FT-04 Scoria: any issues?

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by DinoSnarl, Jun 27, 2014.

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What (if any) issues does your Scoria have?

Poll closed Jul 6, 2014.
  1. Loose limbs

    42.9%
  2. Scratches/scuffing on chrome surfaces

    20.0%
  3. Missing accessories

    3.6%
  4. Other issue

    12.9%
  5. Nothing at all - everything is AOK :)

    46.4%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. Window

    Window Well-Known Member

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    If the retailers pass it along and another avenue cannot hurt.

    This also helps people find the fixes easier.
     
  2. hotspot_2001

    hotspot_2001 Well-Known Member

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    I had no issues with mine. It's every bit as good as I'd expected it would be based on how good Quakewave was.
     
  3. mapatel

    mapatel Well-Known Member

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    Slightly loose shoulders on mine past a certain point, other than that hes pristine
     
  4. deaculpa

    deaculpa Stand Alone Complex

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    What is a "loose" shoulder? Does this mean it's floppy and doesn't like to hold a position?
     
  5. ARAFAT209

    ARAFAT209 Banned

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    mine came out whiout any inperfection , but was missing the extra boots for grimlock otherwise very good job.

    guys remember that these toys are assembled by people on the factories and they makes mistakes while assembling them
     
  6. Yeled

    Yeled Grimlock is King

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    The problem with this poll is that it's going to reflect a really high percentage of problems. Do we do a poll like this for all figures? What would MP-12 look like? MP-13? Heck, MP-10?

    My MP-10 has loose ankles. Is it a bad figure? Absolutely not. It's a fantastic figure. But going by this poll I would be forced to vote "loose joints." As would tons of others. And someone coming in would say "wow, that figure was plagued by issues" when it wasn't.

    This is not a good way to provide feedback. I see it as a blatant attempt to bad mouth a product that many on the Scoria thread are calling the best MP figure ever.
     
  7. OptimushedPrune

    OptimushedPrune Impressive Member

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    Loose shoulders on mine and some gold paint splashes on the legs.
     
  8. djmajin

    djmajin Masterpiece Collector

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    waiting on my second Scoria but the first was flawlessly painted and all accessories plus no looseness at all

    hoping the second will be the same, but if one has flaws not visible in one mode im fine with that, i bought one for dino mode and one for robotmode
     
  9. Honesty

    Honesty honestly, Honesty!

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    Good to see you here, Arafat. Glad you gave a good honest opinion also :) . Can't wait to see what you have in the works next!


    About Scoria: come on CP! I need me some potato-action!! ._____. Lol
     
  10. divinecomedy

    divinecomedy Board Certified Fans Trollar

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    Retweeted. And people think this poll will not be objective because of people having problems. LOL.
     
  11. deathsheadII

    deathsheadII Not a Bounty Hunter yes?

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    he's back! :) 
     
  12. N_M_S

    N_M_S Well-Known Member

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    As in the other thread:
    And I don't know of any poll that forces people to vote in any manner. Your answer is still your answer. If you don't think your specific loose joints are a QC problem, then you shouldn't vote that they are even if there is an option.
     
  13. MegaMoonMan

    MegaMoonMan OFFICIAL MMM REP

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    Mine has a small paint issue on half of his abs, like it got painted twice. No big deal, barely noticeable.
     
  14. Grimlock4523

    Grimlock4523 Me Grimlock, KING!!!

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    Mine had loose arms and a loose jaw. I don't see an option for loose jaw so I'll just vote loose limbs.
     
  15. Vesper63

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    Between My brother and I, we have 4.... No issues at all other than Right shoulder on one being slightly loser than the others. My Asia Grimlock is a hundred times worse and cost me 100.00 more. Doubt theres a trend but all came from BBTS. I voted All AOK, but I guess I could have voted lose joints if I wanted to throw gas on the fire. And now that I think about it, these polls don't mean much. Ive noticed Theres a large gathering of "FT Haters" on this board. How are they kept from BS votes....

    Julian
     
  16. Grimlock4523

    Grimlock4523 Me Grimlock, KING!!!

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    Main complaints have been not holding the position when gun and sword are in hand. Mine wasn't floppy. They posed fine, except when holding something.
     
  17. Dark Skull

    Dark Skull Well-Known Enabler Moderator

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    I dunno...I'd be ok with the loose limbs as they're easily addressed, but to have every gold chromed piece look like they're scuffed up and scratched up as if someone already played with it before they boxed him up is not really what I'd call a "mistake."
     
  18. deaculpa

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    I hope your factory doesn't have a 50% defect rate!
     
  19. robwhit1

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    Don't have mine yet but the way this poll is set up makes it seem worse than it is. I see that many people have voted in multiple defects. While that may be accurate, the first time I looked I added up all the defect groups to come up with the total bad. That was double or triple counting some figs.

    Oh well, I will be getting mine next week. I hope he is ok.
     
  20. ambitron

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    Yes, that's very true. I'm one of those that have voted in two categories (chrome scuffing and other, other being the threaded screws on the spare head), but those issues are so minor they do not spoil my enjoyment of a fantastic figure. So don't worry about the skewed numbers, I'm sure yours will be fine or at worst have only very minor blemishes that won't bother you. I just figure that, given that I have two Soars (both cartoon and toy) and one Sever preordered, it doesn't hurt to report these issues in the hope that the factory is more careful with the chrome application and screw over-tightening on the future figures. FansToys will be getting around £600 (nearly $1,000?) out of me this year, so I don't feel too bad being nitpicky. :D