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04-11-2008, 11:14 AM | #1 |
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I wanted to get people's opinion on this. What's your take on the Wide Crotches? Are they mistakes that have been fixed in a few figures or do you veiw them as another/1st version much like the 82 straight arm figures?
Basically I was wondering if I should use my wide crotch Beachhead for a custom I have planned or should I try to find another Beachhead and keep my wide crotch mint (BTW I have wide and thin crotch BH aready) But in my quandry I started wondering how this was viewed by others |
04-11-2008, 11:24 AM | #2 |
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i like to display the wide, think they look better. for customs, prob'ly go thin. may be easier to deal with, and likely more readily available.
mind you, this is from a guy that does not do customs. and also from a guy that fought reeeeally hard not to include "wide crotch vs. thin crotch" preference jokes into this reply. i amaze myself with my self restraint. *pats back* |
04-11-2008, 11:27 AM | #3 |
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I applaud your restraint Camper
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04-11-2008, 11:44 AM | #4 |
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Shogi, I consider the diaper crotch versions to be like the straight arm figures from '82. They are just 1st releases. I've been trying to get each version, fixed and diaper, of each character they have done this to. The only ones that I'm missing right now is the SE v2 that has just been released with the fixed crotch, the black SE v1 with the diaper crotch, and the grey SE v1 from the original 5pk with the fixed crotch.
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04-11-2008, 11:50 AM | #5 |
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I also consider them a lil special since they were the 1st version of the 25th line so I don't bother them. Still MOC.
Now the thin crotches those I can open and what not! |
04-11-2008, 11:54 AM | #6 |
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I try to get thin crotch whenever possible because when I have kids I want to give them the 25th line and the wide crotch dont sit properly so they are useless in my opinion. When the fixed stalkers came out I returned my wides and got the new thins. Beach head and firefly got different crotches, not fixed, they still cant sit. One of the best is torpedo. He has a wide diaper crotch so it looks normal but his legs bend completely into a sitting position. I think it has more to do with the top of his legs then the waist piece.
At any rate... back to the question at hand... I view the wide as mistakes because Hasbro just rushed to get cool looking figures out without testing them with vehicles.
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04-11-2008, 01:03 PM | #7 |
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wide crotch = looks better
thin crotch = more poseability Personally, i prefer the wide crotch. I'm not that into vehicles so I really don't care that they don't sit correctly in them. And my Joes aren't lazy so they don't sit down for no reason. they are always ready for action. |
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04-11-2008, 01:44 PM | #8 |
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I hold the same contempt for the wide crotch as I do for the straight arms. Both cause serious limitations for the figures' posability/playability, and I will replace all my diaper-crotches as soon as they make better versions, the same way I replaced all my straight-arm figures with swivels back in the day.
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04-11-2008, 02:00 PM | #9 |
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I think you need to determine how the look of the crotch will affect your custom.
And also what you plan on doing with the custom.. for example, will you be doing lots of neat poses? or will he just be a stand still figure because it'll look awesome standing there. There are some cool looking figs out there that, regardless of crotch, they are just cool. There are some that make you wish it was a diaper or wish it was a "fixed" crotch.. either way.. try to see if it looks cool with a fixed (since they are readily available per another poster's comment) If it looks horrible, maybe the diaper/wide crotch will look better and you should go with that. I still see plenty of both crotches.. God.. the worth crotch has no meaning now that i've said it in my head so many times |
04-11-2008, 04:05 PM | #10 |
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Well to be honest, I hate the wide crotches since I'm an articulation nazi. In fact, pretty much all of my customs recieves a "fixed" crotch if they don't already have it (I figure if I'm destroying it by making it a custom, cutting the crotch isn't going to destroy it any worse ) I still haven't decided what to do about my custom (I'm still hunting for other parts so if I find a BH in the meantime I'll buy it to use) But I was really more interested by the idea of thinking of them as "straight arms"
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