Integration

Trivial Psychic · 04-07-2019, 07:49 PM

Really worried that the super quick releases of these waves are gonna cause a backlog of stuff to peg warm thanks to Hasbro essentially self cannibalizing them. I'm already noticing a huge number of Capt. Marvel figs clogging the spaces alongside remnants of the last BP (M'baku) and Deadpool (Sauron, along with a ton of Sasquatch X23 and Domino) waves. They really need to better space them out...or simply reduce the amount of waves we get in a year before it goes the way of Star Wars, where retailers start becoming reluctant to order new Legends products due to the crazy amount of back stock sitting on shelves.

A while back when I picked up the new QR Captain America figure, I mentioned that the new "Avengers" head fits on the original Avengers Walmart Cap, but will sit too high on the neck due to that body mold.

Well, I finally worked up the courage to mod it (outside the Galive/Loki and Target two packs, I haven't seen any of the new figs in the wild outside of Maw and Nighthawk.) And while it took a bit of work...the operation was a success!

I had to shave down about half the ball joint on the figure and burrow the hole a bit deeper into the head, but after some careful hallowing out of the new sculpt, it pops perfectly on with no loss of articulation. Even better, I can go back to the older one if I'd like, but after getting it to work with the new head, I doubt that will ever happen. The new head is colored pretty damn close in hand (the photo brings the misaligned colors out, but it works in hand and is barely noticeable if you have the darker variant of the fig like I have.)

Unfortunately, the new head will not rest properly on the QR body like it used to, so I may just go with the heads from an extra 10th anniversary Cap that I have in my fodder bin to remedy that. Can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs, right?

Best of all...I probably wont need to ever update him should Hasbro decide to do so, as I love this sculpt as is despite it's minor limitations.

Not sure if it's been mentioned, but I can confirm the new Hawkeye head also works perfectly on the Amazon 4 pack MCU Hawkeye with no modding, if you are looking to upgrade that old figure.

04-07-2019, 07:49 PM	#51783
Trivial Psychic Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 4,533	Really worried that the super quick releases of these waves are gonna cause a backlog of stuff to peg warm thanks to Hasbro essentially self cannibalizing them. I'm already noticing a huge number of Capt. Marvel figs clogging the spaces alongside remnants of the last BP (M'baku) and Deadpool (Sauron, along with a ton of Sasquatch X23 and Domino) waves. They really need to better space them out...or simply reduce the amount of waves we get in a year before it goes the way of Star Wars, where retailers start becoming reluctant to order new Legends products due to the crazy amount of back stock sitting on shelves. A while back when I picked up the new QR Captain America figure, I mentioned that the new "Avengers" head fits on the original Avengers Walmart Cap, but will sit too high on the neck due to that body mold. Well, I finally worked up the courage to mod it (outside the Galive/Loki and Target two packs, I haven't seen any of the new figs in the wild outside of Maw and Nighthawk.) And while it took a bit of work...the operation was a success! I had to shave down about half the ball joint on the figure and burrow the hole a bit deeper into the head, but after some careful hallowing out of the new sculpt, it pops perfectly on with no loss of articulation. Even better, I can go back to the older one if I'd like, but after getting it to work with the new head, I doubt that will ever happen. The new head is colored pretty damn close in hand (the photo brings the misaligned colors out, but it works in hand and is barely noticeable if you have the darker variant of the fig like I have.) Unfortunately, the new head will not rest properly on the QR body like it used to, so I may just go with the heads from an extra 10th anniversary Cap that I have in my fodder bin to remedy that. Can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs, right? Best of all...I probably wont need to ever update him should Hasbro decide to do so, as I love this sculpt as is despite it's minor limitations. Not sure if it's been mentioned, but I can confirm the new Hawkeye head also works perfectly on the Amazon 4 pack MCU Hawkeye with no modding, if you are looking to upgrade that old figure. Last edited by Trivial Psychic; 04-07-2019 at 07:57 PM..