Ah man, the stickers are so tough on this guy. The ones that stand out to me as 'basically impossible' are the long funnily-angled ones just below the circles on his hips; the other long funnily-angled ones next to his faux-'eyes' in ship mode; the tiny and really sunken-in ones on his elbows; and (urgh) the eye stickers. I won't deny I had a bit of fun the first time round, but when I was undergoing the whole chore for the second time, the only satisfaction came from learning from my mistakes and doing it objectively better. My new Tryp still doesn't have his eye stickers in 'cause I think he looks fine with clear orange eyes, and I am not putting myself through the ordeal of those particular stickers again.MadProject wrote:I also had an hard time placing all the stickers.
Some of them were really hard to place, due the fact they're in place difficult to reach, and I had to use a couple of tools to place them all.
More in specific, a couple of stickers of the side of the ship and the inside of the belly were really troublesome to place.
The frail nature of the sticker sheet didn't help too.
P.S. I also noticed that one of the stickers has the writing D-63, an homage to the g1 toy!
Despite all my moaning, I totally agree with this in the end too. I've said it before and I will again: even with his issues he's definitely the best cityformer mold of the two base molds we have, and while I don't have Metroplex to compare, I can't see any way that he could be more fun than this big lump of dino. Every mode is great, Full Tilt is great, the potentially self-destructive hips are not great but the fact that it's possible to fix them in multiple easy ways is great... I could go on. Bottom line, as long as you're careful and take good care of him, Trypticon will be your best friend forever and you will love him very much. Just like a real pet dinosaur, but considerably less expensive (and dangerous (and impossible)).MadProject wrote:But in the end I'm really happy for this purchase, and once fixed the ratchet joint issue (also it's kinda an easy fix, you just need to get a new pair of springs) it's really enjoyable.
Have fune with this new Decepticon monster!
ultraimpossibleman wrote:Grand innacurration and heavy mistakes !
Diem wrote:This is exactly the kind of nonsense I'm here for.
DeathReviews wrote:Overcracker wrote:william-james88 wrote:Overcracker wrote:
True, but really, I'd rather see more of the figure than a super bright white spotless background.
You would enjoy Death's reviews then.
I'll check them out. Thanks.
Thanks, moderator-dude.
And welcome to the growing armies - of Death!
Sadly, BBTS has not yet sent me my Trypticon. Once I get him, I'll review him like only I can.... with Death!
RiddlerJ wrote:Instead of putting cardboard in the hips, could one wrap the ends of the cut springs in electrical tape so they don't scratch up the plastic?
nycPrime wrote:So emgo and optibotimus both mention the problematic hips. I'm guessing this is a confirmed widespread issue. What are the chances of this getting an official fix from Hasbro down the line? I really don't want to spend over $100 for a toy that requires surgery.
It just so happens that I did pop into a GameStop two days ago, but the only TF figures they had there were TLK Deluxe Bumblebee (the AOE redeco) and Deluxe Barricade.Caelus wrote:Has anyone checked a Gamestop? Longshot, I know, but the closest Thinkgeek store to me is over 2.5hrs away.
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.'
ScottyP wrote:It is a genuinely beautiful toy with great sculpting, and although the entire design suffers a bit of "G1 toy but bigger and with more detail and movement" syndrome (most of you like that, so whatever) it is a lot of fun.
Metroplex is a good example at the same size class. Very G1 inspired without being a more detailed clone of the original.william-james88 wrote:ScottyP wrote:It is a genuinely beautiful toy with great sculpting, and although the entire design suffers a bit of "G1 toy but bigger and with more detail and movement" syndrome (most of you like that, so whatever) it is a lot of fun.
THANKS! That was a great post and I will be waiting until a second release of the toy (or at least a restock).
What I quoted was my favourite part though and when you do have some time, please get back to me on where you stand on this more precisely (like what you dislike about that syndrom and what you wish they did instead).
nexodusrex wrote:Tryps arrived today, and MAN is that joint tight.
Fearing he'll break, I disassembled his joint and pulled out a spring to use in finding a replacement.
After a few nogoes, I found the perfect replacement spring at Menards(Save big money at Menards). I've included photos of what I ended up doing.
The Spring I used was weaker but much longer so you only need to buy 1 but I got 2. Its also thinner, as you can see in the picture above(Which includes the original, an altered spring, and the spring in package)
Because its thinner, it wont fit into the plastic piece unless you stretch out the end using pliers (Which works) but it will fit onto the blue/green + that is breaking our hearts.
I cut the spring into 3 pieces, stretching both ends to fit into the 2 plastic pieces. The size was 3/4 shorter than the original. the middle piece is garbage or a fun keyring memory if you are savvy enough.
I added a Cardboard layer like Qwan suggests because seriously, who wants to scratch up the insides of their 150+ dollar tryps? I did not need to knife the blue/green + because the size of the spring+cardboard kept it the same size of spring but with less strength.
What I got was a Trypticon who is very sturdy. His hip joints are almost as loose as my Fortress Maximus, with just enough strength to keep his lard ass off the ground and hold. I also didnt destroy his old springs and avoided scratching his insides, keeping him as mint as any figure fresh out of the box.
It was a successful hip replacement surgery, and now I can sit back and drink my martini while I enjoy my wallet eating dinosaur
Cr33per wrote:Probably a stupid question but here goes. Is there a chance that Takara might use a stronger plastic in their production of Trypticon?
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Doubtful. They'll give new heads, retool limbs, add paint apps and accessories, all cosmetic improvements. Changing the quality of plastic is a whole other bag and is very expensive.
Cr33per wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:Doubtful. They'll give new heads, retool limbs, add paint apps and accessories, all cosmetic improvements. Changing the quality of plastic is a whole other bag and is very expensive.
Thats what I figured but thought it was worth asking.
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Cr33per wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:Doubtful. They'll give new heads, retool limbs, add paint apps and accessories, all cosmetic improvements. Changing the quality of plastic is a whole other bag and is very expensive.
Thats what I figured but thought it was worth asking.
I wish someone would do something but that looks more and more like a pipe dream.
Cr33per wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:Cr33per wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:Doubtful. They'll give new heads, retool limbs, add paint apps and accessories, all cosmetic improvements. Changing the quality of plastic is a whole other bag and is very expensive.
Thats what I figured but thought it was worth asking.
I wish someone would do something but that looks more and more like a pipe dream.
I'm just trying to decide if I should cancel my preorder for the Legends Trypticon and buy the Hasbro one or not,
I put these measurements up a while back, but if someone else wants to double-check the dimensions on their own copy that'd be great! (These measurements are for the cut spring - i.e. half-height and half as many coils. I'd encourage getting a slightly larger height than I've put down here, so that the ratchets are just a little bit sturdier; maybe about 20mm-ish?)RAR wrote:Anyone get the dimensions of the springs so I can get some springs from Hong Kong for pennies on Ebay ?
Honestly, I don't think his ship mode is too sparse on detail. There are all the details on the 'platforms' on the sides of the ship, all the little reactor details, the honestly insane number of stickers on the front section... I'll totally agree with you on the city mode needing more sticker detail (could they really not have put a bunch of the stickers on spaceship mode so that they didn't disappear for city mode? ), but I think ship mode is honestly pretty fine overall.RAR wrote:One thing that is a trifle strange about Trypticon is how plain he looks in "spaceship" mode & base mode. the stickers that are visible are all so small and there is large areas with no paint or detail.
I wish they'd tampographed or painted some detail on him - or at least provided more obvious places to apply your own paint.
Example would be the long ramp arrow on the original.
As much of his body is clear green plastic - and I'd not want to cover that up I'd say perhaps some additional detail sticker that he might need could do with being clear back ones.
ultraimpossibleman wrote:Grand innacurration and heavy mistakes !
Diem wrote:This is exactly the kind of nonsense I'm here for.
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