Kingdom Ark In-Hand Review

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  1. Indy LF

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    Mine showed up today & it's missing the Golden Discs. Checked everywhere, cut the box inserts all to shreds. I assume they come connected to Teletran out of the box? I got instructions, the bag w/ the tiny prime, the drone/orb, & the blast effects were all there. 2 were loose in the box rolling around however. I've already transformed both bots hoping the discs were jarred loose. No go

    How did they ship or where was the discs on unboxing?

    Thanks
     
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    Anybody on TFSource pre-order for this hear anything yet?

    It's weird how different companies seem to get these different times. I figure Hasbro would ship them all at the same time, suppliers would receive them, and be in 'generally' the same time frame, give or take a week and a half.
     
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    On mine the discs were stored in Mainframe's backpack (in their storage location on the back of Teletraan 1) out of the box.
     
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    Thank you! Got them from 6HK… about 6 months ago. I am checking to see if he has more available. As far as I know he only made about 10 sets. They are a bit expensive but the detail for the size is AMAZING!
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    Holy crap I want these!

    The Ark isn’t my favorite Titan. the tabbing is a pain but once I got him locked it looks great. He’s easy to store in Ship mode which is nice. I could use more moving parts but we get Mainframe and Teletran-1 so some sacrifices had to be made. I dig the robot mode. want to pose him with Fortress Max at some point.
     
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    Yeah I need those mini bots in my life.
     
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    Working on it- sounds like he may be able to put at least 1 more set together for me- will update here as soon as I get any more info.
     
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    Yeah, as quoted later, on the back of Mainframe/Teletran. Happy to ship you one of mine if they’re legit missing.
     
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    That's where mine were as well. The small globe accessory was also stored on Mainframe's bridge panel in cockpit mode.

    I apologize to Mainframe. I assumed he was a Deluxe but in hand he's a Voyager. He's got the height and mass. Overall the whole thing is solid!

    Only thing I wish I could figure out is how to better attach the thrusters to the front half in Ark mode
     
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    Just got mine and I'm sadly having the exact same issue with ark mode. Where the upper body tabs into the legs there is well and truly nothing that actually holds them together. There are some rounded lips that are a few millimeters long that sort of rest in some slots but a true connection point for holding the shape is non-existent. Its own weight flops it in half again every time.

    After messing with it for another hour it honestly feels like the clearances are all wrong on it and it physically pushes itself apart on its own. I'm certain I have all the limbs right...
     
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    I opened up the box and first thought was 'oh the big gap on the sides isn't nearly as bad as the pictures make it seem to be'...

    then I realized there were cowling parts to attach and yeah it is weird how they didn't have a solution for that...I would have been happy with a snap on piece that you remove to transform
     
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    There's *supposed* to be stuff but I think the tolerances are a bit off so it's not solid enough to actually hold anything together. It's unfortunate, but it's "only" a problem when whooshing the Ark around and then moreso if you hold it by the thrusters rather then from below.

    Looking at it, I think an upgrade kit that closed the main gap in the legs but then also hinged out to connect it to the small gap where the arm folds at the elbow could potentially solve the problem and help hold things together better.

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    Dunno if anyone's tried that yet. But there's a free suggestion for anyone at Dr. Wu or Shockwave's Lab who may be listening.
     
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    There are actually two such 3rd party 3D printed filler panels out there (quality will vary. check ebay), but I myself don't like either one.
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    I'm thinking a replacement clip panel that looks like this but had hinged panels that split open, would work better. Now I have to pull out Fusion 360 and make one.

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    I'm aware of fillers for the main gap in the leg. But to help with stability in Ark mode it may help if that piece had a panel that could fold out and latch in to the gap near the grey elbow joint. Dunno how thick it'd need to be, but that connect may be enough to help hold the legs/upper body together and help the rest latch together along the top where that grey panel panel is that forms the top of the ship.
     
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