Sideshow Predator Maquette Almost Here!
June 6th, 2006
Well folks, it’s been almost a year since it was ordered, but it’s FINALLY going to get it’s butt to my door! Just got this in from Sideshow:
Dear Valued Collector,
Thank you for your pre-order of our Predator Maquette – Sideshow Exclusive (item #71431) from our Predator Collection. We appreciate your patience in awaiting the arrival of this Limited Edition, Sold Out collectible.
At this time, we would like to inform you that this item is estimated to arrive into our warehouse within the next 5-7 days. We will BEGIN “pre-authorizing” credit cards for this purchase within the next 24 hours, in the sequence in which all of the pre-orders for this item were placed. A “pre-auth” is not a direct charge, but is a “hold” of funds pending the shipment of your order. Your credit card will be charged once the item is shipped from our warehouse.
*does a little happy dance*
Dan
My Sideshow Exclusive Predator Maquette arrived TODAY! And it is one big, bad, SOB.
The box is huge, and the color box art is awesome. The Sideshow exclusive ships with two complete heads – helmet and open face. A nice surprise is that on the helmeted head there is a little push switch on his left chin that illuminates his helmet lazer cannon sights … way cool!
Overall, the body coloration/paint is “factory”, I’ve seen better at Wonderfest. But theres so much more to enjoy! The base is huge – complete with puddles of muckwater. Love the blades – I like that they include the little driver rods – nice. In my opinion well worth the wait and price. Looking this thing over – it’s a really clever production. Note that there is real body net!
WAY COOL – any Q’s contact me! Thanks Sideshow & FedEx!
You lucky dawg! I still haven’t received the shipping notice for mine
Dan
I have some pics of the maquette … how do I post to this site?
Here’s some stats: 24.5″ tall from bottom of base to top of head. Cannon sits just below headline. The base is about 14″ in diameter. As you can imagine – this thing is VERY heavy.
All leather straps are faux leather/suede. All trophies are separate and strung on body.
Front of the suede loincloth (on either side of the Preds “cup”) have some shredded “Bonjovi
fringe action” that I can’t seem to get over. I think some customization is needed there.
Can’t stop looking at the piece – especially the helmet … it has the perfect roundness of the lines.
Hello,
I am from Spain. Could you please tell me if Comiquette is going to make a Maquette model? When?
And I dont know if you could answer, Do you have a Predator Exclusive version of Sideshow? Or could you get one?
Thanks and please tell me what should I do to contact you,
Erik.
Hello,
I think is the best predator sculpture ever done from sideshow.