Just opened mine up and I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE it!
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It's a stunning piece. I scanned over it quickly when first opened and saw that the dome was okay, then I checked the tendons and they were fine too. There MAY be a small piece missing halfway through the upper tendon to the top of the mouth, but it's not really noticeable unless you're inspecting up close or know it's supposed to connect further -- which I don't, so it may be all good. It's definitely not a worry.
I quickly scanned the dome around the connecting area and some parts look like it may not be snapped down 100%, like the pictures shown earlier, but that may just be how it is. I didn't give it a thorough lookover on that front, but I mean, it's holding together, and it's not something that's noticeable at all from anywhere but bending down and looking under the rim -- which isn't how most will view it
Again, that was just a quick check, and I only noticed it because when I was brushing off the Styrofoam fluff a piece wedged in and I had to brush it out. So I'd just brush away from that when you guys are doing it, over alongside it.
The dome looks phenomenal. It's translucent enough that you can see the skull and most of the detail work under it perfectly -- and yet it's cloudy enough (I know there's a better word for it than cloudy) so that from far away it looks like the pure dome. That's fantastic, because I never was a big fan of those who make Big Chap with a completely clear dome where you can see a pitch white human skull underneath it.
There may be a minor scuff under the dome on one side (the side I'm not displaying him on) but you have to walk up really close and kinda look for it to notice it. The regular eye wouldn't notice it and even a collector's eye wouldn't notice it unless they went deep in and inspecting. And while it's great to do a thorough check of these pieces, I think many go by the rule that if it looks good from a few feet away, that's really all that matters. Maybe I'm wrong?
From a few feet away, this piece is stunning!
Now the size. The size is SO GOOD! It's bigger than the Warrior, and I know mentioned above that they can't be displayed together, but that's not true. Big Chap is bigger than a Warrior, and it looks it here! They look great side by side, even though I'm not sure that'll be my final placement (as I'm fixing an area to place things.) It's such a great size though! That really makes the price point more reasonable, as it's a hefty piece that looks it!
So most of this was going over it pretty quickly, but also well enough that any huge errors likely would've been noticeable (I hope
) and I couldn't be happier. This is definitely a grail piece for me, as I've wanted some Alien LSBs for longer than I've been collecting (I knew about the 1:1 before I was able to get into things, and said, "Man it'd be great to get one of those some day!") So I'm thrilled with these.
I still wish they'd give us less heart attacks and stress by upping the QC in their factories, but after a few blemishes on my Warrior, I'm thrilled that Big Chap came more or less as great as I could've hoped for.
