Oversized KO MPM Optimus Prime - Heavily Modified

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by Cheem The Rup, Sep 22, 2018.

  1. Figure Prime

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    due to my lack of modding experience and the fact i only have these tools available to me at school i’m going to pause doing the mod for now so i don’t horribly mess something up (even though i think i might have). anyone who has done the mod and is willing to give me a complete step by step or even do it for me i’d be more than happy. just send me a PM because this mod makes a fantastic figure into an incredible one
     
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    So,
    are there any chest fixes/ideas for this guy that don't involve cutting things? I swear I saw some short vid on TransFans or DaimChoc where the dude just adjusts tabs and it looks better but digging through facebook until ~May takes forever. Is anyone able to help?
     
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    Has anyone ordered this guy from tf-direct? I'm asking because I ordered mine from there in July and to this day I have zero information about my order.
     
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    This it?
     
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    I have Takara Bumblebee and Bmb Barricade, but it’s so hard to keep up with what the best figures available are if trying to get a complete set in scale. Is there a single source of truth on all of the 1/30 scale figures?

    For example, does Bmb Ironhide scale with this?

    EDIT: just want to say @JohnnyGundam - you’re video was fantastic and the 1/30 scale reference point really helped me figure out how I should be thinking about mixing and matching Official and 3P molds for my MPM collection. Hopefully a perfected mod is found to minimize any shaving/cutting required.
     
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    That's a very good question!!!
    I think this OP scales best with mpm bee and barry in both alt and robot mode.
    But ironhide is also for me a question: the bmb one looks good in robot (even if I have no idea if it scales right) but I've never seen a picture of BA OP and Bmb Ironhide in alt mode. Is here here so that csn maybe help?
     
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    Thank you man. I really wanted to clear it up for everyone cause I saw sobmany debates on what works and what doesn't that I felt I needed to figure it out and share my findings. As for Ironhide do not bother. The official irohide has too man problems, requiring the DNA upgrade kit and I believe for 1/30 scale he is too small. The BMB ironhide is based on the official and while it is upscaled, the small adjustments they made to the mold do not hold up and the figure is still inaccurate. If you want the one to get, wait for wei jaing to produce black apple's ironhide custom just like they did with this prime here. That thing looks gorgeous especially with the render chest being at the EXACT angle it needs to be and looks solid as a rock. Also another thing I want to point out why getting the official mpm even if they are in scale is a no go, is that most of the time, the diecast pieces are not treated so they tarnish, as seen with the mpm prime, bee, ironhide, and I know it will happen to that huge hunk of metal on the back of megatron's back. The KOs and upscale mod versions of the mpms have all their metal treated or painted, like the legendary toys prime, this wei jiang prime, and the legendary toys bee. I will say, barricade does not have this exposed metal problem, which is why I am fine with the official one of him, and I already have bee so not point in replacing him. This issue is what keeps me from purchasing mpm jazz even though he works perfectly in scale. His feet will tarness in a few weeks/months.
     
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  9. ColdMangoJuice

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    Just got my shipping notice from ShowZ! Whoot whoot!
     
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    At least I got the megatron from Showz. I'm still waiting for the black apple optimus keeping my fingers crossed that they will restock...sometime....as soon as I saw the first review on youtube in the summer...i ordered both...so IDK...I guess I'll just have to wait
     

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    Have you made the full payment? For some reason, they did not notify me to complete my payment after my pre-order in June. I reached out to them about it a couple of weeks ago and they told me to complete my payment before the end of the month and I would get one from this batch. I completed my payment on Thursday and it shipped yesterday.
     
  12. Shmoptimus Prime

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    I was about to ask them the same thing. I no longer get email notifications when I need to do things like complete payments. The only reason I did it was because I saw from this thread that it was in stock again.
     
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    Not exactly but will definitely do! Big thanks.
     
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    "Hang on Sam!"
     
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    Great, now I want to get this guy again.
     
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    So, Ohmyprimus says they'll get him in stock in November again and they'll work my preorder. I'm excited like a kid about that and I'm a 34 years old brand new dad. Should I be worried?
     
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    Yea man...I payed for the Optimus even before the Megatron....so IDK ? Maybe the Optimus is more popular than the megatron...that's why it hasn't restocked
    It still says "Payment Received Waiting for Release" ...and that was since August...
    ssooo *shrugs shoulders*
     
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    I asked in the showz store thread and they said to PM them here on this site with the email address I use on their site. Maybe that will help you too.
     
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    Third batch is presumably in November. We have to wait a little longer
     
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    I think more are being released at some rate because the seller I bought my BAOP from in Shopee now have 2 more in stock on top of 2 other sellers out there (idk how legit they are, but I'm pretty sure the guy I got mine from is legit)

    So yeah, for those who are still waiting on theirs maybe it won't take that long anymore
    Idrk much about other stores btw, but the Shopee Im using is in the Philippines and I don't even know where the guy I got it from is getting his stock, but he has more again