Hi everyone,
After years of consideration, hesitation etc... I finally pulled the trigger on the Bonus Exclusive (I got #068/800) a couple weekends ago -- purchasing it and picking it up from a fellow local collector (still sealed)!
In short, this piece is spectacular and I am so glad I added her to my collection. Now, to find the SPACE!
Now, a little backstory and request from fellow collectors that own this piece - thanks for reading on:
As such a low edition number, I was fully expecting to have to resolve the hair issue as so many others have reported. But, to my surprise the peg and magnetic key were present in mine! Again mine is Bonus Exclusive #068/800.
Once of the reasons for my hesitation and additional consideration of getting her, were because I had thoroughly researched this by following this thread, and other forums/groups, and watching all available review videos in order to track which edition numbers did and
did not have the main hair piece fitment problem.
Not all owners that commented in this thread or posted review videos actually shared their edition number, so of course I could not track those cases.
But I did document the edition numbers from all the video reviews I watched that actually showed the base or specifically mentioned what number (and version) they were showing, which is most appreciated:
Bonus Exclusive:
Collector Edition:
This makes me think that -- instead of fixing it for later batches -- it was actually
designed that way and perhaps a couple steps were actually missed during a specific period of production.
REQUEST: Anyone that owns this piece, please comment here with your version (Collector, Exclusive or Bonus Exclusive), Edition # and hair situation (with peg or without). I would really appreciate being to track this even further. (I checked and triple-checked this thread and don't think anyone said what # their statue was when showing photos or discussing the hair issue.)
Also, please enjoy my newest full
Featured Exhibit which is now live on ExperienceTheWonder.com with over 80 studio photos of my statue showing the assembly, all variations and turnarounds plus packaging, close-ups information and detailed "in hand" measurements of each of the separate pieces:
https://experiencethewonder.com/exhi...bonus-version/
Just for fun, I also made this frame animation GIF of my photo shoot as well:
Hope to hear back from fellow forum members and owners of this spectacular piece so we can further track and perhaps trend the QC issue with the main hair piece to specific batches.
Thanks in advance!