Studio Sundowner : The Mechanical Arm (TMA)

Back in 2016, I did a complete overhaul of the TMA figure from Studio Sundowner.
It was their first release and a lot of things just bugged me - loose joints being the most annoying one so I took it apart and used a Soilder Story donor body.


I didn't like the articulation of the mechanical arm so decided to see if I could make it better.
They just used brass rods to hold the arm together !!


I did a bit of drilling and added ball pegs and sockets instead.


Solid connection with so much more articulation now.


Cut and threw out the resin hand but kept the rest. I then attached it to a bendy gloved hand.


Tossed the stock headsculpt and replaced it with the SS Renner headsculpt.


Changed the boots and swapped out gray leggings. Did some light weathering everywhere.




SS's solid articulation makes it more of an enjoyable figure now.



Side-by-side comparison ( turned out quite well I think) :


Their offerings now look higher quality, but this will be my only figure from them.
This was a quick share and thanks for dropping by !!

i remember this coming out and thinking it looked like a cool figure at the time.
you did a great job of making it a whole lot better

I'm unfamiliar with the character, but I love your improvements and the resulting look.

I was going to write the same thing as Gubernator.
The improvement in articulation is great.

That is excellent work. Cool looking figure.

Great upgrades, well done! That's one good looking figure!

I must admit, I'm not familiar with the character, but I like your version, a lot! Great work.

Firstly thanks guys for dropping by.
Their offerings are not for everyone.
Secondly silly me - it seems I shared this here a few years ago! sorry for the double post.
I'll be more careful next time !

Great work, I'm surprised they used brass rods for that, it feels like something that would be done in the early stages of how the figure would look. Your rework is awesome.

Awesome upgrades to the figure.