Ok, so Toy Biz makes some beautiful sculpts and has pumped out several likes of well-detailed, highly articulated figures at incredibly low (or very low compared to Transformers) prices; however, many of their figures have a consistent problem that irritates the hell out of me.
Swords, Wolverine's claws, and other thin pieces of plastic have a tendency to become permanently bent in the packaging and I have failed to find a way to reshape them. I have a couple of Lord of the Rings swords that are just bent to one side and a Wolverine (not ML, but from the new X-Men line) with claws that all bunch in together.
Does anyone know of a way to permanently fix these issues? I'm really considering writing into Toy Fare since this would be something I'd like to see them ask Toy Biz or at least address in their mailbag.
Anyone collecting Toy Biz figures (LOTR, Marvel Legends) - help needed.
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Customise?Originally posted by Sir Auros
Swords, Wolverine's claws, and other thin pieces of plastic have a tendency to become permanently bent in the packaging and I have failed to find a way to reshape them.
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Hey Luke, I have had some success with taking the weapons, putting them in between to hard pieces of either wood or metal, and applying some pressure via a wood clamp, and then using a hairdryer for about 15 minutes in the exposed areas of the two slabs.
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Mac scoffs. "Easier almost ate me a few days ago."-Steve Alten, Meg: Hell's Aquarium