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01-11-2013, 11:38 AM | #1 |
Sprite Viper
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Hey everyone, I've done a lot of figure buying lately and have lots of parts to swap around.
First is Tomax and Xamot, I picked up the MU Professor X figures, and headswapped. The heads fit really well, but I might have to do some touchups for the hands' skin tone. For now, they work for suited lawyer Crimson Twins. For the next two, I really liked these two figures from Retaliation wave 2, but I never planned on using them as Flint and Firefly. I switched their heads, and now I have a temporary stand-in for the Devil's Due character General Rey. I'm waiting on some body armor I painted to finish drying, but I thought the Retaliation Firefly head would work for him. But what to do with the Flint head? I put it on the Firefly body, and as far as I'm concerned, I have a de facto leader for the Python Patrol. I don't know if the jacket markings were supposed to evoke the Python Patrol, but it works for me. I'm thinking of naming him Rat Snake or something.
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01-11-2013, 12:25 PM | #2 |
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I've been wanting to do the same thing with Tomax and Xamot. Did you find the professor X at a brick and mortar store, or did they arrive through the mail? The neck looks like it might be a little short, or are the crimson twins heads a little big, but I'm looking at small pictures on my iPhone. Any comments?
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01-11-2013, 12:29 PM | #3 |
Sprite Viper
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i'm the toy lead at the store i work at, so i ordered a bunch of cases of the professor X wave.
the issue isn't the neck peg per se, it's that the coat bunches up a bit at the neck line. the heads are a touch loose, but the coat helps stabilize.
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01-11-2013, 12:39 PM | #4 |
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Ok, cool. So I should start seeing these at retail?
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01-11-2013, 12:46 PM | #5 |
Sprite Viper
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i would hope so, since the next wave has already been released.
though, i've noticed more and more that MUs distribution to big box stores is getting stupider. the only reason my store got a bunch of cases is because i physically ordered a bunch.
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01-11-2013, 09:57 PM | #6 |
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And you can help us out with those Prof. X figures....how exactly?
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01-11-2013, 10:15 PM | #7 |
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I don't know what I hate more. The fact that you have Prof.X, or that you can physically order them for your store.
I like you idea for General Rey.
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01-12-2013, 12:23 AM | #8 |
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I want to do the same with the twins.
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01-12-2013, 10:38 AM | #9 |
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The twins are perfect. You have the version that all collectors want.
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01-12-2013, 11:45 AM | #10 |
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A dot of hot glue in the ball hole will fix both th looseness and height issues. Good luck!
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