Statues & Figures Thread - Any & All Game Related

[Life Is Prime]

flatout,

I forgot to mention this way, way, way back. I had spoken to the company that made the Darksiders II Death statue (the one shown at Gamescom that you now appear to own) and they told me that War was not in the plans, as Death was to commemorate the release of the remastered edition. So, yeah.

As for Kratos, my heart jumped when I saw the posting on the Twitter account earlier in the week. The price is much, yes, and I'm not rich. The thing for me is much less the cost and more the size. Where does one put such a thing? I think the tallest figure I owned was 14" or a little over. This is just insane.

Would it kill them to make a smaller size? Sure, the detail is not as high. So what? Gentle Giant had a Black Widow statue from The Winter Soldier that sold out and they have made a second run, or half the size or so, with a cheaper price tag. They are basically making affordable and space-saving alternatives to their giant, collector editions. This is the best Kratos stance and sculpt I have seen, and yet I can't do it. All that's left for me is the Ultimate Kratos by NECA Toys releasing sometime late December, and I would trade over that for a smaller one of this. <--- Mr. Gary Barth I hope you are reading this and can convince folks.

Side note: Prepare ladies and gents, for God of War 4!

[flatout]

Originally Posted by Life Is Prime

flatout,

I forgot to mention this way, way, way back. I had spoken to the company that made the Darksiders II Death statue (the one shown at Gamescom that you now appear to own) and they told me that War was not in the plans, as Death was to commemorate the release of the remastered edition. So, yeah.

Thanks for the info, I appreciate it even if it feels like a knife in the heart

I assumed this though. I knew it was marketing push to try and help the re-master... but I secretly hoped for War too.

Originally Posted by Life Is Prime

As for Kratos, my heart jumped when I saw the posting on the Twitter account earlier in the week. The price is much, yes, and I'm not rich. The thing for me is much less the cost and more the size. Where does one put such a thing? I think the tallest figure I owned was 14" or a little over. This is just insane.

Would it kill them to make a smaller size? Sure, the detail is not as high. So what? Gentle Giant had a Black Widow statue from The Winter Soldier that sold out and they have made a second run, or half the size or so, with a cheaper price tag. They are basically making affordable and space-saving alternatives to their giant, collector editions. This is the best Kratos stance and sculpt I have seen, and yet I can't do it. All that's left for me is the Ultimate Kratos by NECA Toys releasing sometime late December, and I would trade over that for a smaller one of this. <--- Mr. Gary Barth I hope you are reading this and can convince folks.

Side note: Prepare ladies and gents, for God of War 4!

I hear you. There are a good amount of collectors who like really big statues and some people who like smaller ones. Honestly I do not have the space, I had to move stuff around and clear an entire display table off for him (though it is worth it... he is amazing). I think Gary and the Devs wanted to make a big on this time is all.

I agree on the pose as well... I love it. I do not like super action type poses as they tend to look awkward at certain angles.

Going to PM you with an idea/suggestion

[garybarth]

Noted ;-)

I've always wanted to do a really big statue, and I figured that Kratos was the perfect subject. From now on, I'll stick with smaller scale and make them more affordable. However, you have to admit, $499 for a 1:3 scale mixed media statue is pretty darn reasonable. ;-)

I hope you all had a great Holiday and if you have ideas for statues or collectibles you'd like to see produced in the future, feel free to post them on here or email me directly at gary_barth@playstation.sony.com. They can be based on new games or classic games, but it has to be properties that SCEA makes (sorry, no Destiny guns or Battlefront snow speeders...as much as I'd like to make them). And remember, these aren't vanity projects, so the ideas have to be for statues that will be popular enough to support making a 500-1000 units.

Thanks,
G

Originally Posted by Life Is Prime

flatout,

I forgot to mention this way, way, way back. I had spoken to the company that made the Darksiders II Death statue (the one shown at Gamescom that you now appear to own) and they told me that War was not in the plans, as Death was to commemorate the release of the remastered edition. So, yeah.

As for Kratos, my heart jumped when I saw the posting on the Twitter account earlier in the week. The price is much, yes, and I'm not rich. The thing for me is much less the cost and more the size. Where does one put such a thing? I think the tallest figure I owned was 14" or a little over. This is just insane.

Would it kill them to make a smaller size? Sure, the detail is not as high. So what? Gentle Giant had a Black Widow statue from The Winter Soldier that sold out and they have made a second run, or half the size or so, with a cheaper price tag. They are basically making affordable and space-saving alternatives to their giant, collector editions. This is the best Kratos stance and sculpt I have seen, and yet I can't do it. All that's left for me is the Ultimate Kratos by NECA Toys releasing sometime late December, and I would trade over that for a smaller one of this. <--- Mr. Gary Barth I hope you are reading this and can convince folks.

Side note: Prepare ladies and gents, for God of War 4!

[Profession]

Originally Posted by garybarth

Noted ;-)



I've always wanted to do a really big statue, and I figured that Kratos was the perfect subject. From now on, I'll stick with smaller scale and make them more affordable. However, you have to admit, $499 for a 1:3 scale mixed media statue is pretty darn reasonable. ;-)



I hope you all had a great Holiday and if you have ideas for statues or collectibles you'd like to see produced in the future, feel free to post them on here or email me directly at gary_barth@playstation.sony.com. They can be based on new games or classic games, but it has to be properties that SCEA makes (sorry, no Destiny guns or Battlefront snow speeders...as much as I'd like to make them). And remember, these aren't vanity projects, so the ideas have to be for statues that will be popular enough to support making a 500-1000 units.



Thanks,

G

You should do a Call of duty one, from the older cod's though 4/mw2 etc. There's barely any statues for the game so it'd be really unique. 7-9" should be good


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[GameTrigger]

Originally Posted by Profession

You should do a Call of duty one, from the older cod's though 4/mw2 etc. There's barely any statues for the game so it'd be really unique. 7-9" should be good


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Did Sony buy CoD brand

[Profession]

Originally Posted by GameTrigger

Did Sony buy CoD brand

Oh. Oh right...well sort of I guess I mean PS4 is a primary console for cod now


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[garybarth]

Sorry, I can't do CoD as its a third party licensee.

G

[Mike1888]

Originally Posted by garybarth

Sorry, I can't do CoD as its a third party licensee.

G

What about SOCOM? Not sure what you could do, or if it would sell very well but just putting it out there. Would be cool to have a nice collectible for such a revolutionary series.

[fan_of_gaming]

Originally Posted by garybarth

Noted ;-)

From now on, I'll stick with smaller scale and make them more affordable.

Hi Gary,

as someone who bought and is waiting on my God Of War statue to arrive, I hope you don't follow what you said above, just because some people think it's too big or can't afford it.

Should every statue you make be this size and price? Of course not. But if it makes sense with some of Sony's premier characters, I would hate to see you choose not to make it, because of a few pieces of negative feedback you received. I'm sure lots of people you may never hear from on a forum, will love the statue.

Just my 2 cents anyway. I also own your Delsin Rowe statue (did skip the Journey one though as the game doesn't interest me). Really like your work and hope you continue making great statues

SCEA franchises I would purchase statues from:
- Beyond: Two Souls
- Folklore
- God Of War
- Heavenly Sword
- Horizon: Zero Dawn
- Infamous
- Jak and Daxter
- Killzone
- Knack
- Lair
- LittleBigPlanet (standard Sackboy only)
- Ratchet & Clank
- Resistance
- Sly Cooper
- Starhawk
- Syphon Filter
- The Order 1886
- Uncharted

Thanks

[Mike1888]

Originally Posted by fan_of_gaming

- Resistance

Seconded. RFoM is one of my favourite games of all time and there is no merchandise for it. Ideas:
chimera skull as seen on the cover:


RFoM Hale statue
Chimera bust