We don’t know their process for these two releases, it could be completely different than any other projects they have their hands in, in fact, it probably will be. When’s the last time Howard came on a video eager to show off every detail about a figure a year in advance, biting IA? Sure, it’s business, you have to sell your audience on the product they just bought from someone else somehow. These being numbered is all the evidence you need, I hear all over this forum how people are noticing leaps in quality and matching prototypes as well as listening to the community and making adjustments prior to release. He wants to do more than stay afloat in this market, he’s not just gonna go sell real estate because IA came on the scene.
How can one be a shill when I own both the IA deluxe, HT artisan, and multiple custom projects going on also? I can’t lose either way dude.
I’m not saying you’re a shill…but what’s your angle with this reply?
Ever since IA stepped into the ring, HT upped their game and in an obvious way (or not so obvious, depending on how much of a HT fan someone is), they essentially admitted that for the past 10 years they’ve been “lazy” and released subpar figures. Re-releases, recycled portraits, ONE-OUT-OF-15-CAPTAIN AMERICA’S-HAS-TRAPS…but that doesn’t matter anymore because NOWWWWW they’re listening to feedback and these past 10 years of mid quality, ignoring feedback has been thanos snapped into non existence…am I reading that right? I know that’s not what you said, but your reply is telling me “trust me, H.Chan and team are gonna knock this outta the park…”
Maybe they will, maybe they won’t. I’m not as optimistic. I’m happy you have something to look forward to, but Chan had so many opportunities to get things right for me as a consumer and have failed many times over.
Chan coming “out of the shadows” along with “someone from the HK EFFIN FILM INDUSTRY” to present their joker (which wasn’t made in house) reeks of so much petty desperation that if my eyes rolled back any further, I’m gonna need the priest from “the exorcist” to compel the crap outta me.
HT unfortunately has the brand name and recognition power. They’re nigh immune to negative feedback. For every 100 people that complain about a certain figure they produced, you have another 100 that SWEAR it’s the best figure they’ve had the HONOR of owning. What does this mean? It means:
This figure WILL NOT arrive in time. 100 People will complain and 100 people will say be patient.
This figure comes out and it’s 90% of the prototype. 100 people will complain and 100 people will slap their family if they said it doesn’t look like a $500 figure.
Chan and Co. will continue on their merry ways because once again, HT are immune to MOB backlash.
EDIT- btw, the ‘alterations’ you mentioned…
Which figure are you talking about? Not Battiinson right? Because those alterations came AFTER IA revealed their Battinson.
Fan feedback had NOTHING to do with that.
I think it’s less that people have “goodwill” and more a sense that Howard’s kind of obligated to deliver after thumping on his chest like a gorilla. It’s not an accident that every Hot Toys release now has rolling eyes and that we’re getting these Artisan figures. It’s the same crap he pulled when Enterbay started making 1/4 scale figures. Then, Howard did until EB shifted focus towards sports stuff before seemingly vanishing from the face of the earth.
The way I see it, as long as InArt stays in business, HT’s gonna have to put up or shut up, lest they become a laughing stock. I don’t care how “culty” their fan base is, if Howard consistently ***** the bed while other companies pick up the slack and make great products, it might not be swift, but, at some point, it will affect his bottom line and people will start moving in other directions. That’s just the free market.
To my mind, I feel like production is the reason these guys *are* so limited. I think it’s Howard wanting to compete with the big boys and not wanting to bite off more than he can chew before he knows he can deliver and 4,000, or whatever the hell the actual numbers are, is a nice, manageable production run to work out the kinks. Either way it goes, I’m very curious to see how the situation develops.
Nah, IMO, this “limited” fiasco is all to drive up hype. They have the resources to make more but chose not to. If a new, relatively smaller company like IA had a 3 day window (or more) for PO’s…almighty “king” HT can only offer a 30 min window??
Sole purpose is to try and bring the “attention” and “focus” back to HT. Get media outlets to talk about it and those HT diehards are like “OH MAH GAWD! ITS LIMITED TO ONLY 4000!!”
It’s like the pretty girl in H.S.
For 3 years she was the talk of the school. Then by the 4th year, a new hot transfer student has become the talk of the town. Old girl gets petty and jealous and to make everyone pay attention to her, she wears more revealing outfits.
if it came off that way, apologies. 
