Chronicle Collectibles Jurassic Park T-Rex statue

[GeneralZodLives]

It'd be nice if, just once, people wouldn't freak out over the first pics of collectible that were taken with a cell phone in horrible lighting.

 

[Joda]

It'd be nice if, just once, people wouldn't freak out over the first pics of collectible that were taken with a cell phone in horrible lighting.

That's the first thing I thought as well. That resolution is horrible.

 

[GeneralZodLives]

It never fails. Someone gets a statue, sets the statue on a table in a room with a desk lamp for light, digs out their 10-year old flip phone, posts the pics, and people start complaining with choruses of "Cancelled!" and "Another horrible statue by ______ !" If quality pics start popping up and the statue is ****, then it's ****--but these "sky is falling" posts based on bad pics gets old.

 

[rjszar]

The lighting is definitely bad here. However, as someone pointed out on SF, and I agreed, the dots on the face and neck and around the arms are almost definitely brushed on instead of airbrushed. That is a little amateurish.

 

[GeneralZodLives]

There are some details you can get from the pics, but I'm not going to worry until clearer pics pop up. Hopefully this will start shipping soon and we'll see if there is any consistency to the quality (or lack thereof).

 

[67L88Stingray]

Hopefully the guy who did that one was in training, even with bad pics you can tell it does not look good.

 

[KoBE]

Lol! "Bait & switch" is so unfairly alarmist

 

[Robopredinator]

It'd be nice if, just once, people wouldn't freak out over the first pics of collectible that were taken with a cell phone in horrible lighting.

It never fails. Someone gets a statue, sets the statue on a table in a room with a desk lamp for light, digs out their 10-year old flip phone, posts the pics, and people start complaining with choruses of "Cancelled!" and "Another horrible statue by ______ !" If quality pics start popping up and the statue is ****, then it's ****--but these "sky is falling" posts based on bad pics gets old.

Remember when you said this about the Chronicle Collectible 1/4 Endoskeleton?

It'd be nice if people would calm down until this gets into more hands and we see better pics. This is such a typical "sky is falling" reaction to initial pics of a piece. Even if it's not up to some people's standards, the bitching and moaning about it isn't going to change the result of this piece now. A lot of people that are complaining didn't even order it.

. . . . . . . and what happened when people received their statues? It mirrored the same poor quality shown in those preliminary photos. Also, those T-Rex photos are of two different statues - one professionally shot and the other with a cell-phone but either way, it's pretty evident that a professional camera wouldn't transform that statue into what Paul showcased as his production statue.

 

[Robopredinator]

Lol! "Bait & switch" is so unfairly alarmist

I only say that because CC did in fact pull a bait 'n switch with their endoskeleton. They led everyone to believe it was being produced by Toynami and only after people complained and shipping commenced did he fill everyone in that Toynami was not the factory who produced these.

I should have said, "bait 'n switch 2.0."

 

[GeneralZodLives]

Remember when you said this about the Chronicle Collectible 1/4 Endoskeleton?




. . . . . . . and what happened when people received their statues? It mirrored the same poor quality shown in those preliminary photos. Also, those T-Rex photos are of two different statues - one professionally shot and the other with a cell-phone but either way, it's pretty evident that a professional camera wouldn't transform that statue into what Paul showcased as his production statue.

Like I said, if the statue is **** then it's ****--but these pics aren't the ones that should make people's minds up. You act like Chronicle has never made a quality product. I don't know how many pieces you've ordered from them, but they've put out some outstanding statues/busts. Every collectible company has had bad products, but Chronicle has always dealt with any problems fairly and quickly--which is more than I can say for some other companies. If you want to be the guy that overreacts every time some bad pics pop up then be that guy. I think it shows immaturity in the hobby for a collector to not have the patience to wait for consistent in-hand pics before throwing a fit, but you do you. I guess I'm just tired of going into a thread in which I was hoping to see good pics of a product I ordered, and instead, finding bad pics followed by the (what seems to be) inevitable freak out and company-bashing.

 

[Rotfish]

Bait 'n switch fellas. BAIT. AND. SWITCH.

I don't think the "bait 'n' switch" comment is at all unwarranted here. The "production" photos they keep promoting on Facebook clearly have airbrushed spots and greater color variation.

This is about more than camera quality, folks.

 

[67L88Stingray]

Lets wait for actual in hand pics, that company that took the newer pics is unknown so who knows what is going on.

 

[MIKE M]

I hope it's not true looks like a bad knock off camera quality has nothing to do with it

 

[greygoose]

Could go either way. Their production piece on their facebook page looked good.

 

[Robopredinator]

Like I said, if the statue is **** then it's ****--but these pics aren't the ones that should make people's minds up. You act like Chronicle has never made a quality product. I don't know how many pieces you've ordered from them, but they've put out some outstanding statues/busts. Every collectible company has had bad products, but Chronicle has always dealt with any problems fairly and quickly--which is more than I can say for some other companies. If you want to be the guy that overreacts every time some bad pics pop up then be that guy. I think it shows immaturity in the hobby for a collector to not have the patience to wait for consistent in-hand pics before throwing a fit, but you do you. I guess I'm just tired of going into a thread in which I was hoping to see good pics of a product I ordered, and instead, finding bad pics followed by the (what seems to be) inevitable freak out and company-bashing.

Struck a nerve huh? I'm flattered that someone, somewhere in Oklahoma, is peeved at my opinion.

 

[GeneralZodLives]

Struck a nerve huh? I'm flattered that someone, somewhere in Oklahoma, is peeved at my opinion.

Looks I like struck a nerve instead.

I don't know if you've had issues with Chronicle in the past, but if you need to get people to freak out over this then go ahead.

I'll just keep waiting patiently for more pics before I have a knee-jerk reaction.

 

[Robopredinator]

Looks I like struck a nerve instead.

....... ok buddy.

 

[Collectorcol]

Now I'm really worried...



I could paint better than what's shown, with zero experience.

 

[KoBE]

Now I'm really worried...

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I could paint better than what's shown, with zero experience.

Prove it! [emoji54]

 

[Collectorcol]

Look at the lower jaw... Enough said!