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Worst purchase was Hasbro Masterpiece Rodimus. I bought it aftermarket at double the price in the summer of 2014. He was my first Mp since Mp 1. I had him for nearly a week when I decided to take him out of the box.
As I carefully removed him, his left arm stayed behind in the blister pack.
My heart sank! After trying all kinds of fixes, I finally got a replacement shoulder. To this day, his arm is limp and not fully assembled due to not being able to successfully push the pin all the way through.
Seibertron wrote:Slingshot is everyone's favorite gold-plastic Transformer. The figure is a ticking time bomb before it literally crumbles in your hand. I somehow managed to take an entire photogallery of him with only one non-essential piece cracking. Fortunately, his arms, legs, wings and head stayed intact for the purpose of this gallery. I carefully wrapped him in bubble wrap after this and placed him in a small Ziploc tub intended for food in the fridge. Hopefully that'll keep him in decent shape until needed again but I wouldn't bet any Energon on it!
Autobot N wrote:You forgot EVERY CONSTRUCT-BOT EVER.
william-james88 wrote:Autobot N wrote:You forgot EVERY CONSTRUCT-BOT EVER.
They break? I have several and they are all fine. Please provide pictures
Most all of the breakage occurred years ago, so I've thrown away most of them (I could only find two), and I'm unable to take a picture at the moment. The most sever breakage has come from Soundwave (the hinge that connects the chest to the body), Bumblebee (shoulder and upper leg), Starscream (hinge that connects the backpack to the body), and Thundercracker (backpack hinge). Of course, that's not including all of the ball-joint hinges (the ones that connect the hands and feet to the arms and legs) from pretty much everyone. All of these occurred while I was carefully fiddling around with them (except for Soundwave, but I don't remember exactly how his happened).william-james88 wrote:Autobot N wrote:You forgot EVERY CONSTRUCT-BOT EVER.
They break? I have several and they are all fine. Please provide pictures
Kurona wrote:Is the problem with Wreck-Gar universal across all versions of the mold? Is, for instance, the Platinum Planet of Junk Wreck-Gar and Scrapheap okay; or is it not just the original use of the mold it's restricted to?
MCutter wrote:Kurona wrote:Is the problem with Wreck-Gar universal across all versions of the mold? Is, for instance, the Platinum Planet of Junk Wreck-Gar and Scrapheap okay; or is it not just the original use of the mold it's restricted to?
All of them. The problem comes from part of the automoprh gimmick. Since the handlebars only move on their own when going from bike to 'bot, you would need 3-4 hands to transform it back to bike without stressing their little plastic connection points.
There is an easy workaround to help prevent the breakage though. In the 'broken' photo in this article you can see a round bump on the inside part of the handle. If you shave those off you will remove the handles from the automorph and massively cut down on the plastic stress. I did this to my Junkions after seeing the stress on first Wreck-Gar, and they've all survived so far.
The other breakage point on this mold tends to be the hands. Since the weapon can/has to be inserted toward the palm, it makes the hand flex outward and the plastic where the fingers meet the palm gets stressed over time. Apart from only inserting weapons from the top of the hand, I don't know an easy fix for this one.
Autobot N wrote:Most all of the breakage occurred years ago, so I've thrown away most of them (I could only find two), and I'm unable to take a picture at the moment. The most sever breakage has come from Soundwave (the hinge that connects the chest to the body), Bumblebee (shoulder and upper leg), Starscream (hinge that connects the backpack to the body), and Thundercracker (backpack hinge). Of course, that's not including all of the ball-joint hinges (the ones that connect the hands and feet to the arms and legs) from pretty much everyone. All of these occurred while I was carefully fiddling around with them (except for Soundwave, but I don't remember exactly how his happened).william-james88 wrote:Autobot N wrote:You forgot EVERY CONSTRUCT-BOT EVER.
They break? I have several and they are all fine. Please provide pictures
-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.
Good call! I totally forgot about that one.SG Roadbuster wrote:i'm legit surprised that Black Zarak wasn't on this list due to his GPS and sheer cost.
shajaki wrote:Awesome list Will as always. And pretty unique subject matter, its a problem we've all suffered from but I'd never have thought of making it into a list!
I'd have put MP09 at #1 though, and had this fella in the list.
LOST Cybertronian wrote:I would think that mp Megatron should get an honorable mention. Definitely made me cry at least. Not sure it's fair to include a couple of figures that suffer from GPS when there are many more figures that suffer also.
shajaki wrote:Good call! I totally forgot about that one.SG Roadbuster wrote:i'm legit surprised that Black Zarak wasn't on this list due to his GPS and sheer cost.
Hey Will, do you think it's worth mentioning the Takara's Beast Wars Metals Megatron doesn't suffer from the same problems?
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