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E.C.H.O. Team by BatesDragon
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08-22-2022, 02:42 AM
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Fall
These are all great! The JoyToy stuff is so versatile. I've got a nice collection of them by this point but they're so expensive I always have a hard time pulling them apart for customs, but these posts are nudging me closer lol.
Thanks Fall, they are very easy to kit bash as they are mostly compatible with each other. Just be extra careful with the older figures (2018-19) and the female figures that have naturally thinner and thus weaker joints. The Wreckage above uses arms from 2018 figure that the elbows were prone to breaking. Those are the last 2 surviving elbows I have out of four figures that came with those arms. 2020 and beyond have much stronger joints. I encourage you to play around with different combos. No need to chop'em up or paint them to come up with fun unique designs.
As you can probably tell from the figures you have they are often same paint for torso and legs (cost saving measure I guess). Many times I just start with swapping torsos on figures and outfitting them from there. A simple head swap got me 90% of the way on my Low Light custom. I did do a custom combo for the legs on him, but there are enough base black figures to do it without that change.
Most of the time my customizing is more kitbashing/painting their gear. I've only just begun to try painting large portions of figures. So no harm in just part swapping as long as you're careful in warming up the joints for disassembling and reassembling. If you have an unfortunate broken joint I can try to hook you up with a replacement joint/s if needed. PM if that happens.
Good Luck,
BD
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