Haslab Unicron Appreciation Thread

Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by octobotimus, Oct 9, 2019.

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Where are you going to be displaying him?

  1. Lower solid shelf/table

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  2. High above the collection

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  3. On the floor

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  4. Eh screw it, I'll just plop it down somewhere. If it falls, it falls

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  5. Detolfs forever

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  1. Patrickab7

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    Finally, I've found the perfect accessory for my world's smallest Megatron.

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  3. djjetstorm

    djjetstorm I will collect until I am one with the Matrix

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    Printing a fully posable micro starscream right now. I'll post some pics when its done.
     
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    I installed the Toyhax Unicron maw stickers. What do you think? 2F6B3011-E598-4E70-BA12-39E4884E6E54.jpeg 18FE6483-9472-4E0E-A53C-6064B7C729D2.jpeg FE2CC650-4569-4F0D-B02E-AE796873A8A1.jpeg 9B8416E3-A00B-4F1D-8321-C7E9483DD640.jpeg 6E78ACAE-980B-4669-95B5-EF7D9BCDF494.jpeg
     
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    Gee Won 1984 Mandatory Stunning and Brave Fiction in Fiction

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    I noticed a few sticker problems after I posted pics. With corrected errors. 0D090909-825A-4DF4-9283-B090D6962D93.jpeg
     
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  7. ph4zed

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    Were you able to get the bubbles out of the silver stickers that go over the inner teeth?
     
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    It has been hard trying to get them out due to it's location deep inside the maw. I don't see the bubbles unless I have a bright flashlight on them so I gave up for the moment and the bubbles are still there.
     
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    Ahhh, gotcha. Those are the primary reason why I want the sheet, so dropping 20$ vs trying to paint them is my dilemma
     
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    Gotta ask about the stickers.... is sheet 5 supposed to be blank? And is there instructions somewhere? or just really study the website pics?
     
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  12. djjetstorm

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    The black sheet is to fill the gap on the teeth before you add the color decal. It’s meant to reinforce that gap.

    I just finished my sticker and also took my maw completely apart to do so. Most of the us easy. Few screws in the back plate and it all comes apart. Taking the pins out of the gears is not hard but not for the faint of heart either. I did that to one so I can see about designing a replacement yellow gear.

    I also decided the side decals for the teeth were a little overkill so I left those off abs still have them if anyone want them.

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    AA1000F8-F5A7-4E92-8370-26F82742CFEC.jpeg Here’s what I have so far. The silver for the inner teeth as well as the orange outer ring fillers really make a difference. I’m thinking about the inner orange ring , but may skip the ones with the cybertronian characters and the gap fillers. I find that the blue does break up the orange well even though it’s not “accurate”. If I can figure out the right color I may just try to fill the gaps with moldable plastic.

    Absolutely loving this guy regardless of the stickers though. Its actually a pretty reasonable transformation once you do it a couple times. Im just worried about the kids busting the shoulders one of these days. I've told them that I need to be there if they move anything.
     
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  14. djjetstorm

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    Lighting is everything! So what lighting do you guys use with your displays?

    From the first pic to the last is different types of lighting in the house. The first one is “daylight” LEDs. The next is standard LED house lighting. “Amber” the third is IKEA spot track led lighting. “Amber” and the last two are in the sun. (Not recommended)

    I have spent so much time and money getting this mix right so I’m done but would like your options on the best lighting for this color mix. 7958DFBE-EF68-48A8-837E-149107ED96D4.jpeg E33F69AC-C1BD-469B-9DA2-C0CC783A1F24.jpeg C38C0EF8-3A61-4652-A7CE-273BE74145FB.jpeg 8025E4FF-63D0-42CB-8CA4-667B067669F0.jpeg
     
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  16. djjetstorm

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    Nice use of blast effects!
     
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    Thank you! I think that might be the main purpose of Rodimus Prime’s blast effects — to blow up Unicron. Tricranius’ green blast effects are probably closer to the movie but would rather match to the blue Matrix blast effects we get with Hot Rod / Rodimus.

    I just wish we had more of them! There must be close to hundred blast effect sites on this thing. And so satisfying to transform again months later, he really is something special
     
  18. djjetstorm

    djjetstorm I will collect until I am one with the Matrix

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    Absolutely! I think now that I have my materials and colors down for resin printing, designing and printing blast effects will be next on the list.
     
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    Need just a little more convincing on buying this big o’lad... can one of you who have him give me a quick mini review? Is he worth it? What’s the downsides and positives?
     
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    Here is my honest review. If you got in on the ground floor of this figure than I think he is well worth that price. I don't think he is worth $1500+ on the secondary market because of all the corners they cut in making the figure. I have both Studio Cell and Hasslabs.
    Haslabs has the size going for it and I do actually love to ability to take the shell off to make the planet separate from the figure. That's just me though. Not everyone is going to take their figure apart and I think a majority of the haslab owners like the look with the planet chips attached. So in a nutshell he is a great display piece for any collector but he needs a few things to be perfect. The wings are too thick and don't look right on bot mode but I think they look great in planet mode. in planet mode they changed the color of the Maw in last minute product. This was a big issue for a lot of backers. There are fixes for that now (printed cover and ToyHax stickers) which makes it much better. Lastly, for the price it should have at least had some lights in the eyes and chest. As large as the ring is in planet mode it should have had lights there too. Its the over all size of this figure that makes him worth the hype. !f you don't care about the size then I would get Studio Cell. its $500, still available, fully transforms and has all the things you would expect to have just in a smaller package.
     
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