General Upgrade Kits Thread

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by ziltama, Nov 30, 2020.

  1. Powerbomb

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    A couple of green wings would be great for Core Class Dracodon. A green Radioactive Fossilizer needs to look further mutated.
     
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    Ok, so I had less than zero interest in getting glow-bones until you said that. :cool: 
     
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    I was thinking about this adaptor and got to wondering if it might work as a means to allow a canon to mount on Super-Megatron's arm a bit lower, so it sit more closely to his forearm than his upper arm as it currently does.

    It's kinda strange that the Titan Returns Galvatron upgrades on ebay come with a shoulder adaptor, but don't come with the thigh extenders.
    where as the Super Megatron upgrades have the thigh extenders but not the canon adaptor (even though it would be plenty useful for him too).
     
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    I am going to have a flatter mount up fairly soon. This would probably work, but it's geometry is specifically to fit inside of Warpath's shield, so it's a bit thicker than it needs to be to just be an adapter.
     
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    I wonder which group will be first out the gate with rivet covers for Galvatron. While we're seeing corrected versions at retail now, there are still a good number of misassembled figures where this would be the simplest fix.
     
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    I notice how short he is and I think he could perhaps benefit from so thigh extenders too.
     
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    o_O  Isn't he one of the biggest leaders from WFC? Thigh extenders would throw any sense of scaling right out the window
     
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    Perhaps 'stocky' is what he meant?
     
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    I'm ultra excited you're doing this, especially since Toyhax just debuted their G2 Optimus prime sticker for the black trailer!

    I have some fun additional ideas though! A mix of several of Prime's trailers so folks could make the one they want. Or maybe just have it in several separate but related kits.

    - Trailer cannons in the shape of G2 Optimus Prime's (minus the red missile)
    - Powermaster Optimus Prime's big black cannons. Most re-dos of these in 3P and in TR made these thin. I don't understand that. They should be over the top with with a thick barrel.
    - A top-of-trailer mounting bracket for the big black cannons for folks who want to turn the closed trainer into a quasi PM Optimus Prime trailer.
    - Direct 1:1 reproductions of G1 Optimus Prime's fuel pump gas tank and nozzle. You'd probably find some cross over appeal in these, as they're the most sought after parts that people lose with their G1 primes, and among the most expensive to get authentic on Ebay due to their tiny size. And I don't think anybody is doing a repro of them. So potential to double dip maybe!
    - Some kind of fake "pusher" piece that goes where that peg is located in the middle of the inside of the trailer, to simulate the pusher gimmick for roller.

    Can't wait to order it!
     
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    From Shockwave Labs, they're releasing an Auto-Combatant.
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    ziltama Mods, molds, and casts. Also full of hot gas.

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    Outside of their janky tapered pegs on some recent (but not all) releases, SL quality keeps getting better and better. However, they really haven't done much in terms of moving / pinned parts. Curious to see how this will turn out.
     
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    Wei Jiang gave Omega Supreme his "doc bot". Sold like hot cakes on the secondary market.
     
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    What would it turn into, tho?

    The thing was designed like a robot stick man. Best it could do is Bender from Futurama and tuck it's extremeties into its chest.
     
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    Cool. Shame trhey didn't really push the boat out and make him a Weaponizer.
    Not necessarily an actual alt. mode but a torso-into shield, Paleotrex-ish mace-head, melee weapon arms (chain mace when combined with the head-mace?), and blaster/ranged weapon legs would've been mint.

    EDIT: From Reddit:
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    Assuming the QC is good I'm fine either way, but the ability to dismantle him would be cathartic for Hot Rod.
    It's actually making we want that training sword and shield
     
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    Since I don't have a printer to make myself the Hightail one, I might give this a shot when it comes out. Looks good enough from the photos.