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Post by micco on Oct 31, 2023 5:12:56 GMT -5
I had a mixed situation with Mitch recently. He shares pretty much everything that people post of his figures. I tagged him in the nice shots I took a month or so ago; they all went unseen. Not a big deal to me; I just try to give credit and appreciation to the people who make this possible. Then a few weeks later, a more popular page reposts my photos which Mitch then shares. I have very few followers so I’m not out to be Instagram famous by any means but it definitely struck me as odd. Sometime later, I messaged him after seeing Oscar was for sale again. I had wanted to know what other figure was shipping at that same time. I heard nothing all day which was a little odd because Mitch has always gotten back to me within minutes. He had also been active all day on social media. So I commented on a post asking why he was ghosting me - BOOM: instant response (and subsequently deleted the comment). Because I have interacted a bit with the 3POA guys, Mitch has assumed twice now that I live in Europe and that I should deal with Rock and Roll Collectibles. He deals with all kinds of people so I give him a pass on that one but it still stuck out to me. Stuff like this is why I don't buy into Mitch's whole "I'm just the little/nice guy" act. Aside from reselling his own figures on eBay at scalpers prices and justifying it by saying on a podcast "the big companies do it why can't the little guy". I remember way back when on instagram when he was posting render teaser pics of the Godfather basically in a 'what do you guys think?' context. I asked if the face was still going to be worked on, it doesn't quite resemble the Godfather. Boom. Instantly blocked. He comes off as the 'by the fans for the fans' retro guy, but if he asks fans for constructive criticism and opinions, it better be only praise.
He welcomed criticism with the savio figure which resulted in it getting changed drastically.
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Post by micco on Oct 25, 2023 10:56:52 GMT -5
wait, so has he finally received the shipment of figures he's claimed he was waiting on so he could ship his own stocks?? (as in, he's finally got the stock he forgot to order....) or is he just sending boxes of thin air now? Remains to be seen. He did sound genuine in his expression of gratitude. He acknowledged that I’ve been a supporter since the beginning which is factual. I’ve been critical at times but I’ve only ever wanted to see all these guys succeed and I’ve supported all of them. I’m glad to see he recognized that.
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Post by micco on Oct 25, 2023 5:18:02 GMT -5
Got a response today with tracking info. It included a very sincere “thank you”
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Post by micco on Oct 24, 2023 1:06:47 GMT -5
Anyone receive tracking for larry and roadblock from rush's website? I'm still waiting..... Me too. Dm’ed today and got no response.
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Post by micco on Oct 22, 2023 17:09:21 GMT -5
I wouldn’t be surprised if they just let max moon trademark lapse Im not sure of the full legality but what I believe is you can’t just trademark for the sake of trademarking, you have to shown intent or reason to have the trademark E.g. the undertaker trademark for the purposes of wrestling / sports entertainment WWE will keep ontop of because of the figures, trading cards, merch etc avenues and revenue streams Someone like say max moon. If they wanted to renew the trademark they’d have to be able to evidence why and I can’t remember any max moon merch in forever Similarly Adam bomb, I believe they let that lapse and Bryan Clarke owns the trademark now? Could be wrong but for some reason I think that. If it’s that simple then do you think all the grapplers and gimmicks guys names are still currently trademarked by the wwe? What would be his reason for not referring to them by their wwe names if there’s no legal reason why he can’t?
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Post by micco on Oct 21, 2023 19:34:34 GMT -5
Someone just got a loose vampiro for 80 bucks. Seller sold himself short imo I was online when it posted. It couldn't have been listed for more than 10 minutes. I found another one about a week ago and bought that as well, but the seller has 0 feedback and the item still does not show with the usps tracking provided. I didn't want to risk it show I bought the second one too. Maybe I end up with 2. Now hopefully I can find Tinieblas and Atlantis. I think Tinieblas will happen eventually, but from what I can tell Atlantis is nearly impossible to find. There isn't a single trace of one being sold online that I can find, and only one owner (from this site years ago). Even finding an image of one is difficult. I want to believe there is a Rayo prototype floating around somewhere. The back of the box has the prototype shown, but the chances of it surviving all these years aren't great. Crazier things have come out in the last few years though, it's possible. I’m a mib/moc collector so I passed on the buy it now. I put in a lowball offer but really I’m holding out for one in the box.
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Post by micco on Oct 21, 2023 13:58:25 GMT -5
Anyone know how he’s able to use the (presumably) trademarked names? Is it the same funny business he tried pulling with Kamala how he somehow purchased the ip in a different country?
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Post by micco on Oct 21, 2023 10:30:45 GMT -5
Someone just got a loose vampiro for 80 bucks. Seller sold himself short imo
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Post by micco on Oct 18, 2023 17:31:03 GMT -5
Surprised that Todd never sold out. But i guess it does show what sort of demand there is for these. 1500 could potentially be the sweet spot to make as it covers the pre order then a few left over to sell when they arrive. Rather than repeated resells like with Series 1 I think Todd wasn’t in high demand. Certain guys would sell out if he made twice that number.
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Post by micco on Oct 17, 2023 17:33:55 GMT -5
My dm was responded to telling me to expect tracking info this week.
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Post by micco on Oct 17, 2023 9:30:57 GMT -5
Welp, I just sent another dm. We’ll see…
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Post by micco on Oct 16, 2023 15:38:14 GMT -5
I don’t know what that’s a pic of… it doesn’t look like cases of figures though
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Post by micco on Oct 16, 2023 13:50:54 GMT -5
If he’d have posted a picture proving he received the shipment that would have been a step in the right direction. I don’t believe he received one. Dude has no credibility.
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Post by micco on Oct 11, 2023 17:31:42 GMT -5
Not sure why the possible scammer title got removed. The figures he claims would be arriving Monday or Tuesday aren’t in peoples hands. That very well may have been all talk to buy himself more time. He has t made a post reiterating anything he said in the podcast like he said he would. The only post he made was a story post selling more prototypes. I changed the title to let people know there was news. He said in the interview he wouldn’t start shipping until the end of this week. If people here start to receive their figures, I’ll update the title. I already reached the character limit by the way. Fair enough. I would have expected him to at least announce that he received the shipment on Monday or Tuesday like he was expecting to. If he hasn’t received them then there’s no way mine will be shipping by friday which would mean that nothing has changed. Until something has actually changed, he’s still a possible scammer to me.
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Post by micco on Oct 11, 2023 15:01:11 GMT -5
Not sure why the possible scammer title got removed. The figures he claims would be arriving Monday or Tuesday aren’t in peoples hands. That very well may have been all talk to buy himself more time. He has t made a post reiterating anything he said in the podcast like he said he would. The only post he made was a story post selling more prototypes.
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Post by micco on Oct 11, 2023 14:52:39 GMT -5
The accents are totally fine. And I hate saying it -- and I think he is still scummy -- but he did come off better than I anticipated. I hope he delivers on his promises. I don’t think he came across remotely decent. His excuses were poor and it only seemed like he had an okay sense of humor because the insults were lost on him. Hate to say it but I think he was lying about the death threats to garner sympathy. Actually, I don’t believe anything he said except for his admission that when his product was being attacked, he felt personally attacked. I suspected but didn’t know for sure that he himself sculpted all the figures. He still couldn’t admit that they were the worst looking figures on the market and kinda doubled down on standing behind them by saying they looked exactly like the digital renderings. The interviewer later pointed out to him that they do not and have the example of the hair on roadblock lacks the detail shown in the rendering which he made up an excuse for but moments earlier swore that there was no difference between the digital rendering and the actual production figure.
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Post by micco on Oct 11, 2023 14:29:14 GMT -5
Does anyone know how much the CMLL Super Luchadores are worth these days? Better yet, does anyone know where to actually find one? I just found a Pierroth on Ebay a couple weeks ago and snatched it up asap. That one cost me $90. There were at least 4 of these made with a possible 5 (Rayo) floating around. Does anyone use Worth point? Is it worth trying? I can't seem to find much info on these guys. Was your Pierroth loose or mib? Edit: I see a loose one sold for 90. He’s the most common. I paid 5 bucks for each of the two I have. That was a very long time ago though. Any of the other three mib would probably be 300 bucks and loose about half that.
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Post by micco on Oct 9, 2023 18:03:14 GMT -5
17th Oct 21 it was stated “ H&F2 is far along in development, figures are shipping early 2023” People are now getting shipping, is October really ‘early 2023’ lol? Pre order to shipping notices is 49 weeks, let’s give an extra week for postage and that’s 50 weeks. Series 1 took a couple of weeks longer - hardly the vast improvement we were told it would be. Let’s see if the quality gets picked apart like other brands…we know the sabu not standing and issues with Dan hausens tattoos was ignored. of couese the quality won't be addressed, because it's not in the interests of certain parties to call out these issues when their own content is available in subsequent releases Or, it could be that there are no significant quality concerns… that thought ever cross your mind?
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Post by micco on Oct 9, 2023 9:50:41 GMT -5
Sal sounded like he was lying through his teeth. The mysterious “Kenny”, a 51 year old guy who’s been doing quality control for over 30 years in China (meaning since he was 20 years old or younger) is who were supposed to put our faith in. Also, he was shorted 260 figures supposedly. He went on to admit that included figure that are supposed to go to the talent. He mentioned two in particular. How many figs are each wrestler gonna get of themselves? Because 260 figures in total (he went back and forth between 240 and 260) leaves very few he sold to customers through his site. I wish the interviewer would have pushed back on one particular point. He said he was waiting to get confirmation as to if the factory would supply the figures they shorted him or not. That doesn’t explain why he couldn’t have simply communicated just that to the people who’d been waiting months and inquiring politely as to the whereabouts of their figures. He could have said “the factory didn’t send all of the figures. I’m waiting to hear back from them if they will fulfill the order and if not I will issue a refund”. He knew this the whole time (if this is even true) but initially he claimed he was shipping orders. No mention of, I don’t have enough inventory to fulfill all of the orders. I’d have preferred the interview grilled him on these kinds of questions over the countless jabs they took, most of which flew right over sals head. Saying he hired a new sculptor but not naming the person does little to inspire faith. And what’s the guy gonna sculpt? series two is on hold indefinitely.
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Post by micco on Oct 9, 2023 9:29:30 GMT -5
Wonder what the excuse is for the available in hand extra inventory he advertised on Instagram for sale (like i paid for) that wasnt sent out. He admitted that he’s selling the exclusive Jonah’s on eBay but says that since the hookedontees Jonah’s are what is owed he didn’t offer them as a substitute and is still waiting for purple Jonah’s.
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