[iminime] / Trevor Grove - The Cowboy ~ FULL REVEAL ~

[Ajkhunter]

Can not wait for this figure!!!

 

[batfan08]

Is there a reason why this does not have the same run of 60DX/70FS as Bateman?

One could only wish

No one really knows, but, at this point, it doesn't do any good to speculate, I suppose.

Can not wait for this figure!!!

Nor I, sir!

 

[Iggyrox]

If anyone wants to sell lmk. This has probably bean beaten to death but I wish Denny could open up more slots. Don't care if normal set or DX.

 

[Mr.E]

I'm almost positive that people will be flipping these down the road. Be patient.

 

[karamazov80]

I wonder if we'll see more regulars or DXs on the secondary market. . .

 

[batfan08]

I'm very curious. I'm sure people will be going crazy with secondary DX prices.

 

[Mr.E]

Oh without a doubt. Some people buy to sell.

 

[SwedishHeat]

Is there a reason why this does not have the same run of 60DX/70FS as Bateman?

Wait, what??

They made 130 Batemans altogether??

 

[turbo.VS.ozone]

Wait, what??

They made 130 Batemans altogether??

It appears that yes, 130 Batemans were made. How many Cowboys were made?

 

[batfan08]

Only 85; I still wonder why it was decided that it would be such a limited release.

 

[gizmo]

35 DX and 50 regular sets??

 

[batfan08]

35 DX and 50 regular sets??

Yep. That's all that was produced.

 

[turbo.VS.ozone]

Yea it's strange that Iminime which is trying to move into more of a commercial Toy based company would make less of a figure that's very popular with the customers. But this was a collaborative effort by a few people involved so I can see how there might have been production limitations.

 

[Raymond F.]

Even still I agree and don't think it was the most logical move business wise managing scarcity only is logical when your overhead is low and you can charge high enough prices to ensure that you make a significant profit off of minimal effort and expediatire. It's the entire principal behind a luxury item, you pay for the hand crafted element, because the item is hand crafted or sourced with rare materials quantity is limited and therefore price is significantly higher. That being said the only hand crafted element here aside from the packing is to paint jobs so I'm not sure why quantities were more heavily limited.

Not that I'm not so impressed with iminimes availability to paint a gazillion heads and have them all look so ****ing amazing, but its not really making a long sense that a more popular figure has less copies than Bateman. If it was a niche thing no one really wanted like lethal weapon I'd totally understand.

 

[axecutioner18]

Remember its NOT an inhouse project - Bateman is. Now deduce what you can from that...

 

[Wake]

I think also there's a role that the DX sculpt played in this. The original dx sculpt was cast then modified to create the regular sculpt with hat making more DX casts an impossibility

 

[axecutioner18]

The total edition was always fixed much before the DX sculpt started casting if you remember... only the proportion of DX to Normal was changed. Which was before the DX was even casted.

 

[batfan08]

Remember its NOT an inhouse project - Bateman is. Now deduce what you can from that...

IMINIME wanted to keep this release somewhat "exclusive?" I'm just a little confused. This thing would've sold like hot cakes and made them a ton of money. Sure, $500 might sound more appealing than $300, but how does that stack up in the long run?

 

[axecutioner18]

The Inhouse should be the clue...

 

[karamazov80]

That being said the only hand crafted element here aside from the packing is to paint jobs so I'm not sure why quantities were more heavily limited.

From my understanding, Iminime are doing custom clothing for this figure (I believe Marf was talking about how the vest was being tweaked once), and the gun is a new sculpt, while the shoes and holsters--though outsourced--are also custom made. Is any of this incorrect? I'm not sure how any of what, say, Rainman does is very different in that sense.