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[Raymond F.]

It's true.. even Rainman figures see mods as far as body swaps and upgrades etc. It's kind of the name of the game.

I will defend iminime in saying they went with the best option they could. the reality is that the female body market sucks hard. No one has designed a good one let alone made one in mass production. As I said the best designed one of all time came from Triad: The Eva. But massive delays and production problems made them never replenish it. That design engineered by Hot Toys could be revolutionary.

If I ever get time for this hobby again I'll post pictures of the mods I did to the body, post mods the Alpha body provided is quite impressive on the jumpsuit as far as naturalism goes. As I said I was not as happy with the motorcycle outfit on that body though.

Where I think Iminime really messed up with this release was the bloody bride. It is all in the application on the face, it's just inaccurate, closer to O Ren battle but the outfit is GoGo in terms of battle damage.

I'm toying with adding more blood and tears to make it closer to the O Ren scene. What do you guys think? Should I do it or leave it as is?

What did you do Dane? Take your clean sculpt and add blood to it? I would but I want a pure clean sculpt too. As mentioned before I wish iminime sold the heads separate.

 

[MarfMaster]

What did you do Dane? Take your clean sculpt and add blood to it? I would but I want a pure clean sculpt too. As mentioned before I wish iminime sold the heads separate.

That's exactly right, Ray, I just asked Denny for a clean sculpt so I could apply the facial blood to my liking. I am sure the scheme could have been changed for production, but nobody (it seemed) had a problem with it when the proto pics were shown. There was a lot of chatter about the eyes being painted to the side and how it affected the likeness, which is why I think that was changed for the production, but nothing on the blood.

 

[malo]

Will there be another run of these Bride and O Ren figures, heres hoping.

 

[PopCultKid]

Find that time Ray! Show some pics of what you got going on!

I do wish that HT offered some of their recent female bodies like Selina or Alice as a TT release. No clue why they did those few variations way back when and never explored it again.

Playtoy body(and hands), shoes, sword. Must say the MW suit is more accurate in cut and color than Playtoy. But I prefer the Playtoy shoes by a wide margin. I have another Playtoy coming to use with the motorcycle outfit.
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To Dave or anyone else with the Playtoy fig:

Is the body taller than the Alpha and is it better, worse or same quality? How does the Iminime sculpt fit on the body (does it jive well or are there gaps/awkward fit)

 

[Raymond F.]

From all of the pics I've seen of the playtoy body it looks like she's got too big an ass. Once the thigh crotch gaps are filled a bit I actually like the build of the alpha because it looks aethletic. The biggest gripe I had with it was the overly wide shoulders and the massive armpit gap which I fixed, this area looks better on the playtoy for certian.

 

[Lawrence]

Lawrence can you keep me updated as i am in the same boat as you...

Got a reply. For now, Denny asked me to send photo's. So I did that. See what he says.

Just whisper sweet nothings and tell her not to listen to those guys

It's probably just the added red mixed with lighting conditions that are playing tricks with the cameras. It's the same exact material and color for both versions

I was thinking the red might have had something to do with it. Thanks for confirming

 

[siquisiri]

I guess it depends how finicky you are. For the more meticulous people (which seem to be the majority group here) there are probably very, very few figs that are perfect straight out of the box. There's plenty of people that mod the hell out of their licensed figs and add upgrades to them. Of all things, licensed figs should be more complete straight out of the box because of the producers resources. Custom makers are much more limited so little things like hand set swaps are usually necessary and are always a given. Many times body upgrades are necessary for most people's taste too.

There are definitely certain things that could and should be handled in house by the customizers and it's disappointing when those things are overlooked, but the custom vets know the difference between what are acceptable aspects that we have to DIY, and what really should be the responsibility of the producer




A pt.2 BD Elle would be sick. The nurse outfit would be an interesting figure and have decent accessories but the short sleeves would be an issue unless there's a feasible body with decent arms available

VERY true. Although i must admit, i still find it amazing when some pay $300+ for jackets or suits. or complain about a jacket liner, lol..

 

[Darklord Dave]

Find that time Ray! Show some pics of what you got going on!

I do wish that HT offered some of their recent female bodies like Selina or Alice as a TT release. No clue why they did those few variations way back when and never explored it again.



To Dave or anyone else with the Playtoy fig:

Is the body taller than the Alpha and is it better, worse or same quality? How does the Iminime sculpt fit on the body (does it jive well or are there gaps/awkward fit)

The Playtoy body does have a larger ass, but I like how the hands fit and how the shoulders look. Also the color is consistent with the head sculpt - notice I can pull her zipper down further. For the head - the playtoy neck stem pulls out and I used the stem that came with the other body. The hair holds it in place. Since there's no posing the head because of the hair, it works. I plan on trimming the ball on the Playtoy body neck stem to match the cone on the stem that comes with the figure.

 

[mightyq]

ok, finished my mods. i think,,, i used 2 alice bodies for the bloody and regular beatrix,,,i took away the big booty.....love the way it looks. uma is a tall thin lady,,,,the aloice body fits the clothing great, and is slim enough for uma's body....the motorcylce version i used the stock, but i dremmeled down the inner and outer thighs, se comparison pics,, i think it looks much better this way.....uma does not have big hips.....the oren i used an ada, works great for her, put real sandals on, and modded the sculpt for a magnet instead of the neck peg....the alice hands are great....i used some playtoy sneakers on beatrix, and 2 of the playtoy swords, the master wroks seem to be twice as thick? and yes missing the honzo stamp, and gold ring on the bottom.

i have a bunch of problems with these , my motorcyle verson was very lopsided, couldnt stand without leaning to one side badly...i went to take off the sculpted sneakers to see what was going on and one peg broke in the shoe, now the others popped off just fine, but these were glued in. how am i suppossed to know this? and when the others just pop off you wouldnt think there would be an issue. my motor jacket is missing the decal on the jacket flap at the waist....the hairpin for oren seems to be broken, its shirter than everyones elses...and it looks like its broke...my beatrix sculpt has a big gap at the two piece seam. i kmow others talked about the seam, but does anybody have a gap like mine?.......those are my q/c issues. i have no idea what denny will do. i have emailed he asked for pics, i sent.

overall with some twaeks they look great, but thats just me, most may like them as is,....another thing is the hair, it drapes over the shoulder and makes any head turn for posing impossible. but we knew that anyhow....couldnt be avoided if we wanted an accurate look......

fyi- if anybody does dremmel the legs make sure you sand then when done, the material inside the motor pants and the sweats will catch and become problem....

 

[mightyq]

dremmled legs, outer and inner thighs...

stock- no dremmel

issues--

no decal-

broken peg, and lopsided body-

 

[EmmaT]

Finally received my figures after customs held them and charged me tut. These are my first iminime figures and I'm a little bit disappointed like most. I'd hope they could come straight out of the box and on to the shelf. I've started to mod them to try and get the best out of them. Hopefully I can turn them into my perfect kill bill figures. The head sculpts are amazing. I like the outfits. The bodies are the real let down but hey they can be changed. Thanks to all.

 

[MarfMaster]

I don't understand how people are being 'let down' by the bodies when they are exactly what was shown in the prototype pictures that everyone based their orders off of.

 

[Ebeneezer Jones]

I actually really like the bodies.

I love the four fig's. Look great on display too.

Only things i had to do was cut the rubber tube down that sits in the neck and remove the zipper tags. That's all you need to do really.

 

[chilipep66]

I don't understand how people are being 'let down' by the bodies when they are exactly what was shown in the prototype pictures that everyone based their orders off of.

Totally agreed. I modded mine and always intended to, but never did I expect the company to be able to release these on a mass scale on something is Frankenstein out of 3 bodies. They chose the best of the available options.

 

[Darthy]

I'm also disappointed. I received the wrong figure, bloody instead of the clean look.. One of the ankles is broken and the stuff is glued inside the shoe. Ok we knew the bodies weren't that good, and I already gave my opinion about the swords. If they can do something for me because I really wanted the clean sculpt, I'll be happy but for now I don't really know what to think.

 

[Lawrence]

Oren looks mint. Maybe I should have got her when I had money

 

[Raymond F.]

Love what you did mighty, the Alice looks ace.

Tips on the o ren sandles? That mod is an absolute must.

Put me in the camp that's ok with the bodies also. After the shoulders are fixed and the joints are tightened.

 

[aesthetics]

Just got to ask, did your O-ren come with painted hands, because mine sure did not. Also, i got no certificate in my box.

 

[Ajkhunter]

I didn't do a single mod and love my Beatrix, just some futzing out the box and now she's sitting on my shelf!

 

[Lawrence]

The reasonably priced Play Toy set's dried up on eBay pretty qucikly since last week. I had a bunch of the cheaper ones on my watch list, then poof, gone.