*BEWARE* SEE DESCRIPTION BELOW - Hot Toys Spider-Man Black Suit Review
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- UPDATE 8/9/24: I received my replacement figure from Sideshow. Please note the Special Edition head still has issues attaching to the ball peg. You can check out my full review of this fantastic release (minus the Special Edition head) here: • Marvel's Spider-Man 2 ...
UPDATE: It's been confirmed that the small ball joint goes into the neck and the larger ball joint goes into the head.
There are reports that the special edition head is difficult to pop on. Some are using the hair dryer trick to soften the joint before popping the special edition head on.
ORIGINAL POST: Half way through my review I realized that the factory installed the ball joint wrong for the head. The plastic piece around the neck shattered and now the ball joint won't stay in place. I've contacted Sideshow for a replacement body. I'll finish the review once I have received the replacement.
Hopefully others can see this video and double check their figure!
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Something was telling me to hold off on this until I saw a authentic review of it, you just saved me a few hundred bucks, thank you for this man!
No problem. I honestly hope this was just a one off. I'll have a full review up whenever my replacement arrives.
I feel the pain man. I can't tell u the amount of Toys I have bought that have some sort of small to major flaw like this. Sometimes I just suck it up because I simply can't be bothered to go through the rigmorale of the return but with something as bad as this, its gotta go back. Looks to me to be a seriously bad design choice anyway. Why not make both ends the same and avoid the big peg problem altogether. Stay strong buddy
@@unorthdoxcleric6953 Thanks. Yeah I've initiated a full replacement with Sideshow but they won't send the new figure until they get the defective ones first. So I'll probably get it sometime mid August which stinks.
I too wondered why the different ball socket sizes for the neck peg??
QC seems to have gotten much worse with all high end figures. Takes longer to get them, QC is worse, and prices continue to rise. I've been out of room for a while now so I'll definitely be picking and choosing much more going forward.
Not to sound rude but i dont think hot toys messed up the ball joint for you and you probably broke the neck socket yourself trying to push the larger side in. The smaller side ball Is in fact suppose to be in the neck and the larger ball in in the head.
granted im not saying its entirely on you, my special edition head wouldnt fit onto the peg. I think its just hot toys poor quality control but heating the head made it fit in. Ive heard a couple people saying the head sockets were kinda tight but just heating it with a hairdryer or something does the trick. But yeah if you try putting the head on with the smaller ball in it, it doesnt fit or hold at all they just made the head sockets too tight but they definately didnt factory install your balljoint flipped the wrong way.
id suggest correcting what youre saying in your video cause the ball joints definately were not swapped backwords and saying they were might lead to other trying to force that larger piece in the neck and also unintentionally breaking their figures. I feel for you tho at least they were still willing to send you a new figure and replace the broken one. The ball joint will come the same way- smaller down and bigger side up. Dont try to force the bigger in the neck youll break it again
Thanks for the confirmation on which way the ball joint is supposed to go.
What's weird is:
1) The ball joint came out of the neck and not the head when I removed the normal head from the body.
2) Part of the plastic ring around the neck that holds the ball peg in place was already missing. I may have finished the job when trying to get that ball joint back into the neck though. I have a feeling that ring would not have shattered if it wasn't already broken.
3) Good to know about that special edition head having trouble going on. That's absolutely bad engineering on Hot Toys end. I've used a hair dryer many times for hands, etc but never to pop a head on a ball joint. Ridiculous.
chiming in as I just ordered 1 of the last 2 on sideshow. back in the day around mms 1-100 you had to build your figures. I had to heat my predator 2 elder version one. nerve wracking and agreed at this point in the 800 mms combined with tms etc this shouldn't have happened
Hottoys is reliable in being unreliable, small problems happen all the time but at least Sideshow is really great with customer support and fixing this stuff. When you get the replacement it'll feel like youre getting a new figure all over again so enjoy!
I've actually never had a problem with a Hot Toys figure until now.
I am glad Sideshow is doing a full replacement. Hopefully I'll have the replacement in a few weeks...
It was a pain in the ass to put the head sculpt in for me, but after a few times doing it, it got easier. Sucks that urs broke tho
@@Benjamin088 Good to hear that it got easier! My replacement comes today. Going to be VERY careful.
Not cool, thank you for still sharing. It can really help other collectors when issues like these are made known.
The figure is fantastic and Sideshow is sending me a full replacement but I'm hoping my issue is a segregated one! 🤞🤞
Are they sending a whole new body?@TheCollectorCave
@@spectre4393 They wanted the entire thing back. So I had to package it all back up nicely and send it back to them. Once they receive it they will send me another. First time I've had to send back the entire thing. So I'll hopefully have a new one by mid August 🙄
Oh man, that sucks but the new one should be good, at least.
@@spectre4393 Here's hoping!
I have issues trying to push the alternate head into the ball joint. Even after heating up the head socket it quickly slips off and sits on top of the ball, especially if I try to rotate the head in a pose. I don’t know if it’s related to the same issue, but I have no problem removing the original head so maybe not. Awesome looking figure though
Yes be very careful with that alt head. Read my description in this video because some people in the comments have explained the issue! Good news is my replacement is coming soon. Thanks for watching!
perfect example of hot toys lol. eyes look fantastic pop, broken Jesus. joint same way mate. just hot toys trash
Yeah man been starting to look at some of my stuff in another way thinking (this is garbage quality).
Mine had the same problem, but I did get it to go on and it’s fine. I don’t know if I should contact sideshow and get a replacement as it’s fine still and nothing is wrong. The special edition had is on the figure.
@@hussainrashaan1772 Good to hear! Hope it stays ok. I'd be careful popping off the special edition head.
@@TheCollectorCave so from what I gathered with mine, the ball joint is not flipped upside down. The small part is supposed to go in the neck and the bigger part is supposed to go into the head. The problem is with the head my special edition had the part that the ball joint goes into the head the insert was too small of a hole, so it required more force than the regular size I think they’re not getting that right at the factory. if you look at your heads on the inside, both holes are not the same size one of them would insert easier that would be the one with the bigger hole
Yeah sounds like a pretty big mistake in their design/engineering process.
Does the suit feel sticky?
Just a little bit. I know what you are talking about and I don't think this is going to have problems down the road. I love the feel of it honestly.