Elite 19 Problems

It seems that almost every series of late that I have gotten has had either loose ankles or loose hips. We are up to series 20 and still having quality issues that should by now be ironed out

My Liz has two tiny paint drips on her foot. No big deal really but it is a little annoying paying 20$ and you have problems with some or have to look threw the figures to pick the best one.

oh sweet. wasn't aware of this!

The only issue I have with E19 is I can't find Miss Elizabeth. But I have everyone else plus 3 HBK and they have no qc issues. paint apps are very good, joints aren't too tight or too loose. But perfect.

My Brock also has a loose right boot, and every one I've seen so far has extremely sloppy paint on the bottoms of his trunks, with black or red running down his legs. The only other E19 figure I've opened so far, HBK, has kind of a loose left arm. Haven't opened Liz or Kane yet.

I had to compare two Brocks in the store, one had paint running down the legs and the other had a "lazy eye." I got the one with the leg problem.

Man, I was pretty p'oed about Dolphs' feet being frozen. I had to pop the sole of his boot back in, when I was breaking his feet in it partially popped out.

It is my opinion that Mattel puts too much stock in what people say on here sometimes. I have over 100 loose Elites. Besides Cena and the Bret Hart who shares his mold, there are only maybe 5 or 6 with weak ankles. The Cena mold was admittedly bad and needed replacement, but year after year, show after show, everyone complained about the ankles like it was more than an isolated problem. And now Mattel has 'fixed' an non-existent problem, and the complaints roll in. I have all of E17, E19, and everyone but Rey from E18, and the new ankles are frozen on most of them. It takes a lot of pressure to get them to move, and 3 of them have had the sole of the foot bow outward, and in Dolph's case pop loose.

Sometimes I wish Mattel would realize what a crazy lot we are. I remember at one Q&A the guy from the team looked genuinely confused when the loose ankle topic came up. He said something like 'haven't heard that one'. Probably because it's not a real issue.

It is interesting that every error in E19 is the same, my figures all suffer the same thing as OP stated. Miss Elizabeth was fine other than the neck which I'm well aware is probably an isolated thing, so please MDT, don't ratch the necks down where they can't move without breaking.

Elite 17 was a beautiful set, but I had to sift through dozens of everyone to get a good paint job. Across the board that was a terrible set for QC. Luckily that was the set every freaking store around here had and in mass quantities. I literally looked for 3 weeks for a Sheamus and passed over roughly 30 before finding one with the eyes and hair painted correctly, and without scuffs, glops, and other issues. I even saw a Sheamus with no left pupil or Iris, just a milky eye. John Cena was the same, tons of stains, and slop, and eyes pointing down, and one that had no eyebrows and the front half of the boxers missing from seam to seam. Kelly Kelly I encountered far less, but more than half the ones I saw had her hairpiece glued on extremely crooked. She also suffered from detached hovering eyelashes on most of them. And we all saw 'Dirty Sanchez' Zack Ryder.

Such is the fate of every toy line I have ever collected. I was being optimistic in hoping it wouldn't happen so soon, but as always, the QC goes down while the price just keeps on climbing. I collected Marvel Legends from the beginning when they were $6.99, to when Hasbro killed them the first time and places were charging as much as $16.99 for a bunch of figures that were poorly painted or styled. They're back now, and with much better sculpting and paint apps than before, but it's only a matter of time before those fall again.

Tell me about it! my HBK came with a busted boot, a bit of paint blotches and a paint blotch on his face

Not if they make mistakes like these, do we make mistakes in paying for figures? I got a D Bryan from E19, moved his leg a little and it snapped off so i ended but having to buy another one, i shouldn't have had to buy another one in the first place

Seriously reading these qc posts I have to say I must be the luckiest person out there. Of all the Mattel WWE figures I've purchased only 2 have had what I would consider a QC issue. My Basic series 2 Kozlov had a fused hip that tore off when tried to "snap" it free. And a DM Macho Man which also suffered from a fused hip. Other than that nothing I'd call QC issues. Sure a couple of my BoPPV Bret's had loose ankles, but nothing that hindered their function...but rather something you'd expect from a mass produced toy.