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News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 10:53 pm

after aquiring this years botcon hunter/shockaract, it made me want to find the original. im pretty much always on the lookout of all things botcon, and ive noticed more than a couple of the '00 shockaracts having major chrome problems (cracking, flaking, falling off) which ive experienced before on other toys. even on MISB toys.

so i guess im asking, is the 2000 shocky known to have rampant issues? should i even trust buying an pricey MISB one? any info or insight would be appreciated.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Wed Aug 20, 2014 7:55 am

shajaki wrote:after aquiring this years botcon hunter/shockaract, it made me want to find the original. im pretty much always on the lookout of all things botcon, and ive noticed more than a couple of the '00 shockaracts having major chrome problems (cracking, flaking, falling off) which ive experienced before on other toys. even on MISB toys.

so i guess im asking, is the 2000 shocky known to have rampant issues? should i even trust buying an pricey MISB one? any info or insight would be appreciated.

That's a problem common to every single Transmetal and Beast Machines toy out there. Every. Single. One. That includes 2000 Shokaract and 2002 Cyclonus. Aside from that, Shokaract has no real issues.

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Wed Aug 20, 2014 9:02 am

i knew transmetals in general were somewhat problematic. but theres some that i fould to be exceptionally bad, like BM ultra jetstorm. my original fell apart, and i recently got a MISB one thats cracking and ready to fall apart. but the transmetals i had as a kid (which were heavily played with) are still fine. even with lots of scratches, the chrome isnt spider-cracking on them. i read somewhere thats the main cause, once theres a scratch that breaks the chrome "seal" it will most likely lead to spider-cracking and eventual flaking off.

and like i said , i was just wondering if the 2000 shockaract was particularly bad, cause i have seen enough cracked up loose ones on ebay to be wary. so i guess this is a call-out to any shocky owners out there. how are yours holding up?

News Credits: 650 · by **ScottyP** » Wed Aug 20, 2014 10:45 am

shajaki wrote:i knew transmetals in general were somewhat problematic. but theres some that i fould to be exceptionally bad, like BM ultra jetstorm. my original fell apart, and i recently got a MISB one thats cracking and ready to fall apart. but the transmetals i had as a kid (which were heavily played with) are still fine. even with lots of scratches, the chrome isnt spider-cracking on them. i read somewhere thats the main cause, once theres a scratch that breaks the chrome "seal" it will most likely lead to spider-cracking and eventual flaking off.

and like i said , i was just wondering if the 2000 shockaract was particularly bad, cause i have seen enough cracked up loose ones on ebay to be wary. so i guess this is a call-out to any shocky owners out there. how are yours holding up?

Mine is doing that marbling thing on the vac metal, but nothing's flaked yet. Worth noting that I don't handle my Transmetals much in general due to the vac metal issues of that era. Supposedly a clear coat will fix things, I just haven't gotten around to testing that theory.

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Mon Sep 01, 2014 1:59 pm

ScottyP wrote:Mine is doing that marbling thing on the vac metal, but nothing's flaked yet. Worth noting that I don't handle my Transmetals much in general due to the vac metal issues of that era. Supposedly a clear coat will fix things, I just haven't gotten around to testing that theory.

huh. would it be prudent to do that before theres even signs of problems? i wonder if that would prevent the damage all together. how do they actually look with a clear coat on? is it noticeable?