G.I. Joe Classified Series

NORM said:
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Only thing I left off was the chest harness thing. I used the parts from the deluxe that came with white Timber.


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Looks great. And yes, the neck would be my only comment. Can you swap necks with the figure the head came from? Also, maybe you did it on purpose, or maybe not, but his belt is upside down.
 
DarthDre758 said:
Looks great. And yes, the neck would be my only comment. Can you swap necks with the figure the head came from? Also, maybe you did it on purpose, or maybe not, but his belt is upside down.
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Nice catch, no I didn’t put the belt on like that on purpose.

I retained the Snake Eyes neck because being the first ever Classified mold, it’s pretty dated and uses a hinge neck with bigger ball peg for the head socket. The neck onto the torso peg was compatible though. I think if I had put the chest harness thing on the diver body, it would have made the neck appear shorter. But it would be less accurate to the original V2 design.
 
Justice said:
I saw something similar on Facebook and changed it up a bit to make it more enclosed but it really takes the set to the next level.
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How's the stability of the setup?

I saw those similar posts and I am tempted to try it, but I saw people report that the only problem is that it isn't very stable because there aren't enough walls and bases to go around with just two sets. Still it is a great look.
 
canprime said:
How's the stability of the setup?

I saw those similar posts and I am tempted to try it, but I saw people report that the only problem is that it isn't very stable because there aren't enough walls and bases to go around with just two sets. Still it is a great look.
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I moved the ladders around and used them as stabilizers so it is solid. I'm even able to pick it up and move it around.
 
NORM said:
I retained the Snake Eyes neck because being the first ever Classified mold, it’s pretty dated and uses a hinge neck with bigger ball peg for the head socket. The neck onto the torso peg was compatible though. I think if I had put the chest harness thing on the diver body, it would have made the neck appear shorter. But it would be less accurate to the original V2 design.
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What chest harness do you mean? The one that came with the diver, or one of Snake Eyes?
 
DarthDre758 said:
What chest harness do you mean? The one that came with the diver, or one of Snake Eyes?
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I didn't move the harness from SE to the diver body. You can see the harness the way it originally appeared on the unaltered SE on the left. I think leaving it off the diver body contributes to the custom looking like the neck is long. Again, I kept the SE neck because it had the hinge neck with the large ball peg for the head socket. If I had kept the diver neck, the ball peg would be too small for SE, and I'd have to fill it with something. Or I could replace the diver neck barbell with something that would fit SE's head socket (hard to find). This way, I retain the hinge neck (my preference).
 
Try the hot glue trick. Coat the ball joint with Vaseline, fill the head ball area with hot glue, then put it on the smaller ball joint. Let it for a bit, they pull it off. Trim the hot glue that spills out, and clean the ball joint.
 
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