[En Sabah Nerd]

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Originally Posted by TomsToyChest

Things like that Predator arm not being assembled right just irritate me. It underscores the major QC issues that NECA has on a nearly constant basis. Valuing profit margins over quality control isn't acceptable to me but that's the mentality of American corporations nowadays and that's not going to change anytime soon.

I never did get around to opening my Hive Wars Predator. It does appear that the arms on mine were assembled correctly but who knows, it could have some other defect that's not readily seen in the package like wonky hip joints so I'll probably just keep it in my MIMB collection.

I really wanted to get that Robocop that NECA made some time ago with the spring-loaded holster as it does appear to be a nice rendition of the character and that spring-loaded holster is an attractive feature. I ultimately decided to pass on it because of the lack of quality control that I've run into on the Predator figures.

Someone mentioned the quality control at NECA being hit or miss. I have to disagree, it's more like miss or miss badly.

The movie-based spring-loaded holster Robocop is difficult to acquire the last time I checked, I have the NES version repaint. It's a great figure overall but his joints are stiff.

I have to disagree with "miss or miss badly" and go with "hit or miss" for NECA QC. If it really were miss or miss badly then there wouldn't be any good figures available. The fact that all of my kaiju from Pacific Rim are perfect is an example of some success. Others being my Bioshock figures, Prometheus, Evil Dead 2 Hero Ash, Cherno Alpha, and Nightstorm Predator (most of my predators are great but he stands out as far as everything goes). Watching various behind the scenes videos and just generally following the company, it's apparent the guys at NECA have a passion for their work but we have to remember they're a relatively small company. They're insects compared to giants like Hasbro or Mattel, and even those guys have had serious QC problems in various lines. Of course profit matters more than quality, you said it yourself this is America.