Open Letter to Geobra "you can make us a samurai better than this"

[cheng]

Liebe Geobra B.,  we know you can make us a better samurai than this. Need only 1 new mould, + floral designs on his clothes and voila, a very historically correct samurai....but why not? 

[WarriorOfToys]

Liebe Geobra B.,  we know you can make us a better samurai than this. Need only 1 new mould, + floral designs on his clothes and voila, a very historically correct samurai....but why not? 

Who knows Cheng,
very soon we may get our wish!

[Andy R]

¿How you gonna raise the arms if the armor stops it?

[cheng]

¿How you gonna raise the arms if the armor stops it?

good observation and point Andy-R 

...PM has those small knight's armours with smaller 'shoulder-points', I suppose if PM makes them, they'll similarly make the samurai's whatever-you-call these smaller too. It does lose the asthetic effect somewhat but I guess thats a better solution than having another clip-on shoulder(cuff?) which will look pretty silly when it turns with his arm

so no performing sasaki-kojiro's 'swallow-turn' with his sword 

any suggestions for me to try out? (or wait for Geobra to make a better one!  )

[Wolf Knight]

Great suggetion Cheng!! I am backing you up!!!

[playmofire]

Great work, cheng.  But what if Geobra write back and say, "Oh no we can't!"   

[cheng]

thanks W-Knight! 

Great work, cheng.  But what if Geobra write back and say, "Oh no we can't!"   

thanks dear friend but I'll wait patiently (until and like they finally did, for Romans ) ...but meanwhile I'll just go on customising more Japanese

[cowabounga]

Hey Cheng!
Check out the 4748 samurai, he cannot raise his arms either! I think that, to allow movement for the arms it would better to have the shoulder pads clipped upon the arms, not the chest.
I don't like this samurai's helmet, either. They could have use a mask with a grin and a fake moustache with another helmet. More like how I imagined a japanese armor, anyway.
I'll try to find a pic.
Cheers,
Arnaud

[WarriorOfToys]

Hey Cheng!
Check out the 4748 samurai, he cannot raise his arms either! I think that, to allow movement for the arms it would better to have the shoulder pads clipped upon the arms, not the chest.
I don't like this samurai's helmet, either. They could have use a mask with a grin and a fake moustache with another helmet. More like how I imagined a japanese armor, anyway.
I'll try to find a pic.
Cheers,
Arnaud

I agree, clipping the armor to his arms would allow him to move them 360*.
I also agree about the helmet,
It is just ugly! I much prefer the helmets we use now.

[cheng]

Hey Cheng!
Check out the 4748 samurai, he cannot raise his arms either! I think that, to allow movement for the arms it would better to have the shoulder pads clipped upon the arms, not the chest.
I don't like this samurai's helmet, either. They could have use a mask with a grin and a fake moustache with another helmet. More like how I imagined a japanese armor, anyway.
I'll try to find a pic.
Cheers,
Arnaud

cant agree with you more, Arnaud & WOT!! 
I hope they improve the 4748 which might be a 'pilot' test so guess we all still have to buy/support and hope for a full theme  launch

yes, the 4748's shoulder armor should be separate like those clip-on puffy sleeves but mine are not shoulder pads, rather a continuation of his vest..

and the 4748's helmet could have been better