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News Credits: 1 · by **Bonecrusher27** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 5:25 am

Having had a few figures with what is often associated with "highly articulated", "24 points of articulation!" etc, i.e. individually moveable digits, I have to say I find them overrated for this reason: they only have one movable joint each!

Leader Movie Prime, Ultimate Bumblebee, MP-Prime... I find it frustrating that with just one additional joint to digits II-V there would be so much more poseability to the figure. Hands being a favourite subject of mine, being incredibly expressive, I find having just one slightly curved digit not very useful.

Granted it may be better than nothing, but what really can you do with it? It just looks like so many moveable pincers. Especially regrettable are the nicely detailed fingers of Ultimate BB.

I hear that Unicron has two joints to joints to digits II-V, essentially having two functional phalanges. Can anyone confirm this for me? I eagerly await him in the mail to see what he can do, and I know what the first pose I'm going to put his hands through is gonna be.

News Credits: 10 · by **Lapse Of Reason** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 5:38 pm

Well you can pose Unicron giving you the finger, if that is what you are wanting to know

Yes, his fingers are all articulated with two joints.

News Credits: 1 · by **The Chaos Bringer** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 5:43 pm

Even MP Prime suffers from this. At least its better than just having all 4 fingers stuck together like Cybertron Prime but it's still annoying.

by **mdd47** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 7:40 pm

I made an extension for my MP Optimus's finger for just this very reason.

Just a little piece of styrene, painted blue to match, slips right on and off.

by **Dran0n** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 10:51 pm

Yes he can.

by **TheStarScreamer** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 11:16 pm

I noticed today while transforming my MP SS into bot mode that his left index finger is missing. :sad:

News Credits: 1 · by **Bonecrusher27** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 9:41 am

mdd47 wrote:I made an extension for my MP Optimus's finger for just this very reason.

Just a little piece of styrene, painted blue to match, slips right on and off.

Could you explain a bit more about what you mean? From my reading, wouldnt the finger be really long now, with an extra joint and phalanx?

News Credits: 1 · by **Blackstreak** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 10:23 am

Lapse Of Reason wrote:Well you can pose Unicron giving you the finger, if that is what you are wanting to know

Yes, his fingers are all articulated with two joints.

Thats what I was going to say...and yes, I've done it too. :grin: