JND 1/3 WONDER WOMAN (REVIEW)
I’ve had this in hand for a few days now, and here are some of my thoughts on the piece that I purchased through Sugo. Unfortunately most are critiques, but I was expecting far better from JND.
Once all set up properly it’s certainly a great looking piece, however there sure were a lot of little issues I had with mine.
While I was unboxing it, my first initial concern was that I thought the skin complexion was way too dark, but once properly lit up, it looked perfectly fine. It’s probably just has to do with how silicone catches the light. It’s easy to assemble as the body comes in one piece. And as many are aware, the hand/fingers sections are quite loose and can come off quite easily. In fact as I was removing the wrapping around one of the arms, the hand came off with it.
However there are some issues that I had with the positioning of the silicone parts. This could have occurred during shipping, but I found the following issues:
The Left arm below the elbow, wasn’t fully inserted into gauntlet. This resulted in a 2mm gap. I was able to slowly get it in place, but I was quite concerned at the time that I could damage the silicone as I was pushing the two sections together with a bit of force.
This photo was taken after I had pushed it together about half way I think.
Again with the left arm, the silicone located above the upper arm armband was all bunched up slightly over the armband, rather than underneath the armband. This resulted in quite an unattractive look with the silicone looking slightly crumpled and again showing a gap. I was able to gently over time manoeuvre the silicone underneath the armband using a thin but blunted toothpick.
I noticed this on some others, and I’m of two minds on whether the eyes are perfectly positioned. I find that the left eye is positioned too much to the left, relative to the right eye. However I think I was able to shift it by a tiny amount, but that just may be in my head. I didn’t want to excessively try to shift it and cause damage.
I don’t know if this was caused by insufficient packaging, or it being badly inserted in the styrofoam, but unfortunately the upper left armband must’ve rubbed against the chest armour during transit. This resulted in two lines of gold and silver paint from being removed (equal to the width of the armband), until I can see the white resin beneath. I haven’t fixed it yet, but I may use some gold and silver pens that I have to cover the issue. Note that the metal? armband itself seems to be perfectly fine, with no paint damage on that particular part.
I have also found multiple instances of weak or insufficient glue being used.
First up, I found one of the top straps on the left leg had come loose. The strap piece pegs into the leg armours, but unfortunately it requires glue to actually hold on and sit flush. I’ll need to use some glue, however the gap is extremely narrow, and it won’t be that easy to safely apply it, without getting glue where I don’t want it to land.
Secondly, I found that main gold button that is dead centre on the leather straps that runs over the chest piece was missing. And at first, I thought I might need to contact JND directly just get get a gold button mailed to me. However, as I was packing away the upper styrofoam, the piece must’ve fallen out, and luckily I was able to find it after searching the carpet with my face less than a foot from the floor, just minutes prior to vacuuming!
I hate having to use glue, as there is always a risk of leaving any white residue behind etc.
EDIT: This morning as I was checking over the statue, I saw that the shield was no longer in its proper position. It turned out that the magnets had come loose! And not just one. As I was trying to put them into place, I found out in the end that 4 of the 12 little magnets had come loose! One from one of the straps, and three from the shield itself. This is truly getting ridiculous! I don’t know what kind of glue they’ve used, but they certainly cheaped out.
I also found two areas, where the skin paint app doesn’t seem to have been followed through.
First up on mine, it seems to be lacking sufficient paint on the forehead above the Tiara. Below the Tiara the paint on the face is perfectly fine, however above it looks like a completely different shade. I’m not totally sure if any paint has actually been applied, or if that is the colour of the silicone itself. Almost like the face has a tanned look, but the forehead is extremely pale looking. It’s noticeable if you have the statue below eye level, but once it’s at or above eye level it’s much harder to see.
Also I find the same kind of thing on the armpits. On one side it’s been painted, so that it has a red or pinkish hue along the armpit line, but on the other it’s looks like it wasn’t painted at all, and again shows a pale look. This is a total non issue, as you’ll never see it unless you’re looking for it. It’s just that it’s kind of inconsistent.
This is probably a non issue, because at first glance there was no obvious damage to the silicone, but I found under the hair on the back, a maybe inch long indented line on the silicone. As it’s under the hair I’ll never see it, and maybe it was originally caused by the styrofoam edges of the packaging pushing against the silicone?
I also found a minor paint defect on the rear of the base, where the gold paint has been removed somehow. Its deep enough that you can see the white polystone beneath. Again, this should be a easy fix.
I was always under the impression that the eyelashes were also individually punched into the silicone. However it seems like rather than them punching them in, they’ve either used an extremely thin adhesive strip or simply used glue.
With regards to the hair, while it certainly has a certain amount of body and lift to it, it does kind of look like barbie doll hair out of the box. With each styled section of hair just lifting up independently in the air. I never liked how many had their Mera’s hair displayed, and this is kind of the same. But as mentioned the hair has been styled so that it has lift and body around the forehead. Whereas on the life size busts, both had a problem were the hair lay completely flat on the head. I’ll probably end up entwining each section together, so that it looks more natural.
Damn this list, got way longer than I had intended. While I don’t altogether regret my purchase, as it does look good on display. I can’t exactly return it to Sugo for replacement, as it is completely sold out. I’m now wondering if I just have a bit of bad luck, or others aren’t as anal as me, as most reviews are 100% positive with not a single issue.
) I'm also not victim blaming - I think, it's just one of those things you need to accept as part of collecting these things.
Gonna have to use that one 
