Well... I just fixed that missing first picture of that write-up I wrote but nobody paid attention to... :-(
You are right. There are inferior because everything were wrong [emoji4]
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I never said anything about this release being inferior to the first one, as in my write-up I never intended to compare them at all.
As a disclaimer, I made very clear that this release, as the first one, are priceless contributions, before listing the issues I had with the upcoming, still-in-the-works-and-open-to-improvement release when COMPARED WITH REFERENCE PICS. Even if I am aware of Mr Nanjin not having full authority over this re-release, I tried to pin down the aspects of it where I saw room for improvement, explaining why and addressing what I perceived as elephants in the room nobody talked about, in the vain hope of triggering a discussion on each of them, maybe getting Mr Nanjin's view on them too, and maybe even, if any agreement was reached, provoking changes to the prototypes. I didn't want to waste my time instead by contributing to yet another re-statement of what can and what can't be discussed on a DISCUSSION FORUM. I also didn't expect that my observations and remarks, which I did to try and contribute to Mr Nanjin's endeavour, would be largely ignored, even DISCARDED WITHOUT FURTHER ELABORATION. Should I have known better, I wouldn't have wasted my time writing them up.
Exactly... reminds me of why people make fun of Star Trek fans altogether. Gotta argue every little detail over and over and over. Star Trek fans are their own worst enemy.
Considering how often high-end 1/6 Star Trek figures are released, this is an epochal moment. When you buy a figure, after shelling out some noticeable moolah, you are going to enjoy its pros and endure its cons for a lot of years to come. It is only logical that, given the unheard-of chance to have exchanges with the creator himself before release, while protos are still being tweaked, you try to help remove as many cons as possible (it is much better that any aftermarket fixes). I bothered to do my write-up because the issues I perceived on the protos where not petty at all (as I already said, to me they were "elephants in the room"), and they really hurt realism and accuracy in a very noticeable manner. I didn't argue about irrelevancies "over and over and over".
And I make it clear again: I am not even into TOS, but into TWOK. All I do is in the hope of future TWOK releases to have as few cons as possible, and I can't wait to try and contribute as soon as possible to that aim.
It's not a behavior unique to Star Trek fans . A lot of these forums are tough to take when the dissatisfied mob begins to pile on and echo each other in their single mindedness
Democracy was devised to address "dissatisfied mobs" and turn them into players contributing to the betterment of the community as a whole. Forum were divised millennia ago for "satisfied" and "dissatisfied" mobs to discuss their views, in the hope of some better decision making. Nothing to deplore in that. That there are groups that are single-minded is nothing to be disgusted about. Agreement and disagreement work like that: by groups. They must be weighted in order to make better decisions.
Granted: what Mr Nanjin and Qmx are pulling off here is no Democracy. But they have implied that they are listening to criticism for them to make better decisions. That resembles Democracy, and we are exerting it to the extent we can.
I have tons of limitors affixed to my arms and legs.
This is by far, the best painted Kirk in the entire universe. TOS kirk V3 already subtly edged out this TMP Kirk, and I believe TMP V2 will again edge out TOS V3 both in paint up and likeness.
I can make perfect 1/6 Trek if there are no limitors all over me.
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We sure know you have restraints on you, Mr Nanjin. I do, at least. I could understand if you told us it is too late for bull necks to be fixed, anyway, the issue must be addressed as soon as possible so that the next release won't suffer from them. Right?
That Kirk head is awesome, btw. What is it for? Can we see that head's neck?
We single minded mob cultured Star Trek fans thank you for your more generous and courteous response to our thoughts. What you won't see from our mob is any derogatory personal remarks about your opinions or aspertions about your fandom oddness. Just our thoughts on things that we see, well me anyway. All things have critics and we should all see the benefits, sometimes negative comments bring change as long as it is directed appropriately, But again with forums youre OK to express a view, but maybe be a little less critical of the person, no identity politics.
This. Agreed that there are certain individuals on these forums that are trigger-happy bigots, always first to mock the others, never with any sound reasoning, and that never seem to get punished no matter how often they get reported. But polite, reasoned disent with the heart to contribute for the greater good is healthy and should be welcomed.
The sole fact that this has to be uttered again feels like a defeat to me, though....
RfC
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