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Romando's The Omega Man figure is so bizarrely constructed


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#1 unclevatred

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Posted 01 February 2017 - 07:35 AM

So I've become a bit of a Romando nut the last few years, and I've been slowly working towards completing the Throne Scramble Teams from Kinnikuman's final arc

 

I recently finally got the Omega Man, giving me 4 of Team Phoenix's 5 members

 

What a freaking odd figure this turned out to be. Even for Romando, this is just a weirdly put together figure. His torso pops off of his legs with like no effort, his feet are on these horrible ball joints that barely support him, and the absolute strangest thing to me is the way you secure his accessories to his back - he has a little square of velcro on his back, and his giant hand has velcro on it too. You literally velcro the figure together

 

I got him on Monday, and this morning the velcro swatch on the hand had already come loose and caused the figure to fall over. I'm gonna try to fix him tonight with some krazy glue, but man, even for Romando this is just a strange piece. They always seemed to find the strangest ways to construct their figures.

 

He's an awesome display piece but what a nightmare to just get standing up due to his weird feet, and the fact that the giant hand is such a heavy accessory. I'm just glad I got one of the cheaper versions of the figure (Only 5,000 yen before shipping)

There's a version of Omega Man that goes for like $200+. Couldn't imagine paying that much for something like this


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Posted 01 February 2017 - 07:50 AM

Did you get him loose or sealed?


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#3 unclevatred

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Posted 01 February 2017 - 08:22 AM

Did you get him loose or sealed?

Sealed and brand new. I was a bit disappointed with how flimsy he was right out of the packet. That's a common issue with these figures but he's bad even for a Romando. The issues I'm having with him seem more like issues you'd have with like a beat up, used figure.

 

I just don't understand the logic behind designing the figure so that he needs to be velcro'd together. They easily could've had a peg that plugged into his back or something.


Edited by unclevatred, 01 February 2017 - 08:24 AM.

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