Well seeing as some from the Microman Judge Dredd thread are not fans of Micromans (due to issues they have had) viewtopic.php?f=14&t=40938

Always experimenting for more solid options. I agree Microman are delicate But as said on there, thankfully had no issues myself and hope to continue with that luck LOL

With that, not stupid either so always looking for the Uber articulated figure of a more solid Joe type nature.

Think I have found it too.

The WWE Build n Brawl series of figures are great detailed bodies. For me the main hang ups are as follows:-
Neck joint.
Stubby arms.
Lack of chest/arm articulation.
Height (though that is an easy fix with feet mods).

So What I have done is have 2 to compare. The Pale one is the Modded figure & the other is as they come straight out of package.

With the modded one, I have dremelled away at the Pecks of the figure and shoulder area to allow greater motion of articulation.
Also I have replaced the stubby arms with "MARVEL SUPERHERO SHOWDOWN" Berserker Logan Arms. Thus giving the figure double jointed elbows now for greater arm movement too.
Also for hands on the modded figure, I am using Microman Hands from the Takara Microman Wrestler line.

I have since these photos increased the arm movement even more on the modded figure. Yet still kept that Physical stature.

With the new arms and chest/shoulder/hands mods this now brings this figure to par with Microman and Yet a Very Solid base figure.

This is a great modification and I think that there should be a tutorial for this in the wiki for other customizers. Great job on the mods, just would like a clearer image on the second image. The flash bleaches out the light skin torso and you can't see the work.

Thanks bcost74.

Will sort a better photo of the 2nd one sans flash

Clearer image added.

Well went and tried the same Chest mods on a MARVEL UNIVERSE figure.

My WIP Dutch had the chest mods to see if I could give him greater arm articulation. Happy to say Yes & still not detracting from the Muscle grouping either.

I am liking this simple and effective mod

Unlike doing this on Military clothed torso's, make sure you try and keep with the muscle grouping, don`t ruin the pecks, etc.

What did you do here? Crack the torso and dremel the torso down to the peg joints? Do you have any pics of the torso before being glued together?

The Dremelling can be done without cracking the torso`s. Just need to have a steady hand.

If you do not have confidence for this, just crack the figure open and do the same on the front half.

Most interesting indeed. I've long felt the BnB format was the best-yet except for the small size of the shoulder balls preventing as large a range of motion as could be had by getting the rotation pin farther away from the body, which would likely also allow freer spinning of the hindarms swivel. Nice end-runaround here.

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Totally agree Adrien. Have tried larger shoulder balls but then your needing 2:1 ratio for a great figure.
Agreed the BnB above has SHS arms but it works with BnB arms too. Though not a fan of their stubby arms.

Be great to have cast SHS beserker Logan arms and bigger shoulder balls, as well as torso's with these mods.

So surprised no one is casting variations on the BnB legs either. As they are the best out there and on par with Microman.