Gamorrean Guard - Life Size Busts

Wow. Sideshow continually impresses collectors with their extremely impressive line of life size busts. Never afraid to pick “not the first choice� characters from the various Star Wars films, they still manage to capture unprecedented relevance with the busts they do decide to create. Return Of The Jedi has been getting some love from Sideshow lately and the fans were treated to a quite amazing bust of the cherished Gamorrean Guard. Sideshow has created a spectacular product here and the final production piece has exceeded the prototypes shown on their website. The Gamorrean Guard is now the largest life size bust collectors can purchase. And he is worth the space he takes in every way. Sideshow completely replicated the portrait of this corpulent beast flawlessly and we think it may just be one of their best life size busts to date. As one of the first visages we saw in Episode VI, the Gamorrean Guard has left quite an impression on our memories and now we can have the most definitive collectible of it now with the release of this masterful work of art.

The Gamorrean Guard life size bust is flawless is almost every way and the accuracy is uncanny. Sideshow decided to go with true costume accuracy, rather than character accuracy and we hope we can explain this well enough in this review. Instead of making a “Gamorrean Guard�, Sideshow opted to make it movie accurate. This means you can see the human eyes behind the mask and the areas around these human eyes have been painted green to match the “latex� of the mask. (Ha! Look at me CGI! I am a Star Wars character that actually "existed"!) This is truly screen accurate and we are very excited that Sideshow went with this approach. Although this bust is 100% polystone, Sideshow has been sensitive to the various textures that exist on this costume and the skin drastically differs in touch from the horns and armor and protruding teeth. It is expertly designed in every way possible. The execution of this bust is stunning and it has quickly become of one our favorite pieces in the line already. One detail that exceeds or expectations from the prototype was the use of a shiny gloss to replicate the drool and slobber of these mucus-filled creatures. Just look at our photo gallery to see this in detail, but this “gross� stuff is so realistic that we absolutely just love how it came out on this bust.

The Gamorrean Guard life size bust is very awkward and has some significant weight to it. We recommend exercising extra care when moving it around your home. The weight of the piece is not equally balance for it feels like it wants to fall in one direction (depending upon which way you are carrying it). But once you get the bust situated, it will easily become the centerpiece (for the time being) of your collection. Sideshow added something extra to the bottom of the base. Instead of just a black numbered bottom, the artists designed it in color with a silhouette of Jabba’s palace in the background. It is very effective and very fitting for this bust. A little bit less than a year before this bust was released, Hasbro showed off some pictures of an upcoming 12� Gamorrean Guard figure. It seems as if someone at Sideshow is a fan of Gamorreans and/or Return Of The Jedi. This suits us just fine. Limited to only 300 pieces worldwide, the Gamorrean Guard life size bust will not be able to make all fans happy, but at least will be able to revel in the joy this piece will surely bring to those lucky enough to add it into their collections.