lerath666
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Re: Obi-Wan Kenobi: General – Clone Wars
the loose joints seem to be a more or less hit and miss thing. i seem to have gotten a lucky draw with mine having good joints
bring on some EII clones now!
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10/23/2008, 1:27 am
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shortyred
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Re: Obi-Wan Kenobi: General – Clone Wars
And the fit of the armor also! I see what everyone is saying about some of the armor being not tight enough.
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10/23/2008, 4:47 am
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Grimlock212
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Re: Obi-Wan Kenobi: General – Clone Wars
Mine has fairly loose joints and the armor is loose around the legs. Gravity pulls it all downward and leave a huge gap at the top of the leg armor. This is a nice figure in general, but they need to make the joints MUCH tighter and the armor slightly more snug.
--- Grimlock
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10/23/2008, 1:07 pm
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AkumajouDracula
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Re: Obi-Wan Kenobi: General – Clone Wars
Hey everybody, long time lurker, first time poster. Anyway, got mine they other day and i'm really happy with him. My joints aren't SUPER loose but they're not great either, it's kind of the same problem I had with my Cleaner Pred, the hips and knees were looser than i'd like, but the ankles are super tight so if you put them sideways to have the feet flat on the ground he's not going anywhere. Not crazy about the matte finish or the mold lines on the armor but for this price point ($90 shipped form Alter Ego) I can't really !@#$ too much, and the likeness really is amazing except, of course, for the doll dot. High hopes for Vader and the Stormies now.
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11/6/2008, 9:33 am
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kazukiJuN
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Re: Obi-Wan Kenobi: General – Clone Wars
Got him, body sucks, the legs can't even hold a pose. Head sculpt looks amazing......then 1 hour out of the box
his arm broke.
Wow, so much for the new body is gonna put SS on par with HT....my foot
Armour was so hard, you cant even use hair dryer to soften them to remove it.
Sideshow suck!
period
Im not gonna buy anymore Sideshow items.
Although I have preordered the utapau trooper, Im selling it the moment I get it.
Lara Croft sucks too.
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12/13/2008, 11:50 am
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Kaido
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Re: Obi-Wan Kenobi: General – Clone Wars
That's too bad, Jun. Any way you can salvage the figure? Can you switch to a Truetype??
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12/13/2008, 5:11 pm
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kazukiJuN
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Re: Obi-Wan Kenobi: General – Clone Wars
I did try fitting on the true type, but the only way it would work is that I have to do major sanding on the true type body so that it will be slim enough, for the armour to fit nicely.
And I really hate the hard plastic armour, I think Im just gonna sell the parts loose and make back whatever I can.
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12/14/2008, 10:21 am
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AkumajouDracula
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Re: Obi-Wan Kenobi: General – Clone Wars
That's crazy to me that the joint quality is so hit and miss. Sideshow needs to get their !@#$ together.
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12/14/2008, 1:07 pm
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bcm77
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Re: Obi-Wan Kenobi: General – Clone Wars
quote: AkumajouDracula wrote:
That's crazy to me that the joint quality is so hit and miss. Sideshow needs to get their !@#$ together.
They most certainly do but it's looking increasingly unlikely that it'll happen anytime soon.
This is a company that can't manage to engineeer decent new base bodies and well fitting armor after getting help from Hot Toys.
Instead of the Second Coming of 1:6 base bodies the armor and Prometheus bodies have turned out to be the Buck 2.0 & 2.1 and their tailoring and production paint is as shoddy as ever.
As ever the figures look better with a decent amount of customising but considering their price the figures should NOT require anything doing to them to make them look their best.
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12/15/2008, 1:43 pm
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Kaido
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Re: Obi-Wan Kenobi: General – Clone Wars
This makes me really nervous b/c I have the Prometheus Snake Eyes and Cobra Commander on order. Crap, I really hope it's okay.
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12/15/2008, 10:22 pm
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