Too much hysteria!!!

Right I've taken down the Gandalf Blog because following the links to the sites where people have been directed from I have found nothing but ill-informed rants about the issue. I originally posted the article because I was, I think rightly pissed off that a relatively expensive model had a fault with it. But just to clarify:

1. The model did not 'melt' into a pool of goo.
2. The standing leg was pinned because the leg was bowing quite badly under the models own weight, it was not pinned all the way into the base because the leg was too thin and the angle of the leg and ankle made that impossible to achieve any way.
3. The leg simply gave way, for whatever reason. I'm no chemical engineer so I couldn't tell you why or what happened.
4. The Terminator standing not 2 inches away from the Gandalf was perfectly fine and that suggests to this laymen that it isn't necessarily and issue with Games Workshops Finecast resin alone, but that something about the Gandalf miniature itself perhaps.
5. I have just put together a Dwarf Gyrocopter with parts just as thin as Shadowfax's leg and that has been just fine.
6. Having held another Finecast Gandalf over the weekend I'm now more inclined to think that my Gandalf was actually a faulty product. Because the oscillation on that version on the standing leg was absolutely nowhere near as bad as mine. My Gandalf when wobbled slightly while attached to the base would sway quite far from side to side, this other Gandalf did no such thing.
7. I'm hearing off of people saying they've had Finecast melt on them. Sorry but unless you show a picture and put it out there like I did I'm not going to believe you. As a word of friendly warning or advice though, if you do put pictures out there then be prepared for a shit load of abuse off of angry teenage fanboys.
8. Oh and one last thing the Games Workshop did NOT deny me an exchange, they offered one straight away or a refund, so again people claiming they refused me such options are just not telling the truth.

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