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03-07-2021, 05:38 PM | #7551 |
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That's my first time noticing the leather strap on the boot, which is going to bug me now.
I'd understand it if it were purely a tanker boot design. Serves the same practicality. But Cobra really sending their troops out to fight in some sort of bootleg Louboutin fashion boots? |
03-07-2021, 07:05 PM | #7552 |
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Well, here's Duke. I was so disappointed in him, but at least now I have a modern Duke in his V1 uniform without the slit wrists. If they were gonna give us that head, the least they could have done was give him his proper bandolier so there would be one to match the colors.
Here's how my Duke will be displayed now. Don't know if I'll use the gun like his vintage one or the one that matches the card art though. That was something that bugged me as a kid cause it was clearly Snow Job's rifle on the card, but they gave him Stalker's on the toy. Here he is with the first 25th Duke. I found the head too small but there were no Duke heads that matched the skin tone. The new one is off a little but close enough for me. One thing to note on the new Duke, his arm joints are very stiff and his holster has some excess material inside that I had to drill out for his pistol to fit all the way down.
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03-07-2021, 08:35 PM | #7553 |
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Hey, you know who those goofy oversized fang pilot feet don't look too bad on? Roadblock!
I was messing around with my retro version, and tried swapping the boots. He's a big guy already, so they don't even look too big on him, AND it gives him some much needed ankle articulation. Quote:
Well, here's Duke. I was so disappointed in him, but at least now I have a modern Duke in his V1 uniform without the slit wrists. If they were gonna give us that head, the least they could have done was give him his proper bandolier so there would be one to match the colors.
Here's how my Duke will be displayed now. Don't know if I'll use the gun like his vintage one or the one that matches the card art though. That was something that bugged me as a kid cause it was clearly Snow Job's rifle on the card, but they gave him Stalker's on the toy. Here he is with the first 25th Duke. I found the head too small but there were no Duke heads that matched the skin tone. The new one is off a little but close enough for me. One thing to note on the new Duke, his arm joints are very stiff and his holster has some excess material inside that I had to drill out for his pistol to fit all the way down.
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03-08-2021, 12:00 AM | #7554 |
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there seem to be a lot of defects in these figures
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03-08-2021, 01:38 AM | #7555 |
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Not sure if the holster thing was mine only or if they are all like that. The material came off verh easily with a few twists of the drill bit by hand.
However, the main defect of that Duke is his head and harness. They could have used the whole mold and given us the jetpack.
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03-10-2021, 07:05 AM | #7556 |
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Has anyone found W2 in the wild recently?
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03-10-2021, 07:30 AM | #7557 |
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Exactly what I was saying.
They may be the same build and parts ,but the plastics don’t feel the same. They feel cheap. I stated the same thing on the retro snake eyes . Its poorly made all around .
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03-10-2021, 08:23 AM | #7558 |
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03-10-2021, 09:16 AM | #7559 |
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Yeah they are using cheaper materials but at the same price point to make a profit. Hasbro lost money last year and the year before that. They stated before they had to skimp back on things like packaging.
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03-11-2021, 10:46 AM | #7560 |
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Yes, but it wasn't a restock. It was a rural area store that still had a bunch of Destros remaining that didn't clearance them after X-mas (someone I know in the area said they marked the HISSes down to $4 and this matched what was on brickseek) but the figures stayed full price.
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