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Post by 10 on Jul 27, 2016 4:38:42 GMT -5
Did anyone that bought an elite 40 John Cena find it was missing his removable armband?
I bought mine from Amazon back in March and due to moving house it has been boxed up until tonight when I finally got round to opening it. Got upstairs and noticed he had no armband on his bicep.
Anyone else find or hear of this?
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Post by OTC Waxbender on Jul 27, 2016 6:28:45 GMT -5
Mine came with it
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Post by ZDB on Jul 27, 2016 7:15:13 GMT -5
It fell off in the packaging or didn't make it in the box
Just buy a basic Cena and swap the arms
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Post by 10 on Jul 27, 2016 8:09:03 GMT -5
It fell off in the packaging or didn't make it in the box Just buy a basic Cena and swap the arms Thanks for your comment but I wasn't asking how it may have happened. Was interested to hear if anyone else had experienced or heard of the same issue. And living in New Zealand makes it a little tough and/or expensive to go and buy a basic Cena. |
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Post by ZDB on Jul 27, 2016 8:15:52 GMT -5
It fell off in the packaging or didn't make it in the box Just buy a basic Cena and swap the arms Thanks for your comment but I wasn't asking how it may have happened. Was interested to hear if anyone else had experienced or heard of the same issue. And living in New Zealand makes it a little tough and/or expensive to go and buy a basic Cena. Lol I'm telling you why it happened, it's an isolated incident. It fell in the box or fell out completely |
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Post by 10 on Jul 27, 2016 8:26:48 GMT -5
Thanks for your comment but I wasn't asking how it may have happened. Was interested to hear if anyone else had experienced or heard of the same issue. And living in New Zealand makes it a little tough and/or expensive to go and buy a basic Cena. Lol I'm telling you why it happened, it's an isolated incident. It fell in the box or fell out completely If you had laid eyes on every Elite 40 Cena your point would be very much valid. However seeing as you most probably have not then you are only speculating. That said you are probably right as to how it happened but like I said earlier I am interested to hear from others as it is possible it is a common fault and many may have been missing the armband like has been seen with some other figures in the past missing accessories or particular paint apps or what not. I recall a while back many reported that a figure (can't remember who) was missing his sunglasses. |
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Post by darkestknight on Jul 27, 2016 8:27:10 GMT -5
Did anyone that bought an elite 40 John Cena find it was missing his removable armband? I bought mine from Amazon back in March and due to moving house it has been boxed up until tonight when I finally got round to opening it. Got upstairs and noticed he had no armband on his bicep. Anyone else find or hear of this? Yes, I bought mine from Amazon roughly the same time, and there was no armband. You are not alone! |
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Post by 10 on Jul 27, 2016 8:30:13 GMT -5
Did anyone that bought an elite 40 John Cena find it was missing his removable armband? I bought mine from Amazon back in March and due to moving house it has been boxed up until tonight when I finally got round to opening it. Got upstairs and noticed he had no armband on his bicep. Anyone else find or hear of this? Yes, I bought mine from Amazon roughly the same time, and there was no armband. You are not alone! Brilliant!! Thanks for clearing that up for me. I was afraid it had snapped off and gone flying somewhere when I was pulling the figure out of the plastic bubble. Good to know I wasn't the only one as I can stop searching my storage room now. Thanks again. |
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Post by SteveHulk on Jul 27, 2016 8:40:19 GMT -5
Yes, I bought mine from Amazon roughly the same time, and there was no armband. You are not alone! Brilliant!! Thanks for clearing that up for me. I was afraid it had snapped off and gone flying somewhere when I was pulling the figure out of the plastic bubble. Good to know I wasn't the only one as I can stop searching my storage room now. Thanks again. Those things are pretty hard to remove(!), so I don't think it would have fallen off or anything. As someone else had the same problem, it sounds like it was a QC oversight by Mattel. And while we're on the subject of Cena armbands, why on earth is the new DM one painted on!? I mean, seriously... it's a freaking DEFINING MOMENTS figure and he can't have a removable armband?  |
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Post by darkestknight on Jul 27, 2016 8:41:32 GMT -5
Yes, I bought mine from Amazon roughly the same time, and there was no armband. You are not alone! Brilliant!! Thanks for clearing that up for me. I was afraid it had snapped off and gone flying somewhere when I was pulling the figure out of the plastic bubble. Good to know I wasn't the only one as I can stop searching my storage room now. Thanks again. Yeah no problem! I noticed it immediately and just assumed it was a factory error. Maybe the first batch on amazon is missing the armband? |
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Post by 10 on Jul 27, 2016 9:04:19 GMT -5
Brilliant!! Thanks for clearing that up for me. I was afraid it had snapped off and gone flying somewhere when I was pulling the figure out of the plastic bubble. Good to know I wasn't the only one as I can stop searching my storage room now. Thanks again. Those things are pretty hard to remove(!), so I don't think it would have fallen off or anything. As someone else had the same problem, it sounds like it was a QC oversight by Mattel. And while we're on the subject of Cena armbands, why on earth is the new DM one painted on!? I mean, seriously... it's a freaking DEFINING MOMENTS figure and he can't have a removable armband? Yes I completely agree with you. It was more so that I expected it to be on the figure that when I got upstairs and noticed the armband was missing I started thinking what the heck had happened to it so thought it could have broken off as I had to pull pretty firmly to get it out of the plastic bubble OR it wasn't even there in the first place, hence me starting this thread. It's a great relief darkestknight commented as I'm not kidding I've been searching for the stupid thing all night. Even places I haven't been in my 3 story house as I thought my cat might have picked it up and taken it somewhere haha. Regarding DM Cena - for some reason I want to say the retail version is going to have it, it just wasn't ready for comic con?! Personally it wouldn't surprise me if they had done away with the removable armband as I've experienced myself and read many others mentioning how they split and fall off. All my loose Cena's stand in my Detolf cabinet untouched and one of the armbands split and fell off. I'm not against it being painted as with most it can't be really seen under the t-shirt anyway and also it makes his left bicep really tight for the t-shirt aswell. Those issues would obviously not matter with the DM though as it has no sleeves. So of all Cena's the one that should really have the removable armband is the DM. |
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Post by Medieval on Jul 27, 2016 9:10:01 GMT -5
I have seen elite40 Cena with and without armband numerous times at retail.
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Post by SteveHulk on Jul 27, 2016 9:17:52 GMT -5
Regarding DM Cena - for some reason I want to say the retail version is going to have it, it just wasn't ready for comic con?! ...yeah, I'm hoping it's that - they didn't include the padlock and chain on the first lot of protos either, so maybe the armband will end up being separate on the final product. |
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Post by ZDB on Jul 27, 2016 10:24:35 GMT -5
Lol I'm telling you why it happened, it's an isolated incident. It fell in the box or fell out completely If you had laid eyes on every Elite 40 Cena your point would be very much valid. However seeing as you most probably have not then you are only speculating. That said you are probably right as to how it happened but like I said earlier I am interested to hear from others as it is possible it is a common fault and many may have been missing the armband like has been seen with some other figures in the past missing accessories or particular paint apps or what not. I recall a while back many reported that a figure (can't remember who) was missing his sunglasses. The figure came out 6 months ago. I've never heard of anyone not getting their armband besides maybe one person. |
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Post by 10 on Jul 27, 2016 11:06:26 GMT -5
If you had laid eyes on every Elite 40 Cena your point would be very much valid. However seeing as you most probably have not then you are only speculating. That said you are probably right as to how it happened but like I said earlier I am interested to hear from others as it is possible it is a common fault and many may have been missing the armband like has been seen with some other figures in the past missing accessories or particular paint apps or what not. I recall a while back many reported that a figure (can't remember who) was missing his sunglasses. The figure came out 6 months ago. I've never heard of anyone not getting their armband besides maybe one person. Well as seen from the posts above - the issue actually exists. |
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Post by ZDB on Jul 27, 2016 11:09:50 GMT -5
The figure came out 6 months ago. I've never heard of anyone not getting their armband besides maybe one person. Well as seen from the posts above - the issue actually exists. Yeah I'm just saying it's not a super widespread issue, just trying to help answer your question |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2016 11:22:55 GMT -5
Regarding DM Cena - for some reason I want to say the retail version is going to have it, it just wasn't ready for comic con?! ...yeah, I'm hoping it's that - they didn't include the padlock and chain on the first lot of protos either, so maybe the armband will end up being separate on the final product. I think they are going back to painted as the plastic armbands all split apart after too much taking on and off. Some are split in the box before even opening the damn thing. While the physical bands look better, I completely understand if they are going back to painted bands instead. |
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Post by 10 on Jul 27, 2016 11:29:59 GMT -5
Well as seen from the posts above - the issue actually exists. Yeah I'm just saying it's not a super widespread issue, just trying to help answer your question I am not sure if we are just on completely different pages or you are deliberately trying to be difficult but to put what has become a rather pointless back and forth to bed I will say that I have not once claimed, said or asked if this is a widespread issue. And let me say once again, I was merely asking if anyone else had encountered the same issue as I was unsure if I had not broken the armband myself when pulling the figure out of the bubble and it had fallen somewhere in my house. The fact that others have also seen for themselves E40 Cena's without the armband, firstly answers my question and secondly, tells me I can stop looking around my house and that mine never came with it. So lastly, your comments would have been very helpful if it had been a completely different question. Hence why I am unsure if you are just trying to be difficult as all your comments have nothing to do with what I'm asking. |
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Post by WCWThunderRosa on Jul 27, 2016 11:45:53 GMT -5
...yeah, I'm hoping it's that - they didn't include the padlock and chain on the first lot of protos either, so maybe the armband will end up being separate on the final product. I think they are going back to painted as the plastic armbands all split apart after too much taking on and off. Some are split in the box before even opening the damn thing. While the physical bands look better, I completely understand if they are going back to painted bands instead. I've been asking for new arms for Cena for years now |
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Jul 27, 2016 12:09:13 GMT -5
...yeah, I'm hoping it's that - they didn't include the padlock and chain on the first lot of protos either, so maybe the armband will end up being separate on the final product. I think they are going back to painted as the plastic armbands all split apart after too much taking on and off. Some are split in the box before even opening the damn thing. While the physical bands look better, I completely understand if they are going back to painted bands instead. It's stupid that they ever started using the weird removable plastic armbands for Cena. The wristbands have always been painted on so the removable armbands don't make the figure customisable. They just make it look incomplete a year or two later when the band snaps/crumbles. It at least made sense with the Nexus figures that had it, but it's always been pointless and idiotic with Cena ones. Hopefully the DM doesn't have a removable band, because it's gonna be a struggle to find a basic to do an arm swap with. |
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