I might pick up the set and just pick and choose what stickers to use. Those little orange ones inside the scorpion legs look good, as do the ones on the shield like you said.

 

Hopefully it goes on deep discount for the holidays

 

Only have Devil Stinger and put most of Pandinus' Reprolabels on him.

I have more pics if you need.

 

Hey maybe someone can help me out. I purchased a Devil Stinger, amazing figure but I can't get him to stand right, he's wobbly and uneven. I know there must be some ankle ratchets because I see pictures of the ankles tilted and such, but mine will not adjust at all and they feel like they are about to snap when too much pressure is placed. I moved the pistons to the back because it's pretty crowded with them on.

Maybe I'm doing something wrong which is likely. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

 

I didn't realize that this bot has hands. Where do the claws go?

 

Off to the side. The claws have wrap around parts to attach to the arms, and fully remove to expose them.

 

They slot on to the shoulders.

You can't stand him straight at all. Like the permanently angled down head its an inherent severe design flaw of the toy and a big factor of why I soured on having purchased him eventually personally.

He -looks- amazing, but over time you start to realize the toy lacks some very fundamental basic shit and its absolutely infuriating. I wish he could stand straight and point his head up properly god do I.

And yes the feet should be able to angle one click inwards. Very tight on mine they are so yours might be even tighter.

Pandinus actually has the single tightest ratchet joints on any toy I've ever owned in my life. His knees require such immense force to move I barely even know how to describe it. It's like trying to tear a thick piece of wood in half with your bare hands its ludicrous how strong MT made the knees.

Honestly I think the hasbro scorp already obliterates Pandinus in all respects and when Takara inevitably does a Black Zarak version it'll make MT's seem very redundant as well. Looks aside MT just made some really idiotic choices designing this thing.

 

I don't like being a jerk about other people's preferences but saying Hasbro obliterates this is the most ridiculous thing I've read today. Hasbro = cheap as they possibly can for profit. It's meant for children. It's so far from an "adult collectible", I can't even begin.

 

I'm glad Hasbro is making a version for those that don't like or have pandy. I also think that comparing anything Hasbro does to the current generation of 3p is laughable. There just isn't any comparison when u look at build quality, materials, hardware, etc.

All of my hasbro stuff is hollow and cheap feeling. Sure I enjoy it but it's the same to me as enjoying a mcchicken at McDonald's vs. a $100 dry aged steak. I can appreciate and enjoy McDonald's for what it is, but I'd never compare it to a steak and try to suggest it's better....

 

Thank you for this information!

 

Noting your complaints stem mostly from the legs, I think part of the issue is that Pandinus started off as a Trypitocn Design, it's mostly inherent in the legs, from what I was told years back. They had the legs sort of done, but then converted it from Trypticon to Scorponok, which is probably why the stance is weird and why the legs are the way they are.

 

Eh maybe. But its always been the leg pipes and width of the feet that were the issue. The joints are fully capable of clicking in to the right position, those bits just for some reason were made as wide as they were.

And its not like they needed to be for either alt mode so it makes no sense.

But then Cassy Sark did a similar thing with the inner leg flaps on Hexatron and the beast legs on Feralrex. I think some designers just don't seem to realize how important a straight leg stance is for a toy.

You can have very wide limbs on a figure and still address this kind of thing with secondary hip joints or careful sculpting or in Pandinus' case maybe hinges for the toes alone would have solved it.

 

True. I wish I had Pandinus. I always loved the sculpt of the figure. Kind of sad I missed the boat on him. Maketoys did do some odd decisions though design wise, and I'm not sure why they did them. Maybe it was just a case of somehow being missed, or maybe it was caught after production started. I know the Dinobots got rushed due to the Dinobot wars, though how they did Snarl's tail was just bad in robot mode.

Still wish they had done a black repaint of Hypernovae, the wings being able to move into a "Shooting" position still makes him one of the strongest Nova Prime figures we have.

 

That's definitely the problem. Trypticon would have had much wider hips than a humanoid character... they would have been able to point down, then.

Sometimes it's better to just restart from scratch.

 

Yeah, I never really prodded into the reasoning for the change from one to the other. Maybe I should poke that person though I'm not even sure if they're active in the community anymore.

 

Hi.
Only recently got a Pandinus, second hand, but just unpacked the figure today.
I've had a chance to transform it from robot to any of the other modes, but overall I'm impressed so far.

One thing I help with though.
It was shipped in robot mode, not in original packaging, so some of the parts got displaced from the figure during shipping.
It seems that I've got all that was supposed to come with figure, and was able to put almost everything back on, with one exception.

The shoulder panels that can be used toclip on the missile racks somehow came off, and I'm not sure how to reattach them.
Here are some pictures:






The panels




The connection point.


Has anyone else had these come ogg?
And if so what is the safest way to put them back on?
Any advice would be appreciated


Thanks

 

I opted for the Black Zarak version instead because I found the Scorponok colors too gaudy, but man that Decepticon nsignia stinger remains one of the coolest design bits I've seen on any figure. I really wish they kept it on Devil stinger.

 

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