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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2016 14:35:14 GMT -5
I went to Walmart today and they had like 4 or 5 Sids and I compared them and picked the one with the least problems... One looked like the hand was about to fall off like the axel peg thing in it was only halfway through... I had a ringside exclusive Hogan come like that... Anyway the rest of the Sid's all had paint spots on the face... The one I got has a small paint blotch just under the hairline and one of the boots has a gap between the boot and the leg... but considering the problems with the other ones there... It's a shame having to order most of my figures online and just keep my fingers crossed that there won't be severe problems like this. Walmart had one of the Elite Sting's too that had dirty like yellowish stains on the face.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2016 14:38:01 GMT -5
Damn, that's a lot of doo doo on Kofi's head. Never seen anything that bad before. I've actually seen far worse. Doesn't there come a point where Ringside or stores shouldn't even stock or sell ones that bad? They should send them back to Mattel as defective... Or in ringside's case at least put them in a "damaged figure" section at a discount... It's not really fair to pay the same price for that that a lucky person pays for a "normal" one and they have no way of knowing ahead of time which one the guy will put in their box.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2016 15:09:04 GMT -5
I just can't get over how some people will defend Mattel to their dying breath. If these same QC issues kept happening over and over with another line, no one would be so quick to forgive the manufacturer. It just never ceases to amaze me how many QC issues Mattel WWE collectors are willing to overlook. Especially at $20 PLUS a figure! Pathetic... simply pathetic. Exactly $20 for a figure. Unfortunately in 2016, $20 isnt considered top dollar. Also, in the grand scheme of how many figures are made..and the amount on here that, actually have real QC issues...the numbers are probably average across brands. Its going to seem like more of an issue, because youre on a wrestling figure forum bashing them. Theres always talk of how you "have to compare 3 or 4 figures" to get a perfect one is total bull. If that were the case, mattel would be on that crap. It's not "bull" when me and many people on here have done it. We aren't saying 3/4 figures are bad in general, just at that moment and store 3 out of the 4 or however many were bad. Yes, $20 isn't top dollar, but that shouldn't just be an excuse as it still for a lot of people is a lot to invest in for a toy. Mattel is a great company and very nice from my experience to it's fans, but we do have the right to openly criticize them for bad figures.
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Post by powerfred3k on Jun 4, 2016 15:12:07 GMT -5
I just can't get over how some people will defend Mattel to their dying breath. If these same QC issues kept happening over and over with another line, no one would be so quick to forgive the manufacturer. It just never ceases to amaze me how many QC issues Mattel WWE collectors are willing to overlook. Especially at $20 PLUS a figure! Pathetic... simply pathetic. Exactly my friend, exactly. I am starting to think Mattel has employees planted on here to glowingly say only good things.
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Post by attitudesback on Jun 4, 2016 15:15:51 GMT -5
I have no choice but to order online, so the whole "don't pre order" argument is moot. I just shouldn't be paying up to £40 for a defected product. Especially that much for a toy. It's not good enough.
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Post by J.O.B. Squad on Jun 4, 2016 15:53:25 GMT -5
I went to Walmart today and they had like 4 or 5 Sids and I compared them and picked the one with the least problems... One looked like the hand was about to fall off like the axel peg thing in it was only halfway through... I had a ringside exclusive Hogan come like that... Anyway the rest of the Sid's all had paint spots on the face... The one I got has a small paint blotch just under the hairline and one of the boots has a gap between the boot and the leg... but considering the problems with the other ones there... It's a shame having to order most of my figures online and just keep my fingers crossed that there won't be severe problems like this. Walmart had one of the Elite Sting's too that had dirty like yellowish stains on the face. This has been such a huge problem for me lately. I was able to adjust and deal with the laundry list of QC issues we were regularly getting but these gaps between the parts is an absolute deal breaker for me. I can't articulate just how much I absolutely hate this issue that is more prevalent now than its ever been. I don't recall any of the older series having this issues now it's 9 out of 10 it seems will have a one or multiple large gaps where the parts connect. Mattel, before you do anything, please make sure you are assembling the figures in a quality manor once more. For the price of these things gaps between the parts is completely unacceptable.
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Post by cripplercrossface on Jun 4, 2016 16:14:10 GMT -5
I think we should continue to be more vocal about the quality issues on the newer product. Maybe Mattel will finally listen to us.
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Post by ty2005_92 on Jun 4, 2016 16:27:14 GMT -5
Nobody (at least most people) is asking for perfection. This is just ridiculous. How does something like the Kofi even make it out of the warehouse? There's nothing wrong with complaining about legitimate issues. Do you honestly think they sit there at the factory and inspect each and every single figure or item that rolls off the line? Hell no. What I'm saying is there will be issues with anything and everything that's mass produced. And if issues like that are that big of a deal dont buy it till you can inspect it at retail instead of blind purchasing it. I honestly don't think that happens. Look at Kofi. Do you think that I think someone looked at that and said, 'great! Send it out to the public!', no. My point is there needs to be better quality control. A lot of people's only option is ordering online. At the very least Ringside should send these messed up figures back to Mattel upon receiving them.
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Post by Mox on Jun 4, 2016 16:35:59 GMT -5
I thought it was common knowledge around here that a little nail polish remover on a q tip will remove paint smudges in a matter of seconds. I'm dumbfounded by this thread.
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Post by ZDB on Jun 4, 2016 16:36:25 GMT -5
Do you honestly think they sit there at the factory and inspect each and every single figure or item that rolls off the line? Hell no. What I'm saying is there will be issues with anything and everything that's mass produced. And if issues like that are that big of a deal dont buy it till you can inspect it at retail instead of blind purchasing it. I honestly don't think that happens. Look at Kofi. Do you think that I think someone looked at that and said, 'great! Send it out to the public!', no. My point is there needs to be better quality control. A lot of people's only option is ordering online. At the very least Ringside should send these messed up figures back to Mattel upon receiving them. They have misplaced paint, they not defective. Ringside isn't sending them back to the factory
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Post by Kollector_Kombat on Jun 4, 2016 16:40:49 GMT -5
Ahh holy shyt. That's horrible. Hope they refund that or replace them That's really unacceptable, especially for a company like Mattel. Sorry to see that.
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Post by hitman1072 on Jun 4, 2016 16:44:44 GMT -5
I got my order of all Elite 43 & all of Battle Packs 41. Also RSC Jericho. I had no QC issues thankfully. I do think Mattel needs to get away with major portions of the flesh being painted on. This was something I hated about the later LJN figures like Bam Bam, Dibiase & Honky Tonk Man.
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Post by wrestlingdelorean on Jun 4, 2016 17:44:54 GMT -5
I thought it was common knowledge around here that a little nail polish remover on a q tip will remove paint smudges in a matter of seconds. I'm dumbfounded by this thread. Except when it doesn't work. And that won't solve the huge chip on Owens' neck.
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Post by wrestlingdelorean on Jun 4, 2016 17:46:25 GMT -5
Credit to Ringside for agreeing to send me a replacement Kofi and Owens. That's a classy move by them.
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Post by J.O.B. Squad on Jun 4, 2016 18:20:18 GMT -5
My biggest pet peeve about elite 43 are the articulation on Samoa Joe and Kevin Owens.. the mold for the baggy pants wasn't an issue with Lesnar or Luke gallows elite figures but with these two it bothers me how little u can bend the leg cause the pants mold stops the leg before a 90 degree bend. The Owens isn't as bad as the Joe figure.. also with Joe cause of the pants mold u want lift the leg up to have the figure sit on the floor (to give u an idea).. my issue with the Owens figure is the damn Brodus clay type chest mold.. with the upper torso being more on a single pivot point. Just make him like all the other big guys like earthquake Samoa Joe Vader rikishi. They all have the same style of articulation in the torso area, there was no reason to make Owens that way.. other than those reason the detail is great just articulation suffered tremendously I agree 100%. It's a shame how hit and miss Mattel is when it comes to sculpting certain parts with a decent range of articulation. Seems most of the figures with pants/shorts are going to have extremely limited range of movement and articulation for the legs. Elite Bushwhackers, Elite APA Farooq and mostly everyone else with jeans, the first Elite Miz etc etc.. But then they knock it out of the park with guys like Elite Bray Wyatt and Elite Road Dogg. I really wish they would diligently test out all their sculpts to make sure they have a full range of motion before they send it to manufacturing. Some of these Mattel artists seem to produce newer parts that have perfect articulation whereas maybe some other artists are more concerned with looks over function.
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Post by tommyb on Jun 4, 2016 19:13:57 GMT -5
This is one of the times that I have to defend rsc this is not in anyway there fault. I went directly to Mattel with my issues and they are taking care of me. The fact rsc is helping others on this is truly above and beyond as they are not the ones supplying these poor paint applications, and yes it is progressively getting worse by the set, definitely everyone has a right to be upset
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Post by Mox on Jun 4, 2016 19:29:51 GMT -5
I thought it was common knowledge around here that a little nail polish remover on a q tip will remove paint smudges in a matter of seconds. I'm dumbfounded by this thread. Except when it doesn't work. And that won't solve the huge chip on Owens' neck. It works. You're right about Owens' neck though.
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Post by ~*Young $ Money*~ on Jun 4, 2016 19:30:21 GMT -5
Unacceptable. I am getting tired of trying to find perfect pant apps and standing in an aisle for 10 mins comparing figures. Its frustrating and annoying. For the people who say you can just remove it, you don't hire a painter to paint your house and remove his mistakes. Or you don't hire someone to cut your lawn and go out and get the spots he missed.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2016 19:33:53 GMT -5
My Joe also has a loose left hand.
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Post by wrestlingdelorean on Jun 4, 2016 19:40:29 GMT -5
Except when it doesn't work. And that won't solve the huge chip on Owens' neck. It works. You're right about Owens' neck though. Not with Kofi. I'm not sure if it's because of the base color of the figure, but it isn't, doesn't, won't. I've used Magic Erasers on multiple figures. This one was just too much.
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