Sideshow The Terminator T-800 Lifesize Bust

Looks great! I've been on the fence about getting this piece for the longest. I appreciate the fair and honest review. Congrats and thanks for sharing. Peace

Congratulations on your new acquisition!! It certainly is a VERY cool addition to your collection and I like how you have chosen to display it with rest of your collection, it really balances things out with your Batman standee....Awesome looking presentation!! Thanks for the video post.

looks awesome man I like the paint finish and I can see how it has elements of different versions but still it's a good look

Really awesome review and fair. Its strange why SS made the eyes bugger on this one. I think you nailed it by saying if your a hardcore terminator fan that wants accuracy, prob best to avoid. If your a terminator fan that wants a really imposing, awesome looking endo, then go for it.

Cool to see a new vid of you buddy! The piece has def. a presence looking at it right next to you and from a distance. The detail problems are uncool, and would def. bug me as well. It's a shame...the sculpt is so damn nice...maybe the only way to get it fully perfect would be to make a full repaint.

Nice vid and great honest review... real pity about the build and paint quality, would have most likely bought this piece otherwise as I think it does look very nice even with all the design discrepancies. With the paint issues (that many have also reported) I now wouldn't go near it - too expensive a piece for paint to be flaking off. Such a pity. Cheers.

I love that bust man. Great close up footage. Really enjoyed the video buddy!

Very cool

I've had this bust for about 2-3 months now. I'm happy to say I've had no paint flaking issues at all so far, even after rotating the head. I added a small piece of black construction paper anywhere the metal tubes touch the paint. I have to agree with everyone mentioning the eyes are too big... There was something that never seemed right about the bust and then I realized it was the large eyes, they make the skull less large and imposing looking. I have a small fingerprint mark on the back of a piston that's hardly noticeable, and there's some grey overspray on the teeth that I'm ok with since I'm sure the teeth would be stained from heavy battle. Overall I'm really happy with the bust, it's my first non one-sixth scale collectible.

One complaint I do have is the paint work on the brain chip. It looks very amateurish in my opinion and looks globbed on. The brain chip should have been clean and sharp and not look so sloppy. I almost want to strip the paint and redo it myself.

nice to see that your back man, keep bringing new material. I am always looking out for you brother, peace take care.

looks pretty nice to me mate. at the end of the day when everyone sees it in person they will love it. might have to go watch T1 now. hehe

Buddy I have to disagree with your mentioned problem about the paint  ...there is no issue with the paint at all and I promise you there will be no paint flaking in the future with that bust ...I own one of this T800 life size bust as well and all I can say it's absolutely painted top notch ...I'm a professional painter myself buddy and yours has just a factory issue and you should have returned it to get a replacement ...ps it's 100% the T1 T-800 from 1984 even the eyes were bigger at the first Endo it's all fine except the teeth but those are easily to get weathered ;)

If I had the $$ and the space to display a bust like this I'd have one. My wife wouldn't necessarily like it.

They eyes do look a bit big but honestly they look good. I just got my T800 1:1 head again that I had in 2007 just like you have. The eyes are smaller but like I said it doesn't look bad on the bigger bust.

Wow you are way too picky about the tiny paint scratch! You do realize how easy it is to color match that scratch with modeling paints?That is not even a real chrome look so it would even be really easy to re paint the whole thing yourself in 5-10 years and make it look exactly the same,LOL!

I think it actually looks better from the side than it does from the front.

At least the chest pistons are in the right places . I would change the philips head screws for larger Allan key bolts . None of the sideshow life side are perfect but you can get it there your self

Need it
Just can't afford it lol 😭😭

Very honest review, thanks. How is the paint holding up after nearly 4 years of ownership?

I wish they would re release the T2 bust, really don't want to pay 2-3 thousand on ebay lol

Hello. All of your figures are form Hot Toys. But i see General Maximus there ... From Hot Toys ? I am almost certain that Hot Toys never released that figure .

i really wonder if the brain chip is removable on this, i heard sideshow ones can do, is it only half size endo skull? or does all 1:1 endo skull and 1:1 bust endo have the feature

hello..late reply.. so this head skull is also painted or chromed?....