Sideshow X-23 Statue

X-23 Comiquette by Sideshow Collectibles

I'm of two minds when it comes to this statue. I saw pictures of it a while back and Zimm brought it back to my attention again yesterday. I really dislike this character. She was, in my opinion, created for no real purpose character or plotwise. She was just created as another Wolverine clone. She does have a cool look to her and her origin makes sense (Hydra wanting their own version of Wolverine manage to get some of his DNA and remix it a bit), but how many versions of Wolverine do we need? I feel the same way about the son of Wolverine character in Wolverine: Origins.

This statue captures the cool looks of the character and the eyes and paint are phenomenal. In honor of Zimm's niece, I have to say the boots are a really cool detail. The problem I have with this statue is the lack of capturing the essence of the character. The face, specifically the eyes, and her body language comes across to me a little too sex kitten for a character who is supposed to be a teenager. This makes her look more like X-Rated 23 (or X-Ho) instead of the 23rd attempt at a viable clone of Wolverine.

Also, I really hate the toe claws.

Produced By: Sideshow Collectibes
Dimensions: 18" H x 12" W x 8.5" D
Type: Comiquette (statue for the uninitiated)
Edition Size: Limited Edition
Ship Date: 3rd Qtr 2009
Estimated Price: $199.99

Robert's Two Cents

Points In Favor:

• Very nice looking sculpt and lots of detail.
  
• The boots are very, very detailed.
• Price
• Paint Job
• The base, while very simplistic (plain letter x) fits the character and the logo of her books, so it works.
  

Points Against

• She's a little to sex kitteny. Her body language is screaming "Hey, baby! How 'bout a good time?"
  
• If it were an adult character would I feel any differently? Probably. I mean if this was an adult Kitty Pryde, I would feel it was more appropriate.
  
• The toe claws are yucky.

Recommendation: Neutral! I can see why someone would like this statue from a purely collectible standpoint. The production values over at Sideshow are really phenomenal (apparently, it's my word for the day). I can't get past the underage streetwalker thing.

Zimm's Two Cents:
I could not have explained it any better, so that is why I passed this one off onto Robert.

Points in Favor:

• The sculpting, colors and pose all come together on this statue rather nicely.
• I think that my niece would love me for life if I could find her a pair of those shoes.

Points Against:

• Is it me, or does her face look like it has even been painted in a hooker mentality.
• Okay, maybe it is the face as a whole that bothers me. It is too "elf" like for someone who was cloned from Wolverine.
  

Recommendation: Neutral - this is definitely a preference one, and if I had to choose, Sideshow Collectibles has some other great statues coming out that I would probably recommend.