General Upgrade Kits Thread

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

  1. OptionZero

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    A couple small strips of scotch tape now and it’s ok
    For something simple like this I didn’t bother with anything more fancy
     
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    I sure like it when I'm told I need to irreparably break my OEM toy parts in order to use aftermarket add-ons. Yeesh....

    That looks like a pretty/decently smooth finish on the piece too. I might go for one of sweetmall-1's auctions of that tail piece for my Gnaw that's due around Christmas time.
     
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    i just got my Mirage and ordered the JRC designs shoulder adapter, but cant help but notice how squat the torso looks

    how hard would it be to design a filler piece for the midsection so the torso can sit extended?
     
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    Question for anyone with both siege and kingdom ultra magnus leg extenders from dna, is there any difference besides the color?
     
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    djjetstorm I will collect until I am one with the Matrix

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    They are taller and better looking in armor mode.
     
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    djjetstorm I will collect until I am one with the Matrix

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    Hey guys if you have been following my work on the Ark upgrade kit I'm happy to announce that they are live on my etsy shop. Its taken me over a month just to match the color in my custom resin mix. I only have 7 left for this round but once these go out I'll open it for more.

    Link for the kit

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    They're identical, other than the color.
     
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    Thank you. Another question tho, on the kingdom version how’s the vehicle mode? I had the siege extenders on kingdom Magnus and in vehicle mode the alignment of the tabs and clips seemed off.
     
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    Fantastic!! This fixes the vast majority of my issues with The Ark!!
     
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  12. Hooper_X

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    Well, if you wound up with two virtually identical versions of the motherfucker after buying the Walmart set with (for) Lionizer and Pinpointer and then the box set with (for) Evil Ghost Barney and the Strap-On Matrix, then a head swap to turn one of them into IDW Pre-War Miner Megatron isn't the worst idea, you know?
     
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    I noticed that Toyhax took down a ton of their G1 weapons from The Armory; not sure why.

    So where does one pick up some G1 accurate weapons for Bee, Cliffjumper, Huffer etc?
     
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    Bumblebee accurate guns come in this set
    Van Weapons Set

    The guns Ratchet dual wields in the movie were the same design as one Bumblebee used and that was included with the MP Bumblebee and the Centurion Drone set.
     
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    Ah I was unaware his Van set came with the Bee guns, cool thanks!
     
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    Not a problem :)  and yea, the shared design with the guns is a mildly obscure nugget of trivia, but it's a good option for anyone that needs a gun for Bumblebee. As for the other two, outside of the Centurion set I've got no idea for Cliffjumper (maybe the people koing the Centurion set stuff have gotten to Cliffjumpers stuff) and did Huffer even have a gun in G1?
     
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    Ya know, good question?
    I am just basing it on what came with Badcube's Huff. ...which was two different ones if I recall correctly.
     
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  18. Fenrys

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    Gotcha, I barely remember him doing much of anything in the toon so I was curious :lol 
     
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    Huffer only used a weapon once in the G1 cartoon, in the episode "Make Tracks". I used the look of that weapon to design a blaster for MFT's Huffer:
    Blaster for Mechanic Studio Engineer (Huffer) by robots78 on Shapeways
    Download STL file Huffer's Blaster for Mechanic Studio Engineer • 3D printer template ・ Cults

    I've gotten it upscaled to work with Kingdom Huffer and will be releasing that version soon.

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    Awesome!
    Thanks for the heads up.
     
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