GG Obi-Wan Clone Statue

[Darth_Pain]

Wow! Every board I've been on has a Hate thread about the GG Obi-wan!

They are going to loose alot of business if it's not corrected.

 

[jason2885]

Wow! Every board I've been on has a Hate thread about the GG Obi-wan!

They are going to loose alot of business if it's not corrected.

I dont think everyone needs to go crazy just yet. It could have just been an over zealous fan boy who wanted alot of grown men to cry over there precious Obi-Wan or it could be that Obi really does suck and let the bombardment of GG begin. I swear they tick off alot of people every month now.

 

[GabRaz]

I dont think everyone needs to go crazy just yet. It could have just been an over zealous fan boy who wanted alot of grown men to cry over there precious Obi-Wan or it could be that Obi really does suck and let the bombardment of GG begin. I swear they tick off alot of people every month now.

Well, if these pics are really representative of what people should expect:

Then I'd be seriously pissed if I had pre-ordered it.

 

[Kabukiman]

I wonder if Lucas has somebody in charge of standards for licensed merchandise. All I'm saying is GG isn't the only company that's going to be embarrassed by this. If GG won't do anything about it, maybe a campaign to let Lucas' merch dept. know might get some results.

 

[Darth Loki]

I still hope that this was a custom head and all this is for nothing. But GG's silence regarding the situation is deafening.

 

[IrishJedi]

Gentle Giant's explanation for the crappy production piece in an email to a customer:

"Since these are produced in volume and they are individually hand painted; there will be variations from piece to piece."



They are so clueless.

Actually, the truth is that they just don't give a crap.

 

[IrishJedi]

I wonder if Lucas has somebody in charge of standards for licensed merchandise. All I'm saying is GG isn't the only company that's going to be embarrassed by this. If GG won't do anything about it, maybe a campaign to let Lucas' merch dept. know might get some results.

Not that it will help (because he's too busy counting $$$$), but Howard Roffman is the VP of Licensing at LFL and this is all ultimately on him.

I suggest emailing him (politely, of course) with your thoughts and concerns directly: [email protected]

 

[swabie2424]

Are the links that GabRaz posted to pictures that are the same as the ones from GGC.com? I'm just too lazy to sign up for another forum....

 

[LOTRFan]

They are so clueless.

Actually, the truth is that they just don't give a crap.

I tend to agree, but can't think that they are totally ambivalent to this. Their reputation has taken quite a few shots since Toy Fair - with both the Exclusives on overdrive and the "Ugly Wan."


Oh and Legos should NOT have cleavage!

 

[IrishJedi]

I tend to agree, but can't think that they are totally ambivalent to this. Their reputation has taken quite a few shots since Toy Fair - with both the Exclusives on overdrive and the "Ugly Wan".

No, trust me... they don't care. Amanda and one or two others are cool. But I have personally witnessed the smug and condescending attitude that other GG reps have, even among their consumers at shows. It's disgusting, actually. GG and Hasbro are two peas in a pod when it comes to this.

 

[KitFisto]

Most Wanted has an official pic up. It's not AS bad as the phots we saw before due to light/flash, but it's still terrible.

 

[Batty]

Another pic:

 

[Darren Carnall]

like I said at the beginning.... it was just the camera angle and the paint

 

[The Josh]

like I said at the beginning.... it was just the camera angle and the paint

That does not look even close at all to the proto.

 

[Agent0028]

Where'd you get that pic Batty?

That does not look even close at all to the proto.

No, but it doesn't look nearly so bad and I don't think I'll cancel if that is what it truly looks like. To me that is not that different from the problems with SS's 12" Anakin.

 

[LOTRFan]

No, but it doesn't look nearly so bad and I don't think I'll cancel if that is what it truly looks like. To me that is not that different from the problems with SS's 12" Anakin.

I agree, and it is a bit ironic that we might have gone "Chicken Little" on Gentle Giant for a change. Actually the move from prototype to production on this piece is VERY similar to other companies ... I can think of one in particular.

 

[Darth Loki]

That is still a damn big step backwards from the prototype. I have no desire to own this piece now.

 

[Batty]

Where'd you get that pic Batty?

https://www.mostwantedcollectibles.com/?zenid=cb257516f1ef39e7e37d00e24745b20f

It looks better than some of the earlier pics, but still way off IMO.

 

[carbo-fation]

Another pic:

Maybe it's just me, but doesn't Obi look like Ryan Gosling in this picture?

 

[Darthrazz]

like I said at the beginning.... it was just the camera angle and the paint

I'm starting to agree with you.....