VOLTRON sideshow statues - Will Harbottle

[Paskalin]

Originally Posted by Sandman585

I did get a scratch on my base so I have to contact SS and decide how to handle this. That is frustrating me. Also, I am posting pics of the head. I would like anyone who has one to tell me if this is battle damage on the chin or if I just got a crappy mold on the head. Any help here would be appreciated. I'm hoping for the former. Tomorrow when I am not so tired I will post more detailed pics of the entire statue if anyone is interested. This thing is massive btw.

Me, the chin is perfect. I must admit that I find this piece, incredible.

[Sandman585]

Yes your chin looks great. They will need to swap mine out. I already have the email in.

[jinkazama]

Originally Posted by Paskalin

Me, the chin is perfect. I must admit that I find this piece, incredible.
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Welcome to the forum!

[kingdavidf]

Got mine yesterday and i must say i am really impressed with it. The paint job on mine is extremely well done(black lines and all) and the battle damage is fine as far as i am concerned. If anything i wish they had added pegs to the blue leg so it also slots into the base and isn't just sitting on the base(makes me nervous AF).

One other thing i should mention, the sculpt on this is bloody impressive. Pictures cant really explain how impressive it, you kinda have to see it in person to understand what Will did with this piece. The amount of details put into all the parts is bloody insane, if you take off the colored panels and look under them, the inside is also sculpted(you can actually see it if you look closely behind the panels).

In any case, home run for me. I seriously considered canceling, but i am very very happy i kept mine.

[Mammal]

Originally Posted by kingdavidf

If anything i wish they had added pegs to the blue leg so it also slots into the base and isn't just sitting on the base(makes me nervous AF).

Amen. Mine came in yesterday. It is soooooo beautiful, but between the lack of peg on the other leg and the sword that just kind of... sits... on the base, the whole thing is a little wobbly. I’m very uneasy.

But man it is a nice statue. And the head magnet is the strongest of any statue I’ve ever owned.

[Sandman585]

The piece is great. I thought 2 pegs into the base would have been a much better decision. Not sure why this wasn't done.

[StatueBandit]

Originally Posted by FriendlySamurai

The worst battle damage areas are the feet and chest. Its like they turned a five year old loose with a marker and crayons- on a $1200 statue! Doesnt SS give any kind of painting instructions to these factories? There was no need for it to be that bad (maybelline applied to the yellow and blue lions, absolutely no thought going into the uniform same size marks on the chest)- its like they didnt even care. They need to change their disclaimer from "may" to "will" differ in appearance. When they're mirror chroming the metal on their prototype and then delivering him with gray paint it just shows that they had no intention of ever getting him to that level.

As aggravating as the battle damage is to me, its the only thing really wrong with Voltron and its only most noticeable on the closups. There is a lot left over to be impressed with and Voltron wont be coming along again for a long time probably- if ever. The sculpt is the big highlight and a repaint will turn this into a grail. Overall Im happy with it, just frustrated and tired of the same old game. I wasnt expecting the $400 treatment on a $1200 piece. For me this makes 6 out of 8 Sideshow pieces with issues.

Keeping my fingers crossed right now.

[Paskalin]

I found Voltron Lego figurines and put them in front of Voltron. What do you think?

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I like the figurines!

Man I want this statue but it's just so expensive. Ugh.

[craigcliff1]

On waitlist for a while. Anyone who wants this masterpiece get on waitlsit