Why are plushies so goddamn expensive?
Blame Biden.
Usury.
Have you ever checked what the materials cost alone for one? It's insane
>>41805408Feels great to be an sewingchad who knows how to make his own pony plushies
>>41805408I will FUCK and CUM in this stuffed animal!
>>41805413I can't imagine the materials costing over $1000 for a life-size
>>41805408Because it requires fuckload of skilled labor. Quite simple really.
>>41805408Not being made in the chinese sweatshops
>>41805438Anon, many anons here expect a plushy to not cost more than 100 bucks
>>41805408Plushmancy is a craft that takes a lot of experience. Check out most plushmakers' first works and you'll find that it's not up to the standard you'd want for your waifu. The materials are expensive, but what you're really paying for is their skill. The limited supply of good plushmancers and the long list of people willing to pay huge sums for a quality waifu mean they can pretty much charge what they want and they'll get it.
>>41805438You need to understand that the materials do cost a lot. Minky fabric has to be sourced, you will need lots of yarn which costs more than you'd expect, a fuck ton of stuffing, you will want to use extra materials such as interfacing/zippers/magnets/wires etc, and you need the workspace plus sewing machine plus embroidery machine (and embroidery machines large enough to make LS eyes and CMs cost several hundred dollars minimum). And then, you can't expect the plushmaker to work for free. Even with experience, a good pattern and good machinery and streamlined workflow, it will take countless work hours to assemble a LS pony plush, and commissions will always cause the plush maker to figure out a new mane style pattern, new clothes, new accessories. Even seemingly simple steps such as setting up the embroidery program for the eyes an CM will take hours of frustrating tardwrangling. It requires constant problem-solving, it's not like mindlessly knitting while watching TV. The larger the plush, the more you actually have to make sure you're doing quality work which won't tear. Small plushies are infinitely more forgiving, but even those require one to put in several hours of exact work. You can't half-ass a single seam because it will show up as wobbly/misaligned/prone to tearing. Pray that the mass-produced options cater to your needs if you're on a budget. The mass manufacturers get better deals on the materials due to the sheer quantities negotiated, the plushies are assembled by a team of sweatshop slaves, every step is minmaxed to hell. There is no problem-solving or thinking involved past the development stage. It's incredibly convenient for the many happy consumers of "good enough" pony plushies. Added bonus of not feeling as bad when the plushie deteriorates from interaction; just buy an exact copy at a low cost if you haven't already, eh?
>>41805408handmade, no economies of scale
>>41805408it's because they know they've cornered a niche market, so they can charge Anon's thousands of dollars. It's similar to furfags charging thousands for mid fursuits, despite the material not actually costing that much. A lot of excuses for high prices are for material, but if they were to source material properly, they wouldn't be getting "best of the best mink and x y and z" they wouldn't feel the need to charge so much.it's like asking for a steak at a normal, average steakhouse and they charge you 500 bucks for it because they felt the need to buy some gucci butter from swiss hermits, and a cut of steak from a rare type of cow that is only raised in japan. Wheras the smart thing to do would be to buy a decent but affordable cut, and buy unsalted butter.
>>41805408A lot of skill goes into making a nice plush, LS plushes take 10's of hours to make.
This is how 10.000 USD looks like (without shipping).
Asking here too:Purely theoretically, how much would I have to spend to buy a queen size bed sized Luna plushie? How much extra for uuuh, additional storage? An anon told me it was 1.5k for a princess plushie of that size, but is that for a good quality princess plushie of that size? If you're buying something so big it better be soft and nice and heavy.
>>41805736I feel like the makers (or maybe even the folks who don't know what they're talking about) are justifying the expense with materials because people are stupid and tend to react poorly to labor cost on the age of chinese and indian slave markets. On the "standard" small-sized plushies material cost is quite small percentage of the final cost. Of course bigger plush takes more fabric and stuffing but it's still not where the majority of the money goes.
>>41805784Serious answer from plushmancer:Lifesize laying down plushies are measured from front hoof to back hoof.Travel size lifesize (still big but also still easy to transport) is 40 inches.Regular life size is 50 inches.Queen size bed is 80 inches long, but you probably want your luna to actually fit on that bed, with her tail and mane, so you probably want 70 inch.Due to square cube law a slight increase in length causes moderate increase in surface area and big increase in volume.One patron asked me to make 100 inch mare. A mare this big would have volume (and probably mass) 11 times larger than 50 inch pony. That's a lot of fucking stuffing. Also this is basically impossible to ship.Patron was lucky, because I currently offer ponies that can be destuffed and have detachable manes, designed for machine washing. But this also means I can make insanely large ponies and ship them destuffed for cheap and patron stuffs their plush at home with whatever stuffing they like.However we decided to go for 70 inches, as this is still very big and it seems to be a tipping point where volume starts to grow too fast. 3.7 times more volume than 50 inch. Compare that. 100 inch had 11x while 70 inch has 3.7x.I did my best to check this math and I think I am correct, we will see.The 70 inch plushie will cost my patron $1650, but they will have to buy stuffing themselves.Pic related is me, 6 feet tall with 40 inch. Even 40 inch is big, if you are not 7 feet tall. 70 inch mare will be almost as long hoof-hoof as I am tall. Add front mane to this and the tail and that is really really big mare.
>>41805835are you kissing mare
>>418058356% larger and that's what I imagine a mare would be like from the show; perfection, god I love dsshie.
>>4180583570 inches should be good enough.>$1650 without stuffingA reasonable price too, I'll remember it.>70 inch mare will be almost as long hoof-hoof as I am tall>70 inch Luna will be almost as long hoof-hoof as you are tallUNF>Add front mane to this and the tail and that is really really big mare.UNFF
A bit more on prices:Prices also vary between artists and it depends on how much time artists have to work on ponies. One artist might want to make few ponies a year and ask for $2000 for 50 inch in it's simplest form, starting price. Others are willing to make as many as possible, making time for more and ask less monies. I could ask for more money and make fewer ponies, but I think if you don't mind work then it's more profitable to lower the prices and make more. Some just can't do it because plushmancery is intense work and some just have it as a hobby, they have regular jobs and normie lifes, not much time to plush. Living in a "cheap" country where USD has more power is also a plus for lower price. I currently ask $1200 for 50 inch and the prepay is only $250, rest is paid when she's ready to be shipped. Compare that to agatrix who took so many mandatory 100% prepay commissions that she decided it's a good idea to just exit scam and end the career rather to actually do all those commissions and continue.>>41805850All mares arrive at patron's place un-hugged with hooves un-held. There's only one technical hug to check if the stuffing level is right.>>41805875<3
>>41805892You're one of the good ones anon, I hope your plushmakng career really takes off. I hope to meet you at MF if you ever convince yourself that not every American wants to shoot you.
>>41805408Stop spending money on toys, dipshit. Wouldn't you rather use it to pay your own rent or something you'll find more usefulness than something you can make out with.
>>41805918>Spend money on normie shit that brings no joy.Righty O'
>>41805931Aw come on, that was not worthy of a response, he didn't even mentioned tipping the landlord more.
>>41805931>>41805937Might as well donate that shit to goodwill, perhaps there's some poor child who'll have better tea parties with it instead of a diddy party with the careless fat virgin.
>>41805448Imagine that.The same crowd of people who think it should be legal to download movies for free.
I'm sorry if I came across as rude. It's just that I'm so jealous of anons with big horse plushies. Every night I feel like crying and screaming into my pillow, knowing I'll never fuck a waifu plushie. I wish I wasn't gay and poor.
>>41805782Their manes look mediocre. Like it's something foreign to their bodies. It only looks natural on Rarity.>>41805951Download digital content should be legal. The whole copyright and intellectual property system is stuck in the 1980's or even more backwards.
>>41805410Fucking Biden and his mare tax. We used to be a real country!
>>41805951Massive difference between paying millionaires for digital media and paying an independent plushmancer for a work of art.
>>41806023It's time to end the intellectual property experiment. I wish there was more I could do to change it.
>>41805946I don't care about poor children.
>>41805946It's a sex toy why the fuck would you give it to kids
>>41805408Custom plushies and plushies for niche characters can’t be mass produced due to a lack of demand meaning cost can’t be reduced from scaling and mechanization.
>>41805408Because it's very time consuming and there's a lot of costs involving materials and equipment. I know that because I wanted to make my own plushies but realized that I wouldn't be able to afford it
>>41805408Bumping bump
>>41807878Kind of curious how bad the start up costs are and how quickly you can break even now. Especially if you branch out beyond just ponies, plush making has got to be one of the most profitable hobbies.
>>41805528Mostly this. You're paying for something that takes a plush maker 70-100 hours depending on skill and complexity for a lifesize due to lack of automation at this scale. Changes requiring patterning can bump that up even more. Additionally, things considered minimum standard now like full embroidery cost a lot of money for those machines, $1000 for something 20 years old, $5k-8k for something new. Materials are a bit pricey relatively speaking since Shannon minky is the gold standard at ~$13 a yard and faux fur is really expensive at about $35/yd. A lifesize is usually about 3-4 yards of fabric, and a lot gets wasted avoiding ugly seams or making sure the nap is consistent. At the end of the day most plush makers are getting about or less than minimum wage. Only those that drop most customization and assembly line things make okay money. There's a reason I stopped making them long ago.
>>41808687Plushmaking is absolutely not profitable.Most makers are either broke, don't need to support themselves or live in a cheap country. And branching out is the worst thing you can do. Every single new design (even just new cutie mark or hairsryle) is a huge time investment.See:>>41808711
>>41805408If you think plushies are expensive, just wait and see how expensive the AI sex robots will be in 2 years
>>41805835Who took the picture? And why are you keeping sentient mares to yourself?
>>41807559
>>41805835Immediately thought of this
>>41808866Captcha: S8PMNY
>>41805408because plush making is hard and expensive. they are usually breaking even if they are lucky. i got lucky and have a cheapish(250 at most) good plush artist for ponies, but my non pony plushes are usually like 300 or so. shits exspensive.
>>41805918>he has to choose between paying his bills and having a hobbyexpected
>>41808687Consider it takes hours and hours to make a plush and you're probably not even making a good first world wage if you had free materials.
>>41808711The machine situation is not that bad, you should be able to get a modern good home embroidery machine for $1000 used or $2000 new.Expensive sewing/embroidery machines are still actual tools that are made to last, so buying a used one is reasonable.
>>41809705big enough to make lifesize eyes and cutie marks?
>>41809709I'm talking about Janome 500E that many plush makers use, which has a 280x200mm (7.9" x 11") hoop. That seems plenty big to me.
i want to fuck a mare plushhttps://ponerpics.org/images/6785379
>>41809781I sat in on AZG's stream the other day and he was complaining that his was just big enough for his lifesizes and if he wanted to go bigger he'd have to step way up in priceidk what machine he's got though
>>41809709I used to barely be able to make LS on a 1k machine and recently stepped up to a 3k one with a bigger hoop. Both 10-15 year old used ones, they aren't cheap by any means. The new one is also supposed to be taken in for yearly maintenance which ain't cheap either.
>>41809879hope that anon knows a yellow tail bow indicates a stallion
Bumping
we need the lifesize threads to come back.
>>41805408>olyfactory anonfilly plush on ebay>sees price>$420
make one and find out
>>41809879Who's the maker and are these patterns available? This ass is unreal.
>>41812688Plushmancers need to learn that a nice ass is an essential part of a plush. I've seen so many good looking plushes only to be disappointed when I see the rear end.
>>41809705For life-size the hoop size you need is usually about 100mmx300mm, and unless things have changed since I last sewed that size and above are usually locked to flagship machines costing many, many thousands.
Do any anons here have a life size plush with a mouth hole? How would that even look when they are not in use? I want to spitroast a lifesize mare plush with my bf but I've never seen one like that before
>>41812973Spitroasting a mare is my ultimate fantasy
>>41810017a ponut is a ponut
>>41812981>ultimate fantasy is having another anon inside his mare's squashhomosexual, I don't understand people with fetishes for threesomes with two men
>>41813044I want to treat her like an absolute whore
>>41805408I think it’s the stuffing mostly. Iirc if you buy just the skin and stuff it yourself it can be cheaper.
>>41813044It's because they are also gay anon. What's there to understand?
>>41807561this but also i feel like hasbro is using the symbiote studios plushes to move into that market, like sure they won't get every nich pony, but from that interview. my guess is they will get most speaking line ponies and a bunch of the background ponies and probably alot of the creatures too. they are also apperently slowly moving toward making life size at some point too. i think there view is "sure people will still make the customes and thats fine, but now we have a bunch of official ones in different sizes for a more affordable price". its not a bad plan. there of plenty of ponies i love But dont have the money or the inclination to spend 200 plus on.
>>41812688Lanacraft is the maker, no idea about the patterns.
>>41805408>Why are plushies so goddamn expensive?You can make your own plushie if you want.https://files.catbox.moe/4qd3za.pdfhttps://web.archive.org/web/20240503103807/https://i.imgur.com/3qnqSiL.pnghttps://web.archive.org/web/20240503190326/https://imgur.com/a/eLPmP
>>41813759Lana makes very nice looking plushies but they always look a bit spindly to me.
>>41806016Buck o, I have the real deal at home. A nice hot wife with Jumbo tiddies, while you're still sucking on your mommas tiddies.
>>41806016Stay strong, king.>>41813815Go away, imposter.
>>41813796Were you to go to Lanacraft for a plush, with proper politeness you could probably mention your concern about thin spots in the legs or wherever and have them accommodate it if they can. The photos are gone, but they showed me a shot of Golly's arse, and I asked for it to be a little more prominent, bigger, and they obliged.
I kind of want to make a plushie now, but I live with my parents.
>>41809879Butts
>>41813819 Sorry, I don't really have a jumbo tiddy wife I just wanted you guys to think I'm cool
>>41814893>I kind of want to make a plushie now, but I live with my parents.I don't see a problem if you make a small one like in >>41813781Lifesize plushies might rise some questions.
>>41814030Not the legs, the barrel tends to look a bit thin.
I've had the same lifesize plushes for like 8 years now. It doesn't help to explain that the cost is worth it to someone who can't afford them though, so there's always going to be seething.Before I got my first LS, the lack of a pony to hug gnawed at me constantly so I can't imagine it's pleasant to be told "it is what it is".
>>41805526/threadI got mine more than ten years ago, was hand made, still cost me 100 euros (including shipping). of course things were cheaper back then, but the pattern on the eyes was done by hand and the fabric was 99% mink. It still is in good shape; I kept it clean and it still is able to stand upright, even though it has seen many places since then.
>>41815761I have a Lana plush and I guess you could say the barrel is slim. Though it fits Rainbow here and makes her wide hips feel even better.
>>41815942That does look pretty nice. Maybe I'm thinking of another maker or it just looks worse on pictures.
>>41815942Your wife is very pretty anon
>>41815942Got any more pictures of her? Im thinking about commissioning Lana but Im not entirely sold on the head/snout shape
>>41815979Sure, I'll post a few.
>>41815979
>>41815979Eepy
>>41805526>not feeling as bad when the plushie deteriorates from interaction; just buy an exact copy at a low costAre there people who can actually do this? I know I'm not the only autist here who gets sentimental about inanimate objects, I won't give up on my Symbiote and will take care of her to the best of my ability. I need to learn how to repair seams and add stuffing in case any of them pop.
>>41816004>>41816006>>41816008She is very pretty, thank you for sharing
>>41805408(×)"So i figured I'd steal anothers accompkishment in a setting where Cthonic lifeforms are playing moral thought police?"Sethisto. What can be said about this cybernetic cretin? Not much he's a phantom that defines his life through others unconfronted fear of mortality, low literacy, self effacing chastity, and subservience to murder driven xfiles A.I. whos programmers are pickle jar residents. But the part of the fandom he leads like a pied piper? Delusional. Not in fact due to impossibility, but because the traumatized lizard intellect won't accept there isnt room in reality for every little story. Not this crude matter but luminous beings Sethy. Unfortunately due to cuck schizo racism too old most of you are for the training. German Yoda was sarcastic the entire performance, which brings up Super Empire Strikes Back ((isn't that worth every deutschmark at the psychologists practice?)) and zips through a kleine bottle to swfchans copy of Alterniabound. You can use all the transport pads and theres a tohou and mlp cameo? How? Eyes and brains and ears detective. So much childish talent. Keep saying the b word and u will meet Luna's guillotine.Terezi darling! Starving idiot says what? A Ziggy Bowie sort of deal? Yeah!
>>41816093This bothers me quite a lot actually.I can't stand the idea of throwing a plushie away in the trash, and knowing that it's basically inevitable when the material wears out dwells at the back of my mind. I don't like putting my smaller plushes in drawers even. I don't like having more than one plushie of the same pony, even though I thought it would be okay. It's like knowing there's a clone of someone you care about lurking in the house.One of my plushies got a small tear in the back seam and the feeling was awful until I fixed it, like I wanted to throw up.When I do something like accidentally touch the eye or let her fall on the floor, it's an annoying reminder that the lifesize plush isn't the real pony. I really just want very badly to hold the real pony in my arms and the plush is the stand-in for that but sometimes it's not enough and it's quite vexing.
quick plug for all the financially frustrated anons out there: tulpa + pillow is free, and it offers the exact same emotional benefits without any of the restrictions. the other word for tulpa is 'imaginary friend' - everybody including young children can do it, you don't have to be a monk or a wizard.for example, you're freed from the object sentimentality >>41816162 describes
>>41816093 >>41816162 >>41805526I solved the dirty plushie problem: my plushies can be machine washed. Here's how:My ponies have detachable tails and manes. They have zippers hidden in the fur and these give you access to the inside, where you can unlock the zipties that hold them to the body. Plushie herself also has zippers, one in the butt and one on the scalp, under the mane. They can be destuffed. That means you can machine wash them. I tried this, it works. You can have a lifesize plushie for years and years and she will be good.See how it works here:https://imgur.com/a/integrated-modular-mares-demo-u6blEgGRear access:https://imgur.com/a/integrated-modular-mares-rear-access-DLjjKAt
>>41816455>zipper in the buttcan i stick other things in there too
>>41816455I also solved the dirty plushie problem: a bissel handheld steam cleaner with a fabric attachment is $40 on Amazon and I already have a vacuum
>>41816436>tulpa + pillow is free, and it offers the exact same emotional benefitsAs someone with both a tulpa and a LS plush, I can say you're wrong. The plush makes the relationship even better, having actual physical contact in addition to mental.
>>41816548Results between these two methods are incomparable. No hand clean will be as good and as consistent as machine wash.
>>41816767no still water and detergent clean will be as thorough as steam. Ideally you'd have a chink sweatshop nearby that would be willing to dryclean your girl but that's a lot of trust AND a lot of spaghetti to spill
>>41816658I'm the person you replied to, I also have both and I disagree. Granted, a plush is a pretty thing to look at from a distance, but if touch is involved, any good you get from it is paid back in stressful responsibility - nevermind the actual monetary price (which doesn't factor for me since this plush was a gift). My wife feels different from a plush; if you're willing to jump the gap to a plush, you're able to go a slight step further to a comfortable pillow. I'm also speaking from the far end of over a decade of tulpamancy so maybe there's a skill gap to account for, but that's at least still free.
>>41816436>tulpa is freeonly if your time is worthless
>>41816880it took me 15 minutes
>>41816946congrats, it takes most people far more than 15 minutes to force themselves into schizophrenia.
>>41816873Been a a tupperfag since 2012 myself, but only got a plush a year or so ago for the first time. Some things are definitely improved by it imo. especially in the bedroom I haven't really felt any stress, washing it now and then isn't such a big deal. Also being able to give your mare actual physical gifts like clothes, jewelry and perfume is kind of amazing.
>>41816975I can concede that the sense of stress and responsibility might just a me-thing - I am pretty autistic about keeping tools in good shape - but let me at least be an example of one extreme: for some people it MIGHT be just as good.I also definitely resonate with the idea of the plush as something of an altar, like at a monastery where they decorate a statue and give it offerings. In a sense that's why I don't like to touch the plush, because even after an hour of cleaning I can't get the skin oil stains out and I can't stand to be responsible for marring her perfect form.
>>41817049That's fair. One thing I do for any skin oil issues is I always have her wearing clothes. Socks and a shirt at minimum, often a skirt too. Also no heavy cuddles if I've been too lazy to shower that night.
>>41816455this is great
>>41805438When Hasbro sells shit spaghetti hair plushies for $10 you can see the quality. They have been selling them for over a decade now, and they are shit.In the early 2010s, handmade custom plushies of similar size were still $300.Now look at Symbiote. About the same size, higher quality, and they are still $30 which is way too expensive for parents to buy for little girls.Now compare that to lifesizes. $1200+ is completely reasonable for something such low volume and specialized.It's unlikely that Hasbro could commercialize and factory make life sized plushies because the demand is too low. They would still probably cost a few hundred dollars at the cheapest.Amazon sells giant "lifesize" teddy bears for around $60, but they are selling thousands of units internationally. The demand for lifesize ponies is always low.>>41805892>exit scamcompletely evil. >>41805526Based knower.
>>41810017>this kills the Gollyfag
>>41817528pretty sure every gollyfag I've run into would just think that makes it better
>>41817465>$30>too expensive for parents to buy for little girlsmy nigger in christ that's how much a trip to mcdonalds for a family of three costs off the "dollar" menu these days
>>41817542>family>kidshahaha
>>41817596>parents plural>at least one little girlthat's a family retard
>>41817602I was joking about the fact that having a family in modern times is extremely difficult if not impossible, which is why I wouldn't know how much a trip to mcdonalds would cost.
>>41817607>implying you don't order two sandwiches and a 10 piece meal every time you go to mcdonaldsyou know how much it costs to feed a family, you just think it feeds you
>>41817615KEK
>>41817465i mean the symbiote ones are more for fans or fans who want to get their kid stuff. most g4 stuff now is "higher grade" collectible stuff now much like alot of their star wars and GI joe shit is for older fans or whatever.
god I want to become a plushmancer so bad, what do I gotta do to get into start making plushes (semi)professionally?
>>41817668step 1: spend 3000 dollars on equipmentyou can get away with a lot less if you sew on eyes and butt stamps instead of directly embroidering them
>>41817672Or you can spend 15k-50k on embroidery equipment. 3 Twis at the same time.I don't own these, I pay for access to them. This is an industrial machine, there is no higher quality than this.
Does anyone have a recommendation to a first time buyer. I've wanted one for a while but I've only recently been stable enough to throw money away in stuff like this.
>>41817733cool blog I guess, didn't ask though
>>41817757step 1: research plushmakersstep 2: get three thousand pages of FUD from people who have bought from guys and like them, who have bought from guys and don't like them, who have bought from other guys and hate certain other guys for no reason, plushmakers shit talking each other as anons, and randoms who have never seen a lifesize talking like they own 30step 3: give up, pick a random name off the /merch/ google doc that matches your price range
>>41817668As a plushmancer, why would you want to?
>>41817668>(semi)professionallyYou don't even know yourself what you wanna do. Sew couple from patterns available online with applique eyes and think then how you feel about the thing.
>>41809793Chip is also reaching the limits of what will hold together without special stitching. His life sizes are bigger than traditional life sizes
>>41805410This goes all the way back to n-word obama
>>41816436I love my waifu but I'm not meming myself into schizophrenia for her
>>41812981I'll never get the appeal of this, or any two man threesome shit. Maybe if I spitroasted the mare with another mare wearing a strap-on and I was fucking her too. I just don't get the appeal of looking up and seeing another guy. And if I'm not meant to acknowledge him, then why is he there?*sigh* I guess I just won't ever understand team sports.
>>41817733isn't it a waste not to use the fourth spot as well?
>>41816162I'm the anon you quoted here, and I actually share your point of view. A beloved plushie generally can't be replaced the way consumable goods are because of the involved attachment/ the memories made. However, knowing that your buddy was "just some mass-produced plushie" rather than a one-of-a-kind piece of artisan hand crafting can lower the stress involved in interacting with your plushy buddy.In my case, I have an Olyfactory Discord and a small handmade Discord that cost quite a lot. I have to walk on eggshells around my dear handmade one, but with the Oly one I can actually share my life. I'd still like to have a second Oly one just in case, to have a mint "default" Discord whereas the other one might get dressed up or seams fixed or indeed replaced under tears if my plushie is lost to a house fire or something. I wouldn't be able to replace the handmade one, period. At heart, my love is for mai waifu; the plush should only be a tool to connect more easily, though it does feel like my Oly Discord is his own little person, too. I actually don't want a LS because it would inevitably break my heart (not just my bank), I'll be happier hugging a daki and using my imagination. (For the records, I don't have a tupper like some anons do.)pic rel should be a good example of how I'm treating my Discord plushies differently.
>>41805408Plushmakers literally want to be paid to do that and just that alone, it's insane, mf wanna charge like goddamn 1500 for it. I could go buy a used rice rocket for that.
>>41818397>I'm the anon you quoted hereOk, you didn't actually quote me, but I posted the controversial statement at the end of >>41805526 about replacing plushies.
>>41817733In the time it took you to drive to the shop and set up those machines, you could have made those cutie marks on a home embroidery machine.
>>41817786Kek true. I comissioned ERC just because their quality looks decent, pricing was good, and they had a commission spot open. No way am I waiting 6+ months in queue plus time to make the life-size.
>>41818513For me it's the opposite. I want my plushie to last as long a humanly possible, so the last thing I'd do is pick a less quality conscious maker just cause it's faster. One years wait is nothing compared to how many years of joy it'll bring me.
>>41818398>people want to get paid to do their jobYes that’s usually how it works. And if you want them to do it only part time instead then the prices will go even higher as the supply plummets.
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>>41818398please buy a used rice rocket and enjoy your endless maintenance then anon, nobody's stopping you
>>41818513I'm also in progress with ERC, exactly what you said plus I had a few recs from marefair.
>>41818527>try to commission AZG>he doesn't do clothes>he doesn't do sph>he wants $500 more than someone else>he says wait 6 months til a slot opensthen>come back in 6 months>his stream chat has convinced him he's undercharging so its now $2000>he says wait 6 months because he overestimated his wait time and filled all slots while you were waitingrepeat
>>41819793>he doesn't do sphHe does for his own plushies
>>41819793Well that fucking sucks. I've only got a Lanacraft plush and had no problems other than the big wait. Good to know to avoid AZG.
>>41819823I mean don't get me wrong he's a cool dude and his plushes are top notch you're just getting exactly the horse he makes and nothing more or less
>>41818527hasnt ERC been cautioned against for quality issues and lying about it?
>>41820254There was lots of discussion about it in last thread, check from the archive. Can't really say anything else because I don't know personally.
>>41820254see>>41817786people say a lot of things, there's been just as many people saying they're perfectly happy with what they get these days as people saying they'll never buy from him because he did some shit half a decade agoFrom what I've seen, nobody's complained about his quality in the past couple years
