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08-10-2018, 01:07 PM | #1 |
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I love that the club switched out Salvo to be more beefy mold. However, there are some things that really suck about it. First off, he can't bend his legs straight cause of how the parts go together. The hole in his foot is too shallow for the peg.
So, what I did was took off his foot and drilled the peg hole straight through and then put the foot back on (you don't have to remove the foot, but just didn't want to accidentally drill into the leg). I took his knee pads and flipped them around. Lastly, I gave him some vintage gear and ammo belts on his leg. I modified the launcher to give it two handles. Unfortunately, his hands are too soft and it doesn't hold the equipment well. If anyone knows of better (not so soft) fingerless gloved hands that can fit, please let me know. his legs can be relatively straight now by flipping the kneepads around (well, at least straighter than before)
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08-14-2018, 01:51 PM | #2 |
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Looks great
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08-14-2018, 05:08 PM | #3 |
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Good job!
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08-14-2018, 05:44 PM | #4 |
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Nice mods. He looks great.
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08-14-2018, 10:35 PM | #5 |
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I recently "discovered" that foot peg trick as well. Don't know why hasbro didnt drill this hole all the way through to begin with--it's totally concealed.
You should post detailed pictures of this foot mod. It works so well on the later figures, like storm shadow and jinx. |
08-17-2018, 01:41 PM | #6 |
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Thanks. There really isn't anything to show though. All you do is heat up the foot so you can pop it off the joint. Then just drill a hole that is the same size as the hole on the foot all the way through.
Removing the foot isn't totally necessary, but at least if you do, you won't have to worry about going too far and hitting the joint.
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04-13-2020, 01:14 PM | #7 |
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I decided to not use his vintage launcher and mine shooter cause the FSS Salvo's hands are too soft that it makes it very hard for him to hold. Any chance someone here wants to trade for the launcher and mine shooter in these pictures?
I'm wondering if there are any customizers here that are able to make an attachment for me to fit on the launcher that the FSS one came with to make it look like a 4 tube launcher.
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04-13-2020, 11:47 PM | #8 |
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How do you separate the lower leg to get to the knee joint?
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04-14-2020, 12:54 AM | #9 |
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Heat up the leg and push the pin out. When putting back in, i find it easier to heat the leg only so the pin is hard and easier to push in.
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04-14-2020, 01:33 AM | #10 |
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Thanks. I was wondering the same thing. Gonna have to give a try. Darn knees are the only thing ruining the figure for me.
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