The Energon Pub

News Credits: 1014 · Tue Jun 09, 2009 1:48 pm

Leader Prime, Human Alliance BB and maybe other HA figs. Thats all I'm getting and everytime I see that Jin or anyone else has to devise a "fix" for them, I know I'm making the right choice.

This is just horrible.

News Credits: 1 · Tue Jun 09, 2009 3:04 pm

Hmmm...Nothing wrong with my Fallen and Sideswipe. I do have to try that trick with Rampage.

Wed Jun 10, 2009 12:17 am

Thanks for the Rampage tips Jin! Incredible! You really do your homework! Can you come up with a way to get Sideswipe to stand with his heelspurs folded in versus out? That may be a tall order.... No biggie if you can't--he's SOOOO much easier to pose with them pointed out to the back.

Wed Jun 10, 2009 12:23 am

Ravage XK wrote:Another nice fix, well done.

HASBRO, are you taking notes!! I know you welcome fan involvement with the franchise but don't you think leaving it up to your customers to fix your failures is a bit much?

Honestly, I'M frightened to buy anything else in case it crumbles in my hand.

Luckily, we have guys like Jin here who look out for us fans! Thanks dude!!!

Wed Jun 10, 2009 5:05 am

Would you believe it, I actually bought Breakaway just to try out your head-posing guide. And yeah, he's a good figure and not so bad as I initially thought he would be once his head becomes poseable. Sideswipe, he seems to hold perfectly fine without gluing in a tab, and I don't think I would want to try out drilling holes in my Fallen. I'm perfectly fine with Falen's limbs popping off (my copy hold together quite firmly anyway), but wouldn't just applying superglue to parts of these joint posts do a decent job in tightening them as well? Will be supergluing parts of Rampage later (shovel keeps disconnecting from connection point and unlike Fallen it gets rather irritating).

Thanks for the tips!

News Credits: 15 · Wed Jun 10, 2009 5:38 am

Breakaway is pretty smart. I have started to repaint him though to try and match the cgi image posted earlier in this thread. Currently I am applying an aluminium effect undercoat to all the blue and green bits. I will then paint over and any undercoat showing through should look like wear or damage to the paint. Not done anything like this before so Im unsure on how it will turn out.

News Credits: 8 · Sat Jun 20, 2009 5:28 pm

Warbreaker wrote:Would you believe it, I actually bought Breakaway just to try out your head-posing guide. And yeah, he's a good figure and not so bad as I initially thought he would be once his head becomes poseable. Sideswipe, he seems to hold perfectly fine without gluing in a tab, and I don't think I would want to try out drilling holes in my Fallen. I'm perfectly fine with Falen's limbs popping off (my copy hold together quite firmly anyway), but wouldn't just applying superglue to parts of these joint posts do a decent job in tightening them as well? Will be supergluing parts of Rampage later (shovel keeps disconnecting from connection point and unlike Fallen it gets rather irritating).

Thanks for the tips!

Some Sideswipes have really loose chests no matter what you do so that fix applies only to them. The two I have were all loose. However the fallen's plugs are made of unpaintable plastic so superglue won't apply there.

News Credits: 8 · Sat Jun 20, 2009 5:31 pm

Wanna make Demolisher's wheels spin? It's really easy. I probably didn't even need to take pics but here they are in case you want to see them. Now I can put his arms down and wheel him across my desk, wheee!

News Credits: 8 · Sat Jun 20, 2009 6:28 pm

Here's a fix, well more like a custom mod to make Rampage's elbows work. Hasbro had the right idea with the large gear there, they just didn't separate the lower elbow. That's really all you need to do and shave down the inside rim of the gear. You'll need a dremel, hobby knife, hobby hacksaw (or heat up your knife blade so it can slice through plastic) and some glue/epoxy. Oh yeah, and a screwdriver.

Sat Jun 20, 2009 6:32 pm

Is there a fix for RotF Leader Megs' left leg not snapping in place in vehicle mode?

News Credits: 8 · Sat Jun 20, 2009 7:46 pm

Valandar wrote:Is there a fix for RotF Leader Megs' left leg not snapping in place in vehicle mode?

Hmmm, when I pick him up in the next few days I'll have a look.

And here's some shots of Rampage singing opera with his new elbows.

News Credits: 2 · Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:51 pm

Jin Saotome wrote:Wanna make Demolisher's wheels spin? It's really easy. I probably didn't even need to take pics but here they are in case you want to see them. Now I can put his arms down and wheel him across my desk, wheee!

I dont get how to do the mod for him. Can you explain it a bit more please?

News Credits: 1 · Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:43 pm

Jin, you made my day by posting that mod on Rampage.

It'll be the biggest mod I've ever attempted, but your instructions looked detailed enough even for me.

A million thanks.