Present Toys "Raider Jones" figure

[Wor-Gar]

You know. Like buying an Asmus figure.

 

[DeltaForceChung]

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[jimbean]

 

[Lordscum]

Got my Indy in yesterday from OSK. It is…OK. The body is complete garbage—can’t stand on its own and the arms can’t get even remotely close to his sides. The coat was borderline impossible to get on all the way due to the huge arms. I am more forgiving now to how badly many of the reviewers had this futzed. I also had a massive shiny paint rub spot on the top front of his hat on the normal sculpt, so not a great first impression when you have to try and do paint touch-ups right out of the box. Will probably have to go back and redo it to try and get the color to match better. The smiling sculpt is pretty bad and will never leave the box again, it also has paint rub on the hat in different spots. Trigger hand can’t hold the pistol. Collar on my figure’s shirt is much larger than a few others I have seen, such as the one Justin reviewed. The lapel on the jacket collar is longer on the right side than the left. The jacket also wasn’t put inside the plastic bag it came in with any care so one of the pockets was halfway folded over and wants to stick up, I need to figure out how to flatten it down which will probably require getting the coat back off.

So yeah, it’s just alright. Probably a 6/10 figure for me. Please do not go and spend $300 on this. This picture was after close to an hour of painting and futzing and trying to arrange the clothes/jacket/belts.

Thanks for the info! Do you think the head will fit on a standard truetype neck peg?

 

[FlyAndFight]

Anyone planning on crumpling that jacket into a ball, just to get some wrinkles on it?

I think the overall smoothness of the material is what makes it look worse than what it possibly is.

No word yet from Toys Wonderland on mine shipping...

 

[Cocoboloboy]

@FlyAndFight Yeah, I was gonna try that. And somebody earlier mentioned treating it with some sort of conditioner that allows the leather to be stretched, I may research that and get those sleeves a bit longer. Add to that some acrylic weathering and I think it’ll be a nice looking jacket.

 

[DeltaForceChung]

No word yet from Toys Wonderland on mine shipping...

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DAMN

 

[fireman2228]

Just got my Indy in the mail last night from OSC. I would say so far it’s about a 7-8 figure for me out of ten right out of the box. It’s crazy to think I preordered this guy 2 years ago. I preordered after seeing the initial promo shots I just wanted to have Indy in my collection. I would say my expectations for this figure have been fully satisfied and then some.

Holy Futzing $h!t!! After a good 4-5 hours futzing this guy last night I was able to achieve my first intended pose!! I did a couple other extra changes such as swapping out the pants. Believe it or not I was able to get the stock body’s articulation into a wider range of motion after messing with/ stressing the stock body’s joints. The left arm was the toughest/ most rigid one. After stressing the left arm joint it’s pretty decent I would say. I can even put the figure’s arms completely to his sides without them bowing out like a dam penguin.

Anyone try taking off the shoes?? It was a complete pain in the @$$ getting them back on to say the least. Also does anyone have any tips on how to keep 1/6 scale figure shirts from getting untucked?? It’s hella annoying having to retuck the figure’s shirt after a slight change in my pose positioning. What do you guys think?

 

[Kit Chen]

@Kit Chen

I moved the post into your Sponsor Market thread.

2 mistakes in a roll, sorry about that, got dizzy last night while trying to fix some troubles..

 

[Timemeddler]

Also does anyone have any tips on how to keep 1/6 scale figure shirts from getting untucked?? It’s hella annoying having to retuck the figure’s shirt after a slight change in my pose positioning. What do you guys think?

Use tape.

 

[Gipetto0812]

Also does anyone have any tips on how to keep 1/6 scale figure shirts from getting untucked?? It’s hella annoying having to retuck the figure’s shirt after a slight change in my pose positioning. What do you guys think?

I've started sewing an elastic strap from the front of the shirt to the back of the shirt for characters with tucked in shirts. It might be a pain to do, but it works. Not only does it keep the shirt tucked, but it usually helps the no-neck syndrome that some collared shirts create by keeping the shirt taut

 

[jimbean]

 

[Lordscum]

And what about the base body for articulation, is it better to swap it out

I was wondering myself as far as if the head would fit properly on other bodies ?

 

[Mr.E]

If you're going to switch bodies, I would recommend removing the joint connector inside the head with a pair of needle nose pliers. It's glued in, but with a little bit of effort, it comes out clean. You can then use blu tak to secure the head to whatever neck joint is used on the replacement body.

 

[DeltaForceChung]

Use tape.

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[guyver1]

Finally somebody shows us the base body..I think if you use the HT Indy body from eons ago it should work as a good replacement since the present toys body looks similar

I have a spare HT Indy, I have an old sovereign studios Indy jacket, and a M fisher accessory set, now I just need these heads

It worked on a custom I did long ago

 

[Lordscum]

If you're going to switch bodies, I would recommend removing the joint connector inside the head with a pair of needle nose pliers. It's glued in, but with a little bit of effort, it

If you're going to switch bodies, I would recommend removing the joint connector inside the head with a pair of needle nose pliers. It's glued in, but with a little bit of effort, it comes out clean. You can then use blu tak to secure the head to whatever neck joint is used on the replacement body.

would this work instead of blue tac? I am using one on one of my customs to help fill the hole and it works quite well, it's a soft rubber like material. I also have a worldbox body which has interchangable neck pegs which I think is what present toys based their body on.​

 

[DeltaForceChung]

would this work instead of blue tac? I am using one on one of my customs to help fill the hole and it works quite well, it's a soft rubber like material. I also have a worldbox body which has interchangable neck pegs which I think is what present toys based their body on.​

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Nothing like doing it and learning it the good old fashioned DIY way.

Let us know how it works out.

 

[Mr.E]

Yeah that'll work fine too.

 

[Stardoom1]

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Nothing like doing it and learning it the good old fashioned DIY way.

Let us know how it works out.

I've used exactly the same connector for the Worldbox body I swapped out for the Present toys one.