With Sideshow GOATing, left and right, how should other companies react?

[IcedDog]

Originally Posted by qz33

No way I'd risk a PO on Queen product.

Maybe I got lucky, but my one Queen Studios piece turned out great, no issues (aside from using button cell batteries, but that's not a QC thing).

Originally Posted by Forps is back

i simply don't know

Whoa, you don't see this comment from Forps too often!

[Straken-SWE]

Originally Posted by IcedDog

Whoa, you don't see this comment from Forps too often!

[qz33]

Originally Posted by Mister H

Don?t know much about them. The only piece of theirs I have is the Batman Museum Line statue. It looks pretty good and it was cheap. When did they start getting bad?

Numerous busts and statues have had issues. Like Iron Man's Paint not matching what was advertised.
Pit marks on several busts.
Nearly all Venom busts cracking moth corners upon delivery or even developing after owning for a year.

Originally Posted by IcedDog

Maybe I got lucky, but my one Queen Studios piece turned out great, no issues (aside from using button cell batteries, but that's not a QC thing).

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[Forps is back]

Originally Posted by IcedDog

Whoa, you don't see this comment from Forps too often!

Well, there is always a first time.

Though maybe not for anime/hentai/Pokemon collectors if you get what i'm saying....lol

[Forps is back]

Please add a 5th grail for Prime1

Lady Maria (Bloodborne).

The most art(s)y video game piece EVER.

[BiaLos]

I don't think your giving Prime1 enough credit.

Supergirl has done really well.

Power Girl and John Constantine sold out/wait listed really quick. Side note they only made very limited amounts of these two, but as a collector I would be thrilled to own them due to the small size knowing I actually have a rare statue.

There are others, but I don't have it in me to look up all the analytics of their products.

I will say however that we won't know the true value of Prime1 statues for quite a while due to their escalated price. I own a few of the SS PF's you mentioned are grails, and it's easy for me to see why they are, but also easy because they were originally offered for 30%-40% of what a Prime1 statue costs today.

I remember paying Double for my Prime1 Witcher statues which were slightly larger than SS's PF's and that was a tough to swallow at the time. I wants to say they were $750-$800, compared to SS $375 in some cases.

Due to this all I'm saying is it was super easy to see SS statues sell on the secondary market for so much.

Now that SS statues have doubled in price, you are seeing far less "grails" due to quality/price/edition size.

[azurepred]

Originally Posted by Forps is back

Man-Thing, ofc. Sorry.

T800 and T1000 sell for a lot due to demand vs non-existent alternatives. I've not bought them but i seen the T800 and the silicone used is 5 levels below, quality-wise, of the silicone Infinity Studios uses. It sweats like crazy, it is melting and it looks atrocious. If i were you, i would not buy it even for 500 bucks. I give it 10y.

The new Arnold LSB by Queen is going to be Queen's 2nd grail. As soon as that comes out, price for the 1st one is going to drop dramatically.

Infinity Studios is milesssss ahead of Queen Studios, quality-wise. Queen Studios is plagued by QC issues also, check their WW 1/4, an atrocious sculpt or check its Iron Man LSBs or its Carage/V LSBs all plagued by QC issues.

Regarding grail status for Infinity pieces, the aftermarket for Wonder Woman is already insane (excluding recasts), for Mera and for Daenerys. Aquaman (NON-RECASTS ofc) is slowly creaping up and Sauron is already there. The problem is the insane amount of recasts.

There is simple no comparison between Infinity and Queen.

Check for an example their Wonder Woman LSBs. Infinity one's is a masterpiece, Queen's one looks like a shiny, melting silicone bust of a cosplayer pretending to be Gal Gadot.

I've had the T800 for 2-3 years already. I don't have any sweating issues, but it's been behind glass the whole time. I supposedly have a buyer meeting me to buy it at the end of the month for a big profit, but I enjoyed it the entire time I've had it. Most people probably have it out in the open.

If Infinity Studios ever makes a character that I feel I need to have, I will try them out, but for now, custom Silicone busts is all I've ever had besides the T800.

[Forps is back]

Originally Posted by BiaLos

I don't think your giving Prime1 enough credit.

Supergirl has done really well.

Power Girl and John Constantine sold out/wait listed really quick. Side note they only made very limited amounts of these two, but as a collector I would be thrilled to own them due to the small size knowing I actually have a rare statue.

There are others, but I don't have it in me to look up all the analytics of their products.

I will say however that we won't know the true value of Prime1 statues for quite a while due to their escalated price. I own a few of the SS PF's you mentioned are grails, and it's easy for me to see why they are, but also easy because they were originally offered for 30%-40% of what a Prime1 statue costs today.

I remember paying Double for my Prime1 Witcher statues which were slightly larger than SS's PF's and that was a tough to swallow at the time. I wants to say they were $750-$800, compared to SS $375 in some cases.

Due to this all I'm saying is it was super easy to see SS statues sell on the secondary market for so much.

Now that SS statues have doubled in price, you are seeing far less "grails" due to quality/price/edition size.

Power Girl and John Constantine have extremelyyyyyy low ES. Power Girl is a mediocre to bad statue (i'm talking about the sculpt). Constantine has that plasticky feel all NON MIXED-MEDIA statues of characters wearing clothes suffer. The sculpt is good, if Prime1 used mixed media it would be a masterpiece.

I'll wait for Sideshow's one and i hope Sideshow uses mixed media.

Prime1 in general does not amaze me as a company, i generally view its statues as inflated NECA figures, lifeless, with bases being at many cases a hot mess, paint jobs always having a glossy finish. They have SIZE which amazes the average collector, but Forps does not correlate size to artistic value so size means nothing me

[BiaLos]

I can definitely see your stance regarding the paint application. It works on some statues, while others it does give it a more artificial look.

It is different from SS for sure.

I do wish the bases were smaller so I could display more.

I really do enjoy the sculpts of P1 though, overall I think they do a great job.

I still havent forgotten about the RS on throne art print, we both agreed if SS ever made a statue like it it's day one pre order.

[Forps is back]

Originally Posted by BiaLos

I can definitely see your stance regarding the paint application. It works on some statues, while others it does give it a more artificial look.

It is different from SS for sure.

I do wish the bases were smaller so I could display more.

I really do enjoy the sculpts of P1 though, overall I think they do a great job.

I still havent forgotten about the RS on throne art print, we both agreed if SS ever made a statue like it it's day one pre order.

You are on a good path, my Padawan. Continue training your "eye".

You are slowly getting over the average Joes and Tubers excitement regarding Prime1 which stems from the size of its sculpts and you are getting deeper into true art.

A path to enter "ForpsYoda art(s)y eye team" i predict. Your collecting future being bright i "smell" to be