EXO-6 Star Trek "General Discussion" 1/6 Line

[Kebron]

It's not at all unreasonable to want an increase in price to correspond with an increase in quality.

Normally you are correct, but if we learned anything since the Pandemic, price increases happen regardless if quality goes up or not.....in most cases it goes down or you get less, shrinkflation is a thing.

 

[S. Griffin]

Note that I said "want" instead of "expect."

 

[Kebron]

Note that I said "want" instead of "expect."

On this board those two words are interchangeable.

 

[StarDude]

It's not at all unreasonable to want an increase in price to correspond with an increase in quality.

Yeah it is in this global economy. Inflation has exploded. Stuff is more expensive.

 

[Raven]

I'm clearly behind, having spent the last 4 months dealing with cancer hell, but just watched the Saavik review and am I alone in not really being in love with the final product? I think it's the paint. I mean she's clearly one of the top sculpts, but the thick paint application makes her look like a trans version of herself. I wouldnt think a Vulcan would take to wearing such thick makeup. Maybe it's just me. And if that hurts anyone's delicate sensibilities, too f---ing bad! i'm an equal opportunity insulter

 

[Pauln6a]

I think, when you compare her to the Valeris sculpt, I actually prefer the more natural look, but I think that may be a tougher, more time-consuming look to pull off en masse, and possibly less screen accurate, so the ladies will likely get serious make-overs.

 

[HanFiredFirst]

When you say someone's pricing is getting close to HT pricing while talking about the quality of the figure and paint apps you are inferring that you think in order for them to be at HT pricing they should be at the same quality. It's easy to see where he would have gotten that impression based on what you wrote. I got the exact same impression from what you wrote, that you are expecting closer to HT quality out of Exo6 because of the price of Exo6 figures.

One assumes by “inferring” that you mean “implying”.

 

[afrog]

One assumes by “inferring” that you mean “implying”.

 

[StarDude]

What's interesting about Savvik is that they didn't really do the Vulcan eyebrows. I never noticed until now.

Anyways they've both got pretty heavy makeup if you look at them again (Saavick and Valaris). T'Pol also having pretty ridiculous super model vibes and make-up (and those lip fillers? Idunno). It seems hard to translate that into 1/6 scale figure. My inclination is to go a bit more natural than they appear to make it so they don't look too Barbie'ish.

 

[afrog]

What's interesting about Savvik is that they didn't really do the Vulcan eyebrows. I never noticed until now.

Funny, I never noticed that either. I wonder what the story is behind that. My uneducated guess would be that Kirstie didn't want it.

 

[Raven]

Funny, I never noticed that either. I wonder what the story is behind that. My uneducated guess would be that Kirstie didn't want it.

I doubt that was much on her mind in her last days fighting cancer. But stranger things have happened.

 

[QuiGonFishing]

I doubt that was much on her mind in her last days fighting cancer. But stranger things have happened.

She wasn’t fighting cancer until 40 years later, so I’m sure that had nothing to do with it. And even though the Romulans we see in just about every Trek iteration that they appear in depicts them with eyebrows just as pointed as Vulcans (if not more so), I’m guessing the slightly less pointed brow was intended in some way to give a nod to the idea they started with that she was half Vulcan and half Romulan.

 

[Pauln6a]

Funny, I never noticed that either. I wonder what the story is behind that. My uneducated guess would be that Kirstie didn't want it.

Meyer thought her eyebrows were already quite arched and decided not to force her to shave them and straighten them out. Curtis wasn't so lucky!

 

[davejames]

Meyer thought her eyebrows were already quite arched and decided not to force her to shave them and straighten them out. Curtis wasn't so lucky!

Yup Meyer and Bennet weren't overly concerned with Trek canon back then, and were just trying to tell the best story they could. And Kirstie already had such amazing eyebrows that they probably didn't want to touch them.

 

[Lee in MI]

The sculpt in the preorder isn't the one we will end up with. Exo6 always refines sculpts after preorder.

You also have to take into account things like inflation when comparing the price of figures today to ones that came out a year or more ago.

The price is fair when compared to other prices in the market.

You actually aren't inline with your position. The figures you listed are within where you said you think the price should be for their quality, but yet you use them as a example to support your argument that Exo6 charges to much for the quality of the figure. If you truly gave them a pass you wouldn't of used them in your example. So which is it? Do you think they are fine for their price or do you think they should be better for the price charged?

Actually I am. As I clarified, I gave them the pass on those figures BUT I do think the sculpts are weak. But for the price point, they were passable. Wesley, IMO, is inline with those figures in terms of sculpt quality but the price point is closer to what HTs is asking for in terms of entry level figures., therefore:

When you say someone's pricing is getting close to HT pricing while talking about the quality of the figure and paint apps you are inferring that you think in order for them to be at HT pricing they should be at the same quality. It's easy to see where he would of gotten that impression based on what you wrote. I got the exact same impression from what you wrote, that you are expecting closer to HT quality out of Exo6 because of the price of Exo6 figure

I think the term you meant to use was "IMPLYING". A person providing information will imply to the persons receiving it. The person receiving it will "INFER" what the person means...that's what you two are doing. You are inferring what I meant.

I actually was very clear in what I said if you go back and read for understanding versus just reading to reply. I made it clear that they were getting close to the HTs entry pricing and for that, they should be offering higher quality sculpts. I never said they should be offering HTs level sculpts. That's what you took away from the comment...you inferred that I meant that when I actually never said it or implied it. I was making a correlation between quality vs cost. Nothing more.

 

[Kebron]

Actually I am. As I clarified, I gave them the pass on those figures BUT I do think the sculpts are weak. But for the price point, they were passable. Wesley, IMO, is inline with those figures in terms of sculpt quality but the price point is closer to what HTs is asking for in terms of entry level figures., therefore:

I think the term you meant to use was "IMPLYING". A person providing information will imply to the persons receiving it. The person receiving it will "INFER" what the person means...that's what you two are doing. You are inferring what I meant.

I actually was very clear in what I said if you go back and read for understanding versus just reading to reply. I made it clear that they were getting close to the HTs entry pricing and for that, they should be offering higher quality sculpts. I never said they should be offering HTs level sculpts. That's what you took away from the comment...you inferred that I meant that when I actually never said it or implied it. I was making a correlation between quality vs cost. Nothing more.

Let's look at what you said

For the price point, these sculpts should be a bit better imo. Janeway was soft. Sisco looked off to me. Paris, Kim...who am I missing? I would give them a pass for sure if the price was closer to the $150-$175 mark but the new point of entry is over $200.

You specifically said "For the price point these sculpts..." and proceeded to list examples, you followed with " I would give them a pass for sure if the prices were closer to 150-175..."
From what you wrote it certainly looks like you are implying that the sculpts you listed were outside of your proposed price mark. It wasn't until you were educated on their pricing that you changed your tune and now suddenly you feel those sculpts are acceptable due to their price point.


You are correct I did mean imply. Thank you for the English lesson, but it doesn't change the point.

Here's another quote of yours.

That's only about $55 dollars from HTs entry price.
This was after you talked about them needing to up their quality. Because you named HT comparing their pricing to Exo6 pricing you are certainly "implying" that for these higher prices Exo6 should be closer to HT quality. If you didn't mean to cause people to make that conclusion, that's fine, but when you name one company as a example especially one at the top of the game after criticizing another company, people will draw the conclusion that you are saying the former company should be at the level as the latter.

I was making a correlation between quality vs cost. Nothing more.

Yes, you were making a correlation between Exo-6 quality and cost vs HT quality and cost. Which is why I and at least one other (probably more) drew the conclusion we did.

 

[thedarkknight]

 

[QuiGonFishing]

Play nice, Freaks….

 

[IBM5100]

@pixletwin lots of fighting in here

 

[pixletwin]

Thread cleaned a bit. Thank you @IBM5100 for tagging me. Please report any posts you folks think need attention.

Please stop the petty bickering. Anything further will be deleted and infractions will be handed out.