thereisnoart
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Post by thereisnoart on Jan 4, 2010 9:36:54 GMT -5
After my New Year's Day hunting spree, I came away with one of everything I wanted EXCEPT for the two I wanted most - Elite Punk & Edge. I found them both at a Target, but they only had one of each and Edge had a black smear on his chest (presumably from his coat). But Punk on the other hand... his facial paint was off and his mustache was crooked and coming out of the corner of his mouth. It looked like he had either been eating chocolate cake or *gasp* his own mustache. Is this common to all Elite Punk figs or just a random slip up?
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Post by jowadwayne on Jan 4, 2010 10:26:02 GMT -5
I haven't seen anything major wrong yet. I have had to take some nail polish remover to a couple with black smudges.. But what line of figures won't have a few that has something wrong? I'm sure you'll find some others that will be fine.
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Kollecting King
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Post by Kollecting King on Jan 4, 2010 10:35:20 GMT -5
i've had a few paint problems with various figures my beth phoenix had a smudged design on her left leg, finlay had smudged paint on his left leg, and elite rey had a smudge on his right leg.
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Post by cableV on Jan 4, 2010 10:49:53 GMT -5
i've had a few paint problems with various figures my beth phoenix had a smudged design on her left leg, finlay had smudged paint on his left leg, and elite rey had a smudge on his right leg. My Beth has the same left leg issue |
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Post by The Silent Flute (joepetree) on Jan 4, 2010 11:26:33 GMT -5
my figs are fine no smudges everything works the way i want it to
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Post by WalterF on Jan 4, 2010 11:53:37 GMT -5
I've seen a few paint issues, but honestly JAKKS had much more frequent paint issues. The only real mess-up I saw was a few Basic HHH's with real messed up faces. My loose 2-pack HBK has a few paint smudges on his pants, but there's so many designs and paint apps on it I can forgive a few smudges.
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Billy F'N Shogunn
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Post by Billy F'N Shogunn on Jan 4, 2010 12:15:25 GMT -5
i was gonna buy an elite punk myself on 1/1 at TRU - but there was a big black smear on his wrist tape and on his other arms tats - then i ordered one from ringside, i hope it's better.
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thereisnoart
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Post by thereisnoart on Jan 4, 2010 12:23:46 GMT -5
I know there will be some paint issues with any figures - they are mass produced, after all, and not lovingly hand-painted by an army of Peruvian children. I didn't mean my post to be any kind of criticism of Mattel.
Thanks for the tip with the polish - wish I had gotten that Edge now. I just wanted to make sure that all of the Punks weren't mis-painted like that.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2010 12:36:18 GMT -5
Nah, just a random mishap with the paint at the factory. All the elite Punks I've looked at, including mine, look good.
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Post by cobraviper81 on Jan 4, 2010 14:08:17 GMT -5
i'm the guy standing in the action figure isle with 4 of the same figure, staring at them trying to figure out which is the best one! i've been collecting gi joe's, wrestling figs, and many other things since i was a kid. i'm 28 now and let me tell you, i haven't changed. but yes, i had to look at a couple cm punks to get one i wanted. and one punk i was looking at had his lip ring on the side of his face and his facial hair was completly off!! so keep searchin, you'll find one. i go through this with any figure line i'm collecting. in fact i bought another elite rey at k-mart last night because i found a better looking one there! i hadn't opened mine yet so i'm just taking the other back today. keep huntin'!!
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Post by deskjet on Jan 4, 2010 16:58:03 GMT -5
That's the exclusive choclate eating Punk you got...congrats!
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Post by The-Rock on Jan 4, 2010 17:03:34 GMT -5
no but a bourne I saw at TRU today had red crap all over his arms. I think it's funny how critical we all are now and how we are checking over the figures and everything for loose joints and smudges and everything before we buy them. Where as before we'd find the figure and just snatch it up immediately.
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Post by tnafan17: The Total Package on Jan 4, 2010 17:06:29 GMT -5
That's the exclusive choclate eating Punk you got...congrats! lmao! but yeah that does suck man, at least you got one though. it can be fixed. i have yet to have a problem with mine though. |
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Post by unclejesse on Jan 4, 2010 17:38:19 GMT -5
You fool! Cookie Monster Punk was a rare variant!
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