Eh, as long as it has more articulation than the previous figure than I say bring it on!!!!We'll end up with another small figure with no accessories for the same price as Bane
Hi folks, new to the board. I was just wondering whether anyone happens to know the exact height of Arkham Origins Series 1 Bane.
I need to know if he'll fit between my bookcase shelves.XD He looks considerably taller than the other characters.
Said shelves (sorry really hard to take a sharp picture because of the lighting):
The new bane doesn't reuse any parts from what I can tell. It's a completely different figure. The new bane has a move articulation in the arms than the old one. the only thing they COULD possibly have reused is the torso, but it looks different to me.
It's the lighting that makes it truly pop but that doesn't translate on (my crappy phone) camera unfortunately. Great way to liven up my book/dvd case!
Thanks.
I was thinking about adding Origins Bane and Deathstroke on the hero shelf, but in the corners (so they're truly surrounded). Deathstroke anyway, but Bane I'm not sure whether he'll fit in between.XD
Just please, take my warning. If it doesn't want to move and feels like it needs force to move it, don't do it. If you boil some water and pour it in a sink with him in it and let it soak for 10-15 it'll soften the plastic so you can free up some of the articulation. But even then with mine he doesn't have full movement and I've done it twice.I just got Killer Croc today, so far no arm issues, and I love the figure thus far and with Hugo on the way my collection is really coming along.
Depending on when I get Bane I'll let you know how much he can crouch down. How tall is your shelf? Probably would only be able to shave about an inch or less off his height.
Yeah, your display really looks nice. So did you just get some of your favourite rouges? I was going to do that, but I wanted the others ones too much to resist.
I'd be so psyched if they did a comic run with him where they made him a little more unrealistically ripped and focussed on him using that gas of his to not feel pain. I find it funny how it took me 'bout 6 viewings before I saw Batman gets his gauntlet blades hooked behind Bane's mask tubes and is only then able to rip them loose. Nolan dropped the ball a bit on filming that last fight.
But I deviate off-topic...
Thanks for the advice, so far the only joints that have been stiff are the elbow joints, I'll try that out in the future. Just found out my Hugo is set to arrive sometime on Monday...the wait is going to kill me.Yeah, your display really looks nice. So did you just get some of your favourite rouges? I was going to do that, but I wanted the others ones too much to resist.
Depending on when I get Bane I'll let you know how much he can crouch down. How tall is your shelf? Probably would only be able to shave about an inch or less off his height.
Just please, take my warning. If it doesn't want to move and feels like it needs force to move it, don't do it. If you boil some water and pour it in a sink with him in it and let it soak for 10-15 it'll soften the plastic so you can free up some of the articulation. But even then with mine he doesn't have full movement and I've done it twice.
My Hugo is supposed to come today or tomorrow, I'll post some pictures for you guy when I get him out of the package.
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Yeah, that 1/4 of an inch won't give you any trouble.Thanks! I see now that I've miscalculated, the height is just a little over 8 inches, so it should be possible to get him in between there.
And yeah pretty much. I miss Two-Face though (not gonna buy mattel stuff). And I have Play Arts Kai Catwoman. But yeah, apart from Poison Ivy being easily one of the worst of the Arkham lines imo, and missing Two-Face, my collection does feel somewhat complete now. I like plenty of the more supporting villains as well, like Zsasz and Hush, but I collect more than this line, and regarding my limited amount of shelf space, just having the main heroes and main villains was enough for me.
Only figure I'm definitely buying now is Deathstroke. Bane I'm not sure, because I never really liked Bane that much. Tbh it's the Dark Knight Rises Bane that I mostly like.
Yeah, the elbows are going to be stiff. Just hold the bicep piece and the rest of the arm. Don't just try and bend the elbow, that's how a lot of arms broke from people trying to bend the stiff elbows. Just keep the pressure off the shoulder and you should be fine.
The wait's killing me too, I don't have tracking, so it could be within a few hours, tomorrow, or Monday.I use a blow drier for 99% of my work with figures. Croc is just so much larger I wanted to make sure the plastic was heated up all through his torso and arms. A hair drier I feel wouldn't work too well on Croc, but any other smaller figure I'd do the same thing.In my experience a blowdryer on hottest setting works best... After a minute of focussed hot air all soft plastic becomes really, REALLY soft. Just remember joints and body's are usually hard plastic, so only exert force on the soft plastic or otherwise you might crack the hard plastic like you'd normally do. Joints become very movable though if attached to soft plastic limbs, and there's little risk in hurting the figure with hot air. (Always reminds me of when Harry's arm gets zapped and he loses his bones in that second film, it gets all flubbery.
I switched out AA Harley Quinn's arms like this without any problems. Her arms matched her boots, but they should be reversed. But thankfully the mold was the same, so that was easily fixed.
Yeah, that 1/4 of an inch won't give you any trouble.
I really don't want to buy Mattel stuff either personally, but I figured, either deal with the Mattel Two Face or do without. Shame it seems DC Direct is done with the City line for the most part.
Origins Bane does look a lot more like Nolan Bane than any other Bane I know of beside the actual Nolan Bane. He'd look pretty good up there I think. Wouldn't be a bad look at all. The way I see it Bane was always how he is in Origins up until the events in Arkham Asylum with Joker. Batman said Bane was more powerful than before, so at least to me, I think Bane looked like how he does in Origins before Joker pumped him pull of venom again.
Are AA Harley's gloves mispainted or are the arms just merely switched out? I was worried about even trying to switch out the hands due to the usually thing pegs on them, but I'm glad they'll swap out with a little heat from a blow drier.
