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Malicron wrote:So, the million dollar question (or $300, more accurately) is this: How many of these figures are actually breaking? Basically, is this a GPS-like situation, and the entire production run is doomed to this fate, or is this design just suffering from production defects, and only some of them are breaking? If it's the latter, what percentage (roughly) are breaking? 1 in 10, 1 in 5? How wide spread is this?
Malicron wrote:So, the million dollar question (or $300, more accurately) is this: How many of these figures are actually breaking? Basically, is this a GPS-like situation, and the entire production run is doomed to this fate, or is this design just suffering from production defects, and only some of them are breaking? If it's the latter, what percentage (roughly) are breaking? 1 in 10, 1 in 5? How wide spread is this?
I've put mine back as a T-Rex and back in the box, one of the potential "cracks" on the crotch is now an actual crack and I won't be the one that breaks the **** thing - don't think Kapow will feel inclined to come up with a replacement after over a week of playtime. Transformed it back and forth twice and that's it.
That's me waiting for a 3P to come up with a part to replace it then. Sad/AngryFace.
william-james88 wrote:Also, (not directed at anyone here) I have 0 patience for those saying that any reported breakage for this toy is the fault of the person handling it. There are too many cases now, and we know it's a flaw in production. We should be helping eachother (the above report is a nice example) instead of chastising anyone for wanting to transform their figure.
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:william-james88 wrote:Also, (not directed at anyone here) I have 0 patience for those saying that any reported breakage for this toy is the fault of the person handling it. There are too many cases now, and we know it's a flaw in production. We should be helping eachother (the above report is a nice example) instead of chastising anyone for wanting to transform their figure.
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Springs, overly tight screws, die-cast, the construction, plastic composition... from the sound of it they all share the blame, which would make a fix all the more difficult for the designers.
SW's SilverHammer wrote:Eat my ass funpub.
Burn wrote:And this is for taking Nemesis Maximo seriously.
*high fives Silly in the face*
carytheone wrote:I can't be assed to do any better right now.
Nemesis Maximo wrote:So far, my MP-43 is doing okay. Granted, I haven’t moved his legs since I posed him. Although there is definitely swirling going on in the plastic.
Is this the kind of thing that super glue will take care of?
Seibertron wrote:Nemesis Maximo wrote:So far, my MP-43 is doing okay. Granted, I haven’t moved his legs since I posed him. Although there is definitely swirling going on in the plastic.
Is this the kind of thing that super glue will take care of?
Super glue is a band-aid. Would you put a band-aid on your Megatron's crotch?
SW's SilverHammer wrote:Eat my ass funpub.
Burn wrote:And this is for taking Nemesis Maximo seriously.
*high fives Silly in the face*
carytheone wrote:I can't be assed to do any better right now.
Leonardo wrote:Take your lips off my pipe!
Ironhidensh wrote:He took one look at it, and said that the mix on that plastic is pretty bad. He was actually shocked that a major company would let that slide by. The things you see that look like fractures are just that. Those are the very lines he will brake on, again, its just a matter of time.
It quite depressed me.
william-james88 wrote:
So to recap:
- We have a confirmed missassembly at the factory level with the inner ratchets
- That same area also has a mix of springs and die cast adding tension
- All of this is within a plastic shell that is confirmed to have been poorly put together at the mixing stage
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william-james88 wrote:Ironhidensh wrote:He took one look at it, and said that the mix on that plastic is pretty bad. He was actually shocked that a major company would let that slide by. The things you see that look like fractures are just that. Those are the very lines he will brake on, again, its just a matter of time.
It quite depressed me.
So to recap:
- We have a confirmed missassembly at the factory level with the inner ratchets
- That same area also has a mix of springs and die cast adding tension
- All of this is within a plastic shell that is confirmed to have been poorly put together at the mixing stage
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william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:william-james88 wrote:
So to recap:
- We have a confirmed missassembly at the factory level with the inner ratchets
- That same area also has a mix of springs and die cast adding tension
- All of this is within a plastic shell that is confirmed to have been poorly put together at the mixing stage
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Pretty much. The plastic is my main concern as that color is not unique to the hips. It's not quite GPS-related from what I can tell, but it is seemingly weakened by improper mixing and thus not up to the task it was assigned to.
One final note: MP BW Megatron had already been delayed 2 months. You think we would have had to wait even longer had this issue been discovered before production began?
william-james88 wrote:Look at how much is expected of that ratchet:
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