I've been scrolling back the last few pages and the pics never cease to amaze, this is one photogenic bastard. I don't know if anybody's taken pictures of this yet but I'd love to see him paired with Zeta's Bruticon.

 

still waiting A3U to ship

 

Seriously? That really sucks. They must be using slow boat shipping these days because shipping rates have gone up. The A3U price for Starscream was horrific for me in Canada even though I’m Canadian.

I have Thundercracker and Skywarp ordered with them because they’re in Canada but I guess I’ll be waiting a while.

The sad part is that I ordered Starscream from Japan to save money but I was unable to go with AJ this time and went with AE. So even though both stores use DHL, AE takes longer to ship and they don’t have as good a deal with DHL so I ended up paying more for Starscream than the other two seekers. It’s supposed to be the other way around. But it was still less than A3U for Starscream.

 

Quick and dirty for you

 

Do the exact same Future application but use some 70% (or 91%) Isopropyl Alcohol. It'll unlock them immediately. Just keep moving them back and forth slowly while it works in there, but the effects will be immediate.

Go gently, as to not break anything since there will be some tension as it loosens. I use this trick all the time when I accidently Future something too tightly.

 

Thank you, good sir, looks as cool as I thought it would!

 

That's a shame. Sorry to hear about that :\ But thanks for sharing that childhood story! Even though it is slightly off topic to this thread  

Back on topic though, I'm looking forward to the other two seekers, but also being cautiously optimistic considering the cracks and ankle issues  

 

I’m still jealous that you have that pistol for Bruticus. One thing I need to make mine perfect

 

You need a word with @TigerBlade!

 

My printer died a few months back. Needs a new motherboard lol

 

Thanks for your help. I think it was the double hinge on the butt I was missing out.
Having changed him back to robot the right wing tab was damaged but now slots in perfectly.
The left arm which did not close properly before now closes perfectly, though that's the one where the crack has developed. Presumably it closes because the crack has developed. Really hoping it doesn't turn into another hound, as other than that it's a good copy.

 

Oh dear  . You were on 3d printed figures too, right? Bummer

 

So FYI, I have massive looking "cracks" on both my L and R forearms in the same spot. Although, I do not think those are cracks in the plastic, I believe they are merely cracks in the paint.

Still something to proceed with caution about, but certainly not something that will fall off tomorrow.

You can open up the flaps and look at a cross section view, or even the other side, and you can see they do not go any further than the surface of the other side. Hence, why I believe they are merely paint cracks.

 

That stinks. Were you ever able to finish that huge Scorponok that you were working on?

 

Purchased my MP-52 from Amazon Japan.

Negative: the top of the canopy isn't fully painted.



Positives: After some fiddling around, everything seems to tab into place at the back. No issues standing.



Thank you Mr. Kojin Ono for designing this impressive figure. I just wish Takara Tomy had better QC.

 

Probably molding lines you see them on gundam parts that arent flat especially arm parts that sort of wrap around

 

Got this far:



I'll get back to it at some point but I'm in no rush as I've sacked off the HeadMasters.

 

That happened to me after I had put some Kiki. It needed to be flexed a bit ... hope it won't crack ha ha  
Ankle seems rock solid.

I've managed to swap my wing hinges, quite easy thing to do.

 

I recently nixed S3 from my collection plans myself. Too hit and miss, not enough buy in from 3P or TT (save TFTM, which I'm still in for) to make it a sure enough thing this century!

 

I like to give a clear picture of things when possible.  

As for Thundercracker and Skywarp, I'm optimistic they'll learn from the flaws this one has, so I think they'll be better. They better be.