I was talking to a buddy in the industry about this last night.
They said that there is absolutely zero way that Brian can have these fixed by that same factory, and have them looking anything like the prototypes or the way Nacelle wants--period. Let alone in 30 days. Brian should have never given a time frame.
The reason these are so cheap is because the factory they used is known for shortcuts. You get what you pay for.
Buddy also went into great detail on the science behind toy making that I am too dumb to get into here, but it would basically be starting over from scratch in order to get these anywhere in the vicinity of decent. That includes new plastic, reshaping the molds, etc. Case in point, look at that God awful bicep swivel in the pic below compared to the prototype. The factory made that change. And in order to get that back to how it was in the prototype, that would require a new mold, new science behind it, etc. That isn't going to be fixed in 30 days. Again, certainly not by this factory.
They were warned not to use these people, but in an effort to save a buck, here we are. Trying to make expensive toys on the cheap will get you here.
This whole situation is effed. They're either going to say screw it and to put out a second batch of dogshit figures, or they're going to have to break contract and move somewhere that's more willing and capable than this current factory, and Brian is going to financially lose his ass trying to get these right.
