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Anyone tried the pre-v hands from helenarou?

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They look pretty good in pictures. I'm curious if anyone else has tried them before I pull the trigger?
 

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Best choice for pre-v builds afaik
 
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Well - I bought some around 6 months ago and the black was more of a gloss than a matte finish. Obviously not what you want.

It was a strange time when I purchased though - their website was having difficulties and communication was poor. Used my low limit CC for the purchase, just in case.

Haven't checked the site since but hopefully they resolved whatever the issue was.
 

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Well - I bought some around 6 months ago and the black was more of a gloss than a matte finish. Obviously not what you want.

It was a strange time when I purchased though - their website was having difficulties and communication was poor. Used my low limit CC for the purchase, just in case.

Haven't checked the site since but hopefully they resolved whatever the issue was.
Fair enough. Thanks for the heads up.
 

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Well - I bought some around 6 months ago and the black was more of a gloss than a matte finish. Obviously not what you want.

It was a strange time when I purchased though - their website was having difficulties and communication was poor. Used my low limit CC for the purchase, just in case.

Haven't checked the site since but hopefully they resolved whatever the issue was.

Gloss finish? That's strange indeed. I bought multiple sets from them.
Did you ask Mark about it?
 

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Gloss finish? That's strange indeed. I bought multiple sets from them.
Did you ask Mark about it?

I didn't... As mentioned, it was an odd experience with HR as their website wasn't functioning properly. I sourced another set of hands for my project before these arrived so I just put them in the parts drawer and forgot about them.

 

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I didn't... As mentioned, it was an odd experience with HR as their website wasn't functioning properly. I sourced another set of hands for my project before these arrived so I just put them in the parts drawer and forgot about them.

Makes me wonder if it was just a shipping mix up. They do sell a few different sets it appears.
 

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I didn't... As mentioned, it was an odd experience with HR as their website wasn't functioning properly. I sourced another set of hands for my project before these arrived so I just put them in the parts drawer and forgot about them.


Thia is definitely NOT the same set that I bought back then
 

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I didn't... As mentioned, it was an odd experience with HR as their website wasn't functioning properly. I sourced another set of hands for my project before these arrived so I just put them in the parts drawer and forgot about them.

These are simply unpainted hands. And HR lume is also bad to say the least. So nothing is lost by removing the lume as well.