Re: Hot Toys - MMS DX 02 - TDK- BATMAN full spec and pics
Got this sucker today. Finally. Epic figure.
Got this sucker today. Finally. Epic figure.
Thanks, but clearly you haven't seen Maulfan's pics. Actually I was inspired by him. .
Part of the problem is poor posing, but out of the box his neck is definitely too long. If you don't want to mod the neck you really need to bow the head to have it look normal at all.
Many have moded the neck to make it shorter.
I had Commtech mod mine. It looks great now!
Here's mine without a neck mod, with head bowed way down:
Here he is with the moded neck:
As you can see I don't have to bow his head so low to look natural now.
Heh, sorry.
so i looked back about a 100 pages
still no instructions on doing the mod neck
Following the ideas mentioned above about trimming the inside of the neck to get rid of the giraffe neck look, I tried something and it worked pretty well.
I popped open the neck joint by inserting the tip of a long nose pliers tool in closed position and then I opened the pliers. You will hear a crack but don't fear, the neck splits clean in 2 at the seam. I then dremmeled/shaved the inside tabs that give the height of the ball socket. I wanted the joint to go deeper inside the neck, so using a dime (coin) I set a higher inside wall/tab that would limit how much more the socket and joint would go into the neck. I dremmeled new ridges where the sides of the coin would fit snuggly and then closed and glued back. No joints were cut off and the whole operation stayed inside the neck where you can't see it. Check out the pictures:
Before and after:
Check out the number of "collars" in each picture.
Check out the "V" under his chin in each picture.
Subtle change but gives it a more natural appearance, especially in person!
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