Honey Trap - Gentle Giant

[KennyB]

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[grphyx1]

the way Sideshow has the COTD website set up is exactly how GG should have done for the honey trap girls.

[Hellboy]

Originally Posted by grphyx1

the way Sideshow has the COTD website set up is exactly how GG should have done for the honey trap girls.

Apples and oranges. Sideshow is a much bigger company and their COTD line is HUGE by comparison.

[grphyx1]

If you say so. SS, never said they were going to do an online comic book for the COTD line up (an original line). But they did it tastefully and the figures are at a decent price. I see this as a fair comparison since it's not that major difference with a website set up with four or twelve characters.

Originally Posted by Hellboy

Apples and oranges. Sideshow is a much bigger company and their COTD line is HUGE by comparison.

[statuemonger]

Originally Posted by Hellboy

Apples and oranges. Sideshow is a much bigger company and their COTD line is HUGE by comparison.

If they have a web designer already then making a sister site would be no big whoop, I can do it and I do not do it for a living. I have to completely disagree with you on that one, business size should have no effect, sorry. Maybe on price but not web design in today’s market.

John M.

[Gyro Zeppeli]

Originally Posted by Hellboy

Apples and oranges. Sideshow is a much bigger company and their COTD line is HUGE by comparison.

I've always hated the apples and oranges thing. They're both fruits so I can share as hell compare them.

Let's see...both are hyped up mainstay original IP lines that are supposed to be the pride and joy of the company. Both are done by 1/4 statue companies and are comprised of 1/4 statues. Both feature mixed media and in many ways are within the same niche hobby. And most of the hype from both lines is based around purely T&A. Really how much closer would they need to be to be comparable?

[Silas Loki]

Originally Posted by grphyx1

If you say so. SS, never said they were going to do an online comic book for the COTD line up (an original line). But they did it tastefully and the figures are at a decent price. I see this as a fair comparison since it's not that major difference with a website set up with four or twelve characters.

I'm no SS fan, but I'm really impressed with how they've managed their product. In comparison to GG, who appear to have simply abandoned any pretence that their product strategy is simply a money grab with no intention to develop any context for their sculpts beyond the fact that they're female.....and of course, everyone knows that sex sells

Don't get me wrong, the GG Honeytrap statues look great, and any collector could buy them on that premise alone. I do however think it sets the two companies apart though, and makes one appear to offer products that aim to appeal on many levels, while the other just makes products that offer nothing more than titillation.....

[jedi_don]

Originally Posted by Gyro Zeppeli

I've always hated the apples and oranges thing. They're both fruits so I can share as hell compare them.

Let's see...both are hyped up mainstay original IP lines that are supposed to be the pride and joy of the company. Both are done by 1/4 statue companies and are comprised of 1/4 statues. Both feature mixed media and in many ways are within the same niche hobby. And most of the hype from both lines is based around purely T&A. Really how much closer would they need to be to be comparable?

I agreed that it's not an apples/oranges comparison in this case. COTD is Sideshow's original IP just like Honey Trap is for Gentle Giant. Both are around the same scale and both employ complex details and a variety of painting techniques (that is they both require a lot of labor to produce and get right).

It's fair to compare the prices and marketing approaches. It's yet to be seen how if Sideshow can put their COTD preorders up on a regular basis (something better than 4 months apart).

Both companies need to work achieving their originally estimated release dates.

[Silas Loki]

Originally Posted by Gyro Zeppeli

I've always hated the apples and oranges thing. They're both fruits so I can share as hell compare them.

Let's see...both are hyped up mainstay original IP lines that are supposed to be the pride and joy of the company. Both are done by 1/4 statue companies and are comprised of 1/4 statues. Both feature mixed media and in many ways are within the same niche hobby. And most of the hype from both lines is based around purely T&A. Really how much closer would they need to be to be comparable?

I disagree with you on one point! CotD is not even based on T&A, unless you like your women heavily decomposed and sub human?!?! Also, unlike Honeytrap, there are an equal amount of male characters being developed as there are "female"!

[grphyx1]

There is TnA there but it's camouflaged pretty well. They rolled these out with some interesting back stories, pretty artwork and by the time they were done you felt a familiarity with the characters. These are nothing that we, as comic book readers, movie goers, gamers, etc, haven't seen before, but it does engage us on all those levels.

GG's opening salvo for the HT girls was lined up with lots of promises, and so far we have a hot scuba girl that is beautifully done but that's it.

Originally Posted by Silas Loki

I disagree with you on one point! CotD is not even based on T&A, unless you like your women heavily decomposed and sub human?!?! Also, unlike Honeytrap, there are an equal amount of male characters being developed as there are "female"!