Ironhide Head Fix : Yay or Nay

[lcz128]

From : http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub...ic.php?t=45863

So, everyone (I assume) would know about how the Ironhide toy in the classics line has a perpetual stare-at-the-floor-head.

SO. What can we do about it? There's that link I posted above that allows you to do a fix to him. Good, but not perfect. While it does most of the job, the FINAL bit where everything ought to come together...well, doesn't - this of course isn't intended as a slight to the mod originator, nor to hastak - instead, I am just trying to find a good 'compromise'

What's 'wrong' with the head mod above? Well, just this:

This is directly from the post above. Looks good, makes sense.

However, lemme just hightlight what I need to refer to:

While the mod suggest that you cut the section in the circle so that the bumper can fit in, the trade off is that the little grey tab that normally locks into the back spine no longer is able to lock without creating the original problem anyway. Refer to the image below to understand which tab I am referring to:


Well. I don't like it being loose, so mine - eventhough I've done the mod (unless I've done it wrong - do enlighten me ) will remain locked and hence a little 'lookey-downey'.

Uh- except that I don't have any pictures of that as I didn't think of taking pix of it before dismantling the sucker up :b

So, looking at the pix already in the thread and my explanations, what do ya'll think? :S

EDIT: Incidentally, I think the toy is AWESOME. As puzzley as the alt mode is, the transformation and robot mode MORE than make up for the puzzleformer look
Seriously!
Also, he looks even more kick@$$ with a silver face! Here's proof:

(The light piping is beautiful, and this is an image of the head with a coat of red paint and silver for the face )