Cyberpath wrote:No problem. Let us know how it works out.OggytheAug wrote:Thanks a lot! Need to get the epoxy first thoughYes, I suppose. But I wouldn't go through the whole rigmarole just to spare the pins. If they continue to endure, great -- if they break then I'd open up his knee.fenrir72 wrote:So the damage was that once the 4 pins breaks, the knees just flops. To prevent this is to glue the gray circle part permanently to lessen the stress to the 4 pins right?
fenrir72 wrote:They really don't make plastics as sturdy as they used too alright. Thanks.
Bumblebee21 wrote:That's terrible
Can we create a general masterpiece thread to talk about all masterpieces that have been released and stuff like that so we don't have to search for old threads
Delta Magnus wrote:This is because you are a hamhanded idiot.
Emerje wrote:fenrir72 wrote:They really don't make plastics as sturdy as they used too alright. Thanks.
All of the broken G1 figures from fairly gentle play I owned as a kid soundly disagree. Some people just have bad luck and they become a vocal minority and some toys just have bad engineering. The plastic really isn't at fault for UM's knees breaking, it's a design flaw.
Emerje
steals_your_goats wrote:Bumblebee21 wrote:That's terrible
Can we create a general masterpiece thread to talk about all masterpieces that have been released and stuff like that so we don't have to search for old threads
I would like to second this request. As someone who has just gotten into masterpiece collecting it would be nice to be able to talk about the older molds.
Burn wrote:steals_your_goats wrote:Bumblebee21 wrote:That's terrible
Can we create a general masterpiece thread to talk about all masterpieces that have been released and stuff like that so we don't have to search for old threads
I would like to second this request. As someone who has just gotten into masterpiece collecting it would be nice to be able to talk about the older molds.
Cobes has brought this to my attention. Rather than derailing this topic, if you guys would like to be part of the discussion can you shoot an email to myself (burn@seibertron.com) and cobotron (cobotron@seibertron.com) please? My one question is what would be the benefit.
Burn wrote:Rather than derailing this topic, if you guys would like to be part of the discussion can you shoot an email to myself (burn@seibertron.com) and cobotron (cobotron@seibertron.com) please? My one question is what would be the benefit.
fenrir72 wrote:Emerje wrote:fenrir72 wrote:They really don't make plastics as sturdy as they used too alright. Thanks.
All of the broken G1 figures from fairly gentle play I owned as a kid soundly disagree. Some people just have bad luck and they become a vocal minority and some toys just have bad engineering. The plastic really isn't at fault for UM's knees breaking, it's a design flaw.
Emerje
Not a design flaw. I beg to differ. It maybe a choice of materials used in highly mobile parts. Those pegs should have been die-cast and not plastic. Plus the plastics today are no way as sturdy as those in yesteryears.
Emerje wrote:fenrir72 wrote:Emerje wrote:fenrir72 wrote:They really don't make plastics as sturdy as they used too alright. Thanks.
All of the broken G1 figures from fairly gentle play I owned as a kid soundly disagree. Some people just have bad luck and they become a vocal minority and some toys just have bad engineering. The plastic really isn't at fault for UM's knees breaking, it's a design flaw.
Emerje
Not a design flaw. I beg to differ. It maybe a choice of materials used in highly mobile parts. Those pegs should have been die-cast and not plastic. Plus the plastics today are no way as sturdy as those in yesteryears.
I don't know how old you are, but you're wrong. If you owned G1 figures in the '80s then there's a good chance that many of them broke pretty easily. Most of mine had something break on them within a year. My Shockwave's gun hand snapped off, Thundercracker's tail wing snapped off, Hot Rod's head and chest broke off, Grotusque's monster leg snapped at the knee, Cloudburst's wing broke in half for no reason, Scorponok's shoulder joint ratchet broke, and Doubledealer's bird head broke off just to name a few of mine. It's a total myth that the plastic is worse today than it used to be. I had to return a lot of figures back then because they broke right out of the package.
And the problem with UM is absolutely a design flaw, they made the tabs holding the ratchet in place too small to withstand the force of the spring, that's a design flaw.
Emerje
Emerje wrote:Then you were lucky if you didn't experience a lot of G1 breakages. I'm not wrong, the plastic is no worse now than it was then. The lack of moving parts gives the allusion that they're better built, but they were all prone to the same issues that today's figures are. Honestly, I have far more broken or damaged G1 figures than anything else in my collection.
Emerje
Leonardo wrote:Take your lips off my pipe!
Ironhidensh wrote:No, Emerje is correct. G2 figures broke a lot. Hell, for proof, just go on ebay and see how many non broken original g1 figs you can find.
For me, I did not have a single g1 figure survive in damages from childhood.
megatronus wrote:I'm sure the diecast in the body is strategically placed, but I'm always wary of it. Diecast in the feet is great - it helps ground the figure. But the diecast in the body has the potential to really put him off balance... hopefully those hip joints are hella tight.
william-james88 wrote:Did we ever figure out which parts of him are die cast.
Burn wrote:Let it be known, I murdered Amelie.
Accidentally.
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