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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Oct 2, 2012 6:48:37 GMT -5
I've found three of these now, and the heads in all three were messed up. Bad form, Mattel. Bad form.
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Post by Chewdeezy on Oct 2, 2012 7:45:39 GMT -5
Glad the head I got was fine. I'll post pictures if really needed.
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Oct 2, 2012 7:50:08 GMT -5
I've seen one or two pics on here that looked right but it seems like way too many are screwed up. Post yours if you can, chewdeezy.
For there to be so many heads that are ruined, it might actually be a design issue (if the factory can get so many messed up) rather than just a quality control one... Or maybe they had a temp on the quality control department that day who didn't know or care what he was doing.
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Post by PJ on Oct 2, 2012 16:20:47 GMT -5
Mine came out fine. But if the hair isn't set right you can peel it off and reset it. (as long as the hair is a separate piece) That's what I did with the DM Triple H I received. His hair was grossly misaligned as well
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Post by repo1 on Oct 2, 2012 16:22:51 GMT -5
good 2 kno
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Oct 2, 2012 22:15:12 GMT -5
Mine came out fine. But if the hair isn't set right you can peel it off and reset it. (as long as the hair is a separate piece) That's what I did with the DM Triple H I received. His hair was grossly misaligned as well Thanks for the tip! Just did that and it's great now. Much appreciated.
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Post by ● kaneisdaman ● on Oct 3, 2012 1:09:11 GMT -5
What a strange error and more suprisingly is that several people have experienced it. Hope I dont find it like that.
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Post by PJ on Oct 3, 2012 4:07:01 GMT -5
No problem
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Post by GrimKid on Oct 3, 2012 5:29:44 GMT -5
crap i didnt notice mine now i gotta look
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Post by SteveHulk on Oct 4, 2012 5:54:43 GMT -5
Mine is like pc's too... it's really weird looking - like he said, it looks like there's a giant leech stuck to his face! Have these ones (the "leech variant" ) only been found in the UK? It might be a certain shipment of them or something... Mine came out fine. But if the hair isn't set right you can peel it off and reset it. (as long as the hair is a separate piece) That's what I did with the DM Triple H I received. His hair was grossly misaligned as well Thanks for the tip! Just did that and it's great now. Much appreciated. ...can I ask how you guys did this, exactly? Didn't it leave a mark?
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Oct 4, 2012 19:46:35 GMT -5
I literally just started peeling the hair off slowly on the sides and at the back. The hair is one solid piece, and separate from the head. Just keep at it, like a wobbly tooth, and you can prise it off and then put it back on repositioned better. I was really nervous about destroying the figure but it was easy and looks perfect, and I'm usually terrible with stuff like that.
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Post by SteveHulk on Oct 5, 2012 4:34:39 GMT -5
^...ah, I see. I might give it a go. Either that, or try neatly joining it up with a bit of black paint. It can't go too wrong (famous last words! ).
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Post by bestintheworld on Oct 5, 2012 5:31:56 GMT -5
I just got Ricardo today. I can't really be bothered to peel the hair off. At most, i'll put a dot of black paint to join it up to the hairline. No biggie.
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Oct 5, 2012 9:46:20 GMT -5
I'd definitely recommend moving the hair over painting in the gap (it's less likely to go wrong I think), but if you're happy with just filling it in, do that.
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