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Saw your pic of Leo and immediately thought of this! Great pix BTW! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yes, that's where I got mine. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

From a previous post: A little more detail on the Raphael torso joint fix: I popped his head off and soaked him belly down for a minute in a pan of boiled water. The torso joint popped apart quite easily. The joint is a simple barbell/socket arrangement. After a couple of failed attempts to...

I don't think a regular rubber band will help too much. I used a heavy duty rubber o-ring that you can get at a hardware store either singly or in a pack of assorted sizes. Here's a pic of the package. The one I used was one of the larger diameters - not the fattest one though, as I had already...

What was also interesting to discover was that the shell itself is attached to the figure's back by a barbell joint, making the shell "free floating" so to speak. The figure's actual body can be moved around inside the shell via that barbell joint! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

No, the torso just pops straight out of the top of the shell. I boiled the water in an electric kettle and then poured it into a plastic Rubbermaid pan that was large enough to accommodate Raph's carcass. I removed the head prior to this as it helped him fit into the pan and also prevented the...

Interesting article. I agree with a lot of those figures listed being underrated, but I have to take some issue with the Hot Toys Mars Attacks figures. They were great figures, but the rubber suit coverings on the arms and legs are subject to the dreaded Hot Toys suit rot curse. I had my Mars...

A little more detail on the Raphael torso joint fix: I popped his head off and soaked him belly down for a minute in a pan of boiled water. The torso joint popped apart quite easily. The joint is a simple barbell/socket arrangement. After a couple of failed attempts to tighten things up, I ended...

He was pretty loose and slouched quite a bit. I ended up soaking him in boiling water and he popped apart pretty easily. I tried a few things to stiffen the joint but ended up wrapping a rubber o-ring around the shaft of the barbell joint. It provided enough friction to keep Raph from slouching...

Anyone come up with a fix for Raph's loose torso? I'm thinking about boiling some water and pouring it in there to see if I can pop him apart... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Here's the pics of the figure again: All told, I like it. I wish the face sculpt wasn't so bland though. I like a little mania in my Harley facial sculpts. I think Margot Robbie really captures the essence of Harley when she is smiling that big, toothy grin. Harley is all about having a good...

Finally! This is so long over due. If not for Bill Finger, Batman would be just another obscure, goofy character from the early days of super hero comic books. The "Bat-Man", as envisioned by Bob Kane, would be a footnote to a footnote. It gives me great pleasure to know that Jim Steranko...

I have this model (along with about a jillion others) sitting in my basement waiting to be built. The perfectionist in me keeps me from tackling these for fear I'll jack them up. The last model I took from start to completion was the Polar Lights reissue of the Aurora Seaview - a weekend kit at...

Yeah, most of the materials our collectibles are made out of isn't designed for the long haul. I have been collecting toys for 23 years now and have seen my share of higher-end toys just turn to crap. It seems like anything that uses rubber or pleather vinyl just eventually depolymerizes and...

Sigh- I took down my Martian Soldier to dust and move him to another display and noticed that the rubber arms and legs were starting to split at the elbows and knees. I immediately put him into a neutral pose with no bending of the knees and elbows in order to help preserve him. My Hellboy seems...