If it's in the recessed part of the circle, I'd simply get some dark grey acrylic paint from a hobby store (or Walmart .99 cents ) and cover it up.

 

yeah it's that part, i thought about using paint too, it's probably the most safe way, i'll see if i have the right shade at home

 

The piece I had stress marks on was the trailer door of a G1 Optimus Prime.
After the kettle had boiled I waited a few minutes then slowly trickled the water over the stressed parts.
It practically turned grey immediately.

 

The trickling approach is a great idea! I would definitely try that first as completely submerging the entire thing in hot water could have adverse effects...maybe. I’ll have to try the trickle trick myself sometime...

 

“Don’t feel bad pal, that’s a very fragile part!”

 

What’re you gonna do with a second Wheeljack now?

 

oh throw it on the pile, I suppose  

Seriously though, guess he will be my “vehicle mode” Wheeljack...could make for some good transformation pics!

 

FUUUUUUUUUUU I broke BOTH wings while transforming him. Some of that may be because me, but these things are fragile AF. I'm guessing there's no good way to replace them?

 

You need to move these by holding them right near the hinge. Also I think you have to rotate them to a certain spot before you can even use the hinge.

But I thought it was decided way back when the first version released that you don’t need to bend these hinges at all for transformation? I didn’t touch those hinges on my plus copy.

 

Breakage on a...on a HASUI MOLD?!?

 

Ironically the figures that I have that have the most QC issues happen to be Takara and Hasbro ones.

 

Yeah you're right and I KNEW that too and I still broke it because it was late, and I was sleepy and careless. It's quite possible to transform without bending that hinge at all. Oh well what can ya do....

 

Thanks for sharing that. I’ll definitely wanna keep that in mind when I get him.

 

Anyone with a broken or busted MP-20+ they're willing to sell please shoot me a PM  

And just to be on topic, here's mine before I sold him with a bunch of his pals

 

Best plus release so far!!! (except for those damn wings ... happened to me as well but luckily only on the OG ver.)

 

Wow I didn’t realize the wings were so fragile, I just got him and transformed and put a bit of pressure getting them out, I guess I got lucky

 

Gotta love the new factory/materials they're using now.

 

Heard it's the same place Fanstoys has been using lately.

 

At the what they've been charging for what they're producing lately, I'll gladly roll the dice with FT or any other 3P. At least there's direct after sales service support with FT.
With Takara's qc issues, the customer is stuck like Chuck and SOL.

 

Breaking wings was a common issue on the original MP-20.