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11-22-2020, 10:59 PM | #5961 |
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I did this for comparison purposes.
In my mind I was seeing the Gung Ho legs as making Duke too tall. Seeing this next to RB and Gung Ho, I think he’s too tall. My RB does have Retaliation battle Kata Legs but they are comparable to the Retro Collection legs in length. The 50th head sat pretty high on the neck so I chose this MTF head as maybe being closer to Vala’s head. What do you guys think? Too tall?
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11-22-2020, 11:08 PM | #5962 |
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It ends up looking like the action figure equivalent of a ransom note cobbled together using letters clipped out of magazines. There is no cohesive design within itself. "But the straps are in the right place!"
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11-22-2020, 11:31 PM | #5963 |
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I really like HHFF’s leg build. Might try that on the Kwinn torso.
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11-22-2020, 11:41 PM | #5964 |
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My (HHFF) leg build was taken basically from Meandnoonelse essentially. He has a few builds, but maintained the leg build with mods.
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11-22-2020, 11:46 PM | #5965 |
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What is that leg build?
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11-23-2020, 12:12 AM | #5966 |
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2020-11-21_07-43-18 by HissHissFangFang, on Flickr
For this one, upper legs are 25th Gung Ho and/or Torch (same molds, different attachments). Lower legs originated on 25th Dusty and Recondo, used on other figures as well. Slightly taller than the 50th Flint legs. |
11-23-2020, 12:22 AM | #5967 |
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For height, it depends who you group the figure with most. On my shelf he's flanked by both RB and GH, which really made me study the tall build. But I also like to take mine off the shelf and put him with other normal height figures, where the GH legs make him too tall. Maybe build both. I will if I can get the GH legs inexpensive (wave 4?).
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11-23-2020, 12:25 AM | #5968 |
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Indeed. I've noticed Vala seems to get hung up so badly on matching vintage style that he mismatches the parts in other, more detrimental ways. This "concept" Duke build and all 3 Missile Command figures make that clear, just for easy reference. He'd rather build an ill-proportioned circus freak with the pouches and knives in the "right" place instead of building a normal human in what amounts to slightly different pants or the "wrong" shirt. That's how you get things like 25th CC torso parts on Retaliation CC legs just so you can store his gun on his back, huge muscle legs on Duke just to get a holster and knife in the right spot and style, skinny jeans on Cobra soldiers so their pouches are closer to vintage locations, etc.
It ends up looking like the action figure equivalent of a ransom note cobbled together using letters clipped out of magazines. There is no cohesive design within itself. "But the straps are in the right place!"
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11-23-2020, 12:40 AM | #5969 |
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You're probably right. But wanted a little more height, and to force myself to work with other legs than my go to's. More than half my shelf collection use the same leg molds (FF or SE),
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11-23-2020, 12:40 AM | #5970 |
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I like the DATD Flint legs too for Duke. The proportions are better. I totally agree with Zap on the MCC figures. The forearms were terrible too. They barely hit 90°, and you have to slide them back to get them to almost 90.
I wonder if this Retro Duke will peg warm worse than ROC Arctic Destro?
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