[StalemateSB]

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Originally Posted by 280-CUSTOMS

Thats almost as bad as the NF ram not having the peg/bolt for the sidecars wheel .. that one is kind of annoying though

Yes. I don't know if I mentioned I made a custom peg for one of mine (need to make one for my other RAM too). I filed down a piece of sprue from a flight stand I bought. It works pretty great!

[SharksAndRec]

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Originally Posted by Jeffrozup

That is what perplexes me about reissues and repaints. You used them once before. How did you not use the sight and the pin with the reuse parts?!?

It's strange, because the CLAW pilot is the Valkyrie buck again, and it includes the 3 heads again, but the Ferret Scout had a somewhat unique head (green eyes and seemingly a little bit more pale). Maybe the difference was the unique chest piece, but the CLAW pilot has a unique harness. It's odd what they reuse and when.

[280-CUSTOMS]

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Originally Posted by StalemateSB

Yes. I don't know if I mentioned I made a custom peg for one of mine (need to make one for my other RAM too). I filed down a piece of sprue from a flight stand I bought. It works pretty great!

I think you did mention it previously , i went through some model kit fodder i has and found a few things to use as a peg when i get home i plan on working on and finishing several things ive been putting off ..

[Snakeeyesisposh]

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Originally Posted by theNAMmagazine

That's the price one pays for sleeping on him. Picked one up on the cheap months back when he was warming hard, to do the SSC Cobra Sniper kitbash everyone else was doing, and had that extra head in a bin.

To predict that one that I would need the head of a specific Pleather
Yellow stripe Camo figure!!!????


Inconceivable!!

[theNAMmagazine]

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Originally Posted by Snakeeyesisposh

To predict that one that I would need the head of a specific Pleather Yellow stripe Camo figure!!!????

Inconceivable!!

I thought I'd waited too long when all the kitbashed Snipers were popping up. It's also one of the reasons why if I find a figure on clearance, I'll pick him up for parts later. Whether it's a holster/pistol for Breaker, more gear for Dusty, backpack straps for Bazooka, or a head for the Stinger Driver, you just never know.

[RedAlert Rescue]

There seems to be something missing in the front forks of the NPC as well.
The other 2 have a resistance to the steering being moved the 3rd version though is so loose it almost rattles in the housing. Like a rubber washer is missing inside.

As for the Pin that is missing. In the end I just found a panel pin / small nail of the right size and hacksawed the point off then painted it matt black it worked very well you can't tell it isn't the original part.

[DarkLordMordred]

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Originally Posted by StalemateSB

Yeah, I noticed that with mine and I think one of the reviews I watched. It's kind of weird you'd think that would be part of the tooling along with all the other Cobra Officer accessories that he comes with. Plus he has the slot in his belt for it.

There are a few other figures that came with the Officer's belt and NONE of his accessories, so you have all these slots for gear the figure doesn't even have. lol

[RedAlert Rescue]

If they'd included a suitably sized silencer then that could go in the slot usually used for that front part (Laser scope ?) of the AK Pattern rifle.

It is that they purposefully left a piece out just like they did with the Pin in the NPC's wheel that just looks really cheap.

Sure they screw up on the accessories from time to time in other ways (like include a back pack that isn't compatible with the weapons) or they way they over do it with the Gilboa Snake "double" assault rifle.

Or even how they put tattoos on anything & everything to the point it has become a meme. But that missing pin in the NPC's wheel and the Missing scope (in a $100+ toy) just come across as so cheap, especially when that scope is likely gang moulded in with the rifle anyway.

What is also weird about the NPC is that is doesn't have the correct rear wheel either so that it doesn't look right or fit correctly due to the double disc break being in the way of the chain drive. and the increased thickness of the back wheel caused by the extra break disc making it drag.

I don't know what is worse that they did it on purpose to penny pinch (like by only making one wheel type). Or that they screwed up at the factory and no one caught it through out the entire production process.

Some one likely had to CHOOSE to miss-assemble a toy or CHOOSE to leave pieces out though when they are gang moulded with the other parts anyway.

If they had any decency they'd put the part back in on later batches or repaints.

[Crashtest Viper]

any news or leaks of what we may see at pulse con this year? i am hoping for more classic cobra.

[Dusty Ayers]

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Originally Posted by Crashtest Viper

any news or leaks of what we may see at pulse con this year? i am hoping for more classic cobra.

I?m thinking that a retro Flint has to be coming soon.