Let's Try Again

My replacement Triad Alpha (Dark Skin version) came in the mail yesterday.  She arrived in good condition without any major flaws.

She is able to sit just fine.  She is able to pose just as well as my other Alphas.

She is a welcomed addition here, and she is making friends already. 

 Here are all of my Alphas and my Omega.

In my previous post, when I said "Sheesh, even my Otaku can sit down without falling apart!", I should have known that I was tempting fate.  I wanted a photo of all of my Triad figures together.  I posed the others, and then very carefully and very slowly began to pose my Otaku in a seated position, while her leg very slowly fell off.

There is no snapping this one back on, it is broken.  I'm not too upset about it because I knew that if I continued to try to pose her, it was just a matter of time before this would happen.  So she is going to my dolly infirmary and one day, I will attempt to repair her.

I want to give kudos to Big Bad Toy Store for their excellent customer service while taking care of the situation with my defective Alpha.  I received a quick reply to my initial email asking for photos of the defective figure, and once I sent the photos I received another quick reply asking if I wanted a refund or an exchange.  I had to think about that one for a while, but decided that I really did want this figure in my collection, so I asked for an exchange and hoped for the best.  I received my UPS return label shortly thereafter.  I did not have to go to the Post Office.  Wooohooo!  I returned the figure, and the day after it was delivered to them, they shipped my replacement.  I've been ordering from Big Bad Toy Store for years and never had a problem with any of the merchandise until now (not their fault - the figure had manufacturer defects).  They have always been great to deal with and they are one of the few companies that I trust with pre-orders.  I'm glad that they were able to resolve this issue quickly with minimal inconvenience on my part.

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I REALLY Dislike Going to the Post Office

No, I do not like going to the Post Office one bit.  I have dolls that I would sell right now on eBay if that did not involve going to the Post Office.  I am irritated at the very thought of going to the Post Office.  Which is why I am sitting here at 1:12 a.m. feeling disgusted.  I'm going to have to make a trip to the Post Office.

I despise going to the Post Office so much that I will sometimes keep dolls with flaws.  Some things can be overlooked.  When I opened my Triad Alpha and I saw her rough left elbow, I thought to myself "I can live with that."

Then, I saw the split on the right side of her neck, and I was rather irritated.  "Oh well," I thought, "At least she has long hair."  I was actually going to try to overlook that.  You just don't understand how much I despise going to the Post Office.

I was posing her and having a jolly good time, until it came time to sit her down.  Her left leg just popped right off.  "Okay..." I said to myself, "she has modular limbs.  She comes apart.  Just pop the thing back on."  I popped her leg back on and it popped right back off again.  The leg will not stay on.  I have in my possession an ACTION FIGURE that can not sit down!  And THAT I cannot bear.  Sheesh, even my Otaku can sit down without falling apart!

So I will be making a trip to the Post Office soon so that I can return this doll.  I am not happy.

But hey, other than that, she's a great figure.  Here she is still in her package.

And here she is removed from her packaging.  She stands quite well.

Here's a close-up.  I like her features and her hair.

Here she is with other Triad Alphas.  My other Alphas are great, by the way.  I have put them through rigorous posing, and have not had a problem with limbs that would not stay on.  And they are some of the best posers that I have.  I was really looking forward to having this new figure in my collection.   I was happy that she had a different face.  I was thrilled that they did not give her the hideous orange hair like the promo photos.  I was thinking about all the different ways that I would pose her.  But noooooooo, she can't do much more than just stand there posing her upper body in different ways.

 Here are all of my Triad ladies.

Hopefully I can get a refund or a replacement.  Posing is on hold until then.  

I fell like I should open another doll now since this one was a disappointment.  I'll open another one, but not today.