GigaPower HQ-05 Gaudenter (MP Swoop)

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by unexpectedpanda, Nov 22, 2014.

  1. SquishyOH

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    TFSource has their Fall Clearance going on now. Most of their prices are still 2x the price I can get from bababobo or ShowZ.

    Except this guy: https://tfsource.com/gigapower/HQ-05R-Gaudenter-blue-chrome-version/
    $139.99 is an excellent price for Blue Swoop. I got this for about $200 earlier this year and most everyone else is $220+ at this point. I don't know what TFSource is doing here. All the rest of the figures are $250 which is way more than the $170 average price I paid for the rest of the team.
     
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    This! :rock :buttrock 
     
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    Your dinobots pics are great, except this part not align properly.

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    Can't wait for new all toon style MP Dinobots. Gaudenter will be the first one to be sold! In the end he always was a stand in for me because FT Soar is just too small. Can't stand his face anymore. He's covering it out of shame on my shelf.
     
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    ha! Even if I wanted to I can’t retake those photos. Don’t have a Time Machine to get back to 2019.
     
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    I just recieved Giga Swoop....while hes cool and looks good, he's far from my fav. His legs are just kinda blah, and the lack of ankle tilt is annoying. I recieved Giga Sludge last week and have Giga Slag on the way, I'm hoping to have all the Giga Dino's by 3 weeks from now. Sadly I'm gonna have a mix of metallic and chrome, but I can't really help that.
     
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    Do you remember where you bought these fire effects? Been looking for some for years
     
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    He actually has a set of 5 for the entire group here:

    Masterpiece Transformers Dinobot Fire Effect Grimlock Snarl Slag Slug Swoop USA! | eBay

    If you read the full description, he mentions they're designed to fit a variety of MP scale figures. I have no direct experience with these fire effects but I think they will fit. I have ordered other products from him via eBay and everything is top quality with exceptional customer service.
     
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    I was just able to find this guy on Ebay for a fair price. Figure looks amazing and loving it so far. I was curious though, does every chrome version come with the eye stickers? Mine was sold as complete, though the stickers are no where to be found in the packaging. Love how it looks in dino mode, but don't like having his eye slots blank.
     
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    Only older ones I think, that's the only thing I feel missing from them, the blue eyes
     
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    IIRC the stickers weren't great. I ended up, very carefully, painting them red on mine.

    Then I had a similar thought to this and went out and bought some blue vinyl then painstakingly cut blue eye stickers for them all.

    You can see them on Swoop in this pic

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    Interested to know how you did it. I once tried to do it with "Grimlock" (whatever its name was), but dropped the ball trying to cut the proper size with the only sticker leftovers I had
     
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    No real science behind it.
    I got a sheet of Ocean Blue Smart Vinyl used for Cricut machines, cut a rough shape and slowly trimmed away until the pieces fit.
    Used the point of a protractor to carefully affix it to the contours.
    They're not perfect, don't stand up to super close scrutiny at all, but do the job at a distance.

    The real pain with Grimlock is the fact that his eyes are recessed quite deep