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Review: SideShow Collectibles
Neytiri Statue
In celebration of the artistry behind
James Cameron's AVATAR, Sideshow
Collectibles produced the Neytiri
Statue. There is so much detail that you
will find yourself finding something new
each time you look at it.
The pose Sideshow picked for Neytiri has
her ready to strike at the militant
attackers of her people and at the same
time shows off curves and features that
are unique to Neytiri.
This is a Polystone Statue that stands
about 17 inches tall when fully assembled. Some
very basic assembly is required out of
the box (Neytiri on to the base, hand 1,
hand 2, tail and knife).
If you picked up the Sideshow Exclusive
edition, you also have another
choice for the right hand - hand with a
dagger. It weighs about 12 pounds and is
well made, but also fragile enough that
you don’t want to have it on an end
shelf where there is traffic passing by
a lot.
Idol Workshop,
Nathan
Mansfield and The Sideshow Collectibles
Design and Development Team, did
an amazing job to recreate every detail
on this piece from the length the toes
are apart, to the feathers, eyes, to the
markings on the hunting bow. No details
were missed.
There is
mixed media on this piece, but the
majority is all polystone. The bow
string is an actual string, which is
welcome on a piece for the realism, and
the hair is softer than the poly but
still rigid. It seems to be a rubbery
type of material.
There are so many amazing angles to look
at with this piece that it will look
great on a shelf with a straight view,
or on a high or low one. With most
statues, they have one very dynamic pose
that was the desired “focal point” and
if you don’t display it in the way in
which it was intended to be displayed,
it just looks off. That is not the case
with this piece, while we are sure there
was an intended focal point, you get a
whole new feel when looking from below
or from on high, and all views are
equally enjoyable to view.
With any company, sometimes what you see
in the pre-production images is not
exactly what arrives at your door (which
could be due to approvals, or issues
with production), but with this piece,
the piece looks even better in person
and is even more detailed than the
website shots. It’s an old cliché to
say pictures don’t do it justice, but in
this case it really is true.
I tried to take several different shots,
in different types of settings and with
different lighting just to show you how
amazing, and different this piece can
look from different angles and with
different light sources.
The crazy thing about this piece is
that you can still pick one up from
Sideshow for $289.99 or in Flex Pay
payments of $96.66 – This is well worth
the price and then some.
I was actually shocked to see it still
available direct from the source without
having to resort to ebay at higher
prices. You can
click here
to grab one from Sideshow – with this
only being out a few months and all the
positive reviews from websites like ours
and collectors, I can’t imagine it
hanging around too much longer.
"Our Great Mother does not take sides,
Jake. She protects only the balance of
life."
-
Neytiri to
Jake as
he prays at the Tree of Souls.
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