Tika 8 - thoughts

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  • WonderlandWonderland Posts: 7,137

    Ok, now the Tika bundle just went up by $10.00. I give up...

  • Ok, now the Tika bundle just went up by $10.00. I give up...

    Yup. Cart just jumped up in pricing for me by about $17. Will have to wait for things to settle, and will probably wait a couple days out to see if the DO freebies get discounted further...

  • WonderlandWonderland Posts: 7,137

    Tika bundle: $66.13 - 30%= $46.29-20% (banner) = $37.03 Not $52.90 which it now is in my cart. Looks like the other issues were fixed though.

  • evacynevacyn Posts: 989

    Yup. Cart just jumped up in pricing for me by about $17. Will have to wait for things to settle, and will probably wait a couple days out to see if the DO freebies get discounted further...

    I really hate that the first day something is released is no longer recognized as the best deal. I'm on the fence on whether to wait, knowing the trend for the past few releases has been to offer better deals after a day or two.

  • WonderlandWonderland Posts: 7,137

    The biggest problem is that the prices have been wrong all morning and still are. The Tika bundle is still $16.00 more than it should be.

  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,175
    edited April 2019

    I already have a Thorne doll, therefore, I have all of them. Sorry to be so harsh, but....

    Plus, I just do not need yet one more white female. The only one I find even remotely interesting is Sonnet, and I'm not going to buy Tika for one character.

    Laurie

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  • ColinFrenchColinFrench Posts: 649

    Maybe I'm misunderstanding this sale, but I'm not seeing any discount on the Pro bundle, just the add-ons. When it reads:

    "Buy the Pro Bundle
    & 2 of her Add-Ons:
    extra 10% OFF* them
    & $10 FREE*‡ Select Categories below"

    I thought the 10% off applied to both the Pro bundle and the add-ons. In my cart the discount for the add-ons is correct but the Pro bundle is still 66.13. If I toss in another add-in character, the discount for the add-ons is correctly adjusted to 20% but the Pro bundle does not change. Am I reading the sale conditions incorrectly or is this a Daz glitch?

    If it doesn't apply, this probably means I won't bother with the bundle, just pick up that Vector hat & ponytail separately.

    Also, no purple banner for me. *sad*  I guess I haven't been spending enough here. wink

  • 3Diva3Diva Posts: 11,981
    edited April 2019

    Can anyone post how the Diva Remix looks without Tika? Will it work on, say, Karyssa 8 or do you have buy Tika?

    The skin materials presets all use Tika 8's mats (except for the Bonus Materials Preset which uses the base Genesis 8 Female mats). The fingernail and toenail colors are set up to be usable with any G8 or G3 character. The shape presets are all based on the Tika 8 shape and use her shape at 100%, so the shape presets are going to look HUGELY different without Tika 8. However, I just checked and it looks like Karyssa 8 might make an ok substitute if you dial her in at around 75%. 

    Here's the "Anime A" shape without Tika but with Karyssa 8 dialled in at 75% (and Karyssa's elf ears dialled out). She's using the Bonus Skin settings included with Toon Tika which uses the base Genesis 8 Female mats but "toonfied":

    She doesn't look exactly like she's intended, of course, but she's still pretty cute, imo. You'll still need the Genesis 8 Female head and body morphs.

    I'll see about doing a couple other renders with some of the other shape presets and Karyssa 8.

     

    Here are a couple more without Tika 8 but with Karyssa 8 as a "stand in".

    Shape Preset "Dolly A" but without Tika 8 and with Karyssa 8 dialled in at 75%:

    Shape Preset "SuperToon B" but without Tika 8 and with Karyssa 8 dialled in at 75%:

     

    Shape Preset "Toony B" but without Tika 8 and with Karyssa 8 dialled in at 75%:

    Toon Tika w Karyssa Stand in - Dolly A.png
    550 x 715 - 335K
    Toon Tika w Karyssa Stand in - SuperToon B.png
    550 x 715 - 264K
    Toon Tika w Karyssa Stand in - SuperToon B 2.png
    550 x 715 - 298K
    Toon Tika w Karyssa Stand in - Toony B.png
    550 x 715 - 340K
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  • isidornisidorn Posts: 1,601

    Height: 5' 9" (175.6 cm) 

    And she's promoted as "Short and sassy" surprise

  • Her eyes look dead to me. But she looks like another Thorne character. No character specific theme to her bundle or content...but at least you get more stuff when you buy her unlike the babies which came with nothing free.

    Pass, but I’m not the target audience anyway.

    Yes, the eyes bothered me in all of them... they're flat.  I don't do G8, so I'm not the target either... though I have experienced lustful thoughts for Floyd & Mabel.

  • Mika 8? Karyssa 8? Aiko 8? There is so little difference between them and Tika. Whats the point? Please someone explain this.

  • I'm actually really offended that they are describing the 5'9" character as 'short'.  I am 5'2".  You people have no clue what you are talking about :-(

  • JOdelJOdel Posts: 6,322

    The character is okay. The Toony add-on is fun. But the only sale incentives are for the Pro pack -- and for the first time in forever there is absolutely nothing in the Pro pack that I could see myself using. Not even the hair, although I certainly don't object to the hair.

    In fact, I find I actively dislike the bundled outfits. Definitely going to sit on my hands for this one. May pick up something from the add-ons before the intro sale tapers off.

  • JVRendererJVRenderer Posts: 664
    RAMWolff said:
    McGyver said:

    The name makes me hungry... now I could go for some good chicken tikka masala, or makhan murg... 

    Sorry, it’s almost always about food.

    HAHAHAHAHAHA I thought the same thing!  cheeky

    Me too.
    I think I'll pass and spend my money on some East Indian food tonight

    laugh

  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 9,296
    edited April 2019

    I'm actually really offended that they are describing the 5'9" character as 'short'.  I am 5'2".  You people have no clue what you are talking about :-(

    It's especially baffling given that, as of 2002,  the average height of a MAN in Utah was 5' 10.8" and the average woman's height was 5' 5" (It's amazing what you can find on the internet. https://www.deseretnews.com/article/375006985/Utah-by-the-numbers.html ; I double checked the numbers by cofnfirming the number of Starbucks in the entire state, which was listed at 11 but in the 17 years since has increased to a whopping 17. 17???!!!!  By comparison, we have over 135 here in the city of Houston alone. https://www.statista.com/statistics/306896/cities-with-the-largest-number-of-starbucks-stores-worldwide/  ; Hmm.   )    

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  • WonderlandWonderland Posts: 7,137
    edited April 2019

    I like the character, I like the bundle, but someone please fix the price! It is still $16.00 too high if you have the purple banner. What is going on there?

    Once again: Tika bundle: $66.13 - 30%= $46.29-20% (banner) = $37.03 Not $52.90 which it now is in my cart.

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    1536 x 2048 - 711K
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  • DareshiranuDareshiranu Posts: 237

    I have to agree that, while I respect the work the PA has gone to, I feel that I could dial this character in myself - although be it (ironically) from PAs that allow me to (!). So I suppose a 'not for me' but thanks for those that it benefits. More worryingly I am having concerns over an overall DAZ quality control issue. There's poke through in image 13 of https://www.daz3d.com/tika-8, there's certain spelling issues in the main description of https://www.daz3d.com/little-beauties-for-genesis-8-female plus a few more. We all make mistakes (I'm sure my grammar is a fine example) but surely to keep www.daz3d.com a premium site there should be better quality control? I won't go on about the 'character' and 'characters' sub menus as we all know how frustrating that is.

    Or maybe I'm just being picky? In which case I apologise.

    I find the lack of proofreading evident in the examples being offered here and the other main sites, often with PAs who sell on multiple platforms to be somewhat appalling. I mean, I see morph mispelled on a regular basis for goodness sake. So I'm in your corner.

  • Leonides02Leonides02 Posts: 1,379

    I agree with what others have already stated: She's fine, but very boring. Tika looks like a character I could spin up on G3 in a few moments.

    That said, DAZ has given us some wild characters lately so I can't fault them too bad (except the horror-show that is the babies). 

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 108,347

    I like the character, I like the bundle, but someone please fix the price! It is still $16.00 too high if you have the purple banner. What is going on there?

    Once again: Tika bundle: $66.13 - 30%= $46.29-20% (banner) = $37.03 Not $52.90 which it now is in my cart.

    The Add-ons discount applies to the add-ons, it doesn't apply to the Pro Bundle as far as I can read the promo. The banner applies to the bundle, not the add-ons.

  • outrider42outrider42 Posts: 3,679
    isidorn said:

    Height: 5' 9" (175.6 cm) 

    And she's promoted as "Short and sassy" surprise

    This, too. Dazney Land is totally bizarro world. Tika is fashion model tall, and she would taller than many pro women basketball or volleyball players. Tika is not short by any standard you gauge by.

  • WonderlandWonderland Posts: 7,137
    edited April 2019

    I have to agree that, while I respect the work the PA has gone to, I feel that I could dial this character in myself - although be it (ironically) from PAs that allow me to (!). So I suppose a 'not for me' but thanks for those that it benefits. More worryingly I am having concerns over an overall DAZ quality control issue. There's poke through in image 13 of https://www.daz3d.com/tika-8, there's certain spelling issues in the main description of https://www.daz3d.com/little-beauties-for-genesis-8-female plus a few more. We all make mistakes (I'm sure my grammar is a fine example) but surely to keep www.daz3d.com a premium site there should be better quality control? I won't go on about the 'character' and 'characters' sub menus as we all know how frustrating that is.

    Or maybe I'm just being picky? In which case I apologise.

    I find the lack of proofreading evident in the examples being offered here and the other main sites, often with PAs who sell on multiple platforms to be somewhat appalling. I mean, I see morph mispelled on a regular basis for goodness sake. So I'm in your corner.

    I think the PAs write their own description and English may not be their first language. I forgive that. What I don’t forgive is Daz itself always getting prices wrong and we have to fight to get them fixed. This has gone way beyond unprofessionalism by now, it’s been going on for about a year. Almost every day of March Madness, there were errors, there are very few days that there are NOT errors. Come on Daz! I’ve been a customer here for an embarrassingly long time and see things going down hill fast within the last year, especially the last few months! What is going on???

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 108,347

    I like the character, I like the bundle, but someone please fix the price! It is still $16.00 too high if you have the purple banner. What is going on there?

    Once again: Tika bundle: $66.13 - 30%= $46.29-20% (banner) = $37.03 Not $52.90 which it now is in my cart.

    The Add-ons discount applies to the add-ons, it doesn't apply to the Pro Bundle as far as I can read the promo. The banner applies to the bundle, not the add-ons.

    Actually, I'm not sure on that - seeking clarification.

  • Charlie JudgeCharlie Judge Posts: 13,281
    edited April 2019

    Maybe I'm misunderstanding this sale, but I'm not seeing any discount on the Pro bundle, just the add-ons. When it reads:

    "Buy the Pro Bundle
    & 2 of her Add-Ons:
    extra 10% OFF* them
    & $10 FREE*‡ Select Categories below"

    I thought the 10% off applied to both the Pro bundle and the add-ons. In my cart the discount for the add-ons is correct but the Pro bundle is still 66.13. If I toss in another add-in character, the discount for the add-ons is correctly adjusted to 20% but the Pro bundle does not change. Am I reading the sale conditions incorrectly or is this a Daz glitch?

    If it doesn't apply, this probably means I won't bother with the bundle, just pick up that Vector hat & ponytail separately.

    Well, earlier the extra discount on the Pro bundle for having 4 addons was properly applying but then it was lost before I could checkout. Buying the bundle was somewhat mariginal for me anyway; so, if it isn't fixed / reinstated then I have no problem just dumping my cart and saving my money

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  • starionwolfstarionwolf Posts: 3,670

    Tika 8's eyes look a bit big for my tastes.  I might buy her to use her texture.  Does she come with makeup?  I don't see any makeup listed on her product page.

  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 9,296

     

    I like the character, I like the bundle, but someone please fix the price! It is still $16.00 too high if you have the purple banner. What is going on there?

    Once again: Tika bundle: $66.13 - 30%= $46.29-20% (banner) = $37.03 Not $52.90 which it now is in my cart.

    The Add-ons discount applies to the add-ons, it doesn't apply to the Pro Bundle as far as I can read the promo. The banner applies to the bundle, not the add-ons.

    Actually, I'm not sure on that - seeking clarification.

    That IS how it's worked for the last dozen or so sales, and it's how the cart WAS adding up until they went in and fixed the mistake they made with Jyune.  If DAZ is trying to change the rules on us after all this time, I suspect they'll have a lot of unhappy customers and a lot of lost sales. The fact is, the only reason I buy most Pro Bundles is the economy of scale and they've already badly crippled Tika with the games they're playing with the "free content." 

  • evacynevacyn Posts: 989

    I like the character, I like the bundle, but someone please fix the price! It is still $16.00 too high if you have the purple banner. What is going on there?

    Once again: Tika bundle: $66.13 - 30%= $46.29-20% (banner) = $37.03 Not $52.90 which it now is in my cart.

    The Add-ons discount applies to the add-ons, it doesn't apply to the Pro Bundle as far as I can read the promo. The banner applies to the bundle, not the add-ons.

    Actually, I'm not sure on that - seeking clarification.

    The discount reads:

    BUY THE PRO BUNDLE & 4 OR MORE OF HER ADD-ONS: EXTRA 30% OFF* them

    It implies that 'extra 30% off* them' refers to everything before the colon (since the asterisk relates to the * Items must be in cart simultaneously for discount to apply.)

  • dragotxdragotx Posts: 1,147
    edited April 2019

    I like the character, I like the bundle, but someone please fix the price! It is still $16.00 too high if you have the purple banner. What is going on there?

    Once again: Tika bundle: $66.13 - 30%= $46.29-20% (banner) = $37.03 Not $52.90 which it now is in my cart.

    The Add-ons discount applies to the add-ons, it doesn't apply to the Pro Bundle as far as I can read the promo. The banner applies to the bundle, not the add-ons.

    Actually, I'm not sure on that - seeking clarification.

    Before they Started whacking the other bugs in the sale, the pro bundle was the $37.03 expected in my cart, but when Daz fixed the other bugs the price jumped up. So something they did with the corrections broke something.
    Post edited by dragotx on
  • TZORGTZORG Posts: 148

    "Mixable Expressions" has adorable promo images, I guess those don't really depict the base Tika character though? It looks different to me.

    I like a good number of the offerings, between the bundles and the add-ons, but the pro bundle needs that 30% I think.

  • Couple of things:

    1.  Will the pro bundle price be fixed?  I would like to know before I buy this.

    2.  $20 off is okay for 1 item, but when most items are $11 and up, you can probably only get 1 item per group.  But something is better than nothing, I guess. :)

  • evacynevacyn Posts: 989

    Looks like it's fixed.

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