A small price to pay

 

That's awesome! It sucks that the printer cleanup is such a hassle, but I think it's worth it to be able to make your own stuff at home for free. I do hope it gets easier over time   I'm super glad that you were able to get back in touch with NewAge! Definitely hope there'll be more developments soon  

 

The file fixes I sent worked, and so they've asked for Sparkplug and Chip next.

 

OMG! holy shit!!! I’m been trying to temper my expectations in case newage ultimately passed up on your sculpts. But not anymore!!! Congrats man, this is amazing!

 

Nice!!

 

Aw man, I can't believe I didn't say anything about the 1-year anniversary of this excellent project   Happy belated 1 year! Hope everything's going okay!

 

Anything new (ha) from NewAge?

 

If a human is 6' 6", wouldn't that make them 26 times taller than a legends class transformer? There is no way humans are legends class.

 

Nothing yet.

 

How's everything going?

 

With these figures? Still a whole lot of nothing. I can't print them because the materials don't survive assembly. NA hasn't sent me anything about them. I don't know if they're miffed because they can tell I don't but their stuff, or if they're gonna just rip them off, or if one day I'll get an out of the blue message from them with an update on production. Who knows.

I have a really good printer now, so if I can get the right material then I could possibly print them. If I could raise enough money I could injection mold them. Still at "wait and see" status. I would like to get them made though.

 

If you find the secret to printing good small parts, don't keep it to yourself!  

 

Just found out about this project. I hope it gets produced.

 

The secret ingredient is to print with an SLA printer and a plastic typically used for medical implants; that's the only process that can make parts as small as that with any kind of fidelity. It's the method I'm using to make parts for my Earthrise Rung to Sari Sumdac conversion kit.

 

Please, by all means, share the secret of your ways!

 

I would need to look up which settings I used on Shapeways later, but in the meantime you can check out what I’m designing here.

 

That looks great. I'd be really interested to know what specific material or type of resin you're talking about printing in, because that's my only hurdle on the humans. I need something flexible enough to survive assembly, but sturdy enough to survive articulation. I have a friend that's developed a very rubbery blend of resins that is custom mixed, but if there is an existing product on the market then I'd love to know what it is.

 

Found it. I used PA11 Nylon plastic, printed via SLS. If the parts are thick enough it should be very durable.

 

Oh, I only need a $13k printer to work with that.  

 

You have two kidneys? You only need one!