lcummins said:Hear! Hear! I have actually commissioned a couple of paintings in the past!
I have a few Tony Perna originals. The one off i'm talking about is a Bullseye FS to match the Bowen line.
lcummins said:Hear! Hear! I have actually commissioned a couple of paintings in the past!
What would have been nice if they were dead set on having only 50 made was have them inserted randomly. So lets say that there are 500 exclusive versions (with the blinking light), 50 of them would be gray, 450 would green. You would not know what you got until the product actually shipped so as to discourage people from ordering and cancelling. That way there is some chance involved and would be fair for all.
oxbeard said:Just saw this posted over at SF
Actually, I wouldn't mind seeing some future small exclusives handled this way. The drawback I have really seen with chace figures like this has been some dealers (not all ) pulling the chase figures to sell higher on the secondary market. But in the case of SS, you can only get the exclusives by ordering direct so that shouldn't be a problem.
I really liked the way HH did this with the Silver Surfer. They inserted 12 autographed pieces and 1 chrome piece.
I know this will open up another can of worms, but I kind of like the idea.
lcummins said:But Ox, if you wanted to get both a green and a gray there would be no way to do it this way without going to the secondary market.
elwood49 said:...The main people that want one are the ones that have an obsessive/compulsive desire to own everything by SS.
elwood49 said:The main people that want one are the ones that have an obsessive/compulsive desire to own everything by SS.
Agent23 said:I'm sure an edition size of 50 has some peoples' interests peeked as well.
Monster said:One more thing since Sideshow is affraid of Scalpers, for each edition Number write the owners name down, then if one goes on ebay you can trace the owner and make his account not be able to order exclusive, too harsh though. But its a way to keep track.
Monster said:One more thing since Sideshow is affraid of Scalpers, for each edition Number write the owners name down, then if one goes on ebay you can trace the owner and make his account not be able to order exclusive, too harsh though. But its a way to keep track.
Monster said:Oh, Noooooo. I here Sirens. Its not the cops its the Sideshow police, hide the statues.
"Did someone put a limited edition Statues on ebay",
"it was me I'm so sorry".
"Sideshow police the criminal is right here, take this dirty rotten sclalper away".
Monster said:Oh, Noooooo. I here Sirens. Its not the cops its the Sideshow police, hide the statues.
"Did someone put a limited edition Statues on ebay",
"it was me I'm so sorry".
"Sideshow police the criminal is right here, take this dirty rotten sclalper away".
daelith said:A little later at the station:
Sideshow: "So, did you know that by scalping, we can lock your Sideshow account?"
Criminal: "But, I didn't plan to sell it until half-way through the ordering process...doesn't that make me a flipper and not a scalper per your reasoning? I mean, when I started the purchase, I had intended to keep it, but it appreciated too much by the time I got to the confirmation page..."
Sideshow: "hmmmm...good point, you must be one of our loyal customers; we apologize."
Sideshow: "BTW, can you umm...up your buy-it-now price, we need as much publicity as we can get before we up the ES for the next couple of runs..."
daelith said:Because I am the anti-Josh of Sideshow products. For everything they do wrong, or I perceive as wrong, I nitpick and raise a ruckus. Unlike you Josh, I don't let things slide. If we were all like you and no one complained...do you think we would get fixes? As a sideshow customer, I have just as much a right to ***** and complain when things go wrong as you have of defending them when it happens. If a bunch of us didn't raise issues with their paint jobs (ie. Boromir, Theoden, Helm's Deep, Golden Hall, etc.), do you think they would've implemented the QC process?
As for bitching, this is the FIRST time I've bitched about their Marvel products. I said on another board that the Hulk vs Spidey was out of scale; however, I also mentioned it wasn't critical. AND I also mentioned that I thought WvS and Sentinels were awesome. And because, of that, I ordered the Green exclusive--but I'm still furious about the Grey ordeal. So lemme ask you, what Marvel orders do you have coming?
Now, let me add, don't you think it strange that, as loyal as the Marvel supporters are--how come we didn't get this extra special treatment for the LOTR line? I've spent oodles more cash on LOTR and have yet to see this type of "reward" for our loyalty.
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