Xion collectibles - Arnold Schwarzenegger - Mr Olympia 1/4

[para50]

 

[Collectorcol]

Re: Arnold Schwarzenegger - Mr Olympia 1/4

Never seen that before but it's a very impressive statue.
Where did you find the pictures? Probably a commission

 

[para50]

Re: Arnold Schwarzenegger - Mr Olympia 1/4

It was posted on the OneSixthBruce Facebook page. It's going up for PO today apparently. Someone asked who makes it but they haven't replied yet.

 

[Collectorcol]

Re: Arnold Schwarzenegger - Mr Olympia 1/4

Found him. Xion collectibles, limited to 100 pieces...

https://m.facebook.com/xioncollectibles?refsrc=https://www.facebook.com/xioncollectibles

 

[para50]

Re: Arnold Schwarzenegger - Mr Olympia 1/4

Good work, thanks! I've contacted them and it's $600 and $150 shipping to UK. Seriously tempted, especially considering the edition size.

 

[para50]

Re: Arnold Schwarzenegger - Mr Olympia 1/4

Have you heard of them? I've never ordered from a smaller company before and I've never heard of them which makes me a bit reluctant.

 

[Collectorcol]

Re: Arnold Schwarzenegger - Mr Olympia 1/4

The fact that there's only 100, they were taking pre-orders last year, Onesixthbruce has some and still available would have me seriously worried.

 

[para50]

That's what I was thinking. They only set up their Facebook page in September and the posts about this statue go right back to then. For only 100 pieces, I'm surprised they're available, especially to International dealers. Any guesses what the issue could be? I really want it, but feel like I should be cautious. They accept Paypal so I suppose that will offer me some protection.

 

[Collectorcol]

As you said, no one's heard of them.
Throwing $600+ at Sideshow is risky enough, would you do it with Xion? I wouldn't.

 

[para50]

Yeah that makes sense. I think I just needed to hear it from someone else before I could talk myself out of it.

 

[flankster117]

I would warn anyone against this company. DO NOT SEND THEM MONEY. This is run by Abdel Koh. He is a scam artist and one of the co-owners of Syco collectables. He was in coherts with Jonathan in scamming hundreds of collectors. Now he creates new company and claims he had nothing to do with it. There is over 150 pages on facebook with Eric sosa stating that abdel koh is a scam artist and rips off other artist. Do not buy from him. The statue may look good in pics but even if you got it the quality and paint is crap like syco and your 99% likely to just get scammed

 

[Collectorcol]

Thanks flankster. Thought there must of been more to it, 100 made and still available months later.
Shame. Looks like a great sculpt.

 

[para50]

Thanks for the warning. I'm pretty disappointed as it looks awesome, but it's not worth the risk.

 

[a2themonster]

i second what flankster said, i haven't heard from him or bought from him but thats what everyone says… a mod should close the thread tbh so ppl don't get ripped off...

 

[Collectorcol]

If anything it will make people more aware

Para and I were clueless until he started this thread.

 

[para50]

I agree. I searched the forum and found no mention of this company other than a passing comment in relation to a Flash statue they're making. It's better if people can find this thread and find out that Xion are best avoided.

 

[SAB]

Thanks for the warning. I'm pretty disappointed as it looks awesome, but it's not worth the risk.

Definitely keep it open so people are aware.

 

[masterkeying]

me again, I must have been lucky, years ago I purchased the 1/4 scale lara croft kit from him, and I had no issues, and it was the only time I purchased something. so I have had no other issues with him to compare

 

[dao2]

I'm probably gonna get a lot of flak for this but tbh other then his association with Syco (which was sketchy but he dropped out, and his buying and reselling of their factory pieces is weird too) I haven't really heard anyone having issues with him. He's sold a lot of custom runs from what I've seen.

edit: according to the other forum Abdel isn't shipping out statues he accepted payment for though so probably a good idea to stay away.

 

[para50]

They messaged me asking if I'm still interested in it. They must really be struggling to shift them.