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Just letting everyone know the next Renderform products up for order are the Hawk Saber and Giga Blaster, a G1 Metalhawk and Overlord inspired weapons.

These were first teased at BotCon 2012 at the Captured Prey 3P Party. Full details of the various versions and preorders are up, and going up at a couple retailers. A limited amount of the two pack set is available at Renderform.com, perfect for international customers who want to save shipping costs. Otherwise, you can order from great guys like Captured Prey and AgesThreeAndUp!

RW-012 Hawk Saber – This stand alone release is casted in a metallic gray, and features a 5mm peg, compatible with various figures! This release is limited to 200 pieces, and comes with a numbered collectors card.

RW-013 Giga Blaster – This stand alone release is casted in a dark purple color, with a tint of metalic to help stand out. Compatibility with the ROTF Bludgeon, Banzaitron, GDO Megatron allows it to be connected to the turret or cannon in tank mode! The gun features a 5mm peg ensuring compatibility with various other figures. This release is limited to 150 pieces, and comes with a numbered collectors card.

RW-012 + RW-013G Two Pack – This two pack features both weapons. The RW-012 is the same color as the stand alone verison. The RW-013G features a 80-90% color matched purple to the Gigatron figure. This set is perfect for those who want to complete the look for Metalhawk and Gigatron with their trusty weapons. This special two pack is limited to only 300 sets!

RW-012A – Red Fire Hawk Saber – Exclusive to AgesThreeAndUp.com, this translucent red Hawk Saber is a very limited run. It comes with a numbered card. Preorder yours today!

RW-012C – Purple Hawk Saber – Exclusive to CapturedPrey.com, this translucent purple Hawk Saber is a very limited run to only 50 pieces! It comes with a numbered card. Preorder yours today!

Check the link for full details:

RW-012 Hawk Saber + RW-013 Giga Blaster | Renderform.com

Done. You rock Venksta!

Purple and red!!! and I'm going to give them to Black Shadow and Thunder Wing that was to cool of a combination.

Pre-ordered. Now if he could just make a Robot head for Metalhawk...

These are pretty cool, Venk! I'm going to budget for a set.

Hm, not really convinced these days by Rendeforms output, not when you have the much more on point productions from the good Dr Wu and such like!

Bland, clear plastics which just dont seem to enthrall the way newer, more in touch, newer 3rd Party production houses are heading.

Sometimes extremely limited, hugely overpriced, poor distribution on occasions, I feel Renderform should get with the mainstream a little more.

I am happy to see more 3rd Party blasters and melee weapons coming through, but what was once a minor snapping at Renderforms heels, now sends him whimpering, tail between his legs!

robotmel wrote::-?
Hm, not really convinced these days by Rendeforms output, not when you have the much more on point productions from the good Dr Wu and such like!

Bland, clear plastics which just dont seem to enthrall the way newer, more in touch, newer 3rd Party production houses are heading.

Sometimes extremely limited, hugely overpriced, poor distribution on occasions, I feel Renderform should get with the mainstream a little more.

I am happy to see more 3rd Party blasters and melee weapons coming through, but what was once a minor snapping at Renderforms heels, now sends him whimpering, tail between his legs!

There is a difference between Venksta and Dr Wu. Venksta crafts each item personally (to my knowledge anyways) whereas Dr Wu does chinese labour.

Also I've never heard of poor quality with Renderform, and Dr Wu seems to be kind of hit-and-miss.

They're just different groups doing things differently.

The sword is kinda meh, the gun on the other hand is nice.

Mkall wrote:

robotmel wrote::-?
Hm, not really convinced these days by Rendeforms output, not when you have the much more on point productions from the good Dr Wu and such like!

Bland, clear plastics which just dont seem to enthrall the way newer, more in touch, newer 3rd Party production houses are heading.

Sometimes extremely limited, hugely overpriced, poor distribution on occasions, I feel Renderform should get with the mainstream a little more.

I am happy to see more 3rd Party blasters and melee weapons coming through, but what was once a minor snapping at Renderforms heels, now sends him whimpering, tail between his legs!

There is a difference between Venksta and Dr Wu. Venksta crafts each item personally (to my knowledge anyways) whereas Dr Wu does chinese labour.

Also I've never heard of poor quality with Renderform, and Dr Wu seems to be kind of hit-and-miss.

They're just different groups doing things differently.

Yes, Renderform products are not 3RD Party class material. Each item is to be viewed as a custom piece, as I have to hand finish everything myself.

I find it funny when people compare Renderform to Dr. Wu. I've seen a lot of negative feedback for their resin stuff. They only produce in resin or diecast. And their resin stuff doesn't have good track record, from what I've seen on various boards. Not saying Renderform items are free from problems. The only major issues I've seen people complain about in regards to my stuff, was the missile launcher from the Red Alert kit and the Goldbug kit's head being loose for some people. As well, the long wait period when ordering. That last part now being taken care of by offering products through online retailers like BBTS, and Ages Three and Up, which is a plus and negative on how you view it.

As for pricing, I feel I've kept within 3rd party standards, even though I can charge for more based on recasted resin parts others sell, and what Shapeways would charge to produce my items (Hawk Saber would cost $35 at the cheapest through shapeways in a translucent material before markup).

I've seen a Dr. Wu kit for half a face, and a small little bomb retail at $19.99 at BBTS. The face is just recasted from the original toy, and then resculpted to have a mouth instead of a face plate. Compare to a full upgrade kit like my Hubcap kit where you get a whole head consisting of 4 parts, and 2 unique guns, all original designs by myself for $29.00, and limited to less than 500 sets. I can also compare the Gold Bug kit I made to Beezleboss. Both cost $30. Theirs was probably a run of over 1000, or 2000 pieces. I ended up making around 600 kits between four color variations, released at the same time. Both kits came with a head, and two guns. Beezleboss kit's gun were both the same design, where as the two guns in the Renderform kit were unique designs, not the same.

I don't mind if people don't like my stuff. I obviously don't like everything out there. But if your going to go out of the way and bash me and my works, please be constructive and use facts, then I can make improvements, where I feel are needed.

Thanks for posting Venksta !

That's a personal touch we'll never see from any of these 'big third party' companies like Dr Wu .