Nineteen hundred and fifty dollars. That’s what it costs to put Maximus in his power armor on your shelf, and the thing isn’t even life-sized.
The Maximus Power Armor (Deluxe Bonus Version) Quarter Scale Statue is listed on the official Sideshow site, cast in Polystone at 1:4 scale. In the UK it runs £1,447.21. It is, by any sane measure, a lot of money for a piece of resin standing in a plastic wasteland. It’s also one of the more convincing pieces of Fallout merchandise anyone has produced.
What you’re paying for, detail by detail
Manufacturer Prime 1 Studio wrote a description of the release that reads more like a short story than a product page.
“A realistic portrayal of a youth clinging to ideals, through the T-60. Fallout is faithful to the tone of the original games while unfolding a story of its own, captivating audiences worldwide with its post-apocalyptic drama. From this world, Maximus Power Armor joins the Real Elite Masterline series,” Prime 1 Studio said.
“A young soldier who clings to the ideals of the Brotherhood of Steel in an attempt to erase a dark past. One of the story’s morally complex protagonists is brought to life as an wearing the power armor he first donned. For this incredible Maximus statue, the imposing form and pose of the T-60 model, its LED-illuminated headlight, and the symbolic three claw marks are meticulously crafted based on an analysis of the on-screen props. Every detail is faithfully captured at a 1:4 scale.”
Then there’s the base, which is where the money actually shows up.
“A bleached Deathclaw skull. Scuttling Radroaches. A milk vending machine that stirs memories of childhood. The specially designed base evokes the wasteland as seen through Maximus’s eyes. Each element is crafted to quietly tell its part of the story,” Prime 1 Studio said.
You can collect the whole main cast, if your wallet holds
Maximus isn’t alone. Lucy and The Ghoul have both been given the same treatment, built with the same level of detail, which means the full main cast is available to anyone determined enough to assemble it. Do the math on three of these and you’ll understand why most people will pick one.
Season 3 is filming, and the games are still stuck in neutral
Fallout Season 3 doesn't have an official release date. Filming is underway, and the current expectation is a premiere sometime in mid-to-late 2027, assuming nothing goes sideways.
Games are coming too, including remakes of Fallout 3 and New Vegas. Neither has a release date at the time of writing, which is fitting for a franchise that spent the last decade or so barely releasing anything at all. That drought is the reason the show mattered so much in the first place. It didn’t fix the game problem. It just gave everyone somewhere else to go.
Two seasons in, and the lore has taken real damage
The first two seasons held their quality, and they landed a few genuinely monumental moments with consequences the existing lore will be carrying for a long time. The setup for a third outing is clean. The show feels permanent now, and the franchise is better for it.
The premise still does the heavy lifting. Based on the hit video game series and set 200 years after an apocalypse, Fallout follows residents of luxury shelters as they re-enter a post-nuclear world, and the series draws out the contrast between their sheltered existence and the harsh realities waiting outside.
Which brings us back to that base. A milk vending machine, a Deathclaw skull, and a few radroaches, arranged at the feet of a kid in borrowed armor who’s trying very hard to be a hero.
