JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Valandar wrote:Are there GPS issues with this deco of the mold?
None documented. The GPS-type plastic is a darker, more bronze shade
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It doesn't have GPS, but it does have the same problem with the piece that connects the upper arm to his torso. If it gets stuck and you apply pressure, the piece immediately snaps. While I've never experienced this problem with the other 4 uses of this mold that I own, when I transformed Mega Zarak into jet mode, that front panel immediately snapped with no warning or anything. I have experienced this with a few Scorponoks that I have obtained from collections I buy to resell in the Seibertron.com store before, so I'm a little familiar with the problem. It just surprises me every time because it breaks so easily once the piece gets stuck.
Fortunately, the piece is the identical color on both the Hasbro and Takara versions so I just went out to my storage, grabbed a different Scorponok that had the other arm broken, and swapped pieces so that Superlink Mega Zarak would be as good as new.
Once I fixed Mega Zarak, I liberally applied Ace Hardware's Lub-E (which is plastic safe) to the areas of concern on all 5 uses of this mold which immediately loosened up the part that gets stuck. While I'm not as concerned with Scorponok or Mega Zarak because I get lots of Scorponoks in the collections I buy (though it still sucks when it breaks because Energon Scorponok is a $50 to $60 toy all day long), I am highly concerned with the BotCon ones and Dark Scorponok due to their scarcity.
Really wish they would have addressed this problem before they started using it for BotCon figures. Seems like it would be a simple design fix with the mold to strengthen the piece that breaks or change how the screws hold the pieces together or something.