Hey again everyone! Sorry for my disappearance (I didn't have any internet access), but Boromir EX #402/500 arrived here in rural NSW on the fourteenth!
Seeing as he came allll the way from California, I'm surprised how little defects mine has -- possibly because of how high his unit number is. However, seeing as I paid almost $90 shipping and $10 tax on top of the full price -- bringing him to
$321 -- I expected him to arrive in perfect condition, with all the premium quality I expected from Sideshow.
I don't regret making him my first purchase at all! If I buy more, they'll almost certainly be from the Dinosauria line.
Like practically everyone else, he's got the cracked strap/s too. Mine has two cracks on the lower strap of the flag-arm, but still attached -- just bent them back. But I have another issue that I haven't seen anyone else report (there've been 20+ pages since I last posted, and I only have time to skim them right now); the flag.
I had a kind of wonky-sitting pike as well, but as I'll mention below, I fixed that easily.
The flag was perfect straight out of the box -- along with everything else (both arms, perfect condition for the base, body good except the strap, well-painted head etc etc) BUT when fiddling to try and get the pike to sit in the top, it cracked off! And I am incredibly careful, so I know it wasn't me.
Not a big issue -- I just bought some superglue the next day and put it back together again, after supergluing the pike in place and STRAIGHT. I don't have a picture of that yet, but I'm just going to run some black acrylic paint I've got lying around over the white to mask it. I'm hoping to get a replacement, though. What was the email address again? Someone mentioned it earlier in the thread; was it returns@sideshow?
I'm also going to see if I can grab a small refund because of the cracked straps, and because I paid so much for the shipping.
The loose magnets I've seen a few people mention are a hell of a shame -- mine has nice firm ones and I completely see how bad it would be to have faulty ones. I would hate to have to use blu-tack or glue to hold them on -- maybe some strong adhesive-backed velcro? It might be too thick, though.
No lazy eyes on this one, either.
@Radagaster: I don't have that issue, either. I think dragon_around is right, you're the only one, on this site at least, with the issue.
And guh, I agree with everyone on Josh's repaints -- utterly amazing.
Anyway, I only took a few pics on the day I got him -- and I opened him after dusk due to an appointment, so the lighting is bad -- but I also took an unboxing video I'll get up later in the week. Better photos sometime, too.
Pics:
**That thing to Boromir's right is Alduin, who I got from the amazing Skyrim CE. Also, ignore my curtains. I've had them since I was four.
