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Early series durasteel Mando remains my favorite look, Grogu is really doing my head in now and his inclusion along with the dodgy weathering makes this a pass to me.
It seems like it would be pretty hard to like any of The Mandalorian if you don’t like Grogu.

Kind of crazy in retrospect that we were promised an episodic show about a bounty hunter and basically got 1 episode before it turned into the Mando and Baby Jedi happy fun hour then season two what “fan service ally of the week”
 
I hate when people are all mysterious about fixing stuff that’s simple. If it’s an easy fix just tell people what you did, if it’s not an easy fix and actually challenging to do like a repaint, why not say that?

I feel like sometimes if it’s too easy to do they don’t want to ruin the illusion that they did something impressive.

I’ll have the figure next week. If it’s an easy fix I’ll be posting it here.
Yeah, that dude didn’t reply to any of us on Instagram asking for more information about what he did. Kind of a bummer. Thanks for being willing to be more forthcoming!
 
It seems like it would be pretty hard to like any of The Mandalorian if you don’t like Grogu.

Kind of crazy in retrospect that we were promised an episodic show about a bounty hunter and basically got 1 episode before it turned into the Mando and Baby Jedi happy fun hour then season two what “fan service ally of the week”
Yes, that’s the thing. Decent show with good costume designs that makes for good figures, but Andor has blown this and pretty much everything else out of the water I feel. Kill Geogu off early and s3 has a chance.
 
It seems like it would be pretty hard to like any of The Mandalorian if you don’t like Grogu.

Kind of crazy in retrospect that we were promised an episodic show about a bounty hunter and basically got 1 episode before it turned into the Mando and Baby Jedi happy fun hour then season two what “fan service ally of the week”
And just get ready for season three as Mando becomes a supporting character on his own show and the focus continues with bringing every Filoniverse cartoon character to life! Gonna be good times!
 
The armor in that scene is dirty, but the armor below is pristine as it is beskar. The armor HT gave us is rusty and weathered like a steel armor.
 
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Hell I'd pay the $30 then share with ya'll if that was the case here haha I've spent that on dumber crap.


Did you really? Man...I've been debating what to do to. I ended up getting the full refund from the dx preorder and if I decided to pull the trigger, was going to opt for the standard instead to just because I really don't need to extra stuff and its cheaper. On top of that Im not sure if I should wait till release or not because I can get that teachers discount that only works with in stock figs and not preorders. I have no experience with sideshow so Im not sure what to do there. Do figs go out of stock right at release? I've heard its pretty uncommon.
Yeah I see it to dude. There's areas where these grime still there but faint and they line up exactly with the uncleaned version which is why Im thinking its just cleaned.
What you could do to ensure you dont screw up the chrome is do a test and pick a spot on the inside of the jetpack, assuming there's grime caked on there to.

I'm in the UK so I don't buy from Sideshow. The post and custom charges are too high.
I think standard is a good choice, unless you really want the deluxe extra stuff but I decided I didn't need Boba's armour and the little bits of cargo etc.
Good idea testing on the back of the jetpack. I think I'll start there.
 
I'm in the UK so I don't buy from Sideshow. The post and custom charges are too high.
I think standard is a good choice, unless you really want the deluxe extra stuff but I decided I didn't need Boba's armour and the little bits of cargo etc.
Good idea testing on the back of the jetpack. I think I'll start there.

What's your go-to? I'm from the UK also. I tried my luck with a Hong Kong eBay seller as it was a good £100 less than Sideshow. I have pre-ordered from Sideshow this time though as the seller didn't have it for pre-order.
 
I hate when people are all mysterious about fixing stuff that’s simple. If it’s an easy fix just tell people what you did, if it’s not an easy fix and actually challenging to do like a repaint, why not say that?

I feel like sometimes if it’s too easy to do they don’t want to ruin the illusion that they did something impressive.

I’ll have the figure next week. If it’s an easy fix I’ll be posting it here.
Things like this are very interesting in the Boba Fett cosplay community. A lot of folks who do paint commissions won't disclose the colors they use. If you've ever tried anything like painting a screen accurate Boba Fett helmet, just having the colors doesn't do you much good. There's a ton of precision art work that goes into something like that and to me you're not paying for their secret color combinations but their actual artistic skills. Good news is there's plenty of others who share everything, including very detailed "how-to" video series on Youtube...
 
Hmm don't like the sound of using a thinner. I'm wondering if using diluted isopropyl alcohol might be best to try. A less extreme approach

Depending how severe the weathering is in hand once mine arrives i may try alcohol on an inconspicuous area. Even if it takes longer to remove or reduce I'd rather take my time than risk damaging the chrome finish.
 
Isn't this very similar to what had to be done to the pink on Sideshow life size Grogu? I remember doing "something" to mine that I think involved thinner. You definitely had to be very careful as it pulled that pink off pretty aggressively. I'll wait and see how I feel about the weathering in-hand before taking on something like this.
 
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