[SPLIT LIP]

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Originally Posted by Shin Densetsu

How's the quality?

Pretty great. I've had it for a long time now so there's no mysteries and it's fully broken in.

There's two main points of concern, though, both easy fixes and one is just confined to my sample. First are the scarves. They're not the same, in fact they're sculpted opposite, and the one that I believe is the original mould is very thick and heavy. Not cripplingly so, but enough that it doesn't like to be moved around constantly or else it jumps ship. Basically it just needs to be removed before deconstructing the figure or else it will fall off into the pile of form swap parts and send them to the corners of the known univerrse. The other scarf, the new one, is much thinner and lighter and looks awesome. It's the one I now give to CycloneJoker, since it's lighter, has a tighter joint, and make him way more fun to pose and handle. The second point is the crest. The crests are pretty clearly designed for a specific "side." I.e. the one crest I have which has a wash spot on it is menat for Cyclone Joker and the clear one Joker Cyclone, if that makes sense. Trouble is I don't like the spot of wash, and while they can both swap, the "clean" crest doesn't fit quite as well. Both fit fine of the non-swap heads, though. (and I feel bad that I don't keep them as CycloneCyclone and JokerJoker, since CC's regular head is a REALLY good and super symmetrical sculpt)

The hands swap much easier than my other SICs and the posability is aces. For a while I thought I had gummed up the shoulders, but then I realised the bicep is actually a sleeve that goes over a hard plastic skeletal arm. As such it can sometimes get pushed up into the should cover and make you think "oh God what's happening" when really it just moves freely.