When an artist customizes a rare toy?
- Posted: April 11, 2012 @ 9:13AM
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It's funny, a while ago I would see a variety of really rare toys being used as fodder for customs and I would get mad. Why would someone 'destroy' a Bunnyvan when I couldn't find one anywhere? Though now that I've got my Bunnyvan I could care less. :)
I think two guys that called out recently were Rsinart for his customizing Huck's hard to get skullhead, which he's now done three I believe and were all spectacular. The second was Leecifer for customizing a ton of 'rare' toys, which was great because in the end he took on the moniker of 'Toy Destroyer'.
Is there a difference to you guys when customizing say a Munny or Be@rbrick versus a Companion or a Paw? Should non-diy toys be 'off limits'? :)
*** Edit - Included a couple of examples ***
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total simpleton approach on my part but: if the resulting piece looks phenominal, then I'm all for it. If the artist or the art is terrible, then I mourn the loss and might punch a monkey in righteous indignation on behalf of collectors everywhere.
If you're going to further limit a rare piece, you better have the chops to make it something truly wonderful. Arbritary and hard to measure, but there it is.
about 12 years ago · Comment ·
Is Jeremyriad on this site? He wrote about this topic on his site a few months back. I'm not an artist and my opinion might be flawed (because I'm no art critic either), but I think that so long as the artist does a good job and does justice to the piece, then it's not a big deal. Personally, I wonder how people can afford rare pieces in the first place and then afford to have big name artists customize them. It's got to cost an arm and a leg (and perhaps a first born child)....
about 12 years ago · Comment ·
If blanks are not available for a platform, this is going to happen. I can't imagine why it would matter unless you are sure it is the very last one (which I wouldnt have an issue with anyways - obviously the owner of the peice is on board, so who cares? If they chose to have it customized rather than sell the peice off, it was not available to anyone anyways, so it was already 'gone' from the market)
about 12 years ago · Comment ·
There's definitely a difference depending on the platform I reckon. In my opinion, to justify the 'sacrifice' so to speak of a rarer toy for a custom depends on the final product at the end of the process.
If an artist nails the custom then it's totally justified. This is very personal depending on taste of course.
about 12 years ago · Comment ·
As a collector this is a double edged sword. If I own the piece and it is already limited, the known destruction of any duplicates makes mine more valuable (Is there a way to put a count in the library next to the edition size of known pieces that have been destroyed?) and therefore benefits me. However, if I do not own the piece it makes it that much harder to acquire and costs more (sucks to be on this end).
But, if a piece has multiple colorways and an artist chooses to use the least liked colorway they benefit the entire community by elliminating the lesser product and replacing it with a more valuable object.
In the end it comes down to if the artist buys it, he has the right to do what he wants with it.
I Just hope they choose not to do the really cool pieces...
about 12 years ago · Comment ·
Necktie v
"Is there a way to put a count in the library next to the edition size of known pieces that have been destroyed?"
interesting idea about 12 years ago
Easily_Amused I know right? I know 10 Fat Tony's of the first limited edition have been customized, and I wonder how many others have lost valuable members of their species. about 12 years ago
they should absolutely be customized...anything should. when i approach a more pricey figure, like the Benny and Red Bird i'm doing now, i certainly do so with a bit more care and planning but the figure's gonna get destroyed regardless. i think the only thing i'd have trouble painting over would be a possessed, but that's only because i don't have one yet :/
this lilitu should be fun....and nerve wracking!
about 12 years ago · Comment ·
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keegan a I know Jeremy DEFINITELY has a strong opinion on this subject, but I feel the same as you. If the finished product it awesome I don't care what they used as a base. about 12 years ago