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Originally Posted by nearmint
I bought the OG Batman PF from a local comic shop. I had to exchange it because one of the arms was broken. The base on the new one had a blemish, so I asked the shop owner if I could keep the base from the first one that I bought and just exchange the Batman figure. He said sure, and I brought it home. Batman from the replacement would not fit in the base from my original purchase. I drove back to the shop, and when I walked in the owner said that he was glad to see me, as he was having the same problem fitting the two pieces together.
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I can see that, but people have that issue with statues even when they don't get replacement parts. The TH Batman thread has some members struggling to get the peg to fit in the base. I don't doubt there is the possibility for parts not to fit, but I would think the expectation would be that they SHOULD fit.
Under this scenario where parts only fit a specific numbered statue, the factory would have to be keying each individual part/statue one at a time rather than mass producing each piece and assembling. Maybe they do tweak the keys during QC or something.... I find that hard to believe, but I don't know. You'd think the holes would be fixed and the keys would be fixed with any mismatch being an anomaly.
I have received replacement parts from Sideshow/Prime 1/Tweeterhead in the past, though, and have not had any issues.