It makes me wonder if QMX ever officially had the license, and this was just a bid for the rights like Sideshow tried with Blade Runner and it was all just preliminary talk. Could the licencor just revoke a contract like that in favor of a higher bid if they had already entered one with QMX? Maybe HT undercut them with a stellar prototype and demoed it behind the scenes to New Line causing the dissolving of the QMX contract.
All in all, I feel bad for Nanjin. He's so full of care and dedication to his craft that I really sympathize with the troubles he's had getting some of his figures out. Anyone have a better translation of the Chinese comment? Google translate isn't too clear.