These are gonna be my new cabinets as well, thanks for the info Nova, I await your dimensions because this is perfect!
In addition to or instead of your detolfs?
These are gonna be my new cabinets as well, thanks for the info Nova, I await your dimensions because this is perfect!
In addition to or instead of your detolfs?
How do you guys remove the pegs?? I'm oozing blood from under a thumb trying to pull one out! Soak in hot water?
How do you guys remove the pegs?? I'm oozing blood from under a thumb trying to pull one out! Soak in hot water?
Okay, here's my right handed tutorial on how to fix the long black sleeve on the figures left arm:
- Take the left hand off.
- Pull on the red sleeve with your right hand so that it is longer than the black under-sleeve. And I mean pull it well beyond where the forearm ends. Like half an inch.
- Squeeze the forearm with your left thumb and first finger, holding both sleeves together, with the outer red sleeve stretched past the black under sleeve.
- Let go of the red sleeve with your right hand.
- Using your left hand, slide the sleeves together up the forearm a bit so that the red sleeve meets up with the end of the arm.
- Don't let the black sleeve slide back down or you'll be back to square one. To prevent this, use your right thumb and forefinger to hold the red sleeve tight to the forearm. You can then release the sleeves with your left hand.
- Use your left hand to massage the black sleeve up the arm. This step is very over simplified here, and will require some experimentation. You will most likely switch hands at some point. Just make sure you don't let the black sleeve slide back down prematurely. One tip is that if you hold the figure up to the window or a bright light you can see through the red sleeve if you pull it away from the body a bit - revealing the placement of the black sleeve. You want it to slide up to/over the shoulder joint.
- After doing all that, you will most likely find that the black sleeve is still too long. Repeat 1 - 7 until the desired result is achieved. I like to have the black sleeve a little shorter than the red sleeve, allowing me to pull the red sleeve down over the wrist joints.
The reasons I feel this is better than cutting the sleeve are as follows:
- The black sleeves are most likely the same length on each arm. If you cut one, they are no longer the same length.
- The sleeves serve the purpose of concealing the joints. In most cases, if the black sleeve is showing at the wrist, it is not covering (more accurately - smoothing out) the shoulder joint well, leaving it looking lumpy. Cutting the fabric at the end fixes one problem, but not both.
- If you cut the sleeve, your figure is no longer mint.
I don't agree with this cause it's a pain in the ***. (but i do think it's cool you went through the trouble to try and help)
It's a piece of black body suit trimming it 1/4 inch is no big deal. My shoulder looks fine, and i trimmed mine at the wrist. Mint? If you're not gonna sell your figure who cares. This figure is too fragile(broken webbing etc) for this process IMO. (your mileage may vary.) IMO, why go through all of this when it can be over in 2 seconds with a simple trim? Myself and others have trimmed it with no issues.
But anyways, i don't know if this is an issue that can be rectified in the future with the black SM. Seems like the people at the factory just got make sure it's on right same with the mask being off center. Real fragile figure, and the suit is complex lots of little quirks can rise up on this spectacular figure.
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Nice setup Ecko! I'll check out ur latest upload in a few minutes. All u need is a Hot Toys Captain America to hold the flag, and a custom Osama to put his foot on.
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