Liketoys Metroplex

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  1. mikequillm

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    Is that man-bun mustang himself in the video?
     
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    Cool video of a video, complete with dual overlapping audio tracks.

    Transformation seems cool, but it looks more like assembling furniture than playing with a toy.
     
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    No
     
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    The thing that annoys me with g1 Metroplex is that every carnation of him has nearly the exact same transformation. I would be willing to settle for more liberal design of his alt modes if we could get a different transformation. I am not looking for something radical just not the same.
     
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    2:28......... No, you've lost me.
    Others have long since found a away around this issue. For a city-bot of this size to have to resort to that is a deal-breaker. MakeToys Utopia 4 life.

    I'm out.
     
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    yeah this looks about right. i didn't expect much from this guy. but this vid clearly shows all the bots short comings. so many useless flaps and gimmicks that don't amount to shit. i know this isn't a real product either way.

    but he could have just saved the bandwith that he used on all those extremely useless panels. basically shit like the tiny flipout wheels or ears that pull off and mount on a smaller version of the head.

    same with all the carrier flip down leg extensions. none of the mods work outside of the bot mode.

    i might be in the minority here but i would rather have his bot as an action master. all his stuff just gives me a full on meh.
     
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    Had to watch the vid at 2x speed during transformation, looks like a pretty good workout, dude was sweating at 10:40.

    City mode is a lil small for MPs but Legends figures look perfectly scaled with this guy.

    It looks pretty durable, I thought 3D printed stuff was pretty fragile?
     
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    why are they parts forming the head?
     
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    No, no. Playing two music tracks at the same time is a fantastic idea. Don't let anybody tell you otherwise! You make that video with two simultaneous music tracks.

    I am all in for a radical redesign of Metroplex. His original incarnation is so boring. Alt mode one is him sitting down. Alt mode two is him sitting down more differently.
     
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    Metroplex of this size should really be sold as a coffee table.
     
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  11. Hoffman

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    That print resolution looks pretty poor for something that will be injection molded. They're going to have to do a ton of work on the tooling.
     
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    That is not how it works. What you are calling "print resolution" is completely independent of the 3D model or CAD. That is the 3D printer. The FDM build layers are not actually in the model. They are not casting molds off the 3D print for "injection molding". That requires steel molds. aka tools.

    If this ever goes to tooling, sure it may have to be adjusted for tolerances, materials and such, but they use the same model. 3D printing is just for proof of concept.
     
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    Thanks to FansToys, we have all learned great patience. We will wait quietly (at least some of us will) and receive this beautiful piece of art as Primus intends.
     
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    I am in the process of waiting for the computron upgrade. From what I have been told, all the delays on the 3D printed kit has been because he is having to replace parts for previous buyers. Granted he says he has made modifications, but I would strongly suggest people wait for this to hit retail and be reviewed first before buying. If it's going to cost $1k, that's a huge investment to have things break and fall off and wait for replacement parts. I have heard only good things about the kits, but this process of being told 2 more weeks time after time hasn't given me great confidence in his ability to conduct business.
     
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    I'm well aware of how it works, and that's not what I meant.

    They are designing and tolerancing this with a rough 3D print. To even MAKE tools, they will need a higher resolution prototype to tool off of. Even printing a higher resolution prototype with another printer will require different tolerances, so this is kind of a wasted step if they want to cut steel molds.

    If they go to tooling from THIS prototype, they will have to clean it up in the tooling process, which will be A LOT of work, and that was my point. Either way, there is still a lot of work to get this production ready.
     
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    Not wasted really. Probably much cheaper to produce this a full scale proof of concept where they can make adjustments than it would be to get the kind of "resolution" for tooling that you are thinking of.

    Basically get it right here, before you cut the expensive stuff that is used to make the REALLLLLY expensive stuff.
     
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    I'd say there was still some worth to making this prototype. Even with experienced designers and good simulation software, putting the thing together IRL can reveal issues that you can miss if it's all on a screen / in your head. Partly I'm thinking overall stabiliity (you *can* get engineering software to simulate this, but I wonder if these small 3P outfits have access) but also assembly-line issues. In my work, I've had products look great onscreen but the factory people say "dude, you can stick X and Y together, or Y and Z together, but it's super awkward assembling all three" and then I can go back and change the fixings or move elements from one part to another.

    Yes, the detail will need to be increased before going to toolmaking, but there's merit in getting the structural/procedural stuff done first. Plus of course you can use it for promotional videos that much faster :) 

    Agreed. Unless they're working on the high-res "textures" in parallel with this prototype. That depends on the size of the design team in people and hours.
     
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  18. Frogdude45

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    I really hope they get this done in a year or max 2. I wonder if a crowdfund would help their advancement.
     
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    i seriously doubt that would happen. real legitimate 3p companies with figures that people actually wanted and begged for years have tried crowd funding only to fail handily.

    so there is no way this shady ass pipe dream has a snowball's chance in hell of being crowd funded.

    if i had to guess i would say that crowd funding for davis would most likely be him asking everyone that is interested in the bot forming a circle around his car. after that they would proceed to stuffing their money in the passenger side window. after about 2 hours of this he would just close up shop and drive off blasting "rollout" by the great sir ludacris.
     
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    Lol dang that's scathing! :eek: