ActionJon
03-10-2010, 03:18 PM
Sideshow answering a couple of questions.
Q: In an answer to a question regarding your 1/6th G.I. JOE line on 01/20/10, you wrote, “Our development team works hard to find a balance between classic Joe designs and modern practical real-world gear so that the 12-inch figures are immediately recognizable as their source characters but feature as much of the gear that a real-world operative of their type might actually use.” I appreciate this design philosophy, and have been very please with the 1/6th G.I. Joe figures you have already produced (especially Storm Shadow).
My concern is that some characters in the G.I. Joe universe don’t really have a “real-world operative of their type”. For example: Zartan and his Dreadnoks. I can’t wait to get my hands on Sideshow’s Zartan. I can’t think of a real world counterpart for Zartan. He is a very unique character that utilizes sci-fi tech in a fantasy world. I am worried that attempts to make him “real world” will remove him from his beloved 80s cartoon and comic book stylings. Can’t Zartan be….Zartan? Should I even be concerned?…AND… Do you plan on making any of the more fantastic characters in 12-inch form, like Battle Android Troopers, Serpentor, or even Cobra-La?
A:Very good questions. I think the best example we can provide for how our team will handle these things can be witnessed in Cobra Commander. The Commander includes his very iconic raygun, which has no real-world counterpart of any kind.
There is an integral fantasy / futuristic element of the Joe universe that demands some imagination, and our design team is working through interpretations of those fantastic elements. Realism in all things, but some of the characters do demand a bit of a departure. Of the characters listed in the first question, they’re basically listed in the same order by which we would tackle them. We haven’t started development on them yet, but they’re definitely on our radar.
Source
http://www.sideshowtoy.com/?p=10375] (http://www.sideshowtoy.com/?p=10375)
Q: In an answer to a question regarding your 1/6th G.I. JOE line on 01/20/10, you wrote, “Our development team works hard to find a balance between classic Joe designs and modern practical real-world gear so that the 12-inch figures are immediately recognizable as their source characters but feature as much of the gear that a real-world operative of their type might actually use.” I appreciate this design philosophy, and have been very please with the 1/6th G.I. Joe figures you have already produced (especially Storm Shadow).
My concern is that some characters in the G.I. Joe universe don’t really have a “real-world operative of their type”. For example: Zartan and his Dreadnoks. I can’t wait to get my hands on Sideshow’s Zartan. I can’t think of a real world counterpart for Zartan. He is a very unique character that utilizes sci-fi tech in a fantasy world. I am worried that attempts to make him “real world” will remove him from his beloved 80s cartoon and comic book stylings. Can’t Zartan be….Zartan? Should I even be concerned?…AND… Do you plan on making any of the more fantastic characters in 12-inch form, like Battle Android Troopers, Serpentor, or even Cobra-La?
A:Very good questions. I think the best example we can provide for how our team will handle these things can be witnessed in Cobra Commander. The Commander includes his very iconic raygun, which has no real-world counterpart of any kind.
There is an integral fantasy / futuristic element of the Joe universe that demands some imagination, and our design team is working through interpretations of those fantastic elements. Realism in all things, but some of the characters do demand a bit of a departure. Of the characters listed in the first question, they’re basically listed in the same order by which we would tackle them. We haven’t started development on them yet, but they’re definitely on our radar.
Source
http://www.sideshowtoy.com/?p=10375] (http://www.sideshowtoy.com/?p=10375)