JND Studios: Mera 1/3

[Irenicus]

Originally Posted by pdenham

Mera is proof that they are putting in the effort to improve, project to project and prototype to production.

That is not the point. The point is to listen to customer feedback and improve upon those, which JND is extremely reluctant to. Apart from the Bale sculpt, JND is very resistant to outside feedback.

On another note, the Wiki video really shows how the paint applications have improved since JND early releases. This Mera is among their best pieces for sure.

[pdenham]

They are definitely not LBS when it comes to crowdsourcing the creative process via feedback. But do they have to be?
The choice is always up to the potential customer to either accept these things as it is, or pass and look elsewhere.

Also, the point was made in one of the production reveal videos that "feedback" is never one unanimous consensus. Five different people have five different opinions of "what needs to be fixed". Look at the criticism of the second Gal Gadot WW. Some people are adamant that the eyes are off. Others feel the lips are too big, Others don't like expression. I've been critical of the hair styling.
Artists worth their salt have to balance accepting and weighing criticism with sometimes just tuning it out and going with their own instincts for better or worse.

These are conscientious craftsmen. Does anyone really think they are laboring to put out a product that most fans won't like?

[Billy Talent]

Does the silicone around her chest area keep popping out?
Obviously EVERYONE noticed this, look at Wiki figure's youtube video, the silicone doesn't even fit properly, also where the hell did he get mera's bust you see him holding her head without the body at the 03:10 mark...

I am assuming I don't need to constantly tuck in the silicone back into her suit?

[pdenham]

Originally Posted by Billy Talent

the silicone doesn't even fit properly, a

Are you talking about this little mound here?

[Kamxam]

Don't worry, i think JND will keep Abreast of the situation...

[generalszabo]

Originally Posted by Kamxam

Don't worry, i think JND will keep Abreast of the situation...

Very nice lol

I don't think this is an identified issue? At worst, they didn't push the chest area down enough, but this doesn't mean it will keep coming out

[Shoo]

Originally Posted by Billy Talent

I am assuming I don't need to constantly tuck in the silicone back into her suit?

[Billy Talent]

Originally Posted by pdenham

Are you talking about this little mound here?

Yes, it like pops out so it seems

[Billy Talent]

Originally Posted by Shoo

I am afraid to touch my little Amber Heard, she might slap!

[pdenham]

Originally Posted by Billy Talent

Yes, it like pops out so it seems

It doesn't seem to be an issue on the first reviewers sample.
The second reviewer has her hair falling in front, so that area is covered.

There's a couple possible explanations.
- since we saw that he detached the silicone from the body (for what reason, I don't know), it could be that that area wasn't fully worked in when he put it back together.
- otherwise it could be a one-off blemish
- worse would be an issue with the mold. But I wouldn't jump to any conclusions just yet.

I don't know how many molds they are using to crank these out (I'm sure more than just one at a time).
If it's a mold issue, hopefully they become aware and trash that mold early.

I wouldn't worry too much about it unless we see it crop up again in someone else's sample.