Mary Jane Comiquette Statue Review Sideshow

An edition size of 2000, it's the Mary Jane comiquette statue by sideshow collectibles. Another piece in the sideshow Adam Hughes collaboration collection. Released in 2007, there were 2 versions an exclusive and regular. The exclusive came with the control art, which I don't have. In this case the control art doesn't much look like the actual piece. The piece is more slim and the hair more straight and flat. Overall the piece looks awesome and is probably the best representation of Mary Jane to date.


The Goods (What you care about):
The Brown Shipper: The box does well to keep the piece safe, any bumps or drops though and expect to see the same damage on the 4 color box as well.





The 4 Color Box: I liked it, the choice of colors and font really suit the piece. As usual Sideshow puts the effort in to make a different box for each piece.

The Statue: There were a few things that I noticed about the sample pre-production piece and the actual released product. The hair and that touches the right side of the face was actually attached to the head in the released pieces, where as the pre production piece had the hair separate. Why the complaint? Well with the released piece the hair and the face had to be painted and it looked as though the skin is extending into the face giving it a weird finish. Other then that the piece looks really good. The skin tones are very life like. Everything is in proportion and nothing really hangs out that can be easily broken off.

Assembly is actually really fast and easy. There are 3 pieces the base, the figure and the washing bucket. Put the base on a level surface, then place the peg on the feet into the peg hole on the base make sure her hands are over the table. Now the washing bucket. It has a magnet built into the bottom and felt so it wont scratch the table or fall off. This is were you need to be careful. Put the base on the table and fit the spider-man costume (parallel to the figure body) into the fingers of the right hand. then just fit the left side of the costume into the left hand. The left hand doesn't really hold the costume. DON'T Twist the costume or else you'll break the right hand fingers off.
A tank top, blue jeans and... pink panties seems to sum up the super model wife of Peter Parker. The costume she washes isn't the original red and blue costume, it's the black and red. It kind of sucks but i guess it goes to show that Spider-man only has one of each costume, and she's washing this one to be ready for him for his next adventure.
Sideshow has done it again and made a great piece, add this to any collection whether is spider-man, or just a woman of comics collection. This is a well needed addition for any completest just try not to break the bank as right now it's about $300 to acquire this one.

4.5 Full Super Kleen Bottles out of 5

Spider-man Statue Marvel Milestones by Art Asylum. What's so Amazing about Spider-Man?

Spider-man Statue Marvel Milestones by Art Asylum

No better place to start than with the Amazing/Spectacular/Sensational/Ultimate Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. First on the block is Art Asylums Marvel Milestones Spider-man statue. I like to call it Spider-Man vs. The Sinister Six minus 1.
First things first, I know I said I'd have all the packing photos and Styrofoam insert ratings as well, but this fortunate or unfortunately was one of the only statues that I purchased without a box. It did save me a bundle off the current going price of $200+. The other amazing thing is I had it shipped to me, once you see the statue you'll understand my amazement. I did get this in once piece no damage what so ever.

On to the REVIEW. 

History:
If you haven't already figured this is all about spider-man and everything to do with spider-man. The first time I saw this statue I wasn't quite sure if it was as good as the stock images made it out to be. It looked impressive to say the least.
As far back as I could remember there hasn't even been a comic book cover that comes close to even capturing that same "pure amazing spider-man" style and epicness (except maybe the hard cover collected edition of sinister six). It would be years later of waiting and waiting before I finally got my hands on my own one. I was also concerned about some of the feedback that was received regarding the piece. Due to its single piece, everything connected, composition of the statue, there was a lot of stories of broken fingers, broken arms and other damages. This occurred even while the statue was transported in its original shipping containers. Yikes, there's nothing disliked then getting a "mint" statue and having it break in its own protective casing. None the less I managed to get mine "mint" with no original box.

Front Left to Right (rotating statue clockwise): Front View, Right profile, Back View, and left profile view of the Art Asylum Marvel Milestone Spider-Man statue.

The GOODS What you want to know:
As you can see from the shots (as best as I could) this statue is not only huge (16 1/4" high) but super detailed. Right down to the grains of sand forming Sandman's hand (it even feels like sand). Not sure why but the designers only managed to fit 5 villains in to the piece. Unless I'm overlooking the magic of Mysterio contained somewhere in there, or the invisible electricity from Electro, or maybe a feather from the Vulture. Whatever the case it still feels very much like a Sinister 6 (minus 1) Statue.
The statue is quite light, I believe it's hollow which may be a reason why it has a higher propensity to break. Barring that, once in your possession this statue looks amazing at any angle (see pics) it's just one of those well crafted, attention to detail pieces. There's really no bad angle you can't show off.
The pose of the main character (spider-man) almost seems to defy gravity, one hand on the chimney/rooftop protrusion just barely avoiding past the pumpkin bomb while being grabbed not just by Doc Oct but by the Symbiote tentacle. It's almost makes any "True Believer" ask the question will he ESCAPE. For me its a scene almost as iconic as Amazing Fantasy 15, except for me this statue is in 3D (no glasses required) and captures not just the history of that iconic suit but those equally iconic villains.


Final Thoughts:
This is the statue to get, it's a miracle that I got mine shipped without a single break. This is one of my favorite (not just spider-man) statues out there. It's got the villains, and one of the most iconic heroes finally in a real situation where you are begging to find out what happens next. This piece tells a story and a great to boot. Suggestions would be to have the pieces at least disassemble in some way to make it less prone to damage (Sideshow that's where you guys have that done to an art, that's for next time though). If you have the opportunity like I did grab it and pick up this statue if it be the only one you ever get. Other wise make the splurge and drop the $200+ and pick this one up.

Rating:
5 "sinister 6 members" out of 5