Took some new photos of the bust setup. Warm light coming from across the hall, cool light coming from the window, and those lovely green tones mixed into the armor...
Prime 1 - Predator - 1/3 Scale Museum Masterline MMPR-01DXS - Jungle Hunter Predator
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You are not alone . . . there are others that have been waiting for PRIME1 stuff from Shane for a LONG time
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Nice photos - that's awesome! I'm jealous.
You gotta keep reaching out to him, regularly and consistently. Had the do this with my 1/3 JH.
I was reaching out to Shane every few months or so since October 2023 to check on the status, not in any real rush as I've had a newborn take up most of my life for the last two years. She'll be one next month. The reason I emailed him was that I was beginning to think that I was never going to get this piece and I just wanted to make sure my order was not lost. That, and I knew that my office needed a complete rearrangement and new shelving as I had so much just either sitting in boxes or sitting on the floor and it was beyond messy to the point where it was a chore for to even contemplate the collection. I guess that happens when priorities really shift, but I knew something had to be done about it.
So yea, I emailed him again and I'm happy to say that on my last email to him in early August he finally sent me the invoice. If anyone remembers, I had quit collecting years ago. Got married, bought a house, and all that took priority over the collection and any new pieces. I was out of the hobby until one day I was looking through facebook and I noticed the Prime 1 Predator and I thought to myself, "what on earth is this??". I had seen it casually scrolling through for a while, but for some reason it just never registered with my brain as something desirable that I needed to check out more until then. So I immediately ran upstairs to my office to get some hi-res photos and see what the fuss was about and that's when I got blown away.
I was late to the order party, but fortunately for me Secret Compass was the ONLY place that had the DX Bonus still for PO, so I jumped on it thinking that this was my endgame Predator piece. When I first got into collecting back in 2005/06 or so, a Predator figure/statue was the whole purpose. My cousin had one (no clue from who or where, but it was like 1/7th or something) and I always thought, "how cool would it be to have a 3D depiction of the best movie creature ever created sitting on my shelf. That's how it all started. That's what I always wanted. There's been Hot Toys, Sideshow, and customizations to those along the way, but nothing could ever truly capture his real and accurate essence. It's been a long road with a lot of sidetracks, but we finally made it.
The best movie creature ever created. We did it folks!
I'm still figuring out the lighting because I literally just spent my entire last week reorganizing my entire collection in my office with new Bror shelving units from IKEA. It was a chore, to say the least, but the result is better than I anticipated. I feel rejuvenated.
Also, I had put myself on the waiting list for the Predator closed mouth bust a couple years ago. I noticed I was no longer on it the last time I logged in so I decided to go on it for the hell of it, just because of how complete I’d like to make him. Would you believe that a week later I converted? All paid for now and preparing to ship from Prime1.
One final note setting him up: I noticed that his skull trophy sash had some of the skulls incorrectly positioned and out of order, so I fixed that before putting it on him. The “leather” they used for that is far too thick though, so I actually might go back and either cut it in half or find an alternative string down the line. I’m not sure if anyone else noticed that or used something different, but if you have I would love to see it.
So yea, I emailed him again and I'm happy to say that on my last email to him in early August he finally sent me the invoice. If anyone remembers, I had quit collecting years ago. Got married, bought a house, and all that took priority over the collection and any new pieces. I was out of the hobby until one day I was looking through facebook and I noticed the Prime 1 Predator and I thought to myself, "what on earth is this??". I had seen it casually scrolling through for a while, but for some reason it just never registered with my brain as something desirable that I needed to check out more until then. So I immediately ran upstairs to my office to get some hi-res photos and see what the fuss was about and that's when I got blown away.
I was late to the order party, but fortunately for me Secret Compass was the ONLY place that had the DX Bonus still for PO, so I jumped on it thinking that this was my endgame Predator piece. When I first got into collecting back in 2005/06 or so, a Predator figure/statue was the whole purpose. My cousin had one (no clue from who or where, but it was like 1/7th or something) and I always thought, "how cool would it be to have a 3D depiction of the best movie creature ever created sitting on my shelf. That's how it all started. That's what I always wanted. There's been Hot Toys, Sideshow, and customizations to those along the way, but nothing could ever truly capture his real and accurate essence. It's been a long road with a lot of sidetracks, but we finally made it.
The best movie creature ever created. We did it folks!
I'm still figuring out the lighting because I literally just spent my entire last week reorganizing my entire collection in my office with new Bror shelving units from IKEA. It was a chore, to say the least, but the result is better than I anticipated. I feel rejuvenated.
Also, I had put myself on the waiting list for the Predator closed mouth bust a couple years ago. I noticed I was no longer on it the last time I logged in so I decided to go on it for the hell of it, just because of how complete I’d like to make him. Would you believe that a week later I converted? All paid for now and preparing to ship from Prime1.
One final note setting him up: I noticed that his skull trophy sash had some of the skulls incorrectly positioned and out of order, so I fixed that before putting it on him. The “leather” they used for that is far too thick though, so I actually might go back and either cut it in half or find an alternative string down the line. I’m not sure if anyone else noticed that or used something different, but if you have I would love to see it.
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I shouldn't have bought that!
Congrats, he looks great. And with the warrior on the other side, it makes a nice display. I unfortunately have no room for the full statue, but the bust is awesome and I'm very happy to have at least a percentage of this statue represented in the collection. You will love it when he arrives I'm sure!
Thanks! And next to the warrior is the Big Chap museum. I'll take some better pics of the entire room soon.
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Glad to hear it turned up from Secret Compass - I've ALMOST given up on ever getting the order I paid a deposit on TWO YEARS AGO
Also pleased you are happy with it - congrats on all THREE "new" additions to your family! (1 from SC, 1 from PRIME1 and 1 from your Wife)
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Have you messaged Shane recently? I read on the other forum that he's been having issues with his supplier(s) lately, but this piece has been out for a while. Surely it can't be related.Glad to hear it turned up from Secret Compass - I've ALMOST given up on ever getting the order I paid a deposit on TWO YEARS AGO
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It's the Sengoku (Samurai) Pred that I have on order . . . people had it in-hand 2 years ago, when I placed my order.
Shane has been saying his "people" have it in storage, and keeps promising to get it sent to him, but still no luck.
Last time I emailed him was just over 2 months ago.
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I ordered from Shane in July of 2021, if that gives any context to how long this took. 3 years total, which is fine. I'm fine with how it went down and it actually HAD to be that way the way my life has been anyway. I had originally thought that I would be one of the last people to get the DX Bonus because of how late I was to the game and my realistic arrival date for it was late 2023/early 2024. I'm sure if I pushed more often I would have had it sooner and around that time, but I was not persistent, nor did I try to be. The end result of an intact piece in my collection was all I really wanted.
And thank you @heavymetalspike for the kind words. Can't wait for her to grow up into the nerd I am.
And thank you @heavymetalspike for the kind words
. Can't wait for her to grow up into the nerd I am.
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That's so frustrating. Other collectors have suggested emailing more frequently, squeaky wheel gets the grease kind of thing.
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So - once again - I thank you my friend . . . based on your suggestion, I nudged Shane once more.
I (very quickly) received a response . . . one that indicated things may get sorted out for ALL of us that have been waiting for MANY years.
I don't think it's fair or horourable to share screenshots of the emails from Shane, but he did make me feel happier that my order will turn up.
I'll keep you all posted, and would appreciate anyone else here sharing what they can
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Good news! Hope you get it soon.
Which bust was this, Rotfish?
I only ask because I just received my closed mouth bust yesterday. It's lovely, truly. But man the engineering on it doesn't make sense for the shoulder canon. I never realized it before, but it's positioned differently than the "other" busts if you closely examine the P1 pics. Due to the way the closed mouth head is positioned at a different angle, they somehow fit the should cannon mount different/closer to the face/higher off the shoulder, whereby if you want to switch out the closed mouth with Gort or the roaring mouth (only two I tried so far) the canon mount gets in the way and contacts the chin/mask. You cannot seat it fully on the keyed magnet on the rear and it sort of sits half on the key. Really bizarre they would only make this cannon fit this particular portrait and not all of them the same.
Because the closed mouth has his chin up, it fits fine, but if I ever want to mount the closed mouth on the statue itself, like I now currently have it, and still want to display the bust with another portrait, I have to either leave off the canon or have it only sit halfway on the key. I don't mind leaving off the canon for the unmasked heads because that actually makes more sense, but for the masked heads I would want it on.
Second minor complaint is that the switchout "back shoulder cover" to use on the full statue when you don't want to have the shoulder canon on does not fit on the bust, which is a shame. It would have been nice if they both were engineered the same. Oh well....
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I bought the BD bust so I could swap heads freely, then sold the BD portrait and closed-mouth bust (torso, portrait, medkit, everything).
If I recall correctly, it's not just that the shoulder packs differ - the bust torsos are different as well because any one shoulder pack fits differently on the closed-mouth torso than the others. Fun stuff.
I wouldn't have pulled out all these stops for any other piece, but for this one, I let myself go a little nuts. And thankfully the closed-mouth bust was valuable enough that I didn't lose money in the process, only time and shipping tape.
Makes sense. How stupid can Prime 1 be, really?? They make it seem like these heads are all interchangeable on any bust, which to a degree they are, albeit not with all components, and it's just an annoyance that it doesn't all fit perfectly.
Oh well, my shoulder pack fits well enough that it won't just fall off, but I prefer things to fit perfectly as designed and not this janky. You can't really tell at least and again it's not going to fall off, which is most important.
Also, the medkit was disappointing with how small it and the tools were. I won't ever take them out of the shoulder pack again lol, but that's not why I bought this bust to begin with. The portrait is incredible and the best closed mouth I've seen on any statue, at any scale.
Oh well, my shoulder pack fits well enough that it won't just fall off, but I prefer things to fit perfectly as designed and not this janky. You can't really tell at least and again it's not going to fall off, which is most important.
Also, the medkit was disappointing with how small it and the tools were. I won't ever take them out of the shoulder pack again lol, but that's not why I bought this bust to begin with. The portrait is incredible and the best closed mouth I've seen on any statue, at any scale.
