2010-07-21, 17:02 | Link #2582 | |
九尾の狐
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Maybe some kind of curse to that figure? xD |
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2010-07-22, 05:51 | Link #2587 | |
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I don't know about Alter for sure, but I know for a fact that Good Smile gets its duplicates made in China. They sculpt and paint it in Japan, send molds and the master copy over to some Chinese factory, then they're sent back to Japan to be sold. I'm not sure why you'd have a problem with figures being made in China, since that doesn't hinder the figure's quality. But in case you have some morals thing going, just know that most every mass produced PVC is made in China, especially the ones from big companies like GSC. |
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2010-07-22, 06:25 | Link #2588 | |
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I don't have a single figure that doesn't have the "Made In China" label, which is actually a good thing. If a figure doesn't have it, that's most likely a bootleg ; Only printed items like artbooks, magazines, calendars and trading crads are manufactured in Japan
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2010-07-22, 06:44 | Link #2590 | |
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The fact that duplicates/bootlegs are also made there, doesn't really matter. If it's manufactured by a japanese company (o/c with the factory located in China) then it's all good
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2010-07-22, 06:46 | Link #2591 | |
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Now, this isn't going to be Mcdonalds Happy Meal toy quality just because they make it in China, and it's not going to have lead paint or anything either. The quality of the figure depends on who made the master copy, the Chinese workers just copy what they see. Since the master copy for GSC's Senjougahara is pretty superb, the Chinese copies will be 99.9% as good. Just like if they wanted to send some Mcdonalds Happy Meal worthy crap to China, China will send back some Mcdonalds Happy Meal worthy crap to be sold in Japan. |
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2010-07-22, 06:53 | Link #2594 | |
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Like Komari wrote, on an assembly line. A sculptor is hired to make the original sculpt of the figure, then that one is duplicated into thousands of other copies
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2010-07-22, 07:08 | Link #2596 | |
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That usually only happens with cheaper prize figures though. Companies like GSC/MaxFactory or Alter have their own standards to keep up to and they always deliever Japanese are quite serious when it comes to their products anyway I haven't seen pics of the actual factories yet but I doubt you can just take photographs in there
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2010-07-22, 07:13 | Link #2597 | |
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Hm, an overview on how figures are made? Here's from my knowledge to you ~~~~~~~~~ 1. A company, let's call it CherryLime, sees a totally hawt and popular anime girl they want to make a figure of 2. CherryLime either acquires concept art from the people who designed the girl, we'll call her Kaori, or has their artists draw their own concept art of her. 3. A sculptor is given a picture of what the end result of Kaori should look like, pose and stuff, and maybe some pics of Kaori at different angles to know what she looks like all around. 4. The sculptor gets out his Sculpey (or whatever, I won't get into that) and sculpts Kaori. He then cuts her into pieces and makes molds of each piece. 5. The molds are filled with plastic (not sure if they use PVC or resin for master copies), and the resulting new plastic pieces are assembled and painted with primer. 6. The assembled Kaori is brought to some folk, and they discuss her colors and w/e. 7. The assembled Kaori is painted by a painter, probably a different guy, usually airbrushed. 8. The complete Kaori is discussed some more, and they make a base (unless the base is something epic like VN02 Miku or Black Rock Shooter, then they already made the base). 9. The master copy is sent to a factory in China (I think that factories do commissions, not like every company has its own personal factory ). 10. Workers study Kaori, then get to work - each worker has her own job, like painting Kaori's legs, or shading Kaori's hair. Not sure if they make molds in China, I think it makes sense. 11. Completed Kaori copies are boxed, sent back to Japan, then sold, or in your case, boxed up again and sent to Israel. Last edited by Kudryavka; 2010-07-22 at 07:19. Reason: i forgot where you live XD |
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2010-07-22, 07:43 | Link #2600 |
Bass-wa Watashi
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http://myfigurecollection.net/pictur...f=figure:13319
nuff said Please make me stay away from that figure, no money... And I already decided once I don't want it because it was already sold out and no more were made, it's here again... I'M SCARED.
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