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Super Freak
No thanks! International shipping and duty
No thanks! International shipping and duty
Funny how the price makes everyone like it
You mean like how everyone did for the Predator 2 Maquette?
That was never cheap... Even with 20% off
I used that money off to make it much, much better.
How much would shipping be to Australia?
The Alien Egg statue lights up with an eerie glow, with illumination in the lower portion of the egg sac.
I guess you have to assume this will be quite hollow. And unlikely it will be made of polystone.
Lol I know, but everyone was crapping on that statue until the 20% discount came along, then all of a sudden it was awesome.
Only a couple of people got it for that discounted price, so it probably had little bearing on the overall opinion of it. Which was more tolerance than "awesome" once they arrived. That thing is still one of Sideshows biggest wasted opportunities. But it's still a fairly decent statue in person. Two very different examples anyway, this egg is a cheap looking little trinket that we all assumed would be expensive. Turns out it is relatively cheap however so I can see why opinions might change to reflect that.
I don't see how the example here is any different.
It's different because the discount on the P2 maquette changed it from being an incredibly expensive statue, to a slightly less (but still very expensive) statue. In this case, this is a fairly cheap looking little ornament that people assumed would be very much over priced and wrote it off. It turns out it isn't however so I can see why some people may have changed their opinions on it since the price reveal. I'm probably not getting one, I just didn't see the comparison. Also, nobody ever said the P2 was horrible, it just had some silly issues that were frustrating, I did buy one of those before the discount. The issues certainly didn't go away in person, but its plus points were more apparent.
lol you're still missing the point though. I was making a comparison on the attitude towards the P2 Maquette after the price drop and the attitude towards this piece after the price reveal. It's comparable and not different at all. The discount changing the P2 Maquette from an incredibly expensive statue to a slightly less expensive statue is irrelevant, not to mention obvious. Who cares? What changed was people not wanting it because of all the issues and how it was a poor effort, to people now thinking it's good enough to own. Exact same scenario here. People making fun of this (mostly about it's size, I think I've seen 2 posts saying it looks cheap) now all of a sudden think it's good enough to own because it's cheap. I'm not judging anyone for that really and understand why people would change their opinions, just merely pointing out the comparison after another forum member noticed that people changed their minds on this piece after seeing the price.
Personally, if I think a piece doesn't look appealing to me, the price is irrelevant to me as I wouldn't want to own it regardless. Now if I thought the piece was alright but not worth the asking price, that is a different story. I might change my mind and want it if the price is lowered.
For the record, plenty of people crapped on the P2 Maquette, I remember reading all the negativity in that thread very clearly. You seem a bit defensive over it for some reason, probably because you own it, even though I haven't actually made fun of that piece. I've seen it in person, I still think it's a nice piece despite the flaws, but it's really not what we were discussing and not what my original comment was about.
Anyway, we're obviously not seeing eye to eye here, so let's just agree to disagree
I used that money off to make it much, much better . . .
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