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I feel defeated today. It\u2019s been a busy week and this is the first time I\u2019ve had a chance to sit down and open last week’s Matty figures.<\/p>\n
Now, I don\u2019t expect perfection. That\u2019s an impossible order. But I do expect equal pay out for the amount of money I spend. These Matty toys are supposedly a \u201ccollector\u2019s\u201d line. But I\u2019m not even sure if Mattel knows what that means sometimes.<\/P><\/p>\n
My friend, Vault, orders toys from Japan regularly. A lot of them are Revoltechs and Figmas – mostly half-naked anime girls and robots. You know the kind. They seem to be pretty hip with all the kids these days. Well, we all get to see what each other buys, look it over, \u201cplay\u201d with it, if you will. He pays about thirty dollars apiece and I can tell you right now, they are worth every penny. He never has to deal with sloppy or missing paint. All these figures come with a minimum of fourteen points of articulation. And accessories? You\u2019d be hard pressed to find any of them with less than two pairs of hands, a stand, alternate faces or heads, and whatever items the character is usually seen with. For thirty dollars, or twenty if you lived in Japan where they’re originally sold, you get a real toy that is made for “collectors”. The funny thing is, the toy is usually made for kids too.<\/P><\/p>\n
That brings us to today. I opened up Teela to discover that her left elbow had been warped by the package. Skeletor\u2019s minions will never see that left hook coming the way it bows. But don\u2019t feel bad for Teela folks, she\u2019s not alone. Zoar, her trusty package companion, somehow was lucky enough to have his face bent looking to the right. How do you bend something so tiny? I don\u2019t know, but I have the feeling you can ask the factory worker who applied the black beak paint crookedly, in, I\u2019m assuming, a vain attempt to fix the problem. Or maybe he just didn\u2019t care and threw a slop of black paint at the bird’s face. The mystery will never be solved.<\/p>\n
Next was Zodak. You would think with all those rubber bands and plastic pieces wrapped around him in the package that he would have turned out just fine. At least that\u2019s what I was thinking as I struggled to free him from his plastic prison. Well, I was all wrong. Apparently Mattel should have included a large foam helmet with all those restraints. My Zodak is blessed with factory battle damage in the form of two dents on the top of his helmet. Guess he is a true badass – he had to fight his way out of the factory.<\/p>\n
Now, I\u2019ve had disappointments before. We all have. Normally, I can take a couple at a time, but my day wasn\u2019t over quite yet. On the way home from work, I stopped at Target to pick up some stuff for dinner and they finally had a new shipment of 6″ Public Enemies figures. Being forced by lack of choice to pick up the only Silver Banshee and Icicle figures that were there, I would again be disappointed. Icicle has these wonderful scratches in the paint on his arms, leaving chipped marks all over. Apparently, he\u2019s a cutter. Who knew? He also wipes his nose too much, because the tip of mine\u2019s nose has no paint. Silver Banshee has a twisted ankle – twisted nearly onto its side. There\u2019s no standing for her anytime in the near future. With ankles like that, I better invest in some flying stands.<\/p>\n
One day of spending a little over sixty dollars on toys, and not one decently made figure in the bunch. Sure makes those half naked anime girls and robots look a lot more tempting.<\/p>\n
-Mr. Rant<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I feel defeated today. It\u2019s been a busy week and this is the first time I\u2019ve had a chance to sit down and open last week’s Matty figures. Now, I don\u2019t expect perfection. That\u2019s an impossible order. But I do expect equal pay out for the amount of money I spend. 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