Rainman wishlist thread

[greatlakes6]

We need to get a Michael Douglass at some point. This is the one.

I'd take a gekko too but not sure if a figure like that would stand out.

Both of these are being done by another artist. The Falling Down Douglas is already for sale and being casted. The Gekko is a separate thread.

 

[Ajkhunter]

Some great choices in here but I think people forget that in the end its a business and Rainman needs a figure that will sell... and not just 5 figures but 40+ haha.

 

[turbo.VS.ozone]

Both of these are being done by another artist. The Falling Down Douglas is already for sale and being casted. The Gekko is a separate thread.

Yea, but again it's not a Rainman. This has been a wishlist character much longer than any recent headsculpt being offered. No offense to the other artist, it's a good sculpt but it wouldn't be on par with what Rainman usually puts out and I'm more interested in sticking with these products as it's high quality stuff.
I wish some of these artists would leave certain characters alone and let the seasoned professionals do what they do. :lol

Some great choices in here but I think people forget that in the end its a business and Rainman needs a figure that will sell... and not just 5 figures but 40+ haha.

It's going to get much more interesting now that most of the popular characters have all been done. To see what type of characters he decides to do from here on end. I would rather see him do hit and runs of niche characters, quick 20-30 peices and just quickly move to the next thing than stay stuck on 1 character for months because of the popularity. I think Torrance is the tipping point. The newer character choices are missing the key ingredient of nostalgia so now the character choices are really going to get cool and interesting because their not going to be the obvious. I'm not really sure how deep of a film fan he is but it would be great to see characters that are not as commercial.

 

[jra81984]

Yea, but again it's not a Rainman. This has been a wishlist character much longer than any recent headsculpt being offered. No offense to the other artist, it's a good sculpt but it wouldn't be on par with what Rainman usually puts out and I'm more interested in sticking with these products as it's high quality stuff.
I wish some of these artists would leave certain characters alone and let the seasoned professionals do what they do. :lol

Seriously? That is a very naive way of thinking. So many projects use his exact tailor...his sculpts are good but they are not the only good ones out there in this world. There is an insane amount of talent on these boards....don't dismiss it.

 

[turbo.VS.ozone]

Seriously? That is a very naive way of thinking. So many projects use his exact tailor...his sculpts are good but they are not the only good ones out there in this world. There is an insane amount of talent on these boards....don't dismiss it.

Ok, then by that same argument it shouldn't be suggested that Rainman skip a character simply because some one else is currently doing it. The hobby is overlapping and it's going to be a commen thing for artists to do the same character. With that said I don't think anyone can do a better job than him with these characters. That's a preference thing and a personal opinion. I don't really have any issue with other custom figure makers doing the same characters at this point so long as it doesn't hurt the chances of getting those same characters eventually being made by Rainman........especially when everyone is using his tailor.

 

[karamazov80]

Some great choices in here but I think people forget that in the end its a business and Rainman needs a figure that will sell... and not just 5 figures but 40+ haha.

Good point.

Toilet DX accessory.

 

[greatlakes6]

Yea, but again it's not a Rainman. This has been a wishlist character much longer than any recent headsculpt being offered. No offense to the other artist, it's a good sculpt but it wouldn't be on par with what Rainman usually puts out and I'm more interested in sticking with these products as it's high quality stuff.
I wish some of these artists would leave certain characters alone and let the seasoned professionals do what they do. :lol


It's going to get much more interesting now that most of the popular characters have all been done. To see what type of characters he decides to do from here on end. I would rather see him do hit and runs of niche characters, quick 20-30 peices and just quickly move to the next thing than stay stuck on 1 character for months because of the popularity. I think Torrance is the tipping point. The newer character choices are missing the key ingredient of nostalgia so now the character choices are really going to get cool and interesting because their not going to be the obvious. I'm not really sure how deep of a film fan he is but it would be great to see characters that are not as commercial.

On the first point, I hear what you are saying. Don't necessarily agree, but I hear you.

On your second point, I do tend to agree.

 

[Phine1]

A take on Hook and Pan would set a benchmark for what I consider "grail" status.
Just one listen to the soundtrack, and it brings me right back to the nostalgia that in itself represents a Pan in all of us.
Hoffman and Williams, those outfits, those roles, that place in cinema history, the backstory... imo they are a must by one of the top artists.
They would also work well as limited release due to complexity - and I don't think would have any trouble selling and becoming top desired figures.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EFiTuG21jg

I stand by this and Raoul Duke - as he is something that needs to be done and Rainman to me is the one who would tackle him best.

 

[meth head]

RM Calvin Candie would be great!

 

[Cap'n Cook]

RM Calvin Candie would be great!

Retired.

 

[Jbeltram4]

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A take on Hook and Pan would set a benchmark for what I consider "grail" status.
Just one listen to the soundtrack, and it brings me right back to the nostalgia that in itself represents a Pan in all of us.
Hoffman and Williams, those outfits, those roles, that place in cinema history, the backstory... imo they are a must by one of the top artists.
They would also work well as limited release due to complexity - and I don't think would have any trouble selling and becoming top desired figures.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EFiTuG21jg

I stand by this and Raoul Duke - as he is something that needs to be done and Rainman to me is the one who would tackle him best.

I would definitely break the bank for Pan and Hook.

 

[Lakhota]

 

[turbo.VS.ozone]

Yea, this conversation needs to be had already. The constant use of his tailor for other projects is starting to look like it's going to limit great character choices for him to do. These small runs of clothing commissions that Yunsil is doing for other artists is really going to start some conflicts of interest here because it potentially will harm the character choices for Rainman's loyal customers who collect his work exclusively. As it stands there are at least 8-10 other projects going on that have Yunsil as the project tailor with at least 3 doing limited runs of 20 or so peices of popular characters that Rainman can easily sell 30DX and 30 Fullsets with clothing/accessory sets and painted or nonpainted headsculpt options. The Django characters come to mind, as these would be an easy sell for Rainmans customer base.

I'm not at all in favor of saying that Rainman should have a monopoly on 1/6 custom figure making....and I understand that some collectors don't always prefer his work over others. I also don't see any problems with having side commission runs of alternate clothing instead of main clothing but people are really abusing his business resources and commissioning his tailor for these petty runs of 20 or so pieces of characters he can easily sell as a DX, a Fullset and get more clothing, accessories and headsculpts spread out.

I wonder if he really understands the extent of how this can affect his business if popular characters keep getting gobbled up for these small runs from other artists that only limit it because it's tough to get more than 20 customers to commit to buy. From character choice to completion it takes Rainman about 4-5 months to finish and move on to the next choice. Meanwhile smaller artists have simultaneous projects going on in between that time, commissioning his tailor......(yes his tailor!) Yunsil to do popular clothing for these small runs and none of these full figure projects are finished and ready to ship. What's going to happen when it starts to overlap? Is Yunsil going stop making clothing for Rainmans characters because she previously did a 20 peices of that exact clothing already. The whole numbered COA thing....how does that work if she already did a run of the clothing and most importantly does anyone who commissions a run of clothing that's less than 100 peices have the right to stake claim that it cannot be made again by the same tailor or will those insignificant small runs not really qualify as reason to never produce the same clothing again?

 

[ricardobsn]

Yea, this conversation needs to be had already. The constant use of his tailor for other projects is starting to look like it's going to limit great character choices for him to do. These small runs of clothing commissions that Yunsil is doing for other artists is really going to start some conflicts of interest here because it potentially will harm the character choices for Rainman's loyal customers who collect his work exclusively. As it stands there are at least 8-10 other projects going on that have Yunsil as the project tailor with at least 3 doing limited runs of 20 or so peices of popular characters that Rainman can easily sell 30DX and 30 Fullsets with clothing/accessory sets and painted or nonpainted headsculpt options. The Django characters come to mind, as these would be an easy sell for Rainmans customer base.

I'm not at all in favor of saying that Rainman should have a monopoly on 1/6 custom figure making....and I understand that some collectors don't always prefer his work over others. I also don't see any problems with having side commission runs of alternate clothing instead of main clothing but people are really abusing his business resources and commissioning his tailor for these petty runs of 20 or so pieces of characters he can easily sell as a DX, a Fullset and get more clothing, accessories and headsculpts spread out.

I wonder if he really understands the extent of how this can affect his business if popular characters keep getting gobbled up for these small runs from other artists that only limit it because it's tough to get more than 20 customers to commit to buy. From character choice to completion it takes Rainman about 4-5 months to finish and move on to the next choice. Meanwhile smaller artists have simultaneous projects going on in between that time, commissioning Yunsil to do popular clothing for these small runs and none of these full figure projects are finished and ready to ship. What's going to happen when it starts to overlap? Is Yunsil going stop making clothing for Rainmans characters because she previously did a 20 peices of that exact clothing already. The whole numbered COA thing, is not going to be taken seriously.

I agree with the part that all this side projects can affect Rainman choices, but i think this issue is something that rainman- yunsil needs to deal. This torrance project is one point out the line that yunsil crew will need to handle many many clothing sets, beside this ( regular rainman offers ) r limited maybe 50 clothing sets done total, yunsil needs to work she cant survive with just making 100-150 tops clothing sets done for rainman a year. Besides i imagine part of the price of one clothing kit price goes to rainman pocket.

 

[ricardobsn]

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A take on Hook and Pan would set a benchmark for what I consider "grail" status.
Just one listen to the soundtrack, and it brings me right back to the nostalgia that in itself represents a Pan in all of us.
Hoffman and Williams, those outfits, those roles, that place in cinema history, the backstory... imo they are a must by one of the top artists.
They would also work well as limited release due to complexity - and I don't think would have any trouble selling and becoming top desired figures.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EFiTuG21jg

I stand by this and Raoul Duke - as he is something that needs to be done and Rainman to me is the one who would tackle him best.

Cpt hook was being comsidered to be done by Serang. Serang imo can make a hell cpt hook ( more his style), so pity he messed with everybody and screwed all his reputation...

 

[Lakhota]

What you are essentially saying is RM should get first dibs on any character and Yunsil (who owns her own company) should not be making clothing runs for any other commissions just in case Lee wants to eventually make that figure? That's ludacris, that's like asking small directors to not make films in case Steven Spielberg want to in the future direct it. RM is an extraordinary artist but he's not the only person anymore in this market, there are plenty of other talented sculptors that want to do small 20 each creations that do not have the resources and staff RM has. I don't know the monetary contract Lee and Yunsil have but by no means is she exclusive to him, in that case he would have to have her sign a non compete. In all Honestly, do you really think RM is making his business and figure decisions on what other SSF custom creations are in the work? He did Bill twice after Velvet Morning that didn't stop him.

 

[ricardobsn]

What you are essentially saying is RM should get first dibs on any character and Yunsil (who owns her own company) should not be making clothing runs for any other commissions just in case Lee wants to eventually make that figure? That's ludacris, that's like asking small directors to not make films in case Steven Spielberg want to in the future direct it. RM is an extraordinary artist but he's not the only person anymore in this market, there are plenty of other talented sculptors that want to do small 20 each creations that do not have the resources and staff RM has. I don't know the monetary contract Lee and Yunsil have but by no means is she exclusive to him, in that case he would have to have her sign a non compete. In all Honestly, do you really think RM is making his business and figure decisions on what other SSF custom creations are in the work? He did Bill twice after Velvet Morning that didn't stop him.

Wrote exactly what i wanted if i didnt have a english of a 2 years old kid

 

[Godfather1408]

Hey turbo don't want to argue bud but Antony has a point....... I actually spoke with rainman when I was doing wonka and had a chat with him and he said about velvet mornings bill. Also rainman is 1 person who has help from others he doesn't bring out loads of figures every year, so you'd be waiting for a long time everytime you wanted him to make a piece.

from Yunsil's point she has rules on what she can and can't do......... She's a great lady and has a great team! Bussiness for her is making 1:6 clothes so more bussiness is good bussiness. Unless rainman turns into Don vito Corelone the exclusive thing won't happen.:rotfl

 

[turbo.VS.ozone]

What you are essentially saying is RM should get first dibs on any character and Yunsil (who owns her own company) should not be making clothing runs for any other commissions just in case Lee wants to eventually make that figure? That's ludacris, that's like asking small directors to not make films in case Steven Spielberg want to in the future direct it. RM is an extraordinary artist but he's not the only person anymore in this market, there are plenty of other talented sculptors that want to do small 20 each creations that do not have the resources and staff RM has. I don't know the monetary contract Lee and Yunsil have but by no means is she exclusive to him, in that case he would have to have her sign a non compete. In all Honestly, do you really think RM is making his business and figure decisions on what other SSF custom creations are in the work? He did Bill twice after Velvet Morning that didn't stop him.

Lakhota,
My point is what happens when Rainman wants to do characters that have already been done using his tailor....and yes it's his tailor. Yunsil is a major part of what makes Rainman Artworks what it is. Again you mention Velvets Bill the Butcher, but again your mistaken. Rainman used his own tailor for that project. Why are you so confused about that?

You always talk about fair, so is it fair to commission clothing from the most popular tailor in custom 1/6 for a small 20 figure run of popular characters that most would rather see an established business like Rainmans take on because more can be made at better quality (casting, accessories, ETA delivery time). I make that observation based on what I see. There isn't a lot of collector confidence in these smaller runs from these smaller artists otherwise those lists would be much longer.

Is it possible for these other projects to do just as well without having to use the same tailor.

 

[turbo.VS.ozone]

Hey turbo don't want to argue bud but Antony has a point....... I actually spoke with rainman when I was doing wonka and had a chat with him and he said about velvet mornings bill. Also rainman is 1 person who has help from others he doesn't bring out loads of figures every year, so you'd be waiting for a long time everytime you wanted him to make a piece.

from Yunsil's point she has rules on what she can and can't do......... She's a great lady and has a great team! Bussiness for her is making 1:6 clothes so more bussiness is good bussiness. Unless rainman turns into Don vito Corelone the exclusive thing won't happen.:rotfl

Really? What exactly did he say about Velvets Bill? Can you go into more detail about that conversion. Did he use the exact same tailor to replicate the exact same outfit? Is that what your saying he did? Because I have both Velvets and Rainmans Bill and the clothing was not made by Yunsil for both.

The Wonka clothing that you had re-released by Yunsil (with some minor differences) did that bother any of the Rainman Wonka owners whom Yunsil also tailored the clothing for? Did Rainman also approve of that?