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08-16-2013, 04:08 AM
Hellion42
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Yeah, there's some gold drybrushing on Budo. Hardly any of the trim details are painted though. And his sneer-stache is just bad looking. CCN is missing a color or two for his camo to look like camo, and again with the no painted details, especially on the vest. Straps and such are easy enough to do myself, but it's just one part of overall obvious cost-cutting. Data Viper fared the worst though, I think. What was originally a pretty spiffy gray fractal pattern is now just a straight baby blue.
The shoulder/head gear retained some of the pattern, but... why blue over gray? I don't get it.
So I opened my new deluxes. Why is TB's highlight color orange and not red? I thought it was just the photo color being off, but no, it's a deep orange. Hoist's tow arm was assembled backwards rendering it unable to be attached in alt mode. Pax's right upper arm was assembled backwards too. Both were easy fixes, but combined with the minor issues with Springer and the major issues with Blitzwing I'm left to scratch my head. Take into account all of the little stuff that plagues the club's recent releases, the hit-and-miss QC on even MP figures (paint on the Lambos, fit/tolerance issues on Acid Storm and the Hasbro cassettes (yay stress marks surrounding ball joints), the mess that was Rodimus Prime), and I'm starting to wonder if we're seeing the end of cheap Chinese labor being something other than, well, cheap.
And before y'all just dismiss me as a negative nancy, Hoist/TB and Pax are pretty sweet toys. They're just a bit small. and I STILL like Sandstorm. And Kwinn. So there!
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