[En Sabah Nerd]

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Originally Posted by TomsToyChest

Trivial,

I lost count at the number of times I've had problems with the Predator figures. I'm quite concerned about running into more with the last of the Predators I have lined up to open for future reviews.

TimothyR stated I was going a little too far with my criticism on this problem. And you know what... that's fine. Sooner or later he'll start experiencing the QC issues like you have had on your Pacific Rim figures or in my case, Predator figures. It's not a question of if, it's a just a matter of when.

I once had hope that the QC problems with NECA figures would get sorted out. Randy Falk himself has allegedly acknowledged there were problems with the Predator figures in the past. I understand that problems sometimes occur during the manufacturing process and take time to fix. But as I said previously, I've run into the same ridiculous problems with the last 10 waves of Predators. That is more than enough time to get these types of problems straightened out.

As you noted, the NECA customer service is especially non-existent. After all, they got your money so why should they give a damn if they sold you a broken figure.

I would normally be curious about what Randy and the other guys at NECA would have to say about all these rampant QC issues with all of these figure lines. But then again, I have to keep in mind that NECA is just another American company where money trumps QC and you know what, Randy's too busy to give a damn about the QC issues that are plaguing his company's figures because he's more interested in counting his cash or sending out teaser shots (or as I call them, cookies) of the upcoming overpriced figures to the NECA cheerleaders who dot the cyber landscape on Twitter and other social media outlets.

Anyway, I was sorry to read about your Pacific Rim figure breaking. Unfortunately I don't think TRU is going to be able to help you. I was told on one of my more recent visits that they will not accept a return on an opened figure and will refer you directly back to the manufacturer to have the matter resolved, which in this case would be... NECA!

I definitely get why you distrust NECA on account of how often they've failed you, though I guess it does still strike me as strange that it was the Predator line that you experienced most trouble with. I always look those over if I find any in stores and they always looked more consistently acceptable to me, good enough paint and I don't usually see anything like my Hive Wars' arm. Combining that with the good quality of 6 out of 7 Predators I had it looks like the line is generally good, key word being looks. I absolutely see why their Jaeger line has so many bumps since these robots can have some very strange designs like Tacit Ronin that almost any company would have a hard time making it look good and have any pose at all, though their Kaiju line is much more solid on all fronts.

Do you actually consider NECA lines overpriced? I always thought they were actually pretty well priced when you consider the 6" toy from Hasbro is $20. Some NECA stuff goes for less than twenty and is still bigger and better looking, but then with less durability and/or pose. It is worth mentioning, since I haven't before, that since I grew up having the McFarlane Spawn stuff (which was all looks and no usable pose) I don't really care if NECA stuff has too much pose. I'm really glad they give us the pose they do, but I wind up only focusing on moving heads and arms for most of the stuff I get from them. This could be another reason I don't discover the QC issues you do, I don't really dig deep enough to find them.

Finally, it feels like you put a curse on TimothyR. Just the way you worded it had this kind of foreboding thing going on. I know you wished me luck in avoiding NECA's QC landmine field and then I wished you luck in your toy pursuits, so I don't know it just kind of gave me a chuckle how you said that bit.