WFC Siege Apeface

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  1. AndreyOfDoom

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    Where is everybody getting theirs?
     
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  3. DrJest

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    Amazon. They have him for $24.99 and he appears to still be in stock.
     
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    Like many others, got Apeface today from Amazon. Free shipping, $5 off retail, and on my doorstep. Also, like many others, I have no nostalgic connection to the character.

    I did well on the QC lottery, checking to be sure, it took some elbow grease to get mine to click the cockpit into the brace part for ape mode, as well as the nosecone tabs into the foot holes, but other then that, it all went smoothly. I'm at a loss as to why the gun isn't standard sized. I put some nail polish on mine to thicken it up enough that it's not floppy in the regular sockets, but not overly tight in the hand hole.

    Also, it seems I'm not alone in turning him into a double headmaster, I put Legends Apeface on him and then stored the Siege Apeface on the monkeyhead, which stays in the cockpit in robot mode. Then Legends Apeface can go into the cockpit for jet and gorilla modes.

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    Really hope they have snap dragon planned in the same design style!! Worried that if they bring him in a later line he might have some other gimmick and not scale right with apeface
     
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    Hey Y’all-

    I do plan on doing my first figure video review. Just toy reviews are not my channel’s wheel house.

    Anyhow, until then, I’d like to cover one feature of ApeFace that a few of you are trying to use. First off the front pilot spot to store a Spasma is really not for the Spasma that comes with ApeFace. He already has a spot; the rear canopy.

    The bonus titan master spot is really for Titan Return/Legends Titan Masters. Since we all like the idea of having the option to change out the Siege ApeFace Titan Master with the TR Titan Master, we can do this and store the extra Titan master in the figure in all 3 modes. The rear canopy is available in Gorilla and Bot modes. The Jet mode requires that the Siege Titan master be in the rear and the TR Titan Master goes in the front.

    Don’t get me wrong you can try and store Siege Titan master in the way my images show how TR Titan Master is stored but it’s just won’t be as clean or intended.

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    Awe, look at that, you can see the TR Titan Masters head proper in the cockpit.
     
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    OK, THAT'S cool.
     
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    This may be a little late, but on my copy, the key to the whole gorilla neck is having the cockpit pointed away (not resting on his back), connecting the front white part in first, and THEN lowering the cockpit and slotting in that final said hinge (the one in the 2nd pic of gbm’s post). This way, the final step, which otherwise is scarily stressing, goes smoothly.

    Unfortunately, my copy (from the recent Amazon stock) has an upside-down right robot fist in place of the left one. It doesn't fit exactly and the pin is crooked, so returning it for exchange shortly.
     
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    I think people complaining about how bone-white Apeface is don't know what his G1 robot mode looked like.
     
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    I think moreso it's just that that milky, semi-translucent white plastic photographs awfully, and makes the toy look worse in all the online galleries. All the details get washed out and muddied in a studio lighting scenario.

    Toys molded in that colour frequently look better in-hand than in photographs, when natural lighting properly highlights the details.
     
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    “I ish a rowbit.”

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    His original body color is an off white or extremely light gray. I can see maybe why they didn’t paint it because a lot of areas rely on friction. It would have had to be a different plastic altogether.
     
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    Anyone else got trouble pegging the guns into the ports? It fits good in the robot hands and nowhere else for me.
     
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    On mine the pegs for his gun and shield are slightly smaller than 5mm, and the holes of his hands are tighter than the other ports. I've had to add a small ridge of super glue to the gun handle to better fit the other 5mm ports (it's still a bit tight when placed in his hands but not uncomfortable so). The shield's peg is still a WIP for me.
     
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    Are the ankle panel joints supposed to be so loose? because his left ankle is full on floppy if I unpeg it.

    Knees are pretty loose too,gonna have to floor polish em
     
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    Mine wont come until Thursday can someone put the siege head on tr quake? Using the gorilla face side...I wanna see how it would look as a potential tankor head
     
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    The visor as-is is a bit too tall for my liking, but if only the recessed area in the middle of the visor was red then it could work.
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    TR Megatron/Blitzwing.

    I love (love love love) that mold but the jet mode is essentially a brick with wings and a cockpit. It gets away with it more than Apeface here because the wings are bigger, and there are rear stabilisers to help sell the look.
     
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    So far, modifying the shield's peg and jet hole has been... an ordeal. Adjusting tightness, adjusting looseness, adding some angle to the edge for more wiggle room...

    Sanding the sides of the peg looks promising, especially after testing it with TLK Barricade's handgun.
    It's those arms and the tank turret, because otherwise TR Blitzwing looks pretty spot on to the blocky body of the MiG-25, but yeah that's a chunky but fun mold.
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