[Nutimus Prime]

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Originally Posted by usernamedustin

I assume you mean figures like Angela and She-Hulk?
I have not found a good method. I've tried splitting the torso, heat n pop, splitting the upper thigh, and enlarging the ball joint hole.
Nothing works consistently. I don't like splitting torsos. Heat and pop only works sometimes and too much or too little heat can cause the ball peg to snap off. If you can get at it carefully, you can use a X-acto knife to open the seam of top of the hip a bit and then pop it off. You can also carefully enlarge the peg hole with a file/dremel.
I have had every method work and every method fail. Enlarging the peg hole gave me the best end result, but took the most time.

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Originally Posted by Veronica Mars

If you mean the Angela and New (She)Hulk bodies, I haven't worked with them, so I'm not sure. If you mean the She-Rulk/Thundra body, all you can do is crack the lower torso, there's a walk through tutorial on The Fwoosh and I'll link it below, the title is something like Fix Red She-Hulk or Modifying Red She-Hulk, I actually picked up a second A-Force She-Hulk to try it with but I just haven't had a chance to sit down and do it.
Custom Tutorial - Red She Hulk Crotch Mod |

Thanks to both of you.

What about the hips on the ones just under that size? Ms Marvel, Spider-Woman, Scarlet Witch, Enchantress, etc.? Same thing as your first post dustin?

I'll probably use my smallest dremel bit and grind out a groove to help pop the top of the thigh off. That or the x-acto. I'll have to play with both depending on case.

[usernamedustin]

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Originally Posted by Nutimus Prime

Thanks to both of you.

What about the hips on the ones just under that size? Ms Marvel, Spider-Woman, Scarlet Witch, Enchantress, etc.? Same thing as your first post dustin?

I'll probably use my smallest dremel bit and grind out a groove to help pop the top of the thigh off.

Yeah, it's the same thing. On a couple figures, like retro Black Widow, I was able to just pry the legs off without any heat. I also destroyed some hips and ball pegs that way. I find dremeling the hip socket is easier to hide and less risky than cracking a torso, you just have to be careful to not hit the ball peg. I don't like swapping those kinds of hips much and thankfully Hasbro is using the easy pop-off one piece hip more on newer figures.

[Veronica Mars]

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Originally Posted by Nutimus Prime

Thanks to both of you.

What about the hips on the ones just under that size? Ms Marvel, Spider-Woman, Scarlet Witch, Enchantress, etc.? Same thing as your first post dustin?

I'll probably use my smallest dremel bit and grind out a groove to help pop the top of the thigh off.

It definitely depends on the character, Psylocke, Walgreen's Emma and White Rabbit will all pop off the ball peg with some heat. The other characters you mentioned are more difficult because the upper leg part that attaches to the torso is a two part piece made of harder plastic, heat doesn't do much, if you're lucky it'll loosen up the glue, you basically have to crack it to get off the peg and results really vary, I've had it come apart super easy, and I've them break and be ruined

[Nutimus Prime]

Thanks again both of you. The hard plastic hip on some of them is definitely annoying to work with.

In unrelated news, my son informed me that Sugarman took a tumble off the X-Men shelf. Luckily nothing broke that I can tell. Phew.

[sh002]

I wish that Venom figure could ab crunch and rotate at the thigh more.

[Dr Kain]

I found Crossbones with a decent paint job today, so yay, something good happened today.

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Originally Posted by usernamedustin

Just got Leader yesterday, so I can finally do this. I wish Leader had come with some sort of weapon or device.

GREATEST FOES

lmao

Oh those are great, especially the IM one.

[sh002]

[Harbinger]

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Originally Posted by usernamedustin

Just got Leader yesterday, so I can finally do this. I wish Leader had come with some sort of weapon or device.

GREATEST FOES

Leader does come with a weapon......his mind.

And Tony.....what a lightweight.

Those are some good shots man.

[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by Bo Ttef

i gor no sentimental attraction to any toy outside very vintage stuff from my childhood- modern items (anything 90's forward) is fodder at best, garbage at worst. My Select Venom willingly donated his heads and hands to better my Mac Gargan Venom and ShadowKing. I've found the older i get the less i care about the "collection" vs just something cool for the shelf. I think my 30's was the worst era of collecting and cataloging and being concerned about condition and storage and all that stuff that ties a collector down. lolz...

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Originally Posted by MeLikeJinx

Once I got my Legends Gambit I threw away my Select Gambit and gave all his accessories to my Legends Gambit. I actually got rid of Select Gambit to make sure I didn't waste any more money on Select figures though as I was really tempted to buy Select Psylocke just because. I'm so glad I didn't buy Select Colossus and just waited a few years for the Legends version to come out.

Thanks guys...these are the type of responses I was hoping to hear out of people. You guys were the only ones who answered. Still would like to hear what anyone thinks on the matter...

I'm sure that Hasbro will eventually get around to giving us a Venom on the vintage card with an animated head not unlike what we're getting with Green Goblin....but to hell with it...I can't be bothered to wait. I got myself a new project to work on...





Just trying to figure out if want to do that weird pink/blue outline that Venom had on the animated series just for authenticity's sake, or if I want to stick with just solid black. I remember hating that outline as a kid.

[Spyne98]

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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

Thanks guys...these are the type of responses I was hoping to hear out of people. You guys were the only ones who answered. Still would like to hear what anyone thinks on the matter...

I'm sure that Hasbro will eventually get around to giving us a Venom on the vintage card with an animated head not unlike what we're getting with Green Goblin....but to hell with it...I can't be bothered to wait. I got myself a new project to work on...





Just trying to figure out if want to do that weird pink/blue outline that Venom had on the animated series just for authenticity's sake, or if I want to stick with just solid black. I remember hating that outline as a kid.

Yooooo! Awesome!
Also, what were you asking about? I must have missed the post.

[usernamedustin]

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Originally Posted by Harbinger

Leader does come with a weapon......his mind.

And Tony.....what a lightweight.

Those are some good shots man.

Thanks.
Lightweight? That's five fifths lying there. You try drinking a whole gallon of Shiraz and not looking like that.

I don't know where those bottles came from originally. I got em in a parts lot and they are labeled 'Shiraz'.

[SymbiSpidey]

Man, that Leader is the very definition of simple, yet effective. I love that they just went straight up classic comic book with the bright and bold yellow and orange, offset with his green skin and the black stripe on the chest. Probably my favorite figure of the Abomination wave (which is shaping up to be a surprisingly cool assortment).

[Harbinger]

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Originally Posted by usernamedustin

Thanks.
Lightweight? That's five fifths lying there. You try drinking a whole gallon of Shiraz and not looking like that.

I don't know where those bottles came from originally. I got em in a parts lot and they are labeled 'Shiraz'.

Im irish, italian and latino.....yah...thats lightweight....to me anyways. heehee

[usernamedustin]

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Originally Posted by Harbinger

Im irish, italian and latino.....yah...thats lightweight....to me anyways. heehee

What's your address? I'll ship you the gallon of shiraz if you make a video of yourself drinking the whole thing.

[Harbinger]

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Originally Posted by usernamedustin

What's your address? I'll ship you the gallon of shiraz if you make a video of yourself drinking the whole thing.

Hahaha! I may take you up on that one day.

[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by Spyne98

Yooooo! Awesome!
Also, what were you asking about? I must have missed the post.

Hey Spyne, what I was asking, was about a week ago, I chopped up and repainted my old Marvel Select Ultimate Venom figure in order to customize my current Brock Monster Venom, and while I satisfied with how it came out, it didn't come without a degree of guilt with it.

What I was asking folks here, was as Hasbro continues to fill out our collections with remakes that are supplanting our older versions, how do you feel about turning older figures into fodder parts? Not reselling...(because for some reason, I struggle less with that.) I'm talking about turning those figures into actual fodder. Accessories aside are one thing, as they can easily be swapped back and forth between figures (all of my current Hasbro Goblins are riding Toybiz gliders atm)...what I'm referring to is more permanent changes that often cannot be reversed, such as removing and dremeling headsculpts and body parts?

It's something that I struggle with personally, as I tend to not resell or dump off the older figures in my collection. We often have spent a great deal of money, time and resources collecting these things, so purposely breaking them or chopping them up, even if they are to make improvements to another figure, feels destructive and wasteful to me sometimes. There's something about keeping those original figures in their original state that appeals to me...as if I'm preserving history somehow because those older figures are a time capsule of sorts. I was just wondering if anyone out there has similar hangups?

[Thor Laserpunch]

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Originally Posted by usernamedustin

just got leader yesterday, so i can finally do this. I wish leader had come with some sort of weapon or device.

greatest foes

l. M. F. A. O.

[Nimrod]

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Originally Posted by ludovicotek

Me three.

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Originally Posted by MeLikeJinx

^ I prefer this Venom look... McFarlane Venom is it? I'm more used to Venom being this normal buff looking guy. But losts of people like the new BAF Venom more in which he is like monster sized.

Totally 100% agree! Never been a fan of Hulk sized Venom. Classic Eddie Brock McFarland version is the one & only version that I'll ever need.

[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by SymbiSpidey

Man, that Leader is the very definition of simple, yet effective. I love that they just went straight up classic comic book with the bright and bold yellow and orange, offset with his green skin and the black stripe on the chest. Probably my favorite figure of the Abomination wave (which is shaping up to be a surprisingly cool assortment).

Like how classic? I ask because I always saw Leader with his head buldged out as opposed to the style the figure has it.

[usernamedustin]

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Originally Posted by Thor Laserpunch

l. M. F. A. O.

I don't know why the photos didn't show up in your quote?

It's funny cause it's the truth. I mostly collect X-Men stuff, but I have these 6 Avengers and I wanted to have some villains. I couldn't really figure out who Iron Man's main villain was. There are a few that are pretty big, but no one like Cap and the Red Skull or Thor and Loki. Maybe it was just the era of Avengers I grew up reading (I read my uncle's old back issues) but it seems to me like alcohol was the greatest battle in Iron Man's history.

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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

There's something about keeping those original figures in their original state that appeals to me...as if I'm preserving history somehow because those older figures are a time capsule of sorts. I was just wondering if anyone out there has similar hangups?

It depends on the figure. Mostly on age and just general quality of the figure, like is it a good toy/figure just on its own and not compared to something new and shiny. Toybiz stuff is almost all fodder to me except for the few figures that Hasbro hasn't done, like Longshot, Mojo, etc. Hasbro Legends either get resold or straight to fodder if I get a new version of the character.

[Thor Laserpunch]

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Originally Posted by usernamedustin

I don't know why the photos didn't show up in your quote?

It's funny cause it's the truth. I mostly collect X-Men stuff, but I have these 6 Avengers and I wanted to have some villains. I couldn't really figure out who Iron Man's main villain was. There are a few that are pretty big, but no one like Cap and the Red Skull or Thor and Loki. Maybe it was just the era of Avengers I grew up reading (I read my uncle's old back issues) but it seems to me like alcohol was the greatest battle in Iron Man's history.

I don't know either.

I mean yeah, pretty much right up to the modern era it's been the Mandarin and booze. His classic villains are largely a bunch of bozos.

[warmachine6]

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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

Thanks guys...these are the type of responses I was hoping to hear out of people. You guys were the only ones who answered. Still would like to hear what anyone thinks on the matter...

I'm sure that Hasbro will eventually get around to giving us a Venom on the vintage card with an animated head not unlike what we're getting with Green Goblin....but to hell with it...I can't be bothered to wait. I got myself a new project to work on...





Just trying to figure out if want to do that weird pink/blue outline that Venom had on the animated series just for authenticity's sake, or if I want to stick with just solid black. I remember hating that outline as a kid.

That's awesome, could you give me some pointers on dimensions thinking of doing something similar though on the sunfire body mold. I'd recommend doing both paint apps

[EvilMonkeyPope]

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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

It's something that I struggle with personally, as I tend to not dump off the older figures in my collection. Purposely breaking them or chopping them up, even if they are to make improvements to another figure, feels destructive and wasteful to me at times. There's something about keeping those original figures in their original state that appeals to me...as if I'm preserving history somehow. Even in the case of the Select Ultimate Venom figure (great sculpt, but terrible figure) I felt a great deal of guilt just popping the head off this sucker, even though I was happy with the result. Just wondering how some of you felt about it?

I feel mostly the same way. The exception is when I buy something with specific intent to customize it. I don't even like taking spare accessories for customs since it'll leave the originals incomplete.

I've got a custom in the works that needs the original MCU antlered Hela head. I've become attached to this even though I've got the upgraded version, so I decided I needed one to keep unmodified. Unfortunately this seems to be the one Hela head nobody is parting with anymore. The only loose one I found was in a lot with other heads I don't want. I asked the seller about just buying the one & they declined. Then the lot was relisted with even more fodder.

[usernamedustin]

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Originally Posted by Thor Laserpunch

I don't know either.

I mean yeah, pretty much right up to the modern era it's been the Mandarin and booze. His classic villains are largely a bunch of bozos.

I agree. Mandarin was the only one I felt was the major villain, but there isn't a good figure. I would make a custom, but I feel like Hasbro has to make a classic Mandarin figure eventually. I would freak right the fuck out if they did Red Skull, Loki, and Mandarin in the same way as the 80th Cap, Thor, and Iron Man.

[sh002]

Deadpool Strong Guy wave.