SIDESHOW COLLECTABLES

Sideshow had a stellar display of all their licensed figures — from James Bond to Star Wars, from Buffy to Universal Monsters. As first reported by CBn, Sideshow revealed their upcoming ¼ scale (18”) Pierce Brosnan as James Bond figure (which stood back to back with the ¼ scale Sean Connry figure) and their upcoming Wai Lin figure from Tomorrow Never Dies. These new figures for 2005 were surrounded by some of the other current and upcoming 12" 007 figures.

Sideshow Figures featured at Comic-Con:

1/4 Scale Sean Connery as James Bond (Pre-order for Oct/Nov/Dec 2004)

1/4 Scale Pierce Brosnan as James Bond (Pre-order for Mid 2005)

Licence to Kill

 Timothy Dalton and Sanchez On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

 George Lazenby and Blofeld Thunderball (Pre-order for Sept/Oct 2004)

 Sean Connery

GoldenEye (Pre-order for Aug/Sept 2004)

 Pierce Brosnan, Alec Trevalyan and Xenia Onatopp Tomorrow Never Dies (Pre-order for early 2005)

 Wai Lin

Since Sideshow’s next 12" figure is to be Wai Lin from Tomorrow Never Dies, it’s possible that the next Bond figure will be Pierce Brosnan for that same film. Seeing as there is a Bond figure for each of the 007 movies that Sideshow has made a figure for so far, this is not such a shabby bit of speculation. Perhaps he’ll be in his HALO jump suit? (wink).

Speaking of Pierce Brosnan’s Bond. 007 fans have been wondering why Brosnan’s GoldenEye figure has the same head as the Die Another Day figure. While at Comic-Con, CBn got an answer for you. Typically, Sideshow does a new sculpt with each figure, even if it’s the same actor, in order to capture the different nuances of appearance in each film. But unlike Connery and Moore, who have given Sideshow blanket permission to create their likenesses, Pierce must personally approve each and every likeness Sideshow plans to produce. This can be an expensive and time-consuming process; sometimes requiring several sculpts before the actor is satisfied (as was the case with Sarah Michelle Gellar and their Buffy figures). Sideshow also runs the risk that an actor could suddenly have a change of heart and pull the license altogether. So with an approved Pierce sculpt in hand, Sideshow must weight the pros and cons of "going back in." And did Pierce really look that different in GoldenEye?