VTS Toys 1/6 Wasteland Ranger - Furiosa (Do Venders Have an Out?; UPDATED: 5/18/18)

Asta wrote:So I re-purposed her as non-Furiosa or teen Furiosa.

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YOU KNOW . . .

I see the humor in that statement, but at the same time it's quite appropriate and logical.

MAX MAX: Furiosa . . . The Early Years

Asta wrote:It was a valid point, Stryker. Essentially VTS' Furiosa isn't fit for purpose.

Ironically though, I consider her to be one of their best figures.

So I re-purposed her as non-Furiosa or teen Furiosa.

That's a pretty good idea, really. Place her alone or with other post-apocalyptic figures, not related to Max, and it would probably look pretty cool.

DeltaForceChung wrote:
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YOU KNOW . . .

I see the humor in that statement, but at the same time it's quite appropriate and logical.

MAX MAX: Furiosa . . . The Early Years

A quick Google turned up a few cartoons depicting that very idea:

Stryker2011 wrote:That's a pretty good idea, really. Place her alone or with other post-apocalyptic figures, not related to Max, and it would probably look pretty cool.

She does. I gave her stand to the Art Figures Max, put her on an anonymous black stand and have her with a group of survivors.

For a little while I had her on her own, away from any other figures and she could fool you she was a 1/6 Furiosa. But I prefer to have figures grouped together.

Yeah, I hope my comments didn't come across in any way as critical of the climate here, or even of anything said in this discussion. I just thought Dadrab's story was pretty dead on in terms of the pitfalls of social media, and how they can effect online discussion groups (Sorry if my explanation of the breakdown of online etiquette was a bit off topic). Not to be too self-congratulatory, but I really do think this group is a pretty stellar example of what a community like this SHOULD be. I'm with you GubernatorFan, and am all for constructive criticism. Hell, if something has it's issues, I'm grateful to be warned of it before putting down my money. And my acceptance of the flaws of this figure in no way discounts what is a deal breaker for a lot of people here. Like Asta, I just think I can always use a reminder to be a good dog.

Also, I'd watch hell out of a Furiosa origin story. Maybe VTS is just WAY ahead on this. Its actually a flawless figure for the yet-to-be-made prequel.

I heard you guys were discussing about this earlier, so I thought you might be interested. This fellow managed to do a (Phicen) body swap for Furiosa. I think the results look really good, the head to body scale seems quite resonable, and the weathering work looks top notch.

Thanks for posing this, Fox! It does show that this set is rescue-able. A little bit beyond my comfort level at present, so I am not going to beat myself up for passing on it, but I am happy to see someone did do it justice.

That is nice. But again, you have to spend more money and time to make the figure look even semi-reasonable. So what started as a $170 bootleg figure turns into a near $300 “acceptable” figure...

ReverendSpooky wrote:
My big question, for you guys who got yours, is how is that seamless arm?  Phicen has pretty much spoiled us with steel skeletons, so I was curious about this one.  Does it move well?  What's the outer material like in comparison?  Are you worried at all about the armature breaking inside?

In case you didn't get yours yet the seamless arms on furiosa are very similar to what Hot toys produced on ada wong and pepper potts. Not sure they have a steel skeleton, but the rubber is strong, it keeps a nice elbow shape once bent, and the shoulder joint is surprisingly good.
I forgot the elbow bent during one night after shooting her, and it didn't leave any marks. The only limitation is the upper arm rotation, as the rubber is much stronger than phicen's silicon

The "cut" seamless arm works the same, the elbow joint is inside the arm before the mecha part starts, and there is a magnet inside the rubber to match the one inside the mecha arm cup part.

Here are my very first edits of her and my "alternative" max, basically the art figures "mad racer" with the headsculpt from el1ev1en

You made her look good.

CHEERS!

Fox915 wrote:This fellow managed to do a (Phicen) body swap for Furiosa. I think the results look really good, the head to body scale seems quite resonable, and the weathering work looks top notch.

But after all that work he still had to put her on a riser.

And she's still too short.

As Stryker wrote,

So what started as a $170 bootleg figure turns into a near $300 “acceptable” figure...

I'm happy keeping her as she was intended as I like the stock proportions.

Blackpool -- that is some beautiful photography as usual.

Asta -- that's exactly what I was thinking about the great mod on youtube: after all this cool work, it still needed the "booster seat." Though it does look very good by itself (certainly more so than before).