Phoenixblazes
Super Freak
Okay, just some quick and dirty photos with some critiques. Let me preface this first, I love this statue and I'll never sell it, but there are some things which could be better.
First as many may be aware the figure of the statue appears to be casted in multiple parts and then adhered together. Head, body, 2x lower arms, waist + upper legs and 2x lower legs. The problem with assembling a statue like this, is of course the sometimes obvious seam lines and glue marks. Other than the head the rest of the joints are more than passable.
The waist joint looks worse without the flash.
However as others have mentioned assembling the diorama base can be quite the exercise and I did have some issues. In particular the octopus arm which comes in multiple sections. Connection of the pieces is done via male/female connectors and magnets. The problem is that they do not slot in easily and require quite a bit of force to insert. Even then I wasn't able to insert them all the way in and as such the magnets that are part of the plug don't match up between pieces. That said the plugs themselves are quite long and should hold over the long term.
Another issue I have is in relation to the octopus 'hand'. The primary joints on the 'fingers' aren't very tight and one of them in particular is very loose, creating a floppy look if I bend it past a certain angle. I'm having to leave it pushed back as far as possible to avoid this look.
Again in relation to the 'hand' I have a nitpick. Does the battery compartment looks a bit weird? As it seems to be a just a plastic 'flap' made in order to insert the batteries into. Haven't attempted to take out the batteries yet (if ever), but that flap may snap off. And you can also see that it doesn't stay completely flush with the piece. However when magnetised onto the arm it's not an apparent issue.
And now this is so far from important that I shouldn't even mentioned it, but the small poster/print that came with the mine has bend/crease marks all over it.
Again this may be normal and I'll try again but I can't seem to insert all the insertion plugs of the stairs all the way into the main base. Every plug/pin bar one goes all the way in. It's the lower centre plug which I believe may also be a magnet connection
And possibly because of this the stairs don't sit flush with the surface.
When I first took the main base out of the box I thought the base had a major tilting error as it's not perfectly vertical. But of course this is probably all to do with it's design and to help balance out both the Doc Oc arm and the figure. Just took me by surprise is all.
The rear of the diorama is simply too good looking not to show off. I'm really going to have to devise a easy way to spin this around. Just hesitant on using a relatively cheap Lazy Susan.
When connected the OSCORP sign/s has a bit of give and flexibility (probably by design). The 'ORP' part of the sign is held by small attachments, but because the bottom edge of it rests on the surface it's not a problem.
I haven't got the web attached in this pic, as imo the piece looks better without it.
One thing I wish this had was a big/heavy flat base onto which the main base could slot into. It's just that it can tilt a bit when adjusting/moving the statue.
Sorry for the long winded essay and I know some of my 'issues' could be considered 'nitpicks'; but as I said in the beginning I love this diorama statue and I see it being one of the centrepieces in my collection for years to come.
First as many may be aware the figure of the statue appears to be casted in multiple parts and then adhered together. Head, body, 2x lower arms, waist + upper legs and 2x lower legs. The problem with assembling a statue like this, is of course the sometimes obvious seam lines and glue marks. Other than the head the rest of the joints are more than passable.
The waist joint looks worse without the flash.
However as others have mentioned assembling the diorama base can be quite the exercise and I did have some issues. In particular the octopus arm which comes in multiple sections. Connection of the pieces is done via male/female connectors and magnets. The problem is that they do not slot in easily and require quite a bit of force to insert. Even then I wasn't able to insert them all the way in and as such the magnets that are part of the plug don't match up between pieces. That said the plugs themselves are quite long and should hold over the long term.
Another issue I have is in relation to the octopus 'hand'. The primary joints on the 'fingers' aren't very tight and one of them in particular is very loose, creating a floppy look if I bend it past a certain angle. I'm having to leave it pushed back as far as possible to avoid this look.
Again in relation to the 'hand' I have a nitpick. Does the battery compartment looks a bit weird? As it seems to be a just a plastic 'flap' made in order to insert the batteries into. Haven't attempted to take out the batteries yet (if ever), but that flap may snap off. And you can also see that it doesn't stay completely flush with the piece. However when magnetised onto the arm it's not an apparent issue.
And now this is so far from important that I shouldn't even mentioned it, but the small poster/print that came with the mine has bend/crease marks all over it.
Again this may be normal and I'll try again but I can't seem to insert all the insertion plugs of the stairs all the way into the main base. Every plug/pin bar one goes all the way in. It's the lower centre plug which I believe may also be a magnet connection
And possibly because of this the stairs don't sit flush with the surface.
When I first took the main base out of the box I thought the base had a major tilting error as it's not perfectly vertical. But of course this is probably all to do with it's design and to help balance out both the Doc Oc arm and the figure. Just took me by surprise is all.
The rear of the diorama is simply too good looking not to show off. I'm really going to have to devise a easy way to spin this around. Just hesitant on using a relatively cheap Lazy Susan.
When connected the OSCORP sign/s has a bit of give and flexibility (probably by design). The 'ORP' part of the sign is held by small attachments, but because the bottom edge of it rests on the surface it's not a problem.
I haven't got the web attached in this pic, as imo the piece looks better without it.
One thing I wish this had was a big/heavy flat base onto which the main base could slot into. It's just that it can tilt a bit when adjusting/moving the statue.
Sorry for the long winded essay and I know some of my 'issues' could be considered 'nitpicks'; but as I said in the beginning I love this diorama statue and I see it being one of the centrepieces in my collection for years to come.
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