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Here's a few shots. Changed from the Repro Hololabel sigil to one off of Chronicles Megatrons' sticker sheet!!

itscramtastic wrote:Here's a few shots. Changed from the Repro Hololabel sigil to one off of Chronicles Megatrons' sticker sheet!!

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Love this shot! Glad you swapped out the Hololabel, looks much better.

leakin' lubricant wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:Here's a few shots. Changed from the Repro Hololabel sigil to one off of Chronicles Megatrons' sticker sheet!!

Love this shot! Glad you swapped out the Hololabel, looks much better.

A friend of mine said he'd leave him in that pose all the time LOL

itscramtastic wrote:

leakin' lubricant wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:Here's a few shots. Changed from the Repro Hololabel sigil to one off of Chronicles Megatrons' sticker sheet!!

Love this shot! Glad you swapped out the Hololabel, looks much better.

A friend of mine said he'd leave him in that pose all the time LOL

He's not wrong, I'm going to from now on.

leakin' lubricant wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:

leakin' lubricant wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:Here's a few shots. Changed from the Repro Hololabel sigil to one off of Chronicles Megatrons' sticker sheet!!

Love this shot! Glad you swapped out the Hololabel, looks much better.

A friend of mine said he'd leave him in that pose all the time LOL

He's not wrong, I'm going to from now on.

I'll re-shoot when I get the new leg panel

Got around to painting the eyes a slightly brighter red.

image by Danny Campbell, on Flickr

It makes a huge difference, adds a little more life to him I feel.

Nice! everyone is sigiling him up... I am waiting for the reprolabels set to come out the make a decision on just badges or whatever they come up with.

Also not sure if I am gonna remove the orange plugs mine are pratically welded on...and I don't want to damage him. Where is that darned tutorial?

Speaking of Reprolabels/Toyhax, how long does it usually take for them to arrive from the moment they send the "shipped" notice? I ordered a bunch with the default $3 shipping, and not in the US, BTW.

leakin' lubricant wrote:Got around to painting the eyes a slightly brighter red.

image by Danny Campbell, on Flickr

It makes a huge difference, adds a little more life to him I feel.

Very nice sir! I've heard of some people painting his face a lighter gray, I don't think I've seen any images though. That with your brighter red eyes may be something I'll try. Maybe. Probably not LOL

donny1975 wrote:Nice! everyone is sigiling him up... I am waiting for the reprolabels set to come out the make a decision on just badges or whatever they come up with.

Also not sure if I am gonna remove the orange plugs mine are pratically welded on...and I don't want to damage him. Where is that darned tutorial?

Donny I used a Craftsman screwdriver (the ones you can place the bits in) to pop out the one from the metal barrel and used the same one for the silencer piece. The trick on the silencer is pressing on the exposed orange plug sections in between the silencer sections before attempting removal. You'll press and hear creaking/crackling from the glue breaking away and then a quick pop of the driver will release the plug.

itscramtastic wrote:

leakin' lubricant wrote:Got around to painting the eyes a slightly brighter red.

image by Danny Campbell, on Flickr

It makes a huge difference, adds a little more life to him I feel.

Very nice sir! I've heard of some people painting his face a lighter gray, I don't think I've seen any images though. That with your brighter red eyes may be something I'll try. Maybe. Probably not LOL

I'm happy with the face as is, the eyes are super easy to paint, if you open up the head the eye and brow sections can be taken apart, so you don't have to worry about getting any stray paint on the black piece.I'll be doing the same with MP-10 when he arrives.

guarayakha wrote:Speaking of Reprolabels/Toyhax, how long does it usually take for them to arrive from the moment they send the "shipped" notice? I ordered a bunch with the default $3 shipping, and not in the US, BTW.

I'm in the U.S., and I think from ordering to arrival (with the $3 shipping) was 10 days (including weekends). The "From" address was upstate New York, not sure if that helps you any!

guarayakha wrote:Speaking of Reprolabels/Toyhax, how long does it usually take for them to arrive from the moment they send the "shipped" notice? I ordered a bunch with the default $3 shipping, and not in the US, BTW.

Because it is goi g snail mail it can take a while and of course it still has to be sorted through customs and if you not in the US itncould take upwards of 3 weeks or so...then factor in how busy the post system is at any given point too...

First time I ordered from them it took 3 weeks and I am in the northeast US but it was also around the christmas holiday so...

Be patient if anything happens (or doesn't) they have great customer service and will dispatch another set to you if need be, free of charge after you contact them.

itscramtastic wrote:

donny1975 wrote:Nice! everyone is sigiling him up... I am waiting for the reprolabels set to come out the make a decision on just badges or whatever they come up with.

Also not sure if I am gonna remove the orange plugs mine are pratically welded on...and I don't want to damage him. Where is that darned tutorial?

Donny I used a Craftsman screwdriver (the ones you can place the bits in) to pop out the one from the metal barrel and used the same one for the silencer piece. The trick on the silencer is pressing on the exposed orange plug sections in between the silencer sections before attempting removal. You'll press and hear creaking/crackling from the glue breaking away and then a quick pop of the driver will release the plug.

Thanks! Yeah I watched T2RX6'S quick vid on it and he did something similar...probably give it a try this week. My eye is on Warbotron for now my replacement parts should be here tomorrow so got to get that out of my system first!

donny1975 wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:

donny1975 wrote:Nice! everyone is sigiling him up... I am waiting for the reprolabels set to come out the make a decision on just badges or whatever they come up with.

Also not sure if I am gonna remove the orange plugs mine are pratically welded on...and I don't want to damage him. Where is that darned tutorial?

Donny I used a Craftsman screwdriver (the ones you can place the bits in) to pop out the one from the metal barrel and used the same one for the silencer piece. The trick on the silencer is pressing on the exposed orange plug sections in between the silencer sections before attempting removal. You'll press and hear creaking/crackling from the glue breaking away and then a quick pop of the driver will release the plug.

Thanks! Yeah I watched T2RX6'S quick vid on it and he did something similar...probably give it a try this week. My eye is on Warbotron for now my replacement parts should be here tomorrow so got to get that out of my system first!

Here's the driver I used, using a flat end to help push the exposed plastic away from the interior of the silencer. Remove the bit from the end and it fits very nicely in both the actual barrel (on Apollyon's back) and you can use one of the socket bits to create more surface area to pop the plug out of the silencer.

donny1975 wrote:

guarayakha wrote:Speaking of Reprolabels/Toyhax, how long does it usually take for them to arrive from the moment they send the "shipped" notice? I ordered a bunch with the default $3 shipping, and not in the US, BTW.

Because it is goi g snail mail it can take a while and of course it still has to be sorted through customs and if you not in the US itncould take upwards of 3 weeks or so...then factor in how busy the post system is at any given point too...

First time I ordered from them it took 3 weeks and I am in the northeast US but it was also around the christmas holiday so...

Be patient if anything happens (or doesn't) they have great customer service and will dispatch another set to you if need be, free of charge after you contact them.

Good to know, thanks!

Decepticons attack!

image by Danny Campbell, on Flickr

Megatron in a spot of bother!

image by Danny Campbell, on Flickr

image by Danny Campbell, on Flickr

image by Danny Campbell, on Flickr

image by Danny Campbell, on Flickr

image by Danny Campbell, on Flickr

image by Danny Campbell, on Flickr

image by Danny Campbell, on Flickr

image by Danny Campbell, on Flickr

image by Danny Campbell, on Flickr

Still awesome

Indeed, awesome! Except for this one, which I may have taken out of context on purpose...

leakin' lubricant wrote:image by Danny Campbell, on Flickr

(Okay, this just might be because of being up at 4AM and getting through a 16 hour day which included 7 hours of driving...)

Agamemnon wrote:Indeed, awesome! Except for this one, which I may have taken out of context on purpose...

leakin' lubricant wrote:image by Danny Campbell, on Flickr

(Okay, this just might be because of being up at 4AM and getting through a 16 hour day which included 7 hours of driving...)

I'm saying nothin'!

leakin' lubricant wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:Indeed, awesome! Except for this one, which I may have taken out of context on purpose...

leakin' lubricant wrote:image by Danny Campbell, on Flickr

(Okay, this just might be because of being up at 4AM and getting through a 16 hour day which included 7 hours of driving...)

I'm saying nothin'!

Great images but despite Megs being bad@ss and all, iirc it was old Grimlock who cleaned his clock in the show.

Btw, what was Grimlock doing on the back side anyway?

fenrir72 wrote:

leakin' lubricant wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:Indeed, awesome! Except for this one, which I may have taken out of context on purpose...

leakin' lubricant wrote:image by Danny Campbell, on Flickr

(Okay, this just might be because of being up at 4AM and getting through a 16 hour day which included 7 hours of driving...)

I'm saying nothin'!

Great images but despite Megs being bad@ss and all, iirc it was old Grimlock who cleaned his clock in the show.

Btw, what was Grimlock doing on the back side anyway?

"ME GRIMLOCK, KING!" <--totally has a different vibe to it now!

fenrir72 wrote:

leakin' lubricant wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:Indeed, awesome! Except for this one, which I may have taken out of context on purpose...

leakin' lubricant wrote:image by Danny Campbell, on Flickr

(Okay, this just might be because of being up at 4AM and getting through a 16 hour day which included 7 hours of driving...)

I'm saying nothin'!

Great images but despite Megs being bad@ss and all, iirc it was old Grimlock who cleaned his clock in the show.

Btw, what was Grimlock doing on the back side anyway?

The scene is loosely based on the Ancient Relics UK Marvel issue where Megatron owns Grimlock.

leakin' lubricant wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

leakin' lubricant wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:Indeed, awesome! Except for this one, which I may have taken out of context on purpose...

leakin' lubricant wrote:image by Danny Campbell, on Flickr

(Okay, this just might be because of being up at 4AM and getting through a 16 hour day which included 7 hours of driving...)

I'm saying nothin'!

Great images but despite Megs being bad@ss and all, iirc it was old Grimlock who cleaned his clock in the show.

Btw, what was Grimlock doing on the back side anyway?

The scene is loosely based on the Ancient Relics UK Marvel issue where Megatron owns Grimlock.

Oh my! No! Means NO Grimlock!

Surprised no ones done this yet.

image by Danny Campbell, on Flickr