rayhato said:I mail them a lot. Some months ago I got a response that people requests 20th anniversary re-release more than anything else and they confused because of "last repaint", guts&slan and zodd&wyald were the next most requested. I'm not sure if new statue cost really much than a rerelease, in terms of development a new sculpt for sure but we don't know how much it affects the product price.
Hey, I just wanted to say it always someone who like and someone who dislike. Good for you since you save some money for something better, good for someone who missed original run. If you talking about value you look like "I care only about the money". All that matter is emotions you getting, the motivation you have - when I was opening my first Art of War box I was more excited than ever buying my first car.
I have to admit that Art of War threat their every customer, sometimes you can mail them and request something - and whola, they can add items in stock and vice versa. I buy a lot of merchandise from Japan and must say that I had best services from Art of War. That makes me believe our surveys means something.
As for Gecco release you can't really compare handcrafted and handpainted polystone statues with printed PVC. If you like them - buy them, that's all.
And for A-toys boxes... Well, I'll just leave a picture.
So, you mean AoW customers are so different than people from this forum ? Talking about Skullknight.net, I think it attracts a great deal of people. I don't want to talk for anyone else, but as I said previously, many other scenes would have been more wanted, but in order to know that, you have to know at some extent the manga, and of course really love it.
I will try to be clear : I'm not implying AoW aren's true fans or anything. I'm just saying some scenes would be sold out and you don't have to be a genius to to know that.
Here, just yesterday, I opened volume 13; and I found tons of kickass possible statues to make, like this one :
But yeah right, people really wanted again Guts & Slan, even considering the fact there is no current accurate face sculpt of one of the most important character in the story : Casca...
Really ... I really find that extremely hard to believe. My take is that it's much more easy to say it's what the customers want instead of trying something "new", especially when you can't make accurate faces....
As for Gecco release you can't really compare handcrafted and handpainted polystone statues with printed PVC
You do realize digital sculpting is still done by hand ? Or maybe you think the computer is doing everything, without any emotion or human touch ?
Of course it's handcrafted but it's still handmade. And yeah, you can compare the insane level of detail and accuracy you can get with 3D printed stuff to traditionally sculpted sculptures. Nowadays every big company ( sideshow, XM, Kotobukiya and so many others ) are working digitally and not traditionally anymore.
For all the following reasons : it's cheaper, faster, better. When you can work in 3D and zoom on a statue which will be printed in 1:7 scale you can add easily so much details. Without having physical constrains which makes things really faster.
I'd say, basically, the main issue would be polystone vs printed PVC. But PVC isn't that bad, you can add the same amount of detail, it's not as fragile as polystone and it's easily paintable, same as polystone, except it's a cheaper material. The only downside I see, aside from personal preferences, is that figures can lean with time. But I'd say it would happen only If you don't care about the high temperatures where you display your statue.
I personnally don't care if it's PVC or polystone, or resin. As long as the statue is good. You got every right to like better AoW products because they are made from polystone... For me the sculpt job is far more important, and I think it is clear how superior the Gecco statue is about the face accuracy of Guts.
Again, I'm no defender of A-Toys. I had the sculpt in mind of a specific statue, I wasn't referring to the entire brand to begin with.