ROTF Bludgeon's Incredible Breaking Hand warning (and help?)

[5FDP]

Well that sucks for those that have him. What were they thinking making the hand hard plastic

Fingers crossed this will be corrected with Banzai-Tron.

[GoktimusPrime]

Eep!

What were they thinking making the hand hard plastic

It also sucks how the swords are made from soft plastic too, getting easily dented by the hard plastic fingers. They should've just used a traditional "hole" fist and slot the sword into it (e.g. G1 Dinobots, Weirdwolf etc.).

or just avoiding having Bludgeon hold the sword whilst on display.

This sounds like the safest option... which sucks cos I think for a lot of people who grew up with G1, the sword is a major appeal factor for this toy. <sigh> Better safe than sorry though I guess.

[griffin]

That's a shame.
I might try rolling up some sandpaper and sanding out the fist holes to make the swords fit in a little easier and less likely to see the 'modification'.
If it works, it'll also mean the fingers won't leave dents in the sword handle.

[Jetfire]

That's not a sword.. This is a sword!

[Meangreen]

I think this sounds like the best course of action. It leaves the barrel intact and it's not as if Bludgeon needs to hold accessories other than his sword.

Let us know how it goes Griffin.

That's a shame.
I might try rolling up some sandpaper and sanding out the fist holes to make the swords fit in a little easier and less likely to see the 'modification'.
If it works, it'll also mean the fingers won't leave dents in the sword handle.

[GoktimusPrime]

Then the cannon sword wouldn't look right - needed the specific grip area to emulate a tank cannon AND the sword, which means it needed an open hand.

There is a variant of the Mitsubishi Type 90 tank that doesn't have the additional parts on the muzzle (recoil compensating muzzle brakes???) near the tip of the barrel, which would work better when converted into a sword handle for a fist hole.

Reference images:
Type-90 tank with muzzle attachments
Type-90 without muzzle attachments

Problem was, they sculpted the hand a little too tightly, and decided to put the hand on the same sprue as the other orange plastic.

The problem is that if the hand isn't sculpted tightly enough, the sword would easily fall off during toy play when you're smacking the sword up against other weapons and bots. Couldn't they make the sword out of harder plastic? (i.e. some plastic quality as the fists themselves) -- that would solve the problem of denting on the handles.

[christalcase]

Couldn't they make the sword out of harder plastic? (i.e. some plastic quality as the fists themselves) -- that would solve the problem of denting on the handles.

if you made the sword in the same hard rigid plastic... I think it would break more easily. I had the sword in his hip sheath, and after I accidentally banged my shelf, he fell down with quite a bang, I figured, luckily his sword is soft plastic otherwise that fall would have snapped his sword... I'd rather a bent sword (and one that has dents) than a broken sword, since the blade part is pretty thin and long, perfect for snapping

on another note, does anyone think holding the small dagger would be dangerous as well? Because although handle is smaller/thinner, he does hold it pretty tight as well

[griffin]

A harder plastic on a pointy accessory would be a safety hazard. Especially if swallowed.

[SkyWarp91]

This is my idea of how to fix such a problem... hehe

[FFN]

Spent a couple of minutes filing down the fingers. Seems to have helped.

The problem is that if the hand isn't sculpted tightly enough, the sword would easily fall off during toy play when you're smacking the sword up against other weapons and bots. Couldn't they make the sword out of harder plastic? (i.e. some plastic quality as the fists themselves) -- that would solve the problem of denting on the handles.

But then the sword could break during play (being kinda thin) or snap if it's forced into the main gun the wrong way.

Plus, it's on the same sprue and the other flexible parts, like the decoration bits and the gears for his mech alive splitting turret (which I love).