I'm not saying that HT is totally without blame. They certainly should hold some culpability, its their display after all. But it does ultimately boil down to who is there setting them up
on the actual day.
I don't, for one second, think that the fault is with the figure on this occasion. I just call up my order and look at these, remember these..?
Thor Gallery Photos at SSC.
The figure here is in an almost identical pose to that of the one at the SDCC. It's the set up, plain and simple. This is the figure I have pre-ordered. It's the one I am expecting to get.
And besides which, and on more general terms...how many figures have you had that ever needed ZERO 'futzing'? Even if it's a tweak here and a tweak there, everyone of them will need something done to it to get it it just 'so'. If you don't believe me, hop on over to the HT 1989 BATMAN DX figure thread.
The amount of work the cape needs doing to it is astronomical, even down to some truly brave (ie braver than me!) souls removing the 'silk' liner on the underside of the cape to make it lay properly!! And he is generally now regarded as one the the best ever HT figures.
I think we need to wake up, be a shade more realistic and realise the limitations imposed on fabrics and other materials when trying to do something at a 6th of the usual size.