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c/o tekering of TFW2005... Looks like Hench has been modded.

Banjo-Tron wrote:I agree re. the Cosmos green, I'm still hoping it will look darker/more muted in hand. Also, these guys are a lot bigger than I thought!

Nope, It's a candy green, but I think it really works with the '50s-esque spaceman theme they are using.

daimchoc wrote:c/o tekering of TFW2005... Looks like Hench has been modded.

Yup. Looks like he cut out the support struts that go over the shoulders that mount the car body kibble. Would have had to separate the car body from the back too.

Kind of like the mod.
I wish the car hood at least slid back so you could get to the head easier.

But all-in-all these are excellent!

More pics here of Hench - with mod.

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transform ... ost8459841

Finally got mine. Love em.

That mod would look nice but make hench a little ass-heavy. The lack of paint accents hurts both a little and that gray plastic on Hench really bugs me - where are companies getting this cheap gray re-grind stuff? Hegemon uses the same stuff and it just begins to look bad after a while.

Other than that IP issues be damned...I'm on borad for the whole mini series. Cant wait for Cogz now. And Huffer/Rager really needs a scale-up to match them now too.

wolverinetodd wrote:

wolverinetodd wrote:

LOST Cybertronian wrote:My tracking number finally updated on these guys. Got accepted in HK today.

Yeah, I too am finally getting some information back when I enter my tracking number at the Hong Kong post site. I originally got my e-mail from Igear on 28 September saying my item was shipping, but it wasn't until yesterday that my items were finally leaving Hong Kong for the USA. Talk about going through tons of paperwork and red tape just to receive toys from overseas.

Either that or Igear stretched the truth a bit as to when they were actually shipping out our items. I'm betting they gave us an estimated day our items would ship, only it didn't happen until about two weeks later.

I don't know what's going on with the HK post on this delivery. When I entered my tracking number on the http://www.usps.com website, it showed my package arrived to NY's sorting facility on the 15th... 4 days ago. I estimate I'll get it either tomorrow or Monday while my Toys R Us Deluxe Swerve is to be delivered by Tuesday, the 23rd.

I estimated right, my Hench and UFO were delivered on Saturday, unfortunately I had to work and wasn't able to receive the package and sign for it. But I was off today and swung by the post office and picked it up.

So far I'm loving Hench/Not-Brawn and UFO/Not-Cosmos both. The left hip ball-joint on Cosmos is a little loose, but other than that, both are cool. I'm only going to be displaying them the majority of the time in robot modes anyway.

Now to start saving for the Not-Throttlebots, Grind Rod/Not-Rollbar and Aurora/Not-Searchlight as well as the new Not-Aerialbots. Don't even get me started on the new MP Soundwave w/Laserbeak, Rumble and Buzzsaw, and Frenzy and Ravage.

wolverinetodd wrote:I'm only going to be displaying them the majority of the time in robot modes anyway.

I usually do the same, but the UFO mode with the stand was too cool to pass up. I have mine hovering over the other mini-bots.

wolverinetodd wrote:Now to start saving for the Not-Throttlebots, Grind Rod/Not-Rollbar and Aurora/Not-Searchlight as well as the new Not-Aerialbots. Don't even get me started on the new MP Soundwave w/Laserbeak, Rumble and Buzzsaw, and Frenzy and Ravage.

True, true.

I hope they retool this guy into Outback. I'd buy him.

This mod makes me remember one thing I thought Hecnch had when I first saw pics of him. Namely a hinge on that "roof" of his. Like "Huffer" (although nowehere as bad) that feature makes it annoying to turn his head.

Has anyone had any luck with the tracking numbers iGear provided?

Andrius wrote:Has anyone had any luck with the tracking numbers iGear provided?

Yes, but only in the past week has it worked. I believe Daimchoc mentioned there was a holiday observed at the end of September which may have caused some delay from Hong Kong post. I just checked the status, USPS provides up to 10/19, where the package is sitting in New York. So maybe I'll have it by the weekend... (pretty please!?!)