Safari ichthyosaur tail issue

[bettashark]

I just got my Safari ichthyosaur in the mail! But it has a problem.
This:

Basically there's a hollow spot under a thin surface skin, which also has holes in it. Just a manufacturing flaw.
Has anyone else had the same issue with this model? Should I return it and reorder, or is it a common enough issue that I should just try to patch it up a bit somehow?

[Dinoxels]

  That's very strange! I have never seen one of these with that before. Reminds me of those scratches aquatic mammals get when hit by boat propellers.   

[stargatedalek]

Is it a bubble in the plastic or in the paint? Either way I would contact safari directly, always worth trying with this sort of thing.

[bettashark]

It's an actual bubble in the plastic, just beneath the surface. (The actual model is black, the only white is paint.) I bought it from The Dinosaur Farm, so I'll see if they'll do an exchange on it. If not, I can probably fudge it a bit somehow. It looks like the surface beneath the bubble skin is pretty smooth, and it's not very deep.