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Originally Posted by PopCultureShock
Even if I had all the resources in the world , I would never release as much MK product as Syco is. I think its bad for the license and bad for the market.
Thats just my opinion
However , I would like to release 4 various MK pcs per year, and thats my plan for this year. There are now 7 sculpts in progress from props to 1:1 busts to the 1:4 scale and Diorama.
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Ooooohhhh weeeeee!!!! I damn sure don't envy you Jerry...not with all the concerns and flak you have been getting about this MK line.
But let's be honest here...and I'll put this in perspective:
Consider the video game market. Look at the problems that happened with the Nintendo 3DS portable in its first few months before the price drop and subsequent release of big games...now also consider the Nintendo Wii in the past year with no big name games of any kind outside of Zelda.
When you look at both, one was too expensive with no product for it...and the other is dirt cheap (Wii) to buy, but no product for it. Well guess what happened..and it shouldn't be hard to figure out that Nintendo got itself in to DIRE TROUBLE because there was nothing out for either of those systems.
I liken PCS to Nintendo. You both have great products (when you make them), but oftentimes, there is a serious, serious lack of product from both. People get disinterested and forget about the product and move on to something else.
Now don't get me wrong, I understand quantity over quality argument..and I agree to a certain extent. But this is an overused statement like (I'm sorry)and in the end it becomes an empty statement because at the end of the day, people are going to resort to whatever caused them to say I'm sorry in the first place.
I honestly feel I'm the biggest MK fan on this forum (I really do), but there is no way I am going to wait a whole year to get 1 statue of a license I desperately want. I mean lets be honest, why pay all that money for the MK license and not do something with it? Thats a waste of money and a waste of time! This is the same situation with SSC and their World of Warcraft line....1 diorama and thats it in the 3 or 4 years they have had the license. That crap does not fly with me! Period!
What's more, you make it sound like Syco has put out 40 different MK collectibles in a 4 month period of time...and this can't be further from the truth. Syco has 1 19.5"PF (Subzero) out, with 4 others in the works, 2 PFs of which are already up for preorder (Ermac and Scorpion-and both look awesome), Rain PF almost done, and new pictures of an unfinished prototype of Sonya Blade PF. Plus we also know, Noob Saibot, Cyrax, Skarlet are in the planning stages. The thing is, although only 1 PF is out,
they have at least interacted with the fans and shown pictures of future products. PCS has not done that..and that is where the frustration lies.
They have 1 very nicely done Scorpion 1:2 bust, 4 10" statues (including Kitana), and are continuing to stay in touch with the fans.
But this quantity over quality argument gets really old really quick. I feel that PCS is spreading itself too thin...I really do (whether its true or not). Judge Dredd (looks awesome but expensive), SF 1:4 and dioramas (and just think Sagat or whatever other one being worked on still has yet to be announced or shown after 1 year of making the comment), Darkchylde, Kabuki, etc. and something else you probably working. Too much for a smaller company!
I am a little frustrated (obviously), but thats only because you do care about your product and listen to the barking of the fans, but are too slow in releases. Fans want choice. Some of us are not as patient as others either. So throw us a couple bones or whatnot, that will whet the appetite and assure MK fans that you indeed do have lots of stuff in store for MK.
