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I pledged the Reaper Miniatures Kickstarter campaign (one of the most successful in Kickstarter history) at the "Vampire" $100 level, and I just got my Kickstarter Sophie the succubus in the mail. Sophie the Succubus is a bonus limited edition figure available to donors who donated at the "Vampire" level and above.

I opened it up (maybe that was a mistake, not keeping it in mint condition...) and it's a great little figure, let down by some unfortunate assembly quirks.

On the good side, the figure is very characterful. The wings fit very snugly, and want to stay even without glue, although obviously you'll need to glue it to join them to the body permanently, but the join is very snug.

Some complaints though; the point of contact for the wheel to attach to the bike forks is frustratingly small, and there's no good point of contact. I don't think the wheel will stay glued to the forks, You're going to have to glue this model to a base, it's not staying together any other way.

Sophie also doesn't seem to have a set point of contact to sit on the bike. I mean, you can make a good guess, but it's not exact. A small peg and hole to join the two parts would have been helpful.

Finally the handlebars. In a word, they stink. Sophie is waving her hands in two different directions, neither of which is conducive to getting her to grip the handle bars. It's not a question of turning the handlebars either. Either you have to bend her arms, or the forks, or something, Very disappointed.

A very good limited edition figure, let down by poor assembly.

What about you guys, how are your Kickstarter Sophies coming along?

--Chris
www.chrisvalera.com

Have you considered running a pin though the forks and front wheel together (like a real bike) ?

that might be the best way to go there

Surprised the hands don't fit with the bars though, as they look ok on the painted example

The pose makes it look like she has a left side kickstarter and is just about to start the bike, instead of actually just sitting on the seat.

timd wrote:
The pose makes it look like she has a left side kickstarter and is just about to start the bike, instead of actually just sitting on the seat.

You're right, and that's kinda the point. This is the Kickstarter exclusive model after all.

Did all of that come in 1 blister pack?

Not the base or sign, I'd suggest.

 blue loki wrote:

timd wrote:
The pose makes it look like she has a left side kickstarter and is just about to start the bike, instead of actually just sitting on the seat.

You're right, and that's kinda the point. This is the Kickstarter exclusive model after all.

Yeah I get the joke, but are there any bikes with a left side kickstarter?

timd wrote:

 blue loki wrote:

timd wrote:
The pose makes it look like she has a left side kickstarter and is just about to start the bike, instead of actually just sitting on the seat.

You're right, and that's kinda the point. This is the Kickstarter exclusive model after all.

Yeah I get the joke, but are there any bikes with a left side kickstarter?

You're attempting to point out realism on a model that is a winged demon?

 -Loki- wrote:

timd wrote:

 blue loki wrote:

timd wrote:
The pose makes it look like she has a left side kickstarter and is just about to start the bike, instead of actually just sitting on the seat.

You're right, and that's kinda the point. This is the Kickstarter exclusive model after all.

Yeah I get the joke, but are there any bikes with a left side kickstarter?

You're attempting to point out realism on a model that is a winged demon?

Good point, but the bike itself is fairly realistic and it should have been no problem to sculpt the piece with the starter on the right side.

Does not really matter to me as I dumped my biker Sophie for other add ons...

It's a mirror image hell bike obviously!

(and the base/sign don't come with the model, they were added by the painter)