DMS
He is from UK
- Collection 75
- Wishlist 34
- Comments 101
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14 years ago
I have a custom one of these, but it refuses to stand up, all the joints are kinda limp :(
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75 34 104
13 years ago
If you paint a thin coat of varnish on the joints and pop them back in when dry, it should tighten the fit ;)
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13 years ago
Legend, thanks Dan.
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angel
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14 years ago
Do we need fake toys here?
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14 years ago
LOL interesting! Maybe it is useful to help people not to be fooled by bootleg figures? :P
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angel
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14 years ago
Let's make the Fake section then, this section might be huge :)
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14 years ago
Bootlegs are not good for anyone. :(
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75 34 104
14 years ago
I think bootlegs are great for everyone (who isn't bothered about having the original!). Bootlegs that are a parody of the original piece are cool IMO, bootlegs trying to pretend to be the originals are a different kettle of fish.
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14 years ago
I have previously mentioned I don't like KAWS and I am not going to talk about KAWS as everyone has their own opinion about how original his creations are (I do consider them to be over priced pop art fyi)
Bootlegging devalues everything for everyone. Justifying it's fine just because the original one is expensive or the artist has "sold out" doesn't make it valid.
- Someone is making money off of someone's work.
- Devalues the brand/design, (which is the WORST thing) by having it in all these dodgy bootleg stores/flooding the market/low quality/consumers not understanding the product. NOT only for KAWS but for all designer toys.
- Someone may potentially be fooled. (Bootleg companies don't give a shit about their market) Just because you are "in the know" and it seems VERY clear its a bootleg, not everyone will.
- Official prices rise (this is a common practice by official companies to set the bootlegers clearly apart for consumer) This may also sets a price range for other designer toys.
Official re-productions are fine, just like posters of artwork. Yet most paintings are in the public domain anyway. Then again, paintings are a poor example as its not like someone is re-producing the brush strokes.
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14 years ago
I don't know how you can say I am missing the point? I said bootlegs are not good for anyone and you voiced other opinions, so I explained my stance. Devaluing through residual effects is very damaging.
To say that everyone knows the price point is a bit off. I first saw KAWS in a music mag, many people buy various culture mags on a whim. People truly do not know the market price of various toys. People still are shocked at the designer toys around the 50-80 mark, they wouldn't expect something to be much more than that for a KAWS piece.
People do not instantly understand the designer toy market; pricing and what artist is what. People are coming in from all directions and can easily be mislead.
I am sure you have friends that don't collect but have found some of your pieces really cool without knowing the price point, official packaging or where to get it from. Or friends that are shocked when you say "you might not want to drop that as it cost $200"
I am talking about bootlegs as a generalisation, it affects any market it touches. Companies pushing up market price point to distinguish it isn't a bootleg, is a common marketing strategy in other production fields.
A company can still be affected by the residual effect of bootlegs, even if they are not making direct profit off of the limited release they did. They release the next variant and people don't buy it as they have already purchased the previous bootlegged version for example or they don't buy their products any more as they want a level of exclusivity.
I agree with your stance on KR and their "limited' runs, yet its not a reason to bootleg them.
Bootlegs are not good for anyone as the residual effects affect the designer toy market as a whole.
- A legit store trying to sell official products can't compete vs the bootleg store down the street.
Stores selling bootlegs may not know who designed them and/or know they are "designer toys". They would have just ordered them from one of their suppliers thinking it was cool and not have known it was a bootleg.
- Suppliers don't sit back for hours doing research, they may be dealing with a whole seller that deals 10% in bootlegs without knowing it. Something slips through the cracks to store fronts with the belief that it is legit.
- It won't stop at KAWS (and hasn't) for bootlegging and will continue on.
- Bootlegs can get VERY close to the original and almost perfect quality. This can be easily witnessed with the bootleg anime toy scene.
Bootleg suppliers have a HUGE market share in various places around the world. Even my small little china town is filled with various bootleg products of toys the general consumer wouldn't know was a "designer" piece. A bootleg manufacture might come across Uamou design take it up and flood the market with it.
If someone buys a bootleg knowing it is a bootleg for the mentioned reasons above, good for them if they are happy. Yet it isn't good for the market at all and to believe otherwise is part of the problem with bootlegging. -
14 years ago
Catch you next time <3
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14 years ago
Nice you can see it but I know a lot of people who would mistake them for the original,good to know and identify the fakes and the authentic figures
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14 years ago
What are the identifiers on this piece to know its not original?
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14 years ago
They look cheap to me. The biggest difference between these and the real thing is that these are at least 5 or 6 inches shorter than the genuine Companions. It's not too difficult to spot that difference. Plus they look very shiny. The original Companions are matte.
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14 years ago
I don't really like the Kaws figures, but I would love to own something like this simply because it's a fake of something really exclusive. I think I may want it more than an original :)
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13 years ago
I now have these, but with matte surface. They're really nice
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13 years ago
The matte finish is actually fake.
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12 years ago
I think these are funny. I'd buy buy it just to put next to the original with his hand resting on his head.
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11 years ago
WTF is this doing here? This is NOT a bootleg, it's counterfeit, shouldn't even be listed here.
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14 years ago
Come on, who owns it?
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175 14 12
14 years ago
Each figure is a one-off sculpture. This one sold out within hours it was made available earlier in May this year.
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75 34 104
14 years ago
More Specimens coming in 2011 :)
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75 34 104
13 years ago
Or possibly 2012 now! Where's the year gone?!
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185 83 831
14 years ago
$200, hmm, i dont think so
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14 years ago
For a mini figure, cha ching!!
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75 34 104
14 years ago
At 1/100 I guess it's really rare but i just don't think it looks that good.
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angel
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178 1 77
14 years ago
Yeah the price for that is outrageous.
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14 years ago
Price is outrageous, yes, but it looks AWESOME. This toy predates the "vomiting rainbow" internet meme. Now or then, I think it's an excellent commentary on the Western cultures' addiction to oil. And if the price is so outrageous, will someone sell it to me for dirt cheap?? :)
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angel
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178 1 77
14 years ago
Tris, if I did have one, I'd sell it to you for cheap. Dead serious.
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14 years ago
I heart you, saigonradio!
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14 years ago
Tris, if I did have one, I'd offer it to u as gift. Dead drunk serious.
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14 years ago
And my other heart? It goes to you. :)
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14 years ago
Well if I had one, I'd pay you to take it!
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angel
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14 years ago
CaptDNA - hahahahahah! :D
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13 years ago
"I think it's an excellent commentary on the Western cultures' addiction to oil."
You mean obvious and contrived? -
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13 years ago
Oh yes, thank you. I guess I did mean to say your thoughts instead of my own.
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12 years ago
this thing is sweeeet. just hope its not 200 bones!
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jazzydan
499 646 2538
14 years ago
More shots here....
http://www.heavymetalqee.com/gallery/dms/
DMS
75 34 104
14 years ago
Nice photos Dan! Loved making this.
junkmale
26 14 8
14 years ago
so fking cool man! looks like some kind of terminator.
junkmale
26 14 8
14 years ago
is this for sale? been picking up quite a bit of dms stuff.
jazzydan
499 646 2538
14 years ago
fraid not mate