People are sometimes completely unrealistic in what they expect. However, SSC can get AMAZING pieces out there that are close to if not totally on par with the proto paint jobs, and it all depends which factories they use. They have an elite one which was responsible for the Superman comic PF, and King/Gladiator Hulk, which does work far and above some of their others. That factory happens to be the one used by XM as well so thos artists have been taught an entirely different skill set (when I say the paint job on Magneto is as good as anything I have ever seen I am not exaggerating). I do think that at times SSC needs to fly their master painters over to give a set of lessons for a particular piece or set of pieces. Especially, ones that are full sculpted with really complex skin tonal changes and the like, and maybe just maybe it MIGHT be worth it to have a set of painters available in the U.S. to do touch ups and improve the overall paint jobs on some of these, but that could be impossible with the sheer volume of SSC pieces that are produced. In the end I love SSC and they do great work, but some factories are better than others and I would love to see them address that.
