I figured I wouldn't be getting the
Semic Storm because shipping from EU was cost prohibitive for me. Well, this weekend she went up with free Prime shipping on Amazon, 1-day shipping to boot, for $99, so I had to pull the trigger. I was super excited.
Sadly, as soon as I opened the Amazon box, I knew it was a nightmare. Her box was beat to hell, but not from shipping, it was worn, smashed, and clearly packing taped up that was not from the manufacturer.
I knew right then I had to document it as I opened her up. Next stage was a crapy re-do of the packing tape holding the styrofoam together. Then her hand/fingers were poking through the plastic bag surrounding her. No way that happened from the factory.
I opened her up and she had white blushing all over her paint, it was really bad. I found the massive puddles of superglue someone slopped all over her, to clearly reattach her to the base. She was super messed up, and terribly repaired.
I contacted Amazon and they were down to 1 in stock, and I was thankfully able to get her as a replacement. I have her now, and she's vastly improved. I'll have to get pics of her, but she's very pretty. The mohawk is great.
Lots of stress later, I'm super happy to finally have her.
I'm including some pics of the horrible crap that either the seller or a prior buyer tried to pawn off on me. Be careful if you buy from "KiarenzaFD" on Amazon.