Hot Toys Iron Man 3 Hall of Armor just arrived & seriously pissed

[michaelgloch]

Has anyone picked one of these up and been happy with it, because I have to say I was disappointed enough to the point I'm seriously considering shipping it back. The thing is made of styrofoam-of about the same quality that Sideshow ships some of their statues in. The first time I opened the box I thought I was looking at the packing material and not the actual item.

I might have paid $20 each for what I've got, not the $75 they're charging. This might actually be the most disappointed I've been in a final product in my entire collecting life-I mean styrofoam?That's just insulting.

[BLADES OF STEAL]

That's terrible. You should definetly return that. Nobody should pay $75 for a piece of styrofoam.

[michaelgloch]

Originally Posted by BLADES OF STEAL

That's terrible. You should definetly return that. Nobody should pay $75 for a piece of styrofoam.

I know. It doesn't look half bad(sort of), but still it's just that you think that Sideshow would mention that it was made out of glorified packing material in the description. Those must be a few really expensive LEDs that light this thing up because the majority of it probably costs about 5 cents to make.

[michaelgloch]

All I can say is, unless you're a major Iron Man fan who's desperate for a way to stack their figures up in a Hall of Armor form, skip this thing and wait five years for Sideshow to put this on for 80 percent off when they're desperate to clear it out of their warehouse.

[Matches Malone]

That is awful. Hot Toys likenesses are unsurpassed but so often there is a lack of quality with the materials used.

[jedi_don]

I can understand the use of styrofoam to reduce weight. But is should have been foam filling a vacuum form mold. Does plastic cost so much these days? For the majority of this item to be made it of styrofoam, it should have been clearly stated in the description so the consumer knows what they are getting.

If it's worth the price to you, send it back stating that the product was misrepresented or not properly described.

[Tetragrammaton]

I decided when the first Hall of Armors sets were released that they simply were not worth to me the retail price of $150 CAD. At least, in the case of those original boxes, you could see they were quality pieces in terms of material, light features and design. These new sets, while considerably less expensive, seemed not to be even worth that lower price.

[ReplicantSavior]

Yeah I think there are two versions of these. The newer ones are cheaper. There is a youtube review of them and I was surprised.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxFUL...ipCSBlzn72IowQ

[michaelgloch]

Started the return process, but they're still going to make me pay shipping both ways since the product wasn't actually damaged or defective which I'm not happy about.

Considering how misrepresented this crap was you'd think they would consider that damage enough.

[monel]

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