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fenrir72 wrote:My first RID I purchased was in Orchard Rd Singapore in 2002. Not in the local TRU but a specialty shop as the former didn't carry them (Hb version Fire Optimus Prime/UM).
william-james88 wrote:fenrir72 wrote:My first RID I purchased was in Orchard Rd Singapore in 2002. Not in the local TRU but a specialty shop as the former didn't carry them (Hb version Fire Optimus Prime/UM).
I didnt know about that specialty shop. I always preferred that odd minimall near chinatown wth all those second hand collector shops all stacked close together. That's where I got the best deal on RID Air Atack Optimus Primal (for 30$ Singaporian). Good times
fenrir72 wrote:Cobotron wrote:Well thanks boss.Seibertron wrote:Cobotron wrote:I don't get the fear of clear plastic. I have 19 to 22 year old Microman toys, like the ones in my sig that are fine. Heck Beast Wars and Beast Machines too. Maybe there is something to be said about mid-west American climate. I've also never had rubber wheels or tank treads dry rot on me.
I'm with you about the clear plastic, I've had very few have issues ... at least no moreso than regular plastic tabs or joints breaking on regular ol' plastic Transformers toys.
However, I'm definitely a plastic tires instead of rubber tires guy because the cracked tire problem is frustrating. If it hasn't happened to you yet, just consider yourself lucky though I'd be willing to be you've got a few cracked tires in your collection and you just haven't noticed yet ... especially if you live in the Midwest. Unless you constantly lubricate rubber tires on your Transformers, your G1, RID or Masterpiece Convoy tires will crack eventually, the same reason why O-Rings dry out with G.I. Joe figures and Masters of the Universe figures suffer their notorious crotch rot that most vintage MOTU figures suffer from eventually.Now you got me all paranoid.
I would dig out RID Prime right now if he wasn't buried at the back of a shelf.![]()
and ya, I have had plenty of Joes snap in half. That's an easy fix. Rubber tires not so much. It makes sense though. Rubber is an organic compound, so eventually it will break down. Looks like I have some inspecting to do.
And Fenrir, to be fare, my Black Big Convoy broke too, but not in the same place, and not clear plastic. that toy is just fragile all the way around.
I don't doubt the the clear plastic thing is a thing, but it would be interesting to know if climate has anything to do with it. My brother has had problems with clear plastic and rubber. He lives in California. And I know tropical climates reek havoc on all kinds of materials, so I could see where Fen lives being a factor.
It's all science man.
I'm assigned in a tropical country mi amigo. That is a big factor I'd grant you that. But as stated in my other thread, the room where they are stored is under A/C at least 4 hours a day. Would you believe that I just transformed my Big Convoy just once since 2004 and left him in uber pose mode ever since? I was half expecting the "buster gun/trunk would be the first to give in ( I used Armor On on it) and the part in question ( left shoulder) never was exposed to added stress?![]()
My first RID I purchased was in Orchard Rd Singapore in 2002. Not in the local TRU but a specialty shop as the former didn't carry them (Hb version Fire Optimus Prime/UM). It didn't take 4 months for the front wheels of Optimus to crack.I later sold both for the Takara version back in 2009.......the Takara versions are still uncracked would you believe?)
So this is a risk for all of us collectors, especially if assigned in the tropics.
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
Hellscream9999 wrote:fenrir72 wrote:Cobotron wrote:Well thanks boss.Seibertron wrote:Cobotron wrote:I don't get the fear of clear plastic. I have 19 to 22 year old Microman toys, like the ones in my sig that are fine. Heck Beast Wars and Beast Machines too. Maybe there is something to be said about mid-west American climate. I've also never had rubber wheels or tank treads dry rot on me.
I'm with you about the clear plastic, I've had very few have issues ... at least no moreso than regular plastic tabs or joints breaking on regular ol' plastic Transformers toys.
However, I'm definitely a plastic tires instead of rubber tires guy because the cracked tire problem is frustrating. If it hasn't happened to you yet, just consider yourself lucky though I'd be willing to be you've got a few cracked tires in your collection and you just haven't noticed yet ... especially if you live in the Midwest. Unless you constantly lubricate rubber tires on your Transformers, your G1, RID or Masterpiece Convoy tires will crack eventually, the same reason why O-Rings dry out with G.I. Joe figures and Masters of the Universe figures suffer their notorious crotch rot that most vintage MOTU figures suffer from eventually.Now you got me all paranoid.
I would dig out RID Prime right now if he wasn't buried at the back of a shelf.![]()
and ya, I have had plenty of Joes snap in half. That's an easy fix. Rubber tires not so much. It makes sense though. Rubber is an organic compound, so eventually it will break down. Looks like I have some inspecting to do.
And Fenrir, to be fare, my Black Big Convoy broke too, but not in the same place, and not clear plastic. that toy is just fragile all the way around.
I don't doubt the the clear plastic thing is a thing, but it would be interesting to know if climate has anything to do with it. My brother has had problems with clear plastic and rubber. He lives in California. And I know tropical climates reek havoc on all kinds of materials, so I could see where Fen lives being a factor.
It's all science man.
I'm assigned in a tropical country mi amigo. That is a big factor I'd grant you that. But as stated in my other thread, the room where they are stored is under A/C at least 4 hours a day. Would you believe that I just transformed my Big Convoy just once since 2004 and left him in uber pose mode ever since? I was half expecting the "buster gun/trunk would be the first to give in ( I used Armor On on it) and the part in question ( left shoulder) never was exposed to added stress?![]()
My first RID I purchased was in Orchard Rd Singapore in 2002. Not in the local TRU but a specialty shop as the former didn't carry them (Hb version Fire Optimus Prime/UM). It didn't take 4 months for the front wheels of Optimus to crack.I later sold both for the Takara version back in 2009.......the Takara versions are still uncracked would you believe?)
So this is a risk for all of us collectors, especially if assigned in the tropics.
Well, leaving a figure in a pose, for a long time can be detrimental to joints; happened to most of my Bionicle collection, most of the ball sockets have cracked or snapped as a result of not being exercised. While not a strict comparison, they are both ball-socket joint systems, so lends some insight to the issue.
I will say that ball diameter may have something to do with it... Big convoys shoulders have large ball joints, and dragstrips are rather large, but the 'standard' size and below never give me an issue - as even now, cyb cannonball has squeaky ball joints, but wreckloose doesn't
fenrir72 wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:fenrir72 wrote:I'm assigned in a tropical country mi amigo. That is a big factor I'd grant you that. But as stated in my other thread, the room where they are stored is under A/C at least 4 hours a day. Would you believe that I just transformed my Big Convoy just once since 2004 and left him in uber pose mode ever since? I was half expecting the "buster gun/trunk would be the first to give in ( I used Armor On on it) and the part in question ( left shoulder) never was exposed to added stress?![]()
My first RID I purchased was in Orchard Rd Singapore in 2002. Not in the local TRU but a specialty shop as the former didn't carry them (Hb version Fire Optimus Prime/UM). It didn't take 4 months for the front wheels of Optimus to crack.I later sold both for the Takara version back in 2009.......the Takara versions are still uncracked would you believe?)
So this is a risk for all of us collectors, especially if assigned in the tropics.
Well, leaving a figure in a pose, for a long time can be detrimental to joints; happened to most of my Bionicle collection, most of the ball sockets have cracked or snapped as a result of not being exercised. While not a strict comparison, they are both ball-socket joint systems, so lends some insight to the issue.
I will say that ball diameter may have something to do with it... Big convoys shoulders have large ball joints, and dragstrips are rather large, but the 'standard' size and below never give me an issue - as even now, cyb cannonball has squeaky ball joints, but wreckloose doesn't
The pose on the left arm was the neutral arms down no stress. But I think you hit the bulls eye about the ball joint. It is hard@ss big.
Now for the extremity mold used the UW/CW line. Its good that the actual 'bot head is different from the socket head unlike the original combiners. UW Groove is hopefully safe but the torso part where the connection to the shoulder socket. It is a future worrisome issue a few years from now (for the Starscream mold). It's the translucent part that is clamped on the "shoulder/socket part".
On if this set is worth the purchase......I'd say yes, but the traumatized part of me is what's holding back the order now as he is sooooooooo good looking with the new retools and recolors (d@mn you Starscream!
Starscream is always the cause of dissent among the 'cons
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
kurthy wrote:This thread is depressing. It's made me re-evaluate if I want to continue collecting toys, especially after a broken tab on Scrapper and just picking up a sealed Acid Storm only to open it up and find misassembled hips.
TFs have always had a limited lifetime IRL. Poorly designed joints have been an issue since G1. Hello, Metroplex! How many guns with broken pegs? You have to really care for a die cast figure to make sure the paint doesn't come off. Stressed joints and chipped paint are part of being a collector. It will happen to every figure eventually. And I haven't even gotten to GPS.
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
kurthy wrote:This thread is depressing. It's made me re-evaluate if I want to continue collecting toys, especially after a broken tab on Scrapper and just picking up a sealed Acid Storm only to open it up and find misassembled hips.
TFs have always had a limited lifetime IRL. Poorly designed joints have been an issue since G1. Hello, Metroplex! How many guns with broken pegs? You have to really care for a die cast figure to make sure the paint doesn't come off. Stressed joints and chipped paint are part of being a collector. It will happen to every figure eventually. And I haven't even gotten to GPS.
またしても、あっと言う間に2016年の一週目が終わりました。今年も魅力的な新製品アイテムが目白押しなので、よろしくお願いします。月末発売のホビー誌等でもイロイロ最新情報が発表出来るかな?!
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
Delta Magnus wrote:This is because you are a hamhanded idiot.
Burn wrote:Agamemnon wrote:Let's get back to talking about Burn's mammoth snout flopping...
Well I am Australian. It's kinda what we're known for.
steals_your_goats wrote:AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!! New vortex and blast off!!!!![]()
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So glad I waited for the Takara version.
william-james88 wrote:steals_your_goats wrote:AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!! New vortex and blast off!!!!![]()
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So glad I waited for the Takara version.
But now we wait to see if its exclusive or not.
Burn wrote:william-james88 wrote:steals_your_goats wrote:AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!! New vortex and blast off!!!!![]()
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So glad I waited for the Takara version.
But now we wait to see if its exclusive or not.
**** better not be. You made us jump through hoops for Defensor TT, don't make us jump for Bruticus.
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
Burn wrote:william-james88 wrote:steals_your_goats wrote:AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!! New vortex and blast off!!!!![]()
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So glad I waited for the Takara version.
But now we wait to see if its exclusive or not.
**** better not be. You made us jump through hoops for Defensor TT, don't make us jump for Bruticus.
Cobotron wrote:Hey! You seemed to have attracted a wild Megatronus. They're hard to find, but boy are they fun when you catch one!
Hellscream9999 wrote:Burn wrote:william-james88 wrote:steals_your_goats wrote:AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!! New vortex and blast off!!!!![]()
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So glad I waited for the Takara version.
But now we wait to see if its exclusive or not.
**** better not be. You made us jump through hoops for Defensor TT, don't make us jump for Bruticus.
It will most likely be exclusive, be very prepared for disappointment
william-james88 wrote:Also be weary of hope in this hobby. Hope is just undiscovered disappointment.
Agamemnon, barebacked rider of flying robo-dragon, and not often constipated either...My nephew wrote:Bacon is meat candy.
william-james88 wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Burn wrote:william-james88 wrote:steals_your_goats wrote:AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!! New vortex and blast off!!!!![]()
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So glad I waited for the Takara version.
But now we wait to see if its exclusive or not.
**** better not be. You made us jump through hoops for Defensor TT, don't make us jump for Bruticus.
It will most likely be exclusive, be very prepared for disappointment
GHAAARGH! We are at 50 50 now. UW 1-3 were wide releases but 4-6 were exclusive. There was no rhyme or reason to it. I hope it goes back to wide releases.
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
-Kanrabat- wrote:YEah, too many Transformers are in a serious need of a good rim job.
Blast Cannon wrote:This thread is brilliant. Duragrip you are a gloriously weird sexual deviant and I love it.
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