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For me personally I don't know if I have an actually threshold as I believe that anything can be a base for a solid custom. It just depends on what you are willing to put the work in or not. Even when this was shown at the Proto type phase I expected (based on Asmus track record) that work will be required.
Things I wasn't expecting to have to mod:
A. Henrietta: I have seen solid hair work on their Gandalf, and while I may not have expected THAT level, I expected hair. Paint was up in the air but I did have my concerns since it's an "accessory piece".
B. Body. While I was planning to build a second figure with these parts for Deadite Ash. I was still expecting to use the stock body for Hero Ash. I expected the cuts and at the very least the nipples painted. Now it's a bit of a reversal where I'm likely going to be using the stock body for Deadite Ash and using one of my bodies I have here for my Hero build.
C. The base is about what I expected it to be. And as I mentioned earlier at least it fits and keys together properly (where the Crown Gandalf Base did not) and there's room for the figure on the base.
Things I were playing with the possibility of modding from the get go:
A. Linda's hair I was thinking about dying or just rehairing altogether.
B. Was planning to weather and bloody up both Deadite Ash clothes and Hero Ash clothes.
C. Was playing with the idea of getting the sculpt repainted and even maybe doing real hair on Hero Ash and add the gray hairs on the side.
D. Seeing about a custom harness/shotgun Holster, but that was the very last thing I was considering doing.
Things that have come to light that I wasn't expecting nor does it bother me or I care about:
A. Misspelling of the name on the Box. It's a BOX. Don't care.
B. Misspelling on the base. If I was just getting the standard this would be a mild annoyance for me, but since I'm using the diorama it's a moot point and the base would likely be staying in the box anyway. Still doesn't obsolve them of it being a QC issue though.
C. Boots. I see people upset about the boots but I don't see any real issues with them. It's usually one of the last things I look at or pay attention to in my figures.
D. Chainsaw, maybe I'm just not as big of a ED fan to pay that close attention to the inaccuracies to the chainsaw so that also isn't as concerning to me.
I'm a huge Indiana Jones nut and I've built several Indys for my collection at varying levels of quality. Not bragging just being truthful: I have spend thousands of dollars on building the ultimate Indy. That's my passion there, so when we customizers are building or making a figure better to our liking we tend to look at the dollar amount as an afterthought because a lot of custom artists (sculptor/Painters/tailors) are just as or even more expensive than this set combined.
I get it that we are in the minority when it come so the overall picture. And the $350-400 price tag is a lot to swallow for many with this level of work evolved.
Some of these fixes I'll have no problem doing myself, but I'm not a quality sculpt painter so that will get sourced out to some painter than will cost be between $250-300 depending on what artist. I can hair pieces. I've done it before, but if I were to source that out we are looking at an additional $300-400 for the hair work.
So like I said it all depends on the individual. How much I love the character and what I'm willing to put in.
