How bad is the bubbled paint? Got any pics? Mine has a few spots around the statue where there is debris stuck in the paint. Some of it bothers me, some not. I think just everything combined annoys me enough to put me off this piece and not really enjoy it the way I wanted to. I think the worst for me is the botched tendon. The excess glue is really an eyesore, and what makes it worse is that the top of this plastic piece is very see-through, and you can see the white blob of glue behind it, so when I put the statue on display under LED lights, it makes the white of the glue stand out and it looks terrible. The cast of the tendon overall looks horrible and part of it looks weird and twisted. The other tendon looks great, so it's a shame they don't match. I wonder if anyone else got one like this? Like you, this (along with Big Chap and any other Aliens) is a piece I really wanted, so I'm quite upset I can't get a replacement. Really not sure what to do now. They aren't even offering a partial refund...just credit towards another purchase. Got until 3rd of September to decide before the offer is withdrawn. This has really put me off Sideshow. I've always found their CS to be pretty good until now.
Exactly! These things are not cheap. To know that they produced these things with no spares available for possible replacements when they know they are bound to have a few lemons is ridiculous, and as you said, if they know they aren't going to have spares, they should do a better job inspecting them. I also have a lot of bad luck with these things like you, but Sideshow have always been great with replacements in the past so it's never been an issue for me. Granted, I've only ever collected Hot Toys before getting into Sideshow pieces recently, and pretty much all my Hot Toys came with a few issues but Sideshow were usually always good to replace parts for me..
