Integration

K Dubious · 06-01-2017, 09:07 AM

I'm no UK collector, but I want to throw my 2 cents in on this and hope to calm some waters or create more waves, never know how people will read/react to post on the interwebs.

JB - I think you are taking out your frustrations with the current state of the line, by defending your POV, and blaming the consumers. Valid argument, but I doubt the members of TA are the ones to blame. Though you may not be too far off, I'm not going to pay $13 a figure, when every figure released since the rebranding has at one point been put on clearance for $5 or less. Also I have been in your boat where something new comes out you want it and can't find/get it, but everyone wants double the retail price for it since it is in demand. It sucks when a community is so geared towards striking when the iron is hot instead of helping others out, but I get supply and demand too. I feel like you are pulling at strings trying to get someone to justify their contributions to the community by how they have contributed to you specifically.

Pilk - I see JB's point on the way you solicit for your wants and advertise your latest customs. Which are top notch BTW, but your pricing isn't cheap and nor is the work you are doing, but $50 a pop is a tough pill to swallow regardless of the quality. Also when you were starting out I was happy to give you all kinds of help even posted a tutorial to help with casting and then you turned around and wanted 5 to 10 times more for the work you were doing than I was charging at the same time and we addressed it via PMs and it is all good, but I bring this up so you can have a better understanding where JB is coming from.

I have not traded with JB in the years that I have been active on here, but that doesn't mean I won't or wouldn't, but I also don't consider my contributions to the community is solely based on what I was willing to trade and who got the better deal.

One of the greatest compliments I ever received was when I posted a video of the original diorama a couple years after I had "finished" it and someone new to the boards said: "OMG that is your video? That video is the reason I started collecting 3.75 figures"

06-01-2017, 09:07 AM	#3515
K Dubious Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 1,140	I'm no UK collector, but I want to throw my 2 cents in on this and hope to calm some waters or create more waves, never know how people will read/react to post on the interwebs. JB - I think you are taking out your frustrations with the current state of the line, by defending your POV, and blaming the consumers. Valid argument, but I doubt the members of TA are the ones to blame. Though you may not be too far off, I'm not going to pay $13 a figure, when every figure released since the rebranding has at one point been put on clearance for $5 or less. Also I have been in your boat where something new comes out you want it and can't find/get it, but everyone wants double the retail price for it since it is in demand. It sucks when a community is so geared towards striking when the iron is hot instead of helping others out, but I get supply and demand too. I feel like you are pulling at strings trying to get someone to justify their contributions to the community by how they have contributed to you specifically. Pilk - I see JB's point on the way you solicit for your wants and advertise your latest customs. Which are top notch BTW, but your pricing isn't cheap and nor is the work you are doing, but $50 a pop is a tough pill to swallow regardless of the quality. Also when you were starting out I was happy to give you all kinds of help even posted a tutorial to help with casting and then you turned around and wanted 5 to 10 times more for the work you were doing than I was charging at the same time and we addressed it via PMs and it is all good, but I bring this up so you can have a better understanding where JB is coming from. I have not traded with JB in the years that I have been active on here, but that doesn't mean I won't or wouldn't, but I also don't consider my contributions to the community is solely based on what I was willing to trade and who got the better deal. One of the greatest compliments I ever received was when I posted a video of the original diorama a couple years after I had "finished" it and someone new to the boards said: "OMG that is your video? That video is the reason I started collecting 3.75 figures" __________________ B/S/T Feedback Collection Where's "The Shadow"