So this mold sucks. He's stumpy and that bothered me the most. With a little knife work, you can make his hips transform and be reversible. It puts the wheels on the insides of his legs, but it adds a good deal of height and remains transformable with no partforming. You have to cut a slot in the hips to allow the gray rod to swing the other way, and cut away a bit of the gray rod and the sides of the black crotch piece to make room for the wheels.

He still sucks, but at least he's a little taller now. A tip: It's a lot easier to do if you pop the wheels off first.



What the leg looks like after cutting compared to precutting:



Close up of the needed cuts:

 

This is the lockdown mod I've been waiting for. All the others involve parts forming, seriously weird proportions, or severally limited articulation, and this one doesn't! I just picked up lockdown today on sale for 10 bucks and can't wait to do this, and the door panel mod to him!

 

Damn - might have to pick this one up now.
Clever discovery.

 

hey that's a smart idea!

 

Can you please go into more detail? I really want to do this on my figure but cant figure out how to put the legs in that configuration

 

Yeah it does.

This is probably the best mod I've seen for it, though. Like others have said, simple, doesn't parts form, and retains the stability of the mould.

Not enough to make me want to buy it again of course, but still the best.

 

Take the unmodified figure in bot mode. Make him do the splits and spin the legs around 180 degrees at the hips. Bend his legs back down for robot mode. You can't do it because plastic is in the way. Cut away what blocks it from doing that. First you need to cut the right angle off the gray bars that prevent the legs from bending that way, after that it's just clearing a path for the gray bars and wheels.

 

what did you use to cut?

 

Normal X-acto knife. The plastic is pretty soft and thin on most parts.

 

Thanks man!

 

Hmm, this almost makes him worth it! I went from a "nope" to a "might pick up on discount".

Thanks triple M.

 

best mod yet. congrats

 

It's not bad.

I'm weird because I like the figure as is.

 

Here is a pic of the cut, give me a minute and ill post a before pic , I'm on my phone though and it only lets me post one pic per post for some reason or I'd just add it to this post

 

Cut the green highlights

 

Not too bad, still looks weird from some angles in person though

 

Good pics - and yes, he still sucks. There's really no saving this mold, only making it slightly less suck from certain angles. Huge wheel balls is one possible.

I just came to the realization that most of my latest toy pics involve shots of modified crotches. I am disturbed.

Welcome to my madness Sponge!

 

Lol, no problem, my lockdown came out of the box broken in half, so I had 0% hesitance in moding it.

Thanks for your mod!

 

cool
this figure needs all the help he can get

 

am i the only one that actually likes this mold? anyway, this sure improves it a bit
yeah i know it is far from being perfect but is way better than other molds that are too popular and overrated
anyway