F60 Juri 2012 :(

Someone mentioned that they had released the photo for the F60 Juri 2012 release on DoA today... Their photo didn’t load, so I eagerly went to the site to check the photo, although the description of “cute” didn’t inspire me.

I waited for the photo to load, wondering if it was the Shiwoo or the BA... Excited. Then it loaded.

Not excited anymore. It’s a recast of the Juri 05. So disappointed that the complainers won.

Why am I so disappointed? Well, other than the fact it is clearly just a recast of the original Juri 05 - clearly evident by the small, original elf ears still on the head, rather than the newer, longer elf ears they have been creating lately - it shows that Fairyland and CP are willing to be bossed around by those who are the loudest simply because they think they are entitled to what they want, rather than those who actually appreciate the other sculpts. And because it shows that this WASN’T the original choice for the Juri head. Otherwise, those ears would have been updated in keeping with the current styling.

Well. I hope they’re happy - the complainers that is, although all those who argued that the MNF Juri 08 and the Juri 05 are two COMPLETELY different sculpts - even though the changes are exactly the same as what you’d find between a 60cm and MNF version of any other sculpt...

Already have people questioning it. *sigh*

Reasons why I think its the old Juri 05:

1. CP have been sculpting longer Elf ears in all sizes possible - Minifee, F60, F70 and F65 since at least 2008...
2. The last two Elf releases in the F60 size have long ears: the Nanuri A and the Nanuri B.
3. The complainers were all going nuts about apparently the MNF Juri 08 being the most popular event head... But then we’re not their biggest customer base and their largest customer base probably wouldn’t complain
4. Was the MNF Juri 08 REALLY the most popular? I wasn’t in the hobby in 08, but I have a feeling she’s much more popular on the secondhand market than she was when she was released as an event head, especially since they wouldn’t have limited the number of heads. Plus, if she had been the more popular you’d think there would be more of them around rather than less.
5. The English speaking community would be a small fraction of their market.
6. The fact that complaints were loudest from a small number of people (I personally dislike this particular set of Juris. Ick.) does not mean they immediately changed their mind.
7. It does not take that much to change the ears on an old sculpt, and knowing CP, they would have spent as much time designing and sculpting the F60 Juri 2012 as they would anything else and therefore NOT updating the ears points to a rush job.
8. And just to hammer it down... If the Juri 05 had been the original head... Why doesn’t the cutout teaser have elf ears??

Nanuri A & B teaser with the Elf-ear-less Juri 2012 teaser

Final Nanuri A & B releases, with Elf Ears... and the F60 Juri 2012, now with Elf ears.

In some ways this reminds me of the LTF Pong - they made it for people... But they didn’t buy it. It will be interesting to see if the MP gets flooded with F60 Juri 12s. I know I’ll be selling mine. 

What will be interesting however. Currently there are very few unmodded Juri 05s around and there were two on the MP for MONTHS, unbought, just sitting there.They are very rare in the unmodded form, and yet no one bought these two. 

Plus, the new release just devalues any other Juri 05s that anyone else has, especially since there is no difference between this F60 Juri 12 and the old Juri 05. I’m sure by the time I’ve got mine I still won’t have sold my modded Juri 05 (who’s been on sale for probably about 6 months but more realistically for probably over a year) so I’ll be able to compare them and show once and for all that this new one is just a recast.

Overall, I’m annoyed that the complainers have spoilt this event for me. It doesn’t matter that there’s always a possibility for another event, that means there’s always another possibility for some idiot to complain and wreck yet another event for me.

I’m sick of this particular Juri face to be honest. There’s the 05, the 08, the kissy faced 10, the Multihead version... I’m sick of it in the same way I’m sick of Chiwoos. There are so many Chiwoo releases. I’m also starting to get a bit sick of the Chloe, even though she is a nice sculpt.

I want to have a new BA or even a new Shiwoo, even though I doubt I’d keep it. I’d like an updated Elf version of a Lishe or a El... Or an Elf BA would be nice. I’d like to see my favourite sculpts getting some time.

And I’d LOVE to see those complainers realising that perhaps what they like ISN’T what everyone else does.

Thanks guys for throughly wreaking an event I was looking forward to. Cheers.

BTW - for such a rare and wanted sculpt, I have just counted 6 unmodded Juri 05s for sale on DoA as well as 2 modded ones... For a popular sculpt I would expect maybe one... if you were lucky. Not six. Where are all the eager collectors?