Takara Tomy MP-45 Bumblebee 2.0

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by TTemploy, Feb 4, 2019.

  1. Optimist Maximus

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    You are not alone at all mate. A lot of reviewers are showing how horrendous this figure is. This is gonna hurt, but MP 45 is selling poorly in comparison to other releases. Even this thread is a sample of the very low interest in this figure.
    Hoping TT learns about their own mistakes.
    Sayonara, bye bye! :D 
     
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    Have you tried Future? I'm curious how it compares, I'll probably order a bottle when my Future is gone.
     
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    C46CBD1F-08EE-416D-B66A-41F5E31D02BB.jpeg So, anyone else have a slightly off-center and slightly crooked autobot symbol on the chest?

    When I look at him head on it drives me crazy.
     
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    Thank you dude, this was most helpful :) 
     
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    This is what his back be like if the clear part was blue.

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    I'm so glad they chose clear in the end, I've been messing with 21 and my God are those blue windows horrendous in alt mode, but I love them on his bot mode(hidezkibble). I'm weird.

    I'm thinking a set of sky-blue stickers over the faux windows would look great and I'm not one for stickers.
     
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    Lowering the shoulder that much to get the hand that low doesn’t help me cease seeing the total arm length is still short. I just bend the arm at the elbow 90 degrees so its length is obfuscated by perspective
     
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    I know what you’re saying, and his arms are on the short side. Having taken a photo with his hand on his hip, I just couldn’t resist posting in response to your comment. :D 
     
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    Exactly. I should have said accurately on the short side. :) 
     
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    20191130_170447.jpg What am I doing wrong here? (If anything)

    Surely it can look like this on the back?
     
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    Yep, mine is exactly the same. Crooked in that exact same direction and angle
     
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    i noticed that on mine too, wanted to get it swapped for another but didn’t want to deal with aj’s exchange where i need to send it back in. cool transformation, but way too many loose joints on mine, and then joints are not exposed so applying future doesn’t seem the most straightforward.
     
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    the hinge that the rear bumper is attached to has to slot properly to his robot chest underneath the car during alt mode. if it’s not slotted properly, the bumper will fail to line up and will rest lower like what you have now
     
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    Yes, I have a bottle of Future. I’ve not been that satisfied with how it worked so I haven’t used it much. The bottle I have would have lasted several lifetimes so I was never going to use it up.
     
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    Not sure what you mean. Cant see any slots that I'm missing

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    I’m hoping a sticker set for the faux windows become available at some point. The clear windows themselves doesn’t bother me, but the stuff underneath it resembling cleavage kind of does. LOL!
     
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    actually, it seems like the bottom hinge is in place, so you’re good there. i think the robot chest isn’t collapsed enough with the roof of the car, notice there is a gap right under the rear windshield? try compressing them together a little more, they should align snugly with each other, allowing the rear bumper to come up more.
     
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    Yeah, you shouldn't have that gap. Do you have the robot shoulders positioned properly? With the little cutout lined up with the point/triangle on the crotch? It's really easy to end up spinning them the wrong way.

    Also, what helped me, that little square part on the bumper, the one that covers the Autobot symbol, that actually moves seperate from the bumper. Try rotating that more towards the chest.
     
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