Hey Derringer, you might want to pass this on to your contacts at Bandai.
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Hey Derringer, you might want to pass this on to your contacts at Bandai.
DARTH SABER
Master Member
Yes, im referring to the OT version with a Death Star base stand.
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Yes, both my sets are the same.
Real Scooby
Well-Known Member
just curious as I cant make it out, is this major warpping or is it a molding error in the plastic ? I had serious molderrors in the the panels of both the OT TIE and the FO TIE, best compared with freezing spots on glass, but painted its no longer visible
Poakwoods
Active Member
Just arrived... auggghrr! Same issue here.
Exactly the same position and shape of those of Blade and Brush. For me, seems like a mold defect.
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Richard Baker
Sr Member
Somebody over at Bandai is going to be marched into the sea over this error-
(or hari kari)
(the Japanese are old school when it comes to disgrace)
(or hari kari)
(the Japanese are old school when it comes to disgrace)
Toadmeister
Sr Member
The Bushido code demands single combat to settle this dispute
Toadmeister
Sr Member
More than annoying to me, a quality defect that should never have been released to the consumer.
Where I work we consider for every $ caused to a customer for a defect, the actual impact on your reputation (and lost sales) is considered 8x that.
Makes me wonder if Bandai wasn't in control of this special release?
Hunk a Junk
Sr Member
Unless these types of defects start showing up in other kits, I think this should be considered a one-off problem. Compared to other kit producers -- AMT, Ertl, Revell, even Moebius and Fine Molds -- Bandai's kits have been state of the art and virtually error free. I mean, I remember buying Star Trek kits back in the 90s and as a matter of routine thinking, "Okay, what on this kit is wrong, how many flaws am I going to have to fix, how blah is the molding..." etc. I have 12-15 Bandai kits in my stash right now. I've examined every sprue and none of them have problems. For every other manufacturer this kind of problem is par for the course.
INVAR
Sr Member
I concur. I have 10 Bandai kits, 5 which are built and five still in the box. I bought and built two of the mini Star Destroyers, the Y-wing and Snowspeeder and all the kits, including those still in the box are of a detail and quality I have never seen before in model kits. I have built Moebius' Galactica ships and have a bunch of AMT/MPC and Revell kits that I have built over the years and all of those had mold flaws, warped or scratched parts and other issues that required fixing in one sort or another.
I will state that I did get all my Bandai kits from Japan, so unless there is a different mass production line for export that Bluefin is getting - this is probably just a rare, very rare glitch for them. Hopefully Bandai will make good on those who want a replacement.
BLADE and BRUSH
Active Member
It isn't warping. It looks like the defective areas are getting stuck in the mold. Perhaps the sprues/runners are being ejected too quickly, i.e. while they are still hardening?
INVAR
I'm pretty sure Bluefin doesn't import the Vehicle Model line. My kit came from Japan.
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robn1
Master Member
I wonder if Bandai are farming out the vehicle line kits to another company for molding. I've heard stories about Chinese model companies demolding parts too soon to produce larger quantities, resulting in deformed parts.
My TIE Interceptor doesn't even have the swirl marks in the black wing panels that I've seen in other people's pics, mine are flawless.
My TIE Interceptor doesn't even have the swirl marks in the black wing panels that I've seen in other people's pics, mine are flawless.
INVAR
Sr Member
Actually Bluefin in indeed importing ONLY the vehicle model line that began in December of last year. That said, it is indeed surprising that Bandai would let their QC drop with multiple kits with the defect on them. Hopefully that can be rectified with a replacement from Bandai.
BLADE and BRUSH
Active Member
You misunderstand. "Vehicle Model" is the name given to all of the tiny "box scale" kits: http://bandai-hobby.net/sw/jp/products/vm.html
I don't know why, but Bluefin doesn't appear to be importing those.
Dedalus5550
Sr Member
Is the new MF in that "tiny...box scale" range? I'm sure I saw it at my Hobby Lobby.
