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Customs: Turning ROC figures into 25th Continuation
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08-02-2009, 07:37 PM
Mandingo Rex
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Thanks for the support guys! Haha. I've gotta post some pics, I'll be adding new threads of my customs I'm done with, and nearly all of them utilize ROC parts.
I will say, one figure I didn't have much luck with, was ROC Frostbite. I still ended up using his entire torso and upper arms, but I'm let down by his green joints (WTF? Seriously, Hasbro.) and the plastic of his elbow joints and lower arms suck. Perhaps it was because I got an eBay factory one-off or something (which is where I got it for $8 shipped, I had no need for the vehicle even though he's easy to find in stores). Here's the issues I found with Frostbite:
lower arms:
One arm broke the peg that goes into his gloves, the other arm broke the elbow peg that goes into his upper arm, and tore apart at the spot shaped like a "c". I use the boil-n-pop method, and destroyed the arms. I've never had an issue with elbows before, or mid-arm joints.
joints: all are green, on a figure that should have used mostly white joints on the upper body. It looks terrible on the upper body.
the color: I thought the color was more white. It's a slight shade lighter than all the 25th Snow Serpents. I still had to paint it white, which wasn't my intention, and I wasn't really happy with how it turned out. Especially with the green shoulder joints. I think my Frostbite may end up being made from a Snow Serpent, using only the waist piece.
The head is a decent "under" head, great for use with a generic helmeted troop. I was overall letdown immensely by this Frankenjoe figure.
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