This figure is funny to me cause the ROTS outfit is the live-action version of the outfit in the animation. I spoke to the guy who designed the TCW Darth Sidious design and confirmed it. It just looks different due to them changing the textures and colors for the show “cause they felt like it”. It’s also the same outfit that appears in the Son of Dathomir comic. What I plan on doing is buying this head-sculpt loose and an extra red saber with clean hands and use it with the upcoming ROTS Sidious for an alternate “what-if” look if we saw that fight vs Maul and Savage in live-action.
@@danielq_4 With as many outfits as he wears throughout the prequels, it wouldnt surprise me! I didn’t know that. Thank you for sharing. That sounds like a good idea! I would assume the same could be done in reverse as well; source the “ghoulish” portrait and use it on this body. Or another idea: redress this figure with the ROTJ outfit so that he could have his EP1/Standard Darth Sidious look. 👀 🧐
@ this CW Sidious figure outfit is basically the animated interpretation of the outfit in ROTS. I have thought about doing that too though, pair this clean portrait and slap on the ROTJ outfit for the clean Ep1/2 looks. Furthermore, you can use the ROTS deformed sculpt with the ROTJ outfit for the Emperor Palpatine look we see at the end of ROTS. The next Palpatine figure HT should make is the Chancellor red outfit look which should bring two sculpts. A clean neutral since they already did a clean smiley one and a deformed angry expression. 👌🏼 can get confusing with all these looks lol
@@danielq_4 That’s very true lol. Personally, I’m not sure why they didn’t do that to begin with. More money I suppose. I want that outfit from his arrest/duel with Mace!
@ I’m thrilled they did the ROTS outfit vs Yoda, that’s my favorite look. I’m just disappointed with the likeness and expression, but oh well. And agreed, I want that Chancellor look too!
Fantastic figure can’t wait for mine! you made the right choice, this version and return of the Jedi are the 2 iconic looks that have range. The revenge of the sith is in the middle so not needed for me
@@SVPrototype1 Thanks for watching! And in a perfect world, we’d have every figure right? 😂 I don’t think you could go wrong with either choice, but this one just spoke to me when it was announced all that time ago.
This isn’t a critique of the figure or a criticism, but isn’t it supposed to look more like the animated series’ Palpatine? The face seems closer to the version seen in Revenge of the Sith on Count Dooku's ship, was it called The Invisible Hand? I’m just a bit curious why it isn’t more cartoonish. I don’t know, just wondering!
@@nebulavoyager21 Hot Toys typically takes iterations as seen here and makes them look like their live action counterparts. As per the clones from TCW, they kind of take liberties and make them look like what we’d expect them to in live action. For the most part, I think they do a really good job. Sideshow has been making 1/6 figures directly adapted from TCW though. I’d definitely recommend checking those out just to see the difference.
This figure is funny to me cause the ROTS outfit is the live-action version of the outfit in the animation. I spoke to the guy who designed the TCW Darth Sidious design and confirmed it. It just looks different due to them changing the textures and colors for the show “cause they felt like it”. It’s also the same outfit that appears in the Son of Dathomir comic.
What I plan on doing is buying this head-sculpt loose and an extra red saber with clean hands and use it with the upcoming ROTS Sidious for an alternate “what-if” look if we saw that fight vs Maul and Savage in live-action.
@@danielq_4 With as many outfits as he wears throughout the prequels, it wouldnt surprise me! I didn’t know that. Thank you for sharing.
That sounds like a good idea! I would assume the same could be done in reverse as well; source the “ghoulish” portrait and use it on this body. Or another idea: redress this figure with the ROTJ outfit so that he could have his EP1/Standard Darth Sidious look. 👀 🧐
@ this CW Sidious figure outfit is basically the animated interpretation of the outfit in ROTS.
I have thought about doing that too though, pair this clean portrait and slap on the ROTJ outfit for the clean Ep1/2 looks.
Furthermore, you can use the ROTS deformed sculpt with the ROTJ outfit for the Emperor Palpatine look we see at the end of ROTS.
The next Palpatine figure HT should make is the Chancellor red outfit look which should bring two sculpts. A clean neutral since they already did a clean smiley one and a deformed angry expression. 👌🏼 can get confusing with all these looks lol
@@danielq_4 That’s very true lol. Personally, I’m not sure why they didn’t do that to begin with. More money I suppose. I want that outfit from his arrest/duel with Mace!
@ I’m thrilled they did the ROTS outfit vs Yoda, that’s my favorite look. I’m just disappointed with the likeness and expression, but oh well.
And agreed, I want that Chancellor look too!
Fantastic figure can’t wait for mine! you made the right choice, this version and return of the Jedi are the 2 iconic looks that have range. The revenge of the sith is in the middle so not needed for me
@@SVPrototype1 Thanks for watching! And in a perfect world, we’d have every figure right? 😂 I don’t think you could go wrong with either choice, but this one just spoke to me when it was announced all that time ago.
This isn’t a critique of the figure or a criticism, but isn’t it supposed to look more like the animated series’ Palpatine? The face seems closer to the version seen in Revenge of the Sith on Count Dooku's ship, was it called The Invisible Hand? I’m just a bit curious why it isn’t more cartoonish. I don’t know, just wondering!
@@nebulavoyager21 Hot Toys typically takes iterations as seen here and makes them look like their live action counterparts. As per the clones from TCW, they kind of take liberties and make them look like what we’d expect them to in live action. For the most part, I think they do a really good job. Sideshow has been making 1/6 figures directly adapted from TCW though. I’d definitely recommend checking those out just to see the difference.
@@DarthTamarus That is interesting. I didn’t know that. Thanks for explaining!