Mine showed up today & it did have a scuff mark pretty much where everyone else's is located (on the left side only, looking at the front of the car, just by the round window), but it's not that deep and not really noticeable under my normal display lighting & conditions. I also noticed the machine gun covers were a bit warped, but a minute under a hot lamp squared that away...now they sit flush on the chassis. Considering the fact that there's no guarantee I'll get a better one if I return it & get another, I'll live with it but I plan to contact SS, let them know it is damaged, and get the $70 store credit which I'll apply to the 1/4 scale Batman I have on PO.
Looking at other members pics with more severe damage I consider myself lucky. While I'm pleased to get it with minimal problems, I really feel bad for those whose issues were much worse than mine....we waited a long time for this thing & to open the box & find major scratches must be disheartening. It's a shame too because it seems rather obvious to me that the shield is causing these scuffs and scratches right at the point where the foam pieces end and the edges of the shield underneath are making contact. If HT had simply put foam 100% under the shield we wouldn't have these problems.
Next step....putting in the batteries, cram my extra Bats in the cockpit, take some pics & add my info to the poll.
