LEON THE PROFESSIONAL - Enterbay

[Asta]

Never ordered from there. Are they quick?

Yes, pretty quick.

I think they're busy at the moment getting stock out before the Chinese New Year, but I ordered a second Hellboy two days ago and it was posted yesterday. Allow one week for delivery by Regular Air Mail.

They're also great to deal with.

For Hong Kong purchases I always use either KGH or OSK.

 

[Snake Plissken]

I ordered from them and they marked it shipped yesterday. Now I just need Matilda.

 

[RIDDICK]

Never ordered from there. Are they quick?

Got all my Star Trek figures from them.
I have to say they are...

 

[Snake Plissken]

Got all my Star Trek figures from them.
I have to say they are...

Good to know. I picked EMS.

 

[Snake Plissken]

Hoping to get this today. It got to my city this morning.

 

[Raymond F.]

Pro tip for anyone who has the enterbay or the new knock off version. Drop everything you are doing and replace that garbage hat with the Kumick one. You will have a useless head and glasses but you simply can’t have that terrible hat anymore so it’s 40 dollars is worth it.

 

[Snake Plissken]

Is there anywhere to buy it loose? The ARTOYS version looks like a gray diaper.

 

[Raymond F.]

you can get the head loose with hat and glasses on eBay for about 40 dollars

 

[Snake Plissken]

Hmm, I'll need to think about it.

I just ordered the Kumik Matilda for $108 shipped. It's the only seller I found in the states.

 

[Snake Plissken]

Got mine earlier. I feel they charged too much for it, but you do get a lot with it... but low quality. The body sucks, and the gun box is very flimsy. The glasses are quite nice but as stated the hat sucks.

 

[Snake Plissken]

I just noticed this...





Is KGHobby good with sending parts?

 

[Asta]

Yes, KG Hobby will sort you out for replacements.

One of the first things I do when I open a figure is check that the boots/shoes are left and right. It happened a long time ago and left me paranoid.

For the body you need something with narrower shoulders. The Sideshow Luke Snowspeeder worked for me (it was too tall for Luke).

I use the gun case as a display piece closed up with the guns removed. It's fine and square, but somebody did report getting a wonky one.

 

[Snake Plissken]

 

[siquisiri]

I got mine today....
ARTOYS LEON THE PROFESSIONAL...
An AMAZING Fig. Only complaint is what many are saying, the hat. I folded the edges in, and it looks slightly better. No cheap plastic, great paint apps..5/5 for sure!

 

[Asta]

I got mine today....
ARTOYS LEON THE PROFESSIONAL...
An AMAZING Fig. Only complaint is what many are saying, the hat. I folded the edges in, and it looks slightly better. No cheap plastic, great paint apps..5/5 for sure!

ARToys, whover they are (and I think we probably already know them) are a very promising company. The quality of the castings are comparable to original product, with no trace of being recasts, as with the rough Kumik Mathilda guns. So that suggests access to the original moulds.



Of their two releases Hellboy is clearly superior out of the box, not only because they used so much genuine leather on him. But it only takes a little work to make Leon a much better figure:

1) Body swap to something tall and narrower at the shoulders.

2) Glue collar closed and futz.

3) File the magazine wells on the semi-automatics to accept the magazines.

4) Ditch the hat. I never wanted him to wear the hat, so that's no loss.



Long may this company continue. However, the indication is that they'll only be re-releasing older figures that they have access to the moulds for.

 

[OneSixFix]

got my Mathilda in, a while back. The head sculpt is neat and i also like the jacket. As for the rest ... well for one, i don't like the KUMIK body and hands....but for about $80 including shipping? .... :-D

Natalie Portman as Mathilda Lando in Léon: The Professional by Bumble Bee, auf Flickr


Natalie Portman as Mathilda Lando in Léon: The Professional by Bumble Bee, auf Flickr

 

[Snake Plissken]

I get mine sometime this week. The headsculpt ain't bad at all.

 

[Futotta_Neko]

For the body you need something with narrower shoulders. The Sideshow Luke Snowspeeder worked for me (it was too tall for Luke).

Thanks for the suggestion. Any chance you can post a picture?

 

[Asta]

Thanks for the suggestion. Any chance you can post a picture?

I didn't take many of him. This was just after putting him together on the Luke body:

 

[Snake Plissken]

I should be getting Mathilda today.