XM Studios Thor by Caleb Nefzen - Page 25

Nebulhym · 07-11-2018, 05:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Subby1938

Crazy what’s the perfect Thor?? One that looks like he came from 1960s with polka dots on his costume . You won’t get it. Nobody is doing old looking costumes anymore

Yes, that would be a start. After all, that costume is still extremely iconic. The bowen ones look amazing and they have the polka dots and look like they're from the 60s.

Look at Cyclops, everyone wants and loves that cheesy outfit from the 90s and XM is doing it and it will sell because it is ICONIC. Cheesy and I personally hate it but there's no arguing that it is iconic.

Doing a modern or current costume well is quite lazy. Modernizing the 60s look and making it "current" looking is a challenge and therefore requires more work. But it is doable, very much so.

mva5580 · 07-12-2018, 11:27 PM

Anyone else see the update on Facebook? It’s a bit cryptic, sounds like they say they’ll be providing an update by the 27th now.

Mister H · 07-13-2018, 01:45 AM

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Originally Posted by mva5580

Anyone else see the update on Facebook? It’s a bit cryptic, sounds like they say they’ll be providing an update by the 27th now.

Yeah, this whole “pay us now and we’ll get back to you at our convenience” thing is probably not the best approach.

Shaughn54 · 07-13-2018, 12:10 PM

Delayed response is usually not a good thing, but maybe they are trying to make a way to where they can make all the additional switch-outs.

makes me nervous that Storm only got a 420 ES for a popular character in an iconic costume, and this an artists take on a popular character with no iconic costume. Hope the NA market was able to push the POs high enough with the WW license. Really want to see this get made.

RyluzZ · 07-13-2018, 01:34 PM

Already paid full for this one, gotta work out well

GrumpyBear · 07-13-2018, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Shaughn54

Delayed response is usually not a good thing, but maybe they are trying to make a way to where they can make all the additional switch-outs.

Caleb said it has nothing to do with XM Studios.

Indomitus · 07-13-2018, 03:21 PM

I believe Caleb said this piece is getting made but outside of that there is no confirmation on hitting the extras number. So I think it is happening but maybe the question is what to do about the stretch goal of 500+?

Mister H · 07-13-2018, 04:38 PM

Well, any number over 500 and those folks get their money refunded. Maybe that’s it.

Indomitus · 07-13-2018, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Mister H

Well, any number over 500 and those folks get their money refunded. Maybe that’s it.

I'm actually thinking the opposite. Over 500 would be a win for them, but what about any number below? Do they pump out more pieces without an order behind it to hit the 500 mark and chance it? Nobody knows the real numbers or will know anyways. There are no checks and balances here, just business.

Lmgoes · 07-15-2018, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Indomitus

I'm actually thinking the opposite. Over 500 would be a win for them, but what about any number below? Do they pump out more pieces without an order behind it to hit the 500 mark and chance it? Nobody knows the real numbers or will know anyways. There are no checks and balances here, just business.

But that would defeat the whole purpose of lowering risk for XM with the pre-order system, I suppose. My concern right now is that they didn't make a physical prototype, meaning they don't have any guidelines on how to paint the piece, and share those instructions with the artists that will be mass painting the statues. For all we know, we don't even know for sure if the 3D rendering is actually feasible as a 3D print (without unforeseen issues that is).