Ugh. I’ve given The Black Major a pass before because I like his figures but this may be it. (Also, I don’t know how he thinks his business will survive a tariff war with China.)
Comments
Log in with your Bluesky account to leave a comment
I would like to believe that, but the poster is “John Major” which I have always thought is his own Facebook alias. Maybe he didn’t make it but he does seem to be selling it. And this one too.
Unrelated. But, I stayed on Twitter too long. Don't miss it, now. I'm fine with quitting FB.
But, IG is a different story. It's about the only way to enjoy the toy community. So, that's a tougher legacy to leave behind. We all know where Meta is going. So, I need an exit strategy.
The websites are dead. ARAH Gallery has like 7 people looking at it.
I'm going to jump onto BlueSky's image site from the first day I can get onto it. I looked at another alternative. But, it's the Mastodon model which isn't in my wheelhouse right now.
I'm in one Joe discord server that's mostly chill but also kind of an unmoderated ghost town, wouldn't mind another, more focused. I'm still pro personal website though, if only for having a more permanent legacy storage. More than once I've wanted to dig up a particular Cobra South shot from you!
!!! When I first joined IG there was a guy posting high-quality ARAH pictures with horribly racist and anti-semitic speech bubbles. I reported him and he got taken down. But I remember some of the guys who followed him, and whenever I see them post in the community, I think about that.
There was the whole uproar about the race and gender swapping characters, too. Guys were apoplectic over Salvo being a Pacific Island woman. They couldn't have described Salvo before that. The black Ripcord thing was another.
Really, the community has a lot of skeletons in the closet.
The Joe world is heavily Gex X and exburban/rural. There's lots of terrible guys among it....including some really big time/influential guys.
I lost 100s of IG followers from the Toht/Cross Country pic. Yet, 1 guy who does the entire line in Dukes of Hazard stars and bars has 1000's of followers.
I'm pretty sure it was the ARAH 1982-1994 group, but it was probably like a year ago. Also some guy in that same thread was going on about how the media is controlled by a "certain group of people" and it doesn't take a genius to figure out which he was referring to
I also noticed that LeCroy’s Toys posted a Trump custom figure (which was let’s say very generous to the guy’s appearance) but he seems to have deleted it. LOL.
Dude, in this fandom it's vital to know who the good 'uns are and who's a Fash bastard. I appreciate you for posting this and letting us know where you AND that customizer stand. Thanks.
He's been selling the "never surrender" one for several months. The great irony -- that I'm sure is lost on him -- is that the guy's mug shot was taken after he literally surrendered to authorities.
I think I'm done as well. I have too many of his figures already, and ordering through IG is weird.
I forgot to add that the "never surrender" mugshot figures were sold through the official Black Major account on eBay. I used to order a lot from him on eBay before I started getting in on his Instagram deals.
Disappointed, but not surprised. I've seen a lot of people in the Joe fandom show their true colors on Instagram lately, and I barely even check it anymore.
unsurprising tbh... funny he doesn't post them on instagram. not sure what that says about the diff between 2 platforms owned by the same company, but it says something.
Ah yeah Snake Eyes the dude who never once fought a venture capitalist who uses populist rhetoric to radicalize Americans for his own narcissistic benefit.
I know, believe me I know. Sadly lots of these types of people in the world currently, going to take something awful to happen before they learn beter.
Also part of the reason I never signed up at the HISS tank forums.
Of course they don't. They're idiots. They suffer from Cognitive Dissonance. These are the same people who rant about God yet are such hypocrites they would crucify Jesus for calling them out.
Some Trump supporters were crying when Jeri Ryan at a con said how much she hated them.
I think he's done it before, "quietly" I heard about some before but the evidence was less solid, still always been a part of me staying away, that and the time he wanted to move all payment to bitcoin lol. Not to be the "I always hated the guy!!" dude, but a bootlegger can only have so many morals
I forgot about that, Black Major had a huge cryptobro phase where he talked about only taking payment for his figures in crypto. (While also saying HODL...like, which is it? If you're HODL'ing, you're NOT spending the bitcoin on action figures, or anything else?)
Comments
Some of those guys are...yikes.
But, IG is a different story. It's about the only way to enjoy the toy community. So, that's a tougher legacy to leave behind. We all know where Meta is going. So, I need an exit strategy.
IG is hard. I've thought about setting up my own website but I know that won't reach many people.
Hell, I still get more website traffic from Twitter than Bluesky. And, I haven't posted there in over 2 months. But, still not going back.
It reminds me of my heartbreak when I found out about Jin Satome being a Trumper.
I'm going to jump onto BlueSky's image site from the first day I can get onto it. I looked at another alternative. But, it's the Mastodon model which isn't in my wheelhouse right now.
Really, the community has a lot of skeletons in the closet.
I lost 100s of IG followers from the Toht/Cross Country pic. Yet, 1 guy who does the entire line in Dukes of Hazard stars and bars has 1000's of followers.
I think I'm done as well. I have too many of his figures already, and ordering through IG is weird.
Not join them.
And these guys totally missed what Larry Hama was trying to say in the comics. But fascists are also dumbasses who never understand these things
Also part of the reason I never signed up at the HISS tank forums.
Some Trump supporters were crying when Jeri Ryan at a con said how much she hated them.