Inart: 1/6 Pennywise

Rambo sad clown

Rambo, the Dancing Clown.

They do both go to Derry, don't they?

Wor-Gar said:

Rambo vs Pennywise...?

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Damn it. Wrong thread.

Honestly, this is where I thought HT would be in almost 2023 - back in 2013.

Vortex said:

Honestly, this is where I thought HT would be in almost 2023 - back in 2013.

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It probably would have been had there been more competition along the way. No reason to improve when you're at the top of the food chain.

Let's hope there is a splurge of forced innovation now then.

I know HT is not in direct competition with InArt as their prices appeal to different parts of the market, however, for myself and I'm sure many others, for every $500+ figure I buy from InArt, you can bet that I will cut back on a few HT $250+ figures at the same time to compensate... so HT will feel InArt's possible success over time.

Yah^ I just hope that competition doesn't lead to HT improving and thinking they can charge the same price because I'm definitely out at $500+. The problems I have with their figure is that they didn't get the proportions right on the head or the body and they should have made the collar better - that shouldn't cost extra.

Vortex said:

Yah^ I just hope that competition doesn't lead to HT improving and thinking they can charge the same price because I'm definitely out at $500+.

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HT would be foolish to leave their 'safe' band of the market. They can either make true DX figures -- as was their original intent with the line -- or they can simply moderately improve their current figures so the price difference starts to be more apparent for what you get.

Vortex said:

they didn't get the proportions right on the head or the body and they should have made the collar better - that shouldn't cost extra.

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Which 'they'? HT?

HT never had realistic proportions -- we just got used to them. Now its showing up.

My problem now is that after I get used to the quality of the 500$ InArt dolls, how will I make due with the HT ones? I still need to round up my SW and Marvel wants, I can't just skip them. But I've grown tired of all the pleathery MCU designs so I'm already cutting back. It'll just sting when my Harry Potter will look that better than my Dooms and Stranges, you know?

I don't even want to imagine IA getting the SW/Marvel licenses after I've bought all of my wants...

Wor-Gar said:

HT never had realistic proportions -- we just got used to them. Now its showing up.

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**** you're right. We have been blind for so long!

Victοr said:

My problem now is that after I get used to the quality of the 500$ InArt dolls, how will I make due with the HT ones?

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This is the advancement of the hobby... where you look back and see your figures for what they truly are... remember seeing HT figures and looking back at Sideshow ones? Well, in time, with a few InArt figures (assuming they come out as hoped) I believe they will show up the HTs for all their impossible body proportions, heavy stitching and everything else that makes them the old style.

Vortex said:

**** you're right. We have been blind for so long!

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It's funny, but its true. Everything is relative. As realistic as HT appears compared to what has come before, that doesn't make them accurate... there is always room for improvement.

In 2034, a new company will make InArt figures look... "old".

Vortex said:

Yah^ I just hope that competition doesn't lead to HT improving and thinking they can charge the same price because I'm definitely out at $500+. The problems I have with their figure is that they didn't get the proportions right on the head or the body and they should have made the collar better - that shouldn't cost extra.

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The prices will go up across the board, mark my words.

Wor-Gar said:

This is the advancement of the hobby... where you look back and see your figures for what they truly are... remember seeing HT figures and looking back at Sideshow ones? Well, in time, with a few InArt figures (assuming they come out as hoped) I believe they will show up the HTs for all their impossible body proportions, heavy stitching and everything else that makes them the old style.

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And then I'll want to replace everything and the cycle repeats itself.



Sometimes I wish I had never found this hobby. It really is more hassle than it's worth. Well, if I upgraded anything Marvel/SW assuming IA got the rights, and they were still the same designs, I'd probably go for another Strange, Stark, Doom and a Vader. I can't see myself shelling out more cash on doubles even if they'd look a bit better. I'm not spending 500$ on a Wanda or whatever else. I trimmed my list to the essentials, and HT quality is good enough for the vast majority of them. Only classics and true favourites would get the 500$ from me. And besides, even IA will have more barebones figures around 300$. I can't imagine their Potter or Black Adam having any possible extras that'd bump the price beyond the standard Ledger Joker.

We'll see. But with my luck I'm 80% certain that the moment I buy my last Marvel HT figure, IA will announce their own. Or worse yet, when I'm half in, they'll get the license and then I'll have to either keep half Marvels HT and half get them IA or whatever other horrifying, money-draining combination. BAH!

I don't know -- what else do you keep forever as is? Clothes? Food? Girlfriends? Cars? Everything is upgraded for a better version over time. Why not figures?

And everything better costs more. Including clothes, cars and girlfriends.

Wor-Gar said:

I don't know -- what else do you keep forever as is? Clothes? Food? Girlfriends? Cars? Everything is upgraded for a better version over time. Why not figures?

And everything better costs more. Including clothes, cars and girlfriends.

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I wear the clothes daily though. They make me A E S T H E T I C. My figures sit there, judging me with their doll's eyes... Upgrading toys every so often is tedious to me. I don't want to be doing this forever anyhow. As I've already said, I'm buying these as a way to close the chapters of my childhood/teen pop culture consumption. The omnis and the figures are my way of doing it. I'll still have a Top 10 that I'll probably keep tabs on and will pick up the odd merch here and there, but I don't want to worry about replacing my Wandas and Officer Ks and whatever else. I'd rather drop 3K on some great Doom statue 7 years from now, not get OCD over the new Charlize Clea having a more accurate dress, you know? I'll never stop collecting, but I want to upgrade. Antiques and books, watches and so on. This collection is my "childish" one so I want to finish it (I doubt I'll get my entire list but even a 70% would be good enough) within the current decade of the 20s.

I've been wearing the same jacket since for 17 years lol.

vaanrose said:

I've been wearing the same jacket since for 17 years lol.

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Victοr said:

My figures sit there, judging me with their doll's eyes...

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vaanrose said:

I've been wearing the same jacket since for 17 years lol.

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Then you should be happy with your Sideshow Darth Vader from 17 years ago too.

Nostalgia is all about "that moment" in time. Styles come back, and then fade again. Some people collect silly looking Mego figures... but that's a style. It's timeless... because it is of a time.

Some can be perfectly happy with there collections as they age if they enjoy the nostalgia of it.