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11/28/09
This is how I ended up with, like, a dozen flamingo teenie beanie babies; I was trying to get the cat one.
Maybe I'll just go look for left over Cylons. They make good tree ornaments.
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Should I have?
It's the ship that made of over 5,000 Legos. Not the local bulk bricks mind you, I'm talking about the custom pieces now. She's got enough pieces for you old man?
[shop.lego.com]
11/28/09
It's the ship that I can build in 12 parsecs!
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If this company is new, check with BBB if said company used to have the name Icon.
Icon went under, filed bankcruptcy, leaving folks with their pre-orders in limbo. Icon had two versions:
Stunt Version is the cheaper, balsa wood version
Hero version comes with all bells & whistles...actual Thompson Shell & parts from a shotgun (non-functioning of course)
If you really want one, just got to Comi-Con where some of these rifle would occasionally pop up. At least it, physically there and not a $ 899.95 pre-order that may not appear.
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I'm really not sure where the breakdown in communication is, but apparently these prop replica people are forgetting that nobody who'd be geeky enough to purchase this is in a position to in this economy. Is Trump gonna buy one? While Bill Gates was in the Doom game for a presentation, he doesn't strike me as a diehard fan of scifi weaponry. Sure, all you have to do is sell a few and you've more than covered your costs... but for the love of CROM... why not offer something normal fans can afford?
Yeah yeah... I know. There's a market there somewhere... or it wouldn't exist. I'm sure a lot of that price point is to get back the money spent on the original prop they got to model these versions off of. To each their own.
At $45 a pop, the Ashley Wood robots are a pretty interesting idea though. Nice to see something of that quality for a decent price point.
11/28/09
Check out www.therpf.com for their excellent mockups of the pulse rifle - you're likely to find instructions for building your own or someone willing to sell you a casting.
11/28/09
Where is the pollice verso button on comments? I'd pay $200 for that.
#art
11/28/09
Me? I'm an artist... but I'm also a realist. When I did a Munny show at a local gallery, some artists were asking for close to a grand for their work. I foolishly decided $150 would be a good minimum considering the sea of insane prices... but in the end it was the humble artists in the $100 or less catagory that sold the most Munnys. That said, I was quite happy to take mine home again.
I'm currently selling anime con style fleece hats for less than the $30 they were charging 5 years ago (they've since upped their prices $10, despite the bad economy), and that includes the shipping. My Exposed Brain Fleece (and yes, it's as awesome as it sounds) makes a brilliant gift... heh. Check 'em out over at akitsu.etsy.com if you have a minute.
I don't really think it has to be an even/or situation though. "Culture Workers" as GnC dubbed them, aren't dead weight... but at the same time they really do need examine the marketability of things. Wood shows good taste as an artist in actually making books and products people can afford. Hell, even Walker's raygun shows the good taste of saying "Hey, you may be paying $300... but there's only 25 of these in existence!"
In the words of the poet, "Can't we all just get along"?
11/28/09
So sad. In my day you either understood they were only that fast in the cartoons and commercials or you broke your toys trying. You would never whine about it though.
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Good points, all responses, and thanks. I guess, again, humans vs. machines seems so replete, it made me muse.
08/01/09
My dream now is for this and World War Z to be released the same summer.
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depends on what you think the target audience was.
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I was thinking the same exact thing. They look just like Robo, which isn't a bad thing really. I'd love to buy one, but $250 is out of my range for a toy.
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