ATTENTION! For those who bought the Super Sonico Shimapan Ver. 1/7 PVC figure by Orchidseed, you should note that her pantsu is “broken”. No, it is not broken, it is a mistaken that made by Orchidseed. There maybe some exception, but most of the Super Sonico Valentine Ver. should looks like the images below.
The problem is the fitment of the pantsu is really bad, and side is not long enough to connect the front and back parts together. Now Orchidseed is remaking the mold to fix the pantsu, and they are offering the new replacement pantsu free off charge. All you need to do is go to Orchidseed’s Super Sonico information page and fill out the form.
Since they need to remake the pantsu from start, don’t expect it will be done soon. I wouldn’t be surprised if we need to wait for 3-4 months. =P
For those who don’t know Japanese, I made a translation for you below. But I’m not sure if Orchidseed will ship oversea. I’ll send them an e-mail later tonight and see what happen. For the meantime, I would just go ahead and fill out the form first. =]
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——From Orchidseed—— ใใฎๅบฆๅผ็คพใใ็บๅฃฒใใใฆ้ ใใพใใใใใผใฑใผใใซๅญ ใใพใใณver.ใใซ้ขใใพใใฆ ๆฌ่ฃฝๅใซใคใใฆไธ้จไธๅ ทๅใใใใใพใใใฎใงๅ ฑๅใใใฆใใใ ใใพใใ ็็ถใจใใใใพใใฆใฏ ใปใใพใใณใใผใใฎๆฌไฝใจใฎๅใใๆชใ ใจใใฃใใใฎใจใชใใพใใ ๆฌไปถใซ้ขใใๅผ็คพๅฏพๅฟ็ญใจใใพใใฆ่ฉฒๅฝใใผใใฎ้ๅไฟฎๆญฃใๅฎๆฝใ่ฏๅใใผใใๅ็็ฃใฎไธใๅฑใใใใฆ้ ใใใใใใใพใใ ไปฃๆฟๅใฎ็บ้ๆฅๆใซ้ขใใฆใฏ็พๅจ่ชฟๆดไธญใจใชใใพใใ่ฉณใใๆฅ็จใๆฑบใพใๆฌก็ฌฌๅผ็คพใใผใ ใใผใธๅใณไธ่จใใฉใผใ ใใใ็ป้ฒใใใ ใใพใใe-mailใซใฆๅ ฑๅใใใใฆใใใ ใใพใใ ่ฉฒๅฝใฎใๅฎขๆงใฏใๆๆฐใงใฏใใใใพใใไธ่จใใฉใผใ ใซๅฟ ่ฆไบ้ ใฎๅพก่จๅ ฅใๅพก้กใๅบๆฅใใฐใจๆใใพใใ |
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o oh, mine should arrive by friday or monday. hope all good…
This seems like a pretty fatal mistake considering the main difference between this version and the original is the ใใณใ themselves…
i ordered it >.<.. how lame *sigh*
I got mine a few days ago. It does have the issue mentioned above, but that wasn’t what surprised me. What did was the black top underneath the apron, considering all the promo shots had her wearing nothing under the apron. I still think it’s a very nice figure, but I’m confused as to why there’s suddenly a black top there. O_O I honestly thought the broken pantsu were intentional. XD
is the black top cast off?
The black top is not part of the figure, it’s just a bit of plastic wrapped around her chest, presumably to make the box more worksafe.
I filled out the form a few days ago when my figure arrived but haven’t got any confirmation emails back, not sure if that’s normal or not. Will wait and hope for confirmation that they will ship replacement pantsu internationally.
Indeed that is the case. Finally had time to take it out of the box tonight and get her onto the stand piece. There were a couple of slight issues. In order to mount her on the circle piece, i had to put the slippers on first then slide her feet around until the gaps matched – took a fair while for the foot with 2 holes. And now I understand the black – it’s tape to prevent any chest issues during transport, but also because the apron isn’t fully attached, It’s quite loose and the side bits to connect the front and back are left unattacjed, kind of in a semi-cast off position. Getting the apron connected is hard because there’s two thread like bits to connect to two very small holes, but moreso the fact straining one of them to fit detaches the other. So I left it at one attached. However, underneath the apron looks great and there will be no cast-off scar issues due to this setup – I’m guessing that is the reason the apron is loose and the attachments are flimsy.
Hahaha XD
Sorry, I just thought your post was really funny. But I can see how you thought it was part of the figure if you didn’t take it out of the box yet.
And yeah, the feet’s a little difficult to get in at first, but if you keep at it, you’ll get it eventually. Apron is so-so. Left side is a little loose but the right is fine for me so it stays on fine.
Do you think if you heated the parts up, pushed them together, and glued it with epoxy glue it would fix the problem? Or is it a matter of there just not being enough pantsu plastic?
The material is REALLY thin on the pantsu. I doubt that would work.
Even if you can extend it with heat, but you can’t take the pantsu off anymore once you glue it together.
The link provided does not work.
If you don’t have Japanese language pack installed, the link might not work for you.
So you need to go http://www.orchidseed.co.jp/, and then click on this button
mine has the same problem with the pantsu, but she looks so cute, and don’t really mind, may be I display her naked
lol what a blunder.. so i assume right after its produced from factory, it is sent out to the stores and distributors. what ever happened to quality control? doesnt the PVC factory have the duty to report this kind of matter to the company? like… *hmmm the prototype has 2 arms, but this figure has 3 arms… hmm i better ask!* itll save the company money, although it gives the factory more money to make the fix. The light, white tissue-ish paper that covers the box may be bad, since u cant spot any defects before shipping (even though it protects the box from scratches and stuff).
aw.. my first figure from orchid seed and it turns out theres a fault to it ๐
my first figure from orchid seed, also my first figure, is L2 elf <3
My first from orchidseed too. Will this cast a bad rep on them in my eyes? Only time(and replacement pantsu) will tell.
got it, same issue.
so i just need to fill the form and hope they will send the replacement?
OMG! Thank you for telling me. I thought the pantsu was just a bad fit in general, but knowing it was a defect that will be fixed makes me feel a little better. Man, I tried to get that pantsu on right so many times, it’s a good thing I didn’t damage the figure trying.
Filled out the form on orchidseed’s site. Emailing hobbysearch(where I bought it) to see if there’s anything they can do.
I thought Valentine Version was the first version, and this is the Shimapan Version. Anyway, I think it’s funny how Hobby Search shows the defect clearly: (link removed)
That being said, the paint and sculpt is AMAZING. Great job, Orchid Seed. Too bad about the minor screw-up! At least they’re doing something to make it right.
btw, Embrace Japan is offering refunds and/or FREE replacements for the Diabolus Inclinatus. I wonder if Orchid Seed will follow their example.
Oh you’re right, it’s the shimapan ver. XD
No, I don’t think Orchidseed will do that. They have a big scar on every Kawaii Amari but they didn’t do anything about it. I emailed them and they told me to live with it. =/
btw, once you fill out the form, you’ll get a green box just below that says:
ใใชใใฎใกใใปใผใธใฏ้ไฟกใใใพใใใใใใใจใใใใใพใใใ
(Translation: Your message has been sent. Thank you.)
For the phone number, the USA country code is 001~0041*1
I had to omit all spaces and dashes for the USA number to fit.
Good luck!
Errm, after the country code, you put in your area and phone number. My message omitted that because I put it between .
lol, apparently, I can’t use “less than” and then “more than” in any way at all. Silly HTML parser.
For the country code, you don’t need to put “001”, you just need “1”.
lol adding the phone number is that much of a probleM? D:
I just got mine and have the same problem, any updates on how or whether Orchid Seed responds?
I emailed Orchidseed last Tue but they still haven’t reply me. =/
GGT, PLEASE keep us updated on this! Thank you!
I got a full refund of Hobby Search, they weren’t able to get replacement parts.
Same here. It’s a shame I couldn’t get replacements. But full refund for a little defect ain’t so bad.
LOL u got a full refund from hobby search? D:
shit i shouldve asked too. but i think tis too late to ask haha. its been like few weeks
I just received an e-mail from Amiami.jp. They said they received replacement parts from OrchidSeed. If you’ve purchased Soniko from them, they will send you the part in your next order. I hope this is some good news.
It’s good to know! Thank you for the head up! =D