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06-07-2018, 09:10 PM
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#121
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I like to make what's yours mine.
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: La Paz, Bolivia
Posts: 666
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Originally Posted by aa909
I agree with you. But I stand by my original point... if XM was selling these pieces through local retailers in licensed regions the shipping costs wouldn't be cost-prohibitive. But XM is making this effort because they're selling a ton of stuff in unauthorized regions through grey market dealers and the buyers are choking on the shipping cost. XM's business model will collapse if they lose the (unlicensed) North American customer.
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Not saying you are 100% wrong, but Europe is a big market, and is licensed too. I think retail costs are a high there partly because it still costs the retailers a lot to have the stock brought there. They also have customers that buy from them direct, but live in other countries...and they also have several worldwide licenses. They want to reduce the shipping costs across the board.
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06-07-2018, 10:19 PM
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#122
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Kang
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Don't come at me stupid or I'll Sammamish your candy ass!!
Posts: 16,923
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Originally Posted by ComicJesus
The SS PF has that smoking portrait. That is something we may never see again in a licenced product.
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Thank God...I hate anything that promotes tobacco use. Thank Frikkin God!!!!!
It's because of that which is why I much preferred the long hair.
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06-07-2018, 10:22 PM
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#123
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U talkin' to me?
Join Date: Apr 2017
Posts: 579
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Huh, isn’t sideshow directly blocking xm from obtaining licenses in North America? I know their relationship is not on the best of terms.
From a business perspective, why would I even want to engage in a price war with a local monopoly retailer in the first place. I would rather target sectors of the region where it is equally hard/expensive to obtain sideshow pieces.
Yea their business model is going to fail, lol all these American tears.
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06-20-2018, 10:33 PM
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#124
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Mephisto
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 447
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Love this XM statue!!!
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06-20-2018, 11:21 PM
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#125
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The Green Hornet
Join Date: May 2016
Posts: 2,707
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Originally Posted by loricstone
Thank God...I hate anything that promotes tobacco use. Thank Frikkin God!!!!!
It's because of that which is why I much preferred the long hair.
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Come on, we’re all adults. Do you “hate” all movies where a character is smoking? Did you walk out every X-men movie where Logan lights up a cigar?
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06-20-2018, 11:51 PM
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#126
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Phoenix
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 12,746
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Originally Posted by silentwinter92
Huh, isn’t sideshow directly blocking xm from obtaining licenses in North America? I know their relationship is not on the best of terms.
From a business perspective, why would I even want to engage in a price war with a local monopoly retailer in the first place. I would rather target sectors of the region where it is equally hard/expensive to obtain sideshow pieces.
Yea their business model is going to fail, lol all these American tears.
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SS just has the exclusives on the big 3 1:4 scale licenses.... DC, Star Wars and Marvel. I think Koto has the exclusive license on 1:6 Marvel...
The only 1:4 scale statues Prime 1 has sold were the DC's New 52, everything else is 1:3 scale to get around SS strangle hold on the 1:4 licenses..
XM can expand their business into North America but will have to do other scales like 1:3 and 1:6.... which looks like the direction they're going in.
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06-21-2018, 05:39 AM
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#127
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The X-Men
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: New York
Posts: 1,019
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This is the kind of statue i need to see in person before making a judgment. But so far, it's looks pretty good!
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06-21-2018, 09:42 AM
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#128
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Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: United States
Posts: 1,132
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This sideshow monoply has to be broken somebody should send disney a petition.
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06-21-2018, 11:45 AM
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#129
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Statue Forum MacDaddy
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 2,084
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Zombiez
This sideshow monoply has to be broken somebody should send disney a petition.
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Disney sold it to them. Disney knows exactly what it's doing and its doing it for money. If Disney wanted it to it could sell the licenses to multiple companies in any territory. But why would they?
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06-22-2018, 03:31 PM
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#130
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Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 887
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Commander0Zero
Disney sold it to them. Disney knows exactly what it's doing and its doing it for money. If Disney wanted it to it could sell the licenses to multiple companies in any territory. But why would they?
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For the reason you just said? Money?
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