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Post by rihia2k on Jan 29, 2011 19:19:46 GMT -6
Down at my local junk shop the other day, where I get mostly weird generic MOTU KOs. Anyway noticed a Fisto hanging up, nothing special but then I thought, "hmm, his hair looks different to how I remember".  Last thing I need is another Fisto on the shelf, but he's grown on me with his greying look, just thought I'd get opinions on this variant... |
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Post by Megatron on Jan 29, 2011 19:21:52 GMT -6
Looks like a custom painted figure
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Post by rihia2k on Jan 29, 2011 19:40:49 GMT -6
Yeah, that's what my girlfriend thought. I'm kinda split down the middle on it though. Photo never as easy to inspect as real thing. The paint looks like the first application especially round the ears n' neck. Jury's out, the more I inspect it the more perplexed I get haha.
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Post by rihia2k on Jan 29, 2011 20:02:23 GMT -6
'Grey hair' has HongKong printed on his fist rather than his back, the fist has a different shinier plastic and less detailed sculpt than my other Fistos.
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Post by kylefromdirtnapp on Jan 31, 2011 22:13:57 GMT -6
There's a black boot variant, that's all I've ever heard of. Just out of curiosity, what color are the boots?
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Post by rihia2k on Feb 1, 2011 1:20:43 GMT -6
Boots and belt a slightly darker bluey-purple, not black however. Any hints on the best way to assess if paint is factory original? I might post more pics but thats no help to prop'ly analyze. If anyone customized it they did an incredible job, and between the junk store I scored it from and it's years o' dust, I don't see why they'd bother. There's no damage to the 'hair sculpt'. No other paint layers. Shrug, I'm stumped.  |
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Post by Grizzlor Adams on Feb 1, 2011 13:13:27 GMT -6
The common Fisto is marked Hong Kong. The dark purple/black variation is Malaysian. The Malaysian head is also slightly different.
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Post by rihia2k on Feb 1, 2011 15:45:01 GMT -6
So Hong Kong printed on the fist, and not the body, still just makes it HK right?
Head is soft, and doesn't look diff' to usual apart from th' obvious.
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Post by Grizzlor Adams on Feb 1, 2011 18:33:47 GMT -6
The Malaysian issued figure has a hard head & a redder tone to the hair. I've seen other figures with the duller shade of brown that your figure displays, There are many slight variations in tones & finishes in the series. Malaysian Fisto (reference pic from he-man.org)  |
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Post by rihia2k on Feb 1, 2011 20:50:25 GMT -6
Hey, thanks, Grizz! Massive help. That pretty much puts me at ease. Reckon I can rest easy wit' da idea it just happens to be an odd paint batch. Maybe they ran outta' brown that day. I quite dig it though. Guess there is a lot of variation out there, as one o'my Fisto's hair hue comes somewhere slap bang in-between these two colours. Thanx 'gain  |
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Post by brcthrift on Feb 1, 2011 23:06:36 GMT -6
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Post by rihia2k on Feb 2, 2011 4:12:08 GMT -6
Woohoo! Great site, cheers for that! 200,000 points to 'thrift!  |
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Post by kylefromdirtnapp on Feb 2, 2011 18:31:12 GMT -6
Well wuddyaknow? Awesome!
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