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Originally Posted by Halcyon
Sorry to hear paint didn't get full treatment.
Did they make the cab normal yellow instead of the yellow-orange it should?
The scuffmarks on the rubber tire is an eyesore, i would repaint the rubber black myself, if i where you. Even dirtsplatters can be done if you like those.
Anyhow, thx for sharing.
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No, sadly the cab is not yellow-orange like the official pictures or the prototype. It ends up more yellow, quite light yellow. A bit of green shading (???), but no orange there.
I will let you check the quality of the paint on the lower part of the base too, under the asphalt, we are far from what XM shown.
It gives me the impression of a "custom" quality, you know ? The kind of factory (with 3 letters in the name) that rush the production, with no one giving instructions about the paint and no artist there.
My opinion is that the multiplication of productions multiplies the number of factories, and that there are some excellent and others not so good. If you are lucky enough that the production of the statue you are waiting for is entrusted to the excellent factories, it's a treat, otherwise too bad for us.
Some people won't notice I guess, since there are 10 productions of this kind of quality coming out every day and people are raving about it, but it's not at the level of an XM piece. The weathering is poor. Put it next to a 600$ statue like the last Sideshow Deadpool (on his scooter). You'll see what a fine weathering means on a good level of paint detail for half the price.
I repeat, statue is OK, don't worry, sculpt is there, but with a paint level above, it would have been from an "OK" piece to something really great according to the price and the XM reputation.
