Forgotten wrote:deathy wrote:I've had this awful 3rd party sixsot toy for a year or TWO. it's not new,it's been a ebay exclusive for a year or two+ now. I think the seller who sold me my version was called "CollectorKB". He's a ebay seller that is based in Hong Kong. he often sells about 6 of these per year on ebay for the past few years. the toy is about 6.8 inches tall in robot mode from head to toe.
This same ebay seller named "CollectorKB". Sells another sixshot custom toy on ebay. this one is a bit bigger & has less joints. I think he used the 1987 sixshot toy & gave it poseable joints. the 2nd one,has limited hip joints range of motion. the seller created a sixshot & great shot versions. the ebay auctions ending bids wanted over $500 for the 2nd bigger version this one is a bit more higher quality than the one being discussed in this thread.
The toy being discussed is a pure piece of garbage. some of the joints the guy literally used rubber or some type of silicon white chalk inside the moving parts. it literally fell apart in my hands while transforming it. I think the seller even went as far as to sell me a repaired version. as their's some repair patch work seen on the toy.
I had to spend a lenghty time repairing the figure & painting it a bit.
I even went as far as to do six U-tube videos showing off the toy.
here are the six u-tube videoes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KncIUM3o2t8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C5XjUcqXJYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C5XjUcqXJYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5fQO3Vrue4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHiHd8ZCAEYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEcTIe-_9t4I was gonna give the toy away to a few internet TF fans. but I didn't want to see this thing mass produced. I wanted it to stay a ebay exclusive. because it's a awful & horrible toy that should never see mass production.
I checked out your videos. I have to say the thing looks pretty decent. It appears to have a nice finish(thanks to yourself). May I ask how much it was or would that be "a collecting no-no"?
I paid over $350 for it. the toy is very loose in the joints. stuff is literally glued on with elmers glue & falls off extremly easily. the guy who did this,painted it by hand & he didn't do a professional job.
the articulated jointed look like the guy took Q-Tips & turned then into pegged joints. the guy even went as far as to use some weird silicone based chalk for some of the moving joints. needless to say the silicone/chalk wears off very easy,breaks down & the toy falls apart into dozens of pieces like peanut brittle.
Personally this guy who created this thing did a awful job. I'm writting this EXTREMLY NEGATIVE REVIEW because I don't want to see any internet TF fans lose money. this thing isn't worth anything over $20.
I certainly don't want to see anyone paying over $70 for this thing.
HEXATRON,Is the superior toy. I plan on buying a few of this mold. the guys who created hexatron used superior joints,superior plastic,strong engineering & awesome design.