TOP 10 REASONS NOT BUY CUSTOM STATUES! 

There's 1,001 reasons not to buy/ collect most of the things that humans do, but only one reason is needed to justify our habits: we love it 👏🤣 Great video Mr. X 👍

Shipping is my biggest issue. Pay for sea and it takes half a year. Pay for air and it costs as much as the statue.

Great video and information. I’ve been think about starting a collection.

Thanks for all the information, great vid!

Love the info, much insight

Really Liked and appreciate you making this LIST. There's a lot of good info here !

Thank you for all the amazing info

Haha… love this channel …. A+. Short, sweet, blunt, to the point lol

Look forward to the follow up customs vid Mr X- intro was hilarious 🤣

dam dude this is such good info im new to all this no statues yet but have PO on 4 different ones! im researching everything and your videos have helped me so much , gonna be very careful with customs!

I’m new to this, got my first statue last week and I already ordered 2 more. I love this lol

My biggest concern is being ripped off. Only happened to me once so far.

Thanks for the very informative video. Everything you mentioned is very true.

Love the intro! Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 to all!

Great video for FAQ. Thanks for the video Mr.X.

I enjoy your vids. I like how you don't take yourself to seriously.

This whole segment screams Fighr Club. You are part of a secret underground organization. You had a fight with yourself in the begining of the video and with my glasses of you kinda look like a young Brad Pit. Very cool Mr. X, very cool.

Great video, wanna see the top 10 reason to buy! Merryx christmas!

The dichotomy of X. Looking forward to the contrasting video.

Great video, I appreciated your insight into that world I am not familiar with. Question, are those garage shelves? I thought you were only into Moducase? Do you have an updated video on your htoughts on shelve and display options? Pros and cons? Moducase vs. Garage Shelves? Thank you !

I like the fact how you honestly speak your mind . You make great videos

Good tips!

I appreciate the similarities you highlighted between buying custom & license statues each has risk and rewards. In the end some people are comfortable with exploring shopping options and therefore have greater variety in their collections. Plus, it's cool that you are willing to share your experiences😁 educational + entertaining 🙌😎

very funny intro! 4. "Broked" is that a word. i agree with the list, but you have gotten a lot of pretty awesome ones i still would like to own at least 1.

Very true and informative

This is a pretty good list, well thought out. I've still switched over to mostly customs.

Hi, great video. I recently got into making custom statues. They are a great hobby and love printing and painting them. Maybe some day I can send you one for a review.

These are many reasons that I tried to stay away from the custom side of things, but I'm slowly creeping my way in. I do a lot of research and a few have amazing track records and constant communication/updates. Odds are good that my POs will work out as good or better than I'd hope. We'll see early next year how that goes...

Great video 👌

This video is perfect! I vote that you definitely argue w yourself more, that was absolute statue collector gold!

Very good info

Thanks for the heads-up, I do not own a custom… yet lol

Right now my collection is focused on licensed pieces but there are a ton of customs i've seen that i would love to go after. I'll try to avoid them as long as i can but i just know that in the future i'll have to deal with some of these problems.

Great video! I got into two custom pieces thanks to you sharing your custom statue collection. I’m waiting on a sick (fingers crossed) Venom vs Carnage one and a dope as hell Batman in Hellbat armor. Like you said it’s definitely a risk, but sometimes the custom piece is just worth taking that risk 😆😆😆!

Good information

Great video. My biggest issue so far with buying customs is lack of communication from commissioners who have a history of putting out great pieces. Thankfully I haven't been burned yet but I imagine it'll happen eventually.

Happy Holidays, Mr. Ehhhhhhhhhx! Good video. I agree with all of your points. The one item that stands out the most for me is the scammers. Y’know……the scumbags who have a good reputation due to their marketing, then steal your cash. The Grinch should plow those creeps! 😂. Generally, I’ve had really good experience with custom commissioners. The statues (90% of the time) are amazing and certainly worth the cash. But, it’s that one scumbag that steals your hard-earned money that ruins it for other commissioners. Add to that the insane increase in shipping costs, and the artists who create these great statues are seeing a reduction in confidence by collectors. Here’s a cheer to a great 2022, to another year of Mr. X, and to the success of custom statue creators!

It's a huge risk either custom or on licensed statues. It'll be lucky if Commissioner of a custom statues can and may replaced broken parts, missing parts etc. Anyways, the video is a good way of informing the public or newbies and oldies collectors to choose either to buy or not to buy custom statues. Right Mr. X ? 👍

Thank you Mr.X for this educational video, it is very opening eyes

I love the self-dialogue. I do the same thing constantly. .

Mr. X, laying the smack down of truths on our beloved hobby! Like yourself, I’m one of 40 who has the Knull. Keep your honest good videos up! 🙌💯

1st rule of custom statues is we don't talk about custom statue club. Great advice Mr. X, I do not collect statues therefore, I'm not getting into the custom game 😆. I just like looking at your vids to see what cool sh?! you have!

I’ve seen several customs up for sale or auction. I was tempted to but, due to the sellers prices on them, I had to pass on them. Now, I’ve started ordering statue(s) $900 to $1,200+ price range. I might get a custom statue someday. Thanks for the video Mr. X. 👍

Good points, I doubt I will ever buy a custom piece, it's too expensive and there is too much risk. That's why I appreciate this channel, get to see some interesting statue I wouldn't normally see.

Awesome video

As someone whose new to statue collecting this video was incredibly helpful. I tend to stick to licensed. Ive only dipped my foot into the rabbit hole that is customs. I do love that they make lesser known characters though.

Between laughing and 100% true 😄 Mr X always on point ! 💪😎❤️✊👊

My two biggest hold ups on custom pieces is the price and fear of being ripped off. Heck, I get paranoid when CGC or Tsume take so long to send out updates

Telling it how it is. Good stuff

Oh no, I just bought my first custom statue, was talking to my girlfriend about it because she doesn't understand how i could spend so much money on something i have to wait for, for so long and then this video dropped. Great list, the statue i bought was too much of a grail for me to pass on. I am still new to collecting so i am still figuring out the hobby and where i want to take my collection. I am focusing mostly on x men but i have a couple of DC pieces. Thanks for all the tips Mr X.

I haven’t bought a custom statue yet but I am little hesitant for reason you covered in this video.

Main reason is, because they're not licensed, it's literally a gamble. If something goes wrong, you're REALLY not guaranteed anything in terms of replacement or compensation...

I don't even know who to go to for custom statues. Lol

When I first started statue collecting there was a spawn custom statue that I wanted man it was a beautiful piece I believe gem mint was the first to review it I would have loved to got my hands on it but apparently a lot of people got screwed over on it

do you ever rewatch your videos and look at the intro you made for the giveaway and look at your hair...then in all the new videos youve made since getting it styled (and grown) and go....damn i look much better now then when i first made that giveaway video?

I would be devastated if I was ripped off or even just "let down" from a custom sellers support after spending the big bucks.

The high risk and high cost and the shipping is just out of control even with sideshow prices 🙃

Great advice X. Customs are just so amazing though.

I’ve ordered a few customs now and I’d have to agree with you. I’d have to say that my customs are my fave tho lol

I know you couldn't do it but a list of your top custom groups would be awesome

Good video, liked this…

Really interesting video about a side of collecting I don't know much about. Nicely educational. Just wondering if there's a way to talk more about how the ecosystem works (without going into details that gets you or the Custom makers into trouble). I suspect its all on private facebook groups. Either way - cheers for an interesting video!

"sometimes I want some of their fucking statues" had me bawling

Knull on Thorne came destroyed.. waiting for many replacements 😭😭

Not for statues but I lost a few grand buying into a creator from a different custom collectible scene that had a bunch of bulldogs/hypemen who shut down any questions about progress or negative comments and by the time we all realized this person was a POS they were already long gone with our money. And lo, their posse had absolutely nothing to say all of a sudden since they were left in the dust too. Definitely use your common sense before preordering from anyone without protection, even if they have a huge following. Assume anyone can become a scamming shitbag when they see $$$ and protect yo self

PO'ed my first custom not too long ago. Dipping my toe into the waters and seeing if I keep my toe. Don't want to make habit of it though and for the most part will stick to licenced pieces.

Such a an epic intro as always ❤️ Ya

Even though those chances are low of it going down that route of customs is safe to say you’ve put me off them, hopefully the next vid changes my mind 😅

Good info MrX id never buy one anyway but thanks 😊

The main reason I don’t buy custom statues is because I don’t (and refuse to) have a Facebook account. So I am not part of any collectors groups which is where you usually get connected to buy these custom statues. But your other reasons listed are real concerns I have as well.

I only have two custom pieces and fortunately both were good experiences. Your video reviews on them were the main reason I took the chance (both throne Lokis). I'm guessing your top ten why you should will have the reason I went custom: not enough Loki at any scale, let alone 1/4. I would probably take another chance on a Lady Loki custom.

I was in the custom statue community for DBZ…way too toxic. Main reason I only do licensed

A very comprehensive list, but I agree with some of your statements Mr. X… Several of my all-time favorite collectibles are custom.

I have seen a few custom statues that i am dying to order but I haven't jump into Custom statues, maybe some day.

I am still waiting for my custom apocalypse there is supposed to be giving us the shipping information soon and some people are worried about how much it’s going to cost your speculations that’ll be $800 plus

Statue came broke and paint wrecked. Seller offered to replace at my cost to ship back and ship again

Digging the hair!

I can't get near these groups that are producing this stuff. Guess I'm not cool enough. Always enjoy your videos and like always very cool 😎

Lol Mr X calling Mr X “Asshole”

Informative video. I own 4 custom statues. My big reasons: 1. Packaging: Almost borderline impossible to repackage if you have to move or re-sale. 2. They're more expensive than licensed pieces. 3. Shipping is murder. 4. Overall its a risk. Do you even get the statue? If it breaks, you're probably screwed. etc

FOMO definitely hit me hard when I first got into the custom collecting game. But after a few years of dealing with some of these group owners who don't want to listen to little nitpicks or add specific details that fans think are missing from their statue's final designs, it's kind of gotten to be frustrating more than it is fun to collect =( Cuz one of the biggest points I think you missed is that almost all of the group owners only want to afford what version of a character they specifically want to collect versus making a character look like they should from the comics - and they get to fund it off the backs of their group members. i.e. - a group owner will say, "I want a Dark Phoenix Jean to have a giant waist sash, a specific pose I saw in a magazine I like, and a giant butt." Then a group member will say, "But that's not her body type, and you gave her brownish-burgundy hair colors. Can you at least fix those?" And then the group owner will lay down the law with, "That'll cost too much to change (That's not important to me, so I'm not changing it)." At best, we might get to ask, "Well, if you make a Jean, can you make another version of her later, or make an Emma after this statue?" Which usually gets answered with a, "Nah. Maybe I'll make a vote for the group to choose from the 3 characters I want to make next," and so on and so on... Most times I'm seeing group owners make the same character 4 times before they move on to someone new, and they just make this hobby really lame =/

All very reasonable points. Bottom line: don't spend the money on any statue if you can't afford to lose it.

I"ve got my first custom statue on the way.. fingers crossed

I own a couple of custom statues and they do look great in my collection, but they still don’t seem worth the risks or the increased costs compared to licensed pieces. There are enough risks with licensed companies, but the channels of communication seem more legit and straightforward, whereas you might be dealing with multiple shady people or scammers who ghost you when you have problems with your custom statue. Just not worth the drama, especially when characters keep being repeated over and over again. Why fight over a cool Wolverine or Jubilee when it will just collect dust and take up space after the hype wears down?

Ive only bought one custom which was a life size Groot bust and it was a smooth transaction. I guess the chubby superman and batman may be considered customs too. Sometimes its better then licensed and then sometimes you get porked.

Have you reviewed SDZ Studios?

10… twice? Or is it just me? But I get it. Good video as always.

Good video

Mr X Did you do a Superman hush review?

I wanted a Hot Toys Punisher War Machine fig

The high price and shipping for customs is definitely one of the reasons I would avoid them BUT a big one for me that I’ve noticed with a majority of customs is paint. A lot of the paint looks like that glossy cheap paint from dollar store toys and they look really bad.

I’ll just watch your channel for all the customs lol

Super cool i.love your collection and hope I can win a statue someday

Um what websites can we buy a custom statues

Fortunatly I havent had any custom issues, I have only been part of about 10 though.

I'm not worried about buying statues i can't afford them i collect 1/6scale figures which cost more then there worth but i enjoy doing it thanks for the video

I was just about to buy a Customized Carnagezied Mary Jane.... 😞

Currently looking to get my first custom lol

Shipping is the reason I don't like customs.🤷‍♂️

Lmaoooo at the intro. 100%