Post by Mechanical Flesh on Apr 21, 2015 15:53:41 GMT -5
Huh, so much for that. Well, at least it's out now, that's what matters.
I've taken out mine and assembled it, and.. I do like the figure. It is not perfect (but then again, which figure really is perfect?), but I can tolerate the little imperfections. There's like.. little paint chips on the red parts of the chest, kind of like what Anubis had, but even less noticeable (so I can live with that for the time being). And.. a microscopic darker-green smudge on Jeeg's head, so tiny you have to get within 2 inches of the figure to even tell that it's there. So yeah, as far as paint apps go, let's say I'm satisfied.
So here are some pics:
The box came wrapped in a nice clear plastic sheet, to avoid scratches I presume.
Everything in the styrofoam tray is protected by individual plastic baggies. The base and support stands are located under the tray:
There's however a small flaw which bugs me more than the others: a gap between the knee and the right leg.
You know how this Jeeg's knees are ratcheted, right? To allow him to bend the legs properly when doing a kneeling pose, for instance. Well, the left knee is fine, but the ratchet in the right knee doesn't go all the way "up", and leaves a noticeable gap between the magnetic ball and the lower leg:
Though maybe not all hope is lost. I'm asking you guys: would it be safe to open the lower leg to see if this ratchet issue is fixable? The lower leg is diecast and it has a screw, so by being careful one might be able to split it and then reattach the two halves without damaging anything, right? Maybe by moving the whole ratchet assembly a bit I could solve this problem. What do you think?
I've taken out mine and assembled it, and.. I do like the figure. It is not perfect (but then again, which figure really is perfect?), but I can tolerate the little imperfections. There's like.. little paint chips on the red parts of the chest, kind of like what Anubis had, but even less noticeable (so I can live with that for the time being). And.. a microscopic darker-green smudge on Jeeg's head, so tiny you have to get within 2 inches of the figure to even tell that it's there. So yeah, as far as paint apps go, let's say I'm satisfied.
So here are some pics:
The box came wrapped in a nice clear plastic sheet, to avoid scratches I presume.
Everything in the styrofoam tray is protected by individual plastic baggies. The base and support stands are located under the tray:
There's however a small flaw which bugs me more than the others: a gap between the knee and the right leg.
You know how this Jeeg's knees are ratcheted, right? To allow him to bend the legs properly when doing a kneeling pose, for instance. Well, the left knee is fine, but the ratchet in the right knee doesn't go all the way "up", and leaves a noticeable gap between the magnetic ball and the lower leg:
Though maybe not all hope is lost. I'm asking you guys: would it be safe to open the lower leg to see if this ratchet issue is fixable? The lower leg is diecast and it has a screw, so by being careful one might be able to split it and then reattach the two halves without damaging anything, right? Maybe by moving the whole ratchet assembly a bit I could solve this problem. What do you think?
it's perfect, there's no gap between the knee-ball and the leg now. Didn't take too long, just a week.
