Nice work, Tee-Kay! Can we see a shot of the Luke's with the helmets on?
SSC Luke Skywalker Snowspeeder Pilot Sixth Scale Figure
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Thanks for the info. Do you still get a good range of movement from the ankle joints after doing this mod?
Those proportions are looking a whole lot better now. Even without seeing a comparison, you could tell the figure was a bit too tall and stretched out for Luke before.
Great job on the mod, Tee-Kay!!
That Snowspeeder Luke sculpt really has some beady eyes. I think it's what hurts it the most.
That Snowspeeder Luke sculpt really has some beady eyes. I think it's what hurts it the most.
screamingmetal
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It does look really good in hand. The helmet sculpt is better than the Luke sculpts from HT, it captures Hamill's likeness, Luke's character, and just as lifelike as HT's best, it's just let down by the paint apps a bit. The non-helmeted sculpt is another thing entirely.
The outfit is also extremely well done. The jacket, vest, and belt w/ pouches are stand outs. The height may be off a bit (he's half an inch too tall), but the underlying body is still really good just not perfect like a True Type. It's unfortunate that this doesn't come with more for the price, it should've come with a snow themed base and grapple gun.
I'd give Snowspeeder Luke a solid B, if you can buy it discounted like I did it's an A.
I'm just throwing this out there. Do you think they amended the Helmeted sculpt from the proto or is this just a lighting issue? It seems in this proto pic that the mouth is closed?
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Mouth opened there. It appears closed because of the lighting (or lack of it in that instance) if you ask me.
Though it's apparently not meant to be removable as chin strap is glued on both sides of the helmet and top and bottom parts have also two small glue spots where they connect at the ears, here is Luke sporting its flight cap.
You're kicking *** with this figure today. 
screamingmetal
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That's awesome!
I agree, it's just the lighting that makes it look closed.
It also appears that the flight cap portion of the head is keyed in several spots. Once it's off, can the helmet be lowered a bit? I think it sits just a tad high on the head out of the box.
I don't believe so. Capped HS has sculpted "ears" that fits in the helmet and secure it very tightly on the head.
You're kicking *** with this figure today.
Thx. It's been a while since i received a new figure. I also had a few hours to kill and had been anticipating this release for a looooong time. Even though i find it unacceptable from Sideshow to cut corners on such an important matter as size consistency from one release to another, it at least gave me an opportunity to have a lot of fun today futzing that figure top to bottom.
screamingmetal
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I just noticed your body mod on the other page Tee-Kay, thanks for posting this! It looks simple enough to make the fix, I might try that sometime later.
great stuff Tee-Kay!!!
I so excited that the figure can be made the correct height -- so much better looking -- and that the helmet is removable to a point.
Thanks for all the remarkable photos.
I so excited that the figure can be made the correct height -- so much better looking -- and that the helmet is removable to a point.
Thanks for all the remarkable photos.
You are welcome. Not a highly skilled modder so i'd say this can be achieved by pretty much anyone on these boards. Trickiest part is certainly opening up both legs to allow for the extenders to be removed without any damage. Using a hairdryer (what i didn't do) to soften the glue might help.
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That's awesome!
"Two fighters against a Star Destroyer?"
"Two fighters against a Star Destroyer?"
Tremendous work unpacking the mystery of this figure Tee Kay. Jason is another recent SSC figure where you can see decisions made early on that were changed at some point in production. Why not promote the flight cap? That's a pretty cool option. Figure is still nowhere near worth the price being asked, but clearly you are making the very best of this, and turning this into a pretty sweet figure.
Chakaman
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I agree, flight cap is cool. However, the sculpt looks nothing like Luke. As posted above, he could be Dak or Hobbie. Custom anyone? 
It's possible they felt it didn't look enough like him in the cap when the helmet was off, but I agree it should have been an option since it looks like all of the work was done so that it could have been. They make some strange decisions at SS.
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