Playmates HORRIBLE Paint job!

*Spitfire* · 08-22-2004, 11:37 PM

I got some of the new figures and my Tricriatron Warrior has silver paint on the top of his head! His horns are painted sliver and then theres some extra paint leaked onto his head! Theres some excess paint on my other figures as well! What is this crap playmates is pulling? I pay good damn money for these and I get a crappy paint job! They look hand paints almost! Anyone else had this problem?

Jed · 08-23-2004, 12:30 AM

My battle bike figures are painted pretty badly. Leonardo has brown paint splashed over his white top, I tried to cover it with tipex but it just doesn't work

Mikey has orange paint splashed onto his palm. They're the only ones I've been disappointed with so far.

On a side note, I even had to bring Battle Bike Raph back and get a new one, his head mould was all messed up and the top part of his head(from the bandana up) was sitting too high on his head, so it looked like he had a gap on his head. I hope the fact that these figures where kind of hidden to the side in the box(on the Irish ones anyway, I know the American ones are diffrent) didn't make Playmates decide they could make them as sloppy as they wished because they knew people wouldn't see 'till they got them home and opened them

Leonardo_the_sword_master · 08-23-2004, 05:42 AM

YES........ my evil turtle bot has a bad paint job

trez · 08-23-2004, 06:17 AM

My Guardian Ninja has black paint on part of his face and on his medallion.

TheCloneRanger · 08-23-2004, 06:58 AM

Paint slops are pretty common with this line. When I say "slops," I mean extra paint that has fallen from where it is supposed to be, not just a sloppy paint job.

Most lines, I'm happy just to grab a new figure without really studying it. Not with TMNT...I've had to go through 4-5 figs in some instances to find a decent job. The faces seem to suffer the most, especially with extra white from the eyes getting on the head bands and such. I finally found my Utrom this past weekend, but his paint job was so poor, he instantly became custom material.

On a related note, sometime this week, I'll be posting a new custom figure. I've been doing customs off-and-on for about 8 years, and this is by far my favorite I've done, from any toy line.

~~Leatherhead1984~~ · 08-23-2004, 07:36 AM

on my fugitiod. the green on the eyes is slightly off center. it sort of looks like the green paint doesnt line up with actaul mold.

avervisal · 08-23-2004, 07:39 AM

I haven't really had this problem yet luckily

Leonardo_the_sword_master · 08-23-2004, 08:18 AM

YOU MEAN THAT THE FUGITOID AND THE NINJA GAURDAIN ARE OUT

~~Leatherhead1984~~ · 08-23-2004, 08:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leonardo_the_sword_master

YOU MEAN THAT THE FUGITOID AND THE NINJA GAURDAIN ARE OUT

truthfully, I got lucky. I went in one morning t omy local target, and found the guardian ninja, and my mom found the fugitiod about 40 miles away when she went to visit a friend. i havent seen the utrom or anything.

Leonardo_the_sword_master · 08-23-2004, 08:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leatherhead1984

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leonardo_the_sword_master

YOU MEAN THAT THE FUGITOID AND THE NINJA GAURDAIN ARE OUT

truthfully, I got lucky. I went in one morning t omy local target, and found the guardian ninja, and my mom found the fugitiod about 40 miles away when she went to visit a friend. i havent seen the utrom or anything.

ooooooooooooooo lucky you dude......
my stores stil don't have any of the new toys jsut a milloin space hoppin.

TheCloneRanger · 08-23-2004, 09:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leonardo_the_sword_master

YOU MEAN THAT THE FUGITOID AND THE NINJA GAURDAIN ARE OUT

List of latest releases:

I have seen all of these in person, and they are in my collection. They're definitely out.

7/22/2004:

Fugitoid
Guardian Ninja
Shredder Clone (Multi-Armed )
Triceraton
General Mozar
Silver Sentry

And there you go. These have been found all over the US, mainly at Wal*Mart!

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July 28, 2004:

TMNT Battle Bikes: Found At Toys "R" Us, Meijer.
Leo vs. T-Rex: Found At Target, by yours Truly. I still have no clue what the hell it is.

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August 13, 2004
Scuba Leo
Scuba Don
Scuba Mike
Scuba Raph
Utrom

Found by yours truly in Kentucky at Target. Happy Hunting!

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Hope that helps. I copied and pasted that out of a forum thread I started over at OffTheCard. It's very up to date.

Leonardo_the_sword_master · 08-23-2004, 09:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheCloneRanger

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leonardo_the_sword_master

YOU MEAN THAT THE FUGITOID AND THE NINJA GAURDAIN ARE OUT

List of latest releases:

I have seen all of these in person, and they are in my collection. They're definitely out.

7/22/2004:

Fugitoid
Guardian Ninja
Shredder Clone (Multi-Armed )
Triceraton
General Mozar
Silver Sentry

And there you go. These have been found all over the US, mainly at Wal*Mart!

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July 28, 2004:

TMNT Battle Bikes: Found At Toys "R" Us, Meijer.
Leo vs. T-Rex: Found At Target, by yours Truly. I still have no clue what the hell it is.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

August 13, 2004
Scuba Leo
Scuba Don
Scuba Mike
Scuba Raph
Utrom

Found by yours truly in Kentucky at Target. Happy Hunting!

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Hope that helps. I copied and pasted that out of a forum thread I started over at OffTheCard. It's very up to date.

oooooooooooooo *drools* thanks.

*Spitfire* · 08-23-2004, 11:44 AM

I have all the new ones then!
I just need Claw Shredder and that bad guy Turtle Titan fights and I have them all that are on the back of the card

Albrecht · 08-23-2004, 09:13 PM

my shredder and mike have half assed paint jobs.

TMNTGal · 08-23-2004, 09:22 PM

I haven't had this problem so far. I still haven't found the new figures but I hope they're not as bad as everyone says.

JaffleMan · 08-23-2004, 10:27 PM

I have found from my experiences that the figures with the black stamps on their feet seem to have really poor quality control whilst the white stamped figures seem OK.

My worst example of a black stamped figure is my Space Hopping Mike who is in the packet still and appears to have what looks like dried up snot splattered across his torso. He also has bits of silver paint splashed here and there.

*cqb101* · 08-24-2004, 10:42 AM

I was just looking at the paint ap on my Turtlebot and it's horrible....easily the worst out of any of my figs.

*Spitfire* · 08-24-2004, 04:58 PM

I was thinking maybe if we all emailed Playmates about the problem they might fix it but what has emailing them ever gotten us?

Leonardo_the_sword_master · 08-24-2004, 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spitfire666xXxXx

I was thinking maybe if we all emailed Playmates about the problem they might fix it but what has emailing them ever gotten us?

NOTTIN BUT CRAP!!!! fro me i didn't eve nget a reply

Mobius One · 08-25-2004, 10:25 AM

Ive never had a problem with this...all you have to do is examine it before you buy it. I guess I've just been lucky.

08-22-2004, 11:37 PM	#1
Spitfire Writer • Director Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 12,035	Playmates HORRIBLE Paint job! I got some of the new figures and my Tricriatron Warrior has silver paint on the top of his head! His horns are painted sliver and then theres some extra paint leaked onto his head! Theres some excess paint on my other figures as well! What is this crap playmates is pulling? I pay good damn money for these and I get a crappy paint job! They look hand paints almost! Anyone else had this problem? __________________ Check out my online portfolio http://www.christopherpelletier.com/

08-23-2004, 12:30 AM	#2
Jed Stone Warrior Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 956	Battle Bikes My battle bike figures are painted pretty badly. Leonardo has brown paint splashed over his white top, I tried to cover it with tipex but it just doesn't work Mikey has orange paint splashed onto his palm. They're the only ones I've been disappointed with so far. On a side note, I even had to bring Battle Bike Raph back and get a new one, his head mould was all messed up and the top part of his head(from the bandana up) was sitting too high on his head, so it looked like he had a gap on his head. I hope the fact that these figures where kind of hidden to the side in the box(on the Irish ones anyway, I know the American ones are diffrent) didn't make Playmates decide they could make them as sloppy as they wished because they knew people wouldn't see 'till they got them home and opened them __________________ I am Frank-Zappa-as-imagined-by-the-editor-of-a-famous-rock-&-roll-magazine. I am an anachronism who makes the ugliest music on the planet. I have no right to call myself a member of the human race. I am tasteless, untalented, pompous, arrogant, cruel, insensitive, vulgar and not a fun guy because I don't use drugs.

08-23-2004, 05:42 AM	#3
Leonardo_the_sword_master Stone Warrior Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The Technodrome, and the LOTRO forums. Posts: 761	YES........ my evil turtle bot has a bad paint job __________________ Mikey," and if you put ancohvies on that man your in big trouble."

08-23-2004, 06:58 AM	#5
TheCloneRanger Hench Mutant Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Kentucky, USA Posts: 356	Paint slops are pretty common with this line. When I say "slops," I mean extra paint that has fallen from where it is supposed to be, not just a sloppy paint job. Most lines, I'm happy just to grab a new figure without really studying it. Not with TMNT...I've had to go through 4-5 figs in some instances to find a decent job. The faces seem to suffer the most, especially with extra white from the eyes getting on the head bands and such. I finally found my Utrom this past weekend, but his paint job was so poor, he instantly became custom material. On a related note, sometime this week, I'll be posting a new custom figure. I've been doing customs off-and-on for about 8 years, and this is by far my favorite I've done, from any toy line. __________________ ~Larry

08-23-2004, 07:39 AM	#7
avervisal Hench Mutant Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: IL Posts: 452	I haven't really had this problem yet luckily __________________ Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.

08-23-2004, 06:17 AM	#4
trez Thug Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 79	My Guardian Ninja has black paint on part of his face and on his medallion.

08-23-2004, 07:36 AM	#6
~~Leatherhead1984~~ Banned Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 82	on my fugitiod. the green on the eyes is slightly off center. it sort of looks like the green paint doesnt line up with actaul mold.

08-23-2004, 08:18 AM	#8
Leonardo_the_sword_master Stone Warrior Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The Technodrome, and the LOTRO forums. Posts: 761	YOU MEAN THAT THE FUGITOID AND THE NINJA GAURDAIN ARE OUT __________________ Mikey," and if you put ancohvies on that man your in big trouble."

08-23-2004, 11:44 AM	#13
Spitfire Writer • Director Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 12,035	I have all the new ones then! I just need Claw Shredder and that bad guy Turtle Titan fights and I have them all that are on the back of the card __________________ Check out my online portfolio http://www.christopherpelletier.com/

08-23-2004, 09:13 PM	#14
Albrecht Mad Scientist Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,073	my shredder and mike have half assed paint jobs. __________________

08-23-2004, 09:22 PM	#15
TMNTGal Mad Scientist Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,061	I haven't had this problem so far. I still haven't found the new figures but I hope they're not as bad as everyone says. __________________

08-23-2004, 10:27 PM	#16
JaffleMan Stone Warrior Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Portarlington, Vic Australia Posts: 761	I have found from my experiences that the figures with the black stamps on their feet seem to have really poor quality control whilst the white stamped figures seem OK. My worst example of a black stamped figure is my Space Hopping Mike who is in the packet still and appears to have what looks like dried up snot splattered across his torso. He also has bits of silver paint splashed here and there. __________________

08-24-2004, 10:42 AM	#17
cqb101 Cinephile Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Salem, MA Posts: 8,489	I was just looking at the paint ap on my Turtlebot and it's horrible....easily the worst out of any of my figs. __________________ Facebook

08-24-2004, 04:58 PM	#18
Spitfire Writer • Director Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 12,035	I was thinking maybe if we all emailed Playmates about the problem they might fix it but what has emailing them ever gotten us? __________________ Check out my online portfolio http://www.christopherpelletier.com/

08-25-2004, 10:25 AM	#20
Mobius One Hench Mutant Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: US Posts: 411	Ive never had a problem with this...all you have to do is examine it before you buy it. I guess I've just been lucky. __________________ You can kill the Revolutionaries, But you can't kill the Revolution! www.worldskater224.deviantart.com -visit it! Formerly Demogoblin87...