Harvinger Studios, Savage Crucible

TheCaptain said:
They seem to be missing the diaphragm joint and bicep swivel along with the double jointed knees and elbows. They seem to have butterflies of some kind but on the prototype that D Amazing had of the dwarf they were very minimal. But they are just prototypes so obviously that could change. Interested in seeing how they maximise that elbow joint on the gnome thing since his biceps are fucking huge.
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I somehow missed that D took a look at the prototype. I'll have to dig that up.
 
Okay, I think I did watch that way back when - just forgot about it. I'm definitely reserving judgment for factory samples. Prototypes are so finicky and who knows what they might have changed. But even if nothing changes - given the size and shape of the figure, I'm actually pretty okay with the ROM I'm seeing.
 
Caught just a little bit of the Savage Crucible livestream and thought this was interesting and also the kind of crazy-cool forward-thinking we need more of in toy collecting: Elric's hair on his helmeted head is ball-jointed, so that the hair doesn't impede the head from being posed looking in different directions, and so the hair can be moved out of the way of his (fucking ew---) back-scabbard.

Very cool. Can't wait for that figure.
 
Was just listening to another SC livestream and I was irked.

I'll preface this by saying I don't know anything about Rob (the owner), but he seems like a very cool guy with a genuine passion for all of this stuff. I think he's coming from a good place, and I totally -understand- all of his points and his position.

HOWEVER...

I hate some things he said and I think they're anathema to modern collecting. It shows a massive lack of respect ('respect' meaning more like recognition in this sense, rather than dislike or whatever) for non-US collectors. He made two key points. The first being that he wants to not make a bunch of product at once, but to have something to get you excited 'every month.' Basically regular figure drops. That's the Mattel Creations style of absolute horseshit; drop one item at a time so Int. collectors have to pay a unique shipping charge every single time you make something. It sucks ass. It's literally the worst possible release model for anyone that has to pay shipping at all, but it hits way harder when your shipping charge isn't 5 or 8 dollars or whatever, but is more like 20-25 dollars or more. Every time.

The other thing was his trading card style collecting bullshit he's always been on about. I get where the idea comes from; wanting to create a sense of community by getting collectors to talk to each other about what they have and trade with each other. But again, that's virtually impossible outside the US where shipping makes it cost-prohibitive to do things like trade bodies or trade armor parts. So the 'I want to encourage trading' is a terrible reason to limit availability or whatever.

Now, I don't care too much because this is mostly concerning a figure I don't even want. It's more the theory behind it that I don't like and definitely concerns me for the future. Especially with new drops and exclusives coming to conventions apparently all year in 2026.
 
Has there been any word on when that Elric drops? It's my first SC figure and I recall the release was supposed to be October I thought? Granted, I expect smaller companies to sort of be off by 1-5 months on average, just wondering if there's been any news because I sure have not kept track.
 
JakeEkiss said:
Has there been any word on when that Elric drops? It's my first SC figure and I recall the release was supposed to be October I thought? Granted, I expect smaller companies to sort of be off by 1-5 months on average, just wondering if there's been any news because I sure have not kept track.
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Pretty much as long as I can remember it's been listed as shipping from the factory Q4. They talked about it on the livestream I listened to as well. When it actually ships from them to you is still a best guess scenario, but they're confident in it leaving China Q4 this year. I don't expect any of us will see that figure until Feb-Mar, though.
 
Damien said:
Pretty much as long as I can remember it's been listed as shipping from the factory Q4. They talked about it on the livestream I listened to as well. When it actually ships from them to you is still a best guess scenario, but they're confident in it leaving China Q4 this year. I don't expect any of us will see that figure until Feb-Mar, though.
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Thanks! That fits what I was guessing. No worries, right now I'm deluged by stuff so he'd get lost in the shuffle.
 
Damien said:
Was just listening to another SC livestream and I was irked.

I'll preface this by saying I don't know anything about Rob (the owner), but he seems like a very cool guy with a genuine passion for all of this stuff. I think he's coming from a good place, and I totally -understand- all of his points and his position.

HOWEVER...

I hate some things he said and I think they're anathema to modern collecting. It shows a massive lack of respect ('respect' meaning more like recognition in this sense, rather than dislike or whatever) for non-US collectors. He made two key points. The first being that he wants to not make a bunch of product at once, but to have something to get you excited 'every month.' Basically regular figure drops. That's the Mattel Creations style of absolute horseshit; drop one item at a time so Int. collectors have to pay a unique shipping charge every single time you make something. It sucks ass. It's literally the worst possible release model for anyone that has to pay shipping at all, but it hits way harder when your shipping charge isn't 5 or 8 dollars or whatever, but is more like 20-25 dollars or more. Every time.

The other thing was his trading card style collecting bullshit he's always been on about. I get where the idea comes from; wanting to create a sense of community by getting collectors to talk to each other about what they have and trade with each other. But again, that's virtually impossible outside the US where shipping makes it cost-prohibitive to do things like trade bodies or trade armor parts. So the 'I want to encourage trading' is a terrible reason to limit availability or whatever.

Now, I don't care too much because this is mostly concerning a figure I don't even want. It's more the theory behind it that I don't like and definitely concerns me for the future. Especially with new drops and exclusives coming to conventions apparently all year in 2026.
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Yeah this is the thing that ultimately stopped me from pre-ordering any of wave 4. I know that when I receive an order from them next year I'll want it to include the deluxe dungeon diorama set with the lizard, and maybe some replacement pegs, other con exclusives that they might have available etc. Pre-ordering the wave locks me out of shipping all that efficiently. I only want one dungeon set, was I supposed to pre-order it and pay shipping that costs more than the item itself!? Even BBTS pile of loot doesn't help too much because then I'm paying the retailer markup and still paying US tariffs and waiting for the fucking item to do a round trip from China then back to Australia.
 
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