I feel that there is a slight sarcastic and negative tone in the article. Yes, it's a pretty geeked thing this community does and we might even acknowledge it, but we have FUN doing it. It's a hobby that we do for ourselves and to an extent, for others joy.

For me, it's the story that I love as well as the graphical look at that each person is capable of.

The whole "amateurish affairs" to me, says that we are ALL incompetent. I suppose the pros would be getting paid but some of us DO pro-grade stuff. DaveCW comes to mind. And keep in mind, Luke Ellison's amateurish fotography landed him a short stint with Hasbro for the Marvel division. It sounds like we'll never be more but that's not the point in the end. It's something we are learning and always trying to get better at.

I feel that there are people on the JD who SHOULD be working as a PRO cuz certainly, the studio shots are pretty boring and not very good even in the art of FOCUSING the camera!

Aren't the diostories the stories WE want to tell. It is stuff that was never told in comic or cartoon (or movie). I'm guessing like with any toyline where people are doing fotographs, the creators like to give characters/figures their own spin. Often times, it's when the companies don't push the character/figure.

Also, it would have been nice for there to have been indication that people WHO do this hobby are around the world. In the JD's case, there are representatives from Europe, South America, Phillipines, Canada and Australia.

It was good that you mentioned that different toylines call their 'hobby' different things. I feel it would have been nice to help DEFINE what a 'diorama' is in terms of the JD for the world to see. That Diorama is different than DioStory which is different than the 1-shots people do.

Still, that article took a lot to write about it and it's great you made the effort.