Run his elbows under hot water for a minute or put him in the freezer for a little while. This happens a lot with Marvel Legends where the joints are fuzed. Forcing them will only tear the joint. This FANG looks like a complete redesign, I guess Hasbro lost the mold to the original/25th release.
@@TheMrStanShow I can't articulate my Cobra Commander's elbows from the Chase For The M.A.S.S. Device 3-pack. Therefore, Hasbro needs better QC, and I'm sorry about your pilot's elbows, too.
What 2 sec of hot water solves for you in an instant. Rather have them stiff like this, and easy to loosen than having arms and hands fall off.. The left hand on my classified Snake-Eyes is so loose that picking him up makes him droop his weapon. So rather see this.
@@aaronscott5882 But seriously if you put the arm in warm water for a few sec it gets loose and you can turn it. After a few times turning it moves smoothly enough. "without fear of breaking". all my retro figures are pretty good tbh, more the 6inch that have certain issues. But seems like it is the early runs that are weak. No issue with my Red Ninjas who share the same mold as Snakeeyes...
I preordered this along with the 2nd Wave Retro figures as a preorder bundle. But the problem with that I learned is despite the figures release and me paying their invoice, until the Fang is released from the website I placed the order, I'm never getting those figures.
If you slide a razor blade or xacto knife through the joint slits, it will loosen them up and make the arm easily bendable. Had to do it to mine to make them bend.
In the uk the fang came out as the sas hawk in 1984 which had yellow instead of red parts and came with a recoloured tripwire figure the following year the cobra fang came out it came with a cobra trooper
Did the part of the rotar assembly where it connects to the engine come broken like that or is that crack and missing plastic from where you removed it from the Fang’s body ?
Wow, that is probably worse that I expected it to be. It's squat and fat in design. The one side is peppered with screw holes. This is a terrible downgrade from the original and the 25th.
I saw your opening seconds and I knew I would be in for something good, fun, and entertaining. You didn't disappoint. Yet again, great work. The review was good.. but I stay for the action at the end.. Fantastic!! 👏
Hasbro needs better quality control, because not only do I have these same issues, but my pilot was Bow legged, but he was missing his helmet, and missing 1 red rocket.
Give the pilot a hot water bath or beauty session with a hot hair dryer for a few minutes. that should make the plastic a little soft. once it's soft i'd start moving it around carefully. if you have RC oil shock, I'd put some on the affected joints just to ensure that remain moving even when the hot plastic cools down.
Oh cool, would love to see that Tranformers Macross Mashup figure for sure! As for the FANG driver, did you try using hot water or hot air dryer method to loosen up the elbows? As for the Crimson Viper, if Hasbro ever decided to release this in the Classified line... with the Red colors, definitely will be yet another Target Exclusive Haha I have two FANG coming but I think I will just settle for just one instead. We'll see... Thank you for this review.
Thanks for the review. Do the ankles on the figure move? Do they just go up and down? Do they swivel? Do they rock side to side? Thanks. That's a bummer that his elbows do not bend.
😎 I would have liked it to have the foot pegs on the landing legs also! I want at least one but they are sold out where I live and I'm not paying scalper Price's online. Awesome review, especially the end with Apocalypse! 😉👍
Not quality control. It’s been in on boat for three weeks in from humid Hong Kong to US. The plastic tends to stick on single joints in the package. Soak it in hot water
I think the new design looks pretty cool. I like the more angular look. Matches the HISS better. The Fang has always been a strange little experimental heli. I might repaint the pilot...not a fan of the red hat. I can’t wait to get a couple of these. Thanks for the great reviews.
I got one yesterday same crap with the arm and the figure just don't fit right in the copter it's a piece of junk ! I wrote them hopefully it's fix . I'm a very upset old school joe fan .
Just bought this at Walmart for $6.21!! It'll stay in the box next to the AWE Striker for nostalgia. I don't bother with any of the other figures since I already got them from the 25th/30th lines. Just wish Hasbro reissue the o-rings.
Wow that thing in very undersized! The pilot look cramped sitting it. His head is about to get chopped off. A vintage figure would probably fit better.
I do like the idea of the FANG having it's own pilot. I think they should be trained to use those things. I like the overall look, but that big red helmet is dumb.
I really hope this arm issue isn't know problem that just sucks! It's not bad but the original was definitely a bit better at less then 5 bucks back then lol .I grabbed two of these let's see what happens.
That fang we have never seen before, it doesn't look anything like the real one, hope it's likely horrible sales don't get the line canceled but instead get whoever came up with this redesign idea fired and they go back to the original molds
The pilot's legs don't fit into the slots worth a damn. The idiot designer put the column for the screw right where the feet need to go, so there's not enough room for the legs to fit properly.
Run his elbows under hot water for a minute or put him in the freezer for a little while. This happens a lot with Marvel Legends where the joints are fuzed. Forcing them will only tear the joint. This FANG looks like a complete redesign, I guess Hasbro lost the mold to the original/25th release.
Yup just a few sec in warm water, problem solved.
I use a hair dryer. Doesn't take as long as hot water.
Yeah
@@dgray3771 Thanks! That worked like a charm on my pilot's arm.
When is this coming out in the states?
should be feb
An awesome, honest review of the F.A.N.G. and its pilot! Hasbro needs better QC.
Thx Aaron i just hope it was only my copy and not all of them
@@TheMrStanShow I can't articulate my Cobra Commander's elbows from the Chase For The M.A.S.S. Device 3-pack. Therefore, Hasbro needs better QC, and I'm sorry about your pilot's elbows, too.
What 2 sec of hot water solves for you in an instant. Rather have them stiff like this, and easy to loosen than having arms and hands fall off.. The left hand on my classified Snake-Eyes is so loose that picking him up makes him droop his weapon. So rather see this.
@@dgray3771 Oh, Hasbro! 😕
@@aaronscott5882 But seriously if you put the arm in warm water for a few sec it gets loose and you can turn it. After a few times turning it moves smoothly enough. "without fear of breaking". all my retro figures are pretty good tbh, more the 6inch that have certain issues. But seems like it is the early runs that are weak. No issue with my Red Ninjas who share the same mold as Snakeeyes...
I use a hair dryer on tight joints to loosen them it works nicely.
it did help a bit to free it up man thx
Hey MSS. Can you post a pic or read off the UPC of this vehicle? If you still have the box that is.
5010993796991
I preordered this along with the 2nd Wave Retro figures as a preorder bundle. But the problem with that I learned is despite the figures release and me paying their invoice, until the Fang is released from the website I placed the order, I'm never getting those figures.
If you slide a razor blade or xacto knife through the joint slits, it will loosen them up and make the arm easily bendable. Had to do it to mine to make them bend.
waiting for my pre-order to come in..
Same here. I was told ETA was January 2021, but I'm thinking it's looking more like February now
Hi, have you tried hot water on that elbow joint? That should fix it.
All the hasbro execs responsible for the Joe lines relaunch should be immediately sacked with extreme prejudice.
careful they may hear you lol
Can you imagine the hiss tank with six inch hiss driver that would be sweet and hard to hunt
In the uk the fang came out as the sas hawk in 1984 which had yellow instead of red parts and came with a recoloured tripwire figure the following year the cobra fang came out it came with a cobra trooper
What annoys me is unlike the hiss tank driver, The piolet didn't come with a standing base.
very true they dont seem to keep things consistent
Did the part of the rotar assembly where it connects to the engine come broken like that or is that crack and missing plastic from where you removed it from the Fang’s body ?
Wow, that is probably worse that I expected it to be. It's squat and fat in design. The one side is peppered with screw holes. This is a terrible downgrade from the original and the 25th.
It is dumpy looking!
I saw your opening seconds and I knew I would be in for something good, fun, and entertaining. You didn't disappoint. Yet again, great work. The review was good.. but I stay for the action at the end.. Fantastic!! 👏
thx man, i know my imagination is like my students gets kinda out of hand lol
@@TheMrStanShow I imagine you're a fun teacher to learn from. Surely your fun reviews translate to an enthusiastic time in your classroom. Great job!!
Oh Yeah , back with another one. I hope this makes it to my walmart. Its like trying to get target exclusives. Never on the pegs.
only in the brown case and vanishes once opened
@@TheMrStanShow i actually found them in wallmart this week i bought 2 and got wave 3 of retro. The most joes i found since last year.
I have been waiting for this!! Next should be the MAMBA
Have you tried doing the boiling water trick to free the elbow joint?
ill give it a try man thx so much
That moment you hear a naruto intro in the background. Think it's blue bird, might be wrong
Me too it had it on the right arm so you're not the only one.
Hasbro needs better quality control, because not only do I have these same issues, but my pilot was Bow legged, but he was missing his helmet, and missing 1 red rocket.
Thanks for the review! Posting up on Surveillance Port as we speak.
cool man thx for the support.
Give the pilot a hot water bath or beauty session with a hot hair dryer for a few minutes. that should make the plastic a little soft. once it's soft i'd start moving it around carefully. if you have RC oil shock, I'd put some on the affected joints just to ensure that remain moving even when the hot plastic cools down.
I wish he tried a little more when putting the gun in but looks really awesome! Can't wait for the fang to come out in my area.
Sucks got the other 2 vehicles was looking forward to this one of my favorite toys as a kid
I got a fang and my pilot was perfectly fine. So I think it's just a few here and there.
I got 2 range and no pilot troubles at all
Oh cool, would love to see that Tranformers Macross Mashup figure for sure! As for the FANG driver, did you try using hot water or hot air dryer method to loosen up the elbows? As for the Crimson Viper, if Hasbro ever decided to release this in the Classified line... with the Red colors, definitely will be yet another Target Exclusive Haha I have two FANG coming but I think I will just settle for just one instead. We'll see... Thank you for this review.
wow man 2 fangs. Thx for the tips will try to see if the air dry method can help those joints thx again
Thanks for the review. Do the ankles on the figure move? Do they just go up and down? Do they swivel? Do they rock side to side? Thanks. That's a bummer that his elbows do not bend.
Yep they can rotate not wonderful but slightly
What happened to the FANG? They've cut it down & ruined the OG design; shame, I really wanted a new FANG. Thx for the review.
seems to have become the mini fang
Mine can't bend his arms at the elbow either
U gotta use a blow drier to heat up that joint than work it or boil n pop method
cool man will give it a shot thx
Nice, I’m guessing next vehicle with be something for joes in the air. Thinking sky hawk or sharc? Guess we will see!
Fang pilot is new sculpt. Thigh and boot swivel is brand new for the line. Actually pretty sweet looking figure.
and taller than the original joes by scale as well
😎 I would have liked it to have the foot pegs on the landing legs also! I want at least one but they are sold out where I live and I'm not paying scalper Price's online. Awesome review, especially the end with Apocalypse! 😉👍
thx so much man, yeah they should have kept it more like the original
Not quality control. It’s been in on boat for three weeks in from humid Hong Kong to US. The plastic tends to stick on single joints in the package. Soak it in hot water
I'm going to get this on Christmas. Same with HISS.
I do like these new retro releases. But this "new" FANG is a retooled Chap Mei helicopter. Hasbro can do better than this.
I think the new design looks pretty cool. I like the more angular look. Matches the HISS better. The Fang has always been a strange little experimental heli. I might repaint the pilot...not a fan of the red hat. I can’t wait to get a couple of these. Thanks for the great reviews.
I got one yesterday same crap with the arm and the figure just don't fit right in the copter it's a piece of junk ! I wrote them hopefully it's fix . I'm a very upset old school joe fan .
Just bought this at Walmart for $6.21!! It'll stay in the box next to the AWE Striker for nostalgia. I don't bother with any of the other figures since I already got them from the 25th/30th lines. Just wish Hasbro reissue the o-rings.
so far this si the only vehicle i'm interested in
so its a FANG 1.5
just under the 2.0
I like the gi joe vehicles way more than the figures and have a few of the old ones
Yeah man I agree the vehicles seem a lot better
@@TheMrStanShow I just got one of the death adder ships and it's sweet . Saving up for the ROCC rolling command center but it's pricey
Wow that thing in very undersized! The pilot look cramped sitting it. His head is about to get chopped off. A vintage figure would probably fit better.
i know right really not tactical
I do like the idea of the FANG having it's own pilot. I think they should be trained to use those things. I like the overall look, but that big red helmet is dumb.
Apparently they're all stiff arms from review
I really hope this arm issue isn't know problem that just sucks! It's not bad but the original was definitely a bit better at less then 5 bucks back then lol .I grabbed two of these let's see what happens.
2 things, 1) it looks like there is a Marvel Joint on his thigh, is there? 2) You were rotating the rotor in the wrong direction.
That fang we have never seen before, it doesn't look anything like the real one, hope it's likely horrible sales don't get the line canceled but instead get whoever came up with this redesign idea fired and they go back to the original molds
It's a new mold. We're stylealized. It's cool.
yep retro and new
I know its crude, but try dunking his arm in 2 minute boiled water and then try bending it... should work
i cant belive how hard these are tro get in the states ,,i just want to have my joes back mine was stolen when i was a kid
... why is he comparing it to a vintage style figure like this is the first modern figure ever made?
That thing is grotesque as hell
The pilot's legs don't fit into the slots worth a damn. The idiot designer put the column for the screw right where the feet need to go, so there's not enough room for the legs to fit properly.
You're not going to the states because of covid? jeez man haha
Total pass, but thanks for the review.
you lost me at "rotator blade" and "figurine"
This is a real pos toy, can’t even fit different figures in the cockpit.
how disappointing good review but this Toy is crap
whoever's in charge of this line needs to be fired
hopefully they listen to the fans and make changes