In-Hand Image - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW07 Bruticus

Delta Magnus wrote:That's interesting. The visible pin on Brawl's turret where it connects to the hinge-arm assembly is gone. Perhaps it really can spin after all.

Anyway, this looks great. The feet are far, far too small, but that's fine- I'll be buying some new feet for him anyway. If I can't find the Bruticus specific feet for a sensible price I'll cook some feet up on Shapeways. Speaking of which, I had an idea for making combiner feet do stuff outside of being feet without compromising the individual robots. Simply put, the foot itself would just be a foot (maybe with a toe joint?) with a ball-jointed 5mm peg ankle... however, each foot would come with a detachable 5mm-ported gun of some description that could plug onto the balljointed ankle peg, turning the foot into a gun emplacement.

I was thinking every combiner would have unique foot sculpts- so Superion would have what look like jet thrusters on his heels, Bruticus' feet would have treads on them, also allowing them to function as mini-tanks in gun emplacement mode, Menasor would have "rollerskate" feet, and Defensor's feet would be sculpted to look like they had pipes and water tanks on them, as if they were water cannons in turret mode.

Delta Magnus wrote:
I was thinking every combiner would have unique foot sculpts- so Superion would have what look like jet thrusters on his heels, Bruticus' feet would have treads on them, also allowing them to function as mini-tanks in gun emplacement mode, Menasor would have "rollerskate" feet, and Defensor's feet would be sculpted to look like they had pipes and water tanks on them, as if they were water cannons in turret mode.

Stuartmaximus wrote:boy i hope they do a Ruination

Carnivius_Prime wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:
Oh I was talking about my plans for Shapeways upgrade kits actually. But yes, I probably do.

Ah yes, I re-read it and see what you mean now (the new paragraph threw me a bit). I think I need to check out what Shapeways things there are. It's 3D printed stuff ain't it? Fans making new parts and accessories where official figures are lacking?

Delta Magnus wrote:More or less, yeah. There's loads of things people have made, including weapons, heads, and even a few full figures. I should warn you though; the cheapest material (White Strong Flexible) is fairly low-detail and can wear out with friction. WSF Polished is better in that regard, but you do lose a little bit of detail from the polishing process, and any joints may need thickening with super glue or floor polish. Frosted Ultra Detail and Frosted Extreme Detail have MUCH better detail on them (like, nearly injection molding-level detail) and are semi-translucent, but are also very, very fragile- it's some kind of resin and is fairly brittle, so I'd recommend only using it for heads or pieces that aren't load-bearing.

Our very own GlauG is an expert on 3D printing and Shapeways, so he's a better person to ask.

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Why does Takara keep mistransforming Swindle?

ZeroWolf wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:boy i hope they do a Ruination

Give them time...

frogbat wrote:In spite of my misgivings I'll be placing my order later today...

Received DEFENSOR a few days ago, I like it but I reckon the teams based off the hotspot torso are those that would benefit the most from the ankle tilts. Oh well

Delta Magnus wrote:
Anyway, this looks great. The feet are far, far too small, but that's fine- I'll be buying some new feet for him anyway. If I can't find the Bruticus specific feet for a sensible price I'll cook some feet up on Shapeways.

Deadput wrote:Then don't bring it up the words long and thin are not perverted themselves it's only the context and use of the words.


Why would we pervify that in the first place whoever does that is immature.