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I believe he may have had TWO of the Tom hanks because there is a picture of him presenting one or maybe just showing one to the Director and Writer of Saving Private Ryan.
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It was said that they saw one of the CM's employees or something like that carry a folder with Arnie's Enterbay figure pictures.
But I'm not sure if Arnie can work for other companies. He signed with Enterbay, so....
So did some more Korean artists, like Yulli and more.
So we should accept some ultra high quality stuff from Enterbay
IN FACT; in an interview with Arnie once, he said that he plans to sculpt at a bigger scale so he can enhance the details and likeness even more.
Preferable, he mentioned 1/4 scale, but 1/3 is better ;D
So, he's open for the job, lets see if CM is willing ;D
Courtesy to
Jackson Ting(Arnie's Friend) and
Arnie
I believe the GOD pieces are prototypes , thus they are like 1.2 times bigger or something like that (110%? I forgot)
Since you know that if they cast the heads in vynll, it'll shrink, and how they make prototypes bigger, etc.etc.
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More onArnie's blog or Jax's blog
Prototype body
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harrison ford
gruff old bear said:
And if someone (Tom?) does, ask the folks there what you're photographing. I think it's a display of Arnie's customs, which will be the basis of the production models. And I'm guessing JC Hong painted them all.
The question we all have is...is there anything or anyone at the booth to speak about whether Enterbay's production figs will be as good as Arnie's originals?
Wish I'd been able to go, but it just wasn't possible this year.
The prototypes are probably painted by JC HONG, and if not, by Arnie. Arnie is a talented headsculpt painter and he uses airbrushes and faux as well.
Arnie's originals are 4 times more expensive...with less accessories. So I'm sure the quality of the Enterbay figures will not be equal to his originals, but they'll be cleaner castings
and the headsculpts will be all the same. By the looks of the prototype and Arnie's original, its mostly only the paint job, and that's because one'll be factory paint and the other will be oils or acrylics in which Arnie uses. Plus, the clothing and everything else be tantamount to Arnie's originals I suspect, why should they be?
Arnie's original I think the headsculpt they used for the GOD prototype in the SDCC is the Enter the Dragon piece arnie made with the sculpted torso.
go to
www.enterbay.com, and see all the accessories they will provide.
The background diorama, bamboo, extra hands, interchangeable eyes, hair is removable, nunchucks, the case, a certificate of authenticity, a little booklet, shoes made of REAL material, not plastic, and i think I missed something.
Arnie sculpted the torso obviously and probably the other parts as well.
he is the "head sculptor" of the Bruce Lee line.
In fact, the head seems to be the ETD one he did where he sculpted the whole upper torso and put real hair on it.
Some mistakened it as a silicone skin body. Nope, just resin.
However, if that prototype is a bigger version, then we're talking about a differ head, but what I see is the ETD head and body.
Look at this pic:
this one
or
this one
or click this
link
the #1 problem with artists todya is their lack of business knowledge. or so i think being on many artist forums. I've heard that for artists, they should go to business school, since you learn art on your own.
however, I don't blame Arnie for his unfortunate experience.
How is it that Robin Kwok take 7 of his samples (over $8000 worth) and runs off to not be publicly heard of for a while, or never responding to Arnie about where the samples were.
Go to Jax's Blog and scroll down a bit to see how Robin let DML make mass productions of Arnie's piece and go on eBay and you might seem from time to time, the "way of the dragon" pieces that were recasted and sold form Hong Kong.
it's no joke that he's been scammed by Robin Kwok. Because of this incident alone, it scared off other korean artists from advancing anywhere but their own community.
In fact, Arnie might be admitful of his failing acts in that negotiation, but its been said before that Robin was rather unprofessional as well.
Arnie just asked Robin to PAY for the samples he took (in his blog). Whch means he is essentially allowing robin kwok to do whatever he pleases with them.
Click this link for a very good arguement by Customdawg, or the creator of Triad Toys ;D
I ditto that as well as many others. But Arnie might have a say in that later, since he wants the Enterbay pieces to be pieces of art and not just toys.
I doubt that low. I think its a difference of only 1000 or so.
maybe I'm thinking of the Delux and Limited edition.
yes they certainly should do somehting about the quantities however.
He's my favorite sculptor but you should consider some other incredible sculptors like
Andy B, Oluf H...i forgot but you know the sideshow sculptor, and
kojun, Vancei, Yulli, and way more. But yeah, I like arnie deh mosteh.
Nope, that issue was long before he joined enterbay.
Arnie used the BBI G1.0(blue box toys) body for his prototype on the website.
The head was his ETD renewal one.
I've followed Arnie long enough to know that I'm sure.
In fact, read
Click this link for a very good arguement by Customdawg, or the creator of Triad Toys ;D
because it shows that they really didn't do much.
And I'm guessing Arnie sent it best samples since it was like showing a portfolio.
Arnie constructed the whole entire ETD diorama and GOD diorama by himself.
There's pics of him doing it on his blog.
Body difference isn't really the situation, since the prototype one was only a BBI body which costs $15....
headsculpt, I wonder if its a new one since I read somewhere on his blog that it was a big prototype verison...
Enterbay's actually gonna do a direct purchase on the site, but it has yet to come and they told me that the prices would be higher than what they expect there retailers to put them at.
I am a retailer(US) for Enterbay, but the distributor requested me to not take in any orders if possible untill they release the official preorder date and prototype pictures.
Yes, now I feel like I'm advertising....
So I'm not sure if I should continue haha
PM if you want me to put you on a "email list" so I can email you when I get more updates from the distributor.
I already reserved some with the distributor but like he said, I should wait till they have actual prototype pics.
The price is actually lower than what you guys may all be thinking.
Its $300 and plus shipping and that's the MSRP.
Retailers ,I suppose, like me, will sell like $10 below that
but anyways, there'll be more info pretty soon I suppose since they've alreayd shown much of it at SDCC.
In fact, i'm not sure if I should say this but we still got AMPLE time till these figures will be released. So SAVE UP
hahah
Ok, I hope I answer most of the questions, removed any myths, rumors , or enlightened some of you.
I've been a fan of arnie's works before i came into this hobby, thus, I came into this hobby after connecting Bruce Lee to him, to this hobby, etc.
So game on, more questions
