{"id":27194,"date":"2015-11-19T14:03:49","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T20:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/?p=27194"},"modified":"2015-11-19T14:03:49","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T20:03:49","slug":"mcquarrie-boba-fett-statue-pre-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/2015\/11\/19\/mcquarrie-boba-fett-statue-pre-order\/","title":{"rendered":"McQuarrie Boba Fett Statue Pre-Order"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/affiliates.sideshowtoy.com\/Tracker.aspx?aid=2599&amp;href=http%3a%2f%2fwww.sideshowtoy.com%2fcollectibles%2fstar-wars-ralph-mcquarrie-boba-fett-sideshow-collectibles-2003721%2f\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-27068 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/mcquarrie_fett_statue_preview.jpg\" alt=\"mcquarrie_fett_statue_preview\" width=\"500\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/mcquarrie_fett_statue_preview.jpg 500w, https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/mcquarrie_fett_statue_preview-300x134.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sideshow is now taking preorders for the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/affiliates.sideshowtoy.com\/Tracker.aspx?aid=2599&amp;href=http%3a%2f%2fwww.sideshowtoy.com%2fcollectibles%2fstar-wars-ralph-mcquarrie-boba-fett-sideshow-collectibles-2003721%2f\">Ralph McQuarrie Boba Fett\u00a0statue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>One of the first new characters to be designed for\u00a0The Empire Strikes Back, Boba Fett originally began as a super trooper, with a striking aesthetic inspired primarily by Darth Vader and the Stormtroopers. As McQuarrie worked\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sideshowtoy.com\/blog\/meet-boba-fett\/\" target=\"_blank\">closely alongside\u00a0Star Wars\u00a0Art Director Joe Johnston<\/a>, the character evolved into the ruthless Mandalorian bounty hunter we know today. Capturing the spirit of these early explorations, Fett appears in his original all-white armor, leaping into action over a base inspired by the Slave I. Reviewing a broad spectrum of McQuarrie\u2019s imaginative designs for Boba Fett, Sideshow\u2019s artists have translated his iconic artwork in a brilliant homage to a Star Wars that is both familiar, yet never was.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sideshow is now taking preorders for the\u00a0Ralph McQuarrie Boba Fett\u00a0statue. One of the first new characters to be designed for\u00a0The Empire Strikes Back, Boba Fett originally began as a super trooper, with a striking aesthetic inspired primarily by Darth Vader and the Stormtroopers. As McQuarrie worked\u00a0closely alongside\u00a0Star Wars\u00a0Art Director Joe Johnston, the character evolved into &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/2015\/11\/19\/mcquarrie-boba-fett-statue-pre-order\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">McQuarrie Boba Fett Statue Pre-Order<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,15],"tags":[1754,359,8,147],"class_list":["post-27194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collecting","category-sponsor-news","tag-concept-artist-series","tag-ralph-mcquarrie","tag-sideshow","tag-statues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27194"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27196,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27194\/revisions\/27196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}