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News Credits: 19 · Sun Feb 14, 2016 7:55 am

Does anyone know of any compatible third-party posable hands for Generations Springer/Sandstorm? Even just basic opening and closing hands without individual fingers would be better than the fixed fists with a hole in them that the figures currently have. Springer's one of my absolute fave TF figures of all time and I'm often looking for easy ways to improve him and posable hands do look pretty cool on TF figures.

hm, MP Tracks is roughly voyager sized so does anyone know if these hands are compatible with Springer?

News Credits: 19 · Wed Feb 17, 2016 8:25 am

Found the Tracks hands being sold second-hand (hehe, puns) from a UK ebayer so bought them cos I figured I have Masterpiece Tracks coming anyways and if they don't work on Springer they can go on the figure they are meant for.

They actually fit surprisingly well. They're not an absolute 100percent perfect fit but much better than I expected and stay on well enough and are the right colour and a good size all round. They don't quite fit into car mode (but perhaps can be shaved then ever so slightly round the main hand part, I didn't want to try) and they don't stay gripped enough to hold a weapon (the weight of his gun or sword will make the hands open usually) but I see them as alternate hands (much like I have for various other figures like RoboCop, Batman, Superman and such) that I can use on him for expressive gestures and poses. And then switch back to his regular grippy hands easily when wanting him to hold a weapon (while the then currently unused hands go into the lil hobby container at the bottom of my shelves that contains all the hands and other bits for the superheroes I mentioned). I'm happy with these.

Mix n' match. Regular 'handle holding hand' on his right (our left) and the Tracks posable hand wrapping digits around the blade on his left (our right).

Thu Feb 18, 2016 10:13 pm

May I ask why you don't like the fist pegs holes? I never minded there being a hole whenever I have a figure not holding something and I usually imagine it's not there. Figures which have articulated hands like Gundam can have problems with the weapons falling off if the fingers are loose and the tab slots are too wide

News Credits: 19 · Fri Feb 19, 2016 3:21 am

I thought it was obvious (and mentioned some of why above). But yeah the standard fists are basically blocks with perfectly circluar handle holes and don't look very natural at all. They're fine for when holding weapons obviously but when you want to do something a bit more interesting with a Transformers pose they're kinda useless. A posable hand works so much better. Look at the first photo I took. Springer can point now! Give orders, or let everyone know which Decepticon in a group he's gonna beat the crap out of first.

And I already mentioned about yes the weapons can slip out of the posable hands but that's why I can switch between both hands and even showed a photo of Springer holding the sword snugly with his original right hand while the posable fingers on his left cradle the blade which you can't do with the original left hand.

So yeah, I like to pose my figures in all sorts of ways and have them show a bit more expression. It's why I like action figures rather than statues.

News Credits: 5 · Fri Feb 19, 2016 8:37 pm

Looks pretty good! They suit his bulky forearms.

News Credits: 19 · Sun Feb 21, 2016 11:16 am

Mr O wrote:Looks pretty good! They suit his bulky forearms.

They really do. They probably look a bit chunkier in my pics than in real life but yeah I'm so damn happy they fit fine (what are chances of them being meant for MP Tracks yet having the same joint, be roughly same size AND the same colour as Springer's factory fists?)

Also he's more musical now. He can play piano or guitar or anything if he so chooses.

Or flip the bird. Does that even apply to Transformers?