Mastermind Creations Turben (IDW Whirl)

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  1. LazyAza

    LazyAza MMC color go brrrr

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    His transformation is rather straight forward nothing too complex. Mostly just a bit fiddly to get his head in and out of his backpack is all. He also has two flaps on his back that peg down on to his shoulders that peg rather tightly so to get them up again you may need a tool. Always afraid I'm gonna crack my nails open trying to get parts like that up free hand but a simple flat head tool will get the job done without damaging the plastic.

    He also has release buttons on the insides of his lower legs that require a lot of pressure to be held down in order to slide his legs up and down so don't forget those.
     
  2. hardreturn

    hardreturn Ian Reid

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    chest has 2 different configurations so you can change up the look :) 
     
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    iamgnahk Well-Known Member

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    Printed out some new guns for Turben because he can always use more guns.

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    Can you tell where I referenced the weapons from?
     
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    Looks like an "Uzi 9 millimeter"!
     
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    iamgnahk Well-Known Member

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    Well, yes. But specifically because Whirl used these with its human avatar.

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    Whirl and friends

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  7. iamgnahk

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    Man, Turben is such a fun figure to pose. Probably one of my favorite figures to just mess with, period. Now that I have new weapons to outfit him with, even more so.

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    Granted, if I want to share like this, I should get a better camera.
    More in this album: MMC Turben w/ Custom Weapons
     
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    Where can I get weapons like that? Shapeways?
     
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    Nice weapons. I’d like to somehow add a bigger gun to the helicopter nose, and make bigger weapons to attach to the turbine wings/the arms.
     
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    I modelled and printed them out myself. I'm pretty sure both Shapeways and Thingiverse also have 5mm wweapons you can get though.

    I agree on the helicopter nose, but it'd still have to fit inside his cockpit somehow.
     
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    @LazyAza any chance that we will get a Tacticus Recolor/remold of this mold, as seen from the Drift/Stray comic?
     
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    Btw, I got Turben as a Christmas present last year. Overall, it's a great piece, but one of the claw pieces on his left hand is looser than the others. Does anyone else have that hiccup?
     
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    LazyAza MMC color go brrrr

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    Probably not. Our comic guy is a big mecha fan in general like many of us are so he just likes sneaking in nods to this and that like many of mmc's artists have in the past. He had a pretty great idea for another non-tf recolor few months back too that I already designed for him if we ever decide to make it but I dunno if that one will ever happen either.
     
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    edgs2099 Optimistically realistic. Moderator

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    I have to say, it's not the IDW Whirl I want most, but he's a fun figure.
     
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    The MMC comic guy seems to have good ideas, and thank you for the reply, If Tacticus ever does get made it would be a recolor/remold I would support. Do you hear that Boss Penguin, I'm waiting for you to take more of my money.
     
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    Apocalyptic Just Another Strange One.

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    I gotta say, I got a good laugh out of the not-Energon Ironhide that popped up in the Roadbuster comic, was that his idea too? Thanks for the laugh either way.. Ohh boy. Brilliance. :lol 
     
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    Has anyone tried putting the Thrilling 30 generations Whirl head on this guy?
     
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    Like everyone else I have to agree, while he looks Okay as stormbringer Whirl what we all want is for someone to tackle the IDW whirl, ya'know, the lovable crazy nutbag we know and love.
     
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    I'm pretty happy with Turben.

    I have serious doubts about whether the MTMTE design is executable in plastic as a transformable toy, but I don't have expertise in the matter.

    Props to whatever company pulls it off so that the IDW people who want it can get him.
     
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    A few years back, before I really got into MTMTE, I remember seeing an upgrade kit that'd be used to turn the then current mold Tomahawk (I think) into a decent representation of that design if my memory serves me right, can anyone find what I'm talking about?
     
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