Hi guys I'm gonna take thing serious now... 1.We waited and waited, but HasTak never gave us MP Coneheads 2.Then Wheeljack decided.. F*CK I'll make them myself 3.Obviously I-Gear though F*CK EVERYONE and copy + massproduce That bring us to the following... I-Gear MP Ramjet: I've followed every step, every rumor and now every review + comments It's probably 2 major things that's bothering people (aside from the QC's): 1.Head is not Cartoon accurate nor Toy accurate 2.You would probably want better / other weapons What I want to make available for the fandom: 1.Cartoon accurate head (removable cone as option) [G6F-001CH] 2.Toy accurate head (removable cone as option) [G6F-001TH] 3.Hopefully have both of the above ready for easy led+battery installment 4.Cartoon accurate weapons [G6F-001CW] 5.Toy accurate weapons [G6F-001TW] 6.Bonus BOX-ART accurate weapons [G6F-001BW] 7.SPECIAL BONUS a voicepack integrated stand (will contain several line from the cartoon) [G6F-001VS] EXTRA INFO about the display-base met soundchip and possibly a led: I want one for every Conehead probably also for Starscream/Skywarp/Thundercracker... and maybe even for Megatron/Ultra Magnus/Prime/Grimlock/Rodimus Prime/Nemesis Prime etc. --------------------------------------- UPDATE [G6F-001CH] Beta0.4 ---------------------------------------
FUTURE UPDATES [G6F-001CH] Finally took some time the watch Golden Lagoon again... these pics here are not re-sized to maintain the best High-res as possible!
FUTURE UPDATES [G6F-001BW] VERSION: 1.1 STATUS: READY FOR PROTOTYPE INFO: having difficulties with uploading files to shapeways (working on it!)
I like the idea of an upgrade. First thing I noticed about him was he didn't come with null rays, and the null rays from a standard MP seeker don't fit into the holes on Ramjet's arms (WTF?!). So certainly include a set of those. The head I can live with TBH, but the cluster bombs are not G1 accurate either. Another thing you could possibly look into, which would be nice, is some add-on knees... Hear me out! The animation model made an effort to distinguish the coneheads from the other seekers by being more like the toy - and had big octagonal knee plates that almost reached waist height. I know it would be difficult to alter the existing knees (esp with the landing gear in them) but perhaps something that clips over the top of them?
Hmm not easy finding G1 toon Ramjet images online!! This is the original character design to give you a clue what I'm on about (wrong colours and all)
*insert digital facepalm* Jeez of course I know this picture but I probably was to much focused on the head and weapons that I missed those THNX! You know what I'm gonna watch some of the series and see if I can find some!
Lol! Well since these are supposed to be Masterpiece coneheads, it would be nice to get them as accurate as possible. Before I saw this thread I was thinking of ways I might customize the fig myself, but add-on kits would be much easier (considering Thrust and Dirge would need doing too, and I'd struggle to match colours on my own). Have you ever taken apart a MP seeker leg? That wedge-shaped coloured piece on the shin between the knee and the foot is completely separate (held there by the two halves of the leg itself) and same with the feet - I thought about replacing them with a much longer shin piece and a squarer, wider foot. But as I said, what's putting me off is the thought of having to do it for the other coneheads too.
UPDATE [G6F-001CH] Finally took some time the watch Golden Lagoon again... these pics here are not re-sized to maintain the best High-res as possible!
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I would be interested in picking one of these up but the face gets lost in the background. I like the Wheeljack custom heads where the bottom of the conehead comes in at the chin. With the background painted black, but what you've got is an awesome start. Are you going to have Shapeways make a 3D print for you?
yeah I'm gonna ask wheeljack permission to have his version available... there are so many possibilities here yes I will have the prototype via Shapeways, if the price stay reasonable I'll simply use the Shapeway store to get these guys out to the public, but if prices or to expensive It will prolly mean I gotta do research and also make my first castings