I've seen a couple people post about IF Nickel and Pet like they've been revealed.

The only ones I've seen are the MMC versions.

Are people just assuming IF is going to make them?

 

Iron Factory’s DJD is named after the stars in the Bigger Dipper, @Potchez, so I think it’s a safe deduction that Alioth and Megrez will wind up as The Pet and Nickel, or vise versa.

 

So they were mentioned?
Can you link where?

 

Pretty sure it's still just supposition at this point.

 

Yep, just a guess, @Potchez

But a fairly educated one since the DJD characters announced so far, @IronMagnus, sure do match up to five out of seven of the stars on the Big Dipper.

If there weren’t two more figures planned, then touché, Iron Factory, excellent trolling.

 

Recently picked up the last set of vortex and blastoff, however noticed that the set did not include the two small side cannons with vortex that attach to the side of bruticus’s gun, does any body have a contact for iron factory?
Unfortunately I purchased via A Chinese seller on eBay and fear any communication to them about this isn’t going to get far.
Thanks

 

May be a dumb question, but are you sure they aren't attached to him? He came in the package with his guns pegged into his shoulders or back. I can't recall specifically, but I remember immediately thinking mine were missing too until I realized they were attached to him. Best of luck.

 

Unfortunately they weren’t attached to his shoulders, went to transform him from robot and he had no shoulder cannons as per the instructions. Not a major, but kinda miffed his weapon looks incomplete.
Hopefully the seller gets back to me and is able to source the parts.

 

Any word on a KO of this set yet?

 

KO Iron Factory Bruticus

 

I just got my set today - does anybody know what faction stickers will fit those tiny cutouts on the bots? The smallest Toyhax stickers are too big.

 

None, because Iron Factory hates Decepticons.

But WST/Micro faction symbols might fit. They are super small.

 

As I work my way through some 5mm play, this photo really caught my eye...



Of course, the focus was my best attempt to homage Fall of Cybertron’s Flamethrowing Blastoff with Combiner Hunter Windblade’s Dual Curved Swords, plus a little heavy metal dancing action for Bruticus.

But, admittedly, it’s more that light caught in MasterMade Trypticon’s eye that really sets this one apart!

Even if I never quite replicate that angle, this is a beaut’! ^.^

Oh, and, for more of this kind of stuff, come visit the Legends Exhibit~
Show off your 3P legends scale figures here!

 

Oops

 

So, I have Onslaught on the slow boat mostly because I want a complete set of the Arcee mold and Hunter is def gonna be the highlight of said set.

I'm not a big fan of Earthican altmodes in general as it's impossible for me to justify vehicles in mismatched scales - esp since I like 18th scale as my standard - so I trend toward the altmodes that can be explained away as 'alien machine mode' or 'weird mutant animal' or 'weird mutant animal mecha' and I try to fit the overall TF canon into my fancanon that has everyone in the same universe.

From that starting point, having a robot that turns into a child-sized PowerWheels of an 18-wheeler is a no-go; and I need to find a way to justify having Onslaught in my collection to explain away why I'm not really throwing $50 at an Arcee repaint.

Also having the IF Asura Knights, I felt that Grimlock's Cybertronian altmode looked kinda tractor-trailery but without the trailer. I could see it being cool for that team to have a trailer that all their gear could fit on. I've also got an idea for an Asura Knight Slash that might could use the trailer as a landing platform, maybe.

So, those of you with both; is this a pipe dream due to any particular detail I don't see in Onslaught's pics? Am I faced with trying to dump a Hunter-less Onslaught on the aftermarket?

 

Finally put my set together and I am seriously floored. This thing is amazing, hands down. Everything fits snuggly and I’m much less worried about the linb connections than I originally thought I would be.

Superb all around, can’t wait for the DJD to start coming out!

 

Just keep an eye on the mushroom pegs that his elbows are on. They can stress and break at their base due to the force that can be put on them while moving the ratcheted elbows. Try to only bend the elbows through touching the black parts of them, not Blast Off or Vortex.

 

my joint on blastoff is like that....stress mark within two transformations....not as bad as others have mentioned on the board. still an amazing figure, but care needs to be taken.

 

I’ve been meaning to add some pics to this thread, to document the damage, so far~



I’m probably gunna wait for it to break before I message IF ><

On the other hand, it’s an opportunity to send IF my pleas suggestions for future figs.

Meanwhile, I unpacked a spare, refurb LED lamp that I thought looked kinda bad overhead, but actually works wonders when put directly in front of everything, just letting the light blow things out...



The first pic is with HDR on, and the second is with HDR off. Normally, I use High Dynamic Range to suss out light, but it’s nice having the reverse situation by algorithmicly adding shade. Obviously, there’s a lot more detail and lot less errant noise in the color reproduction versus the usual screened daylight plus old desklamp.

Also, you can just barely make out the crack in Blast Off’s mushroom peg in the above pics.

But, some new CFL bulbs I got were really awful, and really gave off this awful white glare over the original yellow hue that my mica shade bankers lamp used to give off.

Still, I did use that lamp to take some shots of some Alt Mode Appreciation... That I’ll eventually need to retake with a bit more, and better, lighting.

But, until then...



I originally had the trailer plugged into Onslaught, but I just really don’t have the desk space to feature that and Nemesis mode Trypticon, so I let Ravage hang out on a rocket sled, instead.

Posing Soundwave to surf was a little tricky, but so was plugging the stands into Trypticon, since they weren’t seated too flush against the cannons. I probably should’ve plugged them into the ship proper, and likely will take a shot of a less heavily armed Nemesis. As is, I was a little worried that Windblade’s sabers/Blast Off’s exhausts might break, but that crisis was averted. Still, I enjoyed the busy Nemesis, and it does help to make ship and base modes look less alike.

Moreover, I realized that I didn’t need the 3D printed connector and could just slot the ko stand’s peg into Laserbeak’s body, especially since my old groove laden Bandai stand apparently plugs into its base with a 6mm plug!  

And, while I want to wait for Jazz and Slipstream before I work up a little city mode play, I might just do that some day sooner when I get around to retaking photos of Nemesis.

 

Right! Normally I grab as close to the joint as I can get so there’s no leverage pressure anywhere. Thanks for the heads up though! Sometimes I can get over eager so best to be extra cautious.