Bold Forms Gladius "The Dark Emperor" (Triple Changing Megatron)

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by Cheem The Rup, Feb 10, 2014.

  1. mikeszekely

    mikeszekely Not Pessimus Prime

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    I have the figure... and... I know it's not the best but man i love it... floppy mess... transformation is a nightmare... but I still love that figure, it's still a marvel of engineering... prolly the only one that loves this...
    Imma use kiki tight joint solution on it and tighten EVERY joints... i'll see what happens then lol :p 
     
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    This figure feels unfinished in the sense that the fitting and feel is all over the place. Some parts that tab in are too tight and feels scary. Other parts dont even tab tightly enough to hold the figure together. Legs joints and waist armature all need to be tightened up. Its a floppy mess. If you really want to get this, treat it as a model kit. Heres a list of tools that might help:

    Epoxy and superglue in case of breakage.
    Metal file to give clearance where needed.
    Screw driver and paint essentials like thinner, paint brushes/paint marker etc.. I used spray cans, cuz its faster. Definitely apply primer before painting. I assume you done this before :) 
    It will take time, effort and passion. If you just want it for the robot mode, then its really manageable. But trying to make it work as a transformer is a whole different kind of hell. When you start transforming it, you will realised why they didnt bother painting him. The tolerances just suck.
     
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    Is this company even still around?
     
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    company.... is actually one single guy... and unfortunately he hasnt updated his Facebook page in 3 years
     
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    So, probably a case of too-little-too-late, but I saw Bababobo00712 list this guy as a preorder expected to arrive soon. Makes me curious if this is at all an updated release, a bunch of old stock that randomly turned up, or new stock with all the same old problems. The listing price of about $150USD plus possible shipping makes me hopefully it might be an updated design, no least given many US retailers sold off the last of their stock for under $50USD by now. Still waiting to hear back from Baba on this, but does anyone happen to know if this might be an updated release, possibly with better QC and tolerances?
     
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    I wouldn't count on this a being fixed re-release. It's much more likely that this is old stock. Let us know what Baba says back.
     
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  9. Tef

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    I remember a few months ago was on sale for about 40$... i almost bought a 2nd one just for fun lol
     
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    I dont recommend this one bit. Even if u fixed the joints (and haven't lost your patience), the transformation is awful.
     
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    for a one man masterpiece scale triple changer it is actually pretty good
     
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    I know it’s a bit off topic, but I had a dream that Jobby did a review for an add-on kit for masterpiece Megatron that made it look more like the original toy.{Trigger crotch and all.} And through the whole thing he was like “Don’t make me do this to my baby.” And when he was done putting it on he yelled at the camera something to the effect of “We finally got a decent G1 accurate Megatron and you wanted to go back to this?! Why, why would you do this?!” And then he proceeded to throw a legacy Dragonzord at the person holding the camera, which ended up breaking it and him taking the camera guy’s copy as a replacement.
     
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    I got this toy *because* of the Jobby vid, ha! I just had to own this legendarily crap toy. Don't look too far into what that says about me.

    I got it for $40, yeah. At that price point it was worth it for the novelty and for the gun mode, which is legitimately fairly decent. That said, the waist joint had been accidentally glued on mine, which meant I had to take a knife to it in order to transform the toy - breaking that piece in the process, but fortunately not in a way that stops the toy from holding together in bot or gun mode. Well, as much as Gladius ever does, anyway!
     
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    On a clearance now in Taobao. RMB 199 = approx USD 30 before shipping. Still expensive for something that I would only get for the gun mode.

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    Got him for approx USD20 after local conversion in my country. And yes, all the reviews about him being a POS floppy mess and complicated transformation are all true. It is easily the worst TF I have ever handled. But the gun mode is mmmm nice. Here's me trying to attach everything at once, I later stuck the double tank cannons underneath the silencer as an off-center bipod.

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  16. rob_charb

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    There's been a sudden appearance of stock for this lately here (Taiwan) and gotta admit, I'm tempted. Warts and all, it's good-looking figure, and a notorious piece of 3rd Party history.
     
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    So...exactly how much of the tank mode is extra kibble pieces that you need to stick on? I’ve been fond of that tank mode this whole time, and I can’t figure out how that tank mode is possible without a whole bunch of parts replacement
     
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    Even cheaper on Taobao now. Seen it as low as 98 CNY ($15 USD)

    Im going to get one or two.
     
  19. wreckgar39

    wreckgar39 I'm just a simple man, trying to make my way.

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    What can I expect for shipping to the US? Genuinely curious about owning this thing if the price isn't too high.
     
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    I dont know, Im in Australia. You may want to head over to the buying on taobao thread and ask there. Someone from america will give you the run down. In the past my shipping was anywhere from 20-80 dollars to Australia via boat or air on several items. I order several items at a time when going through taobao.

    Bold Forms Megs will just be some filler when I fill out my current order

    Buying Transformers on Taobao