I gotta be honest, I was feeling a lot of anxiety waiting on Apoc. When he showed up, I immediately opened him up. I grabbed and inspected the base 1st and it was perfect. I'm thinking, maybe I got really lucky and got a good piece. Then I leaned down and went to grab the figure when I saw it...I'm looking at the figure and I see a HUMONGOUS white mark on the left edge of his front collar. It looked like someone dropped something on the collar and just crushed the edge of it. I was FUMING. I mean, I'm cursing, throwing a fit, and raging at this point. I didn't even take him out of his plastic bag and I'm thinking...now I have got to go get my camera, take pics, and deal with CS telling me there is no better replacement. Damn, was I hot. So I took the figure out because I was going to have to take pics of the damage and at this point, I wanted to see what else was wrong with the piece. When I removed him from the plastic, I took a closer look at his collar. The white mark looked like some kind of powder. So, I blew on the corner of his collar and a large portion of the white spot was removed. I'm thinking...could it just be some kind of powder?
This actually happened to me with my Thanos dio. There was a white powder all over him when I received it. I just had to wipe the figure down and he was perfect. Can I be so lucky twice? So I grabbed a rag and wet it. I wiped the collar with the rag and was able to clean off the area. The collar was perfect after I was done. I can't begin to explain the relief I felt after that. Then I remembered, there were a lot of other issues with the piece so I'm still not sure I dodged a bullet just yet. Well, after closely examining the rest of him, I only saw the 2 minor issues I reported in my earlier post. Those issues could only be seen from close up and didn't take anything away from the piece from normal viewing distance. Obviously I checked his gun arm, saw, elbow attachment, and coils next. They all fit perfectly and the paint apps were good. Then and only then, did I breathe a HUGE sigh of relief. Apocalypse was here to stay.
I feel very fortunate to receive the piece in good condition. I can only hope that everyone else that has to deal with QC issues gets a satisfactory replacement. This BEHEMOTH is a worthy representation of Apocalypse and a great addition to any collection. It would have killed me to know this piece is out there and I didn't have one because of shoddy QC. Thankfully, I don't have to worry about that anymore. I truly hope it works out for everyone else.
thought I would post some fun pics
Oh well back to waiting to buy gladiator hulk. No big loss since I like that one better.
