they the "best"? No, but I have plenty of great Sideshow pieces. They're the most accessible statue company in my opinion based on the prices and the wide variety of products.
@MrGizmo56026 ай бұрын
Right on Bad pro thanks for being part of Maiden Mikes World my brother
@toyhunter95 ай бұрын
I think it is ridiculous to call them garbage like others said they’re the OG of the statue game and these other companies wouldn’t be shit without them. Are they the best probably not but depends on the piece. Saying they’re garbage sounds like someone that just started collecting
@MrGizmo56025 ай бұрын
I agree But we all have different eyes 👀. Thank you being part of Maiden Mikes World
@allenpierce82296 ай бұрын
Haters gonna hate and every successful thing, company, person, etc. has haters. Sideshow is a great company that is killing it especially this year! Haters can be mad about it all they want but they are not changing that. Haters come and go and Sideshow is still standing. 😂
@MrGizmo56026 ай бұрын
I’m just refereeing this one. Just stepping in when I see blood 🩸 🤣🤣🤣
@albertogarcia36026 ай бұрын
I don’t agree sideshow has the best price points and yes just like every other statue company sometimes they hit sometimes they miss but to say there garbage is ridiculous
@MrGizmo56026 ай бұрын
Sounds valid
@albertogarcia36026 ай бұрын
@@MrGizmo5602 have you seen the new ghost rider by sideshow
@MrGizmo56026 ай бұрын
@@albertogarcia3602 of course. You like it ????
@albertogarcia36026 ай бұрын
@@MrGizmo5602 I like it a lot more now that they added the light feature
@MrGizmo56026 ай бұрын
@@albertogarcia3602 yes pose is sweet. But to me, to much fire 🔥 and character is lost Just my thoughts
@itsmeevan6 ай бұрын
Sideshow isn't junk overall they just cherry pic some pieces get qc others don't
@MrGizmo56026 ай бұрын
That Sounds valid Evan
@Akira-10n6 ай бұрын
Absolutely not. Sideshow has consistently been putting out spectacular pieces for the last thirty years. I started collecting statues in 1991 and have statues from nearly every producer ever. I am an OG collector with over 400 pieces in my collection and sideshow comprises the majority of my collection, which says a lot. Of course, you're always gonna have a hater here and there, and most of the time, it's newbies or D riders. But haters mean you're doing something right.
@MrGizmo56026 ай бұрын
Well said manny, thanks for stepping into Maiden Mikes World
@Akira-10n6 ай бұрын
@MrGizmo5602 I'm also a huge Maiden fan. Just started a new battle jacket. Worn to their last show in Cali. 🤘🏼
@MrGizmo56026 ай бұрын
@@Akira-10n nice, I’ll be mixing it up in the pit in Chula Vista in October. Can’t wait.
@Acemonkey876 ай бұрын
Hey yo! Lol stop the sideshow hate
@MrGizmo56026 ай бұрын
Starting a war over here
@rick-val226 ай бұрын
No, they offer good pieces at great prices. Dio's for under 1k,