What a pain. Man, it hurts lah. Spending hours and hours cutting out all the darn pieces, shaving off the excess plastic, and then when it comes to assembling the figures, what happens? They friggin break. Yes. All thanks to my not-so-dexterous fingers. I should have learned right, especially when I gave my first Stikfas figure dismembered legs months ago.
Yeah, I took that many shots of it when it broke. After being abused throughout the term as I brought it along to my Advertising project meetings, its joints went loose and I took it apart for repairs. First sign of clumsiness.
Anyway, this new batch of Stikfas figures are equally a bitch. I have a figure whose joints don’t fit properly — when I rotate at a certain angle it just pops out. Fragile. As for some of the other figures, their joints were so tight, it just didn’t feel right. In fact, I couldn’t move it freely. I wisely stopped trying after two accidents:
I should have taken pictures of the mangled mess, but instead here’s the chest pieces with a missing joint. Bleah. But this is where lubricant comes in. I am so damn glad I have spares for the chest pieces, and this time I used some good old Singer Oil to lubricate the stubborn joints, and they worked. With a squeak, but I can live with that. Man, I was so pissed at first. At least now, I have all my figures completed, and functional. I’m left with the rock band instruments. =)