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07-28-2021, 11:23 AM
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#2121
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100,000 sperm and you were the fastest?
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: In a house
Posts: 1,854
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Thanks for popping in... 
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07-28-2021, 11:26 AM
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#2122
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Moderator
Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: San Diego
Posts: 10,406
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Originally Posted by Collectorcol
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07-28-2021, 11:28 AM
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#2123
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Blue Falcon
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Rome
Posts: 570
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Originally Posted by Collectorcol
Nobody in this thread 'needs' the 1:4 Cover Art Predator.
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To be honest, I've ordered both... then I will decide which one will remain and which one will be sold 
But, about the faux leather, the term regarding the auto-destruction is not "maybe" but "when" cause it is only a matter of time
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07-28-2021, 11:42 AM
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#2124
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Hydra
Join Date: Jun 2021
Posts: 976
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Originally Posted by Cromulon
You all sell your freedom for statues LOL
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So wrong! People fought for freedom so we can buy 1:3 scale Predator statues. Show some respect.
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07-28-2021, 11:56 AM
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#2125
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Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
Join Date: Nov 2020
Location: DECLINING USA
Posts: 1,113
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Originally Posted by Enomis
Pleather sucks, especially because factories don't use the leather you may find in your luxury car... they use a sort of pressed paper!
In 20 years of collectibles I've lost (and recreated) almost any part of faux leather in Sideshow, XM and Cinemaquette pieces. No matter if you keep the statues under a glass case, the faux leather will crumbles in a few years (Belts, Batman Capes, etc...).
Few weeks ago I've "lost" the mine Leather belt of my SS LSF Wolf Predator... fortunately it was easy to recreate it with "real" leather (that will stay there almost forever now) but it was annoying... (see picture).
Payment thousands of € and then recreate parts of the statue is no sense.
Anyone who votes in favour of faux leather parts must know that in few years he must pay someone to recreate those parts in real leather. It is assured at 100%
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Damn... I was thinking they'd use real leather for this special piece... I don't have anything made out of fake leather, so I can't speak on it's lifespan. So it lasts just a few years huh? Well that ain't good to know... Did they confirm that is infact being the material used, or is it just obvious to you?
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07-28-2021, 12:11 PM
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#2126
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Blue Falcon
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Rome
Posts: 570
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It is still not confirmed BUT
1) they can't use real leather for sure (I can imagine the animalists screaming just talking about this idea)...
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2)even Prime1, with its 2K€+ statues, just like Sideshow, uses the same cheap faux paper-leather material (many 1:3 Batman capes are fading away in the dust) so most likely, this 1:3 pred will share the same fate
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07-28-2021, 12:29 PM
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#2127
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Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
Join Date: Nov 2020
Location: DECLINING USA
Posts: 1,113
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Originally Posted by Enomis
It is still not confirmed BUT
1) they can't use real leather for sure (I can imagine the animalists screaming just talking about this idea)...
and:
2)even Prime1, with its 2K€+ statues, just like Sideshow, uses the same cheap faux paper-leather material (many 1:3 Batman capes are fading away in the dust) so most likely, this 1:3 pred will share the same fate
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There ain't going to be anyone complaining about a small piece of leather on this particular statue & if so, tell them to Fu** off! They still make leather couches don't they! One couch of leather could literally make half the edition size, so I don't see that being the issue. I think it's cause they're trying to be cheap...
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07-28-2021, 12:32 PM
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#2128
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Moderator
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: San Diego
Posts: 10,406
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It should just be sculpted. It's 2021. At 1:3 scale, it's easy to replicate the look of leather. And then the folds will be exactly how the artist envisions.
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07-28-2021, 12:42 PM
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#2129
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Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
Join Date: Nov 2020
Location: DECLINING USA
Posts: 1,113
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Originally Posted by SDguy
It should just be sculpted. It's 2021. At 1:3 scale, it's easy to replicate the look of leather. And then the folds will be exactly how the artist envisions.
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Yeah, that's what I said from day one. It's a statue. Not a doll. This whole pleather deal, knocks the statue down a peg for me now. Still worth getting, but will always bug me knowing they could of sculpted it & avoided deterioration.
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07-28-2021, 12:57 PM
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#2130
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Borrow money from a pessimist, they don't expect it back.
Join Date: Apr 2021
Location: US
Posts: 730
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Enomis
It is still not confirmed BUT
1) they can't use real leather for sure (I can imagine the animalists screaming just talking about this idea)...
and:
2)even Prime1, with its 2K€+ statues, just like Sideshow, uses the same cheap faux paper-leather material (many 1:3 Batman capes are fading away in the dust) so most likely, this 1:3 pred will share the same fate
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Last I remember … real leather isn’t illegal, nor frowned upon.
Spending $3k on a statue and them skimping on a small piece of material is a bit….. disingenuous eh?
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