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I might have to do that with Mirage's hips, because the waist is closed by friggin' pins instead of screws. I swear, someone at Takara RN hates customizers.


Anyway, I recently found out about this on Twitter. Rung makes a decent substitute for the Omega Lock for transforming Cybertron Primus.
Which is hilariously appropriate.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:I might have to do that with Mirage's hips, because the waist is closed by friggin' pins instead of screws. I swear, someone at Takara RN hates customizers.


Anyway, I recently found out about this on Twitter. Rung makes a decent substitute for the Omega Long for transforming Cybertron Primus.
Which is hilariously appropriate.

Broken pic.

Sabrblade wrote:Broken pic.

Fix'd. Must have bumped "P" too hard when typing the first bracket for the closing tag.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:I might have to do that with Mirage's hips, because the waist is closed by friggin' pins instead of screws. I swear, someone at Takara RN hates customizers.


Anyway, I recently found out about this on Twitter. Rung makes a decent substitute for the Omega Long for transforming Cybertron Primus.
Which is hilariously appropriate.

I really hope it was intentional (it probably wasn't was it)

Crossposting this here since it's more about a SIEGE figure and the Legacy thread has a lot going on.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:So. Legacy Soundwave is my first time having the SIEGE Soundwave mold. It's a neat design, but I'm definitely noting some issues. One is that they didn't properly check clearance between the + end of Soundwave's shoulder cannon, and the engines. It's not as bad as Kingdom Rodimus' trailer rifle storage (where, in my experience, you have to leave the rifle partly unfolded to close the trailer without the tip snagging) but it's definitely noticeable.
More annoying is the leg panels used for the altmode. Their clearance and/or alignment is also off. They refuse to actually fold down and tab in for robot mode, they spring back out just shy of the slots and don't sit flat against the legs. They also force a bit of a droop in altmode.
Is this an issue on anyone else's copy, and was it present on the SIEGE release?

I picked up Siege Snapdragon a couple of weeks back, so naturally I had to get Apeface as well, and he arrived yesterday.

One thing I noticed on Apeface is the white plastic seems to be of a lesser quality than that of Snapdragon's white plastic, it actually reminded me of 3D printed white plastic.

Is there a noticeable difference in plastic between the two figures?

Burn wrote:I picked up Siege Snapdragon a couple of weeks back, so naturally I had to get Apeface as well, and he arrived yesterday.

One thing I noticed on Apeface is the white plastic seems to be of a lesser quality than that of Snapdragon's white plastic, it actually reminded me of 3D printed white plastic.

Is there a noticeable difference in plastic between the two figures?

Dunno about what's Snappy's plastics are, but I do know that the off-putting white plastics on Apeface is nylon. You may already know about it but be careful with his tailwings-shield. Better sand down the peg so that it can slide in and out of peg holes with minimum efforts.

Burn wrote:One thing I noticed on Apeface is the white plastic seems to be of a lesser quality than that of Snapdragon's white plastic, it actually reminded me of 3D printed white plastic.

It's actually not lesser at all. It feels similar to 3D printed because it's a nylon plastic, but it's quite the opposite of low-quality. Apeface uses some tiny tabs, particularly in beast mode, that would be quite breakage-prone if they were made out of the usual ABS plastic.

The thing you really have to watch out of is as Kanrabat said the shield. It's hard clear plastic, and the long peg (necessary to let him elbow-mount it a la G1) tends to get jammed in tight when the shield is pushed all the way down for vehicle mode.
I like to disconnect the shield by jacking it up from beneath with the wings,so that I don't have to wiggle the peg much.

Cheers guys.

It had me raise my eyebrow a bit when I first got him out of the delivery box as I have a work colleague with a 3D printed folding knife (he did it himself) and the plastic was similar to that. I just wanted to make sure it was normal and it wasn't some KO (which I know, may be a bit too soon but you never know these days)

So, I went ahead and ordered the Reprolabels for my Nemesis Prime. Quite expensive because there's a lot to cover.

I also went ahead and modded those big-ass smokestacks-guns that barely made any sense for that set. I first drilled a hole into those peg holes using a 3/16 bit. That's the perfect size to plug in those 5mm pegs.




Then, I chopped off the extra pegs on both smokestack-guns. One on the right, the other on the left for symmetry. Then I painted them.



Now, they can finally plug in on the sides of the trailer, à la PM Prime. The truck can't turn much with those, but it still look cool.





A long while ago, I ordered some 3D printed filler parts for the ER Optimus trailer. They couldn't fit because the Siege truck is much longer. So I had to mod them.



With the Repros applied, that truck is just perfect.



I went for a visit for a day at my mom's and we made it a family activity to apply the Reprolabels. I did the bot and the trailer, and my mom did the minions and the sword. This makes them extra special for me.



For that bland trailer, the Repros are not a luxury.



Still, Nemesis missed a "Roller". And I found the perfect one at a Dollar Store. A Matchbox mini-truck. The energon cubes fit perfectly! Add some stickers and voilà!





Now my Nemesis is truly COMPLETE!









ER Optimus is his perfect rival!



I'm very pleased with the overall results.

As well you should be! That turned out great!

Now if only the trailer wasn't sized for the Classics Deluxe

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:As well you should be! That turned out great!

Now if only the trailer wasn't sized for the Classics Deluxe

Thanks and yeah, that trailer is very, very smol. And empty. And overpriced by itself.
But eh, it's fun to customise at least.

I got a surprise email yesterday night about an order that has shipped and I'm like the only thing I've got on PO with EE is Siege Jetfire reissue set for May! So while a neat early and cool surprise, it also means unlocated budgetary expense for sooner then expected. lol

Still, it's far better then the ebay prices on it!

Till-all-R1 wrote:I got a surprise email yesterday night about an order that has shipped and I'm like the only thing I've got on PO with EE is Siege Jetfire reissue set for May! So while a neat early and cool surprise, it also means unlocated budgetary expense for sooner then expected. lol

Still, it's far better then the ebay prices on it!

Also in stock at BBTS for anyone who still needs it

Throwing this out there, Pulse got a surprise restock of Siege Prime, if anyone still wanted him.

I finally opened Jetfire today to display with the rest and, WOW, I was really taken aback by his size. I knew it was a fairly sizable Bot clocking in at around 12" tall but until you actually see it standing next to the other Autobots you really don't get a sense of scale. I mean I'm flabbergasted that he's considered a Commander Class and sells for under $100 when he truly feels closer to Titan size, especially when your previous experience with Commander Class has only been Rodimus that barely stands 2" higher than Hot Rod.

It really drives it home that either one was very overly priced or under priced, and for me anyway, it was Rodimus that was over priced and I'm glad that I only paid $60 for him.

After this revelation maybe it's a good thing I was never able to get Omega Supreme as I don't know if I have a place to even display him!

Till-all-R1 wrote:I finally opened Jetfire today to display with the rest and, WOW, I was really taken aback by his size. I knew it was a fairly sizable Bot clocking in at around 12" tall but until you actually see it standing next to the other Autobots you really don't get a sense of scale. I mean I'm flabbergasted that he's considered a Commander Class and sells for under $100 when he truly feels closer to Titan size, especially when your previous experience with Commander Class has only been Rodimus that barely stands 2" higher than Hot Rod.

It really drives it home that either one was very overly priced or under priced, and for me anyway, it was Rodimus that was over priced and I'm glad that I only paid $60 for him.

After this revelation maybe it's a good thing I was never able to get Omega Supreme as I don't know if I have a place to even display him!

Do you have Sky Lynx? He's another commander that takes up a bit of real estate wherever you decide to put him (in pretty much every direction) and I suspect Armada Prime is will be similar to Jetfire and Menasor, though he's quite a bit shorter, maybe 10". Ultra Magnus will probably the same height, Rodimus is definitely the odd one out at this class.

Emerje

That's because Rodimus is all rear end in vehicle mode at least.

So far, I rank the commander releases as follows, considering all aspects:

1. Sky Lynx
2. SG Jetfire
3. Motormaster
4. Siege Jetfire
5. Rodimus Prime

Once he's out, I suspect Armada Prime will take the #1 spot, and SS86 Magnus will take it from him, if indeed we're getting one.

I sold my Jetfire a couple weeks ago, he's good, but I decided to keep my T30 one as my Jetfire, and I have the mold as SG Jetfire, so I am good with that.

In terms of Commanders, I rank the ones so far as:

1) Rodimus Prime
2) Sky Lynx
3) SG Jetfire
4) Motormaster
5) Jetfire

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I sold my Jetfire a couple weeks ago, he's good, but I decided to keep my T30 one as my Jetfire, and I have the mold as SG Jetfire, so I am good with that.

Ditto. Except I sold mine a couple years ago...

In terms of Commanders, I rank the ones so far as:

1) Rodimus Prime
2) Sky Lynx
3) SG Jetfire
4) Motormaster
5) Jetfire

I would have both Rodimus and Motormaster at the top of my list if we're only considering the robots themselves. But ranking them as a whole, for me the trailers bring the ranking down, especially for Rodimus. Motormaster's trailer at least has a better function. Even though im kinda souring on my Menasor as well. Otherwise the robot components are top-notch for both of them.

For me, Commander Jetfire is so good and so perfect that I feel no need to get the MP nor any "MP-ish" 3P ones.

Rodimus Prime wrote:That's because Rodimus is all rear end in vehicle mode at least.

So far, I rank the commander releases as follows, considering all aspects:

1. Sky Lynx
2. SG Jetfire
3. Motormaster
4. Siege Jetfire
5. Rodimus Prime

Once he's out, I suspect Armada Prime will take the #1 spot, and SS86 Magnus will take it from him, if indeed we're getting one.

Yikes. I have Rodimus Prime at 1! I also think overall, he;s the best WFC figure, period!

5.SG Jetfire (not that he;s bad, just that he;s a repaint)
4. Sky Lynx
3. Motormaster
2, Jetfire
1. Rodimus Prime (i own TWO)

Honestly, they're all great and picking the places was kind of hard - EXCEPT for Rodimus. Is it his size that has him that low for you?

sol magnus wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:That's because Rodimus is all rear end in vehicle mode at least.

So far, I rank the commander releases as follows, considering all aspects:

1. Sky Lynx
2. SG Jetfire
3. Motormaster
4. Siege Jetfire
5. Rodimus Prime

Once he's out, I suspect Armada Prime will take the #1 spot, and SS86 Magnus will take it from him, if indeed we're getting one.

Yikes. I have Rodimus Prime at 1! I also think overall, he;s the best WFC figure, period!

5.SG Jetfire (not that he;s bad, just that he;s a repaint)
4. Sky Lynx
3. Motormaster
2, Jetfire
1. Rodimus Prime (i own TWO)

Honestly, they're all great and picking the places was kind of hard - EXCEPT for Rodimus. Is it his size that has him that low for you?

It's the trailer. To me it's dead weight. I understand the purpose for it, it's an update/homage to the G1 figure and the trailer make it accurate. But function-wise, to me the trailer is practically useless, unless I'm displaying him in vehicle mode. The robot mode is top-notch, like I said, but my ranking is for the overall figure, and it's just not that much fun to deal with the plastic brick.

On 2nd thought, Roddy and Jetfire could probably trade places

And I ranked SG Jetfire higher than Siege due to the paintjob being better.

For me both Rodimus and Motormaster chould have been Leaders, and I'm glad that I paid Leader class price for them. Now I get that at least Motormaster needs the trailer to create Menasaur, thus you couldn't technically have a "Voyager" release of him. And to an extent same for Rodimus because of the alt mode and you don't tend to see him without the trailer. But personally I'd have been fine just buying him for the bot only to display as I don't plan on interacting with the battle platform.
Another "space issue" here. But for Motormaster I may actually build Menasaur once I "collect them all". I just feel Commander Class was a bit much for these two, personally. Especially compared to a behemoth like Jetfire, I just don't see where the "extra" resources were put into Rodimus when Leader Prime and magnus both came with trailers.

As a kid sure, I would have played with them for hours and enjoyed utilizing said trailer but now all I do is display them in Bot mode and the trailer is stored away if not sold off.

I would definitely place Jetfire at the top for Commander releases, with SG version a second because of the coolness factor of that deco! And he'll probably stay there for a very long time if all they do are Rodimus Prime types of releases, basically a Voyager bot with extras. I mean Technically Springer should have been a Leader being that he's a triple changer and stands almost as tall as OP.

Emerje wrote:Do you have Sky Lynx? He's another commander that takes up a bit of real estate wherever you decide to put him (in pretty much every direction) and I suspect Armada Prime is will be similar to Jetfire and Menasor, though he's quite a bit shorter, maybe 10". Ultra Magnus will probably the same height, Rodimus is definitely the odd one out at this class.

Emerje

No, I did have him as a kid and thought it was neat back then all being electronic walking. lol
But I outgrew that aspect and the character overall just isn't really my thing as I tend to stick with non creature type bots. I honestly don't even remember why I got him as a kid considering he was one of the more expensive bots and finances being tight for my parents, maybe form the grandparents who didn't really know much about them.

sol magnus wrote:I have Rodimus Prime at 1! I also think overall, he;s the best WFC figure, period!

My man! He truly is the best!