ZetaToys Armageddon/Bruticon (Combaticons/Bruticus)

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  1. TCJJ

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    Cheers! Yeah, Brawl's treads drive me nuts but oh well. Guess I'll go ahead and buy Swindle then. Hopefully they offer some kind of fix for the knee but oh well, it seems like he'll still be excellent after all.

    Besides, I'm the guy who likes Whirlblade the most out of the three I have so far, so... I'm sure I'll be fine, hahaha.

    By the way, is there any way to redeem the head still? I have my boxes with the serial numbers (from ShowZ, specifically). Guess I should just ask ShowZ to let me know.
     
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    minstral It's all about G1 Masterpiece

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    The serials have to be for those bound for the China market. Remember that fiasco where they had China and non China serials?

    Photograph the box serials and the bots together and post to your Weibo account and tag Zeta. Screen shot this and send them an email. They'll ask you to pay 12 yuan postage (about $3 AUD) and they'll ONLY send it to a China domestic address.

    If your serials are for China stock and Showz has a China address and is willing to receive it for you, then you have a shot. You'll need to have all 5 boxes / bots too. The cartoon head looks too small though.

    ZetaToys Armeggedon Combiner (Combaticons/Bruticus)
     
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    Yeah, I remember. Pretty dumb they'd do that (I noticed some hubbub over it earlier in the thread too). What a mess. Oh well, guess I'll ask ShowZ once I get Onslaught and then see what they can do, if anything. Thanks for the info and the photos!
     
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    minstral It's all about G1 Masterpiece

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    No worries. There may not be any stock of that head left either, but I personally don't think you're missing out on much
     
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    Hello guys I created a whole set of adapters and pieces in one new thread to use UT limbs in Zeta Onslaught torso, here is the link and there is an image also, I create a whole new chest that you can clip it to the current chest 20181215_001929.jpg
     
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    @TigerBlade already did that so I'm curious to see how they compare.
     
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    Hello , I think Tigerblade made a custom using 5 Zeta Toys , mine is an upgrade kit to use 4 Unique Toys and the torso only is Zeta Toys, all of them are adapers and some deco pieces, that you can remove anytime, I think in case of Tigerblade he replaced the chest, in my case it is plugged there and can be removed anytime
     
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    I will be posting some videos in thread I created , it is one of them
     
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    He did both, so that you can mix and match between the two sets. Not sure which adapters have been completed at this point though (probably all of them). Pretty sure his chest piece plugs in too but I'm not sure if he was selling that or not.

    Either way, I'm just curious to see them compared side-by-side (if it's ever possible for anyone to do so). I'm also curious how your setup fairs with Swindle's combiner knee.
     
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    I have Kevin's personal account as a friend on FB and I've never seen he posted something like this in any facebook forum or page, or in these pages, I only saw his custom, so If you know that, that is new information for me. He is a great customizer so I would be glad to see his work, in case he made the same thing
     
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    You mean TigerBlade? He's been posting them in this and the UT thread for months.

    For example:
    ZetaToys Armeggedon Combiner (Combaticons/Bruticus)

    I'm having trouble finding all his other posts about it but he posted quite extensively about it after Unique Toys released their Onslaught. Probably in the UT thread. Can't be bothered looking.
    I think he put the connectors on Shapeways or Thingiverse (could be wrong though) and not much else yet, unfortunately.
    What I can definitely say is that the two of you had different approaches to the same idea, which just makes me more curious to see them side-by-side.
     
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    Nope those are all of themt Zeta toys, look at this thread on FB, here we were both of us talking about the same thing with different approaches, he is Kevin, and I'm Omar ZL at that FB thread 3rd Party Transformers Community
     
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    Lol, There is no point trying to reason with someone that “can’t be bothered” to fact check their own statements.

    Nice work on the custom pieces, I like the chest piece and the darker grey on UT vortex. How does zeta blastoff look with ut vortex? Ut vortex is a little smaller in the forearm but your parts forming wrist looks like that might have helped with that.
     
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    I was referring to the chest plate there, but he has definitely done the connectors before.
    Just having another quick look before I go to bed, this time in the UT thread, I found this:
    Unique Toys Ragnaros (Combaticons/Bruticus)

    Like I said, he was working on adapters for all of them but I'm not sure what his current status is. If nothing else, yours appear to be the first to market (or, at least, the only parts that are readily available at the moment).

    Dude, screw you, I absolutely bothered. I just couldn't find the posts I was referring to in regards to the mixing and matching, but we were talking about TigerBlade's parts on here for months earlier this year/last year. Not my fault you never saw them and think I'm making up tall tales.
    Besides, it's not like I ever criticised @ramsesiden's parts or anything. All I said was that TigerBlade had made the same things previously, albeit with a different approach.
     
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    Just to chime in.....

    I did shoulder adaptors for the other way around originally, UT Onslaught with Zeta arms. I did plan on going balls deep on both torsos but a nasty injury at work took me out of action for a bit and I lost my mojo and decided to jack it all in, sold the 3 UT bots I had and just started concentrating on cartoonifying Zeta. Then my printer died and I've been out of action for a good few months, since I showed my cartoon chest plate for this. Good news is it should be fixed this coming Tuesday and I can print out v2 and look at getting it out to everyone.

    So @TCJJ is right that I did plan on it but @ramsesiden is also right I never got around to it. Your Bruticus looks fantastic Omar, I love how you've cleaned up the back of the legs. When it's all painted up it's gonna look incredible.

    @ShadowOfSilver your progress looks fantastic too. Loving the Swindle locks, that's gonna be an essential purchase!
     
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    Thanks! :)  Did you want to handle the chestplate stuff after all or shall I go ahead with my own once I release?
     
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    Go for it bud, it all depends on how the v2 print goes and you could probably do it cheaper than what Shapeways will charge anyways. Have you designed it yet? If not I'll have a word with my mate to see if he's agreeable to throw this one your way.
     
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    Yeup! Not only is the installation process incredibly easy, but I know for a fact it'll be A LOT cheaper than what Shapeways would charge since I checked out the model size in a test upload already. Plus, since I manufacture my parts in the correct colors, there's no need to paint anything. Lastly, I'm offering a ton of parts too so I know I've maximized my price per piece value for the customer.
     
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    Boom. Looking forward to seeing the final product man. I'll probably in for most of it too :) 
     
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    It'd be much appreciated. :)  By the way, have you been able to take apart Onslaught's crotch part? I've tried disassembling mine, but it feels like the front and back halves are being held together by some kind of glue.