I hear ya. When I first found Flacon he had messed up face paint and too much dark shading. I was going to get it then I found another one some one picked up and set down that was perfect. Night and day.

I totally agree- the first MY waves had much bigger issues- I saw a Hand ninja with hs green eyes on his cheeks once anda LOT of bad Union Jacks back then.
the revision case versions were all amazing though.
I do still see the occasional bad paint job but it's gotten much better in MU.
..now if we're talking the Cap line...oh boy!

All of the X-Force team packs I have seen so far have all had HORRIBLE paint apps

really? I saw a great one and passed- I have those characters already and need to cut back. I hate extras generally anyway and have a slew of Wolverines and Spidys anyway!

They need a X-Force Deathlok and I'd by them all in a second!

This is news to me.

I've got a Human Torch whose leg keeps comming off, and my AIM guys seem to have the same problem.

Other than that, quality hasn't been that much of an issue for me.

My X-23 and Commander Rogers from yesterday have horrible legs.. they will not stay on at all. It sucks.

It was funny to read your post because I'm really not that picky (unless the figure is a complete mess with paint I'm usually ok--these things are after all,.. little $8 action figures), but the one figure from my collection that was way loose when I got him was Tasky. His ankles are (were--lots of nail polish) practically ball bearings on mine... add in that heavy cape and it is a problem. I do like the mold and head though, so frictioning up his ankles needed to be done.

Another great pose.. and on a top heavy figure. You sir, are quickly becoming the "Master of Poses" round these parts.

I bought the Avengers 3-pack a few days ago and Iron Man's neck ball twisted off with the head. That's the first time I've had a MU figure break. Growing trend? You decide.

Question: the brown on your Taskmaster's arms seem to match better than mine. On mine there's a pretty noticeable paint/plastic mismatch between the bicep and forearm. Is this a running change, or is it a trick of the light here?

hmm. looking at tasky, yeah, upper and lower arms are different shades but i never actually noticed till you pointed it out.

I have to agree here,no one is hand painting millions of figures daily or even hundreds,it a machine.

my major gripe with MU figures is they are too flimsy(aside from the larger figures).

For now I'm going to toss darkhawk's left wing into the QC area. I think it have been an actual engineering issue though with the choice of the peg/clip they used as opposed to something with more bite to it. Still a badass figure though.

IMO nothing will be harder than trying to find a CA Heroic Age Cap with perfect paint apps. LOL.

Wow, I WAS gonna sell my Taskmaster, but after this picture, it looks like I'm gonna be buying a Captain Britian solely for that sword!

A Captain Britain sword to give to Tasky....pure genius!! I'm gonna hafta try that out myself once I pull my MU figs out and put them on my shelf again.

careful with the sword tho. as i learned, it's cast in this translucent purple plastic the same as the missile he comes with and the paint ended up flaking off a little so i had to repaint it.

it seems to have stayed the same mostly. its never been "that" great its always stayed on the line of just "ok" when it comes to QC with MU.

i DO wish it was better since checking every figure i see on the pegs when this line is already hard to find in my area is most annoying. not to mention taking chances with online retailers where you never know what you are getting.

for example i couldnt find the x-force 3 pack around here so i ordered online and ended up getting a warpath with half of this hair painted. he is completely unpainted in the back.

Same thing with me, left leg as well, pissing me off trying to pose him. May have to go buy calmer clear nailpolish.

Other than that, sometimes I get the occasional loose pegholes, but nothing major, from what I opened.

I have, however, seen a lot of QC issues with the 2 packs. Wolverine and Sabertooth 2 pack has product numbers down Wolvies inner right thigh. Wolverine and Silver Samaurai 2 pack has varying blade lenghts for Wolverine's left arm, some being shorter on the left arm, some with the blades on the left arm bent, looking like Magneto got ahold of him. Then the "lipstick" on the Sentry and Spidey 2 pack.

Great idea with the Capt. Brit sword with Tasky, Noodle! I might actually pick one up just for his sword, since I don't really care for that version's Robocop head.

Sloppy paint apps make me so weary of ordering MU online. The Deadpool/Taskmaster set, as an example, can have googly-eyes on Deadpool, and Tasky can have gingivitis.

I picked up the Deadpool/TaskMaster comic pack at a local Wal-Mart today and Task Master's joints are incredibly loose. It's difficult to get him to pose as he keeps on falling over due to bad leg joints so I have to find a balance that's just right for him.

My 6" Iron Man Mark VI figure has really loose mid-chest joints. As a result he can be fun to try to stand too.

Finally my Desert Battle Captain America came with a warped shield clasp/peg. I spoke to a Hasbro rep via chat and was told I'd have to send the entire figure back but there was no guarantee I'd get the same figure back. Needless to say I passed on that.

they gave me the "no guarantee" line when i spoke to someone about getting a replacement galactus because the skirt area on the one i received from hasbro toys shop was full of ruff melted looking spots.

i got a 2 pack spider man and ironman transformers crossovers pack back -_-

needless to say i wasnt very amused that i got a 20 dollar warehouse warmer in return for a 59.99 toy. it took me over 3 months to finally get them to "gift" me (their words) a refund to buy one form retail (hts was out of stock by that time)

I'm curious if anybody has been seeing bad paint application to their Marvel figures lately? I had never seen this until the last few months when I picked up the Psylocke figure. The paint on her shoulders is coming off because Hasbro painted her skin color over her blue outfit.
Secondly, the Deadpool and Wolverine from my Uncanny X Force team set have the paint rubbed off at their hip flexors. I do pose my figures occasionally but not enough to cause paint damage. Anybody else seeing this problem or have I missed some ongoing rant that MU collectors have voiced already? For $9 MSRP and no stands on the newer waves this is rediculous.

There has always been a small percentge of MU with paint defects- usually you'll see the bad ones left on pegs- so if you're late to the party, expect everyone to have double-dipped their chips.

For paint overage- where some bit of red is on a blue part for example- you can take that off easy as pie with 90% rubbing alcohol and a q-tip.

I saw a punisher with a white skull once...no eyes, or teeth. Just a big marshmallow skull. So yeah, that happens a lot.