Agreed. It'd be different if it's a retail release, but paying more than twice the price of a regular figure and dealing with shoddy paint work and, in my case, an obvious splotch right there on the visor is just frustrating, especially with a foreign figure where I have to jump through hoops to get my issue resolved.

This is my first figuarts purchase that has actually disappointed me.

Just paid off my preorder for Bravo. Not sure when I'll be able to get Hibiki, but at least Mister Dangerous will finally be mine.

I honestly didn't notice it on the Shin Zangetsu until you pointed it out. I agree that Tamashii Web Exclusives shouldn't have that, though, and yikes! The Rose Attacker!

I don't think it's that noticeable unless you view put it up close. Something like that does not bother me that much with toys since not all of them can be perfect. I do agree that the scratch paint on Rose Attacker is bad. I guess Tamashii has been lazy with paint jobs lately seeing that I've seen the paint job on the SHMA figure of Godzilla 2014 and the paint on his mouth looks messy.

My Zangetsu Shin looks fine, no paint clips or glue slobs. The driver is very well painted, it doesn’t look like clear plastic at all.

That’s a recurring problem though. With both G2000 and Final Wars Gigan some figures look like every dentists dream. I had luck with Gigan, his teeth look good, but the paintjob on my G2000 is horrible, the mouth looks absolutely atrocious.

I have G14 on pre-order, lets see what I get this time.

Well, I agree with Den-O on Shin Zangetsu here. I'm like him. I REALLY notice paint scratches on my toys. :lol

On a lighter topic, for those whom wanted to replicate the vine attack Kiwami Arms used, I saw someone on Twitter using a christmas decoration for that purpose:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BxUHDWoCMAA7LUs.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BxUHaKFCMAAHCTH.jpg

Oh... an unwound wreath would actually work really well for a general Lockseed/Helheim display.

At the same time though, you also probably got a minor dud. Not every QC issue is wide-spread. Even high-end stuff isn't immune to hiccups in production. I get that this kind of stuff can be a deal-breaker for some people, but maybe it's just a bad string of luck.

You can always try to fix any small scratch paint by painting. I remember I fix the bad job on my NECA TF2 Blue Pyro a while ago.