I'm not one to complain, but here we go...
I'm shocked that SS used thread to create the knot in the tie. If the figure was mass-produced at $25 a pop it's acceptable, but they're charging us premium price for mediocre craftsmanship. That is just so piss poor. Hot Toys' quality standards are abundantly higher than SSC and what this tells me is SSC doesn't seem to want to compete with Hot Toys and push the envelope. For those of you who think I'm nit-picking, it really is all in the detail - if you cut corners on little things like this, eventually bigger details get ignored. It also looks like Toht is getting the same thread-knot treatment.
Sorry for the rant.