General Upgrade Kits Thread

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

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    And now you're making me wish Renderform would make a flamewar head...
     
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    ziltama Mods, molds, and casts. Also full of hot gas.

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    DK-40 is starting to get listed on eBay and robotkingdom for about $50. RK may look cheaper at $25 but after s&h, not so much. Domestic pre-orders are at $30 but will likely not get stocked for months.

    Aliexpress is about $40.
     
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    Bought an upgrade for my Springer. Very well done. Finally full IDW style.

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    Tim Heada made a Vos for Tarn. Almost certainly worse quality than the MW one, but it looks to be a tad larger
     

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    special edition (or japanese release?) of T30 Springer (a la IDW) and MMC's Spartan based on IDW Impactor... and yes, they look stellar together
     
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    ziltama Mods, molds, and casts. Also full of hot gas.

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    The earlier red hunter sword on eBay was actually a resin copy of a 3d print, not the original Hastak sword. There's a new version coming out for Toxitron, despite the Legacy version not being released in Asia yet. The original red hunter sword was meh; had fairly significant warping and I ended up repainting it with clear spray paints. The pics of the Toxitron version also shows major warping issues. The other laser OP sword is also not a copy of the original but of a 3d print.

    The only thing that honestly piques my interest is the plunger.
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    I wish some 3rd-party company would make little semi-circular "sawblades" on 5mm pegs to plug into Hot Shot's open feet in car mode.
     
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    Anyone tried Slammer's treads in there? Would they peg on?
    Unfortunately I cannot perform the experiment myself as I am not collecting NuArmada.
     
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    TFLab has made gap fillers for SS WFC Optimus Prime. Not bad but I'll likely wait to see what others put out first.

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    TF Lab puts out neat and practical solutions, but the print resolution is so dang rough...in-hand sometimes I almost regret getting it. Sometimes, because as I said, it's a practical solution, just leaves something to be desired aesthetically. Fingers crossed that gobetter releases some whackadoo alternative with hinges and whatnot.
     
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    Just waiting to pickup my Flamewar.... ;) 
     
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    *gasps so hard* i swear to god if yours has an alternate smug fang face, I'll buy two of that and one of the main. I'll be waiting patiently
     
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    You can actually see on the CGI render of the game character what the gappy parts of the WFC-V characters are supposed to look like so one hopes someone will use the game as a reference source for upgrades.

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    I agree about Buzzsaws for Hotshot but there is a few existing ones that do fit but half saws would likely look nicer than a full circle.
     
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    Has anyone got these and can post some figures with it?

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    Like in a style of BM Mega Tankor? Neat... modern option of course would be LegAcee/ Flamewar/ RoadRocket weapo halves... not the best, but it's something.
    Isnt there an accessory kit for either Ratchet or Knock Out out there with a saw blad? I know you meant embedded but it would be something else. *shrug*
     
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    Oh, how I wish that someone could give us a buzzsaw weapon for Road Rocket modeled after the one from the G2 toy. Doesn't have to be an exact match, but something that evokes it would be wonderful.
     
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