Haha on second reflection the use of the video at that particular time might have come across as some sort of ridiculous threatI can assure you that was not my intention
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toucheMore importantly how did you get the video to embed in your post like that? Still working out the new forum everytime I put a youtube link up it just shows the link no preview.
Thanks pal,
I lurk the custom section from time to time, but I'll tell you why I don't hang here, there's a few reasons. One is I find buying custom piece a very frustrating process, first you see an interest thread of something you may want, then wait a couple of months to see if its a go, you got to keep sifting the thread for updates, then if its a go you find that you missed the time for ordering, it was at 3:15 am north korea time and you had only 4 minutes to place your order
Reason two is prices are too high, don't get me wrong I know prices are going to be higher due to the small runs and artists time and all, but pound for pound I rather have a hot toys figure 9 times out of ten. I could spend 800-1000 on one rainman figure of say of taxi driver, or for the same money I could buy hot toys robocop with chair and ed209...... I'm going hot toys
I get the benefit of custom stuff though, its the only place to get quality figures of licenses the big boys won't touch, which is exactly why I had to go for the cowboy.
Reason three is the elitist attitude by some members, there's a ton of cool freaks in the custom section, your one of them, but it seems to get overshadow by a group of complete doushes, folks who pounce on anyone outside there group who disagree with them. Then the whole group of them jump in like a pack of wolfs. There's also the aftermarket flipping that has over inflated prices to ridiculous levels
Don't worry, I'll be around lurking in the shadows
The custom side of the hobby is quite a different animal in many ways, that’s for sure. There are people who recognize, appreciate and are attracted to the aspects that make customs customs, there are others that view the whole thing in the extreme opposite way, and there are folks somewhere in the middle. Maybe one day the two sides of the tracks will learn to understand each other’s beliefs and we'll all get along. Maybe not
. I definitely lean toward the custom side but I dig my licensed stuff just the same. I'd say my collection is pretty 50/50. I play the board flip-flopped to how you do. I spend most of my energy posting in the custom section, and I lurk more and post less in the licensed boards.
There are definitely more politics and different politics associated with the custom world than in the licensed sections. I know there are aspects behind custom collecting that's not for everybody. The pack of wolves usual just get defensive when people who aren't fans of this side of the hobby come and bash it. I think that's to be expected. I hear what you're saying and I can see how things can seem elitist or douchey to the Freaks who don't frequent the section, but I can assure you it's not really like that and may appear a lot worse than it really is.
Hopefully Iminime could come up with another offering that pulls you back over here. Maybe they'll do Reese and we can make Ecko a believer. At least temporarily
Catch ya in the shadows my brother
armysoldier74b
Super Freak
The custom side of the hobby is quite a different animal in many ways, that’s for sure. There are people who recognize, appreciate and are attracted to the aspects that make customs customs, there are others that view the whole thing in the extreme opposite way, and there are folks somewhere in the middle. Maybe one day the two sides of the tracks will learn to understand each other’s beliefs and we'll all get along. Maybe not
I definitely lean toward the custom side but I dig my licensed stuff just the same. I'd say my collection is pretty 50/50. I play the board flip-flopped to how you do. I spend most of my energy posting in the custom section, and I lurk more and post less in the licensed boards.
There are definitely more politics and different politics associated with the custom world than in the licensed sections. I know there are aspects behind custom collecting that's not for everybody. The pack of wolves usual just get defensive when people who aren't fans of this side of the hobby come and bash it. I think that's to be expected. I hear what you're saying and I can see how things can seem elitist or douchey to the Freaks who don't frequent the section, but I can assure you it's not really like that and may appear a lot worse than it really is.
Hopefully Iminime could come up with another offering that pulls you back over here. Maybe they'll do Reese and we can make Ecko a believer. At least temporarily
Catch ya in the shadows my brother
I hear ya, at work at the moment so I'll keep it short. I believe people can collect whatever makes them happy, custom stuff is cool, I'm not hating on it I like a lot of it, just not the Hassel of trying to get it. Ecko is a big custom guy, he makes most of his own or gets a head an bashes it from there.
Almost a disaster for me today, I had my DX fig on my desk, I go out the room and my cat comes in, and in the process of jumping onto my window seal she jumps on to the desk and knocks the fig on the floor
Thankfully he must of landed on his body and not his face, I have had figures before that have nose dived quite literally and messed up the sculpt, The one fig I cant afford that to happen to is this one. I was lucky though, a once over of the sculpt and it seems fine.
The fig is now back safe in the detolf.
Thankfully he must of landed on his body and not his face, I have had figures before that have nose dived quite literally and messed up the sculpt, The one fig I cant afford that to happen to is this one. I was lucky though, a once over of the sculpt and it seems fine.
The fig is now back safe in the detolf.
Almost a disaster for me today, I had my DX fig on my desk, I go out the room and my cat comes in, and in the process of jumping onto my window seal she jumps on to the desk and knocks the fig on the floor
Thankfully he must of landed on his body and not his face, I have had figures before that have nose dived quite literally and messed up the sculpt, The one fig I cant afford that to happen to is this one. I was lucky though, a once over of the sculpt and it seems fine.
The fig now back safe in the detolf.
Almost a disaster for me today, I had my DX fig on my desk, I go out the room and my cat comes in, and in the process of jumping onto my window seal she jumps on to the desk and knocks the fig on the floor
Thankfully he must of landed on his body and not his face, I have had figures before that have nose dived quite literally and messed up the sculpt, The one fig I cant afford that to happen to is this one. I was lucky though, a once over of the sculpt and it seems fine.
The fig is now back safe in the detolf.
Heart attack city !!!!!!
Yikes. I had my HT Big Chap Alien take a shelf dive once, and was very pleasantly surprised that he wasn't dinged up. Same with my Mark VII Iron Man, when my daughter knocked into the shelf and he fell from about 7 feet high. But again, no real damage. Of course, those aren't really comparable experiences to the DX Cowboy. Keep him safe and inside that detolf!
I wish I could make the same assurances, but from my point of view the douchiness, narrow self-centeredness, and entitlementitis are off the charts here. In fact, I think all the garbage in this section has slowly be turning me off from the hobby in general. So many that post seem just full of ****, and it gets tedious trying to wade through it.
I wish I could make the same assurances, but from my point of view the douchiness, narrow self-centeredness, and entitlementitis are off the charts here. In fact, I think all the garbage in this section has slowly be turning me off from the hobby in general. So many that post seem just full of ****, and it gets tedious trying to wade through it.[/QUOTE]
Kara what's going to turn you back on? Lol
Kara what's going to turn you back on? Lol
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Well, a sexy lady might work.
If my MK VII dropped from 7' I don't think I'd stay conscious long enough to see it hit the floor
I know a couple of other guys that feel the same way about the board souring them to the hobby. That's really sucks to hear. I know there's arguments, questionable crap that goes on, stupid little beefs and whatnot but I guess it doesn't put me off the same way as it does others. You stick a ton of people who have different tastes, ideas, opinions, methods, views but are all passionate about collecting in the same room, there's bound to be some collisions. I do agree that it should happen less than it does though
Always does!!
Hahaha thats awesome!
Well it's good to know that I'm able to contribute SOMETHING to the board every now and again
batfan08
Super Freak
Almost a disaster for me today, I had my DX fig on my desk, I go out the room and my cat comes in, and in the process of jumping onto my window seal she jumps on to the desk and knocks the fig on the floor
Thankfully he must of landed on his body and not his face, I have had figures before that have nose dived quite literally and messed up the sculpt, The one fig I cant afford that to happen to is this one. I was lucky though, a once over of the sculpt and it seems fine.
The fig is now back safe in the detolf.
I'm glad that everything turned out okay. Just be thankful that you didn't have the regular head on there (two separate pieces glued together); that could've had the potential to be disastrous.
armysoldier74b
Super Freak
Almost a disaster for me today, I had my DX fig on my desk, I go out the room and my cat comes in, and in the process of jumping onto my window seal she jumps on to the desk and knocks the fig on the floor
Thankfully he must of landed on his body and not his face, I have had figures before that have nose dived quite literally and messed up the sculpt, The one fig I cant afford that to happen to is this one. I was lucky though, a once over of the sculpt and it seems fine.
The fig is now back safe in the detolf.
Man you should have seen my face when my Oompa took a face plant.
Space and time came almost to a complete halt and in slow motion I was like NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
It was the worst feeling since dropping my brand new iphone back in the day.
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