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It wasn't that long ago that Baz Luhrmann presented us his »Elvis«. Now Sofia Coppola is taking a look at the King, or rather at his marriage to »Priscilla«. The film of the same name is based on Priscilla Presley's memoir »Elvis and Me«.

The story begins in 1959 in Germany, where Elvis Presley, already a star at the time, is doing his military service. There, Priscilla Beaulieu, then 14 years old, meets Elvis, who is 10 years older. The film depicts the relationship of the couple, who married in 1967 and divorced in 1973. It stars Cailee Spaeny (»Bad Times at the El Royale«) as Priscilla and Jacob Elordi (»Euphoria«) as Elvis.

»Priscilla« opens in cinemas tomorrow. Let's see whether the film is suitable for a double feature with Luhrmann's »Elvis«.

As our first 💥 product of the month 💥 in 2024, we have a mega hit ... a cult character from a cult film that is slowly but surely approaching 40, but has lost none of its shine or rather its darkness: Ellen Ripley from »Aliens« as a 1/4 scale statue from PRIME 1's Ultimate Premium Masterline Series!

Almost all of us know and love the magnificent »Alien« series, which of course stars Sigourney Weaver. Over the last 20 years, us collectors have seen numerous, sometimes truly breathtaking Alien collectibles (Xenomorphs, Facehuggers, alien eggs and of course the Alien Queen) on the market - the selection of Ellen Ripley collectibles though, especially in high quality, is meager.

PRIME 1 STUDIO, in collaboration with BLITZWAY, is now fulfilling a long-awaited dream for many hardcore Alien fans: the Ellen Ripley Ultimate Premium Masterline statue in 1:4 scale, with an amazing likeness of the young Sigourney Weaver, made with high-quality workmanship and equipped with real fabric clothing and her distinctive weapon (a cross between an M240 flamethrower and an M41A Pulse Rifle), placed on an atmospheric LED-lit base... all in all, just badass and straight out of the movie.

This powerful collectible is limited to 790 copies worldwide - and you still have the chance to secure a copy of the bonus version for yourself, which contains an Alien Ovomorph with an emerging Facehugger as an exclusive special accessory. Creepy 😱!

We think this magnificent statue is a worthy start to our „Product of the Month“ series in 2024 and can hardly wait for the shipment to arrive! It should be any day now ...

Ha-Ha-Happy New Year wishes you Alf and the S.P.A.C.E Crew!

We hope that y'all arrived well in the year 2024. We of course will continously stand by your side this year aswell when it comes to expand your collections - because we love collectibles almost as much as Gordon Shumway loves cats 😉!

Here's to a lucky, healthy and prosperous new year 🍀!

Dear customers, friends, suppliers, service partners and delivery drivers!

We wish you all a wonderful Christmas with your loved ones and some hours full of joy, good food and lots of gifts.

After the Christmas Holidays we will still be available for you, but we too will gear down a little before putting the pedal to the metal for you once again in the new year.

The whole S.P.A.C.E Crew wishes you Happy Holidays and all the best for the new year!

Today we are opening the 24th and last door of our S.P.A.C.E Advent calendar 🎅🎁!

The first prize is: an Ahsoka Premium Format Figure by Sideshow

The winner is: Nikolaus

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Today we are opening door no. 23 of the S.P.A.C.E Advent calendar 🎅🎁!

Behind the 23rd door is: an Ultimate Joel & Ellie 2-Pack by NECA

The winner is: Marcus

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There are a number of films in Zack Snyder's oeuvre that we like: his »Dawn of the Dead« remake, »300«, »Watchmen« »Man of Steel« as well as his »Justice League« cut. So we were really looking forward to his new movie »Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire«. Now that the reviews are out though, our anticipation is quite dampened. At one point, the film had a critic score of 22% on Rotten Tomatoes and currently seems to be settling just slightly above it. 

Of course, it was clear to everyone that the film would be a »Star Wars« knockoff. Making use of previous works is nothing reprehensible. Quentin Tarantino said in a 1994 Empire interview: „I steal from every single movie ever made. I love it - if my work has anything it’s that I’m taking this from this and that from that and mixing them together. I steal from everything. Great artists steal, they don’t do homages.“

However, Tarantino always transforms his remixes into something new. If you believe the critics, that’s not the case with »Rebel Moon«. Snyder plunders popular films from »Star Wars« to »The Lord of the Rings« and »Avatar« to »Seven Samurai« - but he doesn’t do anything new with it. A critic accuses him of not having a single original idea for the film and compares it to bad fan fiction. The movie simply lacks an interesting story, the dialogues are terrible and you can see that »Rebel Moon« is tied to a studio. Almost everything was filmed in front of volume video stages. Alluding to Snyder's beloved slow motion shots, one critic puts it: „Never before has so much slow motion been wasted on so many characters we care so little about. “

Even if negative reviews predominate, there are also voices that have positive things to say about the film: it was praised for its abundance of great pictures as well as the performances of Sofia Boutella, Ed Skrein, Bae Doona and Ray Fisher. One critic wrote that despite all its flaws, the film is still extremely entertaining and a very solid space opera.

Of course, it's best for us all to make up our own minds, but we've already lowered our expectations for tonight's viewing. We'll keep the remote control within reach...

By the way, the second part »Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver« will be released in April.

Today we are opening door no. 22 of the S.P.A.C.E Advent calendar 🎅🎁!

Behind the 22nd door is: a 30 € gift coupon for the SUPERGEEK Shop

The winner is: Elena

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Just in time for the holidays, we're bringing you a small, special episode of 🚀 ABGESPACED 🚀! This time we're taking it easy: Sven chats with Andrea, Tobi and Eva about the highs (and lows) of the past year - funny job application stories, difficult phone calls, cool conventions and more! And of course we also look back on our personal collectible highlights.

So: Get yourselves a hot beverage, get cozy and let's pass the year in review together - now on YouTube!
https://youtu.be/CEaTM0I2OdI

Before jumping into the Holidays, we've got some very special treats for you: our ❄️ HOLIDAY DEALS ❄️!

Starting today until 7th January 2024, we have a total of 25 selected items from Blizzard, Iron Studios and Pure Arts that will replace our regular ⚡ DEALS OF THE WEEK ⚡. This way you'll have some more time and a larger selection to be able to convert your Christmas money 🎄💸 into great collectibles 😜.

Check it out right away ↩️:
space-figuren.de/sale

Today we are opening door no. 21 of the S.P.A.C.E Advent calendar 🎅🎁!

Behind the 21st door is: a Dobby statue from the Magical Creatures series by Noble Collection

The winner is: Henry

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»Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom« is currently hitting the big screens and is heralding the cinematic end of the DC Extended Universe.

After his defeat at the end of the first movie in 2018, Black Manta (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) is out for revenge in this sequel and with the Black Trident, he has a silver bullet up his sleeve. In order to save the kingdom of Atlantis, Aquaman (Jason Momoa) has to ask his brother Orm (Patrick Wilson) for help.

Between the end of the DCEU and a seemingly turbulent production we are a bit skeptical about what we can expect from this film. According to current projections and first reviews it doesn’t look too good for »Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom«. That’s unfortunate if you consider the apparent future of the new DCU, which is supposed to launch on the silver screen with »Superman: Legacy« in 2025. At the moment, it looks like James Gunn won’t bring back Momoa’s Aquaman into the DC Universe. We definitely would have hoped to see a more befitting farewell for the King of the Sea.

The fantastic world of Rick Riordan's book series comes to life once again - this time as a show on Disney+!

In »Percy Jackson and the Olympians«, young demigods with special powers get caught between the frontlines. The story focuses on 12-year-old Percy who finds out that he's the son of the mighty Poseidon. Subsequently he ends up in a camp with other demigods. The teenagers collide with dark monsters and supernatural dangers and have to fight them with their newly discovered powers.

Percy Jackson is on a particularly difficult mission: He has to find the god Zeus’ master bolt and bring it back to stop an all devastating war. Percy's friends Annabeth and Grover, who share a similar fate, help him on his journey. Together on this adventure they find their place in this new world.

The series is based on the popular novels by author Rick Riordan and it's full of secrets from Greek mythology. Fans of the »Percy Jackson« universe and fantasy lovers will be glad to hear that the series is starting today on Disney+. The first season includes eight episodes, two of which are already available today. The rest will follow weekly until the final episode airs at the end of January.

Today we are opening door no. 20 of the S.P.A.C.E Advent calendar 🎅🎁!

Behind the 20th door is: a bundle consisting of a Batman MiniCo. figure by Iron Studios and a 25 € gift coupon for our shop

The winner is: Clemens

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60 years ago, »The Pink Panther« had its premiere in Germany. Blake Edwards' gangster comedy marked the international breakthrough for British actor Peter Sellers. His inspector Jacques Clouseau became an immortal cinematic icon. No less emblematic were the animated title sequence, which led to its own cartoon series, and the theme song by Henry Mancini. Plas Johnson's saxophone solo is burned deep into our ears and collective memory and makes you want to pay the clumsy inspector a visit again.

Two years ago, Kaustic Plastik and Infinite Statue & Collectibles created a magnificent 1/6 scale monument to the versatile actor and his signature role:
https://www.space-figuren.de/advanced_search_result.php?categories_id=&inc_subcat=1&keywords=1%2F6+Scale+Peter+Sellers

Going along with today's anniversary, you can grab the figure in 2 different versions at a very special prize!

Today we are opening door no. 19 of the S.P.A.C.E Advent calendar 🎅🎁!

Behind the 19th door is: a 30 € gift coupon for the SUPERGEEK Shop

The winner is: Sven

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For a period of almost 20 years, the manufacturer Hot Toys was considered the gold standard when it came to 1/6 collectible figures. The quality of the “Hot Toys figures” set the bar, the name said it all and they defined what all manufacturers had to measure themselves against.

When Queen Studios expanded into the 1/6 market with their brand INART, Hot Toys’ place at the top of the figures Olympus didn’t seem as certain anymore. Hot Toys had released a number of Heath Ledger Joker figures over the years and continued to improve them. INART then went one step further and announced their version of the Joker, which clearly outperformed the Hot Toys figures with a deluxe edition with two figures with implanted hair, but also cost more than 1,000 €.

With JND STUDIOS, another high-end manufacturer is entering the ring. JND have previously dabbled in the realm of hyper-realistic 1/3 scale statues and are now moving into 1/6 scale posable figures with their new KOJUN Works line. And - what a surprise - they also chose the Heath Ledger Joker as their first figure: magnetic movable eyes, implanted hair, a head with silicone skin, no visible joints on the neck, movable silicone fingers ... The slimmed down version A without many accessories would be around 1,200 €. The Deluxe Version C (which is limited to 500 pieces only) with two bodies and heads was available for around 2,000 €. We as retailer would have access also to a slightly simpler version B that would also land above the 2,000 € border. You can check out the product video from JND Studios here:
https://youtu.be/FWpb0WZd_ao

That's a lot of money - and actually twice the price of the deluxe edition of the INART figure. In comparison, the brand-new Joker versions by Hot Toys (as DX32 or even in the "Artisan Edition") are ranging way below that.

Who wants to invest so much money? How much is this hyperrealism worth to us? There may certainly be some collectors who strive for the ultimate authenticity. Others will be more than happy with what INART offers, especially since they also provide a beautiful diorama base. And others will stick with Hot Toys and don't need any higher level. After all, it all started with toys and we've already come a long way to Hot Toys and still got affordable, if not exactly cheap, collectibles.

But new technologies also raise questions. How durable and long-lasting is the silicone skin? How well (or poorly) does it age? What about discoloration? When does material fatigue occur in the fingers? All questions that only time will answer. And do you really need all these gimmicks if the figure spends a life in the display case and doesn't have much opportunity to demonstrate its features?

We as a reseller located at the other end of the world are taking - at least for the moment - the following position: since there are of course no "long-term studies" yet on these new (and by the way patented) technologies and material evolutions, skepticism and the fear for a financial dilemma predominate, to be honest. We unfortunately have too many bad experiences when it comes to the really unsatisfying service behaviours from most of the manufacturers, especially regarding quality issues or reclaims. With such an expensive and very special premium product for us the ice, with all the contingencies involved, is really too thin.

What is your point of view? Have you been fully blown away by these innovations by JND and you definately have to get this Joker - or do you rather share our thoughts?

Today we are opening door no. 18 of the S.P.A.C.E Advent calendar 🎅🎁!

Behind the 18th door is: a 1/12 Terence Hill statue by Infinite

The winner is: Simon

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Today we are opening door no. 17 of the S.P.A.C.E Advent calendar 🎅🎁!

Behind the 17th door is: a 50 € gift coupon for the S.P.A.C.E Shop

The winner is: Thorsten

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Today we are opening door no. 16 of the S.P.A.C.E Advent calendar 🎅🎁!

Behind the 16th door is: a Purge Trooper figure in the Holiday Edition

The winner is: Hanna-Akil

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