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Post by stc13 on Jul 12, 2021 11:34:55 GMT -5
S6 is very strange. I can't remember a line with so much black/gold/yellow. And making budget cuts on the belt this early in a line? Not a great sign, particularly in a wave where basically every figure except Shida was pretty low budget.
I love the line and the figures overall. But I do think there needs to be somebody out in front answering questions and responding to the fans. Jeremy did that early on, but I didn't expect that to last for ever. He's an owner, and has to divide time between multiple lines. Every line will have growing pains. I could excuse that away in S1 and 2. But by series 7, and when you want to drop product every single month? They need to step it up to continue earning my money.
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Post by vcf4850 on Jul 12, 2021 11:39:20 GMT -5
I just got mine today. My Hager has black spots on BOTH his shoulders AND his left lower torso on the side. I'm gonna keep the hoodie on him for most of the time but DAMN that is a serious QC issue. It's nice to have the Inner Circle complete now though. MJF is all by himself at the moment lol.
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Post by warlord on Jul 12, 2021 12:04:58 GMT -5
I’m really hoping Shida warms the pegs like Riho so I could pick up a few at retail.
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Post by vcf4850 on Jul 12, 2021 12:38:13 GMT -5
Shida is the clear winner of Series 6. ONLY gripe is that her hands can't hold a kendo stick.
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Post by penguin on Jul 12, 2021 16:31:24 GMT -5
I just got mine today. My Hager has black spots on BOTH his shoulders AND his left lower torso on the side. I'm gonna keep the hoodie on him for most of the time but DAMN that is a serious QC issue. It's nice to have the Inner Circle complete now though. MJF is all by himself at the moment lol. Same! Mine somehow has spots even where the little plastic covers were on it.
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Post by Warrior82 on Jul 12, 2021 20:57:12 GMT -5
I got my Series 6 figures today, and finally opened them up. I definitely don't think this set is "Yuck" at all. there are some problems though. If I rated this set from 1 to 10, I'd give it a 7.5
Here are the positives and negatives of the set.
Positives first.
The likenesses are great. Jericho, Shida, and MJF look just like them. And Penta and Fenix once again look great, but their faces are easier to do since they are mostly masks. But still, they look excellent. Hager has the weakest likeness, but it's still very good, and once you take that hoody off, you can definitely tell it's him.
Once again, overall good quality. Sturdy plastic, tight joints mostly (I had one problem which I will get to later), good solid paint apps both for skin tones and attires/details.
As always, a nice arrangement of accessories. be it extra hands, microphone, belts, entrance gear, etc.
Excellent adding Shida and Hager to the roster of figures.
Negatives
Blandness in colors. The amount of Black and Gold/Yellow on all the attires makes it seem like you got some faction. A faction that does not where bright colors at all. With no variety or bright colors, just looking at the 6 of them nothing really pops. But mixed in with the collection, they look great.
We get 4 figures of characters we've already had. So, the lack of new, first time wrestlers to the line this early makes it feel a little lack luster.
Quality of the World Title. It definitely seems like the strap gets cheaper every time. My strap was so flemsy, that when I opened Jericho, the end with the holes was wadded up like paper almost. Luckily, it worked itself out.
Stains on Hager. My Hager figure had a stain on the right shoulder, and a small one on his right abdomen. Even though there was plastic covering the areas.
And finally, my Fenix figures left arm was pretty loose. Nothing awful, but nothing I would want right out of the box.
So, overall the set was nice, and I'm happy I have it. But I feel it's the weakest set I've bought yet. Still, I don't regret my purchase at all. I'd just like at least 3 first time to the line characters each time, especially this early in the line. And more color variety like Waves 1-5 would be appreciated per wave.
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Post by GR81J on Jul 12, 2021 22:07:03 GMT -5
Funny thing about these aew figures is the same problem wwe jakks figures had. A lot of hype and had very good starting series and then went down hill. Looks like it’s gonna be the same with aew bc of I wonder who? 🙄
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Post by WCWThunderRosa on Jul 12, 2021 23:13:01 GMT -5
S6 is very strange. I can't remember a line with so much black/gold/yellow. And making budget cuts on the belt this early in a line? Not a great sign, particularly in a wave where basically every figure except Shida was pretty low budget. I love the line and the figures overall. But I do think there needs to be somebody out in front answering questions and responding to the fans. Jeremy did that early on, but I didn't expect that to last for ever. He's an owner, and has to divide time between multiple lines. Every line will have growing pains. I could excuse that away in S1 and 2. But by series 7, and when you want to drop product every single month? They need to step it up to continue earning my money. Basically what you’re saying is Jazwares needs someone doing what AFA does
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Post by vcf4850 on Jul 12, 2021 23:17:50 GMT -5
If it were not for AEW launching Unmatched the line may have been in trouble in terms of several people's QC issues lately. That first set of Unmatched figures look great. I still think Unmatched should be used for debut figures/first in line and Unrivaled for alternate outfits. It's how I would have done it anyway.
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Post by mrh on Jul 13, 2021 1:56:45 GMT -5
S6 is very strange. I can't remember a line with so much black/gold/yellow. And making budget cuts on the belt this early in a line? Not a great sign, particularly in a wave where basically every figure except Shida was pretty low budget. I love the line and the figures overall. But I do think there needs to be somebody out in front answering questions and responding to the fans. Jeremy did that early on, but I didn't expect that to last for ever. He's an owner, and has to divide time between multiple lines. Every line will have growing pains. I could excuse that away in S1 and 2. But by series 7, and when you want to drop product every single month? They need to step it up to continue earning my money. Basically what you’re saying is Jazwares needs someone doing what AFA does
Not just do what Action Figure Attack does -- but do it just as well. Which no one in the toy industry does... At least Jazzwares could try though
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Post by stc13 on Jul 13, 2021 7:54:51 GMT -5
Basically what you’re saying is Jazwares needs someone doing what AFA does
Not just do what Action Figure Attack does -- but do it just as well. Which no one in the toy industry does... At least Jazzwares could try though Not sure if anyone here collected McFarlane Sports Picks in the early 00's. But from what I remember, they had someone (Mark? Marc?) where part of his job was to be on the Spawn message boards and answer questions about product, post announcements, and take feedback back up the chain to Todd McFarlane and the design team. This was all pre-social media, but from my memory he very transparent, accessible, and honest when they made a screwup in design, production, etc. It's been 15 years, so maybe I'm remembering with rose colored glasses, but that's what I'd like to see out in front of a toy line. Somebody engaging collectors, and owning mistakes. Steve is great, and it's obvious that he's a fan just like us. But it's also obvious that he works for a massive global toy company. So many of his answers are non-answers, especially when there are blatant design, distribution, or production issues. the response is usually a customer service blowoff answer like "we'll try to correct that in the future." I get it - that's the kind of answer you have to give when you work for a huge corporation with shareholders to answer to. But a smaller company like Jazwares can decide to take a different approach. I value honesty, and I felt like Jeremy has been pretty upfront and honest about their screwups, especially early on. Production, distribution - he's said why they made the choices they made, and largely responded to feedback and made changes. But he can't be that role forever, and there are lots of questions that are still open in my mind - why are we seeing materials changing on elbows and belts? what about the yellowing on S1A figures posted recently? I guess I'm saying I want to see someone like Steve, but more. Maybe that's not fair or realistic. But for a new line that is still very much proving itself, I believe you need to do what your competition does and then go that extra mile beyond what they do to win over customers.
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Post by kinnikuman on Jul 13, 2021 8:24:25 GMT -5
Maybe someone should actually tell Jeremy rather than whine on here. He's easy to reach.
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Post by WCWThunderRosa on Jul 13, 2021 8:51:32 GMT -5
Maybe someone should actually tell Jeremy rather than whine on here. He's easy to reach. Jeremy was literally on the board in the Jakks era
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Post by Yambag Jones on Jul 13, 2021 12:37:52 GMT -5
If you have a QC problem with your figures, reach out to their customer service. It might take a while, but they'll send you a new figure.
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Post by kinnikuman on Jul 13, 2021 13:12:31 GMT -5
Maybe someone should actually tell Jeremy rather than whine on here. He's easy to reach. Jeremy was literally on the board in the Jakks era He was also 15-20 yrs younger.
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Post by Odafin Tutuola on Jul 13, 2021 14:36:19 GMT -5
I have yet to receive the four I pre-ordered so I can't judge the way they look.
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Post by mrh on Jul 13, 2021 19:44:06 GMT -5
@ stc13 -- I respect that. But truly don't think anyone can be more transparent than Steve in 2021 working for a major toy company
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Post by wrestlingdelorean on Jul 13, 2021 22:03:11 GMT -5
The thing that bugs me the most in this set is Shida's height. She's listed at 5'5" and is taller than the 5'10" Jungle Boy.
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Post by ckhybrid on Jul 14, 2021 0:24:00 GMT -5
Okay so I am finally home and put away all the series 6 stuff on my shelf and I can confirm 100% (though I'm sure it has already been explained by now) that the duplicate hands for Penta and Fenix are definitely for the series 2 figures. I appreciate that they made up for not including them in series 2, but to randomly throw them into series 6 without explanation is a little strange, and will be head scratching for those who don't have series 2 or didn't realize they were originally intended for those figures. If you have a QC problem with your figures, reach out to their customer service. It might take a while, but they'll send you a new figure. I went ahead and did this for Hager, so we'll see what happens Shida is the clear winner of Series 6. ONLY gripe is that her hands can't hold a kendo stick. ugh, just tried a Mattel kendo stick and she can hold it with both hands, but that's not how I planned to pose her.
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Post by Xæro #FakeCollector on Jul 14, 2021 6:01:37 GMT -5
Okay so I am finally home and put away all the series 6 stuff on my shelf and I can confirm 100% (though I'm sure it has already been explained by now) that the duplicate hands for Penta and Fenix are definitely for the series 2 figures. I appreciate that they made up for not including them in series 2, but to randomly throw them into series 6 without explanation is a little strange, and will be head scratching for those who don't have series 2 or didn't realize they were originally intended for those figures. If you have a QC problem with your figures, reach out to their customer service. It might take a while, but they'll send you a new figure. I went ahead and did this for Hager, so we'll see what happens Shida is the clear winner of Series 6. ONLY gripe is that her hands can't hold a kendo stick. ugh, just tried a Mattel kendo stick and she can hold it with both hands, but that's not how I planned to pose her. I don't get it, why would the extra fist be for Series 2 Penta considering he had gloves rather than taped fists?
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