asgardianboy
Super Freak
- Joined
- Jan 16, 2016
- Messages
- 1,709
- Reaction score
- 122
Hi guys.
I haven't read a lot of this thread yet, but I have already noticed there have been some problems with this figure. I have some with my unit too.
I got mine on eBay from a Japanese seller that listed it at a noticeably lower price compared to other sellers. After me buying it, they rised the price of their remaining units so that their prices were on par with other sellers. And there were at least 2 Japanese sellers with that strange behaviour. Does this ring any bell to anybody in here?
Anyway, I bought it fearing a fake, but the seller had good record and what I received seemed to be legit. I had a quick look at the piece itself (through the plastic trays, which I haven't yet opened) and didn't like what I saw. i tried to compare with pictures on the net, but all I got were prototype pics from pro reviews. Videos I have watched are not sharp enough to be sure, so I have to turn to the community here.
Below is a list of problems. I can take pictures if descriptions were not enough:
0) AKM machine gun included with the figure is an unusable piece of *****. Paintjob is flat to say the list. Everything is same unrealistic dark dray color with some strange glitter all over it.
1) Paint application on the figure is OK, but worlds behind the proto: this is business as usual, but particualrly intense and annoying in this particular figure. All those cool scratches are gone, "Reject" and "Crunch" and other stickers look real dull...
2) Chest plate with "Police" printed on it is split in 2 halves on my unit. It seems to be part of the sculpt and paintjob, but makes no sense to me and hi-res pics of the proto do not show such feature.
3) Chest damage is completely different from that on the proto: Instead of a hole on the chest due to piercing or burning from the outside, it looks as if something inside had exploded outwards. Metal is twisted outwards. Twisted metal looks quite dark and dull, too. Nothing to do with the bare, unpainted metal showing, like in the proto.
4) Below the chest area there are 2 gray boxes (one on each side) the front sides of which contain 1 fan each (absolutely ridiculous design flaw btw...). In my unit, the left box is glued correctly, the right one is not. It is not level, neither flush with the surface it hangs from or the surrounding structures.
5) Further south: the hips are 2 gray cubes, one on each side, one on top of each leg. The front of that cube has like some metallic pad glued on it. On my unit, they are not very well glued.
And all this is just cosmetic problems, without actually having tested the figure....... :-(((((((((
OK. Questions:
1) Has anyone experienced similar problems? If not, could any of you show pics of your units?
2) From what I can judge by seeing movie stills, the chest hole in my unit is not film-accurate. What do you guys think?
3) Is any of the incorrectly-glued problems fixable?
4) Could it be that I was given a defective unit?
People please chime in!
Thanks!
m.
I haven't read a lot of this thread yet, but I have already noticed there have been some problems with this figure. I have some with my unit too.
I got mine on eBay from a Japanese seller that listed it at a noticeably lower price compared to other sellers. After me buying it, they rised the price of their remaining units so that their prices were on par with other sellers. And there were at least 2 Japanese sellers with that strange behaviour. Does this ring any bell to anybody in here?
Anyway, I bought it fearing a fake, but the seller had good record and what I received seemed to be legit. I had a quick look at the piece itself (through the plastic trays, which I haven't yet opened) and didn't like what I saw. i tried to compare with pictures on the net, but all I got were prototype pics from pro reviews. Videos I have watched are not sharp enough to be sure, so I have to turn to the community here.
Below is a list of problems. I can take pictures if descriptions were not enough:
0) AKM machine gun included with the figure is an unusable piece of *****. Paintjob is flat to say the list. Everything is same unrealistic dark dray color with some strange glitter all over it.
1) Paint application on the figure is OK, but worlds behind the proto: this is business as usual, but particualrly intense and annoying in this particular figure. All those cool scratches are gone, "Reject" and "Crunch" and other stickers look real dull...
2) Chest plate with "Police" printed on it is split in 2 halves on my unit. It seems to be part of the sculpt and paintjob, but makes no sense to me and hi-res pics of the proto do not show such feature.
3) Chest damage is completely different from that on the proto: Instead of a hole on the chest due to piercing or burning from the outside, it looks as if something inside had exploded outwards. Metal is twisted outwards. Twisted metal looks quite dark and dull, too. Nothing to do with the bare, unpainted metal showing, like in the proto.
4) Below the chest area there are 2 gray boxes (one on each side) the front sides of which contain 1 fan each (absolutely ridiculous design flaw btw...). In my unit, the left box is glued correctly, the right one is not. It is not level, neither flush with the surface it hangs from or the surrounding structures.
5) Further south: the hips are 2 gray cubes, one on each side, one on top of each leg. The front of that cube has like some metallic pad glued on it. On my unit, they are not very well glued.
And all this is just cosmetic problems, without actually having tested the figure....... :-(((((((((
OK. Questions:
1) Has anyone experienced similar problems? If not, could any of you show pics of your units?
2) From what I can judge by seeing movie stills, the chest hole in my unit is not film-accurate. What do you guys think?
3) Is any of the incorrectly-glued problems fixable?
4) Could it be that I was given a defective unit?
People please chime in!
Thanks!
m.