[Sciencefriction]

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Originally Posted by WhiteRanger

my blastoise neck is very loose to a point in my review of him still in editong the head popped off and the neck came off make you able to see the inner parts of the figure

That's not very good. I didn't notice my Blastoise having a loose neck, but I didn't mess with it much. Everything seemed tight. My only complaint is paint rub on the top of his claws near the joint on the left hand. It's to be expected I suppose. My Charizard has weird marks on the front of his snout, but I've seen others that are similar but not as bad. Mewtwo looks pretty good though. Overall they're toys I don't expect perfection, but there are certainly QC problems of varying degrees present within the line.

[Electric Turahk]

So MetalGarurumon.

1. Slightly smaller than I expected.
2. Good lord is Tamashii getting ridiculous with the amount of plastic they wrap around joints.
3. Slightly more awesome than I expected.

Only messed around with posing him so far, but there's really not anything I can think of that he's missing. The effect parts he includes also look pretty darn cool.

As usual with Tamshii products, I do wish he had a stage... Especially considering he includes an attachment piece to put on a stage arm. But no stage?! WHY.

[Kiryu]

The aftermarket for Metalgarurumon is already insane. I'm seeing one listed for 200$!

I'm real surprised Bluefin didn't bring him over.

[Electric Turahk]

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Originally Posted by Kiryu

The aftermarket for Metalgarurumon is already insane. I'm seeing one listed for 200$!

I'm real surprised Bluefin didn't bring him over.

I really wish they had answered my (and many others') question about why they weren't... But it's probably due to it being a web exclusive... Or a license issue with Saban?

[Matrixbeast]

Possibly to not clash with Pokemon?

[Electric Turahk]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

Possibly to not clash with Pokemon?

Which they aren't bringing over either.

[Sciencefriction]

Yeah, I asked on their page about it and they didn't answer. Some guy that seems to reply to a lot of things just said they pretty much weren't interested in Digimon. Well.. that may be true but I'd prefer to hear it from Bluefin. I got MetalGarurumon from BBTS and that was already an ugly mark up. It's certainly a bitter pill to swallow, and really don't want to have to pay this much for every future Digimon release. Digimon still has a US media presence so I don't get why Bluefin opted to not import MetalGarurumon OR WarGreymon Designer Edition. Tons of what they bring over are Web Exclusives too, so I don't get that angle either. Whatever the case it's depressing for us Digimon fans.

[Electric Turahk]

So I have quite a bit of a concern with MetalGarurumon.

The ball joints in his abdomen were terrifyingly tight. Ya know, creaking loud as hell tight. I managed to pop off his chest and get some shock oil in there and it's fine now.

But I simply cannot remove it from his rear. And that side's a lot worse. Even a turn to the side shrieks. Moving up and down... yikes.. It just does not sound good and I don't want to tear it off. But I can't get it to pop off... And it's so recessed that I can't easily get oil in there (on a toothpick) short of just squirting the bottle in there... So I don't know what I should do.

[Sciencefriction]

Hmm.. That's tricky. I wouldn't want to try heating him with hot water because of the tons of joints and paint, or heating him with a hair dryer for the same reason. Though maybe lightly heating him with a hair dryer just enough might loosen the joint somewhat? Otherwise I would just leave it be.

[Electric Turahk]

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Originally Posted by Sciencefriction

Hmm.. That's tricky. I wouldn't want to try heating him with hot water because of the tons of joints and paint, or heating him with a hair dryer for the same reason. Though maybe lightly heating him with a hair dryer just enough might loosen the joint somewhat? Otherwise I would just leave it be.

I've never done that before so am a little afraid of screwing it up... :/

I broke pretty much the golden rule of using shock oil and built up enough to form a small drop on the toothpick. Got that in there and there's now LESS squeaking, but it still does. Especially when twisted... Maybe I will just have to let it go and never move him there much...