Cost of models versus quality?

That sucks. That's a fair amount of extra work sawing those down and fileing them clean. Fun for a modeler but crappy for anyone who just wants to assemble and play. At a $60+ cad price tag you'd think they'd at least clean up the models. This game isn't cheap to play. Is this comparable to other miniature table top games?

Same thing happened when I picked up Azrael and/or Eye of Truth. Maybe it's just been the recent or resin stuff? I don't recall my other heavy jack/beasts being like this.

Loki is made out of resin though, and is therefore made from a different material then the rest of those things. This does seem strange though, because I have had other larger resin models from them like Kromac 2 that I recall being very minimal cleanup.

Or tin-snips.
Or wire cutters.
Any device that allows you to easily cut things (except scissors. They'll do it, but it's never pretty)

I prefer to use a small saw (It might be small, but it has cut through titanium and steel), but I realise that isn't for everyone. You get resin everywhere and it can be difficult to cut it straight.

Cryptix I too remember those days...boy was that rough

I have a few different brands of hobby clippers that work super well for cutting bits like this off models If you do a Google search for hobby clipers you'll get a bunch of results...in fact Privateer Press even has a brand name clipper that shows up in the search. I find they work a lot easier (and usually with less chance of damage) than pliers or other types of cutting implements. I've not regretted buying them at all.

I noticed myself that these large bits of flashing are really only present on the newer resin stuff that I've bought. The hard plastic seems to not have this issue based on my experiences. It is somewhat annoying as these bits are not trivial to cut through...they tend to be pretty thick.