They first sent the Headless Halloween Version by mistake.

I think the Christmas one will scared kids too.

Yes, I understand from Lionel many from the first run that arrived damaged in shipment.  Most had the damage in the figure's left arm.

Thankfully more have just landed at Lionel and are on the way to dealers this week.  Hopefully the second run is better packaged and in better condition to replace all the defective ones from the first run and satisfy demand.  I have several customers waiting on replacements from the first run.  Shipping is costly!

Will NOT be a greeter at my homes!  

IndyDanny,

I have to agree with you on this one, as it is no where near the quality that I would have expected, and especially for the cost. It is not resin from what I can tell. It appears to be a very thin ceramic like a clay pot that has not been fired. The first one I received was broken at the neck all the way around. I contacted the dealer and he explained they did a really poor job designing the original packing, so he together with the manufacturer re-designed the foam surrounding the figure.

He gladly took back the damaged one stating that I could have easily broke it while it was being unpacked. so he sent a call tag for that one and shipped me another. I am afraid to unpack it for what I might find, or the putting it out due to the fact that someone could easily bump it and knock it over or break an arm off.

Therefore, even though I thought it was a great concept, I will be sticking to train purchases in the future, unless I can see the quality of an item.

What a dud!!

Joe

My lhs had six arrive all broken...

Ceramic! Was this done to make it more collectable, since very few will survive the shipping and handling?

It would have been better to make it out of injection molded plastic.

Andrew

Here's a couple that shipped in earlier this week.  They are replacements from the last batch of broken ones. These are ok!  (Whew!)  They were not packaged any different or better than the first run, but they are still fragile!  I am not sure what they are made of.  I think the painting on the first run was better.