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Retro Figure (Vietnam Mold) Swaps and Breakdowns
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06-26-2021, 10:22 PM
HissHissFangFan
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LEEE777
Hiss, really like the mix up of parts with the Cobra Trooper and Stalker, great for customs, oh yeah! Hoping future releases will be all compatible like these two are, great stuff man! ;)
It would have been nice if the boots were swappable, but they aren't due to slightly different construction. Right now, I'm using a Stalker and CobraTrooper figure with different swapped parts between those two for Clutch and a stand-in Snake Eyes.
20210626_031414
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HissHissFangFang
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Clutch has messed up boots--the feet were cast into lower left leg wrong on the second Stalker I opened up, then again on a fourth Stalker I opened up. I panicked at first since both had the same left leg messed up (otherwise I could use good legs for a figure). Luckily, the sculpts on both left and right legs are verify similar--not perfect, but they fit in swapped location and the laces are only slightly offset. So above, Clutch has the two bad left legs, while one of the other figures pictured has the two good right legs. I meant to use the bad legs on someone who has black boots where it is less noticeable, but forgot to do that paint switch.
So that's today's discovery: I am seeing QC issues with the feet to leg joint (on 2 of 5 figures bought), and lower boots are swappable, left-right. To tell which leg is correct, check how the back seem of the boot lines up (not pictured).
Bonus: more lower arm comparisons:
2021-06-20_01-28-44
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HissHissFangFang
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Apparantly there are two different molds for rolled up sleeves by MTF. One has the wristband and longer peg (which needs mod to fit snugly into Retro Stalker arm), and one without the wristband and a shorter peg. This peg fits snug and tight into the Stalker Retro arm without mods.
2nd to right is 50th HitNRun arm (same as 50th Flint). If you cut the long tip, the arm fits nice and tight in the Stalker arm, but the arm gets way top long and skinny at the wrist and looks weird with a majority of available hands.
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