Critism is warranted. Especially for us consumers that have watched line after line come and go - without completion. We see repetition in rehashed characters and increased prices with no increase in QC or swap outs. These companies have done this to themselves. Also- playing games with edition sizes instead of confidently committing to the fan base. We needed new characters years ago. Instead we’ve had countless Wolverine, Batman, and so forth. The art direction with characters in the same realm don’t even gel due to gaps in releases / different artist. I can’t even complete a damn Batman PF line and I’ve been collecting Sideshow PF for over a decade.

There is a fine line between genuine critique from passion and love of the hobby and just being the negative complaining guy about every piece and every detail taking one’s self and this hobby way way too seriously. At the end of the day collectors are the consumers not the artists, I’ve always been more interested in hearing the artist critique vs the consumer. Again everyone has the right to be as negative as they want but there is also just being childish and negative and never being positive about anything. I got flack for saying why do people have opinions on things they aren’t even going to buy, I am not going to waste my time and energy complaining about things I can’t even do myself let alone not getting myself. Trying to tell people not to buy something is subjective, just because a reviewer doesn’t like something doesn’t mean other people won’t like it. So who’s right? If someone buys it then it’s a good piece to someone. It’s always easy when you don’t have to produce anything but hate on everything, if people knew how hard it is to sculpt and paint …. Some people are definitely just dramatic and take themselves way too seriously talking about this hobby as if it affects the world like geopolitics or the socioeconomic state of the world. It’s just not that serious compared to most things. But I do support even the biggest man babies right to be that way, because like you said Chris freedom of speech I either have to be for all of it or I don’t support it 🤷‍♂️I just get what I want and don’t really care about anything else and will not demean the hard work these artists and companies do even if I’m not a fan of the piece. I will never be the negative guy hating from a chair on the internet.

All we can do is voice our own opinion. I don’t have loyalty to any company, they are not paying me to be nice. If I think something look good, I’ll say it looks good. If I think it looks bad, I’ll say it looks bad. But of course, all these companies should listen to us. We are giving them OUR money. Companies that don’t listen to feedback deserve to go out of business. Why should we pay companies that don’t listen to us? Companies that listen to feedback are the ones that deserve our money. It’s as simple as that.

Welllllll the company’s get offended!! Really if they put out a product and charge a premium they should put there big boy pants on!! The fans kno what it’s about !! If the piece is trash it should be said!! It’s not about being negative it’s about the responsibility of judging what you see!!

You completely missed the point of what happened its not about constructive criticism or freedom of speech . There's some people out there just trying be relevant by doing certain things then acting like it's for the better good and its not. It's just for views or to make it seem like they the voice of the community when no one asked them to be. I hate the fact that because of people like that all youtubers get put in a category that's a negative one. We should be trying to help build the hobby not trash it and like you said some of us have talked to the artist, ceos , skuptors etc . These people aren't even buying the statue or even know or like the movie the statue is about.

People have the right to praise and to complain. When is it a moment of harassment or sabotage? Now, the companies also have the right to say you are wrong also, hence JND, Funko, Sideshow in the past for a specific piece to explain it. Also, social outrage for something brings you in front of social judgement. Something not in the laws, just something that will or will not fit peoples social expectations. Agreement or disagreement. It’s a person by person bases and self education to want to say something that will not offend. I see both sides.

Great video BSC! I think constructive criticism is always a good thing. When I see comments like “that sucks” or “pass”, I disregard them. I always try to pay a compliment along with constructive criticism as this is someones art at the end of the day, if there is something I don’t like, I point it out in a polite way along with what I think could fix the issue. Even when I get priced out by shipping, I point it out by saying how amazing the statue is but shipping is too high, cough P1 cough cough lol

Positive outlook is why I watch you. I have enough stress in my life I watch KZfaq for entertainment. I don't understand why the zeitgeist gravitates towards negativity. I know people who search for things to watch that they know will trigger them etc rather than something more positive. As an example, my neighbor seeks out videos that portray police being bad. Yet won't watch ones where police saved someone..and then spouts the "fact" that 99% of police are evil !? Then the algorithms magnify the issue by only offering videos of police misbehaving etc . We see the same with political issues..the two greatest dangers to our society now are ego and confirmation bias. So I hope that you remain positive in this genre that's supposed to be about the love we have for these properties.

I think as long as the criticism is not rude or disrespectful companies should look at criticism as feedback and either take it or leave it. Have any companies done surveys when they have done reveals? To ask for more helpful feedback. For instance asking if you could make 3 changes what would you change. Or what are your top 3 things you would not change.

You know me Chris lol there was a time when I was overly opinionated and even harsh at times. What I found is that you create more enemies and burn bridges quickly going that route and just like in our personal lives, we have to speak to people and say things with regard to other people's feelings. There's a huge difference between constructive criticism and flat out bashing something and I really want to say that lots of opinions come from people that are just collectors and don't know what it means to create a piece of art. It's VERY VERY difficult and time consuming. Nobody owes us anything and that's why there are several different companies with different IPs and different levels of quality for different types of collectors. If we are interested in a piece and really want to preorder but feel some things should be improved, we could reach out to have that mature conversation with guys like Ant and Jay. At the end of the day, we need to respect each other more and talk to people on social media the same way we would talk to or about them in person. It matters and great video 🤘

Chris, I don’t think you are overly positive ^^ You are positive but you are not overly positive or being a fake positive. You are a positive person and I like your approach. Unfortunately, I am a negative and pessimistic person, but I do appreciate your positivity and your channel. (Keep up your good work! 🙂) Too many are negative. I agree, we should all be careful when expressing our opinions and respect each other. Even if we don’t like a piece we shouldn’t trash it. We can be honest and we can criticize it but don’t be insulting. Don’t take it too far. After all, we all love the statues and the art (both collectors and companies). That's why we do it. About the Conan piece: I don’t think it is a bad piece. I definitely see Arnold. Is it perfect: No. But it is not bad. (I have seen statues with worse likeness that I still own and love, and I have seen better statues with almost perfect likeness that I could never dream of buying.) I don’t collect Arnold or Conan myself, but I think, it is a good piece.

Feedback is fine. Some people just can't do it politely and with respect, because they weren't raised right. We often forget that our opinions aren't facts, especially if we have an overinflated ego.

Good segment 👍 The way we communicate is extremely impactful negatively and positively. I do feel how one absorb the information is most important. From a business standpoint, I feel that the feedback from the consumer (minor criticism to hard critiques) should be accepted the same as it would be from the CEO/investment group of said business. The 100% agreeable fact is, without the consumer there is no business. The collectors are the true investors. A business that appreciates that dynamic will actively and positively leverage their community feedback to sustain growth… The seller receives full funds per item. The consumers need to receive full value per item… Let the business own their efforts and executions at 100%. Quality Assurance greatly reduces negative feedback.

PCS is an amazing company that is really venturing into areas that other companies are not . i have the rocky 2 statue from them and i love it. super iconic and done very well. they listened to feed back from the community and improved the portrait to 99 percent imo. i would love to see them do a 1/3 elvis in the white jumpsuit. not dancing around but really digging deep into those vocals. if you've ever seen blade runner 2049 where theres' a holographic scene of elvis singing and he's down almost on one knee and belting out the song and its super loud, amazing. if they could recreate that. that would be truely epic.

People are passionate man

Are you still going to put out the “Hit or Miss” video about this piece?

I am glad to Hear , i am really interested in buying this Piece , as i am a Huge Arnold Fan , and i have to say i was concerned with the eyes and eyebrows quality and likeness , specially like you said for a 1/2 scale , so if they can tweak it i will buy it .

It’s important for customers to share feedback with companies about products. It’s also important that the customers who choose to give the feedback make sure the criticism is given in a way that the creators can digest. “A spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down” should be the message in customers head when sharing their opinions.

Good talk man... I try to be less critical of Comics and Collectibles as possible. Having seen first hand the process of making comics, someone's Volkswagen is another's BMW. I rarely rant on my channel. I will keep your advise in mind. ✌️ ☮️

There is a difference between honest constructive criticism and trolling.

Normalize telling people the truth and not pacifying each other.

Fans and customers are entitled to say anything they want, since they are not paid by the companies. Talking about pieces honestly and freely is part of the fun of the hobby. Companies must be above the chatter, and not take offense.

I love the PCS cell shaded museum scale Transformers. I’ve been told that Transformers for PCS aren’t great sellers, factories didn’t want to take on the cell shaded look, and that they’d have to charge more for those pieces. Now I could choose to say absolutely nothing and they could produce new pieces going further but without that cell shaded look I won’t be buying. Or i could mention my unwillingness to buy so that they can gauge interest. I say all this because I want them to know that the ball is in their court and they can keep taking my money if they want it.

Here is where I disagree a bit. Lets not make it like the humble customer is giving constructive criticism just to make a product better and the producer threw a temper tantrum. That not what is happening. What's happening is there is a certain type of collector that must be insulting and childish while giving said criticism. And also sometimes lets face it you're giving feedback on art direction that maybe just maybe isn't universal but your own opinion . Ant especially has always been receptive since he has took over this company and listened. This is nothing new for him but the people in our hobby that feel personally aggrieved if some art direction doesn't go their way is incredible. The community has to take some responsibility how they treat others even these small businesses. Ask yourself why Sideshow is no where to be found on forums?

Would you ever do reviews on life size statues? I have the 7ft Lara Croft statue with the crossbow. Its based on the later games. Do you collect any this big and if so I’d love to see them. Some are fantastic. Thanks.

Passionated customers too often use their passion as an excuse to basically be disrespectful. There is a line that shouldn’t be crossed, & customers cross that line on the internet so much to the point where entire fandoms have been labeled as toxic 😬. A percentage of the community usually is justified in their concerns, but too often are terrible in how they articulate those concerns.

I would emphasize if your going to criticize a piece give constructive criticism to me that is a no brainier but for some reason not the norm. Also if you think you have a good solution/idea (thats reasonable) state it, at the end of the day I think most companies want to put out a great product for that target market they are catering to and listen to constructive criticism to help achieve that.

The higher the price, the higher my standards.

Tht new poison ivy throne piece looks awesome. I actually like the green on tht version

I think comic collectors take it even farther than statue collectors - there's a LOT of negativity and drama towards the MCU, speculation, grading, how people collect etc. It can be nauseating, especially when we live through a time where everything is so AMAZING. Everythings amazing and yet so many people are wildly unhappy (according to online that is.) Criticism can be useful, but a lot of people don't know how to reign it in.

It’s fine 👏

I’m sure PCS is hurting sales wise. I know the industry is down in sales with the rising cost of the pieces and shipping has become laughable. So any “criticism” of a piece that may affect sales will definitely raise eyebrows. I’m sure Arnold’s license fee wasn’t cheap plus the cost to manufacture. So put that together and PCS needs this to be a good seller and fear of poor reviews potentially lowering sales is what drove the response. It’s a big investment on their part and they’re trying to protect that investment.

Are you going to planet comicon this year

Well... Something about that when it comes to free speech and so on. There is only free speech when somebody else wants to say that it's acceptable. For examples are People want to say that there is free speech if you say something like a Racial slurs. But if you speak about somebody's family or their wife you're more or less acceptable to act on violence. Another example is if you're on a phone call and you might be a little bit upset with a customer service agent they're allowed to deactivate your account and ban you from shopping with the company solely because of your speech. What I'm getting at is free speech is only OK if it's socially acceptable. I'm not sure exactly what happened at the beginning of this because it wasn't all that clear. But yes people are allowed to talk and have criticism on a statue or a piece of art. I think the problem now is that the companies have so much invested into the stuff that if a big majority of people are upset with a product they likely see that they're not going to make the money back. It goes to say that the statue hobby isn't healthy or in a good spot anymore

Great review.

Constructive Criticism is needed when you ask for $600, $700, $1000, $40000 for a statue that is not accurate to the character, now cursing/swearing on Criticism is not necessary you can critique a piece without being vulgar or rude.

Ant does listen I’ve had a few convos with him in private chat he’s asked me for my personal opinion on anime stuff since I am into that as well he’s always willing to listen. Same for Jay I am helping him on the side too. I try to talk to owners directly that way it’s not in public and they don’t think I’m trying to call them out.

what did i miss??

i think people nitpick too much. god, remember the "bowen" days when statues didnt look that great but thats all we had. now collectors are spoiled because pieces have gotten alot better and now they expect perfection when they should be grateful to have a great piece even if one eyebrow is wonky or whatever.

Collectors can be brutal we have to be able to handle the brutality 😅

Chris, if there is a piece that you can’t stand and instead of informing the community of it and as to why, but instead choose to stay silent just because you’ve met the artist and value their friendship more, then you’re doing the community a disservice, misusing your platform and calls into question your review integrity.

PCS, is Not good with the Likness of an actor; the Rocky 1/3 scale was Atrocious, and They wanted people to pay a Prime 1 studios price for it, No thanks. A channel who had a PCS Rocky 1/3 He bought and reviewed it, He was Disappointed in the Likness; He compared it to the Rocky 2, 1/4 scale Blitzway, They did years ago and the Likness was Amazing definitely better than the PCS ROCKY. I am a Huge Rocky fan, when I heard a 1/3 scale statue was coming out , was excited, but the Likness wasn't there, I was let down. Prime 1 studios and Blitzway, have teamed up before so Why can't They make a 1/3 scale Rocky; I have No doubt it would be an Awesome Piece to say the least !!

Oniri creations terminator statues face was all wrong I remember. Nothing wrong with calling out companies with things you don’t like.

For Ant. Tell him NICELY what you don't like, and SHOW HIM YOUR IDEAS FOR the STATUE

AS was part of The Conan in sculpting