Rubbish....sorry, but that's pure BS. JND might be many things, but they are a company that delivers on two key points, CONSISTENTLY! 1) They deliver on time or slightly ahead of the promised date, and 2) They deliver as good as, or better than their prototypes. Anyone who States otherwise has either never owned a JND piece, or is a straight up liar.
People bum rush JND for their likenesses, their pricing, their arrogance, their design choices, or their accuracy......that's mostly all subjective, and fair game. But the on time deliveries to direct customers, and WYSIWYG to the prototype? That's solid. With JND, if you like the prototype, you can order with confidence.
JND attracts a lot of noise. The biggest problem are the "Dreamers" - who have zero self control, and end up pre-ordering a statue where they have issues with the prototype. These clowns then take to social media begging JND to make changes and tweaks to suit their needs. JND (Rightly) ignores these clowns - and this is where a lot of people get the impression JND is arrogant and doesn't listen to feedback.....when the truth is: JND is basically saying, "here's our product, it's the best we can do, take it or leave it" - for those that take it, you're going to get what you pre-ordered.
Will JND make design changes after the release? Honestly, yes, they sometimes do. They might make some minor tweaks to colours - but that's it. While some collectors might see that as a downgrade, in most cases, to most reasonable people there's no way you'd equate those minor shade differences as a "drop in quality" - that we expect from almost every other manufacturer out there.