Dont know if it is a subject that will interest anyone to discuss.

Not sure if many people are following Facebook, it is alleged that Andrea are currently threatening one of their most talented sculptors with legal action for exposing pictures of certain miniature days before release and demanding that photographs are taken down ( which is daft, because once its out, its out).
Whilst the argument Andrea have ( and I dont know what the contract is) may be valid it seems a touch heavy handed and aggressive.
This is coupled with another of their most talented sculptors leaving some time ago because of the way he was treated ( so I was told).

I cant help to notice that recent Andrea releases quality isn't what it used to be, be it sculpting or box art or the concept of the piece.

Just wondering if anyone else noticed or am I not seeing a full picture? Is this a sudden decline of a giant or is it something that has been seen for a while?

Seems consistent behaviour for a company that has as far as I know never identified or credited its sculptors and which likes to spend a lot of effort on marketing. They are maintaining a brand rather than marketing an artist so it makes sense they would want a corporate release of new products.

I can't speak to quality.

Agreed, thank you, Steve. To be honest I think that discussion has exhausted itself already

I would have thought it would have been a good idea to put it in pertential customers minds. but they have the last say so it must be in thier contracts who knows. we will see the figure soon enough.

Ian

Just got the Warrior of the North game of Thrones bust in Kulmbch and the Casting is perfect,the service was top notch.Dont think that they are going downhill at all.....Excellent bust.

Regards

Pete

The legal action bit (if true),is somewhat of an over-the-top reaction but I would also have expected the sculptor to have requested Andrea's approval first. This seems to to me, to be be a moral requrement at least. If the piece had been commissioned by Andrea surely it is their property legally not the sculptors?
As to quality, I have always had fluctuating opinions on their stuff, some I thought were overly romanicised in their presentation, (the big western set pieces, the napoleonic gun team etc), others I would say, are some of the best figures ever produced. For me it's always been a case of personal preference.
As to the company itself, I have did miss them at Euromilitaire last year. It also occured to me, having approached their stall in search of some older figures (that they had not brought), that they were probably losing sales by concentrating on their newer product.
This was not the case, for example, with Pegaso, who took a lot of my money on older figures, particularly some 54mm and 75mm product on which they were closing production and selling off at discounted prices.
I hope Andrea continue to produce quality stuff for some time yet, but maybe they should re-consider their marketing strategy for this sie of the channel.
Off topic, it also makes me wonder what most of the European, (as opposed to British) companies intend to do at this year's militaire, considering that the current exchange rate makes it so inviting to just order from them over t'internet.