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News Credits: 6 · by **BeastProwl** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 2:07 pm

I don't know were this thread really belongs, so I guess here's as good a place as any.

I am interested to know if there is any place were I can aquire mega posable hands for my TF figures?

I look at my TF Prime Wheeljack posed over on the other side of the room. In the pose he's in, I can't help but to think, "Wow, that would just look SO much better if he were pointing his finger" or "What if Cliffjumper could open his hand to grab his chest, like he's dying?"

I get that feel with almost all of my TFs! Super posable hands are possible for alot of them, esp. those with the little mushroom joints and ball joints and such for the wrists.

Not only that, but imagine how much character it would give any single figure. Gundam hands work to a certain degree, but you can't buy them seperate, not that I know of anyway.

Any Ideas, or suggestions?

by **cylor** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 4:08 pm

I think you should look for 3rd party gundam poseable hands, there are various companies doing them (Modeler Assistant, Hobby Base...). However, they're expensive, quality is often poor, you have to work out a way to adapt them to a TF yourself, and at deluxe scale (I think in Gundam's world should be 1/144) they can easily disappoint you (think, teeny tiny individually moving fingers, there are lots of things that can go wrong).

I tried a couple of MA 1/100 hands, they're about Leader class size. They're decent if not great, a guy even did a review of them on the TFW boards, if you have the patience to dig out the thread...

News Credits: 2 · by **Skyfire77** » Sat Apr 21, 2012 9:03 pm

Yeah, Hobby Base has articulated hands in 1/144th scale; should run you about 15-20 dollars a set, depending on where you get them. 'Course, you could always build your own...

News Credits: 6 · by **BeastProwl** » Sat Apr 21, 2012 9:20 pm

Skyfire77 wrote:Yeah, Hobby Base has articulated hands in 1/144th scale; should run you about 15-20 dollars a set, depending on where you get them. 'Course, you could always build your own...

I'm not nearly savvy enough to do that amazing work, but if you know of a place were I can get hands like tose to fit my Generations Drift, Ide be mighty greatful!

News Credits: 2 · by **Skyfire77** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 11:30 am

There's always at least one seller on eBay (usually from China or Hong Kong) with a few sets. Failing that there's Hobby Link Japan, though shipping costs are going to be more than the hands themselves. I've never personally ordered from them, but GG Infinite has a ton of Gundam and other Mecha parts.