Congrats on acquiring that bent arm, I’m sure he looks great with that!
I did not notice any chipping/flaking of the paint on my Armored Thanos, nor did I see anything that would indicate a problem with the paint in the future. That said I didn’t do anything very adventurous as far as moving his arms around. I posed him with his arms slightly bent and that was it.
Thanks he does look cool with it, i will post some pics later.
I actually got it last year for free (a friend, got a replacement because the light up was not working he gave me his defective one that i fixed)
At the time it had some paint chip where the shoulder connects to the body from moving it.
Yikes, sorry to hear...how are you handling the arm? Is it chipping easily or are you applying some pressure to the arm that's causing wear and tear?
Thanks Well im used to rubber bodies, suits etc... so i went gently but firmly to push it inside the body.
So nothing out of the ordinary.
1st i have heard of it but it is paint and it can be scratched or chiped on any figure if not careful.
Yep thats why im always careful with all rubber stuff especially painted ones
The arm was already defective when my friend got it, small paint flacking but flacking nonetheless.
Maybe a bad batch...
That bended arm was an extra so im not bummed but im worried about armored thanos rubber arms but its good to hear that its not a common problem on the IW thanos. But i might add a varnish dull coat on the armored thanos arms to avoid any problems.
Since the paint was flacking hard i unsleeved the rubber and put a magnet on the shoulder (under the rubber) so the armor part can stick on it. Works great, just needs a repaint. Might mod the biceps armor parts as the rubber around the biceps is very thick not flexible, the rubber might be scratched, fabric or elastic strings could work better.
i dont know why they didnt just use plastic molded in that color with switchout arms that are straight and bent already.
Switching arms make me nervous, you might break something with such huge pegs.
I would have prefered articulated normal hard plastic arms, something like Predators or Avatar.
He's armored so the articulation wwould not be that visible.
I dont like rubber in general, sculpted hard plastic is much safer.
overall its a very cool figure, i dont collect marvel but Thanos has such a cool design that i had to get him