MGS 4 Raiden 12-inch Figure from Medicom

[Synboi]

The WOES of Raiden!

Well here we go ! (Note this is BRAND NEW OUT OF THE BOX AND HAS NOT BEEN TOUCHED OTHERWISE)
:kane

First suit tearing:

Suit degradation - you see that black dot near the seam of the arm/mainbody suit? That's a clump of the black suit that seems to have degraded and attached itself to the white part :

Now for the grand finale the random ass feet XD:

Oh well I'll see if I can get a replacement, but this just reinforces the fact I won't be buying any more Medicom figures XD. bar a MGS3 snake >.> at least those can be fixed.

 

[Synboi]

Also LOL at metal joints, there isn't a single metal bit in those heel joints that i can see. There might be a metal screw but everything else is pure plastic. So much for advertising XD.

 

[Rock83]

Aww Man that sucks,but no surprise,thats why i posted pics and gave my thoughts right away when i got mine to warn other fans.

 

[Synboi]

What gets me is how could they miss that ? Medicom must either not check their products at all or were hoping no one would care XD. It's kind of sad though I'd been waiting for over 6 months to get this character and it's the only one that's gone horribly wrong XD. It has one of those pre-order MGS4 12 june things on the front so it makes me suspect that this was one of the figures made before the design was changed. Also I've noticed his head is quite loose as well and the suit has discolourations as you can see on the last foot pic (left foot near the toes the yellowy part has black rubbings on them XD) as well as little black spots on the white parts of the suit. Talk about unlucky XD.

Also Rock i've noticed with my zombie camo snake that I can't twist his right arm is there a chance the rubber suit has constricted this or is it more likely that my zombie camo is broken also XD.

Oh well at least my Metal Gear Solid 1: Premium Pal Limited edition came today and that's in almost perfect condition for a 10 year old game (bar the box that has some dents etc), which rocks. They're so hard to come by, they cost like $300 US on Ebay and I only got mine for $137 NZ shipped from a local trading site. Maybe it's karma >.>.

 

[Rock83]

Medicom is arrogant and dont care about the fans obviously as long as they get the $$$ ,they are rude and pretty arrogant if you email them.

About your Zombie Snake,what exactly is your problem?You cant twist the arm and if you do,does it bounce back?

Just undress him and check...

 

[Kovach]

That Raiden is FUBAR. Sorry mate, sucks when stuff like that happens.

 

[freestylex06x]

your not alone man, i am boycotting medicom too, i bought a venom and within seconds of taking him out his arm fell out. hes totally useless now

 

[Rock83]

your not alone man, i am boycotting medicom too, i bought a venom and within seconds of taking him out his arm fell out. hes totally useless now

I bought medicoms MGS figures,thats it.Im weak when it comes to MGS

 

[Synboi]

hehehe yeh the only thing I'll buy from Medicom is MGS stuff, I'm a totall MGS whore, I have two copies of every game somehow which is really scary and the limited editions of each of them. I'm still missing two premium packs though >.>.
Rock beats me in the figurine department but I think i may be beating him in the game department >.>.

I'm kind of sad Medicom doesn't want to wake up and smell the roses because they have so much potential. Their gazes and character persona are spot on, they just fail hardcore at execution. I'm just glad the guys at Play-Asia are great guys otherwise I'd be in a bit of a pickle.

Oh and Rock my zombies arm just won't budge, no movement what so ever or bounce back. XD I'm also afraid of taking off his jacket since these things cost upwards of 250 USD. Though I think I might have to.

 

[freestylex06x]

yeah ive only bought medicom stuff from my favorite lines (SM3/MGS/Batman) and ive got to say i have less fun with them than my HT Leon. all of them were misses as a total figure, they just looked good standing still. im putting an end to my medicom cash flow.

 

[Synboi]

Yeh i love static poses like this one of my MGS3 zombie

but i would love to be able to freely pose them. Too bad Medicom isn't user friendly XD.

 

[Rock83]

well Synboi,im not sure what the problem is with his arm so i cant answer your question.
Allthough,you can undress him just fine,ive done it with my figures many times and its nothing to be afraid of,the clothes are solid,so they wont tear apart by taking them off or anything,as long as you undress him carefully.

Then you will see if its the black jacket thats holding a pressure on the arm or if a shoulder broke off.

 

[Synboi]

lols well the feet thing i think is standard O.O. I've been looking at pics and i haven't seen a single one with attached feet, strange. Anyway apparently they won't give me a new one because tearing is something that's "normal" and i'll just have to live with it XD. Oh well all that means is i've got to glue the pink thing on his right leg back on and it should be fine. Can anyone recomend a good plastic to vinyl super strong glue?

Also how on earth do you take the solid eyes out. They're retardily annoying 30 minutes and they're still not out XD.

 

[Rock83]

oh you mean the Wrist between the arm and hand?You said arm at first,Yeah it can be stuck,but its not broken,carefully twist it and it will come,not dangerous.

 

[Alice Adrenochrome]

Getting more and more concerned about the Raiden I'm still waiting for. Hope it arrives ok. With so poor QC from Medicom's side, perhaps they don't 'need' the customers from outside Asia. They make enough money on the Asian market I think. I have a lot of medicom figures, and a lot of them had issues. I wonder if the Asian collectors have as many issues with Medicom figures as we have. Would be interesting to ask someone that frequents a Asian collectors board. Perhaps we get all the second picks?

 

[Synboi]

Yeh the sholder joint works fine it's just the arm part where it swivels/bicep part that's stuck. Hopefully nothings damaged but i can't bring myself to touch my zombie XD.

 

[LipSmack]

maybe medicom sends all of the rejects from their QC to the north american market.

 

[clockwork463]

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=MED10121&mode=retail

goin for cheap...."ish" get em while there still there.....


mine is never coming out of the box.

 

[Synboi]

Medicom has QC :O!!!! That sounds like news to Medicom owners everywhere. These guys are like the EA/EB Store of the figurine world XD.

 

[Spliff]

The WOES of Raiden!

Well here we go ! (Note this is BRAND NEW OUT OF THE BOX AND HAS NOT BEEN TOUCHED OTHERWISE)
:kane

First suit tearing:

Suit degradation - you see that black dot near the seam of the arm/mainbody suit? That's a clump of the black suit that seems to have degraded and attached itself to the white part :

Now for the grand finale the random ass feet XD:

Oh well I'll see if I can get a replacement, but this just reinforces the fact I won't be buying any more Medicom figures XD. bar a MGS3 snake >.> at least those can be fixed.

why would you expect metal in the foot? they CLEARLY state the metal joints are on the BODY. it's your fault for that dissapointment.