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Queen Studios / InArt to do sixth scale figures
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A big company has 15 items on the way...all I need is Decks in sixth scale please God.
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Notes from the Q&A with John from Queen Studios during the live stream with WillFoxification:
- QS is asking for feedback on which movies and video games collectors would like figures of.
- There are plans to expand internationaly but will be difficult due to other brands already having the same licenses.
- There will be rigurous QC for the Joker which may start in Q4 and last a few months.
- InArt is part of the brand and not a seperate entity, InArt is the 1/6 department.
- WB and license holders have a list of characters that they want QS to make first.
- There's interest in classic movies like Godfather, Scarface.
- QS would love to make Star Wars but currently a license too hard to get.
- Queen wants a list of diverse licenses but is cautious about collector feedback, what people think is cool is one thing, what people want is another.
- Queen's primary goal is to introduce the next step of 1/6 scale evolution and push the boundaries if possible (like doing silicone bodies, etc).
- Queen's figures will differentiate by having tiny details like the best rooted hair in the market and removeble bullets.
- The magnetic base will depend on the collectible and not always come with a figure.
- There will be a new video today showing the Joker figure and going into detail about it with Viper.
- The seamless arms might be magnetic but John is not sure.
- Transparency is important to Queen and they will strive to communicate with the community via live streams when there's something worth communicating and they have a small team focusing on communicating on social media.
- No plans for 1/3 scale Iron Man but there are plans for vehicles.
- Predator and Dutch would be a possibility if people want it.
- They have the licensing contact for Rambo but haven't reached out.
- There are busts of Aliens on the way, 1/6 might no be possible due to FOX being owned by Disney.
- The team has done test statues of X-23 from Logan but there's no plans to sell it.
- Box art for the Joker is not made yet but might be similar to the artist edition box art of the 1/4 Joker.
- Queen wants feedback but is aware of favoritism, they have created an InArt group so lots of collectors can give the best feedback.
- There will be polls after the Joker is out to figure out which licenses are worth pursuing next.
- The brand will grow as the company grows.
- It will be challenging to mantain communication with the community as the company continues to grow.
- The Walking Dead could be possible, art director is a big fan of the show.
- The Dark Knight line will have a 1/3 Batman and Bat Pod coming in the near future, 1/6 scale a possibility.
- Spider-Man 1/2 reveal possibly coming in June
- BVS Batman and other Snyder Verse stuff possibly coming next year, Snyder Verse very popular in China.
- Queen says that if there are delays for the Joker it's because they're perfecting the rooted hair to make sure it matches the proto.
- If they make Bane it will be further down the line since The Dark Knight Rises is a different license.
- They will try to at least make the top three of the Justice League.
- 007 only possible if collectors want it and licensors agree to it.
- Queen Studios is interested in video game licenses like Red Dead Redemption and The Last of Us.
- Selina Kyle 1/6 scale figure from The Dark Knight Rises a probability down the line.
- Older licenses like Batman Returns are not easy to get for Queen Studios.
- Rooted hair will not be something that is always an option with 1/6 scale figures, but they will do it most of the time for figures like Gandalf and Paul from Dune.
- No certainty if they will make the complete Fellowship from Lord of The Rings.
- 1/6 scale figures have been planned by Queen Studios for 2 years and they're in it for the long run.
- QS is asking for feedback on which movies and video games collectors would like figures of.
- There are plans to expand internationaly but will be difficult due to other brands already having the same licenses.
- There will be rigurous QC for the Joker which may start in Q4 and last a few months.
- InArt is part of the brand and not a seperate entity, InArt is the 1/6 department.
- WB and license holders have a list of characters that they want QS to make first.
- There's interest in classic movies like Godfather, Scarface.
- QS would love to make Star Wars but currently a license too hard to get.
- Queen wants a list of diverse licenses but is cautious about collector feedback, what people think is cool is one thing, what people want is another.
- Queen's primary goal is to introduce the next step of 1/6 scale evolution and push the boundaries if possible (like doing silicone bodies, etc).
- Queen's figures will differentiate by having tiny details like the best rooted hair in the market and removeble bullets.
- The magnetic base will depend on the collectible and not always come with a figure.
- There will be a new video today showing the Joker figure and going into detail about it with Viper.
- The seamless arms might be magnetic but John is not sure.
- Transparency is important to Queen and they will strive to communicate with the community via live streams when there's something worth communicating and they have a small team focusing on communicating on social media.
- No plans for 1/3 scale Iron Man but there are plans for vehicles.
- Predator and Dutch would be a possibility if people want it.
- They have the licensing contact for Rambo but haven't reached out.
- There are busts of Aliens on the way, 1/6 might no be possible due to FOX being owned by Disney.
- The team has done test statues of X-23 from Logan but there's no plans to sell it.
- Box art for the Joker is not made yet but might be similar to the artist edition box art of the 1/4 Joker.
- Queen wants feedback but is aware of favoritism, they have created an InArt group so lots of collectors can give the best feedback.
- There will be polls after the Joker is out to figure out which licenses are worth pursuing next.
- The brand will grow as the company grows.
- It will be challenging to mantain communication with the community as the company continues to grow.
- The Walking Dead could be possible, art director is a big fan of the show.
- The Dark Knight line will have a 1/3 Batman and Bat Pod coming in the near future, 1/6 scale a possibility.
- Spider-Man 1/2 reveal possibly coming in June
- BVS Batman and other Snyder Verse stuff possibly coming next year, Snyder Verse very popular in China.
- Queen says that if there are delays for the Joker it's because they're perfecting the rooted hair to make sure it matches the proto.
- If they make Bane it will be further down the line since The Dark Knight Rises is a different license.
- They will try to at least make the top three of the Justice League.
- 007 only possible if collectors want it and licensors agree to it.
- Queen Studios is interested in video game licenses like Red Dead Redemption and The Last of Us.
- Selina Kyle 1/6 scale figure from The Dark Knight Rises a probability down the line.
- Older licenses like Batman Returns are not easy to get for Queen Studios.
- Rooted hair will not be something that is always an option with 1/6 scale figures, but they will do it most of the time for figures like Gandalf and Paul from Dune.
- No certainty if they will make the complete Fellowship from Lord of The Rings.
- 1/6 scale figures have been planned by Queen Studios for 2 years and they're in it for the long run.
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Notes from the Q&A with John from Queen Studios during the live stream with Justin's Collection:
- Queen has been working on 1/6 scale figures for about 2 years but the pandemic caused some delays, lots of research and development was made before announcing anything.
- Queen Studios lead artist, Viper, was already on board, he worked on some of the 1/6 statues from last year, Viper put together his own team in order to produce the actual 1/6 figures.
- For statues and busts they will collaborate with international artists from time to time but almost everything is done in house.
- Warner Brothers and Disney have a gun ban on their statues but not figures, figures can be packaged with guns but not advertised with them.
- Posability is important for 1/6 figures and the team is working on making the bodies easier to pose such as having interchangeable magnetic arms, more details will be revealed in the Joker video dropping today.
- Queen will include instructions with their products, post videos and have online resources to help collectors preserve longevity of their figures.
- Queen has been more focused on R&D and haven't had the expirience to learn how to expand longevity of their figures but will learn from the mistakes other companies have made in the past.
- Main focus is on likeness and detail.
- Queen will use the best materials for characters that have leather outfits in order to avoid pleather, no confirmation if it will be real leather, premium versions of the figures with real leather may be a possibility.
- John can't answer wether or not wrist pegs will be fragile like those formn other brands, more information on them will be available tomorrow.
- Queen is expecting pushback from other companies, John admits that nobody wants competition but it's also good for the market since everyone has to raise their game now that Queen has made their entrance in the business.
- Everyone at the top of the company are artists and all their decisions regarding which figures get made are based on characters they like and find cool, profit is still a concern so they can't make everything they and collectors want.
- They know they must listen to feedback but can't please everyone, sometimes they must stick to their decisions.
- Base on the new Pattinson Batman statue won't be changed, they can't make everyone happy.
- Queen will start doing more ambitious projects and is willing to make risky side characters when they start gaining more profit.
- Tech like using electro magnets for bases is possible but risky, John once agains says they plan to push boundaries and be the next step in the evolution of 1/6 scale.
- John reaffirms the rooted hair on Joker is the best in the market.
- The bodies used on their 1/6 scale figures should be unique to each character, John doesn't think they're using stock bodies but is not sure.
- Once a protoype is done the CEO and Art directors will play around with it and make the call wether or not it's good enough to go up for pre-order.
- Art boxes are really important for their statues and they'll be as well for 1/6 scale.
- 1/6 scale Pattinson Batman and Batmobile could be announced in the next two months.
- It's difficult to answer wether or not future figures will have different accessories for each version.
- Dioramas like the jail cell from the Joker figure will be considered for other figures but it willd depend on the character.
- There are plans to connect bases/dioramas on 1/6 scale figures like they do for their 1/4 Iron Men.
- If accessory/sperate 1/6 scale packs are possible they'll have to be planned in advance.
- John says communication and fan feedback is important but not everyone can be pleased.
- Social media will be essential going forward, the whole team is involved when it comes to communicating.
- International trade is very complex, everything is more expensive to export and import, international retailers may need to pay royalties to import the figures.
- Variants like nurse Joker could happen.
- Two-Face could also happen, nothing confirmed.
- John thinks the eyes on Joker will be moveable at the same time and accessed from the back of the head.
- No plans for Suicide Squad for this year.
- Rooted hair is glued on top of the sculpt, no confirmation on what material the sculpt will be made of.
- Bale Batman is possible.
- Terminator depends on license availability, Johns ays it's currently not available but everyone at Queen loves the franchise.
- Joaquin Phonin's Joker is possible but needs to be really high level not a standard figure, merchandising demands only premium collectibles be made.
- They will be making a DeLorean, possibly coming this year.
- Batmobile will be priced competitively.
- All the figures from the initial teaser will be showcased by May during WonderFest.
- Queen will produce popular characters first so lines might not be completed until later down the road.
- No smiling Alita busts are coming.
- QC will be taken seriously so all the rooted sculpts match with each other.
- Peacemaker and Riddler are possible, it's all up to the community to ask them directly on their group and social media.
- Queen Studios will be doing posts on their group in order to narrow down which licenses they will pursue to make figures of next year.
- Queen has been working on 1/6 scale figures for about 2 years but the pandemic caused some delays, lots of research and development was made before announcing anything.
- Queen Studios lead artist, Viper, was already on board, he worked on some of the 1/6 statues from last year, Viper put together his own team in order to produce the actual 1/6 figures.
- For statues and busts they will collaborate with international artists from time to time but almost everything is done in house.
- Warner Brothers and Disney have a gun ban on their statues but not figures, figures can be packaged with guns but not advertised with them.
- Posability is important for 1/6 figures and the team is working on making the bodies easier to pose such as having interchangeable magnetic arms, more details will be revealed in the Joker video dropping today.
- Queen will include instructions with their products, post videos and have online resources to help collectors preserve longevity of their figures.
- Queen has been more focused on R&D and haven't had the expirience to learn how to expand longevity of their figures but will learn from the mistakes other companies have made in the past.
- Main focus is on likeness and detail.
- Queen will use the best materials for characters that have leather outfits in order to avoid pleather, no confirmation if it will be real leather, premium versions of the figures with real leather may be a possibility.
- John can't answer wether or not wrist pegs will be fragile like those formn other brands, more information on them will be available tomorrow.
- Queen is expecting pushback from other companies, John admits that nobody wants competition but it's also good for the market since everyone has to raise their game now that Queen has made their entrance in the business.
- Everyone at the top of the company are artists and all their decisions regarding which figures get made are based on characters they like and find cool, profit is still a concern so they can't make everything they and collectors want.
- They know they must listen to feedback but can't please everyone, sometimes they must stick to their decisions.
- Base on the new Pattinson Batman statue won't be changed, they can't make everyone happy.
- Queen will start doing more ambitious projects and is willing to make risky side characters when they start gaining more profit.
- Tech like using electro magnets for bases is possible but risky, John once agains says they plan to push boundaries and be the next step in the evolution of 1/6 scale.
- John reaffirms the rooted hair on Joker is the best in the market.
- The bodies used on their 1/6 scale figures should be unique to each character, John doesn't think they're using stock bodies but is not sure.
- Once a protoype is done the CEO and Art directors will play around with it and make the call wether or not it's good enough to go up for pre-order.
- Art boxes are really important for their statues and they'll be as well for 1/6 scale.
- 1/6 scale Pattinson Batman and Batmobile could be announced in the next two months.
- It's difficult to answer wether or not future figures will have different accessories for each version.
- Dioramas like the jail cell from the Joker figure will be considered for other figures but it willd depend on the character.
- There are plans to connect bases/dioramas on 1/6 scale figures like they do for their 1/4 Iron Men.
- If accessory/sperate 1/6 scale packs are possible they'll have to be planned in advance.
- John says communication and fan feedback is important but not everyone can be pleased.
- Social media will be essential going forward, the whole team is involved when it comes to communicating.
- International trade is very complex, everything is more expensive to export and import, international retailers may need to pay royalties to import the figures.
- Variants like nurse Joker could happen.
- Two-Face could also happen, nothing confirmed.
- John thinks the eyes on Joker will be moveable at the same time and accessed from the back of the head.
- No plans for Suicide Squad for this year.
- Rooted hair is glued on top of the sculpt, no confirmation on what material the sculpt will be made of.
- Bale Batman is possible.
- Terminator depends on license availability, Johns ays it's currently not available but everyone at Queen loves the franchise.
- Joaquin Phonin's Joker is possible but needs to be really high level not a standard figure, merchandising demands only premium collectibles be made.
- They will be making a DeLorean, possibly coming this year.
- Batmobile will be priced competitively.
- All the figures from the initial teaser will be showcased by May during WonderFest.
- Queen will produce popular characters first so lines might not be completed until later down the road.
- No smiling Alita busts are coming.
- QC will be taken seriously so all the rooted sculpts match with each other.
- Peacemaker and Riddler are possible, it's all up to the community to ask them directly on their group and social media.
- Queen Studios will be doing posts on their group in order to narrow down which licenses they will pursue to make figures of next year.
Warms my heart to see so many classic film licenses suggested in the FB group. Obviously not all of them will get made, but if these are the kinds of suggestions their team sees on a regular basis, it looks like we'll have a much more interesting and diverse catalog to enjoy.
They said they want to do polls as well. Man, I miss this kind of engagement from companies like Hot Toys. Glad they're making it one of their tenets and I sincerely hope they don't pull away from it. This is what the hobby needs.
They said they want to do polls as well. Man, I miss this kind of engagement from companies like Hot Toys. Glad they're making it one of their tenets and I sincerely hope they don't pull away from it. This is what the hobby needs.
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I think my request to join that group was turned down lol, sent another one, I want to push for video game figures like Mass Effect myself but I think they're mostly going to focus on superhero and iconic movie stuff.
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You should try again. Mine was approved with a fresh account within 3 hours.
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I just got approved, excellent timing lol.
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I would kill for Queen Studios to do the Predator Jungle Hunter and Dutch 2.0 that Hot Toys never gave us.
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Approved your request, hopefully it worked.
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Thankfully they didn't mention much I'm interested in.
Really only TLOU, and RDR for western characters rather than the game itself.
Really only TLOU, and RDR for western characters rather than the game itself.
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Anyone have the link to the group?
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I can tell you right now they will never get the license for Red Dead and TLOU is if there's enough demand for it over at their group, and they're willing to pay whatever Sony/PS charges for the license, the way John has spoken of games I don't think it's something their team is passionate about, they wanted to make Keanu from Cyberpunk without knowing anything of the game or even knowing CDPR just because it was Keanu, they definitely seem more invested in the DC, superhero and movie licenses, perhaps a Pedro Pascal Joel would be more likely, they've already negotiated the Game of Thrones license with HBO.
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Search for InArt Collectible Figures on facebook, the group should come up.
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You know it!That's more good news then! Because it would only end up as more duplication.
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Thanks.
It'll probably get turned down as my FB has always been pretty anonymous.
But from the direction the company looks to be going it may not be much interest to me any more as my interests have largely changed.
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Hope it's not a personal question but how have your interests largely changed? You mean licenses, lines or just collecting in general?
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I still love 1/6, but the areas that interest me have been changing.
First it was going off Marvel movies, and losing interest in most of the Marvel figures I have.
With DC I'm more into the world of Gotham, but I feel I'm done with Nolanverse collecting along with many of the comic book figures that get made by SooSoo and the ilk.
I used to buy all sorts of random figures because I liked the look of them, such as from Resident Evil, but now I feel much more focused on things that actually mean something to me. I want to keep adding to the TLOU world, but with actual representations rather than the random survivor types I was picking up.
Getting more into the western genre got me thinking about historical figures again, and getting back into WWII with Dragon in Dreams etc, but this time with the main focus on the North African campaign. I'm actually far more eager to receive the next DiD figure than I am for a Star Wars character now. That's the biggest shift in my change in interest.
I have a pretty good collection of historical Romans and gladiators, but the 1/6 industry is now usually more intent on making fantasy/movie Romans and gladiators, and quite often the same ones over and over again. So finding something in that area that interests me is a rarity - as with the HH/HY Oscan Samnite Carthaginian Mercenary , which turned out to be a nice surprise.
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