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Post by rKoNomad316 on Jan 9, 2019 19:59:36 GMT -5
I use figure stands & sticky putty.
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Post by WreckerJack on Jan 9, 2019 22:42:14 GMT -5
The stands that come with Elites work for me. Usually its just the basics that have weird legs that tip over. Elites you just widen their stance so they balance better, kinda like how a ball player squares up to the plate.
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Post by PJ on Jan 10, 2019 7:00:54 GMT -5
I just stand them as is on my shelves and I haven’t had a Mattel figure ever fall off them. With Jakks any figure that used the Hogan boots would have loose ankles, but I would tighten them with a drop of super glue in the joint. Just keep moving the joint for about a minute so the glue dries but doesn’t lock the ankle. And after tightening those joints none of those figures have ever fallen either.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2019 7:08:17 GMT -5
I use figure stands & sticky putty. I do that with my DCUC figures.
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Post by PVA on Jan 10, 2019 10:33:00 GMT -5
Try posing the figures more then standing straight up. Bend the legs and knees wil keep them balanced
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2019 10:41:59 GMT -5
I use mod Podge on the ankles
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Post by boz1515 on Jan 10, 2019 12:21:50 GMT -5
I use figure stands & sticky putty.
I definitely needed the sticky putty for The Wild Samoans.
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Post by bharrisfan on Jan 10, 2019 14:52:38 GMT -5
i'll take the problematic figures that are the most unstable and put them in a more dynamic pose. like crouch the figure into an attack pose that distributes the figures weight more evenly and brings the figure closer to the ground so it's less likely to topple forward. or if its someone who has dramatic taunting poses, i'll do that....like shawn michaels on his knees with his arms up
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2019 14:57:49 GMT -5
Guess I’m lucky but I don’t have Problems with them falling & mine are top shelf on a bookcase too That bottom shelf is pretty. Those might be the four best figures in the line, in my opinion, that is.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2019 15:00:03 GMT -5
Not sure if it was said but I'd use poster putty, just a tiny ball under their foot, might have to do some trial and error. I even tinted mine gray to look less noticeable.
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Post by stinkfaceT on Jan 10, 2019 15:38:49 GMT -5
MWFD You could take some fishing line and run a couple rows of clear “fencing” in front of the shelves, tie off and secure on either end of the shelves with tacks if that doesn’t bother you.
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Post by Stoker Ichikawa on Jan 10, 2019 17:04:45 GMT -5
Geese.
I have a trained pair of geese who use a subtle combination of wing power and honking to scare the figures into staying on the shelf
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Post by PVA on Jan 10, 2019 17:55:22 GMT -5
@diamondcutter Yeah, I think I’d have to agree with you. As much as I collect 89/90, the shelf with those 1991 DM really stand out as my favorites too.
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Post by fmwpt on Jan 10, 2019 21:38:22 GMT -5
Best solution? Full your shelfs. Mine are and they don't fall because they are so close...
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Post by afwanimations on Jan 11, 2019 14:05:39 GMT -5
MWFD You could take some fishing line and run a couple rows of clear “fencing” in front of the shelves, tie off and secure on either end of the shelves with tacks of that doesn’t bother you. That's a really good idea!
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Post by joek13 on Jan 11, 2019 17:44:29 GMT -5
I use display stands (Usually Ringside Ovals or Mattels that came with elites)
The other thing that helps me bunches is I make it a habit of swapping modded basic boots onto elites or complete knee-swaps with basics where applicable.
As a general rule, I find the figures just stand better with basic boots. I don't care about losing knee articulation either as I just want them to stand.
May be a bit extreme but I just do not care for elite boots. That's just me though.
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Post by RybackV1 on Jan 11, 2019 18:07:08 GMT -5
It's impossible with the new basics
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2019 8:20:10 GMT -5
It's impossible with the new basics So damn true
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2019 8:22:10 GMT -5
And definitely don't rely on those god awful diorama stands. Had Cactus Jack on one and he still fell...and right on top of my Bandai Dragon Ball Z Hybrid figures which are super fragile. Ahhhh
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Post by PJ on Jan 14, 2019 10:38:13 GMT -5
And definitely don't rely on those god awful diorama stands. Had Cactus Jack on one and he still fell...and right on top of my Bandai Dragon Ball Z Hybrid figures which are super fragile. Ahhhh Don’t you hate that certain figures feel so fragile you either put them so far in the back of the shelf or put them as close to the floor as possible so that if they fall there’s a 50/50 chance they’ll survive. Once DC Collectables swapped their Icons figures to drop hips those figures became displayed on the bottom base level of my BvS Batcave so if they fell there’d be no distance to drop, because those hips seem so fragile.
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