Greg Mishka wrote:
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Pinch of salt with any of the above anyone?
I really didn't want to come back to this again -
and most of the criticism on the last couple of pages
was from people who don't like the figure anyway -
but NagNagNag has no voice on this board himself
and there are two sides to every story, so here goes.
I DON'T KNOW the whole truth of what happened
so some of what I'm about to say MAY BE WRONG,
but there are definitely a few inconsistencies between the two sides here.
First of all there is NO "campaign".
Who started calling it that?
Trolls everywhere! >:<
About the price:
Greg says he kept one, two other people were given one, and seven were sold.
Well, if that's right, that's $300 that was passed on to the consumer.
That's $40+ dollars extra per figure right there on the ones that were sold.
There were bank charges at BOTH ends, so you can at least double the $25 NNN lost there
(I think the Japanese banks maybe charge more?)
And, yes, a professional would know that there would be bank charges.
A professional would know that and pay them, or at least offer to,
not just ignore emails about the discrepancy.
This was NNN's first International deal on any level - he did not know.
A professional would also honor any additional commitments he made in connection with the deal in due time,
not scramble around trying to fulfil them once the shit hit the fans.
(In fact, a professional would not make commitments he couldn't fulfil in the first place).
I also saw the email to Paul Kaiju you mention, and I think you've overdramatized it.
Semantics, but : he wasn't "told" to "cap" his price,
he was "asked" if $200 was "OK".
If anything, the two prices should maybe have been the other way round.
I mean, at least Paul painted his.
Mishka basically got a finished product.
The thing about the Header Cards sounds almost the EXACT OPPOSITE of how I heard it,
(and this version makes more sense to me precisely because I know Lamour loved the figure.)
I actually heard it was Mishka who insisted on making their own Header card, against NNN's wishes,
and that it was NNN who wanted them printed in Japan as he has some connection with a Printer.
The part about the to-ing & fro-ing over the writing is correct,
and at some point I lost track so I don't know the final outcome but
again, I'm pretty sure it was NNN's initial plan (maybe Mishka's too) that they would indeed receive
a bagged & carded, finished product from Japan.
Greg Mishka wrote:
He asked if he could use the header card for future releases. We told him this was OK, but any release he used that header for we asked that we receive at least (1) figure for release and basically a payment for use of the art. We thought this was more than fair.
O RLY?
I've no idea what normal copyright payment would be in a case like this,
but that seems over the top to me.
Lastly, semantics again, but 'manko' means 'pussy' as in, um, 'pussy'.
Yes, it is used as a bad word in Japanese,
but only in the same way as 'c*nt'.
It doesn't mean 'pussy' as in cowardly or nervous -
that 'pussy' comes from 'pussycat' of course,
but I'm British, and we don't use it like that either.
It is a fighting word, but that never occurred to me at the time
... I honestly just thought it was funny.
(Btw, it was just something I knocked up in MSPaint.
It really needs proper shooping, but you can use it if you like Greg!
I think it would make a great T-shirt. 8D/ )
And after ALL THE ABOVE is said - Pogue ... Nail On Head :
Pogue wrote:
As strange as this toy is, the maker is even stranger.
You think it's a shitfest your end?
Anyone have any tips on how to get bloodstains out of a hardwood floor?
I'm sure PK didn't get his at JP retail.
)
