I've used parcelsapp for Bombusbee orders since it is one of the tracking services that manages to recognize the number right off the bat and one of the tracking updates was for the label created for stateside delivery and the number was in that update. Also, once that number became part of the tracking it automatically added it to other numbers associated with the original.

 

Yeah, it's nuts, but mine's loosened up through repeated transformations. Try putting the front edge of the tab in first before locking the back in. Reverse that to untab the shoulders.

I want an MP scale cartoon accurate highly poseable Megatron that transforms into a gun with silencer, stock, sight, WITHOUT PARTSFORMING.
Am I asking too much?

 

Yes. 

 

Nope didn’t work   thanks though. Gonna let this one pass, already picked it up, cheaper I might add, from BBB.

 

Never!

 

Your unreasonable request conflicts with my personal collection goals, and therefore you shall be cruelly mocked, tarred, and feathered. Your mother was a sharkticon and your father was Wheelie!
 

 

You went full Wheelie....never go full Wheelie.

 

I went ahead and pulled the trigger on the cassettes too. I really want Rumble (FIRRIB) and Ravage. Honestly wish AW would've just come with all the tapes, but I know that's wishful thinking.

 

These FT threads are getting vicious. Take your toxicity back to Facebook!

 

Yes, you are probably asking too much since his transformation involves partforming in the animation (please see original model sheets below). Especially on frames 8,9 and 10; you can see elements pop in from off screen. Of course you can find episodes of megatron's transformation not having partforming but having parts "morphing" into a different shape (or changing colour) to form his gun mode. So partforming is actually cartoon accurate (depending on which episode you've watched that is).

 

Even if you ignore what @wings pointed out that Megatron's Stock and Silencer do battle with Prime's trailer in subspace (I was joking but now saying that out loud I really want to see it), You can guarantee that it will cause the figure to bee a kibble mess that will both make it inaccurate and not highly posable.

I'm not sure you're grasping how big the stock and silencer really are.

 

Damn. That transformation looks quite painful.

 

My preorder from baba has come in. I was worried he wasn't going to get enough so I bought one elsewhere. If anybody wants my preorder, it's just the remaining $224 and I can have it shipped directly to you.

@Blingotron if you're still planning on getting another, it's $200 for you... To help out a little bit with your situation. Anyone else, I'm going to wait to get a yay or nay from him first.

It's still available for $229 at showz so it's not like this is a steal or anything. But figured I'd throw this out there just in case.

 

Grease and spoon him!

 

So at least one store in Taobao mentioned that RP-01B is shipping in December in China, which, if true (and everything goes ok), we may see it in 1 or 2 weeks internationally.

Although I think we will see it in China in January only.

 

I wish I could share your opinion of AliExpress, but I had a very poor experience where a seller advertised one figure and shipped another. I then subsequently had a very poor experience with customer support who insisted that I would be taken care of, especially when I demonstrated proof after proof of the seller's bad faith. I said I was happy to ship the product back as long as I didn't pay for shipping, but either way I should get a refund. In the end Aliexpress released the money to the seller and did nothing further to assist. In fact Aliexpress cares so little about its platform being used for fraud that the seller still has the same listing up.

Anyway, Aliexpress has some great deals and most of their sellers may be honest, but the platform is useless as a guarantor against fraud.

 

3D printers - Volunteers:
So I’m looking for a volunteer or two who can 3D print and test the extended neck for me.
*The tolerance for the neck articulation need to be precise for some reason. I just wanted to double check with another copy of AW to make sure my measurements work with everyone else.

Please PM me if your are interested and I can provide the STL file.

**You of course need to own a 3D printer and be able to test print the neck by today/tomorrow and report back so I can make any adjustments need.

Thanks

 

I am sorry to hear about your bad experiences, I can only speak for my own experiences where I had a conflict with two different sellers at one point in regard to a figure (one broken, one damaged and sellers did not respond to my messages), AliExpress came through for me, and gave me a full refund. Either way, this particular seller for Acoustic Wave hasn't disappointed me so far.

 

There are some sellers that I would continue to purchase from, but I am so sour on Aliexpress as a platform I don't know if I will.