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Re: Predator 2 City Hunter 1:4 Maquette (CANCELLED!... For now)

Calling a spade a spade isn't being negative, it's being realistic. The reason many have no faith in SS coming through is because far to often we get poor results for our money. They tend to never give us answers on what went wrong. One guy may get a good statue others a bad one. Some get replacements, others don't. Sometimes we get great pieces like Gladiator/King Hulk and Hellboy other times we get Apocalypse. It's like going to your favorite restaurant and 50% of the time you get food poisoning...there comes a point you stop going.

What exactly are you calling them though? Liars? Cheats? Crooks? You may have no faith, but that doesn't mean others don't. I'm sorry, but I still like Sideshow as a company and they've given me some of my most treasured collectibles, and very recently too. So because of this, I'm going to take their word for it and have a little faith in what the representatives are telling us and hope for the best. If it turns out the opposite and doesn't happen, well then it doesn't happen.

If you stop going to the restaurant, the stop going. Seems like you're still peeking in the windows every day though. :wink1:

Where's the hate? There was plenty of negative opinions about the product before this delay/cancellation was announced.
I'm sad for people who had enough faith to pre-order and make monthly payments only to be refunded which will result in them losing money.

Are we actually being promised a better product or just something closer to the, already flawed, proto? Surely that is what people expect, and should receive, when parting with hard earned cash.
It's not the fault of anyone here that the factory can't do their job.

Sure there was general worries and negative opinions on the piece, but that didn't stop many of these people from pre-ordering it anyway. The bottom line is this: they put out a prototype and you either liked it enough to order it or you didn't. A lot of people did, including myself, and to me that leads me to believe there was a general consensus that this piece could be awesome if delivered near the prototype level.

I'm not saying that with these new "quotes" we're getting from the reps that it means that they will come through with what they are suggesting. I'm just saying that if they're suggesting it, then it's possible and I'll take the positive from that.

You're right, it's not the fault of anyone but Sideshow and their chosen factory. But at least they've recognized that it isn't working and they need to figure out a new solution. And whatever that solution may or may not be, I'm just going to sit here and hope for the best, not worry and speculate about the worst. Suggesting scenarios and Sideshow downfalls does nothing but fuel the fire that a lot of haters love to pile on.
 
Re: Predator 2 City Hunter 1:4 Maquette (CANCELLED!... For now)

Unfortunately I didn't have enough faith in Sideshow to throw $1,300 at them, blindly.

Yeah, I also love Sidedshow when they get it right. Just seem very hit and miss recently with regards to Q.C and materials used.
The Classic Bio was wafer thin and have you seen the Rulk legs? Is polystone really that expensive? They are charging too much to be skimping on basic materials.
 
Re: Predator 2 City Hunter 1:4 Maquette (CANCELLED!... For now)

I know you've hit some rough patches with some pieces Col and it sucks. I feel for you man. In regards to Rulk, yes I've seen the piece. To me it doesn't matter how and what is hollow on a piece as long as it gets to me in one piece. The packaging was clearly a problem if they've had some breakage issues in shipping, but that was only 2 I've seen and every one that arrived in tact has looked incredible.

I'm not saying that the QC should be ignored, while issues will always happen with any piece it's the nature of the hobby, but to say, like many have said, that Sideshow is lying to us, that they don't care about QC, that they're doing it on purpose, that it's a conspiracy to ruin the lives of collectors, etc etc.....it just gets so old reading all these posts after posts of pure nonsense. It reminds me why I take breaks from the forums for months at a time.
 
Re: Predator 2 City Hunter 1:4 Maquette (CANCELLED!... For now)

I agree, but critisism is sometimes justified.
When XM products starting getting their own threads on here SS hating was at an all time high, I was up there defending them.

I count myself very lucky, Big Chap was the only item I've ordered only to be let down.
Had problems with a couple of items that have been swiftly and efficiently dealt with and rectified.

When Sideshow are saying there's no more replacements during the first week of a product being shipped there's clearly too many replacements being requested or not enough being made.

Anyway I digress. Let's hope we all end up with a P2 worthy of displaying with pride... At original price :D
 
Re: Predator 2 City Hunter 1:4 Maquette (CANCELLED!... For now)

I'm not saying that with these new "quotes" we're getting from the reps that it means that they will come through with what they are suggesting. I'm just saying that if they're suggesting it, then it's possible and I'll take the positive from that.


Snap :hi5:

It hasn't been an ideal situation from the very start, but the potential for this to turn out better than we ever hoped is enough for me to reign in an disappointment for now.
 
Re: Predator 2 City Hunter 1:4 Maquette (CANCELLED!... For now)

Anyway I digress. Let's hope we all end up with a P2 worthy of displaying with pride... At original price :D

Snap :hi5:

It hasn't been an ideal situation from the very start, but the potential for this to turn out better than we ever hoped is enough for me to reign in an disappointment for now.

:hi5: :banana





edit: See! Look at how much more fun that high five and dancing banana are!!! :lol
 
Re: Predator 2 City Hunter 1:4 Maquette (CANCELLED!... For now)

Yeah, but still... no love for barely legal teens around here? :(
 
Re: Predator 2 City Hunter 1:4 Maquette (CANCELLED!... For now)

pretty sure SS would only let that one go if it was for their charity auction
 
Re: Predator 2 City Hunter 1:4 Maquette (CANCELLED!... For now)

Hopefully they will be sending it to the workshop some time soon for a few tweaks. :yess:

There will be two also I believe, proto and paint master.
 
Re: Predator 2 City Hunter 1:4 Maquette (CANCELLED!... For now)

He'll probably refund. People don't find out immediately :<
 
Re: Predator 2 City Hunter 1:4 Maquette (CANCELLED!... For now)

Good luck with the refund. Been more than 150 days.
 
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