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Post by booberrysm on Jun 10, 2023 10:00:43 GMT -5
What elites on ball joints have a molded belt? Be free from ball joint/ratchet joint dilemmas!!! All the talk of ball joints, you know I had to comment haha
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Post by booberrysm on Sept 9, 2022 0:23:06 GMT -5
TRU Exclusive Seth Cashes In
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Post by booberrysm on May 1, 2022 11:23:40 GMT -5
Can anyone direct me to a really good tutorial for swapping ball jointed legs? I think I finally figured out a recipe for that Kevin Steen but I've never swapped ball joints before. Good luck!
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Post by booberrysm on Feb 16, 2022 1:17:48 GMT -5
What type of supplies should i look for, for molding hair? Like, I know there's clay, but you don't actually bake the figure in oven right (lol) trying to venture off into doing even more customization, and I see a hair could be next step in my evolution so to speak lol ProCreate Putty - it stays flexible when mixed correctly, but can be hard as a plastic as well.
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Post by booberrysm on Dec 8, 2021 23:10:29 GMT -5
Austin is on ratchet joints, but can be converted: Yes. Do you by chance know if the ratchet conversion will work on womens elites as well? This is a really good question. I’ve only ever done the ratchet to ball joint conversion with male elite so I’d be curious to know if it’s the same for female figures. Which female legs are you trying to convert? I’ll see if I can take a look into doing a female ratchet conversion - Thanks!
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Post by booberrysm on Dec 2, 2021 20:00:27 GMT -5
Fantastic information! Are the Ultimate figures typically on ball joints? Steve Austin specifically? Austin is on ratchet joints, but can be converted: Does the Stunning Steve Austin have the same skintone as the Stone Cold figures? Yes. You beat me to it 😁
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Post by booberrysm on Dec 2, 2021 8:36:13 GMT -5
Fantastic mock-up!!! I loved Crush as a kid so this is a huge want for me - my top attires are King of the Ring 93, WM 9 and Survivor Series 93 for his heel look.
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Post by booberrysm on Oct 16, 2021 0:06:18 GMT -5
Definitely ratchet. The only two Austin's I know of that are ball-jointed are Stunning and the Ringmaster. damn...Guess Ill look for another Stunning Steve then. Wanted to pick one up from Big Lots for a custom but gotta have ball joint What??? Rumblings of a ratchet joint to ball joint conversion I’m hearing 😉😁
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Post by booberrysm on Jul 29, 2021 8:09:03 GMT -5
Got my Nash and Gunn!
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Post by booberrysm on Jul 24, 2021 20:11:03 GMT -5
Who really thinks they won’t release these separately? The tooling and design is done and that’s the most expensive part. The ring will be $100ish on RSC eventually, Diesel will be $30 whenever he’s released, and that means they value the (inaccurate) entrance at $120 - that’s f’n ridiculous!!! Those are the reasons why I’m not backing this extremely poor offering for Mattel’s first venture into crowdfunding for WWE.
Also, has anyone been able to find out the actual dimensions of the ring? With using Diesel for scale in the photos, it still looks off.
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Post by booberrysm on Jul 23, 2021 15:22:24 GMT -5
Everyone at Mattel is on crack if they think I’m gonna drop $250+ on an entrance stage and ring (which they STILL have not revealed the dimensions for) with inaccurate logos along with a Diesel figure that they have only shown a shi**y, hand-painted prototype for.
Once again, and it’s really getting annoying, Mattel is behind the 8-Ball when it comes to following the trends. They’ve obviously seen the success that Hasbro has had with crowd funding. Rather than adopt a business model that works for themselves, they simply copy what Hasbro has done yet with a subpar product. Mattel still doesn’t have double jointed elbows on Elites for god sake while every other company producing $20-$22 figures does! I know they working on updating Elite articulation but it’s too late - should’ve happened years ago.
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Post by booberrysm on Jul 23, 2021 12:45:13 GMT -5
Pop the legs off at the upper thigh, then carefully cut into the hip peg until you can prise it open. Then you just need to slice off the two rings on the ratchet, and you'll be able to swap ball-jointed legs on. This! Why doesn’t anyone ever just acknowledge that I started that trend of swapping legs?
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Post by booberrysm on Mar 24, 2021 19:42:29 GMT -5
So if I sell my UE Rock for $100 and the the current market price of $200 I wouldn’t be labeled as a scalper?!? Gtfoh, I would get thrown under the bus for scalping but it’s ok because Ringside is selling it for $100. Don’t sell it for $100, sell it for $200 - you shouldn’t be labeled a scalper for something like that. Scalpers are really those that sit out front of stores waiting for them to open so they can buy every single unit of hot, in-demand items simply for the purpose of turning a profit. I have a UE Rock that I’m gonna sell for market value as soon as I move at the end of this month once I finish moving - it’s currently packed up. I had every intention of opening him up in the new place but no wrestling figure I own is worth that price to me, so if I can sell it to someone willing to pay $200 then so be it.
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Post by booberrysm on Mar 17, 2021 9:05:16 GMT -5
Any start planning on exactly how they're going to fix the Karrion Kross figure? He's looking like he has the thighs of Finn Balor, which unfortunately means they're ratchet joints, so my attempt will probably be similar to the fix used on Aliester Black and replace the calves with the same type of piece, but I'm not sure if that will leave him tall enough. Curious to see what other people will be planning to do. Just convert the ratchet joint to a ball joint and swap whichever legs work best 👍
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Post by booberrysm on Feb 28, 2021 13:10:52 GMT -5
AEW Series 3 at Kissimmee Target on Rolling Oaks Blvd - everyone except Orange Cassidy and Darby Allin (I got those) are left.
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Post by booberrysm on Feb 2, 2021 13:45:08 GMT -5
First time priming, painting, sealing and decals. So what's the best order? Should I prime, paint, seal, decal then seal again, or prime, paint, decal seal? I always seal the paint before applying decals.
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Post by booberrysm on Jan 30, 2021 6:27:16 GMT -5
Are hips that were on ratchet thighs, swappable onto ball jointed thighs? Yes, but most need a little super glue on the ball joint to make it a snug fit so it doesn’t wobble around.
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Post by booberrysm on Nov 26, 2020 5:18:00 GMT -5
Yup... hope that’s not a bad thing LOL No it was a good video. I wish the camera was more close up during some of the cutting scenes to see what to look for or cut. But it was clearly narrated and not annoying. I watched so many videos that just sent me over the edge with annoying voices that just rambled on and on. I have a snuka and a matt riddle elite. Do you know if one or the other has ratchet vs ball joint? If not, how do I tell? I bought a brand new box cutter and im ready to go but I'm not entirely sure who I should cut. My other question is how do you get the full leg past the hip line? In the video ziggler legs came out easily but mine leave those little sections of leg right above the straight line seams. Thanks for the feedback! Honestly, I don’t own either figure, but the easiest way tell if it’s a ball or ratchet joint is to look at them. The ball joints are smooth while the ratchet joints have little notches on the “ball” joint. If you pulled the legs off of yours and the little piece stayed connected then it’s most likely ratchet style. Hope that helps.
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Post by booberrysm on Nov 25, 2020 19:50:10 GMT -5
Is this you in the video? Yup... hope that’s not a bad thing LOL
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Post by booberrysm on Nov 25, 2020 5:22:35 GMT -5
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