Firebird wrote:Thanks for the info Convotron, I didn't see that text last time I was on their website.
Still it begs the question of why they would even make a resin Nova Prime prototype (or "Commander" as all the cool 3rd party guys are calling them) when they have no plans to actually produce them in a sizable quantity. They say that SHE is an inspiration of theirs, And they make awesome things (like for example their perfect change Gunbuster that I want immensely) but they still produce enough to sell a sizable quantity that although they are fairly expensive people still would have the chance to purchase them from online stores.
I understand they are making something this awesome to gather attention to themselves, raise capital for their next project, and perhaps even advertise their Wheeljack kit also featured on their blog.
The NP prototype was basically a test exercise for the folks at MC to try out design concepts according to their post regarding the prototype's availability for sale.
I think they certainly could make the Nova Prime kit in a limited run but I can't imagine how much they would have to sell each figure for to break even for the time and cost of the production. I speculate that they may want to take things a little slow and mainly raise capital and build their reputation up with the Wheeljack kit and by showing off their Nova Prime prototype.
I'm not an expert by any means but the only 3rd party producer for Transformers I know of that has consistent productivity and quality is FransProject and look at how long it took them to attempt a full figure toy design.
Still drooling over this though.
