by mue 26 » Thu Dec 27, 2012 9:50 pm
Yeah of course, looks like a Made in China job, as I suspected. That's not to say all things made in China a bad quality, but the reason American companies like this one go to China is because they can get away with paying people less, and as a result the quality always suffers. These Chinese factories also are less regulated and so the quality of the paint materials and such, are usually worse unfortunately. Nearly all "premium" statues of this kind are made this way.
I wouldn't mind if these companies like First for Figures went to China and increased their Carbon footprint in search of greater quality, but that's just not the case, they know the quality suffers as a result and they still do it. I remember putting this argument to Jerry whatever his name is (the guy that runs Pop Culture Shock, a popular producer of such statues) after his statues had a shocking run of bad quality control in regards to manufacturing and packing, his response was something like "yeah well you'd have to pay more if we made it in the US". Mate, all I have to say is eff paying £150 for a cheaply made "premium" statue that's going to arrive damaged and with poor paint job. That's why I want nothing to do with these things.
Don't let my rant put you off though, seriously. This statue might be OK.