I have an MIB copy for sale. 370 shipped Con USA only. PM for details.

 

Wow I actually like that 3rd party Hound face better.

 

I don’t know if it’s been mentioned before, but the jet pack mounted on the trailer comes from the episode “Prime Target”. I was just watching the episode myself, so I took a screenshot of the scene.

 

I believe it is in my info (?), but I never finish the mod part yet - only paint. I've been too busy recently.

Edit: Apparently not. Here you go:
MP-44 Painting Manual.pdf

 

BRILLIANT!!! Thank you so much! So grateful that there are guys like you out there willing to share your knowledge

The yellow and grey paint chips on my prime would probably escape attention from anyone else. But I know they are there  .

Time to get ebaying some paints 

 

I would actually recommend not going to ebay for paints. If you like, you can DM me and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

 

Just got MP44 this week. Are these things common ?

- lots of forward and back / sideways play in the hip joints.
- loose waste rotation

I've glued the knee and they are now working perfectly. But the other two things are bugging me. Normal or is mine a dud ?

 

It's normal.

 

What a shit figure then.

Floppy waist
Wobbly thighs
Knees that crack of you breathe heavily.

Shame, looks great

 

Yeah the floppiness is unfortunate, that's definitely one of the areas where TE-01 is superior. That figure is solid.

 

I actually find the play in the hips pretty useful for posing in between the angles that the hard ratchets will allow. Not an excuse. Just a note
As for the "loose waist rotation" I haven't found a single pose that OP cant hold... maybe there isn't enough friction for personal taste, but it hasn't been detrimentally annoying like MP-43 BW megs' waist.

 

Huh, my figure's hips and waist aren't particularly loose. Guess I got lucky. Knees are still fine too on my second copy. First copy had a broken knee straight out of the box.

 

Hips are spacy like that because of the backward leg movement

 

I know right. This is my frustration. I got this guy as an end of the year hurah kind of thing. It is literally one of the most beautiful iterations of Prime I've ever seen. I fall into the camp of loving complicated transformations, so I even got a kick out of that. What I didn't enjoy is how delicate it was and after about a week how I had to repair both knees despite being exceedingly delicate. It still makes my top 10 of all time, but on the back half of it somewhere, held back by shoddy manufacturing. I would def recommend people wait (at this point pray and cross your fingers for) a reissue that fixes some of these concerns.

 

Cool story, bro.

 

Everytime I just look at bluestreak + I have to double take. It looks so damn good.

 

The floppiness is a result of the articulation and transformation.

 

Regardless of the reason the end result is still a floppy joint and having all that extra artiulation means less of the joints aren't strong enough to hold in poses. The thighs for instances have plenty of ratchets but the stance when plonked on the shelf is wider then where I left it on the ratchets simply because the joint seperates under weight. Not well designed

 

And that's probably why the legs on Hound and Bee dont go backwards. The apron design is great, it just entails a sacrifice, either choice is going to make someone unhappy.

 

Haha, this thread.

1. Guy buys MP44
2. Asks about problems he’s experiencing
3. Consensus is that it’s normal
4. Guy is disappointed
5. Attack guy with the hottest memes from 2011
6. Profit?
7. Repeat