@ Reaktwon:
No, you really don't understand where the complainers are coming from. You heard, yes, but you really didn't listen.
No matter how much you defend HT, you can never hide the fact that they did lie to their customers. And don't give me the crap about those just being prototypes. It won't fly. Those proto pics are advertisements whose sole intention is to sell. Now if a company advertises something and they deliver something different, then that's false advertising. AND that's where all the complaints are coming from. REMEMBER, they didn't announce the changes before releasing the product. People just found out when they opened theirs. The complaint would have been significant for HT to give out a statement. And, yes, someone here who works in manufacturing industry even said that things like these don't unintentionally happen. I agree as the company I work for also manufactures and one of our main clients are manufacturing plants.
So your thinking that the recent complaints are not valid is flawed in every sense of the word. Yes, the figure looks great, that has never been contested. But whether you accept this or not, the biggest draw for many people is the "accurate and realistic scale" that HT advertised. They did not deliver and gave a half-@$$ed apology about it. Still don't get it? Here's how it went:
HT: Hey guys, we'll be charging much more for the Berserker and we won't include too much accessories, but on the plus side, we made the figure HUGE. The way the character is intended to be in the movie. Here, take a look at it (shows the proto pic).
Customers: Ooh we likey!!!!
(Some preorder, others wait but bought the figure the day it came out)
Customers: WTF???!!!! This isn't what you promised us! You said that it'll be bigger! It's just the same height as the other Preds before your miniature P1. And you're still asking more for it??
HT: Yeah, well, something happened during production so take it up with our factory workers blah blah. Quality Control? Take it up with them as well. I mean, we got the figures that way as well. What can we do? Anyway, it's still a bit taller than P1 since the older Preds are taller as well. And they're about the same height of our Berserker figure, right? Besides, it looks good anyway.
HT Apologists: We agree! HT technically didn't lie. It's just a delivered in a different point-of-view. Besides, the actors weren't that tall to begin with, and prototypes aren't technically the final product blah blah. HT, please ram us from behind because we LOVE it!
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And yes I do really like this figure despite it's flaws. I don't think I've seen anyone say it's a horrible overall figure cause it's not. It's is a stunning piece no matter how you look at it but the innaccuracies are there and were easily fixable before distribution. If someone thinks this figure is perfect that is great for them cause at least they feel they're getting their moneys worth. I on the other hand would love for this figure just to have a larger head and bio and despite my intital dissapointment which I've accepted, I'll still most likely be picking this up.
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