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Mine arrived last week from Amazon Australia, so I cancelled my ebgames order. I didn't even think to check the shoulders... I guess I wasn't too fussed about it on the regular one.
Good to hear that the barrel is sparkly, as it needs to be for a proper toy homage.
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I've read that all the Gen Selects have good shoulders, but don't quote me on that. So far, I haven't seen one with bad shoulders.Originally Posted by griffin
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Well, there'd be no good reason for the shoulder issue not to have been addressed, given that Hasbro has been aware of it for months now, and this is a separate production run.
Anyone tried the fix for the shoulders that has been floating around? Some people make it seem pretty straight-forward, others make it sound like an easy way to destroy the toy...
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Nah I just bought a second fixed one
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I tried it and ended up causing marks on the shoulders without managing to get them opened. So I don't recommend trying it.
I ended up getting a second Galvatron with corrected shoulders.
Looking to buy lucky draw Armada Prime and Diaclone Marlboor Wheeljack.
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I managed to remove the arms off my regular retail release of Kingdom Galvatron and switched them around to the correct position. Not going to say it was easy, as a bit of force was required and one arm gave me a small heart attack as it made a loud pop sound as I pried it off (thought I'd broken it but didn't) the other came of relatively easy in comparison...
I managed to mark the plastic on one should just a tad - not a deal breaker though.
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It's pretty easy IF you have the right tools for the job - I bought a set of nylon car trim tools off ebay for $10, as many had recommended - as an ad hoc approach won't give you the right angle or purchase on the part and you'll scratch/stress the parts. But it also took a bit more force than I was expecting, but having done it now, I don't see any stress marks on the shoulder or elbow.
Getting back to the Selects release. I really love it, although I wish the crest was the same colour as the helmet. I got him to have a Time Wars Galvatron, and the red shoulders didn't bother me so much as the purple crest. Moulding wise I can see this is because it's made of the same "unpaintable" nylon plastic used for the upper arm pieces - so it was a choice of a purple crest of a white arm, which they tried to alleviate by the silver stickers, but I might see if I can paint it to better match the head, or print a replacement crest more inline with the rounded comic head.
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Mmm, thanks all. Seems more effort/expense involved than is warranted for me; I'm not really bothered by it (as I have said elsewhere, I didn't even realise it was a thing until it was pointed out to me), was just idly curious and wondering if it might be something for some spare time, the way painting the toy version was
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