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« on: November 3, 2008, 09:46 AM »
Thanks to JohnH and a local shop, I'm caught up with DCUC - I ended up getting series 3 friday, and series 4 on saturday.
I have a bit of a problem though that I'm hoping someone can help out with.
The right arm for Despero (that came with Cyborg) has some sort of a manufacturing defect. The joint on the shoulder socket has some excess plastic, so it can't move. Because of this, the only way I can put the arm in is to have it sticking straight out. This issue is compounded by the fact that the pin that goes into the body is also messed up, so the arm just falls out. I just got off the phone with Mattels customer support, and they don't have replacement parts for these guys. So although they are going to send me out a voucher for the value of the figure, that doesn't do me much good for replacing the arm. If the figures were available on shelves it wouldn't be a big deal - I could just go buy another one with the voucher. But I had to get series 4 through a collector shop, and it was the only one.
So if there is anyone who has picked up Cyborg (who's completely awesome btw) and has no interest on building Despero, please let me know. Hopefully we can arrange some sort of appropriate cost for the arm.