{"id":8820,"date":"2017-03-22T20:30:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T00:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/?p=8820"},"modified":"2024-07-03T15:17:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T19:17:44","slug":"body-upgrade-and-clothing-frustration-for-the-master","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/2017\/03\/22\/body-upgrade-and-clothing-frustration-for-the-master\/","title":{"rendered":"Body upgrade and clothing frustration for the Master"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I got my first Hot Toys body today for the Master. Aside from some squeakily tight joints, it far surpasses all other male action figure bodies that I have ever encountered. It can even do a decent fetal position!<\/p>\n

I also got my second “Chinese suit,” as the first one’s plastic snaps broke off. I replaced the snaps on the first with some metal snaps, only to discover that the snap position interfered with all that cool HT neck range of motion. Ugh. Fine. I guess he’ll be wearing something less restrictive. Hey, at least the pants are nice. <\/p>\n

Now on his new and improved body, the Master is wearing the same pants and shoes as before, but I swapped out the “Chinese suit” jacket for a shirt that I commissioned from @dollsahoy about 16 or so years ago. I requested a sort of poet’s blouse with a black flaming vest so that I could make a doll of me in my Modern Wizard form, which looked like this [see center]:<\/p>\n

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Anyway, apparently this shirt also fits HT male figs! Huzzah! Here’s the Master discussing his clothes with the Stylist: <\/p>\n

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“So…what are you calling that look?”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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“This is the ‘Everything else is in the wash, and I lost my favorite pair of gloves’ look.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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“I think it needs a pointy hat and a cape.” \/ “Indeed. Would you believe that I misplaced those too?”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So I got my first Hot Toys body today for the Master. Aside from some squeakily tight joints, it far surpasses all other male action figure bodies that I have ever encountered. It can even do a decent fetal position! I also got my second “Chinese suit,” as the first one’s plastic snaps broke off.… Continue reading Body upgrade and clothing frustration for the Master<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[904,896],"tags":[777,645,796,794],"class_list":["post-8820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-904","category-doll-photostories","tag-doctor-who-dolls","tag-doll-photostories","tag-the-master","tag-the-stylist"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8820"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8827,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8820\/revisions\/8827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}