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Re: 25-30 Days to Fett
Well, let's see. They have already said that it was to help keep things in proper proportion during manufacturing. That's one reason why they went to the new material. Another was because the pieces where so thin that apparantly during shipping of the R&D phase they had several breakage issues. That's another reason right there to change because if they went with all poly a lot of people could have ended up with broken Fetts. This way people get what looks great and the chances of them showing up broke are pretty much nil. That to me is a good move. Saves all of us a lot of trouble.
I'll say again how many of you would have know about Fett or even Vader's Helm if they hadn't said anything?
kodiak8658 said:
Well, let's see. They have already said that it was to help keep things in proper proportion during manufacturing. That's one reason why they went to the new material. Another was because the pieces where so thin that apparantly during shipping of the R&D phase they had several breakage issues. That's another reason right there to change because if they went with all poly a lot of people could have ended up with broken Fetts. This way people get what looks great and the chances of them showing up broke are pretty much nil. That to me is a good move. Saves all of us a lot of trouble.
I'll say again how many of you would have know about Fett or even Vader's Helm if they hadn't said anything?
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I don't get how this could put someone off? It's a unique design feature to PF pieces. If someone thinks of a toy when they see this then they really need to get over that particular sterotype.
LOTRFan said:
I don't get how this could put someone off? It's a unique design feature to PF pieces. If someone thinks of a toy when they see this then they really need to get over that particular sterotype.
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Yup, that's what I'm talking about too professor. A cheaper quality material for the same large price tag. Apology accepted. :chew
jlcmsu said:
Yup, that's what I'm talking about too professor. A cheaper quality material for the same large price tag. Apology accepted. :chew
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It's may be a cheaper material but that doesn't mean the quality is cheap. Did ya not think about that Mr. Know It All.
I didn't apologize. Answer me this Boy Genius if they had used Poly and it had broke when it got to you. Then when you get your replacement that's broken too because the polys too thin. Would you be pissed? Also for extra credit Smarty Pants would you have known the difference between the two based on the pics if they hadn't said anything?
kodiak8658 said:
It's may be a cheaper material but that doesn't mean the quality is cheap. Did ya not think about that Mr. Know It All.
I didn't apologize. Answer me this Boy Genius if they had used Poly and it had broke when it got to you. Then when you get your replacement that's broken too because the polys too thin. Would you be pissed? Also for extra credit Smarty Pants would you have known the difference between the two based on the pics if they hadn't said anything?
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Re: 25-30 Days to Fett
If they can design packaging for Grievous, they could've designed packaging for Fett. Tie downs and enough space around the armor would've worked fine. I feel like SS took the easy way out on this one.
jlcmsu said:I didn't apologize.
If they can design packaging for Grievous, they could've designed packaging for Fett. Tie downs and enough space around the armor would've worked fine. I feel like SS took the easy way out on this one.
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I don't mind SSC cutting corners and using cheaper material for whatever reason... I just resent them continuing to charge a premium price for an item that is now NOT made out premium materials and in fact is going to be cheaper for them to produce in mass quantity. Why shouldn't we expect them to pass those savings on to us???
I don't mind SSC cutting corners and using cheaper material for whatever reason... I just resent them continuing to charge a premium price for an item that is now NOT made out premium materials and in fact is going to be cheaper for them to produce in mass quantity. Why shouldn't we expect them to pass those savings on to us???
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Mass quantities is right. There will be 4000 Fetts unleashed into the world.
IrishJedi said:
Mass quantities is right. There will be 4000 Fetts unleashed into the world.
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They are both made out of plastic, which one do you like more?
They are both made out of plastic, which one do you like more?
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They could have and maybe they did but you do realize that adds cost to the overall product. There is more the space but that's not a good thing always. The inside of the Cave Troll box is a good example. The elbow holding his hammer is hollow in order to ensure it would not break they actually had to go in an insert extra foam in there to protrect it. Making the space tighter.
Who says this is cutting corners? The terms some of you all use just cracks me up. Cutting Corners, With Holding Information, etc. like this is some stuff to rip you off or a Government Conspiracy.
Do you know it cost them less though? The price of the item is not just the materials used but many other things.
Darth Loki said:
They could have and maybe they did but you do realize that adds cost to the overall product. There is more the space but that's not a good thing always. The inside of the Cave Troll box is a good example. The elbow holding his hammer is hollow in order to ensure it would not break they actually had to go in an insert extra foam in there to protrect it. Making the space tighter.
IrishJedi said:
Who says this is cutting corners? The terms some of you all use just cracks me up. Cutting Corners, With Holding Information, etc. like this is some stuff to rip you off or a Government Conspiracy.
Do you know it cost them less though? The price of the item is not just the materials used but many other things.
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But won't you miss the smell and feel of poly? I know that I will.jlcmsu said:
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True, but the point is... one is priced the same as other figures of the same size using the same materials (Medicom) whereas the other is priced the same as other figures of the same size using heavier, more expensive materials.
This is actually pretty simple. The decision to use ABS surely saved SSC a lot of $$$ on the production cost of this piece. For that to happen without any affect on the final price is what rightfully has many of us fuming.
jlcmsu said:
True, but the point is... one is priced the same as other figures of the same size using the same materials (Medicom) whereas the other is priced the same as other figures of the same size using heavier, more expensive materials.
This is actually pretty simple. The decision to use ABS surely saved SSC a lot of $$$ on the production cost of this piece. For that to happen without any affect on the final price is what rightfully has many of us fuming.
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Kookie said:The only thing I smell right now is a bunch of pussies on this board over this whole Boba Fett issue!!!
Ponder that for a few minutes!
The flames will reach the sky on that comment
Re: 25-30 Days to Fett
Not necessary. How the product looks is immaterial (no pun intended) to the crux of this debate, which is simple: SSC used much cheaper materials to make the production piece saving them untold amounts of $$$ without lowering the price at all for the consumer who pre-ordered what they believed would be a PF item made of comparable materials to others in the line at the same pricepoint. And that, to many of us, is plain WRONG.
Kookie said:
Not necessary. How the product looks is immaterial (no pun intended) to the crux of this debate, which is simple: SSC used much cheaper materials to make the production piece saving them untold amounts of $$$ without lowering the price at all for the consumer who pre-ordered what they believed would be a PF item made of comparable materials to others in the line at the same pricepoint. And that, to many of us, is plain WRONG.
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Irish...since I'm Irish...I'll be calm...two pissed off Irish people is not a good thing. If it's true that the cost of producing this item with ABS plastic could have saved us $50-100 dollars, and the savings are not passed on to us, I will admit I would be irritated. The truth is I cannot, and nobody else on this board, can say what Sideshow's production budget was for this piece. The piece is amazing whether it's plastic or not. The detail is amazing and to Sideshow's credit they created a character that's different than any other PF to date. I agree that they should have notified people sooner. I would rather have a plastic Boba than no Boba at all. I've had to return 2 pieces recently made out of polystone so it's nice I don't have to worry about the condition of this piece with all the small parts. I'm sure Sideshow learned a great deal about manufacturing a piece that incorporated small armor parts and clothing. Look on the brightside...Sideshow should be in a much better position to design Stormtroopers, Imperial Guards, Droids, etc after working out the kinks with Boba.
IrishJedi said:
Irish...since I'm Irish...I'll be calm...two pissed off Irish people is not a good thing. If it's true that the cost of producing this item with ABS plastic could have saved us $50-100 dollars, and the savings are not passed on to us, I will admit I would be irritated. The truth is I cannot, and nobody else on this board, can say what Sideshow's production budget was for this piece. The piece is amazing whether it's plastic or not. The detail is amazing and to Sideshow's credit they created a character that's different than any other PF to date. I agree that they should have notified people sooner. I would rather have a plastic Boba than no Boba at all. I've had to return 2 pieces recently made out of polystone so it's nice I don't have to worry about the condition of this piece with all the small parts. I'm sure Sideshow learned a great deal about manufacturing a piece that incorporated small armor parts and clothing. Look on the brightside...Sideshow should be in a much better position to design Stormtroopers, Imperial Guards, Droids, etc after working out the kinks with Boba.
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