I was fine with the 2 inches in lost height from the mock-up to the prototype reveal. What messed up the castle for me is the huge, useless base that shrunk the castle even further from the ground up and turned the jawbridge into a diving board. They are working on sinking the jawbridge into the base a bit, but that doesn't fix the head-scraping interior. I'm hoping it looks good at the final reveal--that will be the deciding factor for me. $300 is a lot of money for a rushed job.