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Timecodes
0:00 – Opening Credits
0:27 – Welcome and Introduction
1:51 – Unboxing Pop! Figures
2:29 – Complimentary Stargate
4:07 – Convention Pin
4:35 – Jack O’Neill
7:31 – Samantha Carter
9:43 – Daniel Jackson
12:27 – Teal’c in Air Force BDU
14:51 – Teal’c in Goa’uld Armor
18:54 – Call to Action
19:29 – Welcome to Jason Berning
20:45 – Is it your intent to expand to other Stargate series characters?
22:47 – What got Jason Started in Custom Pop!s
23:33 – What’s involved in the customs process?
26:49 – Ralph, 3D Sculptor
28:39 – Pop! Give-Away
29;44 – Are you shipping overseas?
30:04 – Which character order did you make them in?
31:06 – Commission Design Process
33:12 – 3D Printing Processes
34:43 – What’s next for you?
37:24 – A Message From Mom
37:53 – Discount Code & New Designs
39:11 – Wrap-Up
41:07 – End Credits

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David Read:
Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 70 of Dial the Gate: The Stargate Oral History Project, My name is David Read. Thank you so much for joining me. With this episode, we have something new that we’re gonna start doing. I’ve been looking forward to phase two of this show once we started getting into a little bit of the higher territory with subscribers. Now that we’ve passed 10,000 people, I wanted to start expanding into my personal collection, and into the wider base of content that the fan community is making. Not just the spacecraft that are behind me here that have become just a staple of my set, but broader areas as well, and that includes these custom Pop! Figures, which have been designed by Jason Berning over at Big J Customs. So, he sent me a set, and I haven’t seen them yet. I’ve just seen some pictures that he’s had online, and I wanted to do the unboxing with you and with my little trusty sidekick camera right here. So, let’s go ahead and pull out the box and see what we’ve got in this set that Jason’s offering over at his bigjcustomsart.com website. Where’d it go? I lost my Pops!. All right. I need my glasses. I’ll be right back, here we go. I’ve never done an unboxing video before. They’re kind of all the rage on the internet these days, and I can see why, so you’re gonna have to forgive me. Yes, that is the paper I ordered. All right. Let’s take this thing one step at a time, shall we? Let me put this on the floor over here. Check this thing out. Now, I saw these were on his website, but I did not expect to get one. This is a custom-designed Stargate, and he’s got nine chevrons, and it looks like the Earth constellations. So, good. And we’ve even got an Earth symbol there. That’s extremely cool. Feel the weight to that thing. I’m really impressed. I guess that will probably go up here or over here now. Very nice. And I got a letter. “Hello, David and fellow Stargate fans. I would like to present to you these custom SG-1 figures I have made. Each one was custom 3D designed by a fellow artist I work with from the Philippines. Then I 3D printed and hand-painted each of them. I also have created custom design boxes unique to each figure that I also printed and assembled. This was a project I wanted to accomplish for a long time, and after a few years of growing my talents and my business, I was lucky enough to be able to do so, and I’m very happy to know that you get to have the first set since I’ve enjoyed countless hours of your content along the journey, and learned more about the show I have loved since I was a child than I could have ever imagined. Thank you all for the great interviews and everything you’ve done with this amazing Stargate community that I’ve been lucky enough to be a part of for the majority of my life. Your friend, Jason Big J Berning. If you want to check out more of my work or support me in any way, facebook.com/bigjcustoms, instagram.com/bigj.customs, bigjcustomsart.com, and twitch.tv/bigj_customs.” Very nice, man. Thank you for sending me the trial runs. These aredefinitely beauties. Let’s take a look at the Pop! Figures, see what we’ve got here. He’s got a… What are these called? Is this an enamel pin? It’s something very similar. It’s got a pin for your convention-going outfits, or your backpack, if you will. Very, very cool. All right. So, who should we get to first? I guess we should get to the head of the team first. This… Wow. I’m impressed. This is Colonel Jack O’Neill, vinyl figure. So, Customs, my understanding is that it’s, if it’s a Pop! Custom, it is not endorsed by the Pop! manufacturers. Funko. So, that’s really cool. Look at that. Let me turn off my fan here so as not to drive everyone nuts with the reflection. Vinyl figurine. I’ll take these guys out in just a minute. And he’s got it in a plastic protective case as well. So, let’s go ahead and pop this off here and have a look if I can do it without breaking anything. Wow, those are nice. I think it’s meant to stay in the box, so I’m not gonna force it. Don’t wanna lose its cohesion. So, Jack O’Neill vinyl figure, and it’s in French and Spanish as well. Zero, one. Very, very nice. He’s got Jack, you’re gonna have Sam, Daniel, and then two versions of Teal’c, SG-1 and Jaffa armor. That’s extremely cool. Let’s have a look at this guy. I’ve only owned one Pop! figure, so I’m very unaccustomed to this, so… All right, look at this. pop him out of here. Jack O’Neill. He’s got the Earth symbol. That’s pretty good. He’s got a P90. The Air Force apology patch, as it were. And, more or less, an SG-1 logo, and a zat gun. Look at that. That is so cool. His hair is done really good, and the ears, too. The whole body, the whole sculpting is just perfect. I really, really like how he pulled it off. That’s neat. I’m really impressed. Everything’s as it should be with him. Let’s take a look at some of the others. Let’s go with Sam next. Samantha Carter. You can tell I’m really not good at this. There it goes. Let’s see her. That is clearly Sam. That could not be really anyone else. That’s great. Looks like same build as Jack O’Neill, the under half, so… That’s extremely cool. The paint is so well done. Got a little chips, a couple of chips here, but no big deal. Earth symbol, again, an SG-1 patch. Great work, great sculpting. I’m really, really impressed. And, again, I don’t have a lot to go after, since I really haven’t collected a lot of these figures. I’ve got one, and I can’t even think of what it is. I think it’s a Game of Thrones one. One of the things that I am noticing is it’s not a bobble, like the others are bobbles. It just goes straight, the neck plugs straight into the head. It’s not on a spring, so did not expect that. I wonder what the reasoning is behind that. We’ll have to ask him in the interview. It’s probably just a different kind of style, or maybe they don’t offer it with the customs at all, so really cool. Daniel next. Dr. Jackson. I do wanna get into the bottom here. Certificate of authenticity. I’ve got number one. I’ve got the number one set. That’s cool. Date that it was completed. “Tag me when you share your Pop!” That’s really neat. Danny boy, let’s have a look at ya. There we are. Well, there they are coming out. Ok, very good that one came out. Hello. How we doing? Come on. Very, very cool. I love that he’s got a pistol. Which way do the bullets go in again? Very nice. The sculpting is just… It’s absolutely authentic to everything I’ve seen in these figures before. That is exceptional. I’m really, really impressed with the detailing of the zat gun. That’s hot. What do they say now? Is it fire? That’s fire? That’s what the kids say now? Oops, go back in. I love how they’re peeking over. That’s so adorable. Wouldn’t expect anything less. There we go. And come on, there we go. Got it. Perfect. That’s it. I love these cases. They snap right in, you know? They keep ’em nice and safe. I guess as long as you don’t store them in a hot environment, they won’t yellow. As far as I understand, that’s just what happens. That’s really legit. Danny boy here. All right. Let’s pull out Teal’c number four. All right. Now that I know the case has come out, let’s go ahead and pop this one out and have a look at him. So, we don’t have a reflection here, or less of a reflection. I’ve seen this stock wallpaper imagery online somewhere. All over the place now. It’s ubiquitous. Very, very well done. Let’s have a look at Master Teal’c. Kree Jaffa. All right. There she is. If I can get his feet out. There we go. Wow. I’m really impressed with this construction. And that gold symbol is really well done. Everything… the Pop! figures themselves, they’re designed to be out of proportion, but everything within that proportion is proportioned correctly, if that makes any sense at all. Probably doesn’t. Excelente And last but not least… Gotta get my OCD handled. There we go. Un, deux, trois, quatre. Teal’c number two… Actually, item number five. And look at that, he even has a staff weapon. I was wondering, is he gonna do the staff? And if he does the staff, how is he gonna do the staff? ‘Cause that’s no small feat of engineering. All right. Come on. There we go. I am a stickler for spellcheck and grammar, and he’s been pretty solid so far. There’s something loose in here. Down here. Let’s see what this is. What hast we got? No. No. Staff broke. Staff broke. He’s not gonna have any power for his staff weapon. The liquid naquadah’s in here, under the purple thingy. He has no more purple thingy. But wow. Look at the craftsmanship of this thing. Holy crap. Look at that. The little boots and everything. This is so well done. He even has his cape. Thank you. This word has eluded me. Wow. That is so cool. Very, very legit. That would be… like that. Can pop that back in. Just a little super glue and that’s perfectly fine. Very, very nice. Look at that, all the design work in this thing. This was the one that I was really looking forward to, because it’s just… It’s not standard. It’s not standard Air Force. It is absolutely unique to the Stargate world, and I’m just gonna put that right there for the time being. He did a great job. I’m thoroughly impressed. Put this back in here. A notation on the shipping, just to make sure that that part is secure. When you guys get your own versions of this, check for that. There we go. And that’s them. If I can get this thing shut. And that’s them. All right. Very cool. I’m really, really happy with the overall quality of these. That’s really, really a cool collector’s item, all of them. He’s done a great, great job. And I’d love to know how he figured out how to do it. I know nothing about the Pop! customs. I wasn’t even really aware of them until I saw some murmuring about them on the Stargate Facebook pages, and then I got the email saying, “Would you like a set for the show?” I’m like, “Would I?” Absolutely.” Let’s talk with Jason and see how he pulled this off.

David Read:
Before we get into the thick of things here, if you like Stargate and wanna see more content like this on YouTube, it would mean a great deal if you clicked the like button. It really makes a difference with YouTube’s algorithm and will definitely help the show grow its audience. Please also consider sharing this video with a Stargate friend, and if you wanna get notified about future episodes, click the subscribe icon. Giving the bell icon a click will notify you the moment a new video drops, and you’ll get my notifications of any last-minute guest changes. This is key if you plan on watching live. And clips from this livestream will be released over the course of the next several days on the GateWorld.net YouTube channel. I’d like to welcome to the show Jason Berning from bigjcustomsart.com. He is responsible for these lovely little dudes and dudette that are sitting next to me here. Jason, welcome to Dial the Gate.

Jason Berning:
Hello, thank you.

David Read:
How you doing?

Jason Berning:
I’m good, how are you?

David Read:
I am well. Stitches Lof, Ryan Nixon wanted to know, how long have you been a Stargate fan and what attracted you to the series to begin with?

Jason Berning:
I’ve been a fan my whole life basically. My dad was a huge sci-fi fan, so I started watching it when it came out back in the ’90s, and every Friday I was at his house, so that’s just what we watched, was Sci-Fi Fridays. And then I just carried on from there.

David Read:
Which of the three shows is your favorite?

Jason Berning:
I gotta go with SG-1. It’s the classic, the original, but it’s like picking your favorite child. I like ’em all. I wish Universe woulda got more time. I thought it was going places…

David Read:
I hear that.

Jason Berning:
SG-1’s gotta be the number one.

David Read:
Is it your intent to move into the other shows with these little figures?

Jason Berning:
Yeah, I plan to expand to at least the other core team to start with, and then maybe more peripheral characters after that.

David Read:
There is certainly a lot of characters that you could explore. I’ve seen some people have already stated that there are some other people out there who have designed a couple of the villains as well. This is not my world, so I’m getting my feet wet with this, but apparently this thing is all the rage. This Pop! community is crazy.

Jason Berning:
Funko Pops! are rather big. Some people say they’re like the new Beanie Babies, but I like to say they’re better because they’re gonna be around a lot longer. Because what Funko has over the Beanie Baby brand is they’ve got licensing. You can basically find a Funko Pop! for everything. Almost. Obviously, on Stargate, it’s an older show and it’s not really airing right now, so Funko doesn’t have much of an interest in that ’cause they’re, the…

David Read:
Doesn’t appear to be.

Jason Berning:
… fanbase is limited. You can go to any new TV show, movie, sports, all kinds of stuff. They’ve got bands, everything you can think of Funko makes Pops for, and the custom world just goes on from there.

David Read:
It’s not like they’re a new thing. I remember seeing them like 2012, 2013, if I’m not entirely mistaken, so I always expected they’d be all the rave for like three or four years, and they’ve just kept on going and going. At some point, people will be like, “Ok, we’re done.” And pretty much everyone will get off of it. Like Rock Band and Guitar Hero. They’ll be just like, “That’s it.” But it hasn’t happened yet. And it’s crazy that they just keep on going.

Jason Berning:
What got me into it was the show The Blacklist. I was a big James Spader fan just ’cause it’s James Spader. I’ve liked his whole career and I wanted a Raymond Reddington Pop, so I just took one of the Outlander Pops that was out there from the Outlander TV show and repainted it to a Raymond Reddington, and then somebody was like, “I’d like one of those.” One thing led to another. I think I made five or six characters from that show, and I sold those for a while and it led into doing Dragon Ball and all kinds of other stuff, and that was four or five years ago.

David Read:
Wow. Explain this customs thing. Explain how this enters into these guys. Is this something that Funko has… well, obviously they started it, but what’s involved in this process? The customs?

Jason Berning:
So, there’s basically two different ways that I do my customs. The original way was I would take preexisting Funko Pop! parts. For instance, I could take this Dragon Ball Pop! and I could pop the body off… Oops. That happened. I can pop the body off. I can take the head off, swap it with other Dragon Ball stuff, and essentially turn Gotenks into a Super Saiyan 3 Gogeta or something like that. That’s how I did it originally. I would just take existing pops and swap heads and bodies, stuff like that, maybe a little sculpting here and there, and then… Over the years, I’ve wanted to do more elaborate things. And then the 3D printing technology became more readily available and easier to use, so now I’ve gotten into doing more 3D printed stuff, like this kind of stuff. And that’s what the Stargate pops are, is they’re 3D printed. For instance, this is one of the newer Teal’c that I’m working on.

David Read:
With his tac vest.

Jason Berning:
It’s all… Yep, it’s the classic, uh…

David Read:
That’s actually worse.

Jason Berning:
I was trying… I got lights all over the place here, so.

David Read:
Exactly.

Jason Berning:
That’s a 3D printed one. I basically print the head and the body separate. That way I can do different things.

David Read:
So, it’s still vinyl?

Jason Berning:
It’s a resin.

David Read:
It’s a resin.

Jason Berning:
It’s a UV cured resin, is what the 3D printed ones are. It’s a little bit harder, a more dense product than the vinyl.

David Read:
So, are these vinyl here, that are next to me? Or are these resin too?

Jason Berning:
Those are resin. The ones that you have are all 3D printed. They’re completely 3D printed. With the Stargate ones, it was tough to– I’ve wanted to do these for a long time, ’cause it’s my favorite show of all time. I didn’t really have the opportunity, ’cause getting the right bodies… they have Call of Duty pops that you can source bodies off of that look sort of like the right vest and whatnot, but there’s no Funko pops with P90s. So, I was like, “Nah.” Gotta have the P90.

David Read:
No, I think Westworld has P90s. Now, that’s the only thing that I can think of that’s in main circulation that has P90s. Although, I doubt Westworld is a Funko Pop! yet, so…

Jason Berning:
They do have Westworld Funko pops.

David Read:
Of course they do.

Jason Berning:
But it’s mainly the first season, and it was Teddy, the Man in Black, Dolores. They did Old Man Ford.

David Read:
Hemsworth with a with a P90.

Jason Berning:
No Hemsworth with the P90s. I think Funko tries to stay away from weapons and stuff like that, mainly ’cause I think the only weapons you see on their stuff are the Westworld pops, they have revolvers in their hands, and then a lot of the video game pops will have weapons.

David Read:
I’ve seen swords and things, like the more traditional stuff. But any threatening, military-grade

Jason Berning:
None of that

David Read:
So, tell us about this artist that you found in the Philippines. We gotta give him a shout-out. Or her.

Jason Berning:
It’s a him, his name’s Ralph. I can give you his info when we’re done here to share in the video, if you’d like. I was looking for someone to do the 3D sculpting for me ’cause it’s a little bit above my pay grade. It’s not really something that I’ve learned how to do yet, and it’s a really complicated process. It’s basically like sculpting with clay, but on the computer. So, I found a couple of Facebook groups for 3D design, 3D artists, and threw out a feeler: “Hey, I’m looking for someone to do some Funko Pop! renders for me. This is my budget. This is what I’m trying to do.” I made a little detail sheet of the details of the heads, the bodies, this and that. And I had a few people shoot me PMs and I chatted with some of them, and me and Ralph seemed to be on the same page and it all worked out. The Stargate ones were the first ones he’s done for me. I’ve had him do some Power Rangers stuff. The White Ranger, I had him do.

David Read:
Ah, excellent.

Jason Berning:
I even had him do a Mooby mascot from the Kevin Smith movies.

David Read:
I think I sold that at Propworx. That’s fantastic.

Jason Berning:
That’s my next thing I’m gonna release publicly probably next month, is the Mooby pop, once I get the box done for that.

David Read:
So, have you gotten licenses for any of these? Or are these exclusively fan-made?

Jason Berning:
It’s all fan-made. I could try and get licenses, but I have a feeling, for one, they’re just gonna deny it, and for two, I’m not really incorporated. I’m just a guy in his office making stuff.

David Read:
What I wanted to do for the month of April is to share one with the community. So, Jason and I are announcing today that our giveaway for the month of April, if you submit trivia questions to the show through DialtheGate.com, is one of his initial Funko Pop! series. So, what we’re gonna do is if you submit questions over to us for the month of April, like we do every month in a giveaway, I will get him an address and invite the lucky winner to give Jason one of the five figures that we have here. And then he will make that for you and ship that off. So, we are partnering with BigJCustomsArt.com for the month of April. So, thank you so much for that.

Jason Berning:
No problem.

David Read:
It’s gonna be extremely cool. I think I have… So, are you shipping overseas? Jay Lewis wants to know.

Jason Berning:
I’ll ship it to Chulak if you pay the shipping cost.

David Read:
That’s fantastic.

Jason Berning:
I don’t mind shipping anywhere. I’ve done the UK, I’ve done Japan, Australia. I’ve shipped all over the world.

David Read:
All right. There you go. Samara Waldner, “What order do you make them in, or did you make them in? Which characters did you approach first and second,” et cetera.

Jason Berning:
This set was all done at the same time. I came up with the idea to do SG1 right off the bat, the first core team, and then I wanted to do Teal’c with the Jaffa body just ’cause it’s so iconic. Then after that, like we talked about earlier, I’m probably gonna go into more peripheral characters. I’ve had a lot of people ask for Jonas. I wanna say that’s the most requested one that I’ve seen. People are like, “Where’s Jonas? Where’s Jonas?” I’m like, “Jonas isn’t coming until Season Six. Calm down, people.”

David Read:
And then you’re gonna get Ben and Claudia.

Jason Berning:
I’ll definitely get them. I might even do some Farscape variants, you never know.

David Read:
And then the SGA and SGU people, they’re gonna want their pound of flesh too.

Jason Berning:
Definitely.

David Read:
Once the floodgates open on this thing, that’s how it is. How long does it take to design something like this from beginning to end? Can you take us through the process of one of these?

Jason Berning:
Generally, if, say, you wanted to commission something, I do a lot of commissions of personalized Pops. You can hit me up: “Hey, I want a Pop! of myself done.” And what I would ask is, you send me a picture of the hairstyle and the outfit you want the Pop! to resemble and then if it’s something simple, I’ll basically… I’ve got almost a photographic memory of every Funko Pop! that’s out there, ’cause I live in that world. So, I’ll find a head and a body that is similar to the hairstyle and the outfit you want and make up a little Photoshop concept of it and send that to you and go over the details like what color you want the shirt, the pants, if you want a logo on it, if you want a logo on the hat or something like that. And after that, I order the parts and I generally used to tell people about an eight- to 10-week production time just ’cause of the backlog that I’m working through. I’ve got stuff all over my desk here, the projects I’m working on, but then if it’s something more complicated, like if you want a bunny Green Ranger or something like that, I gotta get that pretty sculpted. So, I’d have to hit up Ralph and see what it would cost to have him do that. I think he bases it on a certain dollar per hour and then how much time he thinks it’s gonna take him or something like that. And then once he gets me the file, I print it off with my 3D printers. I’ve got three of them sitting right here to my left. And after it’s printed, it takes me… I can realistically, if I’ve got nothing else on my plate that day, bang out a Pop! from fresh primer to completed Pop! in a day. But usually if I’m doing bulk painting, I’m working on eight of these Ninja Turtle Pops right now. So, it takes time. I gotta paint each one gray, then each one green, then I gotta do all the little touch-ups on each little body. All the bodies got their different little weapons and all that kinda stuff. It does take time.

David Read:
That’s crazy, man. The thing that I’ve noticed about 3D printing is if it’s set on too fast a speed, you get these lines. There are no lines in these at all. They are smooth as can be.

Jason Berning:
There’s also two different kinds of 3D printing. You can do the resin printing, which is what I mainly do, and there’s also FDM printing, that’s the one where you see more of the layer lines. Generally, what the resin printing does is they print in 0.05 millimeter layers and it’s real, real thin. And then the FDM uses more of a plastic filament to go layer by layer and those are a lot thicker. But there’s ways to smooth those out with other resins and stuff like that, like aftermarket stuff.

David Read:
And which way is this one? FDM?

Jason Berning:
All the Stargate Pops are the resin printing.

David Read:
Are the resin printing, OK.

Jason Berning:
The resin printing, they come out nice and smooth. Generally, I have to sand the back, ’cause when they print, there’s supports that are on the back. So, I have to sand that down and all that stuff to make it perfectly smooth. But the majority of it, the body, anything that the supports don’t touch, that comes out relatively smooth. You might see layer lines in it, but a little 600 grit sandpaper and it’s gone.

David Read:
The production quality of these things is absolutely spectacular. You guys are to be applauded for sure.

Jason Berning:
Thank you, thank you.

David Read:
So, what’s next for Big J Customs Art? What do you have in the pipeline besides Stargate? What’s going on?

Jason Berning:
Right now, I got a Mooby Pop! that I’m working on. It’s gonna be one of the next ones that I release publicly for sale. I’m always open for commissions. I recently did a Freddie Mercury from the… drag video. He’s got his little sweeper and everything. I do all kinds of stuff. One of my regulars, he’s having Sasha Banks do a signing, so he had me do a custom Sasha Banks Funko Pop, one of her outfits, blue hair and everything. Anything. I’m always working. I always got stuff going on. I do work on other stuff too, like tabletop miniatures, like this big dragon guy I’m working on. I’ve done other things. This is an adult Grogu from the Mandalorian. I painted him up. It’s a 3D sculpt from IR Sculpts on Instagram. He 3D sculpted that up and made it available for free for everybody to file. So, anyone can go and download that.

David Read:
That’s crazy, man.

Jason Berning:
I also do production printing for other custom makers. I’ve got a friend who does custom pet Pops. This is one that I didn’t make. This is one made by my friend. She makes custom pet Funko Pops that are extremely detailed. All you gotta do is send her a couple of pictures of your pet and she makes them.

David Read:
Is that your pet?

Jason Berning:
One of my close friends had a pet pass away a couple weeks ago. So, I had that made up for him.

David Read:
How wonderful.

Jason Berning:
I’ve actually had her make three of my pets too. I’ve got a boxer currently and we’ve had two previous, and she’s done one for each one of those, and they’re all immaculate. They’re amazing. I do a lot of production printing for her though. I print her heads and her bodies that she uses.

David Read:
It’s crazy how talented the fan community is and how willing they are to help one another out, to realize each other’s artistry. And it’s one of those things that never ceases to blow me away, is how willing people are to help each other grow as artists and discover a new facet of themselves creatively. So, the shows are the starting point, but we, the community, are what keeps it going a decade after it’s been off the air. And I cannot forget, Heidi says, “Big J birthday April the 2nd. Happy birthday from Mom.”

Jason Berning:
Thanks, Mom.

David Read:
That’s great.

Jason Berning:
My birthday is tomorrow.

David Read:
Very good. This is airing on Saturday, so your birthday will have been yesterday. So, happy birthday, man.

Jason Berning:
Thank you. Thank you.

David Read:
So, anything else you’d like to add before we wrap this up?

Jason Berning:
I do have a discount code for everybody if they want to use that on my site. DIALTHEGATE when you check out. It’s one word, DIALTHEGATE, and you’ll get 15% off anything you order on my site, bigjcustomsart.com, and that includes all the Stargate pops. And I will also have the two new Teal’c designs up there. As soon as we get done chatting here, I’m gonna post some pictures of these and get them up on the site.

David Read:
That’s legit, man. I appreciate that. How long is that code valid?

Jason Berning:
Till the end of the year. I made it available until December 31st at midnight.

David Read:
So, promo code is DIALTHEGATE, all one word. All right. Jason, this has been so cool, man. And best of luck to you for this project. Your work is stellar. And thank you so much for the Stargate as well. This is gonna be going up about here in the collection. Means the world to me that you reached out, so I really appreciate your friendship and I appreciate you watching the show.

Jason Berning:
I’m a big fan, man. I’ve been watching it since you launched the page.

David Read:
Thank you so much. Best of luck to you. Let’s see what happens next.

Jason Berning:
All right. Thanks a lot. Good talking to you.

David Read:
Thanks, man. That was Jason Burning with bigjcustomsart.com. Thank you so much, Jason, for joining us in this episode. On his website for the rest of this year, we’ve got a 15% off coupon. You go to bigjcustomsart.com, and at checkout you put in the phrase DIALTHEGATE, and it’ll get you a discount. So, for the month of April, again, he is offering one of these custom figures for giveaway. All you have to do is, with a desktop computer, go to DIALTHEGATE.com and scroll down to Submit Trivia Questions and fill out at least one trivia question, get it over to me, and for the month of April, that will put you in the queue for the possibility of winning one of these guys. If you get selected, then let us know which one you want and Jason will create it and we’ll get it over to you. So, that’s the plan. Ralph, his designer from the Philippines, who’s custom making the 3D designs, and his other friend who’s working on the custom pet Funko Pop! designs as well, their information is gonna be placed below in the description for this episode. So, if you have an idea for them, you can check them out. Big thanks to my moderating team, Sommer, Tracy, Keith, Jeremy, Rhys, Antony, and to Linda GateGabber Furey and Jennifer Kirby. These people are the ones who make this show truly possible. So, thanks to all of you for making that happen. And thanks to you, the viewer, for tuning in. I hope you enjoyed the show and hope you learned a little bit more about the Pop! Custom series and what the fan community’s got going out there. Peter DeLuise is joining us at 12:00 PM Pacific Time, so be tuning in for that, followed by Elyse Levesque at 2:00 PM Pacific Time. My name is David Reed for Dial the Gate. See you on the other side.