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Originally Posted by Cyber-Lip
A couple other things worth mentioning...on my Battle Dress, the head comes glued on (other two are removable) but they did nothing to blend the seam. So it looks just like the other two with the removable head seam around the jawline. As if they just dropped a glob of glue in there and stuck it on. Also, the coloring of the skin tone on the face is not matched to the body, it's several shades darker. Not sure if they are all like this, or it was just something else on mine they F'd up. But it looks really bad, as this one is almost all skin, so it stands out. Just very poor consideration and attention to detail.
These are very simple statues in terms of ease of paint. Why is it that they took something that was so simple to get right and make it look like not screwing it up was a insurmountable monumental task?
And on the Alpha, the yellow plastic breast contraption is also visible through the arm hole on one side. I tried to fix this by scooting the vest over that spot to cover it better, but it's not doable, as the vest is glued on. By moving it you may damage it, so I'd not recommend trying to do this. Same thing with the Battle Dress, I tried to fix the dress up a bit by moving it a little, but it's glued to her breasts, so if you do this be super careful.
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Thank you for your insight as I just got my Legacy set and it also has some issues you talk about like the visible yellow breast contraption and Visible in the exact area you mention. Why couldn’t the factory tailor the outfit to cover that yellow brick glued to her body?
You cannot view this 360 close not unototicing the yellow contraption once you see it. I havent tugged or pulled to cover it but, after reading your comment your probably right I might make it worse by trying to adjust it..
Can anyone else confirm if there Alpha vest does not cover the left hole area flush with her armpit instead the vest goes a little further revealing the yellow contraption by her left bracelet. (SMH)
I have other things to mention, but gotta take a day to sort out all the issues and time to take pix.
I love them, but of course like others have mentioned there are cons as well as the new modern day standard of the ususal mistakes and lazy shortcomings from these factories that make a great deal of money. These Quality issues should be non existent...
All I know, me as a owner of a business I am so appreciative of my Customers and I would be the same owing a factory. My standards when doing something and work ethic is a passion of love as my proccess if in charge of a factory would still be to produce large numbers, but with much better QC. REAL QC which these statue factories being used currently have some of the lowest standards in QC for a supposedly premium item.
How do companies like Kotobukiya make flawless PVC figs and model kits as well as Hot Toys has imaculate tailoring with great QC. I next to none, never ever have paint issues nor assembly issues with a Hot Toys versus all my recent statues stretched across various companies.. Statue factories need to step it up if they want increased pricing because I will no longer dish out money for a high price item if this is the standard for these items...
At least in the 90’s on a large piece it was glued so well together you could never guess where it was glued, but todays sloppy toss under the Rug kind of factories you can easily on many pieces see where it was glued, assembled or in this case My Alpha Chun Li I can clearly see its different from my Battle Damage one.
The Alpha is glued to a yellow breast contraption that Im guessing is not intended to be seen by the viewer. The hole should be like her right side where it fully covers the yellow contraption and stops right before her skin making it fit perfect..
The left side it is clear when looking at certain angles it is visible and I wonder if all Alphas produced are intended like that because for some weird reason they could not cover the left side fully due to fitting issues... Or are we both Unlucky with both getting the same mistake by the factory?
I feel like you have a better chance to Win the Power Ball Lottery which for people across seas in the states is the largest Lottery; versus getting a flawless statue from one of these factories.
It is Not the fact that it has to be flawless or close to it, but I would love to go back to the days when I couldnt tell how a piece was assembled or if it was One entire sculpture because the craftsmanship was that good back then... Now, every company as well as there sister companies are using the same factories and mistakes across the board... Its not a PCS issue, rather the QC issues stretch further then them unfortunately.
There needs to be a new system because a yellow brick breast contraption should not be seen or should it?? And whats with SEAMS when there is only one portrait for each statue??
My PCS Lord of Darkness has the head attached to the body and NO SEAM AT ALL!
His Horns are attached by tucking them in hiding the seam completely. So again, NO SEAM AT ALL... NO 1/3’s should have visible SEAMS!! SEAMS take away the illusion of realism with a 360 view and leaves the displayer to have to display it at only certain angles so the seam is not seen.
Im happy my Lord of Darkness has NO SEAMS on the portrait! Chun Li Should have got the same treatment. When you show skin then the engineering should to be DO NOT HAVE SEAMS!
Also, as you said the Battle Chun has her portrait glued on so why couldn’t the factory fill in the SEAM and blend in her neck since its already attached... That attention of detail should have happened, but it did not. Well, at least her braids cover a lot of the visible seam, but Alpha has the most visible seam.
Battle Chun’s Hair should have been all one piece like a wig that can be placed over the portrait with NO SEAM, but instead they kept the front hair on the portrait and the back end of the hair attaches at the middle of her head leaving yet another SEAM..
I feel that could have been engineered better to be like a sclupted wig and placed over the entire portrait.. Battle portrait should be completely Bald and have the hair separate would solve that Seam issue, but I guess they dont care to hide Seams.
Kitana 1/3 I have and with her hair the Seam is hidden under her headband perfectly. The hair tucks right under it and is awesome with No SEAM.
Also, why not just glue the other 2 versions as well and blend there Seams too. Single Portraits on any statue definitely should not have any SEAMS.. If there needs to be a Seam for this statue then THE SEAM SHOULD BE AT THE NECK for Classic & Alpha, so it can tuck into the outfit.
Boom no more Seam... Why were Classic & Alpha portraits NOT made with the neck sclupted on to it so, they could have had it attached to tuck into the outfit and then for Battle leave it glued like now, but with blended seam.. There were better solutions to hide the seam, but this was there best idea.
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