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08-13-2022, 10:03 PM | #11 |
o-ring or nothing
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: In the 1980's
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He always looked like an updated Range Viper to me. An all around great figure, given how badly the rest of the figures around then were painted.
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08-13-2022, 10:37 PM | #12 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Santa Rosa, CA
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this was easily my favorite figure from the 90's. so badass. they rereleased him as a convention exclusive in 2008 with much better weapons.
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08-14-2022, 09:47 PM | #13 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Nov 2021
Location: MD
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On a side note, I was able to build these two figures from the bag today. I forgot Destro was this huge:
It's amazing the things you could get on eBay 15-20 years ago dirt cheap. There are still a lot of early 80s body parts and heads in there. Many I can't identify since a lot of the 82/83 figures had identical sculpts. |
08-15-2022, 12:41 AM | #14 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Nov 2021
Location: MD
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I'm now really wondering why they could chrome out the head of a $3 figure but not on a $25 figure. Is the process that much more expensive? Did they lose some sort of wisdom after 40 years?
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08-15-2022, 12:54 AM | #15 |
Porkchop Sandwiches!
Join Date: Sep 2021
Location: Tampa, FL
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I also recall something about vac-metal being really bad for the environment as well, but I assume with the announcement of the Retro C-3PO and R2-D2 that they either don't care about that for those figures, or have figured out a better way of doing them. |
08-15-2022, 02:28 AM | #16 |
Soldier of Misfortune
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Out of direct sunlight
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On a side note, I was able to build these two figures from the bag today. I forgot Destro was this huge:
It's amazing the things you could get on eBay 15-20 years ago dirt cheap. There are still a lot of early 80s body parts and heads in there. Many I can't identify since a lot of the 82/83 figures had identical sculpts.
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08-15-2022, 05:12 AM | #17 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Boulder
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Red Star's rocket launcher was amazing. It really stood apart.
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08-15-2022, 07:50 AM | #18 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Nov 2021
Location: MD
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Side note number 2, the distilled vinegar method works so well with removing rust from screws on these. The Stormtrooper had no rust, but the latter two did. A 10 minute soak and a little scraping made the screws look new again. |
08-15-2022, 05:47 PM | #19 |
Hisstank.Com General
Join Date: Dec 2021
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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I went nuts trying to find this guy as a kid. Never did.
Regular Headhunters and Headhunter Stormtroopers are very needed in Classified. |
08-16-2022, 12:36 AM | #20 |
Crimson Guard
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Location: MD
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I have an attachment to some of my figures that I'm trying to let go. Now I feel like keeping this one too. I need help. |
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