Mad Old Lu
Super Freak
I thought this should turn into the picture thread since that's what it started out as!
I got my Indy yesterday, and I must admit, right out of the box he was a bit of a disappointment. The pants were hiked up to his chest, the holster belt and whip strap seemed disproportionally large and thick and the satchel strap seemed too thin and delicate. And of course, the overall body looked squat and dumpy.
BUT after futzing with him for a bit, I grew to like him more and more.
I still think the leather they used for the belt and holster is way too thick for the scale, but with some futzing it's much less noticeable. The satchel strap I just have to be very careful with. It looks like it will tear at the slightest tension. I like the new material for the jacket. It's almost too thick, but again, you can futz it so it hangs naturally. One of my sleeve buttons did not have the rivet end attached (and nowhere to be found), but you don't notice as the stem still holds the sleeve together. And I think the jacket collar on his left looks like it was stitched in the wrong place and crumples the collar a bit. But that's minor--I can fix that or ignore it.
The head does not look too big at all when in-hand, and the hat doesn't look too small either. The paint job is not great when you closely inspect it, but from regular viewing distance it looks quite good. The sculpt is magnificent and the paint does not detract at all. The joints are perfect and he holds his poses. I personally see no need to change his body.
One other thing. The uncoiled whip seems to have a shorter wire inside than the original Indy. I don't know for sure, but I can bend the Raiders Indy whip pretty much all the way to the fall. But in the Crystal Skull Indy whip, the wire ends about 3 inches from the fall. A minor nit-pick I suppose, but it's a little annoying to me to not be able to manipulate the lower end of the whip.
Anyway, I'm really happy with him but very sad to know he's the last figure of the Indy Sideshow line, just when it looked like they were hitting their stride with Henry and this Indy.
I got my Indy yesterday, and I must admit, right out of the box he was a bit of a disappointment. The pants were hiked up to his chest, the holster belt and whip strap seemed disproportionally large and thick and the satchel strap seemed too thin and delicate. And of course, the overall body looked squat and dumpy.
BUT after futzing with him for a bit, I grew to like him more and more.
I still think the leather they used for the belt and holster is way too thick for the scale, but with some futzing it's much less noticeable. The satchel strap I just have to be very careful with. It looks like it will tear at the slightest tension. I like the new material for the jacket. It's almost too thick, but again, you can futz it so it hangs naturally. One of my sleeve buttons did not have the rivet end attached (and nowhere to be found), but you don't notice as the stem still holds the sleeve together. And I think the jacket collar on his left looks like it was stitched in the wrong place and crumples the collar a bit. But that's minor--I can fix that or ignore it.
The head does not look too big at all when in-hand, and the hat doesn't look too small either. The paint job is not great when you closely inspect it, but from regular viewing distance it looks quite good. The sculpt is magnificent and the paint does not detract at all. The joints are perfect and he holds his poses. I personally see no need to change his body.
One other thing. The uncoiled whip seems to have a shorter wire inside than the original Indy. I don't know for sure, but I can bend the Raiders Indy whip pretty much all the way to the fall. But in the Crystal Skull Indy whip, the wire ends about 3 inches from the fall. A minor nit-pick I suppose, but it's a little annoying to me to not be able to manipulate the lower end of the whip.
Anyway, I'm really happy with him but very sad to know he's the last figure of the Indy Sideshow line, just when it looked like they were hitting their stride with Henry and this Indy.
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) Clothes are a little wonky (especially the jacket...wish they hadn't tacked the collar down)and they're ill-fitting...but I'll futz and re-fit later and see how that goes...
How would you compare the jacket, shirt and pants to the ROTLA version? Better this time around?
