JND Studios 1/6 scale Heath Ledger Joker figure

[HyperDrive]

That’s $425 too much.

Ah, so you do respond.

 

[HyperDrive]

y’all can like the JND Kojun lol. Hella inaccurate for the money but good for y’all.

 

[DiostaR]

But I'm getting two full bodies and consume and two different heads with glass eyes and rooted hair and silicone skin for the cost of a fraction of a single head and even half a custom body.

Not trying to kill your hype, but that narrative has to stop so people can know that top quality is "affordable" now.
Top tier custom headsculpt don't cost 3K anymore, you can get one for 450/500 nowadays.

 

[Nick D]

Not trying to kill your hype, but that narrative has to stop so people can know that top quality is "affordable" now.
Top tier custom headsculpt don't cost 3K anymore, you can get one for 450/500 nowadays.

I get it though, I understand Gary here.

Once you start thinking about a custom upgrade,
you begin to fixate on details and more of them and can’t stop because it becomes more than a 1:6 toy.

It has now become an art project that you develop an expensive passion for, seeing progress that trumps anything anyone will give you from a PO over the years it takes you to develop such a piece.

Gary doesn’t have any custom suits, shoes, accessories, sculpts, etc. So it’s understandable that he’d get a decent offering and call it quits at that.
I consider him lucky.

 

[DiostaR]

I get it though, I understand Gary here.

Once you start thinking about a custom upgrade,
you begin to fixate on details and more of them and can’t stop because it becomes more than a 1:6 toy.

It has now become an art project that you develop an expensive passion for, seeing progress that trumps anything anyone will give you from a PO over the years it takes you to develop such a piece.

Gary doesn’t have any custom suits, shoes, accessories, sculpts, etc. So it’s understandable that he’d get a decent offering and call it quits at that.
I consider him lucky.

I agree with that and I wish Gary to be happy with his JND Joker, but I think we custom heads owner should let everyone know that they could be one of us if they wanted to and that the pricing is not that big of an issue as they think it is. (I was one of them before)
And maybe if they knew that in the end we don't spend millions for it we wouldn't come across as elitists as much as we do right now.

I see it as a true blessing and I wish every collector to experience the pleasure and happiness of owning a unique piece that they commissioned and that they've been part of the creative process.
It's freaking amazing.

If you want to it's doable, if you don't want to that's totally fine.
You get great options today and JND might be the best one.

 

[HyperDrive]

I see it as a true blessing and I wish every collector to experience the pleasure and happiness of owning a unique piece that they commissioned and that they've been part of the creative process.
It's freaking amazing.

See, for me there’s tons of other characters I’d rather give that custom treatment to before TDK Joker. But I get it why it’s this specific character for most of y’all in here. I think the figure that’s been on my mind a lot lately to enhance is ‘79 Ripley and have a few artists involved and commission certain things about it.

If you want to it's doable, if you don't want to that's totally fine.

 

[Nick D]

I agree with that and I wish Gary to be happy with his JND Joker, but I think we custom heads owner should let everyone know that they could be one of us if they wanted to and that the pricing is not that big of an issue as they think it is. (I was one of them before)
And maybe if they knew that in the end we don't spend millions for it we wouldn't come across as elitists as much as we do right now.

I see it as a true blessing and I wish every collector to experience the pleasure and happiness of owning a unique piece that they commissioned and that they've been part of the creative process.
It's freaking amazing.

If you want to it's doable, if you don't want to that's totally fine.
You get great options today and JND might be the best one.

I agree,
haven’t experienced anything like it in the hobby.

Though it’s a gift and a curse, not only is it expensive and never ending, it also ruins your enthusiasm in anything mass produced going forward, regardless of the character at hand. You no longer have any genuine faith in a companies ability to produce a quality assembly line, regardless of price.

For some people that might ignite a flame in them to where they have to seek upgrading their massive collections. Not everyone can limit themselves to a few characters, they need it all, now coupled by needing it all custom level.

 

[DioramaMaker]

This looks like the Joker...under a sepia tone filter.

 

[xXJ0kerXx1]

No licensed company has nailed Ledger Joker. JND Kojun’s offering is horrible though, for the money. Imo, you’re better off not spending the money on it and make do with either Hot Toys or INART (for stock purposes).

I’m glad I don’t care for gimmicks in general. And JND Kojun’s draw is the silicone and I couldn’t care less. Both Kojun Joker portrait and outfit are bad. No sense in paying up for something that’s also inaccurate in many ways.

youll be hard pressed to think if any licensed company can nail ledger, not even many customs can do that besides sculptures. I've yet to see a clothing set that immediately makes me call it a magnum opus

im just buying it for ledger and the gimmick of magnet eyes and silicone lol I'm likely not gonna be impressed with it, same reason with inart and hot toys but they're "fun" to have as side pieces

 

[roan]

y’all can like the JND Kojun lol. Hella inaccurate for the money but good for y’all.

So is INART, not getting your point.

 

[denrep-lilium]

That’s $425 too much.

you should have said 424

 

[HyperDrive]

So is INART, not getting your point.

Dude I’ve already said my point. Go re-read.

 

[HyperDrive]

you should have said 424

In all actuality, it’s less since there’s a dollar amount tied to the base, the accessories, etc.

 

[roan]

Dude I’ve already said my point. Go re-read.

“Hella inaccurate for the money” Like INART’s set was any better? $850 for two figures that need major customizing to look screen accurate. LOL.

Did you even read my post?

 

[HyperDrive]

“Hella inaccurate for the money” Like INART’s set was any better? $850 for two figures that need major customizing to look screen accurate. LOL.

Did you even read my post?

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I did read it. It seems to me you didn’t read my earlier posts.

 

[HyperDrive]

@roan, I don’t really care anymore for this conversation. But essentially, all I was arguing was price-to-value and I think JND Kojun’s is relatively worse between these three licensed companies. You and @Nick D and a handful of others on here are true Ledger die-hards so it makes sense y’all are defending this left and right or justifying it however you see fit. Y’all are also into customizing and whatnot. That’s cool. Not taking away from that. Seriously.

But from what I’ve noticed from the larger part of the 1/6 community (and myself included) is that they’d/we’d say that it’s too expensive for what it is – most don’t even think it looks “good”. I’ve seen this being said amongst many collectors throughout all socials. Subjective, I know, but that’s still saying something, right?