I really would like to get to the bottom of the Wave issue.
How many, which figure in which waves, i.d. features, etc.
Especially if we could identify which figures were altered, new sculpts, etc.
Anyone fancy working on a project with me?
We tackle this question, once and for all, archaeological pottery typology stylee?
Re: Q Force – Surfer Variant Type 3
Posted: 12 Feb 2014 02:20
by The Baron
I'd love to feature all of this in the collectors guide, if possible.
Re: Q Force – Surfer Variant Type 3
Posted: 12 Feb 2014 03:05
by Chopper
There are a couple of other oddities I have noticed too, Hopper. I'll check em out when I get home......
Re: Q Force – Surfer Variant Type 3
Posted: 12 Feb 2014 13:38
by Red Baron
Hopper wrote:Oh, and pics or it didn't happen!
I'll sort a picture out later.
Re: Q Force – Surfer Variant Type 3
Posted: 12 Feb 2014 21:17
by Quickfire
Hopper wrote:Anyone fancy working on a project with me?
We tackle this question, once and for all, archaeological pottery typology stylee?
I bet you're not the one ending up sketching every last inch of topsoil and gravel. For three days. In the rain. Without a pencil sharpener.
The Baron wrote:I'd love to feature all of this in the collectors guide, if possible.
The Surfer has extremely loose arms and legs, like the pegs are too small. The Surfer face has an odd look to it - a very pink colour, which seems quite unlike every other figure I've seen. The Red Shadow has very loose legs, but the arms are not so bad.
Re: Q Force – Surfer Variant Type 3
Posted: 12 Feb 2014 22:46
by Thundershot
Have the white paint applications, on the 's head, worn off or were just never applied in the first place?
Re: Q Force – Surfer Variant Type 3
Posted: 12 Feb 2014 23:13
by Red Baron
Thundershot wrote:Have the white paint applications, on the 's head, worn off or were just never applied in the first place?
In my opinion, there's too little wear to the black and would need to be almost complete wear to the white, which just doesn't seem logical. I think he's just missed the final stage.
Re: Q Force – Surfer Variant Type 3
Posted: 14 Feb 2014 19:29
by Quickfire
Quick and dirty theory is that once the design team left in 84 that standards slipped ... any old mix for the plastic resin pellets or wotevs they were called, none of the old hands doing their formal and informal QC. All in a short phase end of 84 after the new wave had been prepped for Autumn-Xmas rush, Design Team kicked out, all before the sudden public transition to ?
Maybe the plastic mix for the 85 figures and their imported moulds was ordered and arrived before the final figs were manufactured?
New management installed, new bulk orders, drones still making what they were told, same moulds, different cack-handed spam-fisted outcome.
Re: Q Force – Surfer Variant Type 3
Posted: 14 Feb 2014 21:20
by Hopper
Quickfire wrote:
I bet you're not the one ending up sketching every last inch of topsoil and gravel. For three days. In the rain. Without a pencil sharpener.
Been there, done that.
-8 degrees with wind chill factor
Lost part of a knuckle due to a large piece of flint sticking out of a trench wall but not known about it as my hands were numb.
Rain that filled up my boots, whilst I sat patiently drawing. Tears and rain...
Oh archaeology, a cruel mistress... and not in a "thank you mistress, may I have another" good way.
's head, worn off or were just never applied in the first place?
? 
figs were manufactured?