I would buy this Voltron figure sooner or later,
whether I get it via subscription as what's the process right now
or whether I get it second-hand, this figure Iz what it Iz.
And it can be whatever you make of it.
And if Mattel
really decides to no longer make this specimen,
that would also make me feel inclined to buy it......
.......from the same nostalgic perspective I have for the old
'90s Banpresto mazinger toys.
Of course, I'd have to wait at least ten or fifteen years for
this Voltron specimen to have any nostalgic effect on me. ;D
Chachi said it best: If I buy it, I bought it to enjoy it... not so that I'd have to
repair some flaw it may have. I'm a customer, Not the QC worker at the factory.
If I wanna repair a flaw, I can do that with 2nd-hand robot toys bought
from eBay or from members here; because in that case I bought the flawed
specimen for the fun I get out of modifying it.
A toy review should call out and address any issues the Reviewer may encounter
with the
actual item he or she is reviewing; and it should be a direct
review/rating of the item, NOT for the entire production line as a whole.....
One bad blue lion Doesn't mean "ALL" the following blue lions in production
will turn out in the same condition.
...because
not all products from the same production line might have the
same defect. The same QC person is not gonna be on shift 24-7 straight through.
You can get a thousand Voltrons off that line, 5 or 6 might have similar defects
while 2 or 3 might have other defects, OR perhaps just that one instance ALL of
those 1000 voltrons might make it out of the plant in perfect shape.
Just like the NY Lottery: "Hey, ya never know".
Each voltron coming off that line will have some slight difference.
If the toe-nails on a voltron lion's leg look a little too wide,
the person running that part of the machine line is gonna make
a slight adjustment to the lathe or whatever machine while
the production line keeps spitting out more lion legs.
Every new lion leg thereafter is gonna be affected by the
adjustment.
There's no time to make adjustments on scraps and rejects,
and there's almost no time to shut the line down unless it's
a really critical problem.
because the plant is under deadline pressures to export
a certain number of product by quota per day, and Down time
can cost a company lots of money.
Back to this Voltron specimen: Regardless of its price and shipping value,
to you the individual hobbyist/collector/consumer, it's either a
Toy ...or a...
Collectible.
You can git wit
This ("toy") or
You can git wit
That ("collectible")
You can git wit
This ("toy") or
You can git wit
That ("collectible")
You can git wit ...
This... ("toy") or
You can git wit
That ("collectible")
It doesn't matter which
coz a fact iz a fact ;D
It all finally comes down to how YOU will treat it when it arrives home
into your loving arms.
zozo-mag
