Pirates of the Caribbean Movie Franchise Merchandise Thread

[Memnoch]

Re: Official Hot Toys Pirates of the Caribbean Thread

Well I actually WANT the body to be short, I have plans for it. Just need to find HT female feet.

 

[MaulFan]

Re: Official Hot Toys Pirates of the Caribbean Thread

The fig's legs plug into the boots like Sparrow. No feet.

She is too short, but someone (Kingdarkness I think) showed a tutorial to shorten Jack -- by removing the extenders at the ankles -- which brings them into relative correct height range.

He may have even removed the extenders from Jack and added those extenders to Swann.

Yup, King took them off Jack and used glue and tape to add them to Elizabeth.

While it helps the overall height variation. the HT females in general are just disproportionate, so she still may look a bit too tiny even if tall. I really hope HT sells the Machiko body loose, it seems to be bigger compared to their other female body, I'd love to try it on Elizabeth if that is true.

 

[King Darkness]

Re: Official Hot Toys Pirates of the Caribbean Thread

I'm awesome

 

[samueljd]

Re: Official Hot Toys Pirates of the Caribbean Thread

I'm awesome

So what did you do to get Elizabeth taller? What is the extender that is being referred to? Is it that part above the ankle joint?

 

[MaulFan]

Re: Official Hot Toys Pirates of the Caribbean Thread

So what did you do to get Elizabeth taller? What is the extender that is being referred to? Is it that part above the ankle joint?

Yup, it's that half inch or so piece at the end of the calf that the barbell connects into on the leg.

 

[samueljd]

Re: Official Hot Toys Pirates of the Caribbean Thread

Yup, it's that half inch or so piece at the end of the calf that the barbell connects into on the leg.

How does that pop off? I tried pulling one off of a male leg and it doesn't seem like it will budge.

 

[King Darkness]

Re: Official Hot Toys Pirates of the Caribbean Thread

Okay the first pick here is a standard true type body. The one I used for my Clark Kent figure. You can see the little leg "extenders" where the ball joint goes in. These are what I removed from Jacks legs.

Heres a picture of Jacks legs after I took the "extenders" off.

A side by side shot.

And the is where I attached them to Elizabeths legs. I put eletrical tape around them to help the super glue hold. I just never took it off. They are not being held on by the tape though.

It was a quick somewhat crude job, but it got the job done.

My original post.

 

[King Darkness]

Re: Official Hot Toys Pirates of the Caribbean Thread

Okay, I did some retooling of my PotC figures. As you can see in this pic from Maul Fan the hight is pretty noticable.

So heres mine.

Original post showing heights after.

 

[King Darkness]

Re: Official Hot Toys Pirates of the Caribbean Thread

I took the leg extenders from the bottom of Jacks legs and affixed them to Elizabeth's legs.

The difference is MUCH more noticeable in person. Jack doesn't have those overly long legs and looks to be better proportioned. And Elizabeth doesn't looks to stumpy.

So you took off Jack's boots and there were extenders there? Is it easy to do this safely?

If you do it, its permanent. No going back. Its very easy to do, but cant really be undone

Heres quick up close pic.

Original posts as they were posted.

 

[King Darkness]

Re: Official Hot Toys Pirates of the Caribbean Thread

Hope that helps.

 

[galactiboy]

Re: Official Hot Toys Pirates of the Caribbean Thread

Nice work King!

I think I need to do that mod with Jack, his towering over Jones has always bugged me. And looks to be a fairly easy job

 

[King Darkness]

Re: Official Hot Toys Pirates of the Caribbean Thread

Yeah, its really easy. I did in about 15 minutes or so. Quick and easy solution.

 

[samueljd]

Re: Official Hot Toys Pirates of the Caribbean Thread

Yeah, its really easy. I did in about 15 minutes or so. Quick and easy solution.

Sounds like a good idea, but I'll hold off on it for now. You said the change would be permanent, and True Type bodies are hard to come by these days, so I may wait to commit to something that I might not be able to reverse.

 

[galactiboy]

Re: Official Hot Toys Pirates of the Caribbean Thread

Actually the main part of the body (where the ankle parts are) are pretty easy to get... its trying to get a full body, with a neck wrist and ankle pegs thats a headache. A number of sellers on ebay have the main part of the body for around $12.

 

[galactiboy]

Re: Official Hot Toys Pirates of the Caribbean Thread

One more quick question King; so when you put Jack back together (without the extenders) do you just slip the boots on this legs, or do you still use the ball joints?

 

[King Darkness]

Re: Official Hot Toys Pirates of the Caribbean Thread

One more quick question King; so when you put Jack back together (without the extenders) do you just slip the boots on this legs, or do you still use the ball joints?

Just sliped his legs into the boots.

 

[KBA]

Re: Official Hot Toys Pirates of the Caribbean Thread

is he pretty stable still king?

 

[King Darkness]

Re: Official Hot Toys Pirates of the Caribbean Thread

is he pretty stable still king?

Oh yeah, his boots are solid, nothing moving him at all.

 

[galactiboy]

Re: Official Hot Toys Pirates of the Caribbean Thread

Awesome, then customization is underway

 

[samueljd]

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I'm gonna do it too. You've started a movement King. I'm going to do the same with Will Turner, since he's around the same height or not much taller.