Enjoy the read gentleman. Taken directly from a post of the man himself about two hours ago. You can literally feel the excitement oozing in this message. I dunno about you guys but damn does this type of stuff get me all fired up. I did remove the persons name this was addressed to out of respect for his privacy otherwise you guys are seeing it word for word

Erick Sosa
no man, I am not saying you are bashing, heck we want you to do it lol....please bash away! I had just written a huge reply in regards to my incredible experience these past four days with XM and their fans and distributors....

To say my jaw is still on the floor is NOT an overstatement, simply put I WILL BLEED FOR THIS COMPANY... You see I have been in this industry since I was 17, I am 38 now... I have worked for good companies, and some truly evil ones that all they cared for was the bottom line. And hey can you judge them for wanting to make a quick buck?

One thing I need you to digest is this, XM has developed a quality control system that is so effective that their product is either :
A) 100% prototype quality
Or
B) better than the prototype quality

Now is your mind blown? Mine is...
This is not the norm....no one does this...not even Hot Toys...
anyway you can say the price is high, and yes I agree, but after discussing with their factory manager, and finding out about the process, how expensive these are to make compared to any other company, how the castings are solid, not flaking paint, no led paint used...well...dudes this is why they are expensive....all the time they dedicate every month to ensure every single copy -listen to this..every single copy is inspected-...you know that costs money? the factory deserves more money because they inspect every single copy of each run, every part...every little corner...their workers get paid more as well. XM has an exclusive set of painters, this means they pay them to be the group that constantly tackles every piece so their is consistency in quality.

Oh and get this, XM was asked by the factory if they could use their painting process with other companies, XM said sure, the factory's was left scratching their heads, XM just said they don't need anything in return, just make cool product for other companies too. You see where this is going? You know how I know this story is true? The factory guy was here from China this is straight from the horse's mouth.

I have also worked for great companies like Kotobukiya and Yamato, that are good companies, I've made good friends there, but what if I told you I have NEVER, and mark my words please ...never had I meet a company like this?

I am still waking up trying to understand if this is real...if I told you our plans -and I say our plans because officially I am part of this group of friends, not like cool coworkers, but family you would not believe me. But hey better to show you with actions and not words, right?

As I said I had a really cool post but I deleted it by mistake...
Anyway... (name) and everyone this company is loved by their collaborators, I don't know how else to describe it... they truly are a family, and to them the consumer and distributors are priority over ANYTHING.. I saw it first hand...I was honestly fishing for any feedback that would help me assess where I was standing, after all I was going to sign a contract.....after meeting them I can say to heck with a contract, their word is their bond...but hey still we did sign a contract, and if you only knew how awesome things will be for you and me, and everyone involved in the next few months....and years..... Oh boy ...

Anyway they are shipping Magneto, Black Widow, and Wolverine to me...as we speak....your wish is granted guys....hint hint

I am so happy to say every single piece coming out from XM will be 100% supervised and revised by me, I am working close to each and every artist, from the designers to the factory...and traveling to the factory on occasion , educating my self about the XM QC process, traveling to Thailand, Japan, Germany, Italy, making sure we listen to our distributions, finding ways to help them help you get your hands on our product while ensuring they can also benefit.

PrototypeZ will be actively collaborating with XM in an alliance to make PrototypeZ a stablished company We will asses each new project with the utmost care, even if it requires for it to be tweaked in wax! yes I love these guys so much and I am so much on board with their business philosophy that I will go back to using wax and even sculpt stuff by hand when the project demands it.... so don't worry your statues will be the best they can possibly be, you demanded it! You got it.

This is the XM/Sosa promise. Stay calm and let us serve you.....

Well after reading that only one thing I can say......

NUFF SAID

Hätte XM nicht evtl auch einen eigenen Bereich verdient bei uns? :)
Chris

Schreibt einer Martin an und er macht das. ;)

da bekommt man bei sideshow einfach mal zwei pf's für. :o

so geil ich die sachen von xm finde und mir auch statuen ohne stoff gefallen, aber um die 800€ für eine pf will ich mir nicht leisten. auch wenn jede statue, jedes teil geprüft wird und man zu 100% ein einwandfreies exemplar bekommt, ist mir das einfach zu fett.
da bekommt man bei sideshow einfach mal zwei pf's für. :o