Transform DW Combiner Wars Bruticus Upgrade Kit

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  1. jingles1

    jingles1 Well-Known Member

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    I have been trying to locate a post but am having trouble. Someone had posted they had a set of the thigh fillers for Onslaught and Hot Spot from the TDW kits they were looking to get rid of. I was interested in snagging them but I can't find where it was. Does anyone remember seeing this and could point me in the right direction?

    Thanks!
     
  2. missyk

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    Will this work on a KO Bruticus?
     
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    Should be, they're 1:1 with no differences mold wise from what I've seen.
     
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    If it's made like the ko hotspot, the post the new thighs slide on need to be shaved down.
     
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    I just got the G2 kit in, first time trying this thing and, um, has anyone not been able to get the standard legs off at all? I don't mean the disassembly of the thighs, I mean getting the standard legs off of the mushroom joint at the hips? Mine do not just swivel off with a few turns. I even tried disassembling the hip joints, but that does absolutely nothing.
     
  6. Strike Creamsicle

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    I'm eyeing the G and B kits for my G2 Bruticus and Baldigus. Aside from sanding the pegs for the arms, it seems like the sets are pretty decent? Plastic quality is pretty good? I seem to recall that was a criticism with the initial Bruticus / Defensor ones.

    Would love to get one for my Victorion as well, too bad they didn't do one for that set. They'd make for a nice display trio on my shelf (they already do, but if I'm going to upgrade two of them, I might as well upgrade all three).
     
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    I rebuilt my Fruiticus at Christmas. It went well.
     
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  9. redrum2581

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    i don't even remember doing the surgery, it was something about screwing the things right? i'm too lazy to look at the 44min video lol
     
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    The scariest part is that you need to break a glued peg at each knee. I don't like the resulting gap, but I think it's well worth the tradeoff.

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    (Note: Head, back guns and purple gun are not from the TDW kit)
     
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  11. BigSargePete

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    Really like this kit. The silver and white head really looks evil. Don't like the gun tips, prefer the PE guns as you can see. IMG_20190122_132716811~2.jpg IMG_20190122_132809547~2.jpg
     

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    It's hard to tell but the extra thigh pieces are on there, I still dont remember doing any leg surgery though, talk about twilight zone, the one thing I didnt like about the TDW upgrade is it killed the ability to use Shockwave, now only one of my 4 Brutes has a Shockwave being held
     
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    You can pick up a KO PE kit on eBay for about $10 with the Shockwave adapter. That's what I did.
     
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    that's ingenious thank you
     
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    That's where the head and back guns on mine came from. Two kits, actually; one for a black head and one for silver guns.
     
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  17. daimchoc

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    Hey guys, sorry to necro the thread. I just got my Baldigus as well as the TCW-01B set. Has there been any kit out there to fill the butt side of the combiner? Looks great from the front, but there's that gap there on the back.
     
  18. Brogey

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    Unless something is on shapeways, no. If you have an extra menasor waist flap you might be able to use that somehow.
     
  19. MrZurkon

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    I modded the old Bruticus crotch plate

     
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  20. daimchoc

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    Thanks. Do you have more details on how you did the mod?


    Maybe I'll just use some tac on it.
     
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