Damn, someone finally made a Star Saber for Starscream and while I like the size, I'm not sure about the aesthetic/styling.

Not sure if it's just the sculpting that's too soft and not sharp enough, but right now this Star Saber seems more like something from Beast Wars/Machines with its "tech-organic" look which doesn't fit with the blockier, real robot anime-ish Unicron Trilogy aesthetic that Legacy Armada/Micron Legend Starscream has going for.

 

anyone know of any 3p guys making any new junkion heads?

 

You may have already seen it but Nonnef makes a kit to convert Wreck Gar into a new Junkion: Rubbish Sets The head also has two face options, so you could kinda get two different heads if you bought two kits

 

i know. I am an addict for junkions. Honestly I just need one more variant to have 5 (SS86 Wreck Gar, Rubbish, Junkheap, and an unmasked Rubbish head with a yellow wreck gar torso as an original Junkion Forage). I just want one more

 

Ah I see. I'm in a similar boat myself, I picked up a discount Junkheap and planned to repaint it into a new Junkion. I was thinking you could fudge a new head by taking Junkheap's, removing the horns, and using something to add a mouth plate (clay? acrylic nail piece?). Add some different colors and you'd have a pretty different look altogether

 

Anyone have the Shockwave Lab Inferno and/or Artfire filler set? How is it? I’m curious how it stacks up to Go Better’s (since GB hasn’t released a dedicated Artfire version yet as far as I know).

Thanks!

 

I can't speak to the Shockwave Lab set or the 115 set for Artfire, but for Go Better, per a post earlier up:

 

Saw earlier and didn't bother to post about it. It's a 'solution' no one asked for that is guaranteed to look and function much worse than the stock tail part. The tail is perfectly fine and well detailed in hand.

 

I think Ol' Tim needs to retire. He'd be fine to design (to a point) but someone else needs to manufacture them and correct all of his issues. Some of his ideas prove that his heart is in the right place, but the execution falls flat on its face.

 

Cool, thanks! Yup, I’ve got the GB Hauler kit on the way.   Maybe I’ll hold out a bit longer to see if the Artfire one still shows up.

 

I think a good way to design a Megatron head tail is to have each section as you go down slightly smaller and so they can compress upwards to be shorter in robot mode = also the spark extractor on his tail would be nice to have articulated and so it can open.

I'd be happy enough with an upscaling of the one that came with Kicker.

 

Yeah, I saw that a few months ago. Was tempted to buy another Wreck-Gar just to use this with. But then I remembered that there is just no sane way to obtain Nonnef stuff in Australia (yes, I could buy direct and pay at least USD $50 in postage, or buy from the UK and pay a bit less postage but risk it never arriving due to Brexit/COVID chaos)  

 

Fillers for Elita 1/ Minerva shoulder pauldrons

 

I definitely want some Elita/Minerva shoulder pylon fillers, but those teeny-missile ones look weirdly offputting to me. Would love to see some that are just solid flat surfaces, or vents.

 

This.

Also it'd be nice to have something to make her backpack tab better.. Also a Headmaster adapter that doesn't require you to chop up the figure.

 

No problem, they do the job, in my head they’re flak launchers that help protect whoever she's treating on the battlefield from being targeted by incoming missiles etc. Just my take on the reason she's got them mounted on her shoulders.

 

Nonnef sells them seperately.

Dinobots

 

Still no Legacy Elita feet?

 

Did not know that. Thanks.

 

The ZX Megatron kit is available again from a couple sellers on eBay! Not sure if it's a reissue or just found stock, but it looks like I'll finally be able to get my hands on it!