New Nathan Drake statue!

[Icek]

I agree, the statue is a WOW and I was even fine to pre-order it, it's just $350 for huge and awesome piece of art. But since Sideshow doesn't ship from Europe for European buyers, fees in Croatia would kill me. With transport and everything, probably over $600.

[Gadgetron]

Originally Posted by Icek

I agree, the statue is a WOW and I was even fine to pre-order it, it's just $350 for huge and awesome piece of art. But since Sideshow doesn't ship from Europe for European buyers, fees in Croatia would kill me. With transport and everything, probably over $600.

600$ ???

I live in France and I had like 25€ of shipping costs,should I expect more ?

[Icek]

Originally Posted by Gadgetron

600$ ???

I live in France and I had like 25€ of shipping costs,should I expect more ?

What about customs fees in France? If you're importing the statue from US, it could get charged by customes. Or not if you are lucky.
In Croatia it's like 10% on item+shipping price plus 25% VAT on item + shipping + custom fee plus some other "manipulative" costs. $600 is roundly the correct price after the country takes it's share.

[comatose_vigil]

Originally Posted by Icek

In Croatia it's like 10% on item+shipping price plus 25% VAT on item + shipping + custom fee plus some other "manipulative" costs. $600 is roundly the correct price after the country takes it's share.

Znam te muke prijatelju. Ista stvar je i u Srbiji.


Gary,

Has the statue been postponed to Jul 2017 - Sep 2017? At least that's the information from Sideshow store.
Initial arrival date was Apr 2017 - May 2017.

[Dr_Jengo]

Yes Gary mentioned that it has been pushed back to allow extra time for tooling as they want to keep the accessories separate.

[garybarth]

Yes, indeed. I thought it was important to maintain look of "movement" and while it would have been cheaper and easier to sculpt a lot of the parts onto the characters...like the holsters, bandolier, grenades, etc., it just would have looked weird to have those elements hug the body during a fight like this. Some of those parts were just too thin to make out of polystone, so we need to make them using injection molded plastic. It can take 30-40 days to make the tooling for that. Also, because of the pose, I wanted to make sure the armature would hold up so your statue wouldn't warp due to the Shoreline soldier supporting Drake's weight. Basically, I want to get this statue right, so I need some extra time to achieve that (we decided to make a second connection point to ensure the structural integrity of the piece).

Thanks,
Gary

Originally Posted by Dr_Jengo

Yes Gary mentioned that it has been pushed back to allow extra time for tooling as they want to keep the accessories separate.

[Dr_Jengo]

Thanks for the detailed explanation Gary!

I'm excited for this piece and it's always extra special to hear thoughts from the people who worked on the statues. Gives the statue a nice backstory rather than being 'just another statue'.