Oh, and never use green bubble wrap to pack a painted statue...
Weird never seen this before,always plastic bags or paper.
Oh, and never use green bubble wrap to pack a painted statue...
They had the foam, but one side had the bubble wrap under it which rubbed off green onto the paint. Also, they had the point jammed into the box. This is probably why it chipped. In addition, there was not a fragile sign on the box.It was a replacement part.
When I got a new body it was very well packed in foam shaped around it.
Bubble wrap and a box doesn't offer the same protection.
Tip of the sword stuck in the box was asking for it to break
If you think couriers pay attention to 'FRAGILE' stickers you are very much mistaken. They treat them all the same, usually not very well.
I'm sure SS will send you another. Let them know their packaging was crap.
Opened up my 2nd Gladiator Hulk today. Lol let's just say it's a good thing I ordered two. One perfect and pristine! Number two not so much... Haha Glad I can laugh about this. It's a bummer I had two order two of these to get a good one but at the same time I'll be taking my refund on number two.
What's wrong with it?
The feathers showed up detached from the helmet which would have been an easy replacement but there's also a handful of scuff marks on the right arm of gladiator. Lastly the shield barely holds. I dunno about anyone else but neither one of my shields fits flush into the peg hole. The first one fits in mostly but the second one is barely staying in. It's weird how I can get one completely free of issues and another with several of them.
The feathers showed up detached from the helmet which would have been an easy replacement but there's also a handful of scuff marks on the right arm of gladiator. Lastly the shield barely holds. I dunno about anyone else but neither one of my shields fits flush into the peg hole. The first one fits in mostly but the second one is barely staying in. It's weird how I can get one completely free of issues and another with several of them.
I had the feather problem on my first head, too. They sent me a replacement.
So....I finally decided to get the Gladiator Hulk. Thankfully, I got this bad boy for $550 from a friend. I am extremely impressed with it and as I was putting him together, I caught myself at times thinking this statue is a grail.
So everything was going great and all, everything looking spiffy (no scratches, blemishes, chips, etc.). So you remember how I was blabbering on about the shield paint job on this statue....how terribad and lazy I thought it was? Well......I can rest easy in telling you...
MINE WAS THAT BAD!!!!!! I don't know what the hell happened to my shield in particular, but it looks like one half of the shield got dipped in oil and then let sit in the hot sun for about a week so that it was etched in it permanently. Don't know how good the picture shows up...better without flash, but you can distinctly see one half looks great and the other half looks like a suntan. It looks like Malekith (comic version) for goodness sake.
Anyways, after putting him together I can honestly say it is one of the top 3 or 4 statues I think SS has done. The amount of details especially on the armguard is quite amazing actually. High quality piece.
Now I wait on my XM Hulk statue....which unfortunately for me will be awhile due to the STGCC convention pushing the 2nd batch of Hulks back a couple weeks. Oh well, as long as it gets to me in excellent shape (which I am quite confident it will).
The only other Hulk I will be getting after XM Hulk is the Red Hulk PF Exclusive from SS. Then I will be able to put all the Hulks I own in one display. Crazy....I am not the biggest Hulk fan but I own the most statues of him. I mean Thor is my favorite character I don't own one of him (that will change when the XM Thor is released). I have the Modern Thor PF on pre-order but am thinking of cancelling it. Thank God there was no NRD on that one!
So fellow GH owners...cheers to us! Another great statue from SS!
If anyone says they can't see the half light half black side....you need glasses....badly! It isn't the lighting either.
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