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08-20-2019, 02:34 PM
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#1771
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Hercules
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: UK
Posts: 14,496
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There's a collector named Mr X. (he runs a channel called Xtreme). He received a full refund from Sideshow, as he came home one day to find his Batman Hush on the floor broken. It started to lean, then hit the floor. I can't remember if the cape had anything to do with it?
I don't collect the Hush line, although i would like to see how Catwoman turns out. Assuming Prime 1 continue the line with Catwoman. History has shown, Prime 1 can abandon support for a line at any given time.
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08-20-2019, 02:34 PM
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#1772
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Hercules
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: UK
Posts: 14,496
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There's a collector named Mr X. (he runs a channel called Xtreme). He received a full refund from Sideshow, as he came home one day to find his Batman Hush on the floor broken. It started to lean, then hit the floor. I can't remember if the cape had anything to do with it?
I don't collect the Hush line, although i would like to see how Catwoman turns out. Assuming Prime 1 continue the line with Catwoman. History has shown, Prime 1 can abandon support for a line at any given time.
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08-20-2019, 02:59 PM
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#1773
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Blue Falcon
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Frederick, Maryland
Posts: 555
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Hindsight is always 20/20, but if I had the ear of P1 I would recommend a key insert from the inner part of the cape to the side of the base. Rule #1 of stability is three points of contact at all times...at least in OSHA class  .
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08-20-2019, 04:06 PM
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#1774
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Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.
Join Date: May 2018
Posts: 2,174
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If mine ever breaks, I guess at the very least that would be an easy "out" of the hobby for me because I can assure you if that ever happened to one of my statues, I'd never buy another.
As for the black it looks nice, but I definitely prefer the blue. The paint on the black looks a bit shiny in those pictures but as usual you can't entirely trust them.
I also find it funny that it took a variant version close to 2 years later for them to FINALLY have pictures of what the production version actually looks like.
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08-20-2019, 04:06 PM
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#1775
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Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.
Join Date: May 2018
Posts: 2,174
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If mine ever breaks, I guess at the very least that would be an easy "out" of the hobby for me because I can assure you if that ever happened to one of my statues, I'd never buy another.
As for the black it looks nice, but I definitely prefer the blue. The paint on the black looks a bit shiny in those pictures but as usual you can't entirely trust them.
I also find it funny that it took a variant version close to 2 years later for them to FINALLY have pictures of what the production version actually looks like. It's mind boggling to me that the blue version is still the initial prototype.
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08-20-2019, 06:02 PM
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#1776
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Fantastic Four
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 94
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So I actually really like this piece and I would totally pay $200-$300 for someone to design and manufacture a custom base that will hold this guy in place. I'm completely serious - I don't want mine to take a tumble. I'd be devastated.
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08-20-2019, 06:09 PM
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#1777
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Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.
Join Date: May 2018
Posts: 2,174
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I've done 2 things with mine:
- I elevated his left leg a bit by putting a small piece of wood under it. It's pretty much as "straight" as it can be now.
- I noticed when I very first put it together that the rubber pads on the bottom of the base at the rear were not touching the ground. That was actually a bigger concern to me than the statue itself. So at the very front/center I've got a small cloth underneath that raises it up very slightly in the front, enough to where that pad in the back is on the ground now.
Whether those things end up meaning nothing ever happens, who knows. But considering what I've seen (with both pics here and my own statue) they definitely help.
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08-20-2019, 06:09 PM
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#1778
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Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.
Join Date: May 2018
Posts: 2,174
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I've done 2 things with mine:
- I elevated his left leg a bit by putting a small piece of wood under it. It's pretty much as "straight" as it can be now.
- I noticed when I very first put it together that the rubber pads on the bottom of the base at the rear were not touching the ground. That was actually a bigger concern to me than the statue itself. So at the very front/center I've got a small cloth underneath that raises it up very slightly in the front, enough to where that pad in the back is on the ground now.
Whether those things end up meaning nothing ever happens, who knows. But considering what I've seen (with both pics here and my own statue) they definitely help.
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08-20-2019, 06:28 PM
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#1779
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Batman
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Michigan
Posts: 20,103
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pretty nuts you have to take these measures on a $1000 statue but thats the breaks i guess. i think when i get mine back out to display im going to see if i can fashion some kind of support for the back of the cape - just dont feel like taking any risks. pvc cape would have been the way to go
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08-20-2019, 07:42 PM
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#1780
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Teen Titans
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 3,791
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FastballSpecial
P1 should have made the cape vinyl. It would solve a lot of problems and would capture the same details, if not more. |
Yeah I agree something needs to be changed for these huge sculpted capes...I just wonder if anyone's statue will remain standing straight over time? It looks to be poorly balanced
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