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Lalo
Mini Boss
Joined: Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:12 pm Posts: 4443 Location: pdx
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 flashy light thingy fiasco
received the ubiq obakes yesterday, and the red one's led lights weren't working. When shaken you could hear more than one thing inside, so i thought maybe one of the batteries or lights had jarred itself loose.
so after asking a few question, i got my wive's hair dryer and went to work
after working at it for a minute, and getting my hand super hot, i started to take the sheet off the skull figure, i was half way when it seemed to cool, so i aimed the dryer at it again and slipped it out, simple pimple. and to make it even easier for me, the head came off on the way out!
saw the led light, and the batteries had gotten loose. so i taped them up, and put them back inside of the skull fig.
sizing up the skull fig and the sheet, it didnt look promising.
but thinking since it was so easy to slip the sheet out, it couldn't be too hard to slip it back in. NEGATIVE!
5 minutes of pure agony and struggle, and a blister later, the sheet was back on the skull fig.

Last edited by Lalo on Sun Mar 30, 2008 7:19 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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pickleloaf
Super Deformed
Joined: Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:19 pm Posts: 5861 Location: durham/chapel hill
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yikes!
makes you wonder how the f they put them together in the first place.
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Rich
Die-Cast
Joined: Tue Mar 07, 2006 8:46 pm Posts: 11806
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How the hell did you get a welt ??
I think most peoples issue is that they think the blow dryer will destroy the toy. They think the more hotter you get it the more an issue might happen. Well its just the opposite. The softer you get the vinyl the better it is to work on. For obake you really have to get both really soft, but the body of the figure more so. Enough that you can get the arm to almost go straight up above the head. Like a diver. Once booth are hot you can bend the arms up and have him slip right back in the sheet.
Will vinyl if for some reason it gets miss shaped don't worry. Just get it to where you want it and hold it until it cools and it will be formed to how you want it.
Dont worry 
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wing_clipper
Post Pimp
Joined: Tue Mar 06, 2007 5:25 pm Posts: 2538 Location: illinois
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i warned you about those sheets man
glad you were able to finally get it fixed and back on though, sux about the finger welp!
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plastichunter
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Joined: Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:40 pm Posts: 4237 Location: Los Angeles
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Nice circle of killers in the background!
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bannedindc
S7 Royalty
Joined: Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:37 pm Posts: 3435 Location: super 7 country
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I kind of like the color of the body without the sheet, maybe with a brain on it?
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melek_taus
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Joined: Mon Aug 06, 2007 4:48 pm Posts: 4668 Location: Where the brightest angel fell.
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Damn! Is that a blister from the hairdryer or hot vinyl?
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backtrack
S7 Royalty
Joined: Tue Apr 17, 2007 2:55 pm Posts: 3093 Location: London
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bannedindc wrote: I kind of like the color of the body without the sheet, maybe with a brain on it?
I was thinking the same thing!
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---NT---
Super Deformed
Joined: Tue Feb 21, 2006 2:51 pm Posts: 5615 Location: PDX
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bannedindc wrote: I kind of like the color of the body without the sheet, maybe with a brain on it?
Totally! Love the color of the figure under the sheet (still don't like the new sheets). Would love to see a 'Brain like that...but with gloves instead of hands!
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Anti Social Andy
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Joined: Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:06 am Posts: 8253 Location: The Grim North
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backtrack wrote: bannedindc wrote: I kind of like the color of the body without the sheet, maybe with a brain on it? I was thinking the same thing!
There are a few Obakes that fall into that category . . .
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Lalo
Mini Boss
Joined: Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:12 pm Posts: 4443 Location: pdx
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yea, that is a good ol' blister. havent gotten one of those since my baseball days. I was holding on to the sheet pretty hard, and it was extremely warm. my finger slipped and rubbed against the sheet and i got the blister. people tell me i have girl hands though
the colors on the figure are pretty awesome. really love the green. doesnt look as good in the pics as it does in person.
here are more sheetless pics

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devilboy
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Joined: Tue Apr 04, 2006 6:44 pm Posts: 4644 Location: HELL
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damn dude...i'm glad it all worked out in the end. these look great. i should have mine by next week...can't wait...BOOM! 
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Parka
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Joined: Mon Dec 05, 2005 3:14 pm Posts: 3106 Location: Oop North, UK
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I took a sheet off an obake once. Never again will I do that 
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Kevlo9
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Joined: Sun Mar 02, 2008 1:52 pm Posts: 5005 Location: KFHC
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Glad everything worked out.
That sucks paying that much for a figure that you have to fix!!!
Still a cool figure!
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Kevlo9
Super Deformed
Joined: Sun Mar 02, 2008 1:52 pm Posts: 5005 Location: KFHC
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quick question...
Does the light in these Obakes just sit inside the figure?
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Locomoco
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Joined: Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:13 pm Posts: 8143 Location: San Mateo
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Kevlo9 wrote: quick question...
Does the light in these Obakes just sit inside the figure?
yep... bounces around on the inside like a marble.
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Collin Shots
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Joined: Fri Sep 28, 2007 2:05 am Posts: 1868 Location: 1503
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Kevlo9 wrote: quick question...
Does the light in these Obakes just sit inside the figure?
Yeah it does, the ones prior to these on the prototypes used to also have a job over at a law firm but that didn't work out so well so now they just sit around inside the obakes, lazy bastards.
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666doll
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Joined: Fri Dec 22, 2006 9:28 am Posts: 4010 Location: Long Beach Rock City
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pickleloaf wrote: yikes!
makes you wonder how the f they put them together in the first place.
magic... of course
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Locomoco
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Joined: Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:13 pm Posts: 8143 Location: San Mateo
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pickleloaf wrote: yikes!
makes you wonder how the f they put them together in the first place.
That's why they make the big bucks... 
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Kevlo9
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Joined: Sun Mar 02, 2008 1:52 pm Posts: 5005 Location: KFHC
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Quote: Yeah it does, the ones prior to these on the prototypes used to also have a job over at a law firm but that didn't work out so well so now they just sit around inside the obakes, lazy bastards.
NICE! 
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burger000
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Joined: Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:58 am Posts: 139 Location: O-side, CA
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Nice work. Can't make cookies without breaking a few eggs...
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