[iminime] (The Cowboy), The Bounty Hunter & The Bandit

[batfan08]

Re: [iminime] The Bad & The Ugly - Completing 'The Cowboy'

I must say that I believe this trio is the beginning of Denny's defining era. I've seen IMINIME's work before, and they're all fantastic, but there is just something so inherently perfect about all of this. Perhaps it's just the idea that they're tackling classics, and knocking them out of the park, at that. You see the constant barrage of Super Heroes and aliens and robots everywhere, and when you see someone tackling subjects that are as iconic as TG, TB, & TU, and, even stuff reaching as far back as Oz, it really just fills you with this sense of wonder.

I believe it was on Facebook, I saw a post that said "'the real passion for perfection"'(a play on Enterbay's slogan): IMINIME," and I think that point is in no small part a reason why each of these releases seems so special: Wake said in the Pinkman thread that IMINIME's in-house talents are "no slouches," and I couldn't agree more, and it shows in every modicum of these releases.

Forgive me for ranting, but I get a big smile on my face when I even look at the pics. I see those Bandit pics, and I hear Wallach's voice in my head; that cackle. That Bounty Hunter looks as though he walks right across the screen. I don't know. Hell, I don't even know if I'll be able to have these in my collection, but I feel like a kid in a candy store every time I see the pics.

Denny's persistence and perseverance are really showing now, and, I can't wait to see what sort of things the future will bring with more growth. IMINIME's striking people's hearts and wallets hard and fast with releases that ooze quality in every sense of the word (emphasis on the wallets part ; honestly, though, I mean it when I say hearts. There's a reason these films are revered as classics, and, for a hobby that's pretty much entirely based on giving a physical representation to the memories of them, it's really something). Omar, you're doing a fantastic job of promoting this stuff, as well. The pics really give people an idea of what to expect, and, frankly, they bring the figures to life.

 

[Wake]

Re: [iminime] The Bad & The Ugly - Completing 'The Cowboy'

I must say that I believe this trio is the beginning of Denny's defining era. I've seen IMINIME's work before, and they're all fantastic, but there is just something do inherently perfect about all of this. Perhaps it's just the idea that they're tackling classics, and knocking them out of the park, at that. You see the constant barrage of Super Heroes and aliens and robots everywhere, and when you see someone tackling subjects that are as iconic as TG, TB, & TU, and, even stuff reaching as far back as Oz, it really just fills you with this sense of wonder.

I believe it was on Facebook, I saw a post that said "'the real passion for perfection"'(a play on Enterbay's slogan): IMINIME," and I think that point is in no small part a reason why each of these releases seems so special: Wake said in the Pinkman thread that IMINIME's in-house talents are "no slouches," and I couldn't agree more, and it shows in every modicum of these releases.

Forgive me for ranting, but I get a big smile on my face when I even look at the pics. I see those Bandit pics, and I hear Wallach's voice in my head; that cackle. That Bounty Hunter looks as though he walks right across the screen. I don't know. Hell, I don't even know if I'll be able to have these in my collection, but I feel like a kid in a candy store every time I see the pics.

Denny's persistence and perseverance are really showing now, and, I can't wait to see what sort of things the future will bring with more growth. IMINIME's striking people's hearts and wallets hard and fast with releases that ooze quality in every sense of the word (emphasis on the wallets part ; honestly, though, I mean it when I say hearts. There's a reason these films are revered as classics, and, for a hobby that's pretty much entirely based on giving a physical representation to the memories of them, it's really something). Omar, you're doing a fantastic job of promoting this stuff, as well. The pics really give people an idea of what to expect, and, frankly, they bring the figures to life.

Wow Spiros! Thank you on behalf of Denny, Iminime and myself. I'll make sure Drnny reads this!

 

[Leon 911]

Re: [iminime] The Bad & The Ugly - Completing 'The Cowboy'

Batfan... ^^^^^ u and i always went to and fro. But i agree with you on this. Leave enterbay i know many here are rainman fans and i respect them for that. But i can tell you one thing, picture by picture, price by price, sculpt by sculpt and now (steadily improving) garment by garment, iminime is differentiating themselves as the "collectors choice".

I will give simple rational:

1) i was trying to buy bride and Tyler (which i did). I had a zillion questions and wake / Omar answered all of them. I dont see that happen in any custom company unless you know someone and or have bought from them before. It took me days to even get an idea how to reach anyone else in other custom companies. But here at iminime it is usually 20 min wait and you have a response from Omar in these threads.

2) many people said prices for cowboy will decrease with the strategy of trio. I kept saying iminine needs to focus on art and not worry about protecting anyone and the prices for cowboy are still sky rocketing!

3) testimony to their work is that - i have been crazily looking for cowboy and i received more PMs for rainman cowboy (a clear trend of where and what is being preferred or rather what is being offloaded)

4) lastly i myself have cancelled my hot toys to see if i can bucket these. I dint do that for Jules, Vincent, even when I am as crazy about pulp fiction, dint do for stanfield even when I am crazy about leon... But iminime figures were the push i needed.

5) finally wakes style of presenting and Denny's art is heading a territory of presentation rarely seen among custom guys.

6) more importantly the cost value they come at, have shown me that great things can be done without selling bits and pieces as parts of the figure like other custom guys do.

PS... To everyone... I dont mean to offend any collector nor do i intend to offend any custom creator. Many will say i have not seen any rainman etc custom in my hand, but i have not seen iminime custom in hand either. My views are as a potential buyer rather than someone who has felt any products by rainman, iminime and or any other custom...comparisons will happen and such is the nature of this business... Hopefully no hate and mature people will read this constructively.

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[Ajkhunter]

Re: [iminime] The Bad & The Ugly - Completing 'The Cowboy'

People will unload Rainman's Blondie because Iminime's is amazing, but is was also one of Rainman's first releases if not his first (forget), also Iminime responds a lot more to customers because they have a person for this on our forums: Wake, and Denny's English is pretty good, a lot of customizers aren't fluent in english and many are infact the sculptors of their own companies so they are quite busy, not that Denny isn't but he is the CEO of a larger custom company, many customizers on here are one to two man companies haha. Do not take this as me trying to bash Iminime or rebutle your comments, I am a huge Iminime supporter and have many of their figures, just letting you know the reasons for some of these things.

 

[Oddjob]

Re: [iminime] The Bad & The Ugly - Completing 'The Cowboy'

I must say that I believe this trio is the beginning of Denny's defining era. I've seen IMINIME's work before, and they're all fantastic, but there is just something so inherently perfect about all of this. Perhaps it's just the idea that they're tackling classics, and knocking them out of the park, at that. You see the constant barrage of Super Heroes and aliens and robots everywhere, and when you see someone tackling subjects that are as iconic as TG, TB, & TU, and, even stuff reaching as far back as Oz, it really just fills you with this sense of wonder.

Yes, THIS.

I'm admittedly a noob to the collector scene (my first 1/6 scale purchase was HT's Avengers Nick Fury), but from my perspective, IMINIME has hit the perfect storm with the projects they're pursuing, the artistry by Denny and company, and Wake's marketing and e-commerce.

I lost my figurative **** when the Trio photos went live in the past day or so.

I'm sure it'll happen again with The Wizard of Oz figures (I wasn't a huge fan of the movie per se but seeing the WIP photos on Dorothy has me realizing I should watch it again).

 

[Leon 911]

Re: [iminime] The Bad & The Ugly - Completing 'The Cowboy'

People will unload Rainman's Blondie because Iminime's is amazing, but is was also one of Rainman's first releases if not his first (forget), also Iminime responds a lot more to customers because they have a person for this on our forums: Wake, and Denny's English is pretty good, a lot of customizers aren't fluent in english and many are infact the sculptors of their own companies so they are quite busy, not that Denny isn't but he is the CEO of a larger custom company, many customizers on here are one to two man companies haha. Do not take this as me trying to bash Iminime or rebutle your comments, I am a huge Iminime supporter and have many of their figures, just letting you know the reasons for some of these things.

Ajk... You have valid points, and No offense given... None taken i am just saying what i experienced in the last one month and reasons apart, experience plays a huge role in any buying process.

The good part is for us collectors things are getting better and better!


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[PopCultKid]

Re: [iminime] The Bad & The Ugly - Completing 'The Cowboy'

Rainman's trio was hot for it's time but they have become dated now.


What's the ES on the trio?

 

[Leon 911]

Re: [iminime] The Bad & The Ugly - Completing 'The Cowboy'

Ajk... Sorry dint address one point. I understand English is an issue for many. I work in a global team and face it all the time. The easiest way to address that is to have someone like Omar for them here. Its a business model, investment, strategy whatever you want to call it. Its a long term view of market and more importantly its customer centricity... So, if they dont have anyone its a loss and they néed to learn a bit. Even if its an investment that comes from the revenue bottom line, its an investment towards future rewards and stronger market presence.


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[Ajkhunter]

Re: [iminime] The Bad & The Ugly - Completing 'The Cowboy'

Ajk... Sorry dint address one point. I understand English is an issue for many. I work in a global team and face it all the time. The easiest way to address that is to have someone like Omar for them here. Its a business model, investment, strategy whatever you want to call it. Its a long term view of market and more importantly its customer centricity... So, if they dont have anyone its a loss and they néed to learn a bit. Even if its an investment that comes from the revenue bottom line, its an investment towards future rewards and stronger market presence.


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Oh I know, I was just letting you know why you weren't getting responses haha.

 

[batfan08]

Re: [iminime] The Bad & The Ugly - Completing 'The Cowboy'

Hey Omar, I had a question, though, regarding the figures. Has Denny ever considered having his team paint the hands? I never considered it a negative on IMINIME's part, as it all comes down to the producer of the bodies they use, but, if it wasn't too much trouble, I think repainting the hands could go a long way, in regards to matching the realism of the headsculpts. It's not for these figures, in particular, but for future releases, as well, as it was one thing that I've noticed about The Cowboy and, even, releases prior to that.

Granted, it would take some time to institute such a practice, but it was just a thought.

 

[PopCultKid]

Re: [iminime] The Bad & The Ugly - Completing 'The Cowboy'

Hey Omar, I had a question, though, regarding the figures. Has Denny ever considered having his team paint the hands? I never considered it a negative on IMINIME's part, as it all comes down to the producer of the bodies they use, but, if it wasn't too much trouble, I think repainting the hands could go a long way, in regards to matching the realism of the headsculpts. It's not for these figures, in particular, but for future releases, as well, as it was one thing that I've noticed about The Cowboy and, even, releases prior to that.

Granted, it would take some time to institute such a practice, but it was just a thought.

The hands usually don't hold paint well. When it comes to customs, even ones that come on official TTs, I rarely use the hands that were included. I always grab HT hands that are fitting both in pose & skin tone for the character

 

[batfan08]

Re: [iminime] The Bad & The Ugly - Completing 'The Cowboy'

The hands usually don't hold paint well. When it comes to customs, even ones that come on official TTs, I rarely use the hands that were included. I always grab HT hands that are fitting both in pose & skin tone for the character

Ah, I didn't know that. That would explain it, though, I suppose. It was just something that caught my eye when I saw Tuco's rings.

 

[PopCultKid]

Re: [iminime] The Bad & The Ugly - Completing 'The Cowboy'

Ah, I didn't know that. That would explain it, though, I suppose. It was just something that caught my eye when I saw Tuco's rings.

Some people just deal with it but it's a routine for me to always switch out the hands. The KO bodies have improved over time and their joints are sturdier, but the hands are always glossy, funky and usually have a bizarre skin tone. Even the official TTs only include a pair of relaxed hands and a pair of gun grip hands (I think the new ones have fists now too). That leaves out a ton of posing options and there are a lot of hands in the market that you can use to upgrade & enhance the figure

 

[Leon 911]

Re: [iminime] The Bad & The Ugly - Completing 'The Cowboy'

For hands, the bigger issue is that you sometimes need a lot of strength to pull them out and tuck them in, so i dont think paint will withstand that very good. It will also add to cost, and effort and many a times its not a deal breaker. What i usually hate are neck less sculpts cause then it is a big challenge, but i can live without painted hands for sure.


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[denny kim]

Re: [iminime] The Bad & The Ugly - Completing 'The Cowboy'

It's true, we tried so much....

painting on pvc hands : not working good.
easy to taken off always~! better to leave it....

but anyway, nowadays, we bought very special spray to add more strenth on painting job.
also urethane coating as well. much better on protection, but even those effort wont work on pvc hands sadly.

Denny

 

[denny kim]

Re: [iminime] The Bad & The Ugly - Completing 'The Cowboy'

Thank you guys for our humble work.

We are still trying to improve works, compared to our early works, it's a lot better and next year, we will improve more....I hope ^^

I appreciate for your comments and support on our work.
I really do....

thanks!

Denny

 

[Leon 911]

Re: [iminime] The Bad & The Ugly - Completing 'The Cowboy'

Thank you guys for our humble work.

We are still trying to improve works, compared to our early works, it's a lot better and next year, we will improve more....I hope ^^

I appreciate for your comments and support on our work.
I really do....

thanks!

Denny

Ladies and gentleman... standing ovation to the man here... Humble as humble can be...!


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[PopCultKid]

Re: [iminime] The Bad & The Ugly - Completing 'The Cowboy'

Iminime has made steady and tremendous improvements over the last 2 years. Keep it up Denny!!

 

[batfan08]

Re: [iminime] The Bad & The Ugly - Completing 'The Cowboy'

It's true, we tried so much....

painting on pvc hands : not working good.
easy to taken off always~! better to leave it....

but anyway, nowadays, we bought very special spray to add more strenth on painting job.
also urethane coating as well. much better on protection, but even those effort wont work on pvc hands sadly.

Denny

Ah, I didn't know that about the hands, but, as for the added protection for the paint jobs, that's great news!

Thank you guys for our humble work.

We are still trying to improve works, compared to our early works, it's a lot better and next year, we will improve more....I hope ^^

I appreciate for your comments and support on our work.
I really do....

thanks!

Denny

I know they say that there's "always room for improvement," but I'm hard pressed to find some with your works, Denny. With that being said, I'm sure you'll manage to improve things, somehow, and I can't wait to see it when it happens.

 

[batfan08]

Re: [iminime] The Bad & The Ugly - Completing 'The Cowboy'

Ladies and gentleman... standing ovation to the man here... Humble as humble can be...!


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