Head modification for Transformers Prime Robots in Disguise Bumblebee
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Apr 6, 2012 at 5:06pm CDT
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Re: Head modification for Transformers Prime Robots in Disguise Bumblebee
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Comment by Lord Onixprime
Apr 6, 2012
Or, the head piece actually moves independently from the gear and just push it back to make it sit correctly. 
T'is what I did.
T'is what I did.
Re: Head modification for Transformers Prime Robots in Disguise Bumblebee
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Comment by ubertenorman
Apr 6, 2012
^^ Yeah, it's fixable without modding.
Now, if you find a way to fix the shoulders, you'll be a savior to the masses...
Now, if you find a way to fix the shoulders, you'll be a savior to the masses...
Re: Head modification for Transformers Prime Robots in Disguise Bumblebee
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Yeah, honestly I don't see a difference with my unmodded Bumblebee, the hood of the car holds it down on mine with the same clearance your mod shows.
Comment by Trikeboy
Apr 6, 2012
Lord Onixprime wrote:Or, the head piece actually moves independently from the gear and just push it back to make it sit correctly.
T'is what I did.
Yeah, honestly I don't see a difference with my unmodded Bumblebee, the hood of the car holds it down on mine with the same clearance your mod shows.
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Comment by Megatron Wolf
Apr 6, 2012
Knock Out still looks like a KO figure to me, both the paint and plastic look cheap. Hot Shot looks like he would fit better in the animated like than the prime line, not a bad looking figure but its still a pass for me.
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How is it fixable without modding? Might there be variants?
Comment by Seibertron
Apr 6, 2012
ubertenorman wrote:^^ Yeah, it's fixable without modding.
Now, if you find a way to fix the shoulders, you'll be a savior to the masses...
How is it fixable without modding? Might there be variants?
Re: Head modification for Transformers Prime Robots in Disguise Bumblebee
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Comment by ubertenorman
Apr 6, 2012
I guess there could be variants, but on the one I have I can just move the head panel back further before you finish the automorph. The head plate is only friction attached to the pin attached to the gear so you can move it independently of the gears. Peaugh explains it better in his video review.
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Comment by Autobot Joe
Apr 6, 2012
Hot Shot looks like a robotic Koala to me.
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Comment by craggy
Apr 6, 2012
I don't own the mold yet (get Hot Shot out in the UK please!) but it could be that the gears on his neck are like the gears on Megatron's weapon and whilst they do move the piece they're lined up with, there's enough give to rearrange that assembly.
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Comment by Period
Apr 6, 2012
There's got to be something going on because I haven't had the head issue. Mine looks really good and doesn't stick out at all.
After seeing the reviews and such I was a bit hesitant on getting him because of the issue. I transformed mine once and it slid in and down perfectly fine.
After seeing the reviews and such I was a bit hesitant on getting him because of the issue. I transformed mine once and it slid in and down perfectly fine.
Re: Head modification for Transformers Prime Robots in Disguise Bumblebee
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Works exactly like Megatron's blades
Comment by Lord Onixprime
Apr 6, 2012
craggy wrote:I don't own the mold yet (get Hot Shot out in the UK please!) but it could be that the gears on his neck are like the gears on Megatron's weapon and whilst they do move the piece they're lined up with, there's enough give to rearrange that assembly.
Works exactly like Megatron's blades
Re: Head modification for Transformers Prime Robots in Disguise Bumblebee
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Precisely, and I apologize for throwing around Peaugh's reviews once again, but he does a demonstration of the quick fix method starting at around 4:00 and briefly explaining the whole thing.
Comment by RAcast
Apr 7, 2012
Lord Onixprime wrote:craggy wrote:I don't own the mold yet (get Hot Shot out in the UK please!) but it could be that the gears on his neck are like the gears on Megatron's weapon and whilst they do move the piece they're lined up with, there's enough give to rearrange that assembly.
Works exactly like Megatron's blades
Precisely, and I apologize for throwing around Peaugh's reviews once again, but he does a demonstration of the quick fix method starting at around 4:00 and briefly explaining the whole thing.
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Comment by Twitchythe3rd
Apr 7, 2012
I want to like Knock Out, I really do, but the paint apps just kill it for me.
Hot Shot is the complete reverse. The paint apps on him have me sold.
Hot Shot is the complete reverse. The paint apps on him have me sold.
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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat
Apr 7, 2012
It's a conspiracy, I tell you. I was offered these two exact toys (plus a Bumblebee) by a sneaky Brit yesterday, and I'm very tempted by Hot Shot. Knock Out doesn't look bad either. I may have to get both.
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Comment by lucas maximus
Apr 7, 2012
is it just me or could hotshot double as a great skids with a head replacement?
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I was just thinking how nice he might have looked if he'd been cast in dark red plastic (along the lines of DOTM Cyberverse Powerglide) with the bright red parts painted instead.
Sigh.
Comment by funklizard
Apr 8, 2012
Megatron Wolf wrote:Knock Out still looks like a KO figure to me, both the paint and plastic look cheap.
I was just thinking how nice he might have looked if he'd been cast in dark red plastic (along the lines of DOTM Cyberverse Powerglide) with the bright red parts painted instead.
Sigh.
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Comment by bumblehide
Apr 8, 2012
Knock Out looks so sleek and stylish in the show but this figure looks so bland! Reprolabels, do your stuff! 
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Comment by kirbenvost
Apr 9, 2012
^That's what I'm waiting on. Not that the figure will be out here for awhile yet anyway. I like the mold well enough, but the lame paint job just really sucks. Reprolabels can save it!
Whoa. This whole time I didn't even know he had blue eyes under there. Maybe they should have made the eyebrows black or a darker shade of silver or something.
Seibertron wrote:Hot Shot's face is confusing to me. When I look at the toy, the "eye brows" are the eyes to me. I completely look past his actual eyes, which are below the silver eye brows. They should have done the eyes in a yellow color or something to make them stand out from the silver. The blue just blends in with the blue of his head. No matter how many times I look at the toy, the eye brows just stare back at me.
Whoa. This whole time I didn't even know he had blue eyes under there. Maybe they should have made the eyebrows black or a darker shade of silver or something.
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Sweet, I might have to try that. I'll probably mess it up and ruin the toy, but hey, it's Bumblebee, I'm sure a replacement will be easy to find.
Comment by Optimum Supreme
Apr 10, 2012
Seibertron wrote:In the recent gallery of Transformers Prime Robots In Disguise HOT SHOT, you might have noticed that I modified Hot Shot and Bumblebee's heads so that it sits properly above his chest/shoulders. All you have to do is remove the last two teeth behind the head with an exacto knife as demonstrated in my pictures and MisterFanwank's video below. Care should be used so that you do not accidentally scar other plastic pieces. I was able to do the modification without taking the figure apart, but as you can see from the video below some might recommend that you take the figure apart.
Sweet, I might have to try that. I'll probably mess it up and ruin the toy, but hey, it's Bumblebee, I'm sure a replacement will be easy to find.
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It's still completely unnecessary. :\ Why risk ruining it for a pointless mod?
Comment by RAcast
Apr 10, 2012
Dark Optimum Supreme wrote:Sweet, I might have to try that. I'll probably mess it up and ruin the toy, but hey, it's Bumblebee, I'm sure a replacement will be easy to find.
It's still completely unnecessary. :\ Why risk ruining it for a pointless mod?
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I tried transforming it the way some of you have suggested and the head doesn't lay down as flat as it did after the mod, unless I'm doing something wrong.
Comment by Seibertron
Apr 10, 2012
RAcast wrote:Dark Optimum Supreme wrote:Sweet, I might have to try that. I'll probably mess it up and ruin the toy, but hey, it's Bumblebee, I'm sure a replacement will be easy to find.
It's still completely unnecessary. :\ Why risk ruining it for a pointless mod?
I tried transforming it the way some of you have suggested and the head doesn't lay down as flat as it did after the mod, unless I'm doing something wrong.
