Sideshow Spider-Man Comiquette (2010)

[Mister Ski]

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Wait...you agree with Nova, or you agree with me?

Fixed.

 

[Hulksmashed]

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Fixed.

I was confused.....

 

[Hulksmashed]

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It's funny..I've been collecting Sideshow pieces for going on 3 years now. I always read the doom and gloom quality control issues on each piece that comes out and get scared. Then my statue comes and I thank my lucky stars that I wasnt one of those poor schmucks that got a messed up statue.

Now I finally realized that I AM getting the "messed up" statues...I just happen to think they look fine. YAY for not being overly picky!

 

[karamazov80]

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Well, I don't think I'm personally too picky or OCD about these kinds of things, but if I spend $400-500 on something, then there are limits to how accepting I can be toward flaws.

And I'm sure Sideshow pays 12 year old children 10 cents an hour to paint these things, but c'mon!

 

[Hulksmashed]

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Well, I don't think I'm personally too picky or OCD about these kinds of things, but if I spend $400-500 on something, then there are limits to how accepting I can be toward flaws.

And I'm sure Sideshow pays 12 year old children 10 cents an hour to paint these things, but c'mon!

I agree there are limits. I will say though that these minor issues are almost universal across statues from Sideshow. So, when you place the order, you almost have to accept a certain level of imperfections.

In other words, I expect the minor flaws, so the statues always meet my expectations. To expect perfection given Sideshow's track record is naive, so not ordering is the only safeguard against it...

 

[Mr. Green]

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There's definitely some gray area, fine line with this issue.

Camera can zoom in much closer now. Little, usually unnoticeable, defects are visible now. Some are more picky than others.
These statues aren't cheap and we all have the right to near perfection as possible, besides, SS are making a tons of $$$

 

[xYx]

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I agree there are limits. I will say though that these minor issues are almost universal across statues from Sideshow. So, when you place the order, you almost have to accept a certain level of imperfections.

In other words, I expect the minor flaws, so the statues always meet my expectations. To expect perfection given Sideshow's track record is naive, so not ordering is the only safeguard against it...

But problem is Sideshow has spoiled us with near perfection from before, only recently have they fallen from that kind of quality control. It isn't a slight dip as well, if you need any more proof of that there's the Iron Man Maquette Horror Thread. I totally agree with you that we should expect a certain level of imperfections, but a person can only take so much just ask Atheris666 a.k.a. Chris.

 

[King Darkness]

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A really great improvement there KD . You would have no idea it's been touched up. Great group shot to

Your display looks cool a$$ King D

ThnxX

I still think the M.U.S.C.L.E.S. are the center of attention....I miss those toys.

Still seems to get the most comments

Nice display

Great pics KD!

Great shot!

Do you find that Venom looks smaller than he should, even if crouched?
I always wondered if he was more 1/5 scale than 1/4 scale.

Thnx fellas!

@ risingstar, I would say Venom is 100% 1/4. The crouch really hides his proportions. When you see him in person your eye see a lot more in his bulk than the camera picks up. I thought the same thing for a long time, but in hand you can see how large he really is.

 

[karamazov80]

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I agree there are limits. I will say though that these minor issues are almost universal across statues from Sideshow. So, when you place the order, you almost have to accept a certain level of imperfections.

In other words, I expect the minor flaws, so the statues always meet my expectations. To expect perfection given Sideshow's track record is naive, so not ordering is the only safeguard against it...

I agree. Every Spidey will have some flaws, so it comes down to whether the flaws are noticeably worse than others (as I believe mine is)--in which case you return it--if it is just too bad in general for you to accept--in which case you get a refund--or if it is acceptable to you--in which case you keep it. But that distinction is pretty subjective. Smashed, surely you would find a Mark VI with some of the issues we've seen unacceptable?

There's definitely some gray area, fine line with this issue.

Camera can zoom in much closer now. Little, usually unnoticeable, defects are visible now. Some are more picky than others.
These statues aren't cheap and we all have the right to near perfection as possible, besides, SS are making a tons of $$$

My Spidey does bother me when I look at it from a moderate distance of about 4-5 feet. If I could look at it from that distance and it looked great, I think I would accept it, but I don't know until I get one in-hand that looks decent enough to me.


I do wonder about long-term value of this statue now. Originally, I assumed this was a slam-dunk, future "grail." But given the issues we have seen, will people be as interested in a great sculpt with sloppy paint as they were with Hulk and Cap PFs, that had uniformly good (great, in Hulk's case) paint jobs? Not so sure.

 

[jinxx]

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Any moment now...

 

[Uncanny Web-Slinger]

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I took pics of nearly every flaw i could, but the main two i have issues with is the magnetic arm which is very noticable, when he isnt facing you.

And the webbing on the blue part of his costume which is just plain sloppy for a £250 statue...

Let's just say in ten years i wanted to sell him, say it was a price of £500, if you were to buy him, would you be happy with the amount of flaws, the answer is no, you'd be annoyed and would probably return it. so for a "collectible" this isnt doing its job, they are supposed to go up in value over time, this would stay the same or go lower in price because of the issues with it (not just mine but with most of the ones talked about on this thread), SSC needs to seriously sort out its QC, especially for the high price tag of the item. People always say "if you dont like it in this scale or with this costume or that pose then dont buy it and if enough people do the same SSC will eventually release one in a bit that is to your liking", well i say they're not gonna sort out QC if everyone decides to stick with their ones that have problems, if they get enough returns or replacements they'll get on to QC about un-satisfactory results, just sayin'. i want one that has an arm that looks like its not distended

 

[Hulksmashed]

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For the record, I think if you are unhappy with your statues no matter how small the flaws, then for the money we spend you should have the option of replacement or refund.

And there are issues that I have seen on the boards that I would definately have an issue with. The improperly fitting Spidey hand would probably bug me in fact (though it might be as simple as a replacment hand and not full statue).

I was only giving my view point on my collectibles. I anticipate imperfections, and am fairly accepting of minor issues. I'm not saying that because they don't bother me...they shouldnt bother you.

 

[Uncanny Web-Slinger]

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For the record, I think if you are unhappy with your statues no matter how small the flaws, then for the money we spend you should have the option of replacement or refund.

And there are issues that I have seen on the boards that I would definately have an issue with. The improperly fitting Spidey hand would probably bug me in fact (though it might be as simple as a replacment hand and not full statue).

I was only giving my view point on my collectibles. I anticipate imperfections, and am fairly accepting of minor issues. I'm not saying that because they don't bother me...they shouldnt bother you.

I get it, it's cool, i didn't really notice half of these until i got it into the sunlight to take pics of the arm, the arm is bugging me cos i cant really pose him any way other than facing forward, cos then it looks really odd, i might opt for just the arm replacement, i'm not sure yet.

 

[kinky queen]

The amount we are paying for these statues... we should get near perfect ones

So far i have been 'lucky' with all my statues, they're all perfect and i like to keep it that way.

SSC should do something about this fiasco, but as i said on Statueforum, Spideys are a few months early and behold

Bad paintjobs

I say it's a rushjob

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

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The amount we are paying for these statues... we should get near perfect ones

So far i have been 'lucky' with all my statues, they're all perfect and i like to keep it that way.

SSC should do something about this fiasco, but as i said on Statueforum, Spideys are a few months early and behold

Bad paintjobs

I say it's a rushjob

that's why I always turn down those early shipment offers

 

[karamazov80]

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Anybody here try to use alcohol like the guy on Statues Forum? I would be afraid of removing the red. Do you figure there is a certain percentage of alcohol per volume that would be OK?

 

[Hulksmashed]

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that's why I always turn down those early shipment offers

I dont think this was an early shipment offer though. If you get a Spider-man now, it's the same shipment that I got before Christmas.

Also, I agree, we SHOULD get near perfect statues. But we don't...and we just keep ordering. Sideshow isnt going to change things if thier statues keep selling.

 

[karamazov80]

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But this level of QC problem is pretty new for Sideshow, right? This could have effects on sales down the road. Certainly, they are losing money having to ship all these statues back and forth.

 

[Hulksmashed]

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But this level of QC problem is pretty new for Sideshow, right? This could have effects on sales down the road. Certainly, they are losing money having to ship all these statues back and forth.

Yeah, I guess it is at least more widespread now days. I'm sure they are cutting corners just like every other company. Companies just don't get that its cyclical. Cutting corners leads to lower quality. Lower quality leads to less sales. Lower sales leads to more cost cutting which leads to lower quality....and so on and so on.

 

[Uncanny Web-Slinger]

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I really don't wanna risk getting a worse one if i go for the full replacement.

I was lucky with Carnage though i got a faulty one at first but the second, and my current, is perfect.

These Spider-Men seem notorious for flaws though, if only i could have the replacement next to the original to compare and destroy the least of the two.