The door arrived today, and its fantastic. I couldn’t be happier! Venky’s painting skills are top-notch. I also picked up grips and they are great.
Thank you!
Got my Gozer door on Thursday and it looks great! Thanks so much!
Received my Gozer Temple Doors, Dogs and Birds last Friday. They traveled from one coast to the other without so much as a scratch. Nice packaging there, Venky!
As someone who has done a bit of resin work, I can tell you that the castings and paint applications to the Temple Set are top notch, I just hope he finds some more pieces to add to the collection.
I would like to offer 2000 Crunch Bars to Neil for his outstanding bumper, grips. bellows, and booster frame that are all sure to make my planned GB1 pack a gem. His items always arrive crisp and quickly and with great communication always. I absolutely recommend him as a seller and wouldn’t hesitate to purchase a single offering. I always appreciate his kindness and top quality work.
Thanks Venky!!!
I received a bumper from Neil not to long ago, he was a very nice guy to do business with and he shipped the package extremely quick. I remember the days when finding a decent bumper that remotely resembled what was used on screen was scarce and almost non existant it really makes you appreciate owning this amazing piece of history. Thanks Neil for making your parts available to the community I couldn’t have my dream hero pack without them 
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Just got my door and figures from Neil;-) what can I say that you guys haven’t seen already? Top knotch work, the casting is great, the painting is awesome… Neil did an A+ job on these. The stuff was carefully packaged and was shipped so fast. Plus Neil is a nice fella! If you guys are thinking about getting one of these you need to jump on the wagon right now. You won’t regret it!
Whatever Neil offers, just buy it. I am 100% happy with my recent purchase. Can’t wait to get everything assembled 
I second Joe -
Whatever Neil offers, just buy it.!!
Its worth the wait, and you wont be disappointed.
Just got done doing a local pick up from Neil and I have to say not only is he one great guy but does amazing work. Just got my screen used bumper and it is even better in person. I think I have a new best friend. He is awesome and just like the others say, if he offers it,Buy IT! You rock sir.
Ok
So I won’t be as happy as all the previous members.
I am here to warn you about Neil Ward aka “Venky” regarding his activity.
Venky / Neil Ward is not only a member of gbfans, but also runs a website called “nawardconceptions.com” where you can contact him and purchase various stuff. I contacted him a couple of months ago for an 1:4 scale full body of the Alien Queen. At the beginning, everything was fine. Answering quickly and in a nice way.
In the same time, I was collecting info about him, his product and wanted to have feedback of previous buyers or partners, before spending my money for nothing.
On sideshowcollectors forum, there is a thread regarding Neil Ward and this Alien Queen kit. Amongst other things, someone posted in June or July 2012, that he purchased a kit from Neil Ward/ Venky on nawardconceptions.com. To have feedback and see if he is happy with the results, I contacted him, in private message.
Below, his answer :
A little worried, I tried and collect more info. So I get in touch with the owner of ModeleMagic (Kurt Kuhn) who used to work with Neil Ward and announced this Alien Queen Kit on his website. Plus, Modelemagic is still offering other products of Neil Ward / Venky on his website. So, as he is a professional apparently working on a regular basis with Neil Ward / Venky, I sent an email to him, to have more info about Neil Ward.
Big surprise, Kurt Kuhn answered me BUT added Neil Ward in copy to his answer. He said Neil was a top notch vendor/kit maker and so on. Since this moment, no answer anymore from Neil Ward / Venky. I tried to get in touch many times again with him, but nothing.
I then asked a friend of mine to get in touch with him via his website and try and purchase that 1:4 full body Alien Queen kit.
Big surprise, this time Neil Ward / Venky is alive again and is answering to my friend. His first mail is the same mail that he sent me couple of weeks before with detailed description of the kit, some links for the pics and so on. Only the name after the “Hello” changed.
So my friend kept going and asked him questions about it. He answered quite the same thing but changed the number of Queen kit available. For me, there were no questions of limitations or stock issue. I was garranteed to have my Queen as he would probably keep going and making it until February, just before another new alien related project…if I remember well.
But for my friend, only 3 left. And suddenly, only 2.
In his previous mails, Neil Ward / Venky explained that he would take him up to 4 weeks to make one kit. So my friend thought about something. If there is only 2 left, it just means that he sold one, but that he has now to produce it. As it takes him 4 weeks to make, he can’t have done it in 2 days. So this kit is currently in production.
So my friend asked for WIP pictures of the current process. Saying that it would be interesting to see the process and would help to take a descision.
Since this email, no news and no answers again… until this morning.
Below, the first mail of this morning, with the name of the pics he joined to his answer (I put black to hide parts that doesn’t matter and to hide the email of my friend for example):
Then the next exchange between my friend and Neil Ward / Venky. Please read in that order 1, 2 and then finally 3 and I highlighted in red what was important:
So to sum up, he is saying that the Alien Queen pics of the Queen, that he sent this morning to my friend, the ones with black resin, ARE pics he took recently while currently working on making the Alien Queen kit. A kit he is working on NOW.
We are in December 2012. Soon in 2013. Right?
Then, please Neil Ward / Venky, can you explain this to me???:
ALL THE BLACK RESIN PICS you sent this morning and that you mentionned to be recent and fresh pics taken from your CURRENT work in progress are… pics from May 2011 and April 2012.
I just don’t understand your behavior.
Can you explain me why your are doing this???
Have you ever had this Alien Queen kit in your hands?
I just need answers. You know who I am I guess. You can contact me here in PM, reply to this post or use my email.
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Let me get this straight.
You’re upset that he is taking his time developing a kit? And you’re upset that he didn’t reply to your emails promptly, but is replying to others instead?
You didn’t give him any money, why should it matter how long it takes for him to make a kit that you want? He also doesn’t need to respond to you if he doesn’t want to. I have thousnads upon thousands of unread emails, I don’t think those people are going out of their way to find me on other sites to get me to respond.
Depending on the dates on the camera and dates on the computer, you can’t really rely on any dates that are posted on digital files.
I have gotten several GB items that Neil has made and I have been extremely happy with them. I would buy from him again without hesitation.
What really disturbs me is that you only came here to post “negative” feedback on him when you haven’t given him any money and haven’t received any product. And on top of that you post feedback on a Ghostbusters forum about something that isn’t sold here and isn’t even Ghostbusters related.
I would encourage you to post feedback here on items purchased from Neil off of this forum. Items from other forums should be posted in those forums.
For anybody looking to purchase items from Neil, take advice from people who have actually purchased items from him. I have, and I was not disappointed.
Not at all.
Not at all.
No offense at all but I think you’re just missing the point.
I don’t care of him trying to develop and selling kits of whatever he wants to whoever he wants… as soon as he is really doing it and he’s not telling lies.
For you it’s normal to pay for a kit and never receive it? (example 1 of my previous post). Since he sent the money, this guy never had news from Neil Ward / Venky anymore. Normal?
When I asked him about it, no news anymore? Normal again?
When a friend asked for wip pictures, he sent old stuff from 2011 and pretend it was the real recent pics of his actual work he was doing right now. All of that sounds normal for you? If you’re really working on something, you have the product in front of you and you can make pictures, right? Why sending that kind of things then…
For me it’s just too much, too many bad things for one guy on a same product.
And yes you are right on 1 thing: I didn’t give him any money. Before buying something that price (around 1300 $), I think you try and compare things, collect info and so on. You’re not giving your money like this right away.
I am just trying here to share my experience and the experience of 2 others on this Alien Queen kit.
So that people know.
That’s the goal of this thread, right? Giving feedback.
So I did. With documentation.
Venky if you are reading this, feel free to add your point of view…
All the best.
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@drjameshouse: I totally understand your point of you regarding this forum and non related items. I just want to add that before doing that, I wrote an email to AJ Quick to explain that. He gave me the link to post the story here.
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I was under the impression that you had actually made a purchase and exchanged money. This is a feedback forum for former and current customers, not a forum for hearsay and conjecture.
Do not post here again, unless you have had actual business with Venky.
Having already purchased a set of Neil’s bellows, Shandor Temple pieces (and where he even threw in a set of grips completely free as an apology for a minor delay), not to mention on the list of people who’ve purchased one of his Proton Pack Shells, I can’t say a bad thing about him. He’s kept me informed on a very regular basis, and his products have always been top notch.
As far as my own experiences go, Neil is beyond reproach.
Wow,
This must be the Stephane and Christine duo from France I have conversed with quite recently. This is just strange to be posting this in this community where this is something that does not even relate to anything here, especially since there has been consistent and frequent talks with both of you.
I do have stock photos from previous clients that show exactly what I do each and every time. There is no reason to attempt to : carbon date photos from what I provide. Plus the quality does not change. I replace parts of items if there was a flaw or any type of dissatisfaction from the client at my expense. I usually do not share work of someone else transaction unless it is a run and it is therefore made public
My communication with you has been prompt and honest. I always, ALWAYS get back to you sometimes sooner for some than others.
Today and the next few days I am moving to a new house since we have a child on the way in March. I will update this to my other for sale threads and will definitely keep all posted every step of the way.
In the end if you do not want to invest in me, based on someone else’s feelings or statements, that is your business and you can move on from there.
Personally, I do not feel comfortable to do business with such that have not done anything but crusade to exploit when they have not sent me a dime.
Venky
Great guy to work with. Recieved a beautiful bumper just as described. Plus shipping was fantastic as well. Never had so many packing peanuts to play with before…definately will buy from him again when i start my next pack.
I received the bumper that I had ordered from Neil and I was very pleased with the whole transaction. He was very prompt at returning messages, let me know exactly when it had shipped and provided tracking info. When the package arrived it was packaged extremely well! He called this a reject bumper but there is nothing that I can see wrong with it minus some minor surface bubbles. Would definitely buy from again!
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I ordered a set of motherboard brackets and an Egon foam piece. Got them in a timely manner, with great communications all the way! I would be happy to do business with him again! That bumper and those grips look really nice…