Hot Toys - MMS143 - Spider-Man 3 official specs and pics

[NewGoblin23]

My figure's ankles are pretty flexable, not as much as in that video, but not too far off either.

 

[Eamon]

Looks broken. Can you feel the part of the leg that the foot peg goes into? Does it feel broken?

I do feel some grinding there much like the Batman/Bruce Wayne figure but it really diffucult to tell.

Basically does your Spiderman's feet hold a pose as these do not hold any pose.

I wonder if this can be fixed?

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

I just unboxed mine incidentally Eamon, & the feet on my figure are nicely articulated yet are firm enough to hold his stance. Sorry to hear yours is damaged..

 

[Eamon]

Well that certainly is a bummer! He displays fine in some poses but I flippen knowing it's broken.

And I can only imagine the headache trying toe fix it will be.

Thanks a lot though lads!

 

[DGTWoodward]

the feet on my figure are nicely articulated yet are firm enough to hold his stance. Sorry to hear yours is damaged..

As are mine...and likewise, sorry.

....toe fix.....

I thought it was his ankle?

(Sorry, sometimes the good laughs come from genuine and somewhat Freudian slip ups)

 

[Centrocal]

This might help

It's a huge pain in the *** and it will never be the same but I've done it before. The first thing you want to do is pop the footpad off the bottom of the foot. You have to slide the fabric of the boot out of the plastic seem that joins it to the blue fabric. They are not soon together or glued together only talked together into the crack of the calf. Once you peel down the red boot fabric there is black fabric underneath. You also have to peelback down to get to the rubber sleeve that goes over the entire foot and ankle. The rubber boot sleeve is glued on to the plastic ankle and foot so you have to be very careful not to tear the rubber sleeve.

Once you dislodge the rubber sleeve you can peel it all the way off to reveal the ankle post. You do not have to peel the rubber sleeve off of the foot you only need to peel it off of the ankle and calf to take the boot off. You can then remove the entire foot and the rubber sleeve to separate those two pieces.

The ones that I have encountered the actual ankle part of the leg gets broken and the foot peg will no longer sit inside of the ankle to move the foot. If you still have all the pieces you can glue them back together using industrial-strength superglue and it will hold for the most part. You're going to want to put the ankle post back into the ankle when you blew it so that when you try to pop the ankle or foot peg back into the ankle it will not dislodge the glue and crack the piece that you just put together. Be sure to continue to move the foot peg around so it does not get glued to the ankle otherwise it will not move.

If you let it dry for a solid 30 minutes it should be okay to put back together. Start by popping the foot back onto the foot piece and the ankle today then glue the rubber sleeve back onto the cat and then move on to tucking the fabric back in.

I'm pretty sure that I posted some pics of what it looks like and how I did it on this thread somewhere if I can find those pics I'll repost them again

Well.. i fixed my Spider, hope it don't broke again.. for now it's perfect.

i made like my pics, taken off the boots, unglued some parts.

After that i super glued the broken ankles and i did some reinforcements with tape, so i put everything back again to finish.

(the foot pegs were not broken to my surprise)

 

[Eamon]

Oh jesus that looks like a mission and a half to do!

 

[jedijim3002]

Yes it is. It's worth it if you are going to keep it but a resell will be murder. It's never the same again either. If you put the rubber boot cover back on too tight it will always spring back.

 

[Lejuan]

That sucks. This is the kind of thing that makes me afraid to even pose certain figures

 

[Wanderer]

Oh jesus that looks like a mission and a half to do!

Takes a brave man to start butchering these clothed figures. Depends how much of an issue it is for you I suppose. If you're happy with the poses it can do and generally dont change the poses around much, I'd just have him supported by a figure stand.
I remember last year I had an experience putting together the Hot Toys Appleseed Terious figure. As the older HT figures came disassembled I had an absolute nightmare trying to peg his left boot on. After literally many hours of frustration and injury, I lost my rag and smashed him on the floor a few times and stamped on him a bit before dumping it in the trash. The next day (when I came to my senses lol) I got him back out and had another go and it clipped on (admittedly only because the ankle peg was now knackered). Because its a rubber suit and an oversized figure, it's a ***** to fix so now he's in my cabinet with a wobbly/wonky ankle supported by a stand. The damage to the suit I've put down to weathering too. Winner!

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

I remember last year I had an experience putting together the Hot Toys Appleseed Terious figure. As the older HT figures came disassembled I had an absolute nightmare trying to peg his left boot on. After literally many hours of frustration and injury, I lost my rag and smashed him on the floor a few times and stamped on him a bit before dumping it in the trash. The next day (when I came to my senses lol) I got him back out and had another go and it clipped on (admittedly only because the ankle peg was now knackered). Because its a rubber suit and an oversized figure, it's a ***** to fix so now he's in my cabinet with a wobbly/wonky ankle supported by a stand. The damage to the suit I've put down to weathering too. Winner!

I definitely know how you feel man!

Just recently I've unboxed my Mk4 Iron Man, & it (like the others) has the little clip on pieces you have to be careful with.. that SEEM straightforward to attach. I've been trying to get the large air flaps that attach to his back to go in, but they won't.

I've come close to smashing it too.

 

[Eamon]

So what would you guys expect to pay for this Spiderman with the broken ankles?

Basically it cost me £120 ($190) which I thought was a good bargain had he been perfect as described.

Now that I have mulled it over, I have asked the seller for a £70 refund.
He did offer a £50 discount but I feel that's still too little.

What do you guy reckon?

 

[jimmie_dimmick]

See if he can meet half way at £60

 

[Eamon]

See if he can meet half way at £60

Would you buy a broken ankled Spiderman £60?
As I was kinda thinking the same.

 

[DGTWoodward]

So what would you guys expect to pay for this Spiderman with the broken ankles?

Basically it cost me £120 ($190) which I thought was a good bargain had he been perfect as described.

Now that I have mulled it over, I have asked the seller for a £70 refund.
He did offer a £50 discount but I feel that's still too little.

What do you guy reckon?

Wait, he described it as perfect but it had broken ankles...and he is quibbling about money? How much is your time and your patience and your skill and your work to repair it and actually make it perfect?

 

[Eamon]

Wait, he described it as perfect but it had broken ankles...and he is quibbling about money? How much is your time and your patience and your skill and your work to repair it and actually make it perfect?

Yes that is correct! It was listed as perfect but came broken.
He says he didn't notice but that is very very hard to believe, especially when you see that the sole of the foot has been lifted away from as though a repair had been attempted.

He was a spur of the moment purchase but now that I have one in hand, I really like this figure, just not a broken one.

 

[Lejuan]

I wouldn't pay a cent for it and try to return it for a full refund. If the seller doesn't accept returns I'd open a dispute. It's a tough call, but especially if the sole has been tampered with, he's flat out trying to rip you off.

 

[Eamon]

Oh yeah, I think that now too!

This dude is demanding I give positive feedback before he sends the part refund of £70.

I tried to be cool with him but he comes off as a massive tool so I have opened a case against him which he is bound to loose.

 

[Lejuan]

That sucks that you have to go through the hassle... people generally complain a lot about how ebay's policies are too skewed in favour of the buyer, but this is a classic example of why that is. I hope you come out on top and end up one way or another with a perfect Spidey

 

[Eamon]

That sucks that you have to go through the hassle... people generally complain a lot about how ebay's policies are too skewed in favour of the buyer, but this is a classic example of why that is. I hope you come out on top and end up one way or another with a perfect Spidey

Thanks man! Fingers crossed it will work out!