InArt: The Lord of the Rings - Aragorn 1:6

[Kalkylen]

Finally received mine...no way I'm trusting these magnetic bases! Can't even open it to move them around.

 

[QuiGonFishing]

My Gandalf seemed solidly attched to the base. One day I found him on the floor. It's not that the magnets aren't strong enough. It's the ankle pegs. Your figure MOVES ever lo slightly. It may take a few months, but if the figure isn't perfectly balanced the weight will eventually cause the figure to lean and the ankle pegs to bend. And your figure WILL fall.

Never understood the beef collectors have with crotch grabbers. I would prefer 100% insurance that my $450 figure will not fall even if it hinders my display pose!

Finally received mine...no way I'm trusting these magnetic bases! Can't even open it to move them around.

Yeah, I switched Gandalf and Aragorn to crotch grabbers after similar events.

I like the innovation and the idea behind the magnetic base without a visible stand for figures, but I don't know what could have possibly led InArt to roll this out to customers on some of the most highly prized figures ever made without performing the level of situational testing and troubleshooting exercises required to make sure customers of this new line would not be posting stories like this almost universally! Mind boggling...

Because with some pretty common sensical tweaks, the magnet base approach could be pretty awesome and revolutionize the hobby. But definitely NOT in its present form!

 

[Sassafras]

Sorry to hear you’re having quite the time taming his hair. I assume that isn’t the experience InArt wants their customers to have. Would this be considered a defect? Could you theoretically ask for a replacement head or something? If a case can be made for a paint mishap, I feel like one can be made for a rooted hair issue.

Thank you! No, I don't think it's a "defect" per se, but just the variants of production work and dealing with fiber - either artificial or real.

So some folks are gonna get a nice look out of the box - I didn't, because of the curl and I didn't like the way the hair was matted from product. TBH if I told the folks at Inart - "my fig has too much hair and I washed it and now he looks like Sam Bankman Fried or someone in a religious musical" they'd probably laugh in my face.

I can deal with fiber. It could have been a lot worse like missing parts, badly stitched costume, messy paint, glue blobs. Ultimately it will be no more work than the 1/6 repairs I've had to do, time to time.

Finally received mine...no way I'm trusting these magnetic bases! Can't even open it to move them around.

Congrats on getting him. And I won't be trusting the magnetic base either - haven't even messed with it- tho my fig seems to have pretty stiff ankles.