I think the only thing we ever claim, for most, is that AT LEAST ONE of the choices is currently in development... doesn't mean the winner of any of them is, just that one of them usually is Mostly they are for fun... and as with ANY poll, no matter how you try to avoid it, anyone can campaign for their favorite character and get everyone they know to vote for THEIR favorite!
Did we ever claim that they had credibility?
thank you dusty. make sure you tell the sideshow team working on my Ringwraith PF that i'm waiting for some pictures.
Did we ever claim that they had credibility?
Did we ever claim that they had credibility?
That is too funny!Thank you Boromir fan!!
Wasn't me.
No seriously, it wasn't. Although I did think about it, just didn't have the time.
It wasn't me either. And now that I know that the value of these polls ranges somewhere between "diddley and squat" I wouldn't even consider wasting the time.
Like the hem of Eowyns dress, this smells of Horse **** !
Bring on the bowl of fat lump stew exclusive though and I'll still 'ave her
............come again???
) that these polls are not the ONLY way Sideshow gauges public interest. We do hope everyone realizes that internet polling is NOT the most ideal way to gain fan incite. The fact is, people campaign for "their" character, and just like in real politics, some people are simply much better at campaigning (or have a lot of time on their hands to create false accounts...or clear their cookes...and keep voting for the same one over and over). This then skews the results. (we limit by IP address, but this is not fool-proof, by a long shot... what with rotating IPs and clearing cookies.) ) And with Marvel and other licenses as well. The only difference is, now we don't PROMISE to make the winner (BECAUSE we know it can be skewed... so we take other things into account, not just "who won?") 
I was trying to say (and did a horrible job at it
It's happened many times (like in the Star Wars E.U. poll we ran a while back... when Padme won, to our great surprise, but we had promised to make whoever won, so we did... but we release Asajj first
Most of the incite actually comes from forums and comments... and then they have to weigh in licensor requests/desires, the artists' own personal renderings, production realities, etc etc. Sometimes things that we know are MOST wanted are a longer time in coming than we would like due to all of the above
That being said, the polls ARE fun and sometimes there are exciting and unexpected results...whether they are skewed or not, well, most of the artists are also fans, so usually they can tell when some heavy 'campaigning' has been going on
Darn, if only i knew i could rig a poll, i would have made that Tom Bombadil singing diorama poll option a definate winner
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I was trying to say (and did a horrible job at it
It's happened many times (like in the Star Wars E.U. poll we ran a while back... when Padme won, to our great surprise, but we had promised to make whoever won, so we did... but we release Asajj first
Most of the incite actually comes from forums and comments... and then they have to weigh in licensor requests/desires, the artists' own personal renderings, production realities, etc etc. Sometimes things that we know are MOST wanted are a longer time in coming than we would like due to all of the above
That being said, the polls ARE fun and sometimes there are exciting and unexpected results...whether they are skewed or not, well, most of the artists are also fans, so usually they can tell when some heavy 'campaigning' has been going on
I also don't know why I keep spelling "insight" as 'incite'... Freudian slip, perhaps?
