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01-25-2008, 01:42 AM
Shin Densetsu
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I used the blowdryer to heat the plastic in the hands and flex them to a position I wanted, then ran them under cool water immediately to retain the pose. This enabled my Storm Shadow and Red Ninja figures to hold their weapons much tighter than before. This should work on all the other figures, except possibly Gung ho.
As far as durability, I do worry about the wrists, since my wave 1 Snake Eyes suffered a severed wrist, which I later fixed. Thankfully, no figure since then has broken, so I take it durability was improved in the waves afterwards(definitely felt like it, wave 3 was much more solid than 1). I am glad I have no worries about broken thumbs and crotches.
Also the looseness on the RAH joes was nearly impossible to fix. With the new joes, its all about adding tension in the right places. Unless you have certain tools, it is difficult to tighten the elbow and knee pegs on the RAH joes. Sure the backpack was easy to take apart, and the legs were too, but fixing loose knees and elbows on the RAH ones was hard.
Also wobbles, as beloved as the cobra trooper is because of the army building capability, he is far from the best figure in the line, and not the most solid. Pick up Snake Eyes, Storm Shadow, Zartan, or Firefly to see how much of a difference there is. Freed up articulation, excellent mobility, and so forth. Also, Zartan just seemed to be one of the most solid anniversary figures I have handled.
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