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Rogue-Primal wrote:

Cyrano wrote:

Rogue-Primal wrote:Reveal the shield Jazz. I've owned this figure for 7 years...always transformed without instructions and never figured out that his roof locks into place This caused me to think he sucked because of a floppy chest

Would you please elaborate on this? I also thought the hood/chest had to flop in robot mode.

MadProject wrote: where? I'm tryin' to check it as well, but mine doesn't look to lock.

The roof has a swivel you need to adjust upwards and lift so it locks into place in these grooves behind the hood. !

I have the roof on mine positioned there and it still doesn't lock. However, I also seem to be seeing some internal differences:

Is there a piece my Jazz is missing?

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:

Rogue-Primal wrote:

Cyrano wrote:

Rogue-Primal wrote:Reveal the shield Jazz. I've owned this figure for 7 years...always transformed without instructions and never figured out that his roof locks into place This caused me to think he sucked because of a floppy chest

Would you please elaborate on this? I also thought the hood/chest had to flop in robot mode.

MadProject wrote: where? I'm tryin' to check it as well, but mine doesn't look to lock.

The roof has a swivel you need to adjust upwards and lift so it locks into place in these grooves behind the hood. !

I have the roof on mine positioned there and it still doesn't lock. However, I also seem to be seeing some internal differences:

Is there a piece my Jazz is missing?

No, I'm pretty sure you are not missing anything from Jazz here.

Crane kick. Thanks to a second knee joint I didn't know existed. DID YOU KNOW IT EXISTED?!


EDIT: I just went through 7 YouTubers (clicked to their articulation reviews) to see if any of them mentioned it. The last one I got to, Prime vs Prime, does mention it. So it's not new, but it's something I did not know at all!

I figured that out too! took about 3 days of having him, but did discover that 2nd knee joint. that is super helpful, made for some of the poses in my previous posts!

don't know if it's the right thread, but here it is:

I didn't want to use the Prime Armor as extra heel on the combiner, but I didn't want as to leave it out as well.
So I tried to use it as kneecap for the combiner.
Good news, Moonracer's arms don't limit the articulation at all.

Can't wait to complete the combiner.

MadProject wrote:don't know if it's the right thread, but here it is:

I didn't want to use the Prime Armor as extra heel on the combiner, but I didn't want as to leave it out as well.
So I tried to use it as kneecap for the combiner.
Good news, Moonracer's arms don't limit the articulation at all.

Can't wait to complete the combiner.

Orthia 1.jpg

Orthia 2.jpg

That was a little hard to find lol. Nice, keeps the combiner's legs symmetrical.

Nathaniel Prime wrote:

MadProject wrote:don't know if it's the right thread, but here it is:

I didn't want to use the Prime Armor as extra heel on the combiner, but I didn't want as to leave it out as well.
So I tried to use it as kneecap for the combiner.
Good news, Moonracer's arms don't limit the articulation at all.

Can't wait to complete the combiner.

Orthia 1.jpg

Orthia 2.jpg

That was a little hard to find lol. Nice, keeps the combiner's legs symmetrical.

well, Offroad for now it's just a fill-in. I'm planning to switch with Novastar as soon as I get one.

The new effect parts from Siege are really a "blast"!
But why not let older figures join the fun?
They also fit on Chromedome's larger weapon, Blurr's alt-mode exhausts, PotP Bludgeon, and Highbrow's twin guns. And there are definitely others I haven't tried!
Edit: woah.

Latebrus-K wrote:The new effect parts from Siege are really a "blast"!
But why not let older figures join the fun?
They also fit on Chromedome's larger weapon, Blurr's alt-mode exhausts, PotP Bludgeon, and Highbrow's twin guns. And there are definitely others I haven't tried!
Edit: woah.

This. Someone PLEASE try Blowpipe's blast effect on TLK Nitro Zeus to reenact his head getting blown up and post it here.

Hi guys. I’m new here, so I hope I’m doing this correctly. This new Siege line is so good for letting the imagination run wild. So I started out messing around with Cog, and then brought in Skytread to the mix.
Then I added all of the weapons from the first wave. Well besides the Optimus axe. Couldn’t figure out where to put that. You can see that that there’s some other stuff too. Hope you like it. It holds together really well too. So if you want, I can post more for how to do this. Enjoy...

I've owned the figure for 17 or 18 years and I just now found out that Armada Optimus Prime's mouth plate moves if I press down on the top of his head.

Extork Trion wrote:Hi guys. I’m new here, so I hope I’m doing this correctly. This new Siege line is so good for letting the imagination run wild. So I started out messing around with Cog, and then brought in Skytread to the mix.
Then I added all of the weapons from the first wave. Well besides the Optimus axe. Couldn’t figure out where to put that. You can see that that there’s some other stuff too. Hope you like it. It holds together really well too. So if you want, I can post more for how to do this. Enjoy...

That is amazing! Well done

Extork Trion wrote:Hi guys. I’m new here, so I hope I’m doing this correctly. This new Siege line is so good for letting the imagination run wild. So I started out messing around with Cog, and then brought in Skytread to the mix.
Then I added all of the weapons from the first wave. Well besides the Optimus axe. Couldn’t figure out where to put that. You can see that that there’s some other stuff too. Hope you like it. It holds together really well too. So if you want, I can post more for how to do this. Enjoy...

More pics please! Looks great!

Extork Trion wrote:Hi guys. I’m new here

Epic-spaceship-dot-JPEG

That's one HELL of a first post!

Extork Trion wrote:Hi guys. I’m new here, so I hope I’m doing this correctly. This new Siege line is so good for letting the imagination run wild. So I started out messing around with Cog, and then brought in Skytread to the mix.
Then I added all of the weapons from the first wave. Well besides the Optimus axe. Couldn’t figure out where to put that. You can see that that there’s some other stuff too. Hope you like it. It holds together really well too. So if you want, I can post more for how to do this. Enjoy...

How to make a Megatron part 1: the alt mode

Seriously, I want to see this thing become an epic robot thing

That’s great that you guys are liking my frankenformer. It really does look like Megatron, I should’ve angled the wings straight out, but I still could I guess.

Just a few things you might not be able to see from that pic... there is a way to attach Skytread’s lower half to the bottom. It’s kinda hard to explain though. Because ST’s shoulders are out, you can slide the hips under his chest parts with the square part going into his spine/lungs, lol. Also, all the Megatron parts are just being held on by Sideswipe’s red blaster, which can peg to the top of ST. But it’s still snug. Also you can barely see SS Ironhide’s guns underneath, I’ll have to show this taken apart without all the weapons, but for now here’s a couple more pics,

Extork Trion wrote:That’s great that you guys are liking my frankenformer. It really does look like Megatron, I should’ve angled the wings straight out, but I still could I guess.

Just a few things you might not be able to see from that pic... there is a way to attach Skytread’s lower half to the bottom. It’s kinda hard to explain though. Because ST’s shoulders are out, you can slide the hips under his chest parts with the square part going into his spine/lungs, lol. Also, all the Megatron parts are just being held on by Sideswipe’s red blaster, which can peg to the top of ST. But it’s still snug. Also you can barely see SS Ironhide’s guns underneath, I’ll have to show this taken apart without all the weapons, but for now here’s a couple more pics,

Go post that in the Siege thread!!!

Three things,

Bruticus can use LEGO flame effects
Dropkick can use the Seige effect parts
And DOTM sideswipe’s fun can use these parts too

Lego is METRIC. So it's no surprise.

Speaking of LEGO, did you know you can use the connector pegs on anything with a 5mm port to attach Minicons.

Those Technic black connectors? How about that.

That's pretty damn clever!
I should dig up my Lego boxes from storage.

I also wanted a trailer for my Seige Optimus Prime. I managed to dig up my old BTS trailer for Classics Optimus Prime (which has the Fansproject trailer instead). It's not a perfect fit, but it sits well enough.

I still can't get over the fact that this "Cybertronian" Optimus wear a freaking BASEBALL CAP in truck mode.

MechaMan Blade wrote:I also wanted a trailer for my Seige Optimus Prime. I managed to dig up my old BTS trailer for Classics Optimus Prime (which has the Fansproject trailer instead). It's not a perfect fit, but it sits well enough.

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Lol, I think this trailer fits Siege Prime more than Classics Prime (aesthetically anyway)

If I end up getting Siege Prime instead of SS-38, I might consider getting one of these trailers.


Unless it fits on SS-38 too