Questions regarding 12" Black Swordsman Action Figure (Art of War)

I've been given this as a big surprise present by my fiancée for valentines day, she's been too good to me (since she also bought me a Skull Knight figure for my birthday aswell), so yes i'm a very happy chappy

What I want to know from any owners here is; is there any use for the repeating crossbow other than storage? It doesn't seem to fit over guts' arm, so i'm guessing there isn't but i'm wondering if i'm missing something? I also want to know if anyone else has had experience changing the heads? I was inclined to give it a go but I don't want to tug too hard and risk breaking the spring under his neck since it seems kind of fragile.

Other than that i'm really happy since this is really my second proper Berserk figure (other than a miniature Black Swordsman and Puck) and it's pushed all my fiancée's figures out of the way for pride of place. Here's a couple of amateur iPhone shots







and just for the sake of it, here's my Skull Knight



Also, I'm sorry if this should have been asked in a previous thread, I did a search but it only retrieved the custom made figures on the front page.

I have had trouble putting on the other head that it comes with as well. The hole on the extra head is smaller than the one that's already put on. This is why it's hard to put on the extra head it comes with. The crossbow can fit in a little pouch on the back of Guts. I made a little arrow pointing at which pouch for you just in case.

Thanks for the response Slan, I had figured out where the crossbow is meant to be kept, I was just wondering if there was an actual use for it?

As for the head exchange, is there a certain 'nack' for removing the head? I've tried just tugging up and squeezing the top of the neck a little when pulling but I still fear that i'm going to damage the base of the neck, or am I just being paranoid?

JezzaX said:

Thanks for the response Slan, I had figured out where the crossbow is meant to be kept, I was just wondering if there was an actual use for it?

As for the head exchange, is there a certain 'nack' for removing the head? I've tried just tugging up and squeezing the top of the neck a little when pulling but I still fear that i'm going to damage the base of the neck, or am I just being paranoid?

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You're welcome. As for putting on the head I just tried to stick it on using quite a lot of pressure. It did not damage the figure, well at least mine.

Try using a hairdryer to remove the head.

BloodTalon said:

Try using a hairdryer to remove the head.

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Like Slan, I managed to remove the head, but haven't had much luck attaching the other one.