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To Weta's credit, they were pretty fast to let me cancel and re-order from BBTS (who charges $4 in shipping). Even with taxes it was significantly less. So maybe even they were surprised by the price. I don't know why Weta would want to punish collectors who order direct. Maybe BBTS just...

Actually, this is just Hot Toys delay- all of their products suddenly have delays. According to Sideshow- there is no issued identified by Hot Toys or offered. They will replace broken ones.

Yep- that second close up photo you posted- definitely broken.

The thing is, I do like the thing otherwise, it looks great. I would certainly force them to take it back if all that I wanted was a refund. What I want, is a car that doesn't have wheel joints that are made out of the cheapest most brittle plastic imaginable. Guess that isn't going to happen. :(

So I sent a message to Sideshow re my concerns, and asking if Hot Toys was recalling/fixing the wheel joint issue and whether I could exchange my delorean for one of the updated/fixed versions. Their response was just this (suggesting no fix is in the works) Casey Arnoult (Sideshow) So yeah...

Well shoot. I have mine already, but I want the corrected version if it is less inclined to break. I'll be contacting Sideshow to find out if the next wave will have the defect fixed, and if so whether I can exchange mine for one of those. Even if the fix is just thicker plastic- better...

I was also thinking how hard it would be to actually SELL something like this if your space/interest dwindled- you'd want to make sure the buyer was aware of the issue and could tell them how to go about it- (turn on its back- pull directly out all the way not at angle) but who knows if they...

Damn. I hope not.

Although I do think that breakage can probably be avoided with certain somewhat extremely careful and specific steps (in most cases) I also totally agree that "user error" is not the issue here. The wheel configuration/housing/joint issue is absolutely a serious design defect. And yes, I do...

Wow, I feel bad for them- totally defrauded it sounds like. Thank goodness my order is with TNS...

I really think that a significant reason for breakage is not just the failure to pull the wheels out- but also pulling out at ANY kind of angle. I think it would be a great idea for Hot Toys to release some kind of warning/video instruction on the wheels transfiguration. Or maybe given the...

Well, maybe good to keep in mind that buying anything huge and heavy direct from Weta is going cost WAY more than you will ever save in other taxes/fees. I certainly will not be ordering anything further from them direct.

Aaaaand- he's ready to ship now. I strongly recommend NOT buying direct from Weta. He costs $324 to SHIP from Weta (making his total cost a whopping $1623). He is only $4 to ship from BigBadToystore. WTH.

Maybe not- this product doesn't feel/look like it cost THAT much to manufacture- I mean I love the car and all the cool features, but it doesn't feel like a $850 product. It is made completely made out of lightweight fragile plastic. You can get an RC model of this size- made out of metal...

To avoid breaking the wheels, turn the vehicle on its back, slowly extend the wheels all the way until they click a second time. I grasped each wheel with both hands and pulled steadily and straight- directly out. I think any deviation on this plan could result in breaking. The parts are not...

Well finally got mine out- it’s fine. I lay it down upside down on a soft rug to do the wheels.

You can see also at this one (starting at 38:40) the rear right wheel catches and doesn't come down easy- probably because of the clearance issue Seems to me that most vehicles reviewed are having issues getting the wheel fully out and then fully down. That tells me there is a definite...

You can see one of the wheels gets stuck on this review (at about 5:09) - not broken but it isn't rotating down correctly either.

Same. It seems like danoboy reviewer may not get much sympathy for other reasons- but kyekye above also had the same issue on one wheel. And while danoboy seems to have drilled holes in his vehicle among other things- I'm not sure how/why the second break happened so easy... That's...

Still looks pretty evil to me.