mr.thrifty
Super Freak
I would use Velcro™ personally... 
Predator 1 Bio Mask
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mr.thrifty
Super Freak
Let me know how it turns out.... Cause if I have to eat my words I'd like to formally request that they be on rye with some grey poupon... And a slice of Swiss if that's not pushing it....
Python
Super Freak
Did they actually tell you that? It is extremely incorrect if so.
Also, mine doesn't even connect to its stand and I was told to use Museum putty to fix it also and offered a $50 credit.
CallMe_Snake
Freaked Out
Yep! Still can't believe they tried to tell me it was cast from a film used mask.Did they actually tell you that? It is extremely incorrect if so.
Also, mine doesn't even connect to its stand and I was told to use Museum putty to fix it also and offered a $50 credit.
A flat out lie.
I'm really curious to see what their response will be, after I called them on it in my response to them.
Lying and giving false information is not good customer service.
This was my first purchase with them, talk about starting off of the wrong foot..
Collectorcol
Super Freak
Cracks are never a good thing.
Python
Super Freak
Mine just cracked as I dremelled the lense out lol, I'll get some pictures up tomorrow.
I actually haven't even heard from them yet.. which I sent an email through the website on the 12th. Which means I'll probably have to call them tomorrow or something.
mr.thrifty
Super Freak
I just sent in my request for a replacement... If I can get one that actually stays on the stand I'll keep it...
CallMe_Snake
Freaked Out
Hopefully they manage to provide you one that looks and displays better.
You own the Predator 2 mask that just started shipping before the P1, right? Was that one's display stand actually made out of polystone? Curious..
mr.thrifty
Super Freak
Yep.. The P2's base is solid like all the other ones up until this guy..... I have no clue why they decided to go with this plasticky base here... (I mean I do, but it doesn't make sense from a collector stand point)
CallMe_Snake
Freaked Out
Interesting, and aggravating.
These two masks were released so close together and seem to have the same people involved in their production according the the artist credits on the description pages.
I don't get how this mask ended up being such poor quality all around including the different material of the stand, and yet they have the nerve to try and charge the same price?
It would be easier to undestand if it had been a long time between masks and maybe the quality slipped in between, that maybe they wanted to try something new and cut production costs.. but these masks were released so close together that they had to be in production at the same time.
Why The quality was not consistent, I cannot understand.
mr.thrifty
Super Freak
Well.. Neither one of them are perfect from a movie standpoint and I'm not one personally to dig into minute details that are off.. I leave that to the hot toys collectors...
The base however, was a major change in manufacturing styles.. I assume it was to save weight. Hopefully it's the last one they make that way... As it does give it a very cheap feeling....
The base however, was a major change in manufacturing styles.. I assume it was to save weight. Hopefully it's the last one they make that way... As it does give it a very cheap feeling....
CallMe_Snake
Freaked Out
Hmm.. Ironically, out of the two product pages the P1 is the only description that mentions "heavy-weight materials" being used in the production. Isn't that nice? 
Collectorcol
Super Freak
More than likely different factories. Some do a better job than others.
Looks like SS are going with the cheapest, rather than best, options.
Looks like SS are going with the cheapest, rather than best, options.
Python
Super Freak
Just playing around, the lens is harder to remove than I expected as the molding isn't very uniform and it's hard to tell where to cut. The actual mask is cast as one piece with a large gap where the lens is meant to be, the lens its self is the piece of black mesh glued onto the mask, and then a large slab of silver painted resin inserted on top. It would be soooo easy at this stage of production to simply insert a piece of reflective black, or very dark silver plastic. After the fact though it is a nightmare to try and fix. The area around the lens simply falls apart as it is 1mm thick and very brittle. The mask has snapped in half at a weak point to the side of the left eye, I was as gentle as I could have been. So all in all, I wouldn't recommend trying this
RiggsMcClane
Super Freak
No cast should be that thin. Yesh. That's equal to some of the really bad casts I've seen floating around on ebay. What a rip.
Python
Super Freak
I knew this was hollow, but that did surprise me.
CallMe_Snake
Freaked Out
Wow... "Expertly crafted in heavy-weight materials"
Right Sideshow, right..
Still waiting to see what they say to me, after I called them out on that lie they tried to feed me about this being cast from a film used mask. Still no response...
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