Thanks to everyone for the answers ^ _ ^

 

Ditto. Did the same thing to MS Huffer and Ultra Magnus and it makes a huge difference.

 

I am one of the weirdos that like light piping.

 

Nice one mate - looks so much better in my 'eyes' (yes I went there!!)  

Couldn't get my Magnus' eyes out - didn't want to force them too much as I might have left a noticeable mark in one of them.

Might have another go later or over the weekend though.

 

Nowt weird about that chap - where mine all sit there's not enough light for it to be effective. Those pictures show off how well light piping can work though.  

 

My UM was tight too and the spudger did put a tiny divot in the eye. I only pushed it hard enough for the light pipe box on the back of the head to jut a bit and then grabbed that with pliers. However, two coats of gundam marker filled in the divot and it's not noticeable now.

 

Nice - I used a small not-too-pointy small screw driver for Prime (and Pocket Toys Shockwave, who's eye I went with yellow!), which worked fine and left no mark. Will see what else I've got for UM as I really want him to match with Prime. 

 

I seem to recall that when I got it out, there was tiny dab of what looked like glue on the top side. Just FYI.

 

I would actually love light piping if I always had a good source of light behind my figures' heads and if it didn't make an obvious color difference on the back/top of their heads. But since I usually don't have the right kind of lighting, they just look dead and I don't like seeing a blue spot on the back of a non-blue head so I'd rather avoid them for the most part.

 

I rarely pose my figures where I can see the back of the head but I get what you are saying. I like it more for photo shoots and I have ran LEDs behind my shelves to give them that look. It has worked out nicely for the most part but sometimes for good shots I have to apply a spot light like I did for the shots above.

 

MS-01 is my choice for MP Prime, so this little guy is like a mini Masterpiece for my desk. I dig him so much that I want him in multiple colors, like I had the regular, Nemesis, and white versions of the Voyager-scale MP-10 KO. I saw that MS is making him available in white and Shattered Glass so far. Seems weird if they don't do black, since they did MS-01 in black. I'd also love him in Delta Magnus blue, BAPE green camo, and yellow "Shining Ultra Magnus" colors.

 

Is anyone getting the SG repaint? I really want just the purple axe, if anyone wants to make a couple of bucks.

 

I keep toying with the idea - I think it looks completely awesome!!

 

^I have this and the arctic (white) version coming hopefully soon from baba.

I personally love this mold and think it is probably one of favorite figures of all time.

 

Wanna make $15?  

 

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See here.  

 

^Gottcha, I'm pretty dense sometimes.

 

Nemesis and Almost Dead are inbound:

MS-B18B dark black & MS-B18BS death color

 

i kind of like almost dead optimus. i am glad to finally get that in this legends scale.