I think Anraku and Bemon are also overpriced. But I'm just a cheap bastard.

Well, it is almost Xmas.

Don't get me wrong, I dig crudeness. I appreciate the crudeness of old Bullmark toys, but I think the sculptor of this stuff has deliberately pushed the crudeness factor to the point where it's just crudeness for crudeness' sake.

?!?

I'm glad we are back to discussing the actual toy.
A lot of people make the Bemon comment.
I've warmed to the Bemon, but it's never been a favorite of mine.
I actually really like the NNN figure though. Though crude I think there is an expressiveness in the face of this figure that you don't see so often. The articulated joints in the arms totally sold me on it. Someone's pic of it covering it's face with it's hands. Sold!
Anyway.. it's hard not to make the comparison, but I think it stands on it's own.

Ever notice the attention given to the hands and fingers?

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.

Then why did you respond?

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.

Thanks Mr. Wizard. I am sorry you werent one of the ones to get one. I think its fair that my translator and the guy who set up the meeting got one.

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?)

Huh? He only told me he lost 2500 yen. It cost me $45USD to make the wire, I didnt charge him for this. So this actually adds to the cost of the figure.

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.

I didnt ignore any emails. He refused to deal with my translator any more and Brian didnt want to get involved after one email. Maybe I should of hired you.

This was NNN's first International deal on any level - he did not know.

Now he does.

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 did honor it. I didnt say I had one in hand. I said I PROMISE i will get you one, and I did, it just took me a bit longer than expected.

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".

What was he supposed to say, NO, and not get to do the figure? He started threatening us that he wasnt going to send it, maybe he did the same to Paul.

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.

We would have painted ours, but we liked NNN aesthetic. Plus Lamour probably would have RUINED it.

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.

This is where you are ABSOLUTELY wrong. haha. So wrong. If you were at the dinner you would have known but you werent. You self admittingly stated you MAY BE wrong, and you are.


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.

(1) figure is over the top?! Well he wanted to use it for FREE and not pay ANYTHING, fair?

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/ )

Like I said it was funny. If I use it ill send you a free t-shirt.

And after ALL THE ABOVE is said - Pogue ... Nail On Head :
You think it's a shitfest your end?
Anyone have any tips on how to get bloodstains out of a hardwood floor?