Action Figure Night Feeder by Rainman

[Jim Norden]

Good Luck to Feeder.

 

[LordAzrael]

Maybe teddy will let rain man sell casts and split the money - or teddy get someone to cast and sell himself to recoup his outlay ?

 

[Cap'n Cook]

In before thread deletion!

 

[intothevoid]

Maybe teddy will let rain man sell casts and split the money - or teddy get someone to cast and sell himself to recoup his outlay ?

Or how about no?

Teddy has sacrificed many of his prized possessions (in many cases for less than he paid for them), to be able to afford this.

Whatever you think of that decision, it'd done, and Rainman or Teddy are under no obligation to make this available to anyone else.


If people want a top quality David, there's a ton of highly talented artists out there that can be approached to make it happen

 

[Hydeous]

Or how about no?

Teddy has sacrificed many of his prized possessions (in many cases for less than he paid for them), to be able to afford this.

Whatever you think of that decision, it'd done, and Rainman or Teddy are under no obligation to make this available to anyone else.


If people want a top quality David, there's a ton of highly talented artists out there that can be approached to make it happen

Yeah, i dont get how people feel like they own Rainman and he and Teddy now owe them something?! Seriously guys

 

[RIDDICK]

Smoke if u got 'em.

 

[meth head]

Or how about no?

Teddy has sacrificed many of his prized possessions (in many cases for less than he paid for them), to be able to afford this.

Whatever you think of that decision, it'd done, and Rainman or Teddy are under no obligation to make this available to anyone else.


If people want a top quality David, there's a ton of highly talented artists out there that can be approached to make it happen

Yeah, i dont get how people feel like they own Rainman and he and Teddy now owe them something?! Seriously guys

Thanks guys. Really needed to be said.

Can we now move on and enjoy this as it comes together

 

[Gary23]

Seems to be some “bad blood” behind this sculpt! End of the day, it’s going to be a true grail piece, can’t wait to see completed :>

 

[eighthsamurai]

hey aaron, congratulations on this project. it should come out great.

at the risk of pissing you off, i really was looking forward to a rainman david and thought it was a sure thing since it came so highly in the poll. i honestly thought it was coming, we'd just have to wait. now, as you've said, you obviously have the right to privately commission this, and you sacrificed a lot for it. it will be the centrepiece of your collection and will no doubt look amazing. i am happy for you.

i think what cal is trying to get across, right or wrong, is to try and see it from the perspective of people who thought rainman would tackle this as a group project. let's say you had a project that you were pretty sure would come from rainman at some point, and it was one of your favourite characters. let's say shutter island teddy daniels for sake of argument. but someone else privately commissioned him from rainman, preventing you from getting one yourself. that would make you feel just a little bitter, don't you agree? of course if the other person had the means to do it and sacrificed for it, they had the right.

there is nothing wrong with your commission, and no-one is entitled to change its terms. it's just that the group of rainman collectors have kind of formed an informal brotherhood, right from the start. people coming together to choose and build projects for mutual benefit. i think the thing causing the negativity on your commission is that it might be construed as not being in that spirit. like i said, i'm just trying to explain the other perspective, not belittle the project or your achievement in getting it made.

i mean... imagine if i successfully went and privately commissioned a daniel plainview from rainman, stopping everyone else from getting one. probably unlikely anyone at all would be bothered, but it's just an example

anyway, i look forward to seeing how this comes together. especially the outfit and the little details.

 

[TurdFerguson]

Any updates on this Teddy?

 

[Calcifer]

hey aaron, congratulations on this project. it should come out great.

at the risk of pissing you off, i really was looking forward to a rainman david and thought it was a sure thing since it came so highly in the poll. i honestly thought it was coming, we'd just have to wait. now, as you've said, you obviously have the right to privately commission this, and you sacrificed a lot for it. it will be the centrepiece of your collection and will no doubt look amazing. i am happy for you.

i think what cal is trying to get across, right or wrong, is to try and see it from the perspective of people who thought rainman would tackle this as a group project. let's say you had a project that you were pretty sure would come from rainman at some point, and it was one of your favourite characters. let's say shutter island teddy daniels for sake of argument. but someone else privately commissioned him from rainman, preventing you from getting one yourself. that would make you feel just a little bitter, don't you agree? of course if the other person had the means to do it and sacrificed for it, they had the right.

there is nothing wrong with your commission, and no-one is entitled to change its terms. it's just that the group of rainman collectors have kind of formed an informal brotherhood, right from the start. people coming together to choose and build projects for mutual benefit. i think the thing causing the negativity on your commission is that it might be construed as not being in that spirit. like i said, i'm just trying to explain the other perspective, not belittle the project or your achievement in getting it made.

i mean... imagine if i successfully went and privately commissioned a daniel plainview from rainman, stopping everyone else from getting one. probably unlikely anyone at all would be bothered, but it's just an example

anyway, i look forward to seeing how this comes together. especially the outfit and the little details.

 

[LordAzrael]

Or how about no?

Teddy has sacrificed many of his prized possessions (in many cases for less than he paid for them), to be able to afford this.

Whatever you think of that decision, it'd done, and Rainman or Teddy are under no obligation to make this available to anyone else.


If people want a top quality David, there's a ton of highly talented artists out there that can be approached to make it happen

And how about you read what was written, not what the voices in your head say ?

Exactly WHERE did I say he didn't have that right ?

 

[intothevoid]

No need to get all defensive - the point is simply that whats done is done, it's been commissioned, its going to be a one off, constant posts about maybe Teddy can do this or maybe Rainman can do that are really pointless.

If Teddy wants to recoup his costs, he may work something like that out with Rainman. But he's made no indication of that, so I think people should just let it rest

 

[LordAzrael]

No need to get all defensive - the point is simply that whats done is done, it's been commissioned, its going to be a one off, constant posts about maybe Teddy can do this or maybe Rainman can do that are really pointless.

If Teddy wants to recoup his costs, he may work something like that out with Rainman. But he's made no indication of that, so I think people should just let it rest

Glad Teddy appointed you his spokesperson.... oh wait.

 

[vik2001]

can you imagine all us guys met in room in person - i reckon a fight could break out. then when people ask what are they fighting about and throwing fists - a woman turns around and says they fighting over toys lol

let it be guys, whats done is done - lets enjoy the progress of this.
looks like another david sculpt will be in the works soon so no one will miss out

 

[galactiboy]

Nah, more likely no one would say anything... but there would be furious messages being posted on the board

 

[Peteskywalker]

Awesome custom head Aaron

That took some real balls to sell a huge chunk of your collection to commission this. I hope you continue to post pictures as there are people ruining this for the rest of us.

Keep in mind out of 1,319 views there are only a few people who have posted a negative response so keep them coming dude

 

[Peteskywalker]

Nah, more likely no one would say anything... but there would be furious messages being posted on the board

So true

 

[Dark Passenger]

Stop arguing over toys, nerds.

 

[karamazov80]

There's another potential perspective on this that some folks have touched on--I think there is still a chance for a "wide" released Rainman David, just not one with the sculpt he's made for Teddy. A former member once suggested he got Rainman to do a private commission of a Fight Club Tyler Durden that was not the same as the wider released version. He never showed pics of it, so it may have been untrue, but I'm inclined to believe that it was true, and if so, Rainman may be willing to do a larger release of, say, vampire David some time down the road, perhaps with a slightly different outfit, or maybe with more sculpted parts than he is doing for Teddy.

Unfortunately, I think the way to get things done with Rainman is to e-mail and PM him. So instead of feeling resigned about it, that is probably your best route. I think he is going to be getting more and more of this as it becomes apparent that guys like Teddy Daniels, Snake Eater, Shortround, and Darth Magnus are able to get their pet projects off the ground by contacting the man independently. So if you guys really want that to happen, that would be my suggestion. I personally don't think I'll ever go that route, and prefer the fun of just talking about ideas with folks on the forum, hoping Rainman stumbles across something in our conversations that strikes his fancy. But it seems that that method very clearly works.