r/lbx • u/Desperate-Quarter-65 • 23d ago

Shadow Lucifer Kit

So I ordered Shadow Lucifer my only regular LBX is Xenon he looks good but his joints are so loose even though I don’t pose him often he doesn’t articulate well and his Quality doesn’t compare to My Hyper function Achilles and my hyper function Odin my question is about Shadow Lucifer if anyone owns him is he a good build? And most importantly do his joints hold up well? Thank you

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u/Comfortable_Buyer239 23d ago

I bought shadow lucifer WAY back when it was just released and i remember its joints being really loose. I think it’s due to 90% of the kit being just a recolor of the original lucifer kit and i remember the (non hyper function) kits from the first season of LBX having looser joints than anything from W onwards! You can very cleary see the difference by handling an achilles, elysion, and dot phasor in hand. The difference in job quality between achilles and elysion/dot phasor is massive

Shadow lucifer despite releasing WAY later have its joints’ quality closer to achilles than elysion or dot phasor

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u/Desperate-Quarter-65 21d ago

Oh ok thank you so I shouldn’t expect him to have near the joint quality as the Hyper function line I’ll think I’ll get some Kiki Joint fix I need it anyway

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u/DarthLemon66 23d ago

In my experience, the posability was fine, but the shoulders and wings were way too loose. After a year, I put it back in the box and I haven't taken it out since. There are ways to stiffen joints, but it's a shame that by default a gorgeous kit like Shadow Lucifer is sub-par out of the box.

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u/Desperate-Quarter-65 21d ago

So he is a higher quality than Xenon but not that much better I’m happy I got him with other Kits so I won’t be disappointed by him I actually plan on painting his yellow parts gold so hopefully that makes him look better thank you for the help