Is it wrong to expect perfect paint applications?

[jbinny]

This is stemming from Sideshow's inability to enforce quality control standards that are up to par with the collectors who buy their products. If I'm buying anything more than a 6" figure from wal-mart, I'm expecting the paint to be pretty close to perfect, especially if it's upwards of $250-300.

Is it so wrong to expect a collectible to not have runs, fingerprints, or splatters in the paint?

Is it too much to ask for both eyes of my new statue/bust to be facing in the same direction?

Am I expecting too much when I anticipate a piece to look like the production photos on the order page?

Am I wrong in expecting a true museum quality piece?


What do you think?

 

[cgdc]

For the money we pay we should definitely get better paint apps. I would also appreciate them showing us what the finished product is going to look like before shipping them to us. I hate the differences between the protos and the finished piece.

 

[Scar]

No, no it's not an outlandish expectation at all. When a company is in the business of creating quality, high-end collectibles, that is exactly what we pay for and it is what we should receive. The "lazy-eye" thing is a huge issue for me, and I usually make specific requests, if possible, that it isn't an issue when I receive the collectible.

 

[Bodie The Cursed]

For 700 bucks I would expect perfection.

 

[Darth Madden]

Yeah, I think its reasonable to expect quality pait apps on these things given their cost. If it comes in a clamshell pack I don't really care but these things are being sold as quality high end pieces so they need to be delivered as such.

 

[creature4000]

For a flipper like you... who cares! j/k


Yes... paint apps should be perfect for anything in the $200+ collectable.

 

[Ktjn]

For a flipper like you... who cares! j/k


Yes... paint apps should be perfect for anything in the $200+ collectable.

You know you don't mean that "j/k"


But yeah, when you're dropping several $100s, things need to go as expected, else you alienate your customers. Thus, possibly losing them.

 

[preeny101]

I think it's fair to expect true craftsmanship in these items for the prces we pay.

 

[Bodie The Cursed]

For 700 bucks I would expect perfection.

For 700 bucks I would expect perfection.

 

[RoboDad]

For 700 bucks I would expect perfection.

That's some slow echo!

I don't think we can or should expect the exact same quality of paint apps that the prototypes receive, but I think we should be getting much better than we are. I suppose I'm in a fairly critical mood right now (see my End of Days Buffy thread for details), but I'm getting tired of shoddy QC. Of the past dozen items I've purchased from Sideshow, 4 have needed to be returned, and several of the others required paint touch-ups or re-gluing of dislodged parts. Fortunately, I've getting braver (and better) at that kind of thing, so I've managed to salvage some pieces that, otherwise, would also have been returned.

 

[Dally]

Sideshow seems to be inconsistent when it comes to paint. One piece has beautiful paint apps and the next gets screwed up.

 

[Bodie The Cursed]

When the ES's where smaller there were far fewer issues.. And QC meant something..

 

[Mads28]

There is no excuse for the problems some of theses items are having. The problems with the 1:1 Iron Man after a months long delay, and collectors having to wait for missing sticks from the Tusken Raider. SS sure doesn't feel like a company that's been around for more than a decade right now.

 

[Deadly Dagger]

...everyone (sideshow, bowen, koto.) should follow cs moore quality ... take a little pride

 

[worstgamerever]

...everyone (sideshow, bowen, koto.) should follow cs moore quality ... take a little pride

I thought perhaps I'd experience aforementioned quality, but I've been robbed of that experience. eBay seller never sent my She-Dragon statue

 

[vader70450]

I got to say that I expect good paint but I have learned to live with some issues...I hate risking it for a worse one....but I agree for $200plus..these should be damn near perfect...

 

[Deadly Dagger]

I thought perhaps I'd experience aforementioned quality, but I've been robbed of that experience. eBay seller never sent my She-Dragon statue

damn...that stinks.

 

[jbinny]

Iron Man 1:1 = Failure of the century

 

[sonolimy]

I'm a huge fan of the dead, and I think sideshow dropped the ball with the Prometheus body and the paint app with zombie priest. I've sent back numerous pieces to sideshow to redo paint jobs and wobbly pieces. I used to be excited when a sideshow package hit my door step, hot toys now take it's place... Sideshow has had their head up there ass for about a year now. They're starting to forget where they came from and their humble beginnings... They better not mess up PZ or my devotion will leave them along with my money. I give sideshow chance after chance. Top making fools of us please, sideshow. We want the old you back.

 

[Shai]

Life size busts should be perfect ....no excuse.