Reviewing and Fixing the Marvel Legends Final Swing Spider-Man

[@Cornholio174]

I remember leaving you a comment about these legs and that you’d look into it. I had no idea about the shoulder and bicep issue though, thanks for showing how to fix that. I already sanded the hips so I guess I’ll do the shoulders soon.

[@CraftyGecko]

Sorry it took so long to get the video out, youtube doesn't like when I upload on a different date

[@Cornholio174]

@@CraftyGecko no worries at all, appreciate the videos. Can’t wait to see your Spider-Man 3 black suit video when it comes out

[@OxtlawX]

It’s such a shame that we even have to do this in the first place, but great work man.

[@CraftyGecko]

Thank you, its such a shame when it's so simple too

[@kabunzii]

Thanks for the bicep mod and leg mod. The left bicep on mine was rough but luckily I was able to pop it off and trim away the ridges and now it moves smoothly.

[@CraftyGecko]

No problem! I'm glad your figure works better now

[@BreakingFuse]

The fix seems a lot simpler than I thought it was. Definitely doing these fixes to mine. Thanks!

[@CraftyGecko]

It really isn't as difficult as people think

[@Mortamir_ActionFigures]

I just don't understand why are they adding ridges to the ball joint. And then cheap plastic that can tear apart? It just doesn't make any sense lol Great video again Crafty!

[@CraftyGecko]

Thank you! I don't know in all honesty, they're very brittle figures now, it's a shame to see considering how much potential the articulation has

[@missingno.4835]

So then we can buy more figures and replacements.

[@Tom-sy1ts]

Thanks so much for this video it made a massive difference to the three spideys!!

[@CraftyGecko]

No problem! I'm glad I could help

[@s1y22]

This looks so good, thank you for doing this! I'm glad Hasbro did a new base for this Tom Holland, I'm not really a fan of the buff body they did for the Homecoming and Civil War Spider-Man, even the FFH. I hope someone makes a FFH and Homecoming custom using the Final Swing base, maybe you?

[@CraftyGecko]

Thank you! I would be very tempted to revisit some old suits once these figures go down in price

[@s1y22]

@@CraftyGecko you're welcome! And I look forward to seeing it!

[@paulmccarthy3802]

This is fantastic, many many thanks. I did trim away inside the neck joint , to give it more head down and head up. Andrew Garfield was the worst !. I had to carve quite a bit inside the masked head to be able to get it on comfortably. I shall do the mods here for Tom. You're a star for bringing this to us 😎

[@CraftyGecko]

Its such a shame we had to do the mods, glad I could help though!

[@thesimpletonautum5567]

Absolute life saver Cheers mate

[@CraftyGecko]

No worries, glad I could help!

[@Bro_my_cat_drowend_in_a_Desert]

3:04 legs 4:49 heads

[@CraftyGecko]

Helpful moment

[@Bro_my_cat_drowend_in_a_Desert]

​@@CraftyGecko Your welcome

[@CraftyGecko]

@Bro_my_cat_drowend_in_a_Desert sorry for the late reply, I've unpinned it

[@Bro_my_cat_drowend_in_a_Desert]

@@CraftyGecko it's fine and btw I changed it

[@CraftyGecko]

Nice, thank you!

[@Spider-Drip]

I have been waiting all week for this vid!

[@CraftyGecko]

The long awaited fix, I bumped it straight to the top of my schedule

[@Ani-RayAnimations]

I have this figure. It is true that it handles a bit stiffly, but honestly, I feel these mods are just on preference. They're not necessary. So long as you don't handle the figure like a complete CHIMP it won't break

[@CraftyGecko]

I originally thought the same, but if you look at the KZbin short I uploaded recently you can see the problem. That was after heating it up and working the joints too. The issue with the recent figures is the quality control, just because yours was fine it doesn't mean everyone else's is

[@Chrongus]

Any advice for getting the shoulders out? I tried on mine a couple days ago with no success beyond scratched paint. Thanks for sharing that paint pen, though! Definitely using that to fix it.

[@CraftyGecko]

For me, I make sure the arm is all the way out like it's t-posing and then use the screwdriver or whatever tool to pry it from directly in the armpit. It does have to be very hot water from what I've found

[@GamingOrton]

I think the reason why marvel legends arm breaking is because they use a rubber plastic material but if you cut that bit off it may help

[@CraftyGecko]

Thats exactly what I show in the video

[@CraftyGecko]

For anyone wondering, I got my figure and the rest of the wave from: www.ebay.co.uk/usr/leonmich-36

[@mohammadatifm9462]

He's an absolute scalper. Half that stock is in game for a 3rd of the price. Tom and green goblin can still be bought at retail price as well. If you paid 45 for tom you got robbed

[@CraftyGecko]

I didnt pay him through ebay, we went through paypal and i got the set for practically retail​@mohammadatifm9462

[@Slyrocker.]

Thank you for showing this off! I normally don't like modding my main display figures, but unfortunately it seems this one is very, very necessary. Hasbro really needs to do better, this is absolutely ridiculous.

[@CraftyGecko]

No problem! I'm glad to help. It really is a shame that their recent figures NEED modding. They should be usable out of the box, in theory you shouldn't even need to heat them up

[@tmw_84_official]

I've never had to take a figure apart before to make fixes. I was about to open up the packaging and test out the posing, but found out there were issues by random chance, and am a little anxious now. Especially after seeing people uploading photos of broken arms and legs 😬. I was wondering. How hot does the water need to be in order to make the process easier, and how long should the figure be kept in hot water before taking it out? Also, is there a time frame to move fast or can the plastic harden back up, and forcing someone to put it back in water during the edging or smoothing out of the pegs process? Sorry for the long message.

[@CraftyGecko]

I use boiling water, 30 seconds sit time out of the kettle. I've never had a problem leaving it in for too long but apparently you shouldn't leave it in longer than 30 seconds. As far as moving the joints goes, there's no set speed or consistency, you just have to go with your gut unfortunately and see how it feels

[@tmw_84_official]

@@CraftyGecko Thank you! I really appreciate it. Sorry for taking so long to reply back.

[@michaeltinishanay655]

Great video. I hope my figure doesn’t have these issues but I might do the same mods you did once I open mine.

[@CraftyGecko]

Thanks, I hope yours doesn't either

[@ShinjiTanaka-xd1up]

have you ever thought of adding neck joints to marvel legends, ive seen Dang It Productions make the marvel legends spiderverse 2099 better using lego joints lol! he fixed the lower body too it looked so good he's thinking he wont buy the sh figuarts one

[@CraftyGecko]

I have thought of doing it to the 3 pack, im just nervous to risk permanent damage like that

[@ShinjiTanaka-xd1up]

@@CraftyGecko oh, i understand. maybe get another 3 pack to just test it out and if everything goes right then use on the existing ones.

[@CraftyGecko]

As much as I would like that, I dont have the money to be buying another 3 pack just to use as fodder

[@ShinjiTanaka-xd1up]

@@CraftyGecko I understand

[@edeff1119]

Great vid. I cut away a half moon shape inside the neck to increase head movement. Keep making these vids. TY!

[@CraftyGecko]

Oh nice, thank you!

[@thered_hood7451]

great fix! i hope you'll do the SHF PS4 Spider-Man next

[@CraftyGecko]

Thanks! I dont have that figure unfortunately

[@ShutoStriker]

Feels intentional? Puts extra stress on joints and with the low quality plastic I wonder how long they'll last. Cool video!

[@CraftyGecko]

Thanks! It is interesting, I can't think of any sound reason they would make these changes. There are 0 benefits to tighter joints and weaker plastic

[@ShutoStriker]

@@CraftyGecko benefits for them to sell more when they stop lasting so long!

[@CraftyGecko]

True

[@obscuremcu]

Thank you for this! The leg on mine broke but I have another one arriving from amazon later this week. I’ll have a mug of boiling water ready to go as I unbox the figure lol! :)

[@CraftyGecko]

No problem! I'm glad I could help

[@andrewvalenti1213]

Thank you so much for this. Im currently on my THIRD final swing spidey because of these shitty joints. First one i only did hot water method and the hip broke which was whatever my own dumbass fault. The 2nd time tho i actually used shock oil but the hip still broke. This 3rd one has been stuck inna neutral standing pose because i have been TERRIFIED to do anything and its such a great looking figure i just can not afford buying a 4th one all because hasbro has shitty quality control.

[@CraftyGecko]

Thats insane! You should report it back to hasbro or wherever you bought them from, you should be able to get a replacement or a refund

[@andrewvalenti1213]

@@CraftyGecko i already contacted hasbro but final swing is outta stock on pulse currently so they offered something of equal value. Which ended up being a figure i already had.

[@speedfreak91]

🤣 thong Thanks for the tips much appreciated. Are you going to put up anymore painted hands holding mask 3 pk down the road?

[@CraftyGecko]

I'll have them back up for sale after Christmas, im still getting through existing orders at the moment so I can spend Christmas paint free 😅

[@speedfreak91]

@@CraftyGecko Yeah I figured you would be super busy next few weeks. Awesome I'll keep an eye out. Happy holidays 😁

[@YaLaRegasteDX]

Waiting big on a torso mod video 🙏

[@CraftyGecko]

Me too! I couldn't get this one apart to modify it

[@YaLaRegasteDX]

@@CraftyGecko Oh man hahaha

[@Dexter_Morgan97]

I've just been careful with mines but I did warm up the joints

[@CraftyGecko]

Yeah, you shouldn't have to do anything to them, and you shouldn't have to be so careful with them either

[@solid-snake7336]

I should have seen this video before messing around with my holland Spider-Man from the final swing scene. Moving his right leg forward immediately twisted off the hip joint. And even though I attempted to fix it with a metal peg in between the two where it had broken off it had ended up eventually wearing away the soft plastic anyways. Now I'm left with a broken Tom Holland figure out of the other two from this movie and that really disappoints me. Leave it to Hasbro to make shitty quality figures and skip around QC checking to where the consumer has to fix their problems for them.

[@CraftyGecko]

I'm so sorry to hear that, these recent figures are so frustrating

[@spaghettinoodlechop3163]

The head is so annoying for me I thought it was just an issue on mine at first but now I know it’s just not good in general

[@CraftyGecko]

Yeah it's way too tight

[@ahab5015]

I always do the hip thing to my gi joes classified with sandpaper, if i don't do it, they break, plain and simple

[@CraftyGecko]

Hasbros qc is so poor lately

[@ShadowKing_1400_YT]

Hasbro really needs to stop putting limiters on in their butterfly joints bc it limits the movement

[@CraftyGecko]

Yeah I don't understand the point of adding limiters

[@Blizzardholocron]

The problem with mine is that the paint on the forearm’s joint, keeps chipping. I also despise how the hips look.

[@CraftyGecko]

Oh that's interesting, I hadn't thought of that

[@snawzie]

are the butterfly joints loose? I did the same mod with the af15 and vulcan figure and those became stupid loose

[@CraftyGecko]

No they're still pretty good, I've not had any issues with loose butterfly joints yet

[@Shockwavetheanimator]

Also if you think of it if your putting action figures in hot water your just giving it a warm bath before it gets ripped apart

[@CraftyGecko]

Haha, a relaxing soak before a traumatising event

[@Shockwavetheanimator]

@@CraftyGeckoyep

[@JAR369]

What happens if you use sandpaper on the hips?

[@CraftyGecko]

The same outcome just slower

[@owawe5994]

May I ask where you got the fig?

[@CraftyGecko]

I got my entire wave on ebay from: www.ebay.co.uk/usr/leonmich-36

[@Bar-Del]

I waited till just not even a week ago to pick up this figure and it's by far my favorite spider man figure I own, and of course, doesn't the right hip snap off 5 minutes ago. No idea what to Do. I'm thinking if heating the whole lower half and trying to pull the existing ball hip joints out and replacing them with another extra far from home spider man I have. Is this possible? Or is there a better way to do it? Please if anyone knows, let me know asap I'm frantic lol I don't buy figures alot because I'm living paycheck to paycheck and I really loved this figure, and it hasn't even been a week since I got it in the mail. I'm as devastated as someone could be over a broken action figure lol so please someone help. The ball joint is also stuck in the leg too which adds another layer of complexity, and an extra middle finger "f**k you" from the action figure gods. Please help anyone

[@CraftyGecko]

Drilling a small hole and glueing a piece of steel through the 2 broken points is probably your best bet

[@EdSpooky]

the edges are to improve the life of the figure with tight joints. your figure will be a flappy mess if you play with it too much. been there done that

[@CraftyGecko]

I understand why they're there, i dont understand why they've made them so much more prominent though. The older marvel legends i own have smoother detents and and still work great. The current ones are so tough they snap, plkinda pointless doing it for longevity if it cause them to break

[@frostblock2.015]

thanks for the video cause if i bought the fig now it might break ngl

[@CraftyGecko]

I have seen so many people breaking their figures, it's such a shame

[@Kermitph1985]

Broo I need to show you how to add Ankle Articulation!!!

[@CraftyGecko]

I love your method of adding ankle articulation! I just wish somewhere local sold mcfarlane

[@Kermitph1985]

@@CraftyGecko awe man yea that’s definitely a struggle

[@CraftyGecko]

I will however be keeping an eye on ebay for damaged and cheap figures now though

[@EsotericFood]

Tom Holland said he had to wear a thong under his suit, so there’s that

[@CraftyGecko]

A surprising amount of characters do

[@Shockwavetheanimator]

460th liker 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@CraftyGecko]

Haha thanks!

[@adamburgess311]

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[@CraftyGecko]

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[@adamburgess311]

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