There’s a big market with artisan toys, I mainly follow the Star Wars ones, but there’s a lot of different ones out there. There’s Stan Solo, Fans Strike Back, The Next 17, etc… they all make quality toys on the same level as the Kenner originals. Now sometimes they make “repros” of vintage figures to try to get them out there, a big example being Stormtrooper disguise Han Solo because it was a difficult figure to get back in the day that fetches a high price. But they also provide us with things we never got, like the Bantha that Kenner showed a prototype for, but never actually released. Or Slave Leia, which was a big miss from the original Kenner line. Does /toy/ appreciate these artisan toy makers or do we see them as “stealing” Kenner’s designs?
>>11031962By artisan do you mean customs and bootlegs? Sure, I like that sort of thing, it’s interesting seeing how people get around copyrights with ‘legally distinct’ versions of characters.
>>11031970It’s funny how you yell bootleg in every thread about third party companies, have you ever stopped to realize bootleg maybe isn’t a bad thing at all? These “bootlegs” have replicated Kenner original figures better than Hasbro themselves did with their “Retro Collection”.
>>11031972Hey now, you forgot how to read. I just said I like bootlegs.
>>11031962>artisan>resin pour and bungy cord
I definitely can appreciate stuff like 3rd party transformers that fill a niche a company is otherwise not filling. In the case of these Star Wars ones I guess they are the same way but I don’t really have any interest in trying to “finish” the roster of a 40 year old toyline, for much the same reason I have no interest in the new ones hasbro is putting out either. Part of the charm in collecting vintage stuff is there is a definitive endpoint to it and I don’t think I’d ever want something like this leia for that reason.
>>11031977That was clearly a prototype though
>>11031962>Stormtrooper disguise Han Solowhy would a storetrooper pretend to be an han solo?
>>11031972Oh fuck off, Michael. You pay a high price for a single figure that'll never be worth a shit, enver be accepted as a legit part of any collection, and is for obsessive man-babies who need every last character and costume in a line.
>>11031962Fuck off Micheal. I know you lurk and post here. Just like Junkman .You uptight little bitch.
>>11035329fuck you, as I always say, 'fans are doing the best work'
>>11033518It was clearly a piece of shit
>>11039168stfu troon, I am not Jin
>>11039168>republicans hate free speech even though it's democrats who literally jail people for saying the wrong thing that offended special snowflakes>call someone Jin for pointing out the obviousAre you high on something? For real
You guys are mentally deficient
can i post art toys here though
