XM Studios X-Men Alliance

[Sharkey]

Originally Posted by Demona

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Is this dio in the same edition size range as 1/4 scale pieces? As in no more than 999?

Not necessarily. Shorudan said that they were doing that for their 1/4th Marvel line. There has been no mention of decisions for the 1/6th line. I really hope they go higher, as 1/6th scale stuff is more attractive to a larger market due to size constraints and budgets.

[ZenLogikos]

Originally Posted by loricstone

5) It's not 1/4 Gladiator Shi'ar Empire statue.

You totally have a point here. COME ON XM! You would kill it!

[wanderlai]

I'm mostly interested in the huge Sentinel. I doubt I'd buy every piece of the dio. I think each Sentinel comes with one X-Men character. The others will come desperate.

[majestic1]

Originally Posted by loricstone

Maybe some of you can help me out here.

While I get this X-Men alliance dio is pretty sweet, I am not getting the extreme over excitement for it.

1) It's 1/6 scale firstly.

3) It's not 1/4.

It has to be 1:6 scale, if this was 1:4 it would be around 7-8 feet tall and cost $10,000.

[Viper245]

Originally Posted by marker2037

This needs to be all put up for pre-order at once though. XM can't just put a piece or two up at a time because this is one of those things where if you want all of them to complete the dio, you need to have the chance to get all at once. Otherwise you could score a few and then miss out on just one and your dio and money are wasted because you can't complete it, like I imagine some people are planning on doing.

Depending on edition size it may not be nearly as hard to score these as it is with their 1/4 line but I agree we need to be able to complete the dio. That's a must.

Originally Posted by wanderlai

I'm mostly interested in the huge Sentinel. I doubt I'd buy every piece of the dio. I think each Sentinel comes with one X-Men character. The others will come desperate.

How desperate will they be, wanderlai?

Originally Posted by Sharkey

Well yea, that is what the rubber soled boots are for. No one enjoys a slip and slide like that.

[kevin2323]

Originally Posted by Sharkey

Not necessarily. Shorudan said that they were doing that for their 1/4th Marvel line. There has been no mention of decisions for the 1/6th line. I really hope they go higher, as 1/6th scale stuff is more attractive to a larger market due to size constraints and budgets.

i hope they stay under 999. not many people will be able to afford this dio and i would like it to be rare along with epic.

[Sharkey]

Originally Posted by kevin2323

i hope they stay under 999. not many people will be able to afford this dio and i would like it to be rare along with epic.

That may be, but you gotta also take into account that they are selling each character independently as well. If they have a low ES for the Sentinal sure, but for the characters I hope they have a higher ES as they are going to be highly in demand and in the price range and space needs of a much larger pool of people.

[kevin2323]

Originally Posted by Sharkey

That may be, but you gotta also take into account that they are selling each character independently as well. If they have a low ES for the Sentinal sure, but for the characters I hope they have a higher ES as they are going to be highly in demand and in the price range and space needs of a much larger pool of people.

agreed. make the centerpiece low ES and the characters large ES. also give a good discount to those preordering the full package.

[The Mule]

Yeah. Just take the Koto Gambit, it goes for how much? 500$? Same for their danger room Wolverine. Not to talk about Magneto, both Koto and action Bowen. Or characters like X-23, with quite a big fan base. The whole dio might be something for a very limited market, but the single characters definitely appeal a broader customer base.

[marker2037]

Agreed. Smaller edition size (not that ES matters to me at all) for the complete dio and make the individual pieces available to a broader audience. There are a lot of 1/6 collectors who would just want a few pieces here and there from the line.