As far as I can tell, it was just that the screw was either too short or just wasn't tightened enough. Considering the QC problems that some poor people have been having, I'm happy with a minor fix to deal with.

 

I'm getting more and more tempted to cancel as well. Only thing stopping me is that I got in on the initial lower price.
Sucks, I was really excited for this figure and I hate to see how much of a QC nightmare he's become...

 

Same, I unfortunately just cancelled this figure and I'll wait for a second run with improved QC or just skip this figure entirely. I have the other 2 Planet X IDW releases and they're good for the most part, but this has soured me on their releases for now.

 

I canceled. All this is madness

 

Yeah, this is unacceptable.

 

You should cancel. Dealing with major QC errors is worth more than the $20 you're gunna save.

It's a great mold and there will be a V2. Be patient.

I have a major QC error and I wish I'd never paid my balance.

 

And a retool on top of that so you can choose which version you like better and don't have to just get the one with better QC.

 

If you happened to get your copy from Show.z, their customer service is top notch. Generally, you'll end up with whatever piece you need at no cost to you other than the time you had to wait to receive it. It sucks that it happens at all, but if/when you get him squared away, he's a fantastic figure.

Speaking of.....just got Superator in from Show.z. Here's a few dino comp pics.....


Height wise, they stand eye to eye to one another. At first glance, it seemed to me that Superator was actually the taller figure but on closer inspection, Cacus stands a hair taller.

Apparently, little SS86 Grimey is unhappy about being left out of the dap fest.

I can't stress just how huge these guys are. Both have an incredible shelf presence. Their length is really impressive.

I really wish they would have made Cacus less tail heavy, though. He definitely could have used a fair amount of die cast in his legs and feet to make balancing him in dino mode easier. Superator is much easier to deal with in that regard.

"Him want play. Awww, him so cute. You think what I'm think?"

"Dino tickle!!"


"Raaahhhh!! No fair!! Arms.....too.....short!!!!"


These are two seriously impressive figures, though. I'd been looking forward to comparing these two guys for a couple weeks now and they certainly didn't disappoint. Also, somebody mentioned a while back that Cacus has a lateral rocker on his legs, which he does. Definitely helps make posing so much easier.

I was gonna snap some robot mode comp pics but I'm too ashamed at the moment. Wifey came up and saw her almost 50 year old husband taking tickle pics of his huge robot toys with his 9 year old daughter's toys and on his 9 year old daughter's desk. Right now, she's scared her daughter is going to end up like that almost 50 year old man and I can't say I blame her. Gonna need a few hours to recover from the shame stares and sounds that understandably came from her.

 

Yeah as someone who managed to get a near perfect copy definitely wait for the reissue if there is one. The only issue with mine is that the ab crunch is loose when in use but locks in place when “un-crunched” that I can hold it horizontally and shake it without it unlocking. Based on the info from all these posts it seems less like the standard QC issues where materials didn’t hold up but more that the factory workers just did not care at all. I mean one person said that instead of putting a pin through the existing hole the pin was punched through the plastic next to it. Maybe PlanetX used a new factory to get their orders out quick and the workers just suck.

 

Mine shipped from ShowZ and they think it got sent back.

I'm willing to roll the QC dice, just because getting the 2nd batch before CNY seems tenuous.

Annnnd I want it now. But its also $200 worth of something I don't wanna wait fot replacement parts for...

 

Sigh, well, to add to the fun. Is my light broken too?

 

I ordered fro TCP...their Customer sevice is amazing, so I'll stick with my order and if a problem arrises, I'm sure they'll fix me up.

 

Just unwrapped a broken one, arm sheared off in packaging. The box wasn't in great shape but I think a lot of the damage is from the figure being too heavy for this plastic clam shell which had completely failed leaving the figure loose inside the box.

He's a beefy boy and should probably have been packaged in foam like the way FT does their releases.

 

The Cacus release right now

 

That's the extreme opposite of my experience with TCP CS! Good luck to you and I'll pray to the QC gods for you.

 

Did the other Planet X IDW figures suffer from similar QC issues at launch?

 

None That I know of. I had both pre-ordered and got the initial batch. The issues here are genuinely shocking to me

 

I bought from showz, but I'm not sure about what will be done to fix the broken arm ratchet. It doesn’t look like an easy fix, but I might be wrong.

 

Nope. Sure the hips on Kadmos could be tighter, but that's deliberate I think.

These guys tried to release a figure without taking the Golden Week Holiday into account. Without that extra week of QC, this is the result.

 

For a 200 dollar figure, and these kinds of problems, I cancelled my PO. Hope for a version that will be out that will not be under the crunch of Chinese New Year.