Re: Rainmans New Project: Dr. Huckleberry
Some are 1/6 hobbyists and genuinely enjoy building up the figures so I get that, but trying to save money? This High End Customs game is the wrong sport for the "more bang for your buck" crowd. Why nickel & dime the man. Look he's offering somthing that no one else is. Just get the whole thing bro! If you can afford $500 than you can afford $800 and if you can afford $800 than you can afford $1000. The confusion is that some are treating Rainman like it's Hottoys! Your not supposed to own every Rainman peice. His stuff isn't about quantity, it's quality. So show him some love because I guareentee you if he ever decides to sign with the Corporate Boys, That Original Paintjob is going be some ____in' payday!!
Just Sayin'
That's a legitimate opinion, but not the only legitimate opinion to be had. I personally collect high end 1/6th scale figures, amongst other things. Rainman's work--every facet of it--is as good as anyone, frequently of characters we won't get anywhere else. For that reason, I'm willing to pay a lot of money for it, because that's what it costs. But you are seemingly into this because you are a Rainman fan first. That's cool, but I consider myself a
great figure fan. It just so happens that Rainman produces great figures.
I don't buy my figures as an investment, and am not looking for a payday down the road. I just want something to enjoy on the shelf. If Rainman doesn't paint it and that means I save $300, which means I can spend that money on a future Rainman figure or, yes, a Hot Toys figure then yeah, I'll consider it. That doesn't mean I'm not a high end collector. I am still getting great paint work, and get Rainman's great sculpts and clothing/accessories. Further, just because you can afford $500 doesn't mean you can as easily afford $1,000, does it? If so, one could extrapolate from your point to say that the truest high end items are the 1-off commissioned ones like Teddy's David. I mean, if you can afford $1,000, then why not $3,500 or whatever to get one commissioned yourself? It's even rarer, meaning worth even more, and
true high end collectors would want things as rare as possible, right?
If your appreciation of Rainman is only satisfied by getting a piece painted by him, and of the most exclusive sets that he makes, then that's cool. But even then, the accessories and non head parts are often painted by DF Studios on his releases anyway, he designs the tailoring, but another tailor actually puts the clothing together, and his artistic decisions are stifled when people step into a thread and start making complaints and demands about his decisions that force him to make changes. I'm not criticizing anyone, but my point is that this is all relative. No piece is a perfect, complete, hand-crafted Rainman product. So taking away the paint work and fact that he or one of his assistants put it together doesn't mean it isn't a great "high end" piece of work from one of the great 1/6th scale artists around.
Getting the man himself to paint the actual figure is worth the extra coin alone, you would think. Again, it is art.
