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07-18-2022, 08:16 PM
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The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it back in your pocket.
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Canada
Posts: 1,371
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Originally Posted by Zinnk
I received mine a couple of weeks ago and I had similar issues with the cape.
It's a nightmare to assemble: had to use a hair dryer, a filer and lots and lots of patience! The cape now sits flush on his body, but there's still a gap between the hood and the cape. I don't have a problem with this gap, as the statue is on my top-shelf (I think it needs to be placed higher-up anyway because of the pose) so that gap is barely noticeable.
The problems that I have here are:
- Even with me being patient and extra careful (I think it took more than one hour to get this right) I still caused some minor damage to the statue. Basically, scuffs around his neck area every time I tried to see if the cape fits. I'm lucky that these scratches are hidden by the cape, but trust me, I wanted to throw the damned thing out the window so many times ...
- Because the statue was a nightmare to assemble, I will never-ever use the swap-out parts here. I'm worried that if I take out the cape I'll bring more damage to that neck area, so I won't be able to enjoy the alternate portrait and the "hooded" pose
To wrap things up, this was a bittersweet experience. The statue is great: the paint, the pose, the sculpt it pairs great with Black Adam ... buuuuuuut XM really dropped the ball on these last two 1/6 releases. Why do I need a hair dryer and some hardware tools in order to assemble a statue? According to XM, these are ?handcrafted, hand-painted luxury art collectables?. It?s the only luxury art-collectable (that I know of) that you can only enjoy with a hair dryer! And I get it, some things might go bad during production, and some things are not caught during QC ? but don?t tell us that we need hair driers to fix our statues or that ?Selina uses make-up, that?s why her portrait looks like that?. Acknowledge that you made a mistake and try to do better next time.
I have 14 statues in the 1\6 line from XM, but because of these QC issues, and the steep increase in pricing I?m going to think twice before purchasing any new pieces. Out of the last 5 sixth scale PO?s I only bought one (Swamp Thing); if not for these issues I would?ve shelled out for 2 maybe 3 more (Zatanna & Supergirl & maybe Doomsday). I know that I?m just a drop in the ocean when it comes to sales, but that?s how you slowly lose a customer.
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I?ve got the same problems with mine. My guys boots are dirty too.
The QC problems with this are exacerbated by having to pretty much take apart the statue to make any changes. Knowing full well that there will be a headache when you want to make a change means one pose forever with this one. I too got some minor damage putting mine together. The hood does not fit properly nor does the cape that is also constantly rubbing on the high pillar as well.
It?s a shame because I think the statue is nice otherwise. But you?re right, make sure you think twice on this line because they cheaped on the QC.
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08-02-2022, 09:37 PM
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#82
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42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.
Join Date: Sep 2018
Posts: 152
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Anyone else out there that ordered Shazam still waiting? Maybe after recent complaints they are possibly tweaking him? Still waiting here and haven’t heard anything new.
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08-02-2022, 09:54 PM
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#83
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Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
Join Date: May 2018
Posts: 1,169
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Originally Posted by tethrox
Anyone else out there that ordered Shazam still waiting? Maybe after recent complaints they are possibly tweaking him? Still waiting here and haven?t heard anything new.
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Still waiting on mine too. Ordered from GFX. Where did you order from?
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08-02-2022, 10:19 PM
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#84
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42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.
Join Date: Sep 2018
Posts: 152
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Originally Posted by MisterJ
Still waiting on mine too. Ordered from GFX. Where did you order from?
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Spec Fiction
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08-02-2022, 10:40 PM
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#85
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Sey hallo to my lille fren!
Join Date: Jan 2022
Location: Cali
Posts: 127
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Originally Posted by MisterJ
Still waiting on mine too. Ordered from GFX. Where did you order from?
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I also ordered from GFX nothing for me either.
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09-23-2022, 01:45 PM
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#86
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Sey hallo to my lille fren!
Join Date: Jan 2022
Location: Cali
Posts: 127
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just got my invoice from GFX.
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09-23-2022, 01:47 PM
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#87
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Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
Join Date: May 2018
Posts: 1,169
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Originally Posted by Three-Seven
just got my invoice from GFX.
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Mine too. Glad the wait is almost over.
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09-23-2022, 01:52 PM
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#88
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Sey hallo to my lille fren!
Join Date: Jan 2022
Location: Cali
Posts: 127
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Originally Posted by MisterJ
Mine too. Glad the wait is almost over.
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09-24-2022, 05:19 AM
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#89
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42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.
Join Date: Sep 2018
Posts: 152
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Still nothing here. Guess going through Spec Fiction makes me last of the last.
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09-28-2022, 08:44 PM
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Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
Join Date: May 2018
Posts: 1,169
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Received mine today. I really love the red. I thought it would be the same red as Flash and WW, but it has an amazing intensity to it. The cape is weird like everyone said and the light up feature is kind of useless since you have to take of the chest symbol to flip the switch, but I wouldn't use it anyway.
I know numbers don't mean anything, but it was cool to get number 300/300.
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