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I probably am, but that really doesn’t matter here. I don’t like corporate skullduggery and I despise it even more when it’s done by a company who possesses an artistic license to create things. It’s inherently lame. And I want to talk about it. This thread is precisely where it should be...

Don’t take it as a lecture. That wasn’t my intent and this is just a discussion board for us to talk collectively about a hobby we care about. I didn’t mean to come off as patronizing. I just disagreed with your choice of words. No harm, no foul man.

Agree but they never even gave him a nod or credit lol.

Not about litigation or financial renumeration here. Hot Toys can’t and shouldn’t be allowed to screen scrape the CF custom threads at their discretion. Someone went to a page called “Dwoons Customs” and took images that weren’t theirs. I think that sucks and is probably one of the more valid...

I disagree with you that it isn’t a big deal.

Did you not read what I wrote? How is it a mistake? Someone at Hot Toys knowingly and willfully did something wrong. You don’t get to decide whether or not it’s a big deal - the artist does. And he is/was trying to just reach out to them and they stonewalled him. That isn’t right. They didn’t...

So that makes it ok? Someone went onto IG and found a prominent customizers account and knowingly used these images for their design WORK. After all of that - they never even gave the guy a heads up? Didn’t offer him a 10% discount code lol? It isn’t even their product. Read above: it is a total...

I think you’re right.

At least Hasbro credits folks. Or notifies them.

They don’t own his photo. They don’t own his custom. The product on the box is not theirs. Owning a license to produce something is not the same as having a right to lift whatever you want.

I don’t care about their “right” to do this or whatever, it’s remarkably poor form and should be one more strike against Hot Toys. At best this represents a lack of creativity, and at worst, deception and theft (please spare me whatever legalise that may exist that makes this legally...

How do you know that you want that which does not exist yet?

I get what you’re saying but I respectfully disagree. Hot Toys and by proxy Sideshow, are companies that have all but secured the Star Wars license at this scale. They also work in tandem to severely limit what any other retailer or shop can buy from them/have allotted. They want you to go...

Totally. I’d rather risk it and pay a premium later! 😂

Agree completely but I’m not sure I understand the point of forking over a NRD for a product 2 years out that runs the risk of not looking like what was advertised - and then being forced to just forfeit cash. Why do I need to help Sidehow/Hot Toys with their forecast? They are producing a...

Precisely. And we’re approaching it too, in my opinion. I’ve always poo-poo’d the Sideshow preordering practice because I generally have an issue with it given its lack of adherence to proposed timelines, susceptibility to externalities, and most notably, the fact that the product I’m shown in...

Had to post this. Yeah, I agree he’s pretty off, but I like everything else about him and as a customizer, I see potential. I have a fully modded Saber Master which I love (I’m pretty sure that it’s the Fury sculpt) so I’ll swap around parts for my CW version.

This. Hot Toys is going to go the way of Mezco - ride the hype of a preorder train, deliver whenever off schedule, and pepper in easy releases in between that were already queued up…

Avoid this seller. He initially listed 1 available and I foolishly assumed it was someone just selling one that they didn’t want anymore. I then got the very standard “oh hi dear friend please good patience friend ah yes shipping process time will be August”. Then loaded up a UPS tracking number...

Interested !