The only horse**** in Rory's post is the subject of the post, Sideshow's R2. He's hit the nail on the head. It looks okay behind a DX07 if you can overlook the POTF2 1999 level paint job, but in hand it feels like garbage. I couldn't flip it quickly enough, because I know in the end there'll be a HT version with decent QC. In a way I admire their ambition with it - although less features more solidity might have been a better route to go - but quality wise he's right, vote with your wallets people. It feels like a ****ing Happy Meal toy like the man said. Obviously, after TEN YEARS of waiting for this major character there is an element of Stockholm syndrome in the response of collectors to it, they're just happy to have anything.
I just don't get why American collectors tolerate a company like Sideshow which seems to operate like a state controlled enterprise with quality to match.