Hi, all!

I just started my Moebius Iron Man kit last night and I was wondering why the limbs are attached to the body the way they are. Those square I-beam pegs are unique in my experience. Most figure kits I've built don't have a peg that inserts into the body for the arms and legs, maybe just a keyed opening.

Granted I'm no figure kit expert, as I normally build Real Space and SciFi spacecraft with the occaisonal robot. I did build the Moebius Invisible Man, but his limbs were nothing like Iron Mans'.

Just want to point out this is NOT a complaint, I only seek enlightenment. If this post is out of line, please feel free to delete it.

Thanks!

Larry

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That's a new method to me too. I think they're experimenting with different ways to do things, since they're a new, young model comopany, breathing new life into the hobby. :)

Does it seem like a more secure attachment that youve seen on other figure kits? They may just be trying to find ways to make the built ups more unbreakable. Just a thought, as I dont have this kit yet.

The Moebius Flying SUb also has some interesting ways to attach the parts- the interior walls are ying-yang notched to come together without glue being neccessary and the railing in the Airlock is sandwiched with pins to th etop and bottom half. The Moebius Space Pod has the landing gear going on with mounting brackets with then use pins to hold the struts in place.
Moebius does seem to be tqaking a different direction in how kits assemble. SOmetimes it seems a bit of an overkill or fussy, but there are also advantqges to it as well.

i havent seen those kits, but from the sound of things it seems like they are trying to make it more difficult to do it wrong. if i read you correctly, it sounds like it would be nearly impossible to accidentally misalign the parts.

The kit is most definitely designed to fit together EXACTLY one way. Having said that, the way it is designed, it will be VERY easy to remove the "I-beam" attachment points without affecting the external appearance of the armor.
The arms are broken down into biceps and forearms, the legs into calves and thighs; ALOT of care (and $$$) went into engineering it this way. Kudos to Dave and the production team. Yasutoshi's still-in-progress build-up is the most extreme repositioning of this kit I have seen so far, perhaps he could weigh in on this. :thumbsup:
Tom

You're right, Razorwyre1, it's almost impossible to get things wrong with this method. In fact, I've almost assembled the entire kit merely by snapping the parts together. (I will be glueing it, but I'm just seeing how it goes together.)

Anyway, thanks for the great responses. I think I can see the logic behind the design now.

Bwain, you're right! I didn't see that until you mentioned it. Thanks!

Larry

Trying to make it go together quickly is no doubt part of the reason for the engineering.
I did this one in a little over three nights, and that was only so I could do a little seam work