Yes sorry bud, I should of been more specific. I was hoping Fede would post some clear pics of his to compare with yours.
Not so sure that Fede will post pics of his bud...
Posted 25 March 2015 - 11:23 AM
Yes sorry bud, I should of been more specific. I was hoping Fede would post some clear pics of his to compare with yours.
Posted 25 March 2015 - 11:27 AM
It's not a new photo as I don't own the previous Star Monster of course, but here's a side-by-side I just made:
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Posted 25 March 2015 - 11:28 AM
Come on guys lets not rup it in... he made a bad purchase(appears that way so far) But exactly for that i wanna believe the Niks jotun was real. So Fede got something worthy for his money. As some theorize it might be real after all...Not so sure that Fede will post pics of his bud...
Posted 25 March 2015 - 11:38 AM
I'm just going to hazard a guess here and say Fede will stay silent, but not because HE feels HE got ripped off......
This isn't the first, or even third time he's been knee deep in something shady. Come on, I could've made the previous "Start Monster" with a heated element.... enough heat to melt the rubber a bit, not so much to burn it.... enough practice and you could easily get it to match the previous one. The new one....... well obviously that was molded that way.
I don't think anyone is rubbing anything in, thinking that someone made a bad purchase. Fact is, he bid that one up, then tried to back the price down after he won (by editing a bid) and he wasn't going to correct that until he was shamed into it. Whether or not he was involved in or the victim of a scam, pretty much means squat in light of what he's done in the past... always skating by, often using ESL or misunderstanding as an excuse. In on it = showing his colors again, victim = payback for the people he's stolen intellectual property from and other shady dealings he's been involved in.
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Posted 25 March 2015 - 12:12 PM
I'm just going to hazard a guess here and say Fede will stay silent, but not because HE feels HE got ripped off......
This isn't the first, or even third time he's been knee deep in something shady. Come on, I could've made the previous "Start Monster" with a heated element.... enough heat to melt the rubber a bit, not so much to burn it.... enough practice and you could easily get it to match the previous one. The new one....... well obviously that was molded that way.
I don't think anyone is rubbing anything in, thinking that someone made a bad purchase. Fact is, he bid that one up, then tried to back the price down after he won (by editing a bid) and he wasn't going to correct that until he was shamed into it. Whether or not he was involved in or the victim of a scam, pretty much means squat in light of what he's done in the past... always skating by, often using ESL or misunderstanding as an excuse. In on it = showing his colors again, victim = payback for the people he's stolen intellectual property from and other shady dealings he's been involved in.
Hit the nail on the head.
Posted 25 March 2015 - 02:03 PM
Thanks dude! love the detail on yours, I will be looking at every J-troll from now on.It's not a new photo as I don't own the previous Star Monster of course, but here's a side-by-side I just made:
starmonster_compare.jpg
Posted 30 March 2015 - 06:29 PM
I'm just going to hazard a guess here and say Fede will stay silent, but not because HE feels HE got ripped off......
This isn't the first, or even third time he's been knee deep in something shady. Come on, I could've made the previous "Start Monster" with a heated element.... enough heat to melt the rubber a bit, not so much to burn it.... enough practice and you could easily get it to match the previous one. The new one....... well obviously that was molded that way.
I don't think anyone is rubbing anything in, thinking that someone made a bad purchase. Fact is, he bid that one up, then tried to back the price down after he won (by editing a bid) and he wasn't going to correct that until he was shamed into it. Whether or not he was involved in or the victim of a scam, pretty much means squat in light of what he's done in the past... always skating by, often using ESL or misunderstanding as an excuse. In on it = showing his colors again, victim = payback for the people he's stolen intellectual property from and other shady dealings he's been involved in.
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Posted 31 March 2015 - 03:46 AM
the people he's stolen intellectual property from
Posted 31 March 2015 - 03:52 AM
Posted 31 March 2015 - 06:03 AM
the people he's stolen intellectual property from
Posted 31 March 2015 - 06:39 AM
Admittedly I haven't been here that long but I always thought Fede seemed like a good part of the community. I was thinking of buying the unreleased (custom) sculpts off him if/when they get finished, but what is all this talk of his past reputation? The retracting bid thing was a bit cheeky but not a huge deal, or is there something else?
Posted 31 March 2015 - 09:56 AM
Pretty much what you were thinking.... Great idea, I think I'll do that and if backed into a corner I'll ask permission after the fact. Just one to many questionable, shady, somewhat iffy.... whatever. Individually not much to look at, but as things continually come out there is a pattern of questionable behavior that might lead one to believe that he had a hand in a fake, or even orchestrated the whole deal and set up a fake seller. Who knows, but check the pics..... maybe it's more sharpness of the photography, but I swear the details on the other "star monster" are softer, as if maybe it was possibly cast? Certainly faked on some level, and oddly enough popped up from a seller with hardly any knowledge of the line, if memory serves.
*edit
Sorry to aid in derailing this thread....
Super happy for Frank, he is one of the people that makes and keeps this place great! Also happy nobody was taken by the other scam.
Edited by imperfecz, 31 March 2015 - 09:58 AM.
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Posted 31 March 2015 - 09:58 AM
I'll share my Fede is shady story:
I had 2 dealings with Fede. One transaction went completely fine. Then I bought a rare neon and a promo ghost from him for $80. I wasn't satisfied with the condition so I returned them. He kept my money for about a month total, claiming poverty. A few weeks after he got the figures back he asked me to buy a ceramic squid glass octopus for him off Ebay for $100+. I said I would buy it for him if he sent me the money for it and I later asked about my refund. I got a refund shortly thereafter and never was asked about the squid again.
I never mentioned it, because I eventually got my money back. But I never dealt with him after that.
Edited by Behemoth, 31 March 2015 - 11:36 AM.
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Posted 31 March 2015 - 10:15 AM
Pretty much what you were thinking.... Great idea, I think I'll do that and if backed into a corner I'll ask permission after the fact. Just one to many questionable, shady, somewhat iffy.... whatever. Individually not much to look at, but as things continually come out there is a pattern of questionable behavior that might lead one to believe that he had a hand in a fake, or even orchestrated the whole deal and set up a fake seller. Who knows, but check the pics..... maybe it's more sharpness of the photography, but I swear the details on the other "star monster" are softer, as if maybe it was possibly cast? Certainly faked on some level, and oddly enough popped up from a seller with hardly any knowledge of the line, if memory serves.
*edit
Sorry to aid in derailing this thread....
Super happy for Frank, he is one of the people that makes and keeps this place great! Also happy nobody was taken by the other scam.
Thanks man!
For what it's worth, I did a small MIMP trade with Nik shortly after he posted about the Star Monster, and he was friendly, fast to ship and easy to deal with. He even made sure to point out that the figure he was going to send me had a light stain to make sure I was okay with it. I didn't pick up on anything shady with the guy, and he did seem to have a genuine interest in collecting MIMP because he was after specific figures and posted pics of his collection and stuff. But who knows for sure what the deal is.
Posted 31 March 2015 - 10:17 AM
A few weeks after he got the figures back he asked me to buy a ceramic squid for him off Ebay for $100+.
ahh, the ol' ceramic squid bait-n-switch...
seriously though, this gets my vote for "most unexpected sentence of the day"
Edited by bachamn, 31 March 2015 - 10:17 AM.
Posted 31 March 2015 - 10:36 AM
I went back and looked through my messages. It was apparently a solid glass octopus, not a ceramic squid. The link is broken, or I would post a picture.
Probably best as this thread is far from the original topic anyway.
Edited by Behemoth, 31 March 2015 - 10:37 AM.
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Posted 31 March 2015 - 02:57 PM
Posted 31 March 2015 - 05:32 PM
Posted 01 April 2015 - 06:37 AM
Didn't Nik first state how the figure wasnt going to be sold, and only after enough interest had been generated that it was put up for auction here? It all seems like a massive conspiracy theory, haha.
Posted 01 April 2015 - 06:53 AM
Yeah. I was very concerned when he suddenly wanted to put it for sale after stating it wasn't for sale. At least we all know what a 100% legit troll looks like with a possible color. Maybe the mold was changed but I doubt it.
Posted 01 April 2015 - 08:42 AM
Posted 01 April 2015 - 09:36 AM
Really, it's not beyond the realms of possibility that both trolls were legit. Remember there was a substantial time lag between the original coloured figures and the neon figures being pressed.
I mean, I have the Ultimoja from Gamoja which is plastic painted silver, but Moose also cast some metal Ultimojas. Both are legit, both are completely different, and these are figures which were issued at the same time too.
I am reserving judgement on the whole thing until more star figures emerge.
Posted 01 April 2015 - 09:53 AM