How does no one realize that XM sucks? They're insanely overpriced, their paint is terrible, their faces are terrible. Prime 1 is the clear number one in the world right now, but even sideshow is routinely better than XM for half the price. I'm more artistically inclined than most but even still it seems so obvious to me.
XM has its reputation for a reason, and so does Sideshow for that matter.
Sure XM has had a couple of bad pieces. And they're well know for not always having the best human face sculpts. Of recent releases Sideshow has probably put out better face sculpts and maybe even have a few statues that could compete with XM even with the price difference.
But damn some of those XM pieces are impressive. I haven't bought a single one, but I sure have been close a few times. Love their recent Daredevil and Blackbolt.
XM poses, bases and available display options are what make XM great. And based on statements here and reviews on youtube, XM has the better quality control.
Blanket statements that XM suck based on one piece with imo a terrible impression of RDJ doesn't really make an argument.
If people want to buy XM, thats fine and if people want to buy Prime 1 or Sideshow, thats fine as well.
I've got 3 preorders with Prime 1, and I truly can't wait to receive them. But to say that they're the best may be a bit premature. They need a few more statues/lines released before that can be confirmed. I have their Optimus and that is one of my main centrepieces, and their Turtles line is near perfect.