For those of you who didn't read my earlier post, I bought a Series 11 Operator on Amazon. The figure was a mess when I opened it. The black undersuit and the yellow armor pieces were all defective in some way, either being mismolded, so tight-fitting that they nearly broke the other parts, or so loose-fitting that they would just nearly fall off (or would just hang limp). The Spartan Laser, which was the only reason I bought the figure, was also messed up in that it nearly broke the figure's hand when I tried to slide the grip in.
Unfortunately, there is no way for me to fix the laser (so I wasted 12 bucks, I guess), but there is a way for me to fix the Spartan, and this is it. I swapped all of the broken black and yellow parts onto a yellow JFO Spartan and I now have a figure that is passable (other than all of the paint mistakes that don't show up on camera but are obvious IRL).
I'll try to fix the paint mistakes and then I can call this guy 95% fixed. I still don't know what to do about the messed up Spartan Laser though, any suggestions?
Unfortunately, there is no way for me to fix the laser (so I wasted 12 bucks, I guess), but there is a way for me to fix the Spartan, and this is it. I swapped all of the broken black and yellow parts onto a yellow JFO Spartan and I now have a figure that is passable (other than all of the paint mistakes that don't show up on camera but are obvious IRL).
I'll try to fix the paint mistakes and then I can call this guy 95% fixed. I still don't know what to do about the messed up Spartan Laser though, any suggestions?