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***PCS Special Announcement***
SIMI VALLEY, Calif -- Six months after transferring business operations to current CEO Anthony Adams, Pop Culture Shock Collectibles Founder Jerry Macaluso on Monday announced complete divestiture of the company to Anthony and VP of Sales, Distribution and Customer Service, Mark Martin.
Macaluso will continue on in an active role as Creative Director.
“They’ve really been running the company for the last 6 months, so internally there’s not much of a change,” Macaluso said. “Their presence allowed me to focus solely on the creative side, and when I realized how happy and fulfilled I was, officially making a full transition was the natural evolution of that. Combining our individual strengths has been mutually beneficial for both the company and our die-hard collector base.”
“But make no mistake,” Macaluso elaborated, “while I am no longer the owner, I am not leaving PCS, and I am very excited to devote my complete concentration to the art side.”
Adams and Martin joined PCS in May, and have been responsible for an overhaul of the company’s website, popcultureshocktoys.com, as well as their customer service department, factory production and licensing.
“Mark and I have absolute confidence in the infrastructure Jerry has developed, and the fantastic, unbelievably talented team he trained has already stepped up without missing a beat,” Adams said in a statement.
“Before we were involved in running the company, we were customers ourselves,” Adams continued. “And while we’ve always had an appreciation of PCS’ innovation and commitment to quality, joining the team has only made us more excited about it’s potential. We all fantasize about owning our favorite company someday, and while actually getting to do that is a dream come true, it is a responsibility we do not take lightly. Our mission is to make Jerry – and the PCS community – proud of what comes next.”
“Like a lot of great companies, PCS started out as something I did for fun,” reflects Macaluso. “When it was just me designing and sculpting in my garage, setting up lights for product shots or making overseas calls to factories in the middle of the night, my expectations were initially quite modest. Looking back a decade later, after our payroll twice outgrew the facilities we were working in and hundreds of shipped SKUs, it’s hard to believe I ever thought 3 employees would be enough.”
10 years on, PCS has become one of the leading manufacturers of high-end collectibles in the industry. “As much as my ambitions grew over time, the company still managed to take off in ways I never expected,” Macaluso said. “Anthony and Mark have a clear enthusiasm for running the business, and their vision for expansion is only just beginning to bear fruit. It was obvious they were the right people to lead Pop Culture Shock into the next phase of its journey, and watching them defy even more expectations will be a thrill.”
“If my own hands are going to be caked in clay again,” he added, “I couldn’t ask for more capable ones to leave my company in than theirs.”
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Und noch nen pers. Statement von Jerry:

Hi Everyone

Id like to take a moment to clear the air here as there is a lot of conjecture going on. Yes, its true Ive sold PCS to Anthony and Mark, and in hindsight we should have announced it much sooner.

As most of you know, I dont like running a business. Never have. Im a designer/sculptor. In the past I tried to hire people to run the business and they were even worse at it than I was. So when Anthony and Mark approached me about running the company it was always with the intention of selling it to them eventually.

However, eventually came much faster than any of us expected as I really enjoyed not having to deal with the business side and just being focused on the art.

The company was actually sold a few months ago, but as you see, Im still very involved in the art side. Thats our agreement. I will continue to run the Art Department as Creative Director.

More on that later...

The elephant in the room is the confusion over cancellations and refunds in the 3 month time period.

Again, this is something that should have been directly addressed months ago as there is a lot of confusion going on.

Ultimately, there is plenty of blame to go around at PCS. When they changed the delivery dates they werent aware of the 3 month refund policy. We didnt really have a list of written procedures, I kept it all in my head they relied on me providing them with information.

I forgot to discuss it with them and by the time it came to my attention, it was months later and got kind of out-of-hand.

I spoke with them over the past few days and they are putting together a plan to make things right with collectors. As I dont own the company and do not want to be involved in the business side, Im not privy to the details of those discussions. They will be posting that themselves soon.

I do want to let everyone know that PCS is in good health and Anthony and Mark have huge plans which include some massive new licensing and distribution deals. One in particular Im really itching to start designing...

But right now, its a bit chaotic as they are moving the company to North Carolina and understandably, not all employees want to relocate there, so PCS is very understaffed right now and as the new offices arent ready they cant hire anyone quite yet. Thats partly why Customer Service has fallen way behind on everything.

I ask that everyone has a bit more patience and the skies will clear. Anthony and Mark are long time statue collectors themselves, so they empathize with your frustrations.

Also, keep in mind they will make some mistakes along the way. Ive made plenty myself. Humans make mistakes.

As for me, Ive moved to Las Vegas so anyone in the area feel free to shoot me a PM if you are local. Maybe we can all get together sometime.

Going forward I will be more active on the forum addressing anything on the creative/development side. But anything related to the business of PCS (including factory production) is not something Im involved in any longer. So I wont be able to answer those questions.

Jerry
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Ich lese daraus dass ich evtl jetzt doch noch den NRD für die Ryu's zurückbekomme :)
Ich werde direkt mal anfragen.
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Geschrieben: 23 Nov 2017 10:10

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Auf SSC sind jetzt auch schon einige der Exclusives und andere zuerst nur bei PCS orderbare Collectibles wie z.B. Dredd auf Lawmaster auf der seite.

https://www.sideshowtoy.com/collectibles/mortal-kombat-raiden-pop-culture-shock-9032221/

https://www.sideshowtoy.com/collectibles/mortal-kombat-kintaro-shokan-roar-pop-culture-shock-9032241/

https://www.sideshowtoy.com/collectibles/mortal-kombat-sub-zero-pop-culture-shock-9032211/

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Geschrieben: 30 Nov 2017 08:49

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Keine Ahnung was die beiden Sachen sein/werden sollen O_o

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Zitat:
Hey guys. Mark here from PCS. I wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your continued support. I know it has been a rocky road these past few months as Anthony and I have waded in to helping solve some of the problems that PCS has had. Our goal is to continue to produce high quality, affordable and unique products for years to come. Anthony has been working tirelessly with factories to improve both quality and production times, as well as working with new and exciting licensers to increase the variety of products offered to collectors. He and I are true collectors at heart and I think bringing that perspective to PCS has not only had an immediate impact but will continue to positively influence the products produced and the direction of the company moving forward. With Jerry focusing entirely on sculpting and continuing to lead the creative direction of PCS, we are all very confident we can accomplish great things.

With that out of the way, I can address a few other questions. One big question is when are we moving?

The official move-out date for the building in Simi Valley is Dec 31st. It has been "all hands on deck" for several weeks packing this place up and working on the logistics of moving an entire building of products and equipment as well as moving the people needed to hit the ground running in NC. You can think about PCS being completely relocated to NC around the first week of January.

As you can imagine, everybody here now has 2 jobs. What they do on day to day basis and as movers . So please forgive us if we are not as prompt as we usually are when it comes to replies or responses. I promise that once the dust settles, you guys will see a huge difference in the customer service department. Our goal when we started was to improve the response time from taking a week to less than 24 hours. Right now, we sit at around 48 hours but will be improving that with new hires and a refocus on customer service once the move is handled.

The other big topic of discussion is regarding cancellations and their associated refunds. Anthony and I want to be as fair as possible to everybody, including ourselves. I talk to people all the time about the positive things we are doing here including clearing up the back log of incoming statues. You guys have probably noticed that we are delivering 4 or 5 statues a month now and will continue to do so until the backlog is completely caught up. We are doing this because:

A. We are collectors too and HATE long product delays ourselves

B. We need to as quickly as possible get back to an x number of pre-ordered product = x number of delivered product per month model. Currently it should be a 2x2 model with 2 products on PO and 2 products being delivered to customers each month. Currently we are on a 2x5 model to try and catch up.

We really do understand the frustration of having to wait an extra 6-9 months, or sometimes longer, past the original delivery date. It sucks. It sucks for us, it sucks for you, it sucks for our loyal distributors, etc. Our main goal in this company is to NEVER again, under any circumstance, let this delay situation happen again. I know those are strong words but Anthony and I talk about it all the time and make strategic decisions with this one goal in mind.

There are still variables that will be out of our control from time to time. Maybe a ship sinks taking our container of statues to the bottom of the abyss making it so that we have to start all over with production. In those cases, we have and will stand by a policy that states that if a product is late by more than 3 months, a full refund with NRD can be requested. This policy is set in stone and applies to all of the delivery dates currently listed on the site. The policy is also listed on the site and will not change.

We feel this is a fair policy especially since we are still the only major statue company who continues to allow our collectors to transfer ownership of pre-orders to another collector.

This policy does not however address the older delivery dates that have been missed. So Anthony and I have sat down and come up with a compromise.

Anybody with an order that is past its original delivery date by more than 6 months can request a refund minus NRD but have their NRD payment applied as payment toward a different current order OR accept a 10% off coupon applied to the total order value of any future order.

This way nobody loses any money and gets full value for every dollar they have invested in our company.

This policy will start immediately.

Thank you again for all of the positive messages and support. And thank you as well for the constructive criticism and feedback we have been getting. All of it helps to make us better and stronger moving forward.

Aus dem Statueforum. Zumindest kann man die NRD der alten Bestellungen jetzt auf andere Order verschieben lassen oder eben den 10% Rabatt Gutschein bekommen. So verliert man das Geld wenigstens nicht.
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lol was ist mit Leuten die keine anderen Order haben oder keine Statuen mehr kaufen? O_o Die gehen trotzdem leer aus.
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Geschrieben: 01 Dez 2017 17:33

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Zitat:
Been gone for days but update time. First, licenses:
1. Was in the works for a new “Arnold” license. Had it in the books but then saw how many other players will also be making the statues. Decided to walk away because of over saturation.
2. New horror icon coming in 1:3. Hoping to have the deal inked by next week.
3. 4 more new licenses in the works that I will share more info as we get closer to ink date. All 4 of these licenses are going to be amazing. A little something for everyone.

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lol was ist mit Leuten die keine anderen Order haben oder keine Statuen mehr kaufen? O_o Die gehen trotzdem leer aus.
Chris

Es ist nicht perfekt aber besser als nichts. Meine Ken's sind schon storniert und die NRD werden auf den Versand von He-Man und Battle Cat gerechnet.
Geschrieben: 01 Dez 2017 19:04

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Es ist nicht perfekt aber besser als nichts. Meine Ken's sind schon storniert und die NRD werden auf den Versand von He-Man und Battle Cat gerechnet.
Für mich nur ein fauler Kompromis. Sogar die 10% Rabatt gibt es bei full payment eh. Für alle die noch was haben ok, aber da sollte man schon was solidarischer sein.
Chris


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