Prime 1 Studio - Batman: Hush - Superman (1:3)

[FastballSpecial]

Originally Posted by ovp3664

Yep. Jumped on late so not expecting a conversion. Still torn between the two mediums however.

I’ve been on the WL since April. Nothing yet.

[ovp3664]

Originally Posted by FastballSpecial

I’ve been on the WL since April. Nothing yet.

Crazy me. I was on the list earlier got a conversion and cancelled. I do like the rotating base option however on the fabric so took that option. Still on the fence. The leaning issues are still with me. Prime 1 are sure to get around that problem .
Being on that early you should be ok.

[Gollum]

Edition Size is 1500 for the Superman Fabric Cape Edition

[mva5580]

It must be selling pretty good for that high of a # and how long it was TBD.

[letsroy]

So 1500 for Fabric cape and probably another 1500 for sculpted cape....I see.

I understand that these statues are not limited and exclusive anymore because with these edition sizes everyone can have one. No problem at all.

On the other hand, they usually said this stuff is expensive because of the quality and EXCLUSIVITY, so I don't understand one thing, why am I dtill paying same price (I mean higher) than before????

My Noel was 750 for EX and another 750 for Regular. Same scale, awesome quality, 3 heads, 2 arms, huge base and relatively exclusive (don't care).
Why was superman more expensive than Noel instead of cheaper?? Less extras, less exclusivity, more money.

OKAY.

I pre ordered Bats & Supes hush and Bats Master Race. LAST time I preordered something coming from P1. These 3 ststues will be all over the market for years and they will get very good discounts. Pre order is not worthy at all.

[mva5580]

I'm going to guess in this instance they probably did not intend for the ES to be this high, but it's selling above their expectations so they made it bigger.

I know some of you are really big on the whole ES thing and I mean I understand your side of it.....I'm not looking to get into an argument. I just think at the end of the day they're going to balance as best they can the ability for them to maximize revenue vs the desire to keep the ES's small to keep the "collectible" portion of it in play.

[letsroy]

Originally Posted by mva5580

I'm going to guess in this instance they probably did not intend for the ES to be this high, but it's selling above their expectations so they made it bigger.

I know some of you are really big on the whole ES thing and I mean I understand your side of it.....I'm not looking to get into an argument. I just think at the end of the day they're going to balance as best they can the ability for them to maximize revenue vs the desire to keep the ES's small to keep the "collectible" portion of it in play.

ES are important to me for 1 reason and it is not exclusivity.
It bothers me that they say "you pay for exclusivity" when it's a lie but the real reason is...the endgame.
This hobby has a clear endgame, the lack of space. One way to continue buying one piece from time to time (2 years for example) is selling one of your pieces. I know, you probably love all your statues but maybe you feel that you already enjoyed them and you can sell one in order to get the space to buy another, maybe newer, better.
With this huge ES it is hard to sell and this is not about making money but just sell the damned statue. 3000 supes is brutal man, Noel was 1500 and today you can get even the EX. I bought Noel EX last year in my country for 750€ ($800).

This is my problem with ESs, the market full of statues represents a problem for the whole hobby.

[DPmaster]

How exclusive can something really be when it's made by a bunch of factory workers in China working for minimum wage?

[mva5580]

Originally Posted by DPmaster

How exclusive can something really be when it's made by a bunch of factory workers in China working for minimum wage?

I've never brought this up myself, but it's a fair point and something I've thought about. Whenever some people post those pictures of the locations where the statues are made/painted, I have to say it brings me down a bit.

[DPmaster]

Originally Posted by mva5580

I've never brought this up myself, but it's a fair point and something I've thought about. Whenever some people post those pictures of the locations where the statues are made/painted, I have to say it brings me down a bit.

Yeah it's definitely not a state of the art production facility run by Tony Stark or anything like that. In most of the pictures shown, the places look almost like run down shacks or warehouses with the barest of necessities.