SideShow Star Wars Speeder Bike and Biker Scout

Stryker2011 wrote:

scalawag wrote:

Stryker2011 wrote:I just checked the dimensions on the old and new version, and you’re right, Gov’na. It is just a rerelease.

Ah well, as GubenatorFan says its still a great bike.

Paul

It is, indeed. Still on the fence (money’s getting tight).

Yeah I know that feeling at the moment

awesome bike and figure, so iconic, it's defnitely my favorite trooper and vehicle from the OT as well!!! Sometimes I'm glad I didn't started to collect starwars cause I would be broke af lol... Thanks for sharing that masterpiece!

You guys are such enablers... and Sideshow detail is so seductive... as I fessed up elsewhere, I took the plunge, justifying it by applying all the Sideshow Rewards I had amassed but not used up yet.

blackpool wrote:awesome bike and figure, so iconic, it's defnitely my favorite trooper and vehicle from the OT as well!!! Sometimes I'm glad I didn't started to collect starwars cause I would be broke af lol... Thanks for sharing that masterpiece!

No problem mate,  glad you like this one.  You know you want a Star Wars mini collection really!!! Go on... join the dark side... and the light side... and well all of it really:lol:

GubernatorFan wrote:You guys are such enablers... and Sideshow detail is so seductive... as I fessed up elsewhere, I took the plunge, justifying it by applying all the Sideshow Rewards I had amassed but not used up yet.

I'm sure you won't regret it mate, it is a beautiful piece to have in any collection and will fit right in with yours.

I might contact you for advice during the put together... although patience is not one of my many virtues, I've been warned to take it easy.

You will be fine mate, just take your time and don't push on anything too hard and it will go together in no time.  

The control levers can be a bit tricky I seem to remember that they each have there own keyed hole.

Sideshow did a good "how to" video for putting the bike together:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzM3xSDEvpM

and also one of their "How to be a poser" videos on posing the rider and the bike:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb6mAb8KrEA

I might look for another Biker Scout figure when they are released as I fancy doing a standing one too now

These are not the figures you are looking for!

Very tempting but nope I'll pass on the starwars figures at that size, I found an alternartive way by collecting the black series 1/12th scale.

Thanks, Paul! I have been looking at those youtube videos. There is a cute promotional one for the speeder bike re-release, where a Scout Trooper (Sideshow figure) is gushing over the speeder-bike and its funcitons.

blackpool wrote:Very tempting but nope I'll pass on the starwars figures at that size, I found an alternartive way by collecting the black series 1/12th scale.

The black series has some really nice offerings and good articulation, although it can be inconsistent. For example, I love their Sandtroopers but hate their regular Stormtroopers. For the latter, I use Kotobukiya Revoltech ones (the Japanese ones are more expensive but much higher quality than the Chinese ones) and now the Bandai 1/12 models (I just put together an entire squad the weekend before last). The Scout Troopers, however, are quite good, and work well with the 1/12 speeder bikes. Advantages of the 1/12 black series are much lower price, (potentially) more characters, and also, if you were to buy them, the GTP space station wall elements.

blackpool wrote:These are not the figures you are looking for!

Very tempting but nope I'll pass on the starwars figures at that size, I found an alternartive way by collecting the black series 1/12th scale.

Yeah I have a few Black series 1/12 figures too.  I got the 40th anniversary wave of the original 12 characters released by Kenner after the first film.  I once had the original set of 3.75" figures which were produced by Palitoy here in the UK.  I collected and played with them as a boy, so when the black series 40th anniversary wave hit I had to have a set lol.  Got some sand troopers and some bounty hunters too in 6".

On a separate and completely different note I was notified today that my Black Series 1:1 Darth Vader helmet should be arriving Monday.... Oh yeah I am a Star Wars fan

My Speeder Bike arrived today — real fun putting it together with the atypically bad instruction manual with horribly small, poorly printed black and white photos. But I managed. My only complaint/question is actually in regard to the Biker Scout: how in the world do you change his boots out? I tried, and tried, and tried (Heat, etc.), and I can’t get the pegs to go into the joint inside the boot. My God it doesn’t need to be that damn tight. Any tips for swapping these things out? Now that I managed to get the standing boots off, I can’t even get those back on.

Not sure what to tell you, other than patience. Keep trying heat and some firm pressure. It will work in the end. I've never found it quite is difficult as you describe -- they can be a bit trying, but they should work as intended.

Yeah pretty much as GubernatorFan said.

Its a while since I did mine, but from memory they took a bit of firm pressure to get on and some heat applied with a hairdryer just to the socket in the boot.

Good luck with yours Stryker2011

Paul

Ahh, love it! Thanks so much for this review of an iconic SW vehicle! I have to live vicariously through others until such a time as I can afford these kinds of things, lol, so it's greatly appreciated.

One of my personal dream 1/6 vehicles would be the swoop bike that Anakin rides in AotC on his way to search for his mother at the Tusken camp. The thought of being able to make a diorama of that scene is almost too much for my fangirl heart, haha. Even if they never make that one, I'd considered perhaps eventually modifying one of those Hasbro bikes as a stand-in for it.

Not trying to hijack the thread from scalawag, but I did manage to finally get the riding boots on (thanks S. & G.). Took a lot more heat than I ever would have thought necessary -- but it worked. The outfit limits his mobility, and trying to work with him on the Bike, which feels super fragile, is a pain. But here he is (can't seem to get his knees to bend enough to get his butt on the seat):

Frustrating, but the overall impression from an on-looker is still pretty impressive!

I haven't unboxed mine to try and replicate, but I think it looks good.

Thanks.

I might futz him a bit more when I can, just to see if I can't get him sitting lower and leaning down more (wind resistance). I watched the Sideshow "How to Be A Poser" on this guy, and the guy who does these even said it's not really possible to get him all the way down on the back and have his feet on the plates at the same time.

As it is, I already have to glue a piece on the bike back on -- trying to get that nose extension piece on was a royal pain, and I hadn't notice that I broke a small rod away from the rear of the bike when trying to push the two pieces together. The bike is SUPER FRAGILE in places, so be careful when you get around to yours, Guv.

Stryker2011 wrote:I might futz him a bit more when I can, just to see if I can't get him sitting lower and leaning down more (wind resistance). I watched the Sideshow "How to Be A Poser" on this guy, and the guy who does these even said it's not really possible to get him all the way down on the back and have his feet on the plates at the same time.

As it is, I already have to glue a piece on the bike back on -- trying to get that nose extension piece on was a royal pain, and I hadn't notice that I broke a small rod away from the rear of the bike when trying to push the two pieces together. The bike is SUPER FRAGILE in places, so be careful when you get around to yours, Guv.

One would think that they would have had the decency to make sure their two overpriced products that go with each other fit properly... but that would be too logical, I suppose. It's been a while, I suppose I forgot to what extent he can sit back or not. The videos can be very helpful, and I remember Paul's comments were helpful too. Mine is all assembled, I just haven't unboxed it from when I moved. It is not really easy (or perhaps even possible) to disassemble it, so it was quite tricky packing it. I am almost afraid to look. I hope you are able to repair the broken small rod.

skywalkersaga wrote:Ahh, love it! Thanks so much for this review of an iconic SW vehicle! I have to live vicariously through others until such a time as I can afford these kinds of things, lol, so it's greatly appreciated.

One of my personal dream 1/6 vehicles would be the swoop bike that Anakin rides in AotC on his way to search for his mother at the Tusken camp. The thought of being able to make a diorama of that scene is almost too much for my fangirl heart, haha. Even if they never make that one, I'd considered perhaps eventually modifying one of those Hasbro bikes as a stand-in for it.

I am glad you got something from the review. It's a great piece and still makes me smile every time i look at it.
the swoop bike would be cool for sure.

Paul

Stryker2011 wrote:Not trying to hijack the thread from scalawag, but I did manage to finally get the riding boots on (thanks S. & G.). Took a lot more heat than I ever would have thought necessary -- but it worked. The outfit limits his mobility, and trying to work with him on the Bike, which feels super fragile, is a pain. But here he is (can't seem to get his knees to bend enough to get his butt on the seat):

No hijacking going on mate, you're bang on topic as far as I can see and the figure is looking great

Glad you got the boots on in the end.  it took a while for me to get my bikers pose right.  It is disconcerting pushing him into place with the delicate nature of the bike, but its actually pretty robust.  i didn't have anything break on me.  having said that i think i did a fair bit of rough posing off the bike.
I think its just a case of fettling till you get what you want out of it.  i went back to mine several times over about a 4 day period.

Paul