Xaerius
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They gave me the standard line that all of them are like that. I should have returned it but the head sculpt was painted so nicely that I kept it anyway, in this instance.
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SteelieMike
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I just got my Catwoman PF (not EX) statue today. This is my first foray into the world of these huge PF statues and OMG she's gorgeous and I'm already thinking about where I'm going to make room for the next three or four of them. I got #99/4000 and I see one flaw, and that is a tiny chip in the sculpt at the top of her left boot, but it's not enough to make me want to return it. Everything else is flawless.
For those that are talking about the white specks on the suit, I think I may know what you're talking about and seeing. I might be seeing a little bit of that around her right shoulder where the suit is stretched really tight. The suit appears to be a vinyl catsuit. This is essentially spandex with a vinyl coating. If your GF has a full scale vinyl catsuit, you will see the same thing with it over time. You will really see this with any kind of coated spandex, for example the "metallic" spandex does this as well. The issue is that the spandex stretches quite a bit, but the coating can only stretch so much. Any coated spandex is a very fragile material and will break down over time. What you might be seeing are points where the spandex has stretched further than the coating was able to. Granted, this is just my wild ass guess based on the past few pages of posts I've read and based on what I've seen with the same or similar material in full scale, and I have not read back far enough to see actual pictures of the white specks, if such pictures exist.
For those that are talking about the white specks on the suit, I think I may know what you're talking about and seeing. I might be seeing a little bit of that around her right shoulder where the suit is stretched really tight. The suit appears to be a vinyl catsuit. This is essentially spandex with a vinyl coating. If your GF has a full scale vinyl catsuit, you will see the same thing with it over time. You will really see this with any kind of coated spandex, for example the "metallic" spandex does this as well. The issue is that the spandex stretches quite a bit, but the coating can only stretch so much. Any coated spandex is a very fragile material and will break down over time. What you might be seeing are points where the spandex has stretched further than the coating was able to. Granted, this is just my wild ass guess based on the past few pages of posts I've read and based on what I've seen with the same or similar material in full scale, and I have not read back far enough to see actual pictures of the white specks, if such pictures exist.
BurningRage
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HeubertMichael
Super Freak
Finally took home Selina yesterday! IT's my first time to get a PF still SEALED, as I got it from a friend who owns a comicshop and got this directly from SSC (the shop that is the authorized SSC distributor here opens all their SSC deliveries in their warehouse for checking before they have it delivered to their stores for client pick up). When I saw the seal intact I was hoping that the statue turns out perfect, as it would be difficult to ask for replacement being halfway across the globe away from SSC. Thankfully, 1520/4000 is in great shape. I think I lucked out, even the eyes are problem-free. I'm still considering modding the eye and hair color too for comic accuracy, and might add more eye shadow and richer red lips as it's really pale for my taste.
I thought I could still fit NECA's 1/4 Penguin next to her in the detolf, but wow, Cat's base is so big
Pardon my display in progress:
I thought I could still fit NECA's 1/4 Penguin next to her in the detolf, but wow, Cat's base is so big
Pardon my display in progress:
bdlovelace
Freakalicious
I wonder if the new batches that are due in March 2016 will have "fixed eyes".....
jpuli28
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How is this up for PO with a Limited Ed of 4000? Did I miss something?
starscream0
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Regular Edition... Was the ES on that always 4000?
jpuli28
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Idk, friend of mine says SS is recreating it. Others have said its just another batch within the initial 4000...?
The regular was already 4000. Curious if they're releasing more as is, or if they're going to make small changes like they did with the Superman PF.
Obviously they are releasing this in batches. The same thing happened in the WW, Supes, and Bats PF threads. Some peeps there stated SSC is selling more than the set ES. They were wrong in those threads as it was revealed that those PFs were released in batches. The same thing is going on with this PF. SSC is not going to release thousands of statues at the same time. That would be a logistical nightmare so they release pieces with a high ES in batches. This is nothing new as SSC has used this method in the past.
That's on the factory. It's not like SSC wanted the paint job on Supes to be different. Someone at the factory level in China must have dropped the ball. However, there should be QC during a production run. Noticing a deviation after an entire batch is made doesn't do anyone any good but didn't SSC recently sack a batch of Supes PFs because QC wasn't up to snuff? Hopefully, the replacements and future batches look as good as the first ones that were released. I know my Supes PF turned out great and luckily I don't have any leaning issues. I received one from the 1st batch of EXs and he's holding up perfectly.
I have a hard time believing that the factory, on their own, changed the paint job on Supes and SS changed the proto pics to match. Has SS commented on this one way or the other?
I didn't know they changed the pics on their website but it I can't think of a single reason SSC would intentionality change the color scheme on Supes. Why wouldn't they want their entire run on the Supes PF to be consistently the same? Any changes just opens the door to complaints from collectors. Either way, I feel really fortunate that I got one from the 1st batch because those came out fantastic. I feel for anyone who's not happy with the changes.
Agreed. The first batch looks better, from what's been shown so far, and is one of the best premium formats I've seen.
jadekite22
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The only thing I don't particularly like about the rumored Superman changes based on the updated pics is the briefs being a brighter shade of red than the cape. Otherwise, the paler skin seems more realistic and fitting with the icy Fortress of Solitude base. The original is probably more neutral if one is planning to display him with the Justice League or switch to a mixed media cape to prevent leaning issues.
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