Johnny2d
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I'm trying to get to the bottom of this because I was really looking forward to the Skarlet statue. Rumors are coming out that Syco doesn't have the license to sell mk products, and more rumors are popping up about artists and business partners having problems with them. Some of my info has been coming from profile posts and most rumors are leading back to this thread on Statue Forums, and more specifically this post from a poster called mrichards2002:
Hi Everyone,
First let me say to all of the artists and people who have been scammed by this individual and company in the past, I am truly sorry. Being in business for 25+ years I've run into many characters myself. We've been following this closely and based on the information provided, we decided to check into this.
With this being said, we can confirm that Syco DOES NOT have the licensing rights to sell in the US. The legitimate license is between Jazwares (Figures) and Pop Culture Shock/Sideshow (Statues).
With this being said, our company no longer has any affiliations with Syco collectibles or Mr Martin (or whatever his real name is). We have cancelled our exclusive (which is a shame because I really liked this piece) and ALL of this company's illegal product has been removed from our website/Ebay store etc.
We are not sure what the legal jurisdiction is, but we will try to legally pursue this.
We feel really sorry for all of the individuals and companies involved who are going to get hurt because of this.
In closing, we want to thank all of the people who brought this to light. I wish all of you well.
Thanks,
Mike
Source: http://www.statueforum.com/showthread.php?t=134692&page=29
I am not a posting member of the statue community so I don't know what is truth or bs, or even bad blood between business dealers gone wrong. I don't know what to believe here. I've seen Syco new releases posted on TYM front page STORMS, and I've seen threads where people are talking about getting statues. Have people gotten their statues?
This apology was issued on the Syco website:
I am sorry that We/I have to make another apology/statement again. I am not going to write a long statement or explanation here,. There is a lot of things being said and accusations being made, but what I want to let everyone know is that, Yes there is no Smoke without Fire. I am not totally innocent of some of these things, but things are being blown out of proportion. I dont want to start or get into a mud slinging contest.
I have made mistakes in my past and trusted certain people, I am only human I was sometimes over enthusiastic but just wanted to succeed and try to do something good with my life.
All of this is in the past and in the last 2 years Syco has produced good products and delivered to its customers along with a good customer service...
I can only apologize from the bottom of my heart and with sincerity to anyone that has been caught in the crossfire and to anyone who has been hurt due to any misgivings on my part. Also to all our customers and fans that have had to read everything over the past few weeks.
As a company we will continue to develop good quality products and improve on our quality and production times. Sometime things out of our control, such as factory schedules change, there is a problem with the some part and needs to be fixed, these unfortunately delay the product.
But we would rather delay then to send out a sub standard product to our customers.
All customers that have orders with us can rest assure that they will be 100% delivered, we are ramping up production after Chinese New Year and items that have been delayed will be coming out for release shortly.
Smoke is on target and Noob Saibot. After Chinese New Year Scorpion and then the others will follow.
We are getting back to showing you Production Blogs and so you will be able to see all the products and the stages they are at right up until production.
As a company, we just wanted to create good quality products and give a good service to our customers. That's all and we want to continue to do do this.
I can only hope that you will continue to let us do this.
Thank you,
Jonathan Martin
Syco Collectibles
Source: http://www.sycocollectibles.com/content/syco-collectibles-announcement
I have given them my preorder money for the Skarlet statue, and I've gotten emails from them confirming that my order will be shipped in the next couple of months... but I am pretty concerned at this point. I'm also wondering what the official TYM staff think of this, if you guys know anything, because frankly, the TYM logo stands out front and center on their home page, I kind of took that as a symbol of trust, 'oh TYM endorses this company??? hell yeah I'll buy some statues'. Not that I would blame you guys if things are going downhill for them, I just wonder if you guys know about this stuff, or are looking into it since your logo is right there, and a lot of us trust you guys.
Any thoughts are more than welcome, I need to know if I should try to get my preorder money back. I guess I'm still holding out hope for the Skarlet statue since I know no one else is going to make anything like it.
Hi Everyone,
First let me say to all of the artists and people who have been scammed by this individual and company in the past, I am truly sorry. Being in business for 25+ years I've run into many characters myself. We've been following this closely and based on the information provided, we decided to check into this.
With this being said, we can confirm that Syco DOES NOT have the licensing rights to sell in the US. The legitimate license is between Jazwares (Figures) and Pop Culture Shock/Sideshow (Statues).
With this being said, our company no longer has any affiliations with Syco collectibles or Mr Martin (or whatever his real name is). We have cancelled our exclusive (which is a shame because I really liked this piece) and ALL of this company's illegal product has been removed from our website/Ebay store etc.
We are not sure what the legal jurisdiction is, but we will try to legally pursue this.
We feel really sorry for all of the individuals and companies involved who are going to get hurt because of this.
In closing, we want to thank all of the people who brought this to light. I wish all of you well.
Thanks,
Mike
Source: http://www.statueforum.com/showthread.php?t=134692&page=29
I am not a posting member of the statue community so I don't know what is truth or bs, or even bad blood between business dealers gone wrong. I don't know what to believe here. I've seen Syco new releases posted on TYM front page STORMS, and I've seen threads where people are talking about getting statues. Have people gotten their statues?
This apology was issued on the Syco website:
I am sorry that We/I have to make another apology/statement again. I am not going to write a long statement or explanation here,. There is a lot of things being said and accusations being made, but what I want to let everyone know is that, Yes there is no Smoke without Fire. I am not totally innocent of some of these things, but things are being blown out of proportion. I dont want to start or get into a mud slinging contest.
I have made mistakes in my past and trusted certain people, I am only human I was sometimes over enthusiastic but just wanted to succeed and try to do something good with my life.
All of this is in the past and in the last 2 years Syco has produced good products and delivered to its customers along with a good customer service...
I can only apologize from the bottom of my heart and with sincerity to anyone that has been caught in the crossfire and to anyone who has been hurt due to any misgivings on my part. Also to all our customers and fans that have had to read everything over the past few weeks.
As a company we will continue to develop good quality products and improve on our quality and production times. Sometime things out of our control, such as factory schedules change, there is a problem with the some part and needs to be fixed, these unfortunately delay the product.
But we would rather delay then to send out a sub standard product to our customers.
All customers that have orders with us can rest assure that they will be 100% delivered, we are ramping up production after Chinese New Year and items that have been delayed will be coming out for release shortly.
Smoke is on target and Noob Saibot. After Chinese New Year Scorpion and then the others will follow.
We are getting back to showing you Production Blogs and so you will be able to see all the products and the stages they are at right up until production.
As a company, we just wanted to create good quality products and give a good service to our customers. That's all and we want to continue to do do this.
I can only hope that you will continue to let us do this.
Thank you,
Jonathan Martin
Syco Collectibles
Source: http://www.sycocollectibles.com/content/syco-collectibles-announcement
I have given them my preorder money for the Skarlet statue, and I've gotten emails from them confirming that my order will be shipped in the next couple of months... but I am pretty concerned at this point. I'm also wondering what the official TYM staff think of this, if you guys know anything, because frankly, the TYM logo stands out front and center on their home page, I kind of took that as a symbol of trust, 'oh TYM endorses this company??? hell yeah I'll buy some statues'. Not that I would blame you guys if things are going downhill for them, I just wonder if you guys know about this stuff, or are looking into it since your logo is right there, and a lot of us trust you guys.
Any thoughts are more than welcome, I need to know if I should try to get my preorder money back. I guess I'm still holding out hope for the Skarlet statue since I know no one else is going to make anything like it.