Soooo, in the spirit of fueling further controversy, anyone knows -why- GS are so cheap? They seem to go through the same production, paint and distribution channels as other Japanese and made-in-Japan American companies, yet are half or a third of the price. Are Lulu losing money or are other companies making comparatively more?

Well Luke acts as his own producer, so he doesn't have to pay a producer, American makers can't communicate with the factory so we have a producer fee. He also does his own wax, which is really the most expensive part of production, and is able to make multiple wax masters and sculpt into them, creating a quick effective way to do a large number of parts and variations free of silicone molding cost. It really is some next level shit after seeing it I was kind of like, why didn't anyone else think of doing that?

Really, Luke is pumping out a crazy amount of figures, hundreds a week he said on twitter. He's making money. He's not making as much pPer figure, but he's selling such a large quantity, his model is lower price higher quantity, where as most vinyl companies are higher price lower quantity.

It would really be difficult for an American producer to imitate because. A. Producer fees, and additional production costs like wax masters. B. Without dealing directly with the factory I think it would be difficult to just keep ordering hundreds of figures back to back having them shipped over. C. Most of us have a full time job, unless you're making toys full time, you just don't have the time to release that kind of quantity.

Again that's just me comparing it to us American makers. The Japanese makers can obviously deal with the factory and don't need an agent, but if you don't do your own wax, you have to use the factory's wax expert, The factory wax is very, very expensive. My jaw dropped when I heard what they wanted for the Cadaver Kid.

Anyone ever find out who "thebatmancollector" is on ebay? He is trying to flip a couple of Grodys, among other thing of course. I'm guessing he lurks on this forum a lot.

That DOUCHE BAG gets everything. I would bet they use multiple IP's to enter. I cry every time I see a lottery release being sold by that seller. May that person get boils and sores on his/her face and groin.

That would make a great shirt as well!