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10-23-2012, 03:04 PM | #21 |
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I just got Arkham Asylum Harley Quinn, and she seems pretty great. She has very large knockers, which seems strange, since in no other rendition of the character has she ever been that big, but I'm not complaining.
I haven't fiddled with it a lot yet, but so far the articulation seems pretty useful. After the pics at NYC I'm planning to sell all my 6" Mattel Movie Masters and get all the Play Arts Kai TDK/TDKR figures instead. They all look fantastic. I'm not sure I'll go back and get Arkham Asylum Batman or Joker, but I will be getting Arkham City Harley, and Robin is looking pretty good too, so I might have to get Bats and Joker, idk. |
10-25-2012, 11:27 AM | #22 |
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I just got Arkham Asylum Harley Quinn, and she seems pretty great. She has very large knockers, which seems strange, since in no other rendition of the character has she ever been that big, but I'm not complaining.
I haven't fiddled with it a lot yet, but so far the articulation seems pretty useful. After the pics at NYC I'm planning to sell all my 6" Mattel Movie Masters and get all the Play Arts Kai TDK/TDKR figures instead. They all look fantastic. I'm not sure I'll go back and get Arkham Asylum Batman or Joker, but I will be getting Arkham City Harley, and Robin is looking pretty good too, so I might have to get Bats and Joker, idk. |
10-25-2012, 01:31 PM | #23 |
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Yes, I'm also curious to hear how that turns out, and see what other figures get announced in it. I'd be okay collecting both lines, honestly.
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10-25-2012, 11:50 PM | #24 |
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I picked up Commander Shepard today. I quite like him only issue with mine is that his left arm seems to be on the floppy side. The store I him from had Garrus and Ashely too.
Garrus looked great in person, so I gotta get him sooner or later. Ashley however looks terrible. But yeah, I'm satisfied with the figure and I can't wait to get the others. |
10-25-2012, 11:52 PM | #25 |
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I picked up Commander Shepard today. I quite like him only issue with mine is that his left arm seems to be on the floppy side. The store I him from had Garrus and Ashely too.
Garrus looked great in person, so I gotta get him sooner or later. Ashley however looks terrible. But yeah, I'm satisfied with the figure and I can't wait to get the others.
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10-25-2012, 11:58 PM | #26 |
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Really makes me worried about Fem shep…her stock photos already didn't look that good...
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11-02-2012, 01:14 PM | #27 |
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So I got my first Play Arts Kai figure last weekend...
I feel I got my value for money in terms of size and the level of detail on this guy, but I wasn't quite prepared for how difficult pulling off action poses was going to be (well, in comparison to the usual figures I buy ). Still, its convinced me that if I can get him for the same price I might be attempted to spring for Revengeance Raiden when he comes out.
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11-06-2012, 06:28 PM | #28 |
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Welp bad news everyone, the Play Arts Kai QC disaster struck me. I got a SFIV Ryu and Armored Batman this weekend. Armored Batman is awesome, except I think the factory workers screwed in the hole in his open left hand wrong as the hand is at an angle. Eh whatever I just use the left fist instead. Excellent figure.
Now Ryu. WTF. That joint on his right arm that connects his arm to the chest and provides a pectoral pivot, that thing SNAPPED off out of the box. LUCKILY I was able to fix it yet RETAIN the articulation! This is where plamo building experience comes in handy. I scraped off some of the paint from the contacting surfaces using an exacto knife. The joint broke because it was stuck(fused due to painted joints being attached while still wet). Luckily it was a clean break. After some sanding down, what I did was "dry fit" the joints back together, and saw if the joint would still move. Luckily, sanding down the contact surfaces decreased the tension/resistance. So I pulled out my trusty krazy glue and dabbed it onto the broken pieces. Held the pieces together. Every 20 minutes/hour or so I would move the joint so that if any glue seeped onto the moving parts, they wouldn't all dry stuck together. Woke up the next morning and it's FIXED! I mean yeah the pivot joint is looser than before but hell at least the damn thing I repaired isn't broken anymore! However BIG WTF with this happening. One would think the factory workers would at least have the decency to not put the figure together while the paint is still wet. If you guys buy these figures I would toss them in the freezer before moving for the 1st time. Leave them there for a few minutes. Ideally the cold will break the seal of the paint on stuck joints. If not, hair dryer. Ugh. At this point I am trying to fix my regular Arkham unarmored Batman. Loose right shoulder. Falls out of the body a lot. Ugh.
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11-20-2012, 01:50 AM | #29 |
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Disaster #2. Remember how I mentioned that my Arkham Batman had a loose right shoulder? Recently I coated the shoulder ball joint in krazy glue, hoping it would increase tension. It did, but it still fell out. Lame. I suspect the primarily culprit is that the socket wasn't carved out enough.
So last night I decided I would coat the inside of the ball joint with krazy glue, and stick the ball in there, and move it while drying. However the glue started to bond quick and while moving the arm, SNAP there goes the pectoral joint. I'm pretty much screwed at this point. The peg for the pectoral joint broke off. Now I glued it back on but putting the socket joint back onto said joint is next to impossible since there is barely any clearance. Anyone know Square Enix's contact email for Play Arts Kai breakages? Also, anyone know of a good tool to cut away plastic? I have xacto knives and saws but I was wondering if a Dremel could work? This figure was AWESOME aside from the arm. Grrrrrr
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03-18-2013, 08:29 AM | #30 |
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Hmm... Do I want to preorder Play Arts Kai KH: DDD Riku and/or Sora? Not used to buying figures so expensive, but they do look great...
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