[Trivial Psychic]

@Boy Blunder...

So after I got home, I took a quick look at Space Knight Venom and Titus, and sure enough, you were as right as rain. It's the same sculpt, meaning that there is no bootcut/calf swivel. The difference though is that in the case of Titus, for some reason they either did a slight re-tooling to give the appearance of Titus wearing a separate pair of boots (as opposed to actually sculpting a pair,) or made a boot cut in the pre-production phase and later changed their mind by keeping the leg a single solid piece. It's very deceptive looking and I kinda wish they didn't do it, because it's something that I can imagine someone breaking their BAF over trying to get the damn thing to work when it won't. You can see this faux boot cut in the photo...



As I mentioned earlier, I was able to find another Starlord today and make an even exchange thanks to the other figure being broken. This figure had nearly the same exact issue on the same ankle, with it being stuck as it came out of the package. I cut around the plastic though, and was able to free it up with a generous hot water treatment. Since this has happened to me twice with two different figures, I'm gonna recommend that people take care with the figure when it's fresh out of the box, especially with the left ankle. I have a feeling this is going to be a widespread thing like the Symbiote Spidey shoulder issue and more people than not will end up having to deal with it.

Having had the figure out of the box for a while, I enjoy it, however I still stand by my statements about the QC issues. It's amazing how much farther we have come with movie sculpts for the MCU figures in such short period of time, and gives me hope we might actually get a Chris Evans Cap head that actually looks like Chris. I also love how the accessories from the original Star Lord figure work with the new one, and the newer paint app touch ups on his blasters and his mask are really well done. And if any of you are wondering, the new heads DO fit on the older MCU and EE Starlords, the jackets are also swappable and the hands are easily removable from the figure without having to use heat...

And with that...here's a couple of a-holes for you...with the original a-hole brandishing the new blasters and helmet...