Generations Selects Seacons in color

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  1. blazemongr

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    First two arrived from Pulse today. And yeah, Gulf’s foot peg hole is super tight. What’s the generally-approved way to solve this: enlarge the hole or sand down the combiner peg?
     
  2. Neko-bot77

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    Sand down the peg! That way if you mess up it's just a little loose. Enlarge the hole too much and the plastic cracks and you now have a non-combining combiner limb.
     
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    We've known that since he was first teased last year. The legs on that mold are incredibly distinct.
     
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    Now that I am thinking about it... I'd say a combination of TR Galvatron and Siege Shockwave parts.
     
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    Copy, meet Paste - subbing in Overbite and Tentakil, of course ;) 
     
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    Yep just sent payment to OMP. Excited!
     
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    Kraken and Lobclaw on their way from Pulse* with the first two arriving in a couple hours. Neat

    *Not actually shipped, just got the alert in e-mail that they would soon
     
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    I just got the same email.
     
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    Same here.
     
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    Still waiting for my two I ordered on Monday to ship out.

    I'm so bored that I'm antsier than normal waiting for things to ship out.:lol 
     
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    same here on the kraken and lobclaw emails, honestly wasnt expecting them this quickly
     
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    The numbers are meaningless in regards to release order. Heck, the TFC Poseidon set came out in the "wrong" order as well.
     
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    Whoops, I got the same e-mail in my junk mail.

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    Red Swoop is a pure floppy mess. Now that that's out of the way, I love this set!

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    Even though they're all Terrorcon remolds they look like themselves in all modes - no obvious compromises, very convincing. Snaptrap fixes my only problem with Hun-grr - those shoulders that were so loose they could barely hold Abominus do a great job here. All the others are great too - tolerances are good, all the joints are tight. And minor, but cool fact - they're carrying all their combiner kibble, and it barely shows.

    I did have my doubts. I got Swoop on sale a couple weeks ago. Every single joint on him - Bot ankles, dino ankles, knees, waist, shoulders, elbows, beak - was loose. I have no idea how he came out so bad - Blue Swoop, Cutthroat, and Seawing are all fine. He was so bad I never even tried him in Volcanicus. But I couldn't wait for the last two, so he's now a temporary Seacon. Turns out his legs barely stay together too. Smh..

    Anyway, this guy is awesome, even with a trash left leg.

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    He's like Abominus without any of the problems. The forward / back ankle is a bit stiff, but that may be a good thing. It makes a world of difference in posing. This may be my first combiner with no 3p upgrades. Can't wait for the last two.
     
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  16. Fenrys

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    yea, a stock red swoop is garbage, on mine i swapped his limbs, wings and bird head with a blue swoop i had and the tolerances were normal, so its not an issue with the torso, its his limbs that have the tolerance problems
     
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    And here they are!

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    Fun Fact: Apparently at one time they were codenamed, based on UK Premier League teams.

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    Well got around to cracking open the first two seacons.

    Unfortunately my Gulf has a little extra plastic in the Hand/foot peg hole. Which ultimately makes it impossible to plug in either the Hand, foot, or guns in for combined mode with out forcing it and either causing Breakage or stressing of the plastic. :( 

    I’m going to try and doing some sanding on the foot/Hand peg or the peg hole it’s self. Otherwise it looks like Overbite is going to have to be my King Poseidon’s Right leg.
     
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    Alas, were it not for current goings on today would have been Tentakil and Overbite day, hope they show up tomorrow!
     
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    So, not to repeat ourselves...but the suggestion is to sand the hand/foot pegs before plugging in to Skalor?

    Any other QC warnings?
     
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