Statue BLITZWAY- Enter the Dragon- Bruce Lee Tribute 1/3 scale Statue Ver. 2 spec

[nongshim]

Hey mate,

So yours also has that bit under the chin where the chin doesn't sit flush with the neck? If you look at my pics you'll know what I mean. Trying to work out if this is a QC issue or if others have the same problem. I got until tomorrow to contact Pop Cultcha.

He doesn't sit rigid in the hole on mine either. There is some slight movement if you touch him, and yes, I can move him around once he's in the peg hole.

When I place mine centre there is a slight lean to the left also, but it always looked normal to me. Didn't really look off. The lean is slight, but Bruce also isn't standing dead centre (don't think it's possible). I remove Bruce from the base whenever I move the statue around for photos, due to the weight and the fact that he sits loosely in the peg hole, and I don't always put him back in the same position. I did notice some slight lean when I moved him around the base but never really paid too much attention to it because it didn't look off.

See this photo for reference. It's front on and fairly close to the middle. How does this look to you? close to yours?

OK. I arranged my statue the way like you did in your photo with the foot peg hole in the middle towards the back. As mrchris stated, the torso on your statue is level whereas I can still see the lean on mine. Going back to the nipples (again) the ones on your statue are on the same level but on mine the right one is lower so that means there is a lean. It's more apparent in the 2nd photo. Also the ab cuts on your statue are horizontal, mine aren't totally horizontal in that position. My statue does have a bit sticking out around the neck seam but I didn't think it was such an issue because you can't see it unless you go right up close.





So looks like I have to contact popcultcha...

 

[Darkavatar]

Hypothetically, how extensive would the mods be you'd undertake?

For the GOD I would have the eyes painted sideways and probably repaint of the flesh areas and head sculpt as the paint job looks too grey and plane IMO.

And based on what I have seen I would get the ETD statue repainted like Bruce los.

OK, as promised, here are some shots in natural light.

Thanks for the pics Nuri it looks great but IMO the paint job still looks too plane. Nevertheless, I am sure it looks great in hand.

 

[mrchris]

OK. I arranged my statue the way like you did in your photo with the foot peg hole in the middle towards the back. As mrchris stated, the torso on your statue is level whereas I can still see the lean on mine. Going back to the nipples (again) the ones on your statue are on the same level but on mine the right one is lower so that means there is a lean. It's more apparent in the 2nd photo. Also the ab cuts on your statue are horizontal, mine aren't totally horizontal in that position. My statue does have a bit sticking out around the neck seam but I didn't think it was such an issue because you can't see it unless you go right up close.

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So looks like I have to contact popcultcha...

yep the leaning tower of bruce.that's pretty bad lean,either the peg is bent,or the hole is not totally round?

 

[desisandy]

Wow with the smooth criminal MJ lean I would be scared of the stress on the leg / foot.. Might cause it to snap over time.
I really wouldn't leave it leaning like that for any period of time If mines come like that I,d raise the base on one side or pack the foot resting on the base.
This 1/3 statue has some weight to them. All that stress on the foot is asking for trouble.

 

[mrchris]

it's possible the foot peg has been set incorrectly and at a slight angle giving it the lean.either way it needs sorting.

 

[desisandy]

it's possible the foot peg has been set incorrectly and at a slight angle giving it the lean.either way it needs sorting.

Wonder if the back foot comes with a peg. ? Far too much stress for one foot peg . Hope leaning is not a common prob .
Shame Chris and myself not recieve ours yet. we are both still waiting

 

[mrchris]

yeah still got a couple of weeks before I get mine buddy the foot peg is in the rear foot only one peg I'm afraid,same as GOD.
IF MINE LEANS,i'd drill another hole if it's that causing the lean unless the hole is too big and maybe taping the peg for a better fit ,the peg is a different matter.the best likeness of bruce lee is starting to lose it's wow factor with all these little issues

 

[SAB]

Hi all,
Haven't checked this thread in a few days and just saw the questions addressed to me a few seconds ago.

To answer:
My statue doesn't lean to the left or right and only has the slight backward lean like Xpl0sive's photos.
The very slight backward lean is how it is supposed to sit and the neck and head crane forward that balances the aesthetic.

nongshim's lean is definitely worrying as its 'unbalanced walking pose' is much more fragile than most statues to start with.

My statue's chin sits perfectly flush with the neck sculpt. There is no gap or 'drop' where the face sculpt sits lower.
I can try to provide my generally awful phtoography skills to show visually later tonight if needed.

The only thing noticeable on mine is the differences in paint ...the wonderful 5o'clock shading just stops at the edge of the face sculpt and they haven't blended with the neck. I believe that is the case on every single statue though and how they chose to do. Disappointing but not a QC error there.


I'm disappointed that my fellow collectors are experiencing trouble here! Sloppy QC from any company enrages me more than anything else in this hobby. Its completely unacceptable!

 

[desisandy]

It's a real pity ,buddy look on the bright side a custom Bruce statue this scale would have cost a fortune. Blitzway did gave us fans a bargain with the GOD .
This is not that far off the price range still good I guess. But the ETD with all the glitches is a real downer. Must say am really disappointed to see the new pics
Of the face attachment . It's really fugly . The EB HD 1002/1003 wasn't even this bad.

This is really bad.

 

[Tyderium]

The face plate should really have continued under the jaw and joined the body sculpt where the neck starts at the Adam's apple. It would have looked more natural and the seam would have blended in more, acting like the demarkation between his under jaw and his neck.

A few odd design choices have been made with this piece.

 

[Tyderium]

Cheers for the compliments on the photo chris, that one was for Tyderium who requested that shot a couple of days ago and I forgot to post it lol sorry pal. It did come out quite nice.

Yeah thanks mate, another really nice shot. I've always liked this view of the statue. Gives a nice sense of the feet and the stealth walk.

 

[xpl0sive]

OK. I arranged my statue the way like you did in your photo with the foot peg hole in the middle towards the back. As mrchris stated, the torso on your statue is level whereas I can still see the lean on mine. Going back to the nipples (again) the ones on your statue are on the same level but on mine the right one is lower so that means there is a lean. It's more apparent in the 2nd photo. Also the ab cuts on your statue are horizontal, mine aren't totally horizontal in that position. My statue does have a bit sticking out around the neck seam but I didn't think it was such an issue because you can't see it unless you go right up close.


So looks like I have to contact popcultcha...

Sorry to hear about this mate. Did you contact them today? I just contacted them about mine as well, as the head sculpt was really bothering me at the join.

Thanks for the pics Nuri it looks great but IMO the paint job still looks too plane. Nevertheless, I am sure it looks great in hand.

You're welcome mate, and I had a feeling you would say that, lol. To be honest it is fairly plane, even in person but doesn't look bad at all (to me anyway). Still has a realistic skin tone to it that has to be seen in person to really see it properly, as there is subtle shading that is hard to capture on cam, but it is subtle and probably won't be up to your standards. IMO, I think it looks fine as is, and even without the accentuated shading the pant job still looks more realistic than most of Sideshow's human statues, due to the translucency of the material and paints used. Just feels like the paint has depth. It doesn't look cartoon-ish like most of Sideshow's statues.

Although it's not 100% what you'll see in person, the pics are fairly close, so if you're not happy with what you see in the pics in terms of the colour then you probably won't be happy with it in person either.

IMO it definitely looks better in hand, but knowing how you are and after reading your comments, I don't think you'd be happy with it.

The face plate should really have continued under the jaw and joined the body sculpt where the neck starts at the Adam's apple. It would have looked more natural and the seam would have blended in more, acting like the demarkation between his under jaw and his neck.

A few odd design choices have been made with this piece.

I actually think the design of the head sculpt in terms of the way it joins to the head is fine, it just seems to be poor execution on some of the statues that has made it look bad (my statue in this case was done poorly, as SAB's doesn't seem to have the problem that mine does). When the head sculpt sits flush with the neck, the seam almost disappears. It's only noticeable due to the differences in the paint, and even then, it's seen up close only. On mine it looks horrible because the head wasn't joined to the neck properly, and one side actually sits more flush than the other.

There really is no way to join a PVC head to a polystone body without having some sort of seam really. All that can be done is to match the head sculpt flush with the body and if the fit is perfect, the seam should be almost invisible from a normal viewing distance. If the paint is matched well, this will further help the blend. Perhaps some slight texture on the neck would have made it blend in more. Hope Blitzway learn from this either way.

 

[xpl0sive]

Yeah thanks mate, another really nice shot. I've always liked this view of the statue. Gives a nice sense of the feet and the stealth walk.

You're welcome dude. I agree, that view really does look cool. Very stealth-like, and very 'Bruce'.

 

[mrchris]

I wonder how ''strong'' the glue is holding the head on.the HD1002/1003 had the same type of join and I remember someone swapping the heads,just wondering if the head could be removed(without damage) to see if it could be seated correctly.regarding nongshim's statue I'd take it back and get a replacement.
if that was mine,boy would I be

 

[xpl0sive]

Dunno man, but I'd hate to try and find out, only to end up damaging my statue lol.

Anyway, I contacted Pop today and sent them photos. They will get back to me in the morning once they work out what options are available. I do hope I'm able to swap it. Knowing it's there, it will always bug me.

 

[mrchris]

fingers crossed buddy.let's hope it only affects a small number.funny how the initial impact of this dropped,then went up after your brilliant camera work,now has dropped again due to several little issues..really poor show from blitzway,letting what could be a stunner get affected badly by imperfections.

 

[nongshim]

Dunno man, but I'd hate to try and find out, only to end up damaging my statue lol.

Anyway, I contacted Pop today and sent them photos. They will get back to me in the morning once they work out what options are available. I do hope I'm able to swap it. Knowing it's there, it will always bug me.

Did you need to call them first? I sent an email yesterday with photos but they haven't responded to me yet.

 

[xpl0sive]

Did you need to call them first? I sent an email yesterday with photos but they haven't responded to me yet.

I did a live chat on their website this morning. Spoke to someone there and he asked me to email him with pics, which I did. They were flat out today though and he told me he'd get back to me tomorrow.

 

[Tyderium]

I have a feeling that the seam not being flush with the neck could be more the norm than the exception. Sounds like SAB lucked out with his piece.
It would need to be watched pretty closely in production to make sure each face meets each neck perfectly.

The great shots had me pretty close to pulling the trigger on this, even despite the abysmal cuts.
These QC issues are making me go a little cool on it again.

And I wonder what the policy at PC is - whether returns are repacked, put back into the pool of stock and potentially sent out again to fill some other order?

 

[mrchris]

I really hope mine has a decent seam,there's no way I'd ship back to Italy due to the cost,looks like the possibility of having to do several mods on this to get it right.
this maybe cheap compared to other companies statues,but blitzway set their prices and should deliver a better/accurate statue,or if indeed they undercost this,then re-think the whole thing.
GOD was not perfect but as the head/body seam was under the suit(and could be filled/painted easy)then that looks a better value statue with the extra's supplied.
I'm sure the ETD head to body join could have been done in a similar way,it could have been blended in with the muscle structure prior to painting.
let's hope this issue is not prominent on most of these(the lean also)