Custom ICEMAN Statue Unboxing & Review | X-MEN
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ม.ค. 2020
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A custom Iceman Statue sculpted by Franco Carlesimo...should be epic right? WRONG! Man, I was so hyped for this piece, but the amount of damages, changes in art direction, and pieces not fitting...slowly broke me down. I went into this unboxing really excited, but by the end, I couldn't hide my disappointment anymore.
Since this video dropped, I have been kicked out of the custom group and the factory's (HCT) group. I have since sold the piece for $2500...it cost me $600 to ship. So overall, I took about an $800 loss on this piece. But hey, you win some, you lose some. I'm still way up in the positive when it comes to buying and selling. This video has gained a ton of new subscribers and gained respect from viewers. I will also keep my reviews 100% honest, regardless of the consequences.
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For the money you spent on this thing, there are no such things as "nit picks." Any problems are legit complaints.
For that much he could've saved it for a car or something
exactly you hire a fabricator to make a car you want what you payed and negotiated for
OrioN CreeD ey that’s true!
How much did he spend
4 grand is a pretty good down payment.
the whole piece is gonna turn yellow for sure in 5 years max
His name will be pee man
@@SYCZ dog... 😂😂😂😂
6S6Y6C6Z6 U just outed yourself as alt-right
6S6Y6C6Z6 shush child
6S6Y6C6Z6 why do you care if Iceman is gay or not?
For the amount you probably paid ANY breakage would be a deal breaker for me.
1958darkstar right like wtf
Beautiful, but bad design. The frozen Sentinel's hand should not be clear. You should still see the metal under the ice.
You hit the nail! Thats a Lazy design
Star Brand Actually, to be consistent with the science of Ice Mans ice “power,” the sentinel’s hand becoming transparent upon being frozen by Ice Man is no different than Bobby Drake himself turning transparent when he activated his “power.” So you’re telling me that the sculpture of Ice Man should be a naked man and all of his body being visible, just as you say the sentinel’s hand should be? Considering that, it is not just “lazy design” by the artist, because nothing is more annoying than inconsistency... Just saying...
@@mathewzuniga1760 Excellent point. I've never considered that before and it warrants further investigation. I understand that Iceman changes his own molecular structure, but was unsure if he achieved the same effect in targeted objects.
I don't think it was lazy design, but I do think it was a bad design choice. But I do agree with Star Brand.. I'd rather have a "more" metal hand than an ice Sentinel hand. Then again, I could be wrong, and it was lazy. Gem does bring up a good point that it would have been more work to have two bases instead of one base.
Yea what they should have done is have the Sentinel hand under the clear coat so you could see thru to the Sentinel hand inside.
Bro that sucks with the damages, BUT this statue is probably the most ambitious one I’ve ever seen. It’s insane. Trust me no one could tell about the damages unless they look real hard. It is sick beyond sick.
Dakoit Cave I agree it’s dope and he’s nit picking. Compared to other iceman or X-men statues this things rad
I think some of the ice shards being broken adds more realism because they not all going to be perfect
Definitely agree!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
It’s so fucking dope, it’s fucking great
I just have a question, where do you go to get customs like this? Not that I can afford them, just curious
I think this is the saddest unboxing I've ever seen. I felt your pain bud.
Very honest and fun to see his final veredict
@1:20 “jeez, look at this... finger.”
That ain’t no finger dawg...
It’s a bit small due to the cold
Sentinel finger?
Sofea Jace LMFAO 😂
its like a todler holding a apple
HeheheheheJAJAJAJAAAAA!!!
The bigger/more expensive the pieces, the less forgivable the mistakes like those. This is why your channel is my first stop before I make a purchase. Great review.
Man, it sucks it has so many problems and broken pieces. That has to be the most beautiful statue I’ve seen in a long time! It looks amazing
Ice sculpture guy only charges 300 dollars with ice included!
And the fridge?
I feel like it would make more sense if the hand was painted and then there was a coat of clear resin over it to make it look like it was covered with solid ice
Punk Rock Vixen how does it not make sense, but ice man being human and becoming transparent makes sense to you? Either both are frozen and transparent or both are painted and coated with a clear resin, because that would keep it consistent... just saying...
Mathew Zuniga yea do that to both. Or maybe have the idea that I’ve man is made of ice where as the hand has been COATED in ice. There’s a difference there...just saying....
@@mathewzuniga1760 there's a fairly big difference between BEING ice and being COVERED in ice
At first glance, the statue is really impressive, but a more detailed examination reveals too many shortcomings and this is very disappointing. Price and quality in this case are not equal. Thanks for the interesting review !!!
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Honestly i dont like it at all, the whole transparency thing is awful, id prefer a blueish half transparent look way more, also ALLthese broken pieces and the missing/awful connection points are a no go, if u pay almost the same price for shipping as for the piece itself i expect that it is delivered in mint condition without broken pieces and especially with connection spots that actually fit ( Arms are awful)
Thats Not how shipping works
@@bendover2684 in germany it is..if i pay that much shipping here the package has insurance and if the goods are delivered broken the company that delivered the goods have to cover the cost...thats what these high shipping fees are for otherwise i could shove the whole thing loose into a box...and take the cheapest crap transporter
@@psyc0m4nt1s6 Hi, i just started to learn english and my listening its not good at the momment, can you tell me pls why hes not happy with the iceman statue thanks :)
@@Ultras14100 hat mehrere gründe er ist kein fan von dem weiss transparenten look , wie man gesehen hat waren sehr viele teile abgebrochen und ausserdem sind einige teile locker bzw passen nicht 100% zusammen wie zb die arme da sind lücken an den ansätzen.ausserdem war bei den conzept zeichnungen die hand von dem sentinel die in der eisbasis ist noch in metall farben und hier ist sie durchsichtig was wenig sinn macht wenn iceman was einfriert wird es ja nicht automatisch zu eis sondern friert nur ein.. das sind so die grössten problem punkte
@@psyc0m4nt1s6 damn I wish it was like that in America
Dude, You look like you're ready to throw that thing out of the window. I would have been as mad if not angrier.
“A very fragile piece”...with no FRAGILE stickers on the shipping box.
Slapping a fragile sticker doesn't help and wouldn't have prevented anything. It's bound to break no matter what unless it was hand delivered.
The breaking doesn't happen during shipping. It happened while putting it inside the box at factory.
@@squalltheonly nah, while it could happen at the factory majority of it happened in shipping. Quit being dumb, you know like everyone else knows it happens in shipping.
@@hmoobgvp yeah, of course. But why does it happen during shipping? Cuz of the shitty packaging. They use foam, inside a cardboard box. The box itself will warp as as you lift it or move it, thus making the foam move and warp as well, thus moving the pieces out of place, thus breaking them. This thing should had been shipped in the same foam, but then add a thick layer of padding around the walls so the foam doesn't move, and then ship it in a fucking wooden box.
@@squalltheonly it can happen because carriers are using pallet jacks which aren't exactly a delicate tools, people lifting and pushing it not so delicately, offloaded and reloaded onto several vehicles, on a truck with a hard ass suspension bouncing around the back. I mean come on dude, foaming can only do so much. The design of the piece and how it was broken down for shipping has more to do with it than improper foaming
My favorite part of the video is when you had to duck every time it came around for you to talk to us, lol.
Haha yea
I think the main problem is the overall design is just way too ambitious.
It must of been delivered by “Ace Ventura Pet Detective”.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
"Sounds broken."
"Most likely, sir!"
Hahaha
Minor damages, caulking and shoulders aside, this is one beautiful ambitious piece of work brother. Franco is one talented guy. 🤜🏻🤛🏾
This at least isnt a coal miner like Cyclops!
Shame about the breakages and flaws, I’d hate that too, can see the disappointment, gutted for you man
What do you mean by coal miner?
The face on the custom Cyclops looks like he came out of a coal mine.
damn gem really upset about this piece, rightfully so. When you are paying so much for a piece/shipping it should come in perfect condition and as advertised.
Thanks for sharing your piece here. I’ve never seen something like this
I love the translucent effect on Iceman.
That piece is huge , but for $3000 and potential damages I’m out lol.✌🏾
#PHASE1GIVEAWAY
Definitely has the potential to be one of the coolest statues out there, just gotta figure out how make it more durable. Love the content though, very cool to see!
You can tell you were so excited about this... and at some point you just got frustrated. No doubt this was a genuine reaction to this.
That had potential to be one of the dopest figs ever. I still think it's pretty sweet looking!
Shame about the damage, but what an OTT design! That's a seriously huge centrepiece of an X-collection!
I think the plastic being translucent instead of professionaly painted makes it look cheap, like it was made from those plastic crystals from Hobby Lobby.
To me not really cause I heard and seen clear ice before here www.google.com/search?q=natural+clear+ice&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjy8v2wh_XnAhUV9qwKHWjbBzsQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=Naclear+ice&gs_l=img.1.0.0i7i30j0i8i7i30l3.18906.19211..22014...0.0..0.278.467.0j1j1......0....1..gws-wiz-img.HYGrN7yq3h0&ei=QHRZXvLSJ5XsswXotp_YAw&bih=657&biw=1366&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS799US799
I really appreciate you being honest with this review. This really hits me in the feels. Thanks for reviewing. Sorry about the piece brotha. Hope this helps a lot of people with their purchasing
Dude as soon as I seen those broken pieces everything would have been putting right back into the box and sent right back to where I got it from... smh
10xKameHam 10xTheMayhem At $900 to ship though?
He literally said that the dude that was selling it warned him and everyone that there’s going to be a lot of broken pieces and asked if they want to back out
Gutted for you Gem, this has got to be the first time I have looked at a statue and just thought "oh wow this is too much!" Hats off to them though it's a bold piece and an awesome concept
I’m sorry about that brotha, this piece seriously had so much potential! That sucks, keep your head up bro!
Statue collecting is one of those hobbies i dont want to get into because its too expensive but at the same time tempted as fuck because of how cool they all look
GREETINGS TO ALL!!!!
What a beautifully wonderful statue .... it felt cold in your hands, I was very surprised, it has a lot of quality, I want to have it, very magnificent and incredible ... I was left with the open mouth of the wondering I was to see it .. Thank you very much for the very cool and full cold video in the best ice man style ... until a next video ... bye...Monster!! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
"there's a magnet here, but not a magnet here, what are we doing?"
This is why I never got into customs I've bought 2 after market and still have them but id never join a customs group and pay that kind of money not knowing what the results would be
Happened upon your channel from the 1up arcade cabinets. I stayed because of this review. It is so honest. I knew I could trust your honest opinion. Love the vids, man. 🙏🤘🖖✌️✌️
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Absolutely brilliant video. Truly honest and that came through strong. And THATS why we're here. Because you're a genuine dude. No fake shit. This is incredibly refreshing. Keep 'em coming!
Oh man when you mentioned that caulking my heart tore and I couldn't see anything else. Real shame, but still so cool overall
#phase1giveaway
He's done the 1/3 Thor Legendary Scale Beast.
Great Honest Video! Much respect for what you do on your channel!
I came back to this video 2 years later. Ambitious and still cool even a little bust. Love this!
who cares bro
Man, as a collector myself it breaks my heart to see you that disappointed :( but all your points are solid - imo this piece was just way too ambitious!
Keep up the great work! 👌
BouncieD breaks
They really gave ya the boot? Couldn't handle the criticism I guess. Paying that much, you respectfully have every right to expect the best.
What happened?
dbzmagus in the description box he said that he was kicked from custom made groups and took a 800.00 loss after selling it
@@RandomWalks1 thanks for the reply, I hadn't noticed that. Wow, what a punk for banning him. Good on this dude for keeping it real 💯
It's a shame he got kicked from the group but I'm glad he stuck his neck out for other people buying. These are legitimate complaints that a buyer spending over 2K should know. He just earned a subscriber.
Love your review! Thanks for the update in the description
Appreciate the review ..it’s a lot of money to purchase .. impossible to ship and expect not broken .. big pieces and small fragile ones ..love how even broken he acted kool
You got ripped off. I can see the look of disgust as you watch $3000+ rotate in front of you.
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As someone that stumbled across this video, has no interest in models, and this is the first video like this I've seen even I can say that this model is pretty craptacular. The joints and seems all look bad, the metal bar through the ice ramp seems WAY over engineered and heavy duty for a non-playable figure, the unpainted hand _doesn't even make any sense_, the caulk band-aid fix looks like trash...over all this is hoorible for the money.
And that SHIPPING...good God what did they use overnight delivery? No way something like this should have been $900 to ship!!! That's like a 3rd the over all price!
900 is reasonable given the shipping distance, and size and weight of the piece. Shipping quality on the other hand is pretty unacceptable
Logical Reason the unpainted hand does make sense, because how does ice man being transparent make sense to you if the transparent hand doesn’t? It’s no different... should ice man be painted and his body be visible? The sculpt is just being consistent, obviously you’ve never read any comics or seen any of the cartoons and seen how ice mans power works and how objects and environments act upon him freezing things... just saying...
@@mathewzuniga1760 If you look at the sculpt again, you can see ice man's body is translucent, meaning not fully transparent but you can still see color and shape that is behind him, but his arms for some reason are a little more opaque. Not a huge concern but still noteworthy as inconsistency in this piece. The biggest problem is that the portion of sentinel hand that is covered in ice is pretty much 100% opaque. This makes no sense, and is not consistent with how ice man is sculpted. You should be able to see some sentinel hand color (blue based on the 3d renders) through that ice, but this is not the case. Even the ice crystals that are not frosted should be translucent like ice man, but are not. And sure ice man in comics is snow-white, and his ice powers in comics turn people snow-white. But I believe this piece is supposed to be more of a realistic sculpt, and therefore should have more in common with live action movie ice man, who is shown as being translucent/transparent. Ultimately it comes down to aesthetics, and the 3d renders look way better than the actual piece imo.
unpainted and transparent sentinel hand showcasing ice man’s mutant ability to freeze and turn things to ice
I'm not into statues at all, but I enjoy your reviews man. Very honest and chill.
Dude it’s still so sick, it’s one of those pieces that pushes the boundaries of what’s possible
The one thing my eyes keep getting drawn to are Iceman's arms ... That different shade of transparency would REALLY bother me, and it looks like they were made at a totally different place with a totally different resin mix.
Me as well
Man. If the sentinel hand palm wasn’t translucent, the piece would have been MUCH cooler looking. That and Icemans arms are a different shade, that’s rough. I agree with you, the ice being white with some baby blue highlights would have been sick. Sorry for the loss man, I know the feeling in the pit of your stomach when something you e looked forward to so much turns out to be a disappointment.
That looks like a nightmare. I was nervous as shit just watching you put it together hoping it doesn’t break. I couldn’t own this. Great review! Thanks!
Hot glue the arms you could always wiggle them out and the glue is clear it's this a awesome piece
6:27 Phie's face saying 'this is getting outta control, Steve!' lol
Damn such a shame you had so many issues with the statue. It looked really impressive on instagram but once i saw the issues and price tag that blows. Definitely should of kept the sentinels hand colored. Glad you were able to sell it forward though and recuperate as much as possible.
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Anxiety level when it swings by his head 😂
Wow! This review was amazing, so real and honest. Def my fav video 🙌🏽
who cares of your life bro
Man tough break Gem... that’s a dope piece if not for the issues... the missing finger is a killer and I totally agree the translucent hand was a poor choice.
#phase1giveaway
Even though there’s a ton of issues that is one of the most dynamic statues I’ve ever seen- good vid!
The concept of where they were goin with is awesome but your right on a lot of points
i actually stopped buying and collecting statues from 20 years,today i do restoration for collector and some customs..
The problem when collecting is finding enough storage for statue and boxes,the eternal problem with the dust and the broken parts when the statue were new out of the box or with some domestical accidents..
I can only be very respectuf with courageous collectors with these monsters scale statue,congratulations guys !
If you're spending this amount of money on just sculpture find someone you can repaint it for you
spending more time and money to improve a broken piece that barely fits together and that you are highly disappointed in makes no sense
@@baltejbains5959 it does it makes it better lol
Really cool literally ! But I'd be pissed with the damage after the great care they took with the packing .must have been thrown about abit in the shipping and the fact bits don't fit is a factory fault which for that price is really bad
Totally get the issues but do love the design and the facial expression of Bobby. Wish it would of worked out. Glad you were able to resell it.
I like this video and plus the statue you revealed cool with Iceman nice I love it and I hope you and all your loving family members are having a wonderful day and night thank you so much for what you do for all the statues and figurines you show off
From were I’m sitting it’s a gorgeous piece. Choosing to see some of the issues as damage during battle is better than dwelling on the problems.
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Sorry you had a lot more issues than me man. Good vid though.
Michael Mess hello Mr. Mess!
Rotating platform was definitely a top 10 Christmas present.
Great video and review. I think your honesty is great. I’m bummed FOR you that the pieces were broken. The concept and ambition is awesome. Too bad it didn’t turn out.
Crazy statue man. These things are way too big.
MCE and heavy
That‘s sadly not what she said ;(
Max Kernfeld haha
Such a shame about those broken pieces.. and i agree with you about the sentinal hand, for such an expensive piece if felt kind of lazy. Still looks amazing though.
#Phase1Giveaway
it looks so awesome to me!
Im late on this video but i had to check it out after the top ten vid u did with mr. X last year , itz A bummer some of it was damaged and the arm couldn’t really fit but overall dope ass vid man u got great content all around and u be havin me laughin w yo lil comments man lol u a G , gon stay tuned til i die bro 👏🏽👏🏽💥
Unfortunate you got so many breakages 😢 it’s a badass looking piece though 👍🏻
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I would be disappointed too after dropping all that dough on a commissioned piece
Hella epic and awe inspiring makes me wanna try sculpting again thanx for the motivation man 👍👍👍
Overly ambitious piece. It looks like a hot mess, no pun intended.
I wasn't a big fan of this piece. The color is too bland . Looks like a huge mess. Even If there wasn't any breakage . Not enough color for me .
@Brandon Martin In every movie and comics he always had a slightly blue tone.....and he isn't transparent.
@@leonelril3230 thank you!
Heavy Barrel I said the same thing
Definitely needs some blues and whites, I would’ve looked at glaciers for reference.
Yeah, it sort of like the Funko specialty series Iceman. That pop was just one bland color. They came out with a new one recently and it looks epic
Respect to you for staying honest with your reviews 👌
Honesty pays in the long term. Well done, man!
I’m proud of the comment section for not even saying anything funny when he pulled out the sentinel “finger”
Carlos Alcazar just because nobody said anything....doesn’t mean nobody thought it
libatako lol no debating that
You mean the robo-shlong?
Was anyone else like, did I click on the right video when he pulled out that first sentinel finger? Lol 😳🍆😳
Part of me just wants to see him topple that whole thing just to see his reaction
i like it !
so impressive and original
and don't care about the 4 ice bricks broken, its not visible and in a fight, even, its normal and realistic
I've never seen a statue try something like this before. Just balancing iceman on the slide had to be a Nightmare. #PHASE1GIVEAWAY
This is just too much of a good thing and it couldn’t handle itself
I would light it with color gels. On video it looks too murky but with the right back ground it could look pretty awesome
A mixture of white and baby blue with the translucent might have done it justice. Its still decently fresh though, pretty damn 🌬KOOL ❄️ !!!
Always thought Iceman was an underrated character. That statue is dope, if only it was made better. On a side note: I never knew shipping was so expensive. #phase1giveaway
GucciGodzilla 91 I work in shipping and man I’ll tell you, it can get really expensive. So much of what we ship is more expensive the item itself.
Not to get to nerdy but hes an omega mutant
Imagine the trouble of the one who designed and built it, I'd still be proud of it though, awesome statue still!
There are so many shards I would never notice the missing shards
thats one hell of a statue! woow
It took me about twelve minutes for me to realize this isn't real ice
Yeah me too I thought it was ice since he said he got the AC fired up
Then you should read books instead of watching TH-cam clips
@@bendover2684 ?
@@tenletters5889 He's calling you dumb dude
Ten Letters you kinda just proved his point by not getting that
A shame it has such issues. Really thought the concept was something special. #phase1giveaway
Man I found this video when it first blew up 2 years ago, and I rewatch it whenever it pops back up in my feed. As a former One Piece and Naruto statue collector, I can confidently say this is one of the most ambitious statues made in this hobby to date. The sheer level of detail is amazing, but the manufacturing ruins it. I'd honestly consider buying one if I had the room. The breakages suck, but nothing is worse than globs of glue and miscast parts.
Even with all the issues i think the statue looks awesome !
That caulking material stuff makes it look like Iceman's slide already broke off and it's had a home repair. What a damn shame. :(
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