NECA issues WARNING regarding Gears of War Lancer Replica.

NecaOnline reports a faulty design with their GOW Lancer Replica. The Lancer is the iconic weapon from the XBOX mega-hit Gears of War. It combines a machine gun and a chainsaw, which is quite an ingenious move considering the history of first-person-shooters (i.e. why didn't anyone think of that before?)

During production of the Lancer, some of the plastic enclosures had a piece reversed, which had no effect on batteries made in Asia. The Asian batteries have longer contact points and made the connection each time. On some batteries made in the US and Europe the reversed piece does not allow for the batteries to make the connection. We have already developed a solution (a small thin metal plate, with instruction sheet) and we will gladly mail the metal plate to anyone with issues. We apologize for any inconvenience. Please email me your name and mailing address to melaniec@necaonline.com if you are encountering this problem.

Now Neca doesn't explicitly state what will happen with your Lancer while leaving these batteries in place without the modification but they do state "DO NOT USE" in the title of the article.

Comments

[Ross G.]

this product is freakin $$$$! Lower the price and we'll talk.