I PO'd back in 2014 around christmas time, but before it was released had a lot of doubts. Trust me when i say that it's worth every penny. It's an incredible piece in hand, in my opinion.
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I think its not worth every penny NO BEEPin WAY
Here are my thoughts and I will follow up with pictures. But...This cost me $250CAN. Let start off that I think $99 would have been reasonable but still not acceptable. As a company that tries to come off the bandwagon as the other Hot toys company. Boy does it fall short. This thing;
a) feels so light its like one of those hasbro 12 inch Iron Man toys that barely moves. Cheap Build Material
b) Poor Posability. Seriously they must have built in some serious robo balls as this guy can seem to keep his legs perpendicular to his body There should have been a below the knee swivel joint as the line indicates should be. The arms do not have much movement as well
c) His helmet sits to high
d) Seriously, Beep Beep Beep No Face scuplt beep for $250 dollars beep you Threezero or threea use one ****** name you Beep beeeep!
A nice Beep you customer sticker in the box as a nice appreciation for buying a sub par figure with pretty much 0 accessories. I understand the who BS exclusive Sheat. But it should be limited to special stands, extra weapons, coins, or an extra swappable face with a different expression, not the main attraction which is the BEEEP maskless face. You BEEPin idiots.
e) The toes, O M G!. How lazy. Did they hire the hasbro 12 inch iron man figure team or what! The toes are supposed to have this tilting up feature as if taking a step forward, good luck trying to pose him like that, however his toes also bend the other way which after time if you mess around it to much will not be able to stand.
f) The leg holster mechanisms do not function well and lack inner detail
g) The light feature, muahahahahahahahahahah oh wait youre serious, let me laugh even harder muahahahahahah
the visor doesnt light up. But the eyes under the visor do. It looks so goofy that why even bother. Its such a failure
h) the way the face swaps out makes the chin guard so disconnected looking from the face. As if Murphy had a metal mandible body replacement and they decided to give him that lockjaw look. BEEPin Stupid!
i) The extras. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA I pulled out one of the guns and it exploded in my hand. Feel apart and the spring went into the cosmos of my Man cave forever lost somewhere in the carpet desert. Funny thing It seems its not BEEPin isolated, cause a quick google youll find a review of the 3.0 version had the same problem. The extra hands. Hey thats standard. Oh yeah the nice BEEP you sticker where the face sculpt should be. So nothing spectacular here.
i) The face and hand sculpt look weak and very cheap. Nothing you would expect a premium company that sells its self as the alternative to Hot toys (haha Boys you need to rethink that after this pos) Just no detail like pores or hair or Beepin anything.
k) the bloody paint apps Arrgh. Seriously I am not a good painter. But when I do some painting, and if my paint apps are better than a company that prides its self as the alternative cough cough to hot toys. Then your paint apps are pretty Beepin Sheat
I noticed when I put it in my detolf the LED lights should me on his chest what looked to be finger print imprints. Sigh, the feet were glaringly done on with a brush.
All in all what would have made this a BEEPin BEEP better Beep toy!
a) include the bloody Face head sculpt and maybe make the exclusive thing a stand or coin. Whatever, the main feature of that collectible was just that. It just makes the toy company look really cheap and desperate. As a result I have cancelled all and any Three A and three 0. Unfortunately I could not do so with their Optimus Prime but I am still trying to work something out with the vendor to see if I can use it as credit towards something else. That's what happens when you produce an inferior product, you loose customers!
b) Make some part of the figure diecast. It would have at least up the weight value of the item. And further given some value to the overall figure. At least in the thigh area or lower leg or the chest. I have a play arts Brearios and that thing is heavy. Thick plastic great paint apps and overalll so much better for 150 dollars than this thing.
c) More attention to detail and better paint application.
I think those three things could have made this a winner. If I knew what this thing would turn out to be I would cancelled my preorder and used my money for something more deserving. Now I feel like I have been cheated out of $150 dollars.