how after nearly 2 and a half years that they can get something so wrong 
Fantastic looking IM MKVII Bust Andy!!!
I am really digging all the mods you made and I'm not even a big IM fan.
Very impressive piece.
shame on you for not being an Iron Man fan! 
Big congrats my friend Andy
it's still a great bust but if really could've been so much better
and I made that point over on the Marvel section last week. There's no way in hell that I'd just accept the bust in this condition. First thing I did was to notify Sideshow of the problem and in all fairness, they have decided to issue me with a full replacement which is a fair resolve to the situation considering the length of time that I have had to wait for this bust to arrive...its one more chance for them to get it right with this bust or i'll be calling it day and getting a full refund Nice job on the custom reactor Andy, definitely helps the overall look of the piece.
Gasdoc is right though, SS hasn't produced a single QC-free IM product in half a decade.
very true Eric and a very sad fact for all us Iron Man fans but still we live in hope 
thanks for the kind words brother 
Yea, I forgot to mention my thoughts on the actual base. I wish they could have just copied the same finish as per all the other IM busts released in the line so far like you said, it is far too rustic for me also. As for the original bust I have with me, I would imagine that it is the usual Sideshow protocol of asking me to take a hammer to it and destroy it!!! 
would be cool if I did a video of it using my lifesize Mjolnir!!! 
great post Caesar Congrats on the MKVI LSB bro despite the Arc Reactor flaw (which can be an easy fix) its a great looking bust 
and a great post! appreciate the feedback as ever my friend Sorry to hear on getting a bad one, can't believe how SS messed up on the two tones of redHopefully your replacement is golden. Great arc reactor mod as it looks night and day.
Should hear something from Sideshow tomorrow in regards to time of despatch of the new replacement and what I'm to do with my original one hope its Hammer-Time!
P.S. Just got your Facebook PM bro sorry for the delay in replying but its been manic this weekend
thanks for getting back. So there are problems with the arc reactor on the MKVI LSB i just picked up too? Jeez
No worries man it wasn't urgent
Sent from the Cockpit of the Millenium Falcon
let me tell you all about it that's right, all 3000 of these busts suffered the same fate and almost all those who had PO'd this bust or already received it had either cancelled or returned their ones back for a full refund, which is totally understandable. As an Iron Man fan, I just couldn't do it...I guess I'd been waiting for so long to receive this piece and so wanted to at least have a go at fixing the darn thing! Well, I did it! 
So guys, I present to you the Sideshow Iron Man MKVI Legendary Scale Bust with the Arc Reactor the right way round 
For example, I have two of these busts and both took different times to how quick I was able to remove the Arc Reactors so just stick with it and you'll be fine. Alternatively, you may choose to just leave the Arc as it is cos the chest plate is removable so you can just leave it on if it bothers you too much 
Dude thank you. That looks boss and the fix seems easy as hellHey bro, I'm afraid so
In all fairness there's not too much to worry about cos the silly flaw of Sideshow glueing the Arc Reactor upside down can be fixed quite easily...here's a snippet taken from my review of this bust on how to fix it
So at long last I got round to tackling the Arc Reactor issue on my Iron Man MKVI Legendary Scale Bust which Sideshow had totally bodged up by placing the Arc Reactor the wrong way round
So basically bro, to remove the Arc Reactor, all you have to do is firmly - but carefully, twist at the Arc and it should literally pop off in your hands however, the time it usually takes is determined by how much glue the factories in China have used
The paint apps are pretty good although the battle damage is a little excessive in certain areas but I wasn't too bothered by mine...with that said, I liked the pose and overall look of the bust so much that I wanted to have two and repaint the other in a clean version just so that I can have the best of both worlds
Here's the cleaner repaint
Hope that helps bro so let me know how you get on
and thanks for your kind words give us a shout if you need anymore help 
Thanks Sean
Haha, if it is Hammer-Time! I wanna see pics
Hey Sean, did you see (Atheris) Chris' youtube video on facebook yesterday showing him smashing his Apocalypse PF head on with his car! Now that's one way of doing it! Really nice my friend!! Really nice!!
appreciate the great feedback my friend Can't believe it came with all those issues and after a long delay too. Hopefully the replacement is a good one
Great job on the arc mod
its a one chance only policy with this one...anymore screw ups and i'll get my money back and call it day should find out later today when the replacement will ship thanks for the great comments buddy Any ideas when yours is arriving? I think yours will arrive fine so don't let the QC issues on mine worry you too much. Its actually a nice-ish bust once you take away all the faults with it. However, as per my review a few pages back...I still think its inferior to the MKIII and War Machine Busts 
Great job my friend Andy
appreciate it buddy yes, it's a crazy time with Sideshow and Iron Man Collectibles seems as though there's always something going wrong with something but, in fairness, they have offered me a new replacement bust which will get sent out in the next few days...they'll also inspect it personally too who will save a lot of time as I'd hate for the same thing to happen again it's one more chance for this bust otherwise I'll call it a day and get a full refund. Shame as like you mentioned, I'd really like to add it to the collection alongside my other IM life-size busts always a pleasure to hear from you bro Yea, Sideshow have made it clear that they'll inspect my replacement before dispatching it later this week so I'm sure it'll be fine as for the hall of armour display...boy I can't wait! My LSF actually ships tomorrow but hopefully they'll be some good news on the horizon 
