Hasbro 6" Black Series Star Wars line

[TheSensationalSean]

Palpatine was the figure I was most excited to see, but he doesn't look too good! Unless the finished product is better, I think I'll abandon this line. And I see I'm not the only one who's thinking this way!

 

[Reefer Shark]

yeah, it's a shame really. I think the head sculpt is good enough to be honest. It's just the soft goods & what they do with them to try and make it look right, it just doesn't work.

Stitching the hood down the way they've done here makes it look more like a baby's bonnet than a droopy hood to me. Why bother with soft goods on a figure that has plastic inner robes? he has zero leg & body articulation anyway, so what's the point?

Hasbro seems to have a thing with stitch the soft goods in wierd places. I absolutely hate that they did that with Vaders cape to his chest armor.

 

[JonWes]

Yeah, the soft goods are letting this figure down a lot.

 

[stickman]

Picked up Vader Chewy and two Lukes today. Really happy, 2 quick mods that I think make a decent different are extending Vaders neck a bit by inserting some blu tac into the ball socket. Second mod was carving out semi circles on Lukes chest near the shoulder, this allows him to bring both arms forward and almost cross them for dynamic two handed light sabre poses

Any chance we can see some pictures? Thanks.

 

[Web_Head91]

I was also going to ask for pictures.

 

[Shanester]

Looks like a Robot Chicken character.

You posted exactly what I was thinking. He looks like a caricature of the Emperor.

 

[Silrian]

That's why he has the pointing hand "Hold the elevator!"

 

[LipSmack]

Any chance we can see some pictures? Thanks.

I was also going to ask for pictures.

Ill get some up tonight

 

[LipSmack]

And my Luke mod

 

[chewblacca]

A little help guys. I just got my Chewie from Amazon and his right knee will not bend. Should I get a hair dryer, or stick him in the freezer?

 

[DangerMouse80]

Yeah im not digging the soft goods. I'll stick with troopers/clones and random aliens from time to time. The human faces just don't look all that good to me

Couldn't agree more. The hood looks terrible.

 

[Evil_Ash]

I will be modding my Jedi Luke when I get him now, thanks LipSmack!

 

[Silrian]

My personal eperiences of years would suggest hairdryer on hottest setting for 30 secs, very carefully try to make it cllick loos, controlled use of force down to minimum threshhold effect. If doesn't work try 30 secs of more heat. If that doesn't work let it cool off or cool off in water and try a full minute of heat minimally n hour or mor later.

If you still feel it wont budge without bending of breaking it after full minute of full heat, I'd ask someone whos eperienced with cold measures.

I myself have always succeeded aftet max couple of appliances of blowdryer heat or one long one of a minute+...

but always restrain to controlled minim force, build up because excessive force has no beneficial result. It's a simple threshhold you gotta just get over and the heat can lower that point. GL

 

[Silrian]

Oh and it only works on soft plastic.

 

[abake]

Seeing these soft goods on the 6" figures, I wonder how long it will be before we get Mego-style SW figures...

 

[Silrian]

Oh and yeah nice job Lip! What tool did you use to cut luke's chest up?

 

[chewblacca]

My personal eperiences of years would suggest hairdryer on hottest setting for 30 secs, very carefully try to make it cllick loos, controlled use of force down to minimum threshhold effect. If doesn't work try 30 secs of more heat. If that doesn't work let it cool off or cool off in water and try a full minute of heat minimally n hour or mor later.

If you still feel it wont budge without bending of breaking it after full minute of full heat, I'd ask someone whos eperienced with cold measures.

I myself have always succeeded aftet max couple of appliances of blowdryer heat or one long one of a minute+...

but always restrain to controlled minim force, build up because excessive force has no beneficial result. It's a simple threshhold you gotta just get over and the heat can lower that point. GL

Thanks for this tutorial I will try it as soon as I get home.

 

[Silrian]

I'm rarely mod something ftr, it's just my personal experience. All I can say is this has worked for me.

 

[mattdorris]

Re: Hasbro legends 6" sw figures



Just picked this up at my local target

 

[Silrian]

I'm seriously considering that two-pack, can you post out of box pictures Matt?