Prime 1 Studio General Discussion

[Wade82628]

Originally Posted by Straken-SWE

What part of the statues are starting to bend so it leans like that?

It's not super apparent to me but I think the bending is from the legs, particularly from the ankles.

[Yojimbo]

Originally Posted by Wade82628

It's not super apparent to me but I think the bending is from the legs, particularly from the ankles.

That sucks so much.

I?ve been seeing this a lot lately in posts about various pieces. Is it just P1, or do a lot of statues lean overtime?

[SDguy]

I'm guessing the peg doesn't even go trough the ankle, thus allowing bending at the thinnest part of the leg.

[AC_808]

Most times when a statue is bending at the ankle, it's because the support rod does not go up the leg. That's definitely my guess as well.

1/3 statues are heavier and taller, so that support rod is very important. I'm surprised this is not a common practice for P1. Thought all the studios learned this lesson 5 - 7 years ago.

[Wade82628]

Originally Posted by Yojimbo

That sucks so much.

I?ve been seeing this a lot lately in posts about various pieces. Is it just P1, or do a lot of statues lean overtime?

My other statues are fine. Prime one Ciri is relatively new in my collection, but it already leans, this is definitely bad engineering.

I'm more sad about batgirl, don't think there will ever be another statue of her in this iteration.

[ukshaun]

Originally Posted by Wade82628

So do you think it's pointless to even contact Prime one about this?

And what do you do with your leaning statue?

Not pointless. It will be interesting to know what Prime 1 has to say.


My Sideshow Elektra i took off display and put back in the box. The lean had only just begun. One foot (the non pegged foot) was about 2mm off of the base, implying a slow lean was in the making. I caught it early. When the time comes to display the piece again, my plan is to glue the non pegged foot to the base using Araldite. Only time will tell if i fixed the leaning issue.

Sideshow Collectibles - Elektra ..leaning:
https://www.statueforum.com/showthre...163532&page=78


My XM Studio's Scarlet Witch, appeared to devlope a slow lean. I knew this as the statue was positioned to another statue where there was a small gap. Over time i observed the gap close to next to nothing. The
adjacent statue prevented Scarlet Witch from leaning further.

XM Studio's - Scarlet Witch ..leaning:
https://www.statueforum.com/showthread.php?p=5898584

[SDguy]

I am not sure if the issue with SS Elektra is the same thing as here. If it was, my solution of sticking her right foot to the base with museum putty wouldn't help, because eventually she would still lean/bend at the ankles, which she hasn't. So IMO SS Elektra is more just a wobble, for lack of a better term, where she ends up with a tiny gap under her right foot.

[nearmint]

Originally Posted by SDguy

I am not sure if the issue with SS Elektra is the same thing as here. If it was, my solution of sticking her right foot to the base with museum putty wouldn't help, because eventually she would still lean/bend at the ankles, which she hasn't. So IMO SS Elektra is more just a wobble, for lack of a better term, where she ends up with a tiny gap under her right foot.

I remember Sideshow gave the variant a more substantial peg.

[SDguy]

Originally Posted by nearmint

I remember Sideshow gave the variant a more substantial peg.

Which, when you think about it, makes more sense to counteract wobble.

[Wade82628]

Originally Posted by ukshaun

Not pointless. It will be interesting to know what Prime 1 has to say.


My Sideshow Elektra i took off display and put back in the box. The lean had only just begun. One foot (the non pegged foot) was about 2mm off of the base, implying a slow lean was in the making. I caught it early. When the time comes to display the piece again, my plan is to glue the non pegged foot to the base using Araldite. Only time will tell if i fixed the leaning issue.

Sideshow Collectibles - Elektra ..leaning:
https://www.statueforum.com/showthre...163532&page=78


My XM Studio's Scarlet Witch, appeared to devlope a slow lean. I knew this as the statue was positioned to another statue where there was a small gap. Over time i observed the gap close to next to nothing. The
adjacent statue prevented Scarlet Witch from leaning further.

XM Studio's - Scarlet Witch ..leaning:
https://www.statueforum.com/showthread.php?p=5898584

Allright I'll contact them and see what they say.

If my memory served me right, my Sideshow Elektra arrived with a small gap in the right foot. I tured a blind eye and just let it be. Now three years later she still looked exatly the same as before. She's actually next to my Prime Ciri.