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Playing devils advocate here:

If the guy doesnt know Les that well has paid money (recently or 12 months plus) or even knows him well and is short of both cash and maybe patience then he has every right to ask for his money back direct from Les ideally or through Paypal if he has too

Ill bet though this guy didnt realise that when he starts a paypal dispute that Les's account would get suspended or locked and he wouldnt have access to the funds

(If he did know then I agree he is a douche)

Les's situation has changed in 12 months

This guys might have also

and just to clarify now IM NOT THE ONE WHO STARTED A DISPUTE so keep those torches away from the fire

Im just playing devils advocate as ive stated

If he's waited along time parted with money he now needs the money and hasnt seen anything for long time, apart from reasons why he cant have his head or his money back (whether we agree with it or not) imho he has the right to ask for a head or his money via paypal

Whether we would do the same is of no consequence imho its his right he entered into a transaction with Les (Im speculating that he agreed a timeframe) and that Les missed that timeframe.

Its a pity one of the consequences of disputing against Les was an account suspension that knocked on with our own transactions with Les

Anyway alls well that ends well, but I felt I had to pipe in for this guy who is probably scared now of coming forward infront of the lynch mob

Obviously I dont know how long he has waited without product or money, but theres 2 sides to every dispute, Les got angry because of the account suspension, I suspect Les wouldve agreed to give the guy his money back had he known this would cause as much problems for him as it did

But to re-iterate, all friends again, so keep those pitchforks away from the fire

EDIT: Ive known Les through these boards since I joined 18+ months and consider him a friend, but if id waited 18+ to 2 years for a head paint id be pissed off with him, friend or not, id be pissed off with any friends, ones ive known since school if id paid em money for something and waited that long for it (if it hadnt been explained to me beforehand) I might not fall out with them, but id still be pissed off. Les has alot of friends on here and those friends who he has taken money from and are waiting on product will understand and try and be patient with him. But Im guessing there are those that will see the advertised work, not know Les that well (bare in mind I only know him through these boards and the occasional emails) and pay him expecting a product. By Les's own ommision its been one of those unfortunate things, he has taken alot of knocks and its effected these transactions, some will understand some wont. But dont lynch the ones that have lost patience
 
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No problem Mooncat. I of course, see your points. I did try to call off the hounds myself. It worked, and if anything, I am now somewhat friends with the person involved, and I am very glad to be. Seems like a cool guy. Not a heavy poster here, and I think he didn't know my status or history. NO WORRIES! I am trying to catch so much up.

I literally stayed up all night last night, painting and trying to get my computer back online again, (answered a Facebook request from ONE person and it turned into an all night thing...thanks all for the kind admittance to Facebook...really busy site!!!)...

Anyway, almost totally up and online again. The computer seems to be working, thanks to the help of one BLIND VOYEUR, and his extreme kindness! (and thanks to DA Josh and WorGar for helping me with ideas and support...) Working on the ability to post pics again, (need programming!) and when I can, I will! TRUST THAT! I have requests for pics of my head covered desk! LOL! IF YOU COULD SEE WHAT I SEE EVERY DAY! :lol

Anyway, SOME stuff posting today, some that I can afford, and when the money hits my bank, within a day or so, LOTS OF HICKS HALL 'O HICKS 2.0!!!! Wait til you see!!! ...and related heads go out. So, all you with Hicks alone, or in sets (waiting for Ripleys and Hudsons etc.) will be seeing some shipping emails this week!!! SOON! I cannot wait to get these off my desk and out to you!

Regarding ALL other things on order. I have not had time per email, as I have been rushed each time, to come up with a realistic order of shipping for all of you. It will take a couple of weeks for many, as I have to split my money between bills and shipping. ALL I do is paint and ship now, so don't imagine me sitting around with Pina Coladas (other than the fun, surreal ones you can trade within Facebook) and partying or anything. HELL NO! All I do these days is WORK! Trust that!
I do have three days of important family stuff this week, Ma has THREE appointments Wednesday, so not much will get shipped out then, an appointment for her plan of care THursday, so that will slow progress some, and my Sister's family hits town Friday, that's her, and her two boys, ages 8 and 10, for Ma's birthday, so I seriously doubt work will get done with two nutty boys poking around Uncle Les's shop...BUT, I will be sending out emails to anyone who gets a shipment.

And a schedule is in progress to post here. I too need one, as I plan to be COMPLETELY CAUGHT UP AND SHIPPED WITH ALL WORK NO LATER THAN MARCH 31st! Call it a self imposed ultimatum. I need it, you guys need your stuff, and I need a frikking break! LOL!
After which I plan a more appropo plan of pay half, then pay when finished and ready for shipping, and a month by month series of commissions only kind of deal from now on.
Each month will book out, and I will do those by the last week of each month, then ship, THEN take more. Wait lists will become the new order of my life. But no more long waits on my account, or that of familial problems. Should better account for any new surgeries or moves to new nursing homes. Hell, even funerals if the need arises. (MINE?!)

Hope that gives you all some sense of trust in me. I AM working on a cure.

As for what comes when, I may take orders from folks over time, but with the backlog of what all I have to do, and am doing, to make them work well for my abilities, I do sets. Sets of heads or bodies etc. I may have gotten all kinds of varied heads and commissions within a set series, Hicks and Jokers and Bales and Supermans for instance, and sometimes, I do singles, (my word for any heads that are five or less in a set) but always I revolve the workload around sets, or groups of ten or more. There are currently 40 or so Hickses, with lesser sets of other ALIENS Marines and Rips coming soon.

There are 40 or so Jokers with hair, all started, but not all done yet, and that third option (fourth really, considering my first one ) is gonna be posted later this week for review and consideration. The set will not be available for shipping until I have most of them done. I may break down those within sets, Interrogations, Pencils, etc., and ship each set sooner, but I doubt those will be shipping before I can get some sale money in March, so hang loose. They are coming...

There are 15 Andy sculpt Christian Bales in progress, many to go with other heads...those will be announced as shipping in the coming weeks. Two or three at latest.


Single sets for individuals, lots of them for a few of you, will be in peices. I have several boxes ready for shipping to some of you, and emails will come soon regarding those. Hang with me you senders of many heads at once! Thanks for your patience!

Superman sets. I am working on suits last, as those take me a long time as is. This year's delay simply made most of them put off due to the work involved, and not an attempt to put anyone in back of the line, but something has to be late in the game, and my desire to get those just how I want them, means I need to do JUST SUPERMAN and nothing else, so I can't overlap that work with all these heads in the way. Unpainted casts will be shipped as soon as I can though. Thanks for waiting all of you.
Please note that when I finish said Supermans, I will not be making any more. I MAY paint Supes heads now and again, BUT NO MORE SUPERMAN FIGURE CUSTOMS! I don't even have my own Reeve! LOL! So, I have to let this one go. Sorry, but he just takes too much out of me. Must be the death and my own guilt about making money off him or something. I don't know, I just know, no more Reeves after this lot.

ALIENS and PREDATOR people. These are huge undertakings, (and the most enjoyed by me, and due to the details, they are ongoing. So far, no one has pressed for them, so expect them in late March. ALIENS especially...but they are coming. Probably last in line of the old stuff.

New stuff. Kits, new heads, new work, April most likely, unless I get windows with other like heads. I will keep you posted here in the thread. I promise.

I know I am leaving out a ton of other stuff, Mummys (winks to Amarcord, yes, prepics coming of him for your review...), sculpts and others, as I will get those done as I go also.

This is not an exact science. Nor can I work in a first come first served manner, YET, as all this needs to be done when I can spend time on each in a good and proper way. Forgive that, but when I restart my work in April and later, I will do all work in first come, first served, and lose this lateness crap.
I am as tired of explaining and all that as you guys are. I know. So hang on sloopy! It is all coming!

Hope this helps.

Oh, please don't hit me with dozens of WHERE'S MINE emails, as I cannot answer all of them. I will send each postal info when I ship, and the occasional photos of the work if possible. I will post most stuff here and in my new Facebook page. That seems a good place to do so, in lieu of a blog.

SO, hope that answers most standing questions.

I am tired, but very energized today, after days of painting, but look for more soon.
Thanks all for your support and patience. You have my extreme gratitude.
I hope I can warrant further service to many of you in future.

Look for my sale soon also. NO PERSONAL BATMAN STUFF WILL BE IN THAT SALE! :lol (maybe a few oldies...maybe...) So please, no more requests for my personal Nicholson Joker! LOL! I do appreciate your zeal though. I wish I could make 100 of them but can't. There will be surprises though, so maybe some will be of interest to you? If so, help me get up the funds for shipping with them. Thanks and see you all soon again.

I think you will be surprised at the volume!

Les out!

And remember, SHORT CONTROLLED BURSTS!!! :rock
 
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Jesus, I have never read such self-motivation in a single post. I wish I had that type of vitality when I was studying for my LSAT.:lol Cheers, Les! It's great to hear things are starting to turn around for you, man!:duff
 
Thanks Scar. You have no idea how much I want to get all this work done, CORRECTLY and out to you guys! None whatsoever! Core of my meager life at present. So, yeah, I am pretty darned motivated. Hope that zeal can help anyone with SATs or whatever...
BTW, for latenight painting goodness, put in Pandora (COOL WEBSITE!) and play some rockin' Ol Skool Funk, and crank it, and a Coke or Pepsi and work into the night! Nothing like a 3am Parliament/Funkadelic support station! :lol

Sleep I will get soon though. Then, MORE PAINTS! :banana
Can he be stopped?!?! :duh Probably not. He's on a roll! :D
 
Cool meeting up with you on FB Les and cool to see you posting here again!
Hopefully soon it won't be so much about what's on your backlog but rather just chat about the cool figures coming out.
Take care dude.
 
And remember, SHORT CONTROLLED BURSTS!!!
Hey, that's what my GF says!

I hope your nephews dont break anything, Les! I can imagine such young kids' eyes popping out when they see your stuff :monkey5
 
Epic post as usual Les! And I have to agree with Scar, talk about self-motivation! You are seriously an inspiration. Great meeting up with you on FB as well. Will chat with you this week for sure.
 
Hi Les, you know, I paid for for two Supes HS, one painted and the other unpainted. Now, if you have so much work, I don't want to be a burden and add to your problems, so, forget painting, I'll do it myself. Take your time and just send the heads when you have them!
Glad to see that you can post again!
JP
 
Hi Les, you know, I paid for for two Supes HS, one painted and the other unpainted. Now, if you have so much work, I don't want to be a burden and add to your problems, so, forget painting, I'll do it myself. Take your time and just send the heads when you have them!
Glad to see that you can post again!
JP

You get what you paid for JP! Plus that special head also! Yes, Reeve Clark Kents coming soon! Your's is the first one up! Look for it soon. The paints are started on those others (the painted ones that is), just not finished yet. Hang tight! ALL are coming!

No one gets left out in the rain! :rock

Thanks Mooncat. And thanks for the help of late. Much obliged my friend!

And Abake, you bet your ALIENS I will be back in! Discussing ALIENS and Predators! You think I am gonna miss out on that!?!?!?
NO WAY! Not this year! Not with THE PREDATOR and THE ALIEN coming down the road!

Oh, and one thing I will be selling soon, (there will be a listing in the sales thread about it seperately from my "Super Sale", is that 1/5 repainted ALIEN 3 I did). Yes, That is gonna be for sale. But not before I get Maulfan's lenses focused on each and every detail. I want that for my portfolio first, then that HUGE Tsukuda repainted figure goes bye-bye! I have my Hot Toys now, and no real room for a 1/5 Alien with a long tail! :D I just hope someone will actually want it. Look for a listing over in the HIVE when I do sell him.

Anyway, later! Going to the post office for some oddball finished stuff, and back to pack up more, for tomorrow's Shipathon 2009 - Volume ONE!!! Can't wait! :banana


Good to be back at it, you guys!!!

Small...controlled...BURSTS! :gun
 
Plus that special head also! Yes, Reeve Clark Kents coming soon!
Les,

When you get a chance, please PM me the price for this (unpainted). It's one of those I inquired about last year that you were understandably unable to respond to. I'd like to get one to go with the Reeve Superman I ordered.

Thanks.
Peter (vader)
 
Lord, thanks IF. I am so glad to be back in man!
But, for what it's worth, I am SO HUMBLED by the GREAT works in here now! When my trevails began, it was Me, Mikey, DA Josh, Darren, and a few other guys of note...Now...HOLY HELL! It's a Customizer Convention in here! STUNNING paintworks from guys I am only now getting to know! Some that were here, but hadn't posted much then...and now...GOOD GRIEF! Man! I feel like an old man at a soccer game! These guys are GOOD! You see some of these paints???? And the sheer quality and scale and details out there now! Hell, even Hot Toys has upgraded their paints! What's a guy to do when the Godfather looks...FINISHED upon arrival! :lol
Well, one can hope my services will still be needed.

But thanks buddy. I have to spend more time now looking around and posting when I can. Some of this stuff is just stunning. I need some tips from some of these guys! :banana

Anyway, more to come! :gun

PS: I forgot to mention all the Indys I have in progress also. I have a lot of them too. SS ones, and some really nice Arnie Kims in prog! (What a sculpt that one is!!!! Look pretty good too! Like first pulls from Arnies molds...CLEAN stuff! Can't wait to post those as well. Sandwich them in there somewhere, because when pics come, Indys come with 'em! :whip

Edit: Will do Vader! No problem!
 
yikes that's full room/house full of stuff you're working on. Just don't forget to breath and don't over do it. You need to make sure you're giving yourself enouygh rest. i know you feel you need to get everything out asap but if you push it too hard too fast you might burn out or collapse from exhaustion.

i really hope and prayer this year brings easy and peace on the family front. have fun with your family when there in town and don;t give the little ones nightmares by showing them a room full of bodieless heads.
 
Les it's great to hear you are in better spirits! Your pan/motivation is well thought out

I know sometimes when you get that burst of excitement/energy you do your best work.
Thats how I am anyway.

in any case rest assured that when you get caught up and your month to month system in place you'll get business from me as I fully intend to send you Bond wave 2! And maybe a few others; Star Wars etc. that I need painted up! So myself and many others fully intend to keep you busy I'm sure!
 
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