WARNING! Logan Props/Snikt Shop/I am your heroes!

WARNING: Do NOT buy any props from this guy.

Alright, so let me tell you all something here.

David Winant, AKA Jim Logan/Iam Logan/I am your heroes/Outlaw Produx Snikt shop [he keeps changing his name so people will think this is not associated with him, his most current shop is labeled "Logan Props"] is one of the most unprofessional persons I know. He is using your money you send to him for personal expenses and not meeting deadlines/keeping your money without giving you the prop you paid for, and refusing to communicate. He is also ripping you all off and making shitty props that look great when he takes pictures on his low quality webcam, then look like crap when you get them in the mail. Let me tell you what he did for me.

Last year in June 2011, John Castillo paid him $150 to make my weapons for Lady Ezio. Wizard World was in August, and I did not get them in time. Logan told me he would make them for me for C2E2 2012. When John asked him in October why I didn't have my blades yet, Logan went on a huge tirade on his public facebook about how shitty his own paying customer was for asking a simple question, then blew up my cell phone with angry texts about John and how he "doesn't do refunds" More on this later.

In the first week of September, I message him and ask him to make me my Black Widow Shooters and belt in time for Halloween. He says sure, but it will be extra charge for a rush order so he asked me for $100. I decided to be nice and help him out, since he seemed down in financial life and tossed him $125.

A month goes by. No shooters. I'm watching him on facebook, no shooters, nothing. THREE DAYS before Halloween he cranks them out and ships them to me. No big deal, right? As long as they are done, they are done, right? Not with this guy. He did them last minute, and shipped them while the paint was still wet. The front of the belt was all chipped, cracked and jank looking because of it. My shooters? Not even finished. They only went halfway around my wrist, but I wore them anyway and juked the camera for Halloween.

So I paid for shipping to send the shooters back to him and asked him to finish them and send them back to me, since I didn't pay for half shooters. 5 months go by, with me sending him multiple messages, texts, and emails in between with no response, or a 1 sentence like "I'm working on them." He finally sends them back to me, after all that time –They were still way too short to fit my wrist, and this time he just fucking hot glued them to a strip of pleather with Velcro on it. The shooters literally just peeled right off the wristband. I was so upset. 

Marvel Knight also paid last year in 2011 for props he needed last week for ECCC[End of March, 2012] and as of April 5th, NEVER GOT THEM. Logan kept telling him he would get his props soon and that it would be shipped at the end of the week, but they never came. He ended up having to use last minute, cheap looking props because he didn't have what he paid for over a year ago.

Now apparently Logan is still ignoring his messages about the props he never got and has been making snide, passive aggressive facebook statuses about his customers and people bitching about him not answering their messages –Well news flash buddy, if you can get on facebook every 5-10 minutes to update something or complain about someone, you can certainly check your messages and keep up with your business/customers that pay your bills. And we all have EVERY right to be pissed off at you for taking our money and not giving us what we paid for.

[Keep in mind, the only reason I put up with him and played nice for so long is because John PAID him to make props for me, and since he "doesn't do refunds" and deleted John, I had to play nice until he finished my props.] So here comes C2E2, April 12th 2012. When I last spoke to Logan, he told me I would have them for sure on March 24th, because I need time to make the sheathes for them. I posted on his wall several weeks ago, asking if I was still going to have the weapons by then, and he messages me asking me if we could "postpone them until April 1st". ….Okay, sure guy. Let's do this again.

April 1st comes and goes. He sends me a text message on April 5th of a picture of my props ready to go in the mail. So even if I was planning on doing Lady Ezio at C2E2 2012 I would not have enough time to make the sheathes for the weapons, since he was 3 weeks late. They came in the mail Saturday April 7th. I have to admit, I am pleased with the throwing knives, they look good. However, he used to same materials to make the sword, which is 30 inches long- resulting in cheap-o looking sword and boot knife. The sword wobbles with the slightest movement, I'm afraid it's going to snap in half if I move it too fast.

Bottom line is, sure it seems like Logan makes awesome props with all the pictures he posts on facebook, but he has the worst customer service I have ever had the displeasure to deal with, the things he make are not nearly high quality enough for the outrageous prices he charges, and he is completely unprofessional. I would rather carry a shit covered stick around as a prop than deal with him again for any other services.

Buyers beware.

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Edit: May 17th 2013: More Proof of how much of a scumbag this guy is:

Gotham Public Works customer complaint: www.facebook.com/gothampublicw…

League of heroes customer complaint: theleagueofheroes.yuku.com/top…


Proof that he is re-casting another prop makers work and selling it as his own design: www.therpf.com/f9/another-reca…

Mugshot and arrest record for theft:
mugshots.com/US-Counties/Flori…

Better Business Bureau information, not nearly enough complaints here: www.bbb.org/south-east-florida…

Imgur album from another cosplayer he scammed: imgur.com/gallery/K8UGp/new

Please keep spreading the word against his business. It astounds me that I still get messages about him and people are still falling for his crap.

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