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Rated X wrote:Been wanting to pop on the Shapeways Nato-Bot Roadbuster for a while, but those stories about "sanding" got me thinking shapeways is crap. How the hell do you "sand" a face the size of a fingernail ? Maybe Roadbuster might be easier, but how do people avoid sanding the eyes and lips right off a figure with a face ???

I'm trying out the "polished" quality of material. I can let you know when I get them how they compare.

The polished looks almost as good as smooth molded plastic. They do a good job keeping the detail too. I've found polished doesn't take paint as nicely as non-polished though, but maybe that was just the paints I used though?

I bought some accessories, including the Optimus Hands, and they were all wobbly junk.

RodimalToyota wrote:I bought some accessories, including the Optimus Hands, and they were all wobbly junk.

That's why I'm sticking with single-piece accessories such as weapons. I don't trust moving bits at all from shapeways.

Mkall wrote:

RodimalToyota wrote:I bought some accessories, including the Optimus Hands, and they were all wobbly junk.

That's why I'm sticking with single-piece accessories such as weapons. I don't trust moving bits at all from shapeways.

Yes, I got two pairs of Leader class Optimus Hands,
and they are completely worthless in everyway, the wrist just flops, can't even hold it's own weight.

On the otherhand.. I also bought a pair of Leader Class Iron Hide hands, and they are superb, other then the finish. They can hold just about anything including strong magnets.
and they fit the figure really well, plus they still allow the FWI-2 Blades to be inserted into the palm extremely securely.

so all in All, I'm going to shy away from Shapeways, but I can highly suggest the Leader IH hands. While you have to cut his arms to fit them, they are fantastic, and a steal at the price.

for now, I'm gonna pre-order the UFO leader OP hands.
They look much more refined. Plus they have viedo of the hands holding the Jet wing guns.

Dead Metal wrote:

Swindle01 wrote:im not allowed to say as it isnt my place

also i doubt he would make any money on the idw galvatron kits as doesnt shapeways take a percentage of everything you make thats then sold?

Yes, they take a percentage of the money you earn from selling the kit.

Also, I'm going to say BS on him working on 3rd party stuff.

Hey, I know this is late. Still, you're wrong to call BS. I wouldn't intentionally jerk you around. The guy is legit and has created designs that a lot of us probably own one or more of. Or will soon enough. He ultimately wants to work with Hasbro. That's why a lot of his work and credit is hush hush.

Flux Convoy wrote:

Dead Metal wrote:

Swindle01 wrote:im not allowed to say as it isnt my place

also i doubt he would make any money on the idw galvatron kits as doesnt shapeways take a percentage of everything you make thats then sold?

Yes, they take a percentage of the money you earn from selling the kit.

Also, I'm going to say BS on him working on 3rd party stuff.

Hey, I know this is late. Still, you're wrong to call BS. I wouldn't intentionally jerk you around. The guy is legit and has created designs that a lot of us probably own one or more of. Or will soon enough. He ultimately wants to work with Hasbro. That's why a lot of his work and credit is hush hush.

You're super late, read my last comment in the thread.

Dead Metal wrote:You're super late, read my last comment in the thread.

Fair enough. Must have skipped over it.

BeastProwl wrote:I'm thinking about buying a new sword for Drift, then getting the Reprolabels. Anyone here know the best one, if any of them at all?

You want a Drift sword, get this - it's cheaper than most things on Shapeways, and it's a finished product. I have this myself and it's pretty dang cool.

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