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whafrog wrote:
Wow, this is pathetic. If any other company did this they'd lose all hope of future customers. Imagine if Apple released iPads this bad... I was going to pick up some uruk xbows (my son wants another 3 or 4), but I think I'll wait, or at least if I go to the store I'll demand I get to open the box before purchase.
With clampacks look at the back and you can see the quality of minis. I would recommend to anyone concerned about finecast quality go into a store and have a look. If your happy with it buy some, if not then don't.
Even with the clampacks, I was not able to see all of the problems with the miniatures I purchased in-person at GW Maryland. You don't have a 360 degree view of the model, and I think the fact that they weren't sitting still on a sprue made it harder to assess the quality as well. In addition, while I was there, there were only two Elrond and Gil-Galad blisters. From what I could tell through the clampack, there was little difference between them, except that one had both bases included, while the other did not. Having received a much higher quality replacement from GW through the mail, I can actually say that probably both of the in-store blisters I looked at were very poor quality miniatures (I was disappointed by the way the faces looked, but I actually didn't consider that a problem until I got the new blister, as I had nothing good to compare it to).
Besides personal experience, Wayland Games is so hesitant about this product that they are choosing not to stock it until these issues have been sorted out. I think Finecast warrants some serious hesitation. I'm totally not trying to attack you, its just, based on what I've encountered, looking at the models through the clampacks is not helpful enough to determine the quality of the miniatures, especially if the miniatures happen to not be on a still sprue. It's certainly easier to assess the quality verses looking through the old blister packs however.