XM Studios Thor, Magneto and Wolverine Concept!!

[acme1982]

we all know that the Sideshow control quality leaves much to be desired.

 

[a2themonster]

When you have annual sales volume like SS, I am sure they can afford to hire 10 full time staff to qc their numerous goods. It is after all their brand on the line

You know I thought about this and I agreed at first, but if you think of it business wise it makes no sense…lets assume that they aren't assuming that ALL the statues of X batch are gonna be bad..lets say, and this is a high number, that 25% are gonna be crappy and need QC issues. Now paying 4 people whatever or however many whatever wage you wanna pay them and have them individually check each box before it goes out would be dreadfully tedious and time consuming. And that also has to take into effect that not all of them are bad, only our high fictional number of 25%. So in essence those employees are hunting for the bad ones. It is MUCH easier to send em all out, and have those 25% call you…even if you give them 50 bucks off each piece or offer to refund/replace it for them, doing it that way is much much cheaper than hiring whatever amount of employees, paying them, taxes, social security, the people required to process that paperwork, benefits if they offer them, etc etc, than a quick 'here's 50 bucks off our margin' which they are already making a killing on anyway.

 

[Viper245]

You know I thought about this and I agreed at first, but if you think of it business wise it makes no sense…lets assume that they aren't assuming that ALL the statues of X batch are gonna be bad..lets say, and this is a high number, that 25% are gonna be crappy and need QC issues. Now paying 4 people whatever or however many whatever wage you wanna pay them and have them individually check each box before it goes out would be dreadfully tedious and time consuming. And that also has to take into effect that not all of them are bad, only our high fictional number of 25%. So in essence those employees are hunting for the bad ones. It is MUCH easier to send em all out, and have those 25% call you…even if you give them 50 bucks off each piece or offer to refund/replace it for them, doing it that way is much much cheaper than hiring whatever amount of employees, paying them, taxes, social security, the people required to process that paperwork, benefits if they offer them, etc etc, than a quick 'here's 50 bucks off our margin' which they are already making a killing on anyway.

That may be how Sideshow is looking at it but if that is true then it is a very short sited view. Bad QC goes well beyond being a monetary issue because it affects the perception of the brand in the marketplace. If this perception is is not a positive one, sooner or later sales will suffer as a result. Right now Sideshow is riding a wave of popularity mainly due to the fact that they are the only game in town when it comes to a lot of licenses that they hold. As soon as another company comes along that makes the same product from the same license and does it better, it will affect Sideshow's bottom line. Look how they reacted when Gentle Giant started selling Marvel 1/4 scale pieces. They dropped the NRD and doubled the value of the reward points on competing pieces. Everyone pretty much knows, including Sideshow, that Gentle Giants QC on their production Marvel products will blow Sideshow's out of the water so they had to offer incentives to get collectors to buy their version of a competing character over Gentle Giant's version.

In my view Sideshow has spread themselves too thin across too my licenses and is relying on sheer volume of sales to make up their bottom line instead of focusing on putting out a quality product each time a statue goes out the door. In other words, they have become the Wal Mart of the collectibles industry and have lost touch with what made them a great company in the first place.

 

[RagingBull]

Anyone know when we can expect Wolverine to go up for PO?

 

[Kenmk1]

Anyone know when we can expect Wolverine to go up for PO?

They said mid august - october

 

[ScootS]

That may be how Sideshow is looking at it but if that is true then it is a very short sited view. Bad QC goes well beyond being a monetary issue because it affects the perception of the brand in the marketplace. If this perception is is not a positive one, sooner or later sales will suffer as a result. Right now Sideshow is riding a wave of popularity mainly due to the fact that they are the only game in town when it comes to a lot of licenses that they hold. As soon as another company comes along that makes the same product from the same license and does it better, it will affect Sideshow's bottom line. Look how they reacted when Gentle Giant started selling Marvel 1/4 scale pieces. They dropped the NRD and doubled the value of the reward points on competing pieces. Everyone pretty much knows, including Sideshow, that Gentle Giants QC on their production Marvel products will blow Sideshow's out of the water so they had to offer incentives to get collectors to buy their version of a competing character over Gentle Giant's version.

In my view Sideshow has spread themselves too thin across too my licenses and is relying on sheer volume of sales to make up their bottom line instead of focusing on putting out a quality product each time a statue goes out the door. In other words, they have become the Wal Mart of the collectibles industry and have lost touch with what made them a great company in the first place.

+1 and [Like]

 

[vangeta]

Actually it makes sense. You want to build a strong brand from the start if you want long term growth. I used to work in a factory building $10000 hot glue melt machines and each one had to be tested and inspected fully before shipping out, the most tedious and costly process. Quality is absolutely critical. The CEO opened up a direct contact line to him where customers could complain, and if they did, it meant something went wrong during the customer service process and someone was going to be held accountable.

Just look at Lego. Despite the insane pricing on Lego sets, they're doing pretty damn well.Why? Top of the line quality, incredible customer service, and innovation.

I suppose SS is simply adopting a policy with numbers that work in the short term instead of looking at the overall impact on their business.

You know I thought about this and I agreed at first, but if you think of it business wise it makes no sense…lets assume that they aren't assuming that ALL the statues of X batch are gonna be bad..lets say, and this is a high number, that 25% are gonna be crappy and need QC issues. Now paying 4 people whatever or however many whatever wage you wanna pay them and have them individually check each box before it goes out would be dreadfully tedious and time consuming. And that also has to take into effect that not all of them are bad, only our high fictional number of 25%. So in essence those employees are hunting for the bad ones. It is MUCH easier to send em all out, and have those 25% call you…even if you give them 50 bucks off each piece or offer to refund/replace it for them, doing it that way is much much cheaper than hiring whatever amount of employees, paying them, taxes, social security, the people required to process that paperwork, benefits if they offer them, etc etc, than a quick 'here's 50 bucks off our margin' which they are already making a killing on anyway.

 

[RagingBull]

They said mid august - october

That's great thanks for the reply. I'll be ready for that

 

[ambasah]

in terms of qc, another option is to hire some folks in China (who don't work for the factory) to inspect pieces before they are packed up.

 

[Asdf]

in terms of qc, another option is to hire some folks in China (who don't work for the factory) to inspect pieces before they are packed up.

Yessss... SS is the market leader in statues, whom holds almost all the license. If they want to stay there, they need to up their qc, whether employing local workers or etc method. Once DC, Marvel, etc license have been given to more companies, then SS will feel the competition.

Take for example Prime1 Megatron. That thing turned out a beauty. If prime1 got the license for Ironman, SS will definitely start to lose some of their market share.

 

[savageHULK]

I guarantee it's done in some form of assembly line in China. And if it is, then there are inspectors that inspect the product through out the assembly line. (Very loosly)

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

Yessss... SS is the market leader in statues, whom holds almost all the license. If they want to stay there, they need to up their qc, whether employing local workers or etc method. Once DC, Marvel, etc license have been given to more companies, then SS will feel the competition.

Take for example Prime1 Megatron. That thing turned out a beauty. If prime1 got the license for Ironman, SS will definitely start to lose some of their market share.

I heard a long time ago that Sideshow's license with Marvel was for 50 years

 

[xtina_slayer]

Theres load of new black widow pics updated

 

[wanderlai]

I heard a long time ago that Sideshow's license with Marvel was for 50 years

50yrs damn...that's like a Halliburton government contract

 

[RagingBull]

50yrs damn...that's like a Halliburton government contract

that's crazy if true but that contract might of been made void when Disney bought Marvel. I doubt they'll ever lose the licence but I can imagine Disney allowing other companies to make 1/4 Comic scales pieces other than just SS

 

[RagingBull]

50yrs damn...that's like a Halliburton government contract

that's crazy if true but that contract might of been made void when Disney bought Marvel. I doubt they'll ever lose the licence but I can imagine Disney allowing other companies to make 1/4 Comic scale pieces other than just SS

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

that's crazy if true but that contract might of been made void when Disney bought Marvel. I doubt they'll ever lose the licence but I can imagine Disney allowing other companies to make 1/4 Comic scales pieces other than just SS

obiviously it hasn't

 

[RagingBull]

obiviously it hasn't

Yeah I know it hasn't happened now but I'm just thinking Disney is a money making juggernaut & are probably looking into all of there Marvel contracts & working out how to make more money because that's what it's all about to them at the end of the day. I know it's unlikely & I'm not bothered either because SS are making all the characters I want, I'm just speculating

 

[a2themonster]

I personally like the company in china (lord knows idk the actual name of this place) that ARH studios uses…their Medusa's paint app looked terrific and so have many of their other statues.

 

[maru81]

Magneto and Wolverine are looking really good.

Love all the small details went in to that 3D render. If the final product ends up as good, I may have to track this one down somehow.
I bet it's gonna cost a small fortune to bring it into Canada