I took one shot in the same pose as before with some decent lighting because I was having a huge pain with his hands. He looks great when the hair is done right and it seems like this one came out great right out of the box. I notice now that a lot of other photos where he looks a little off is because the hair is parted too wide and when the hair doesn't hang in his face he can sorta get that "Geico caveman" look goin on in the forehead and cheeks. So get that hair in front of his face for sure if it's not already like that.
The hands were a huge pain in the *** to get on. I had lots of issues getting him to hold his sword until I threw the hands under a hair dryer for like 45 seconds on hot and it helped. I wasn't sure if they it was the magnets or the holes in the hands were too wide at first. There was also quite a bit of glue residue inside most of the hands that i needed to scrape out a bit with needle nose tweezers. I will say that after recently getting the TOPO Heisenberg, its disappointing that Inart still has issues with these magnetic hands. They just never really feel snug and when you're posing him, especially with something heavy like his sword, they tend to just fall out pretty easily. The magnetic hands on the TOPO Heisenberg fit really really snug; they feel really solid when they're in, and they're able to be pulled out without any trouble. The Topo just have that feel to them where they almost click in and you feel that gratifying bump as they snug right in there. It's also a bit nerve wracking putting some much pressure with your fingers on the coat fabric when trying to push down hard on the hands to get them in snug. It makes me feel like I'm wearing out his coat since its a pretty thin material.
The base actually feels really solid and way better than the Joker stand. The Joker stand was useless and I just left it in the box because it was nowhere near strong enough. The adjustability of the base works really great also. The belt also feels much more solid than Gandalfs does. I feel like Gandalfs sword is just too heavy and the belt is too thin so it tends to stretch out and hang. That was one thing that bothered me the most about my Gandalf figure.
I'll update on more tomorrow when I get some more time. Overall he's a great figure though, really.
EDIT: Why do some images not insert and turn into an attachment link? it happens sometimes and other times it doesn't. I don't know why I'm being such a noob right now.
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the futzing on the hair is perfect too
