Truly, my man. If you average 1 FT figure per month (and that is only FT), that is about $30/$40 on a monthly basis, times 12, it is a big amount. I will never buy from an American retailer anymore. I'm sure they have expenses Chinese stores do not have but I do not care anymore. Adapt, or else. I care more about my pocket.

The only one I may get is FM's body, simply because of shipping. But if it comes in parts, then Showz/BBB it is.

But it is never happening, so whatever.

 

where I agree with you fellas is mostly that overall, it's just not worth stressing about. in second place, is that the amount of money I saved here is really hard to ignore. Where I differ is that in my constant struggle with anxiety and depression and other dark forces (such as friends and family members dying)constantly reminding me that my time is far more precious than my money (of which I make enough to support my addiction, I'm lucky enough to say), I would just rather enjoy the figures sooner and pay a few extra dollars for it if it's worth it to me. But in this particular case...I decided it wasn't worth it (usually the difference is closer to 10 dollars for me than 40 dollars).

There is also precedent for me to decide I'm done collecting in the amount of time between a figure leaving china and me receiving it, which is what happened when I bought Magnum form Bababobo in 2020. In the 6 weeks between shipping and receiving, I got allllll the way out of collecting Masterpiece.

 

Same here!  

 

*starts dancing “it’s happening, it’s finally happening”

 

same here! i'm honestly not really excited at all about the head. I AM excited about the body whenever it is done. 4 feet? JEEEEESHHHH

 

I'm sorry, I don't think that's quite right! I don't think the point was to put the spring back in.

The point was to keep the head from popping off and to do so, you need to remove the spring. The current spring's tension causes it to pop back out. It didn't have anything to do with the chest readouts.
In the video, he was just explaining the make sure to re-align those properly when taking the spring out, before putting it back together.
Putting the spring back in wouldn't solve anything. If you are putting a new spring back in, it needs to be with less tension, this is what will solve the issue. It's just a matter of getting the right spring.

 

The Toy World Fort Max had the same issue of the headmaster popping out (and launching across the room in some cases) due to an overly tight spring. I fixed mine by cutting a little off the spring to relieve the tension. I’m guessing the same could work for this.

 

Hmm, after some intial roughness, Fans Hobby got their Headmasters pretty consistent will just friction plug-ins.

 

Friggin Macgruber over here 

 

A3U is including the hand in the box with it so that’s good

 

I am not being clear. My point in posting the video was that it might be a possible solution to @ruinnatn issue, because TMREVIEWS states to make sure you have the dial turned correctly to make sure the bars show up. So perhaps if @ruinnatn is to walk through his explanation on removing the spring and adjust the readout and then put the spring back in it could fix the issue. Again I have not tried it, so it is just a suggestion. I have no idea if it is a fix or not. Hopefully I have made myself clear.

 

Nah, that's an old school lowrider trick for the broke/cheap. "Cutting the springs"

 

*Hannibal explodes just as I’m about to cut the spring*

 

All is well! I didn't realize that what you were saying was in regards to him(ruinnatn), I thought it was in regards to TMReview's video in general. My apologies!
Yes, he could try removing the spring, adjusting the specs and then re-installing the spring, your correct. Won't help with the head flying off but might resolve the chest/spec issue.  

 

Is it popping out on you guys even after it snaps in place ? Because mine was doing the same thing when I thought it was on right, but when I get it to snap in place it doesn't seem to come loose or at least not as easily.

 

I knida thought this was obvious...

 

So did I but obviously I was wrong. I was too vague in my explanations.

 

I wonder if they are gonna include the missing butt flap from my Tesla 2.0...

 

Is there anywhere to store the headmaster when Hannibal is in head mode?