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ddaines wrote:

the reason for the post comment is that there is a similar develpoment regarding a Japanese resin 'Garage kit' producer whose OOP figures on the secondary market go for silly money, and they are apparently reissuing some of their work much to the horror of those who have A. stashed them away as investments, and B. those who may have paid in excess of $1-2,0000 for some of the rarer kits.

such people tend to define themselves through "possessing" rather than through "being" -- after all, we can't take anything with us when we die.

Last edited by cameosis (Mon, Jul15 2013 8:43am)

cameosis wrote:

ddaines wrote:

the reason for the post comment is that there is a similar develpoment regarding a Japanese resin 'Garage kit' producer whose OOP figures on the secondary market go for silly money, and they are apparently reissuing some of their work much to the horror of those who have A. stashed them away as investments, and B. those who may have paid in excess of $1-2,0000 for some of the rarer kits.

such people tend to define themselves through "possessing" rather than through "being" -- after all, we can't take anything with us when we die.

true enough, that's why the word and concept of "Legacy" exists   you can't take anything when you die but you can pass it along to your children and children's children... and rest assured that they don't use it in a way you would not have desired through well established "last wills"...

indeed that's all psychology because once you're dead, it does not matter anymore, but it is common sense among human kind to project oneself beyond death while you're alive and be happy with what you think will happen (no matter what will really happen...)... call it materialism if you will   ... that's the fundamental upon which capitalism and liberalislm are built upon and which - no matter what our ideology is - is currently "ruling" the world ....

If we are going to talk philosophy and death, I am going to need a very large drink.

yeah well I really think I need a drink too and a fresh one

besides I received an answer from Chris concerning this survey question...
"I know for a certain fact that many of the masters do not exist any longer and many of the old moulds have deteriorated so much as to be un-useable ( the damp climate of Ireland has a long term deteriorating effect on the rubber). I feel very annoyed when this sort of thing happens without my knowledge. I agree with you 100% that if any are re-made then they should be marked "2nd edition" in some way; actually , more than this -   I would insist on re-mastering  all of them ( even those for whom the masters still survive), a bit like the remaking of the Fantasy range into Phaeton, so these would be effectively entirely new figures. Thus the real question to ask in any survey such as this  should be whether collectors would rather I spend my design time re-working M1 to 100, or making 100 new figures.

That sums it all up don't you think?

Excellent Gildor, and Chris expresses my opinion entirely.

Well Chris did not say anything to Lars because well, he was not even aware of the survey itself.... He discovered that when I talked about it and was surprised thus his sentence I feel very annoyed when this sort of thing happens without my knowledge

but as I remind, Chris is no more than a councellor, sculptor and employee at Mithril, he may be co-founder he is not co-owner anymore and does not meddle in politics unless he wants to, and Lars does not inform him if he does not want to...

Amen to that.

.... I hope not the whole summer will be so infest on our favorite in.... can I order something cold for drink please... but not scrumpy please

this statement was not from me Mornedhel, but from Chris himself... I assume has has witnessed this deteroriation by himself else he would not say that

I assume it means they may have stored them "now" in this storeroom, but those moulds back in 1988... they may not have been treated this way alas and did not have this acclimated storeroom back in those years.

Recasting the old ones is just to much effort. Better producing 100 new figures as Chris has said! The old range keeps its value and if someone wants to collect the old range aswell, there is always ebay where you can find them all within a short timespan as you can see how fast Master Milo had finished his collection! Its all about effort!

hsf62 wrote:

Its all about effort!

Well......it's a lot about money too. The earlier ones don't exactly come cheap!

Huooommmm ... why do you gentlemen think that a recast or remake of those old figures would really be seriously considered? ...hûom? .. . hom ... as for me, I do not believe in that .... huoooom

I also agree that it will probablycome to nothing. But if they did remake some, I would want the caravan guards from Far Harad included.