Some uncommon Western mecha action! Got this Redemptor Dreadnought in last week, made by a company called Joytoy. Joytoy has been releasing loads of 1:18 Warhammer 40K figures and the smaller figures have been really nice. This Dreadnought is my first experience with one of their large, higher-end figures and I am extremely impressed!
The sculpt is well done (granted, it's a fairly simple design) and Joytoy really excels with paint apps. The engineering of the figure is very well done too, with good articulation and strong ratcheting joints, even the fingers are individually articulated with joints at each knuckle. Of course, the most impressive thing about this figure is the sheer size as it towers over RDs and the GFFMC Zaku II. This particular Dreadnought appears to retail for $200 in the US, but it seems fairly easy to get it for $150 or less (I paid $130) and Dreadnoughts from other chapters appear to have their MSRP targeted at the lower $150. At ~$150, I highly recommend this hulk if you're a fan of Warhammer or just dig the design!
>>10330193I totally get where you're coming from! Early on in my collecting, I would be very bothered over any flaw I saw on my figures, but nowadays the only thing that really gets to me is when something is broken or damaged. I tend to look at flaws two ways; first, if the flaw is something that is common to all figures (ie, sprue marks on an RD), well it's just part of the figure. Doesn't mean I give the company a pass for the flaw, but it's not something you can change with a different figure. Second, if it's a flaw specific to my copy (ie dinged paint apps), then hey, it's a "charm point" that makes my copy unique, haha.
Of course, egregious QC errors will still prompt me to return/exchange a figure (ie wholly missing paint apps), but the main thing that kills me is when the flaw is my fault, like dropping the figure and scratching it up. Ahhh that gets to me, haha.