Integration

Shin Densetsu · 11-04-2009, 12:27 AM

So I stumbled upon the Gigantic Battles Marvel Universe sets today. KICK ASS right? YES! Halfway...

My Skrull and Cap turned out fine, always wanted a "New" Cap, because Brubaker is=WIN and Bucky Cap is actually quite awesome. The Skrull and Goliath use detented joints all over the place, which is the norm for Hasbro ML figures and I like it(a lot less joint looseness this way).

Then I opened Goliath...Iron Man turned out fine(wow he's pale..wasn't expecting that...), but GOLIATH! WTF?! His hips would NOT FREAKING BUDGE WHATSOEVER!

After 20 min of trying to get them to freaking move(bear in mind, though I hate stuck joints and have had breakages, I have also had success freeing them before), the right hip SNAPS THE $%^&* OFF!

O F F!

So the next few minutes resulted in the following phrases:

#$%^&*()_$%^&*()%^&%%F^YT(G()G(&^%%)&(&^)(&()&()&% $$(&@@@121@!!!!!!!!!!!!1!1!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thankfully I was able to get an exchange at Walmart. So I open the next set. BAM STUCK HIPS AGAIN!

WHYYY GOODDD WHYYYY???????????!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL jp.

Anyways

T W O HOURS LATER

I finally free the hips(which was about a few minutes ago to be exact). I tried the following:

Heating up the hips with a blow dryer
Shoving Goliath in the freezer for almost a damn hour
Shoving a knife between the hip discs

All of the following DID NOT WORK by themselves. In the last half of that 2 hour session to liberate those damn hips, I ended up heating up the hips with a hair dryer and trying to pry the discs a little apart to free them from being stuck. My suspicion was that the yellow paint dried up in between the joints, hence why I shoved a knife in there. Since the plastic was a bit softer due to the heat, the knife went in easier.

So after heating the thing up, shoving a knife in, and continually working the joints, the HIPS WERE FINALLY UNSTUCK AND FREED!

So take this as a warning for ANY of you who buy Goliath! Be careful with them hips!

*I have the blue/yellow version, I have no idea if the red/blue one has the same issues, it might depend on whether or not there is paint around the hip joints*

11-04-2009, 12:27 AM	#1
Shin Densetsu OPTIMUS GUINNESS Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 8,542	So I stumbled upon the Gigantic Battles Marvel Universe sets today. KICK ASS right? YES! Halfway... My Skrull and Cap turned out fine, always wanted a "New" Cap, because Brubaker is=WIN and Bucky Cap is actually quite awesome. The Skrull and Goliath use detented joints all over the place, which is the norm for Hasbro ML figures and I like it(a lot less joint looseness this way). Then I opened Goliath...Iron Man turned out fine(wow he's pale..wasn't expecting that...), but GOLIATH! WTF?! His hips would NOT FREAKING BUDGE WHATSOEVER! After 20 min of trying to get them to freaking move(bear in mind, though I hate stuck joints and have had breakages, I have also had success freeing them before), the right hip SNAPS THE $%^&* OFF! O F F! So the next few minutes resulted in the following phrases: #$%^&()_$%^&()%^&%%F^YT(G()G(&^%%)&(&^)(&()&()&% $$(&@@@121@!!!!!!!!!!!!1!1!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thankfully I was able to get an exchange at Walmart. So I open the next set. BAM STUCK HIPS AGAIN! WHYYY GOODDD WHYYYY???????????!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL jp. Anyways T W O HOURS LATER I finally free the hips(which was about a few minutes ago to be exact). I tried the following: Heating up the hips with a blow dryer Shoving Goliath in the freezer for almost a damn hour Shoving a knife between the hip discs All of the following DID NOT WORK by themselves. In the last half of that 2 hour session to liberate those damn hips, I ended up heating up the hips with a hair dryer and trying to pry the discs a little apart to free them from being stuck. My suspicion was that the yellow paint dried up in between the joints, hence why I shoved a knife in there. Since the plastic was a bit softer due to the heat, the knife went in easier. So after heating the thing up, shoving a knife in, and continually working the joints, the HIPS WERE FINALLY UNSTUCK AND FREED! So take this as a warning for ANY of you who buy Goliath! Be careful with them hips! I have the blue/yellow version, I have no idea if the red/blue one has the same issues, it might depend on whether or not there is paint around the hip joints