Statues & Figures Thread - Any & All Game Related

[dwade23]

Originally Posted by flatout

Trust me I know (I drool over statues like that all the time)... I was just saying it was out of my range for any statue really.

Same here, I have never spent more than $450 on a statue. But its a no brainer for me considering its the best batman sculpt at that size I have ever seen. It will essentially be THE BATMAN statue to own and no doubt soar in value on the second hand market.

[flatout]

Originally Posted by dwade23

Same here, I have never spent more than $450 on a statue. But its a no brainer for me considering its the best batman sculpt at that size I have ever seen. It will essentially be THE BATMAN statue to own and no doubt soar in value on the second hand market.

I agree there, Arkham Knight is the best Batman design ever in my opinion and that statue will will amazing.

Not sure about the second hand market as I do not know how high end statues fair as I have never had one like that before.

[dwade23]

Originally Posted by flatout

I agree there, Arkham Knight is the best Batman design ever in my opinion and that statue will will amazing.

Not sure about the second hand market as I do not know how high end statues fair as I have never had one like that before.

Here is an example. I got this Sideshow Arthas Warcraft statue for $320AUD (about $250USD) back in 2013. It now goes for about $1500-$2000USD
($2000-$3000AUD). I still have mine but would never sell it. There were 3000 of them made and all sold out quickly.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sideshow-Art...item33a58f1e1e
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sideshow-Art...item2353feccf3

The Batman Arkham Knight will take much longer to sell out (there are 3000 of them being made, 1000 exclusive version with an extra hand holding a batarang and 2000 regular). Once it does sell out though, I shudder to think how much the value will go up! That is, presuming the design doesn't change much when its released and it still looks epic.

[flatout]

Originally Posted by dwade23

Here is an example. I got this Sideshow Arthas Warcraft statue for $320AUD (about $250USD) back in 2013. It now goes for about $1500-$2000USD
($2000-$3000AUD). I still have mine but would never sell it. There were 3000 of them made and all sold out quickly.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sideshow-Art...item33a58f1e1e
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sideshow-Art...item2353feccf3

The Batman Arkham Knight will take much longer to sell out (there are 3000 of them being made, 1000 exclusive version with an extra hand holding a batarang and 2000 regular). Once it does sell out though, I shudder to think how much the value will go up! That is, presuming the design doesn't change much when its released and it still looks epic.

I searched actual sold listings and this is the only one I found (sold at auction for $510, to be fair though a couple small spikes are missing on it):


http://www.ebay.com/itm/SIDESHOW-ART...item3aa7b112e1


What people list things for and what they sell for (or are worth) can be 2 different things

[dwade23]

Originally Posted by flatout

I searched actual sold listings and this is the only one I found (sold at auction for $510, to be fair though a couple small spikes are missing on it):


http://www.ebay.com/itm/SIDESHOW-ART...item3aa7b112e1


What people list things for and what they sell for (or are worth) can be 2 different things

Pays to read the description

"THIS IS THE SUPER DETAILED HARD TO FIND ARTHAS STATUE. THE STATUE HAS BEEN DISPLAYED IN A GLASS CASE AND HAS SOME LIGHT DAMAGE. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURES: THE SPIKE ON THE LEFT KNEE, THE TWO LOWER SPIKES ON THE LEFT FOOT AND TWO SPIKES ON THE RIGHT HAND ARE MISSING. ALSO THE HIGHEST SPIKE ON THE ICE HAS BEEN SNAPPED OFF. "

I count 6 spikes missing. That's quite a bit of damage. Still a very, very cheap price (cheapest I have seen for quite some time).
RRP was $349 USD, so that's about $165 appreciation on a heavily used, damaged piece I guess. Percentage wise that's a 47% appreciation. Apply that to a Batman Arkham Knight and you're looking at $1320USD (increase in $422) for a used, partially damaged piece. If it was a mint condition piece you're looking at least 70% increase taking that price to $1530USD. If it was sealed you would be looking at about 100%-150% increase... and yer, it gets a bit ridiculous.

Sealed versions go for much, much higher (or even mint condition ones).

[flatout]

Originally Posted by dwade23

Pays to read the description

"THIS IS THE SUPER DETAILED HARD TO FIND ARTHAS STATUE. THE STATUE HAS BEEN DISPLAYED IN A GLASS CASE AND HAS SOME LIGHT DAMAGE. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURES: THE SPIKE ON THE LEFT KNEE, THE TWO LOWER SPIKES ON THE LEFT FOOT AND TWO SPIKES ON THE RIGHT HAND ARE MISSING. ALSO THE HIGHEST SPIKE ON THE ICE HAS BEEN SNAPPED OFF. "

I count 6 spikes missing. That's quite a bit of damage. Still a very, very cheap price (cheapest I have seen for quite some time).

Yeah I saw that. Either way it is the only one sold in the past 3 months wroldwide, damaged or not it should have done better if a mint on it worth anywhere near what those sellers are asking.

I have seen other statues with damage that sell very well when the normal ones are rare and selling for $1,000... even the damaged ones usually at least sell for 3/4 of the value.

But really it does not matter... unless you are doing it as some financial thing and not as a collectable this really does not matter anyways.

[dwade23]

Originally Posted by flatout

Yeah I saw that. Either way it is the only one sold in the past 3 months wroldwide, damaged or not it should have done better if a mint on it worth anywhere near what those sellers are asking.

I have seen other statues with damage that sell very well when the normal ones are rare and selling for $1,000... even the damaged ones usually at least sell for 3/4 of the value.

But really it does not matter... unless you are doing it as some financial thing and not as a collectable this really does not matter anyways.

Check my updated previous post for clarification, I updated it while you were posting

I guess what I am trying to say is that the price on the piece (while seemingly high) is actually very good value for money based on the size, detail and scarcity of the piece. Hence why I think a lot of people who usually don't spend anywhere near $899USD on a collectible, will make an exception (like me spending almost twice my budget).

[flatout]

Just opened the Batman Arkham Knight DC Statue (unboxing will go up in about 6 days or so)... it is actually REALLY nice for $100. It is porcelain so it feels really good and high quality (plastic always feel cheap to me no matter how nice it is sculpted).

[Damnation]

Originally Posted by dwade23

Here is an example. I got this Sideshow Arthas Warcraft statue for $320AUD (about $250USD) back in 2013. It now goes for about $1500-$2000USD
($2000-$3000AUD). I still have mine but would never sell it. There were 3000 of them made and all sold out quickly.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sideshow-Art...item33a58f1e1e
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sideshow-Art...item2353feccf3

The Batman Arkham Knight will take much longer to sell out (there are 3000 of them being made, 1000 exclusive version with an extra hand holding a batarang and 2000 regular). Once it does sell out though, I shudder to think how much the value will go up! That is, presuming the design doesn't change much when its released and it still looks epic.

I think Arthas sells for around 1k, it actually took ages to sell out, even after low quantity alert in their newsletter it was still available for months.

A lot of dislike for Sideshows Arkham Batman due to the awkward pose.

[dwade23]

Originally Posted by flatout

Just opened the Batman Arkham Knight DC Statue

Looks nice, but the NECA version will blow it out of the water IMO.

Originally Posted by Damnation

I think Arthas sells for around 1k, it actually took ages to sell out, even after low quantity alert in their newsletter it was still available for months.

A lot of dislike for Sideshows Arkham Batman due to the awkward pose.

That is completely incorrect. Arthas sold out VERY quickly considering that a massive amount (over half) had sold before it was even RELEASED (preorders). Once the images came out, people when nuts on the pre-orders. It was so popular that most suppliers had VERY limited stock allocated to them and once they sold out, Sideshow did not supply anymore. The reason why it was shown as low stock for a while is that Sideshow kept selling out, then getting new pieces to complete the 3000 production run until they completed the run. They almost never produce the entire amount of pieces beforehand (in this case 3000). It is still the best Arthas statue to date and is in high demand in the second hand market. There is a reason its value has appreciated over 100% in a matter of a couple of years.

The Sideshow distributed Arkham Batman pose is based on an EXACT 3D printed model of in-game anatomy. I see nothing wrong with the pose. Prime 1 always get it right (check out their Transformers line, PERFECT proportions and posing). To me the pose is epic and will be the best Batman statue for many years.