Post by: akpayne on November 12, 2005, 08:50:34 AM
Is this how McFarlane toys age? I must admit I only own 2 or three of his product this being the largest of the bunch and the only one that actually had some POA that made it more than just a statue. But I would take a yellowed Storm Shadow over a toy that decays on the shelf in less than 3 years. My only option now is to glue it back together in a pose that I find suitable, and make my action figure into a model kit.
Glad I picked this guy up at Toys Toys Toys after they had heavily discounted him (10 or 15$ is what I think I paid) But I would have been pissed if I had forked out the original $40ish bucks for him, or if I went out of my way to me a completist with this line.
Post by: BHMike on November 12, 2005, 09:00:16 AM
:-)
Mike
Post by: Deadshot on November 12, 2005, 03:42:59 PM
THough on the posative side.. if anyone needs or wants the parts for a custom... lmk and i'll give it to you at the next joe meet.
Post by: BludChylde on November 13, 2005, 09:57:00 AM
And the complaints were all that were listed here. Broken shoulder joints and waists snapping. Although most of the complaints were that this was happening while taking the figs out of their packages.
Last McF fig I bought was the Reborn 2 Mandarin Spawn. The sword sheath had broke in package, returned it to WalMart, ended up going through every Mandy they had in stock all with broken sheaths. On the last one I just e-mailed McF customer service for a replacement sheath. 2 weeks later I recieved in the mail another broken sheath and some hockey pucks (which I no longer have thanks to my exgirlfriend).
Its bad enough that all they seem to make anymore is statues, but its even worse that when they decided to go in that direction, QC took a major nosedive.
Post by: Jay on November 13, 2005, 11:40:30 PM
Post by: Pete The Greek on November 14, 2005, 01:15:02 AM
Post by: akpayne on November 14, 2005, 09:38:49 AM
However I have found if they are leaning on any equipement (net/stick) it begins to bend, but it can be bent back with warm water.
After my crap AUP fell apart on the shelf I took a look at my leafs/habs to make sure they hadn't succumb to old age.
Post by: morgardee on November 14, 2005, 11:37:06 AM
Post by: ARROW on November 28, 2005, 07:55:31 PM
Typically they make poor plastic choices in the manufacturing of their stuff, couple with design tolerances that can be spotty.......it usually means some kind of breakage at some point.
They try to push the envelope in terms of what they do ( detail and finesse of parts) but it often bites them back.
I think this is why we seldom see any significant articulation on their stuff anymore.