Sideshow/Legacy Life-size 'The Child' figure

[NakedMoleRat]

Ordered this morning, just got my shipping notice. Free shipping and they use FedEx.

 

[Soulinertia]

Apparently it needs to stay open for the most part. How unfortunate. Still waiting on mine to come in. You'd think they would have figured out a more durable material with 40+ years of advancements in technology since the original Stretch Armstrong came out.

 

[Mara Jade's Father]

Apparently it needs to stay open for the most part. How unfortunate. Still waiting on mine to come in. You'd think they would have figured out a more durable material with 40+ years of advancements in technology since the original Stretch Armstrong came out.

the mouth can be closed completely so no teeth show.

 

[teecrooz]

The instructions say not to leave it closed for long periods of time because leaving it closed can cause damage.

 

[Synz314]

They should have just designed the mouth to be permanently open if they knew full well that could happen. Or add a bit of loose skin so it won't be as stretched when the mouth is closed.

 

[Jaymig926]

I’ll leave it slightly open to differ my modded sideshow. Love them both

 

[BlandoCalrssian]

The instructions say not to leave it closed for long periods of time because leaving it closed can cause damage.

Hot Toys Grogu! Features posable mouth! *Warning: using posable mouth may cause damage*

 

[Derelict Ghost]

Got mine in from Noble Knights today! I gotta ask, do y’all snip the stitching on the sides of each arm to free up the collar?

 

[gizmo]

I do love hot toys but they absolutely suck at rubber. Surely by now they could have made things work. As soon as I saw the advertisement for thier Grogu I knew this would happen. They make stuff that really makes my mouth water but damned if I'd spend my hard earned cash on something that just breaks.


Ben

 

[jkno]

Hot Toys have big problems with rubber and pleather/faux leather for years. They seem to use the lowest quality materials for their figures.

 

[NakedMoleRat]

I hope my Justice League Batman hold up. His suit seems sort of rubbery.

 

[Derelict Ghost]

I hope my Justice League Batman hold up. His suit seems sort of rubbery.

They’re so hit/miss, my HT Comedian’s body suit melted on my copy but other figures have been fine?

 

[Mara Jade's Father]

Got mine in from Noble Knights today! I gotta ask, do y’all snip the stitching on the sides of each arm to free up the collar?

Are you talking about the Sideshow/Legacy version? I snipped the threads but you need to replace the stitches in the same location at the shoulder. If you don’t, it releases a bunch of extra material between the shoulder and the sleeve an the sleeves will droop/hang down.

original stitches removed:

new stitch in place.

 

[jkno]

An example of Hot Toys rubber damage:

And pleather:

 

[Jaymig926]

Any rubber or pleather I have from hot toys have remained intact for years but I use measures to insure humidity does not affect them during the summer I use a dehumidifier and have never had an issue they are all in my basement and in nyc. I’ve seen collectors in high humid countries have issues

 

[Derelict Ghost]

An example of Hot Toys rubber damage:

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And pleather:

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Heh, I thought I recognized your username from the SSFreaks forum.

 

[Kylash]

Took my modified Sideshow Grogu to the forest today.

 

[NakedMoleRat]

Looks great! Did you modify his neck/head at all? Mine will be coming next week, and I’ll start working on the modifications next weekend. I think I want to modify his head as well, as I don’t want him permanently looking up.

 

[Kylash]

It’s on the ball joint of the doll body now so it can tilt and look down a bit more, it just friction fit on.

 

[NakedMoleRat]

Yeah, I did read that series of posts. Thank you.