One leg longer than the other

[obi_robz]

How often do vintage figures turn up with different length legs? I got my childhood at-at commander out of the attic today, only to discover that his left leg was too short. So I heated it with a hairdryer, stretched it a bit, and cooled it so that it “set” – he’s fine now

So is this a common vintage problem? How does this sort of thing happen in the first place?

Cheers,
Rob

[dustrho]

Rob, I have two vintage AT-AT Commanders, and both of mine have short left legs.  I just put them on a Real Stand, and they almost look to be standing straight.

It does seem to be pretty common, because I have many other figures that have the occassional "longer" or "shorter" leg.

[obi_robz]

If they’re all like that (the AT-AT Commanders) I wonder if that means I’ve just ruined my figure? (As you can see, I’ve successfully “extended” the left leg:)

 

In retrospect I should have perhaps left it like it was, because I’ll definitely be going down the Real Stand route pretty soon. Oh well, I suppose I can always reheat the leg and compress it again

[dustrho]

Rob, if I were you I would just leave your particular AT-AT Commander alone.  I can't believe how great of shape your's is in!    Both of mine are in decent shape, but the paint on their noses are both chipped off.  I've seen it that way on many other vintage AT-AT Commanders.

[obi_robz]

Chris, I think you’re right . I was going to breakout the hairdryer on a couple other of my figures, but I think I’ll just leave things alone.

My AT-AT commander is in good shape because, even though I’ve had it for about 20 years, I never really liked him as a kid and he didn’t get played with (only 4 or 5 figures from my childhood have actually made it into the loose vintage collection I started building up a few weeks ago).

[CorranHorn]

I have a removable limbs C-3PO in the same condition, his left leg is slightly shorter than the right, so he has to sorta lean on Jabba in my Jabba's palace diorama. I always found it to be an interesting quirk and figured that there might have been a difference in the size of molds used at whatever factory my 3PO came from.