Are you sure it’s not a friction hinge?

 

There's a pin on the left side if my eyes aren't deceiving me.

 

That's an easy fix with a piece paper clip and some wire cutters. For my experience doing this on other figures the hole is smaller than the paper clip so it will hold

 

Yep.

 

Found the pin when I attempted to sweep the floor!
Wondering if it'd fly off again later.

 

Dip one extreme of the pin with superglue and carefully place it with tweezers, always works for me

 

damn that's nice... and here I was hoping I'd get some insight into what macro lense you used   nicely done!

 

Oh my god. I'm getting so impatient waiting for this stupid thing. Hasn't even shipped yet...

 

Hi guys! So after following this post for a few months, I decided to finally order it (placed my order Tuesday, got it Saturday using Shopee)

I just wanted to ask if you guys experience any tabbing issues especially with the truck mode, the upper part of the chest feeling like its popping out and you just lock it with the shoulder/arm tab to keep it still, and the joints being lose (my visor is quite loose)?

If a joint is loose is there a way to tighten it? and is it just really difficult to transform to truck mode or is there something wrong with my unit (first time ordering a figure like this and my only other figure I ever bought was an HA BB a few years back)

Just really wanted to be happy with the figure because I really think it's the best bayverse figure in terms of character design, colors, and proportions and seeing it in person is so amazing (pictures don't really do it justice), but these issues/concerns are quite annoying and sad jfnejfka

I'm going to attach some pictures of me posing it (I forgot to fix the legs, but I think he looks fine anyway) with my issues with the truck mode

Just made an account just to ask and share my experience with you guys because this thread is really helpful

 

Please post more pics. They're delightful.

More importantly, what's shopee? The turn around time for your order is incredible! People in this thread have been waiting for months.

 

Shopee is an e-commerce platform in South East Asia

its kinda like e-bay? And the market/stocks usually are just found locally or around the surrounding countries so shipping is really fast

Personally, I was kinda unsure about it because I heard about the batches here taking really long to ship and if I could trust the seller, but this guy in Shopee who has one last 1 out of 3 or 4 left had really high ratings in stock so I ordered it!! It came pretty quickly and thankfully it wasnt a scam so yeah

thankful it came really quickly, but sorta bummed from the minor issues like the back part of the left leg not opening, right visor pin doesnt go the whole way through, stressed plastic on one small part of the figure (see below where I compare it)

All in all an amazing figure, but really hard to transform (ive only tried once so far because I dont have much time and i couldn't even transform him properly as seen below as well)

 

Holy fucking shit, you weren't joking. It stuns me how quickly love can turn to hate.

Does anyone have a good video review of the transformation they could recommend please?

 

I like to use acrylic floor polish to tighten joints. I believe there's a thread about it in the Radicons section..

 

Oooh okay
Thanks!! I'll keep that in mind

I realized its not really that the joint was loose, but the pin either got cut or got damaged so it didn't reach the exit hole

 

I have seen some like Actar talk about what would need to be done to have the chest sit lower, but I have no seen anyone attempt it. I have seen the results of the Chinese mod to have the windows closer, to each their own, but the mod does not look good to me. While the space between them is smaller, from all other angles other than a 2D picture from tye front the positioning of the chest would still have it all hiked up. I opted to try to mod the chest to sit lower rather than closer, having it settle where the mpm's chest sits more or less. I am quite happy with the result. Hope you guys enjoy!

 

Finally got mine after months of waiting for the second batch.

Sorry for the quick and dirty pic but I will do a proper photo set when I find time

I have no doubt that this is the best movie prime yet in the market, yes even better than the 4EVER and 3A version because this can actually transform.

If you show me a pic of this figure three years ago and told me it can transform I will say you are crazy.

It is an amazing feat of engineering and every part of this mold have been improved and added to.

No doubt Hasbro and Takara did a lot of the work but BA really perfected it to a whole new different level.

The presentation of the figure is super premium. The packaging feels and looks like some Hot Toys DX figure. Minimalist yet bold with the red and gold colour scheme.

The figures itself feels super premium, in a way that even chogokin couldn’t match. There is a good weight to it and everything feels solid. It feels like I am holding something that really shouldn’t exist yet but it does. It is really surreal and at least than 100usd. My colleagues think that this is something that should be closer to 400USD.

If I have one nitpick it will be the abs. They get bumped out of alignment easily. The benefit to this is that the abs have a lot of range to it and everyone should be able to find a configuration they like. The default one holds the most steady and really looks much better in person but your mileage may wary.

We are really blessed to be in this golden age of TF KO.

 

Black Apple's own transformation video.

 

Holy shit I love this mod so much wtf. It looks so much better in general than just the default look. Could u post a picture of how it looks from the side at a downwards angle. Thanks

 

It's me or the head is bigger on the second batch??.

 

How did you do this mod? It looks amazing