MY APOLOGIES FOR THIS LONG POST NOW-----
I am making this last post by us on this nauseating subject. Unless our name is dragged into this again we have customers to take care of, models to build, and props to finish...... I will leave it with this. Mike is a very manipulative person. All of us vendors bought his BS. Some of us got out before the crash luckily and are out what we are out. For us here, we are out money, time, and in the past days lots of time dealing with customers being sent to us. And Mike managed to make us lose even more with some model builds where he never paid us the labor, but we are still honoring the build.... It is on our end our fault... WE (Replica Forge) Bought into his BS, his promises and we own our own loss.
Customers also bought his BS. Mike's pages when they were up, were peppered with supporters and those attacking and knocking anyone who said anything about him. So in the end we all (who made those posts) via our own ignorance and stupidity helped this along.
Meanwhile Mike is silent. Will Mike be back? Yeah, I think he will. However he will be silent now, working social media, working pages like this from the dark back room where his new partner, and I think I know who that is.. This guy will be the front man, making a new group, which will be of course be private... "members only"..... A place where mutterings about all of this are not allowed... Where amazingly YOU TOO... Can get a deal....... Mike will join this page under one of his fake accounts and be a respected member..... Mike pages as he has many times using fake accounts, will add content, and then it will happen........ Mark my words........... This will happen..... (see below)
Amazingly, screen shots will pop up proving how Mike was the victim here. Other "relatively" new accounts will come forward, claiming we, or JMS, or Tusken Outfitters, or red4, or Mike Solo, or any one of the other 7 vendors who got taken for money, product, shipping fees and more were the evil doers picking on Mike, who after all... Was in it... ONLY for the fans...... (FYI those vendor numbers, are only the ones I am aware of.) And also proof will be posted showing Nick Anzalone was the schemer forcing poor Mike Herron to be shamed in front of all.... Tears will flow, and sympathies will pour.... This new page, will soon premier a new shop where you also can get a deal.......... (sarcasm yes) but I think I am right. We will see.
There are a TON of honest, hard working, talented makers out there. There are new sites every day being released that have honest intent, and will be great contributors to this hobby. One thing we ALL have to ensure does not happen, is letting Mike Herron ruin our trust in this hobby. When a new business pops up, ask who runs it. Who owns it. Ask bluntly is Herron a part of it. Does Herron work for it, in it, or in any capacity....
Mike Herron by far is not done. Already one of his major supporters has announced a new page being made. This person has never, ever, and I mean not ONCE..... Called Mike out. Decried Mike's conduct. This person has NEVER, EVER, NOT IN ANY WAY........ Said what Mike has done is wrong. Yet this person......... Was one of Mike's closest friends, he was viciously supported and defended by Mike when his own possible, and I will say possible questionable deeds came to light........... Yet he has dozens of customers on there right now... Saying bravo, we got your back.... People calling those who complained, dick heads, jerks, haters, liars.... I am blown away by this.
When when this goes to ****, and it will... People will scream. I personally messaged this person, asking him if he was paid in full by Mike. He saw my message on FB and ignored it.... Another storm is coming. Mark my words, Mike Herrron is not done. He simply has a sucker he can use like a Muppet.....
