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X Review: Firefly

X Review: Firefly

Articulation

Bad. Bad, bad, bad, bad, and bad. I don’t know if he suffered for the “Blast Board” or because of it. Either way, he just suffers. Let’s run down the list, shall we? Head, shoulders, elbows, torso, hips, and single knee. That’s 10. Ten points of articulation. It’s really only slightly better than the vehicle drivers, in my opinion! The five extra points really might as well not be there at all, considering he’s really only sculpted to do one thing, and that’s sit on that board.

Not only that, but the torso joint is attached at this weird angle, so standing up straight he’s got this unsightly gap mid-back. Let’s be clear here, I’m through with all the baloney excuses I see tossed around various sites, too. “Roadblock doesn’t need ankles, it’s okay. He has a big gun!” “Cobra Commander doesn’t need double knees, it’s okay.” “Firefly doesn’t–” No. First of all, it is my professional opinion that you’re stupid. Secondly, yes, Firefly damned well does need that articulation. He’s a saboteur. Kneeling, bending, twisting, worming his way into the depths of the good guys’ bases to blow them up. Third, why the hell would we make excuses for Hasbro that things like this are acceptable? I’d rather get less figures with more articulation, than get a ton of them with spotty articulation.

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4 comments

  1. i drilled a hole in the left thigh not right. my left his right, lol.. but i loved those holsters so much and haw they had pegs, there was no way i wasn’t going to incorperate em in it.

  2. i actually like the figure, well, after i did some taking away things and adding things, and he’s ,not ff to me, i will give him a new name. indiana joe from og13 came up with a name i think fits weel, so with his permission, i will to name mine that.

    i took those horrible lower arms off and threw em away, and gave him roc snake eyes lower arms, and i took those damn horrid legs off and tossed em too. i replaced em with dg trooper legs, i did however use the holsters that this figure came with, i had to do some trimming of the pegs and some light sanding, and drill a hole on the right thigh halfway through the leg so the one holster peg would fit in and glued em. gave him a boot knife that came with lady jaye, and gave him the harness that came with joe colon. oh and tossed on roc jungle ripcord goggles. now the figure is bad ass, just need to paint the croth black, and maybe add some camo to the pants in a gray or maybe a green.

    oh, also added res trooper hands to roc lower arms. and a roc zartan backpack..

  3. I bought this a few days ago and I just used the head.

  4. And I thought the Joe Trooper was bad!

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