Their Devil May Cry range has really improved over the years. Their DMC4 Dante had a horrific face, but their DMC 5 Dante looks exactly like the game version, as do Nero and V. I have both their Yakuza figures which are great too. It seems they're strong with those two licenses, but incredibly weak with every other license. I have no idea if they simply care more about those brands or if they are under higher pressure from those licensors to nail the product quality and likenesses.
I have to admit that their strongest line is LOTR. That's the only line that I recently purchased from asmus until the Arwen debacle. The sad thing is, even though they showed deep passion on LOTR, their conduct is questionable, or as I previously said, shady and unethical.
Therefore I personally can't support them no longer, despite my love to the franchise.
If anyone of us conducted our business the way Asmus has with this release we would be out of business, or out of a job…is there something special about Asmus that I’m missing that should make them exempt from the same standards that the rest of us are held to?
Maybe Asmus has made me paranoid, But reviewing a figure and not showing the “sucky” parts makes me kinda question the motives….
I wonder about alot of motives of some of the posters here and on FB who keep defending this thing.
Many figure have a subjective view to them, but this one has a company outright lying about thier products…..so I cant understand anyone defending them at this point, eapecially in light of the clear garbage they are selling for 350.
Well one of the reason is, they are the one and only company that tackles the LOTR franchise in 1/6 now, and they are consistent with it. I assume andy hsu is a big LOTR fan, so he has deep passion on it, and so, asmus shows deep interest in producing 1/6 figures of LOTR, and even releasing many side characters that people are sure other companies will not even bother to produce.
That is why asmus have die hard fans, people who will defend them, because up till now, they are their only hope.
I have to admit that their LOTR product itself is getting better over the years, even though still not on par in terms of likeness, with, lets say, Blitzway or Hot Toys, but we can see their effort.. It really shows. Also it helps that POP Toys are helping them in the clothing area.
However, the way they run the production, they way they treated the customers, it really shows no matter how deep the passion is, attitude still matters the most.
Because of that, they took a small hit on Arwen, and now they took a big hit on Ash.
But asmus is still going to stand, because the LOTR fans are always supporting them. It's not wrong of course, as long as they are being objective. If asmus is being shady, of course we should not defend them, but try to hold them accountable of what they did. Of course there are some who will defend them no matter how shady or unethical they are, but it is what it is, that is the reality of life.
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