LuisTX
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Post by LuisTX on Aug 18, 2024 22:02:18 GMT -5
When AEW Unmatched Series 8 was released, I remember seeing someone on Facebook saying they couldn't get the figures in that wave to fit in RSC's AEW Defender Cases, saying the boxes with that wave were not the same as previous waves. I ordered CM Punk from that wave directly from RSC with a Defender Case before I saw that post. When I received it, I checked it right away to see how the figure fit in the case I ordered with it, and it fits perfectly fine just like all other figures I've put in those same cases. I have even placed multiple orders of just cases and never had an issue with them. By the time I wanted the Penta figure from the same wave, it was sold out on RSC, so, I bought it elsewhere. And that's the first time I saw what that person must have experienced. My most recent order of cases was to fit this figure, as well as the Britt Baker Target figure, and others. I had no issues fitting the Samoa Joe Target figure in a Defender Case. But the Penta and Britt Baker figure boxes seem to be shaped a bit different from previous packages. RSC was gracious enough to replace the cases I had that did not fit these figures in case I may have received cases with some defects. But the replacement cases had the exact same issues, so, it's definitely not an issue with RSC's cases. I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this same issue. Additionally, I've been told the Jeff Hardy Unmatched 9 figure fits perfectly in the Defender Case. But the one I found at a Walmart, same issue.
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Post by Da Handsome 1 on Aug 22, 2024 18:48:40 GMT -5
I’m having the same issues? New boxes seem to be a tad bigger. Has anyone alerted RSC about this?
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drblazelj
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Post by drblazelj on Aug 23, 2024 10:05:52 GMT -5
I’ve always felt like they were a tad too tight. Some of the chases i have are definitely creased ‘cause of the cases.
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LuisTX
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Post by LuisTX on Aug 23, 2024 23:03:18 GMT -5
I’m having the same issues? New boxes seem to be a tad bigger. Has anyone alerted RSC about this? I mentioned it to them. But they don’t see to have the same issue with the figures from the same waves they have, so, maybe it’s just a batch of the figures shaped differently?
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LuisTX
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Post by LuisTX on Aug 23, 2024 23:03:48 GMT -5
I’ve always felt like they were a tad too tight. Some of the chases i have are definitely creased ‘cause of the cases. Damn, really? They’ve always fit perfectly for me, including chases.
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Post by Joe/Smurf on Aug 24, 2024 4:42:36 GMT -5
Honestly it’s probably a situation where the plastic is bubbling under heat and that’s causing it to not fit. RSC is probably protecting the figures better than mass retail.
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Post by shanieomaniac on Aug 27, 2024 0:37:12 GMT -5
I tend to buy AEW figures and have them shipped directly in the cases, and the Saraya I got fit fine.
But, on a different, Mattel note, I had my Sami and Kevin SvS figures shipped to me in the protectors, and both figures actually came damaged inside the protectors, in the *exactly same place*, as though the protectors were the wrong size for both figures and caused the figures to compress.
So maybe this is a QC issue for Ringside? I don't know, if it's hit or miss, it could be any number of things, but when I had both the Sami and Kevin figures arrive damaged in protectors in exactly the same way, it came off as pretty suspect that something was wrong with the protectors, not the figures.
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LuisTX
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Post by LuisTX on Sept 10, 2024 13:08:37 GMT -5
Honestly it’s probably a situation where the plastic is bubbling under heat and that’s causing it to not fit. RSC is probably protecting the figures better than mass retail. That makes sense because if they did change package sizes, it would be an entire wave, not just one figure from a specific wave and not another.
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