Another quick update; this time with the Portal 2 Turret Exclusive statue by Gaming Heads. I ordered this bad boy a long time ago, and after paying it off not too long ago, it arrived earlier today.
Quick impressions: It's absolutely beautiful. Being that it's made of polystone, the overall quality of the piece is really nice. Lots of fine detail and the paint is really nice too--especially the glossy white paint.
The glossy base is super nice. I thought I'd hate the glossy, mirror-like finish on the base, but I don't have it at all. It looks great.
On the downside, this thing is just too damn fragile. I can easily see myself breaking this thing at some point. The legs appear to be especially fragile. The statue only very gingerly fits in to place on it's base. It doesn't feel secure enough on the base to me.
I can see it tipping over at some point. Like if I were to turn the bass up on my surround sound system, for instance, I can see the statue tipping over from the thuds of the bass.
The white side panels only slide in to place with magnets. I can see those panels falling off at some point too.
The glossy base-though super nice-will surely be a scratch-magnet. In fact, it came with plenty of fine scratches on it already.
My statue also isn't perfectly straight. It has a slight lean or tilt; so it just looks slightly off or slightly crooked, if you get my meaning.
The light is OK, but it could be a tad bit brighter
Lastly, the sound. There's really no other way to put it: It sucks. It's really low and heavily muffled. It's just terrible. Really disappointed with that.
Plenty of stuffed toys out there have crystal clear sound features; I don't know why this expensive collectible couldn't do at least as good.
Other than that though, it's really nice. None of my complaints would stop me from buying this again. Well, I probably wouldn't buy the exclusive, since it's so bad; but the regular version would be a buy for sure.
The overall look of the piece is too nice to pass up.
