Waitaminute... did your original have MISSING tusks or BROKEN tusks? I've heard of people finding the loose tusk in a box and gluing it back on, but not snapping a tusk off and gluing it where one was broken. How did you get the good tusks off the one helmet? Did you heat them up and soften the glue? Or just break them off? It's possible that me trying this will be more productive than waiting for SS to send me a helmet that isn't damaged.
I'm loving this guy more and more every time I look at it... but the extra 1/2" of height is starting to gnaw at me a bit. Not sure what if anything I'll do about it. I know a few people have switched to the TT2.0 body, but converting the pegs... the drilling and such...
If SS ever puts out a Chewy, then I'll probably be motivated to shorten Vader- just to make Chewy's size correct by comparison.
As it is now, if the Chewy were produced to be his accurate height, he would only be about 1/2" taller than this Vader, which isn't enough.
That sounded like excellent advice, so I just fired up the chat feature. The first message I got was "have you filled out the exchange/return forms" followed by a link. Well, so much for IM, so I clicked the "call me" button. My phone rang immediately, the robot tells me that I'm being connected to the person, and then it rings until I get voicemail. So, I hang up, and just call the CS number. Someone answers, I briefly explain, and she tells me she'll check and see if there's someone from the returns department available. I hold for awhile, she comes back, and tells me to take the email I previously received with the return info, and reply to that and they'll take care of it.
I didn't read the whole previous thread you were responding to, don't know if there was whining or entitlement, not gonna go there. Just saying that phone and IM aren't necessarily any faster than email.
I might do this someday, and thanks.I didn't modify any of Vader's parts to swap it over to the tt20. All I had to do was drill big enough holes in the bottom of the tt20 ankles to accommodate the SS foot pegs.
For the wrists I just used the HT pegs and popped out the SS ones. Fits perfect.
The only other mod and the one that baffled me a while was the neck. How did I want to go about it. I thought I could remove the entire upper rubber muscle body but that made him too thin up top. I thought of using the SS neck and head post but that have him a giraffe neck.
I finally settled on the mod I saw here somewhere, I wish I could give credit where it's due, by cutting the rubber neck down just enough to seat the head to the shoulders. I also had to shorten the neck peg of the HT body. Just hollowed out the ball on one end and screwed it onto the post. Came out great. Still need to pad his midsection a bit but other than than I'm pleased as peach.
OMG Today's the day!!! He's out for delivery!!! Today's the day!!!
What are the odds of a waitlist converting for the EX at this point? Am I better off just going with the regular?
It is just a matter of getting the cut off hand or not right? Think hard about how you want to display him... will it be with that hand? If not then why even sweat the exclusive?
I still haven't received any emails , however.
There is a 50% chance that they're going to turn up broken if you have missed the poll-thread. Sorry, just trying to pour some salt into the potential wounds, I have to wait at least another month before I can get mine.
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