"Damaged" ROTF Armorhide

[Firestorm]

Hi everyone today i was at big W in sunubry and i bought a ROTF Armorhide from there and when i opened it i noticed it had nubers etched into it that dont seem to be a detail on the firgure they seem to be more like someone attacked the figure with a soldering iron, then while transforming it i saw that the head was also scratched up and damaged, to make things stranger inside the box was a nest mail away sticker, but arent those supposed to only be in America, I've bought nest figures before and they didnt come with stickers, i cant post any pics of it right now since i dont have a camera but i'll post some later
a friend of mine said it might be a prototype that got out by accident so i thought i should ask about it here before returning it

[kurdt_the_goat]

I can't speak for Armorhide, but i noticed my Mindwipe has a number etched (on his leg, i think). I was a bit curious but then i noticed in some pictures online somewhere, someone else's also had a number in the same position...and it was bought from retail like mine, so i guess it's ok.

[Firestorm]

how can it be ok if his face looks like someone attacked him with a flaming chainsaw?
upon further inspection his gun is also slightly damaged

[Sky Shadow]

Do you have a digital camera? If so, photos would help us to help you.

[kurdt_the_goat]

how can it be ok if his face looks like someone attacked him with a flaming chainsaw?
upon further inspection his gun is also slightly damaged

My post was only addressing the number etching if you read it again.

[BigPenney]

While I can't tell you if its a prototype or not, your description of the head reminds me of when test shots of when, I think, Animated Cybertron Ratchet were leaked.
His face looked like someone had taken a soldering iron to it.

*update*
found pic of ratchet.
Does it look anything like this?

[Sky Shadow]

While I can't tell you if its a prototype or not, your description of the head reminds me of when test shots of when, I think, Animated Cybertron Ratchet were leaked.
His face looked like someone had taken a soldering iron to it.

*update*
found pic of ratchet.
Does it look anything like this?

Sure it looks bad on an Animated toy, but all movie toys have faces that look like they've been hit by a soldering iron anyway.