Any interest in a repro Aquaman vs The Great White Shark set?

[geoffdude]

[sauce]

[geoffdude]

Uggg.

[The Bat]

There's an old business adage..."never explain, never complain".

It's not unreasonable for people to ask the price...but IMO you gave out too many personal reasons. You should probably not have answered until you had decided on the price and was ready to offer it up for sale.

[reevefan78]

There's an old business adage..."never explain, never complain".

It's not unreasonable for people to ask the price...but IMO you gave out too many personal reasons. You should probably not have answered until you had decided on the price and was ready to offer it up for sale.

Well, that is certainly your opinion (and I respect that) and you are more than entitled to it. I'm a teacher and that's what I have to do several times a week....explain, explain, explain.....most time ad nauseum to all of my students. So please forgive me for having done so too much here and I certainly realized that once I had. Next time I'll be sure to gain a copy of the forum handbook or at least ask to be faxed the latest inter-office memo on such matters, LOL.

Really I don't see why the reason matters all that much unless people are just looking for a reason to 'poo-poo' the project because they are upset with the price. I challenge anyone to do what we're doing at the high level of quality and for a better price.....and if someone can do it then all the more power to them.

I did not willingly discuss price and I tried to avoid it many times because this is often what happens when you do. Still yet when I do I am targeted with 'shoulda, coulda, woulda's' by folks looking for any excuse to put this project down because the price has thwarted their expectations. I'm curious to know when was the last time someone on this forum went into say a department store and complained to the manager about the price? It is what it is and people are free to ask what they feel they and the project are worth.....maybe they do well with it and maybe they don't but it's their prerogative. I've never asked anyone to lower their price on anything ever. I figure if I can afford it then great, if not then finances dictate that I wait and save up if I really want it or pass it up altogether.

I didn't realize some folks on here were such 'bean counters' waiting for their prey to make a wrong move. It was a lesson well learned. I've seen this happen to friends of mine on statueforum.com too so I guess this should come as no surprise. Everyone seems happy and supportive but upset them with price and suddenly your the scourge of the earth for wanting (what we deem as) a fair return on our investment.

Oh well....se la vive. There's another adage...."you can't please all of the people all of the time". Honestly I'd rather put my energy into the project rather than feeling I have to constantly defend my position to people who simply may never understand how big this project really is and how much effort, time and personal investment it has taken on many fronts by all involved to get it to this stage so far and that's okay too.

Hopefully this will not incite more backlash but if it does I'll stop the updates altogether and end this thread right here and now before it gets ugly.....life is far too short for that IMHO and I just don't have the time nor the energy to continue defending what we're doing and why....I'd rather save my time and energy for future progress reports and updates.

[Mikey]

My suggestion.

Ask the mods to delete this thread

Let the issue cool for a bit

When the sharks are finished and ready to sell post in a new selling thread in Marketplace

[SUP-Ronin]

My suggestion.

Ask the mods to delete this thread

Let the issue cool for a bit

When the sharks are finished and ready to sell post in a new selling thread in Marketplace

Not bad advice.

[reevefan78]

My suggestion.

Ask the mods to delete this thread

Let the issue cool for a bit

When the sharks are finished and ready to sell post in a new selling thread in Marketplace

If I am forced to shut down this thread (which I don't think is a bad idea....it would just be sad for those who want to see this thing to the end with updates including myself) I doubt I will feel comfortable putting it back up even in the Marketplace. I would have concerns that it would just begin all over again. With all do respect if this is shut down I(we) will take our chances on Ebay and with those that have pm'd me to ask to be notified when it's ready.

[The Bat]

Well, that is certainly your opinion (and I respect that) and you are more than entitled to it. I'm a teacher and that's what I have to do several times a week....explain, explain, explain.....most time ad nauseum to all of my students. So please forgive me for having done so too much here and I certainly realized that once I had. Next time I'll be sure to gain a copy of the forum handbook or at least ask to be faxed the latest inter-office memo on such matters, LOL.

Really I don't see why the reason matters all that much unless people are just looking for a reason to 'poo-poo' the project because they are upset with the price. I challenge anyone to do what we're doing at the high level of quality and for a better price.....and if someone can do it then all the more power to them.

I did not willingly discuss price and I tried to avoid it many times because this is often what happens when you do. Still yet when I do I am targeted with 'shoulda, coulda, woulda's' by folks looking for any excuse to put this project down because the price has thwarted their expectations. I'm curious to know when was the last time someone on this forum went into say a department store and complained to the manager about the price? It is what it is and people are free to ask what they feel they and the project are worth.....maybe they do well with it and maybe they don't but it's their prerogative. I've never asked anyone to lower their price on anything ever. I figure if I can afford it then great, if not then finances dictate that I wait and save up if I really want it or pass it up altogether.

I didn't realize some folks on here were such 'bean counters' waiting for their prey to make a wrong move. It was a lesson well learned. I've seen this happen to friends of mine on statueforum.com too so I guess this should come as no surprise. Everyone seems happy and supportive but upset them with price and suddenly your the scourge of the earth for wanting (what we deem as) a fair return on our investment.

Oh well....se la vive. There's another adage...."you can't please all of the people all of the time". Honestly I'd rather put my energy into the project rather than feeling I have to constantly defend my position to people who simply may never understand how big this project really is and how much effort, time and personal investment it has taken on many fronts by all involved to get it to this stage so far and that's okay too.

Hopefully this will not incite more backlash but if it does I'll stop the updates altogether and end this thread right here and now before it gets ugly.....life is far too short for that IMHO and I just don't have the time nor the energy to continue defending what we're doing and why....I'd rather save my time and energy for future progress reports and updates.

All of that...just because I offered some friendly advice. And I'm not trying to "poo poo" on your project. You really need to chill man, you're letting this get you to wound up. Geez.

[toys2cool]

Nahhh, we can just get rid of the hobbyists around here and still be fine.

http://jonnydward.net/blog/wp-content/themes/UpstartBloggerFuturosityMag/ub_futurositymag/images/confused.png

. . . . uhhhh, what???

And now, I leave you with this private joke to myself:
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs39/i/20..._by_JMoona.jpg

lol you crack me up B, I'd love to see if these guys will be in such a good mood joking around when they don't sell more then 3 of these....you guys are turning off most of your potential buyers and you don't realize it

[toys2cool]

I'm curious to know when was the last time someone on this forum went into say a department store and complained to the manager about the price?

The difference is, that this is a home made repro, not something a major company made, so you would never see it in a department store...more like a flea market that sells knock offs, and what can you do in a flea market? haggle for the price bro you don't like the price , you can always make an offer on what you think it's worth to you...

That being said, it's your item, and we all know how much time and effort it took to make it...no one's dissing your stuff....it's your item and you alone will set what ever price you want...no one has to like your price, but then again no one has to buy it either good luck man

[The Bat]

I didn't realize some folks on here were such 'bean counters' waiting for their prey to make a wrong move. It was a lesson well learned.

Brilliant move by the way...insult your potential customers who dare ask the price.

[generic]

My $0.02:

I've been following this thread from the first post. I've never had any interest in this particular set (original or reproduction), but the project of re-creating it fascinates me. I'm glad that this thread has been here. I think it's a great idea to make a faithful reproduction while making slight changes so that it would be very difficult to pass off as an original. I really like seeing the photos of the whole process.

I think it would be a shame to delete this whole thread just because there's been a bit of disagreement about what should or shouldn't be discussed here. Honestly, we've all seen threads deteriorate much worse than this one. I can tell that some feelings have been hurt, but I think everyone is trying to keep things civil while defending their opinions. I don’t see any reason to delete the thread.

I, for one, would like to see how the shark and box turn out and I’d like to be able to follow along with the progress here because I can't follow along in person.

[Mikey]

reevefan78

I'm curious to know when was the last time someone on this forum went into say a department store and complained to the manager about the price?

Uh, like 2 weeks ago

Seriously

I asked why they doubled the price of garlic pickles

Turned out to be a mistake and they changed the price back to normal.

If something don't look right it's always worth questioning

Said in a Jackie Mason voice --- "It couldn't hurt"

[sauce]

That's so weird, Mikey, 'cuz I just asked at my store why they pickled the price of my double garlics!!