Yea, they screwed over anyone they could in the early years including artists. As far as the factories, they would do big orders then if the preorders didn't sell well, they would just QC nitpick the factory to death and not accept half or more of a run and leave them on the hook for those pieces. Shady stuff like that. Many refuse to work with them now.
Lovely. Wasn't there a period of time when even Sideshow stopped carrying Prime1 pieces?