(assuming you did it) thanks for putting this guy up. still cant see it in their shop, so this helps out a lot.
i still sent them an email and am gonna pic him up. even though i gotta get rid of all my toys the formals are staying. he's too much of a gent to ship him off somewhere else!
im assuming no one else has one of these guys? got mine in yesterday and hes got a defect on the hat =( i hope chima lets me exchange it..
also, MODS, anyway you can clear my whole collection of the toys i 'have'.. im in the process of selling my whole collection to get back into riding/racing and am only keeping my formals.. i figured it would be easier to mark the formals, than to mark a 100 other toys that i dont have anymore..
basically it looks like someone tired to grind something off and took too much off, its an actual flat spot.. stuff like this doesnt usually bother me, but these are the only toys im keeping out of my collection, so i pretty much want these guys defect free...
Ahh I know exactly what that is - essentially that isn't a defect, that is how it is made; a result of the manufacturing technique.
It is a flow channel to assist in pouring the vinyl and to release air bubbles. It is cut off when the figure is put together.
You will find this on all sofubi, on smaller pieces it is harder to hide. Grab any sofubi and you will find this on the joints, mostly visible on the male joint.
My two Formals are the same - I didn't actually notice at all till you posted this. The reason why I didn’t notice is because the hat on both of my figures is positioned so the joint is around the back. Due to the angle, it hides the ‘defect' unless I hold the figure upside down.
If you twist the hat around so the channel is at the back, it will not be visible.
I twisted my hat around like yours, it isn't pleasant at all. The fact that the 'defects' get hidden completely when positioned correctly shows the intelligence in the design.
The only fault with your figure is the hat wasn't positioned correctly when shipped. So twist the hat around and problem solved.
Have you emailed them yet? It might be hard for them to explain back in English.
Note: I would recommend lightly softening the vinyl before twisting around the hat with a hair dryer - it will make it a bit easier as it is a tight joint fit.
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kittykittymeow666
10 183 628
12 years ago
nice! gonna have to pick em up, just like all the others!
should go well with the xmas formal.
jenX
280 25 634
12 years ago
Yes they will go very well together.
kittykittymeow666
10 183 628
12 years ago
(assuming you did it) thanks for putting this guy up. still cant see it in their shop, so this helps out a lot.
i still sent them an email and am gonna pic him up. even though i gotta get rid of all my toys the formals are staying. he's too much of a gent to ship him off somewhere else!
jenX
280 25 634
12 years ago
Yes I added in the new ones. I've got to get the tengallon.
I'm happy to hear your Formals are staying and breeding :)
kittykittymeow666
10 183 628
12 years ago
'breeding'... hahahahaaaa. yes, lets call it 'breeding' ;)
that new tengallon is awesome as well!
kittykittymeow666
10 183 628
11 years ago
im assuming no one else has one of these guys? got mine in yesterday and hes got a defect on the hat =( i hope chima lets me exchange it..
also, MODS, anyway you can clear my whole collection of the toys i 'have'.. im in the process of selling my whole collection to get back into riding/racing and am only keeping my formals.. i figured it would be easier to mark the formals, than to mark a 100 other toys that i dont have anymore..
CoMus
171 468 619
11 years ago
What type of defect?
kittykittymeow666
10 183 628
11 years ago
kinda hard to see since i took it on my phone late last night:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com...
basically it looks like someone tired to grind something off and took too much off, its an actual flat spot.. stuff like this doesnt usually bother me, but these are the only toys im keeping out of my collection, so i pretty much want these guys defect free...
CoMus
171 468 619
11 years ago
Ahh I know exactly what that is - essentially that isn't a defect, that is how it is made; a result of the manufacturing technique.
It is a flow channel to assist in pouring the vinyl and to release air bubbles. It is cut off when the figure is put together.
You will find this on all sofubi, on smaller pieces it is harder to hide. Grab any sofubi and you will find this on the joints, mostly visible on the male joint.
My two Formals are the same - I didn't actually notice at all till you posted this. The reason why I didn’t notice is because the hat on both of my figures is positioned so the joint is around the back. Due to the angle, it hides the ‘defect' unless I hold the figure upside down.
If you twist the hat around so the channel is at the back, it will not be visible.
I twisted my hat around like yours, it isn't pleasant at all. The fact that the 'defects' get hidden completely when positioned correctly shows the intelligence in the design.
The only fault with your figure is the hat wasn't positioned correctly when shipped. So twist the hat around and problem solved.
Have you emailed them yet? It might be hard for them to explain back in English.
Note: I would recommend lightly softening the vinyl before twisting around the hat with a hair dryer - it will make it a bit easier as it is a tight joint fit.
kittykittymeow666
10 183 628
11 years ago
thanks for the tip dude. i woke up, read this, and rotated his hat.. no need to send back to japan now =)
CoMus
171 468 619
11 years ago
Brilliant :D
Hope you are happy with it like that. I know little things continue to bug me even if they are not considered problems.