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[Psycho]

Theres your answer regarding mini gun and bag...

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@NECA_TOYS Will the T2 1/4 have the Mini gun and bag?

 

[DiFabio]

Another possibility is this.

They include the semi-damaged head as an extra portrait alongside the clean regular head with removable sunglasses. Looking at their recent 1/4 figures, that does seem to be the trend.

Theres your answer regarding mini gun and bag...

I'm skeptical how they're actually going to achieve that. They couldn't even accomplish Penguin's umbrella, how are they going to do a huge gun with those straps of ammo and a bag in this format?

 

[jye4ever]

Mini Gun will be a miracle

I just don't see it either.

 

[Psycho]

Mini Gun will be a miracle

I just don't see it either.

The box may be different. if I recall right Freddy's box was different than other 1/4 boxes.

 

[sallah]

I can't remember... Was Penguin originally going to include the umbrella and then it got booted due to cost? I guess it is possible that could happen again here... But right now it looks like he will have it.

Sallah

 

[DiFabio]

Was Penguin originally going to include theumbrella and then it got booted due to cost? I guess it is possible that could happen again here... But right now it looks like he will have it.

Sallah

Yup, he was solicited with it and when preorders went up it was included.






Then last minute, about a month before it shipped, they edited their page and took the umbrella off the accessories/weapons list. I remember seeing my BBTS order change to reflect the new update. The damage control was the lame cut out Oswald for Mayor cardboard poster and/or download they offered to distract people.

 

[sallah]

That is what I thought...

So we might see the same happen here. Who knows. But for now, he is slated to have it so I am going to keep my fingers crossed.

Sallah

 

[a-dev]

I would have preferred a semi-Battle Damaged T-800 as well so I could display a quarter scale "scanning for T-1000" Arnold, but like A-dev said, this is the second best thing.

Not even going to use the shotgun or sunglasses, assuming it comes with them. Also, look on the bright side, you just know they're going to do a second QS Battle (Damaged version) regardless of sales. That thigh cut is a dead give away. All they have to do is make a semi-damaged headsculpt, a new torso and a damaged knee with a change of deco and viola, there is the Damaged Terminator. We saw a glimpse of it last year on their twitter banner, so it's definitely a thing. It's just like the smiling Penguin we saw at Toy Fair. We didn't get it right away even though it was made first, but sure enough we got it with the mayor version of Penguin. I'm sure This will be the same way

Funny, I never thought of that thigh cut joint in this way. It always seemed weird to me that they had both it and another cut joint on the same leg down at the calve and yet nothing on the other leg except for very minimal movement of the foot. But you're absolutely right as to the reason it's there.

I don't think it should be taken as a clue that the 1:4 scale Steel Mill figure is definitely coming though, not if they're simply using larger scale copies of the parts they used on the 1:10 Ultimate figure. It would however enable them to make the same cost-saving if they do make the Steel Mill figure.

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Hell, I might use the sunglasses and a shot gun if they include it since I'll no doubt get multiples. I just remembered I have the 1/4 scale plasma rifle from the QS Endo NECA did years ago. You know what I'm thinking.



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Multiples eh? I myself have been thinking at least 2.

Another possibility is this.

They include the semi-damaged head as an extra portrait alongside the clean regular head with removable sunglasses. Looking at their recent 1/4 figures, that does seem to be the trend.



I'm skeptical how they're actually going to achieve that. They couldn't even accomplish Penguin's umbrella, how are they going to do a huge gun with those straps of ammo and a bag in this format?

Mini Gun will be a miracle

I just don't see it either.

The minigun and bag might replace a second headsculpt in the set. If they released a second figure I'd be cool with that. A 1:4 scale Steel Mill figure would then be free to have 2 heads and an interchangeable arm since it would otherwise be very very light on accessories compared to this Cyberdyne one.

 

[snoop101]

So NECA has said that this will have the mini gun? Interesting. I hope so. Having a 1/4 cyberdyne Arnold would look incredible. I might buy an extra to make the T2 3D look.

 

[jye4ever]

a-dev I need your pose assessment.

 

[a-dev]

I believe he actually holds it higher in the movie but considering the limited range the NECA arms have you'd never completely nail it without permanent modifications. That being said I think you did an excellent job there.

edit - I just noticed you switch to him using the grenade launcher later in the vid - very nice.

 

[jye4ever]

Thank you, I even had the scenes playing while I made that and I still got it too low.

The arms actually can raise it above his waist placing the gun front of his abs, it's me that screwed up.

Damn it I can't unsee that white piece of lint on the turn table from Hulk's shirt.

 

[a-dev]

Thank you, I even had the scenes playing while I made that and I still got it too low.

The arms actually can raise it above his waist placing the gun front of his abs, it's me that screwed up.

Damn I can't unsee that white piece of lint on the turn table from Hulk's shirt.

For so long I was doing what everyone else was doing and having him hold it down at his waist. I think it was P. that made me study the scene and realise he's actually holding it at chest level. Some of the camera angles are deceiving.

What I find annoying on the Hot Toys DX10 is that the left hand seems to be sculpted with the assumption that he holds the minigun at waist level as per the mistaken idea we all had. If you make the figure hold the gun up high you can barely get the hand to grip the handle, it barely holds on.

 

[jye4ever]

I have this thing with action figures, regardless of company, that it takes me months to learn all of its capabilities.

I can be stuck on a look I want to achieve thinking its impossible only to be able to pull it off down the road.

I do wish that NECA had given another more open hand like HT did for Commando so that he could hold the correct part of the gun handle.

My son asked what heaven was, I told him it has all the Predator movie characters, including the spanish girl, in 1/4 scale by Enterbay.

 

[DiFabio]

I have this thing with action figures, regardless of company, that it takes me months to learn all of its capabilities.

I can be stuck on a look I want to achieve thinking its impossible only to be able to pull it off down the road.

Ain't this the truth.

I owned the 1/4 NECA 1989 Batman for three years until figuring out you could fix the crooked torso and "unlock" the articulation in the waist and ab crunch by simply unscrewing the 4 screws in the figure's back. Once you do that, you can actually take the torso apart (naturally without cracking open anything) and you'll find the reason it was crooked and why the movement was stiff, NECA placed two rubber stoppers on each ball joint to provide friction. The reason some people got crooked torsos was because the stopper (a half globe sphere that fits over the ball joint) was applied off center, causing the crooked angle.

If you slip off the rubber caps or simply leave them off the ball joints, you get a straight torso when you put it back together AND you get two points of articulation that move freely like it was originally intended.

 

[jye4ever]

DiFabio why you do dis to me (spoken in old italian lady voice).



*runs to dismantle his Batman.

 

[DiFabio]

If you're serious, PM and before you do anything. Two screws are easy to get access to (gently pull the belt down), the other two at the top however are hidden by the upper body and might require instructions from me. You basically heat the upper chest and back so it's not rigid then turn the upper body 180 degrees (so that the armor chest abs plate is reversed onto the back, so you can lift up the armor chest flap overlay to see the top two screws that were hidden by he plastic).

 

[jye4ever]

I'll definately be messing with him later on today, he can't get any worse than how he is now looking all wonky.

I just want to straighten him out.

Appreciate the instructions.

I'm never afraid to mess with the NECA and ML figures, that's what Loctite is for.

 

[DiFabio]

No problem.

If you only care about him looking good and not how he feels, you could do what I did and just unscrew it, take off the rubber stopper covers on the waist ball joint and ab ball joint, then snap the torso together and maybe only put back one or two screws instead of all 4 (another problem with the assembly is that they screwed all 4 in so tightly that there wasn't any give between the torso holes and the balljoints). Combined with the rubber caps, it causes way too much friction which is why people were snapping their bodies.

The only downside is that you'll have a super loose waist BUT you gain two great ball jointed articulation points out of it and a straight looking/non wonky torso. So it's loose (not in the broken sense) but it's free to move around and pose. You can get him looking tall and straight, get him crouched nicely in a punching or cape flight pose or have him do turns.


You'll see when you do it.

Another thing that kinda pisses me off is that those new 2016 batches are different from the ones you and I bought in 2013. The capes on those are longer and the proper length, the rubber caps aren't utilized and they changed the foot/boot design so that instead of having just that swivel articulation at the shoe cut, you can actually get rotation, rocker and ankle pivot. His center of gravity is much better and he doesn't take any spills. Makes me wonder if the Aliens Queen rerelease and ED-209 rerelease will be changed in production for the better.


Hopefully everything is worked out with this Arnold and he's not too rigid or difficult to make look good on display. I would have loved double jointedelbows and knees (especially for holding the minigun), but it is what it is. They have been imroving with every 1/4 figure they do, so I expect good things from this QS T-800. Sure is a far cry from this,

 

[jye4ever]

Yeah I care more about final look than feel so we're on the same page there.

I wasn't aware that the new 89 was altered.

I had back luck with mine, can't stand, crooked and wonky eyes.