I have enjoyed the few of these I have bought, but I must say I would rather have multiple hands instead of articulated fingers. Most any figure I own that has had articulated fingers has problems holding things, with the exception on the Dragon flexible hands, and those will likely fail when the wire in the fingers breaks as moving them eventually stress them too much.

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Which ones have articulated fingers? All of the Sideshow Joes that I have come with multiple hands in different poses.

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Sorry I meant other figures in total. Hasbro has done some with the 12" figures they made, and I had something else that had individual fingers but it couldn't hold anything so it ended up in a box somewhere and I don't remember more than I am not a fan in that articulation until I see it done better.

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You should have contacted Sideshow. They'd have taken care of it for free.

And I too used that link to pick up some parts. I've been wanting to display the unmasked Beachhead head and finally got all the parts I need to do that. Cheaper than ebay too.

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For $2 it wasn't worth the call. I'd rather they replaced the Beachhead belt that was missing the loops for his backpack.
As for the hands I was thinking the kind they used for the Hasbro Adventure Team figures.

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Here's a look at the cloth Balaclava I picked up on eBay.









Here it is tucked away on the back of his belt . . .


Overall I'm pleased with the fit and look. And, as mentioned, it's nice not to have to rely on another head to swap out.

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I know the 21st century toys green "gloves" and Balaclava both transfer dye to the plastic of the face and hands. I never put them on painted heads and I doubt the paint would take the dye, but wanted to give a heads up.

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Well that's not good news. I wonder if there's any way to tell if this one will bleed green??

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Like I said I have only seen the green leech into non painted plastic but then I never had them on things that had any real paint. Perhaps running some water through it will show if the dye is set or bleeds. I never had trouble with the black gear, only the green. If you want once I get my camera charged I can shoots a couple of pics.

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Yeah, I'll check a pic out. I've had dye- mainly from dyed figures- get on other toys: painted or otherwise.

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Here's a look at the cloth Balaclava on Storm Shadow . . .





Now here's the exclusive version of Stalker. I didn't put the sweater on, mainly because I really liked the way the shirt looked. I may swap it out down the line. But for now I'm going to keep him this way.
My main issue with this figure is the Velcro straps, ect: they simply do not hold. I hope Sideshow works this out down the line.
The flocked Barrett is a nice touch. I'm glad t osee SS trying different things.






















All in all I don't think Stalker makes the must have list. But if you collect these 12" figures then he's worth picking up.

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I think my main problem with them is that their faces don't quite look like what I think they should look like...

also hearing these complaints makes me a bit standoffish, at the money they cost I'd want them perfect, 100% home runs at every at bat.

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Stalker looks like Jaimie Foxx.

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these are cool as I saw them at john's house, really nicely done.My only nitpick is dusty having a goatee and flints face is kinda ugly

Sorry it took so long to get these. Had to find the figure then had to get my camera charged and get decent pics. One to show what happened with the plastic and one of the "glove" to show where the dye came from.

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