Earlier today, I posted the official photos and pre-order information for Square-Enix’s Deadpool Play Arts Kai figure, which I knew I was going to hear some grumbles about the pricing of (because PAK are, well… pricey). The price on that item didn’t sting me too much, though, because I had the foreknowledge that a way more expensive Deadpool figure would be going up later in the day–and so it now has! The insanely dynamic Sideshow Exclusive Deadpool Heat-Seeker Premium Format Figure is now up for order—with a price-tag that’s as crazy as this statue’s aesthetic!

When Sideshow Collectibles debuted the enormous Heat-Seeker Deadpool Premium Format Figure statue at San Diego Comic-Con, I immediately had a hunch that we were looking at what was destined to quickly become the highest-priced Sideshow Marvel Premium Format Statue ever.

And while it’s taken a few months to get that confirmation, it has arrived: the Sideshow Premium Format Deadpool Heat-Seeker Statue is priced at a staggering $699.99–plus shipping! Is there any way this quarter-scale statue can actually be worth that kind of moolah? Let’s take a look…

Ordinarily I save discussing the Sideshow Exclusive accessories for last, but in this instance, I want to talk about them first. Why…? Because they’re awesome.

The exclusive items that come with the limited edition version of this statue are–I kid you not–a cell phone on a selfie-stick and a “Red Steel” kissing Deadpool head.

We’ve gone back and forth over the years between Sideshow giving us some tremendous accessories and some eye-rolling ones with their exclusive editions, but there’s definitely never been exclusive extras like these! Even the side of the cellphone facing Deadpool has a little decal on as Wade takes his own photo! Crazy, crazy good stuff.

Okay, enough about the limited extras, though: let’s talk about this statue itself. It is all-out mayhem, and beyond a doubt the most dynamic Marvel statue that I can ever remember seeing released by any company. Ever.

The Heatseeker Deadpool statue portrays Wade Wilson jumping away from an explosion on the ground, while dodging a heat-seeking missile in mid-air, while cutting a grenade in half with a sword in one hand and wielding either a machine gun or a selfie stick in the other. For any other character, I think this would be poor lunacy and just wouldn’t work. For Deadpool..? It’s just the right level of lunacy.

The intricate sculpt of this piece doesn’t let me down either–from the subtle creases in Deadpool’s costume to the twisting musculature of his anatomy, this is a terrific sculpt.

The paint and texturing on this piece are full of win as well–look at how fantastic Deadpool’s boot and holstered pistol look!

And with dimensions of 24″ high and 22″ wide–not to mention a weight of 14 pounds–collectors are certainly going to be getting their money’s worth when they purchase this Deadpool Heat-Seeker Premium Format Figure. The only real question is how many collectors have seven hundred dollars to drop on this statue.

The Sideshow Collectibles EXCLUSIVE Heat-Seeker Deadpool Premium Format Figure is now up for order, and is scheduled to be released between December 2017 and February 2018. That’s a long time from now, but when you’re talking about a $700 statue, a longer wait just means more time to make smaller payments.

I’m 50/50 on this statue right now, but if I do bite, I’ll definitely be using one of the Sideshow Flexpay payment plans. Otherwise, it’s just way too expensive for my blood (as in, “my wife will have my blood if I pay for it all in one month”).

What do you think of the new Heat-Seeker Deadpool Sideshow Premium Format Figure, Marvel collectors? Does anyone have 700 bucks plus that they’re dying to throw at Sideshow Collectibles for this piece, or are you taking a wait-and-see attitude with what’s almost certainly destined to be the wackiest Deadpool statue ever?