Checking the Haslab page for the Rancor, it was about 500 short of being fully funded and I feel there's a difference between the number of backers being within the margin of error for being fully funded and being 500 people short tbh.
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Poor Rancor lost backers after the final tier was revealed. Even if Hasbro were willing to fudge the numbers, they got a clear message.
IIRC the tier bonuses were really lame. Weren’t they like extra skulls to toss around the diorama and repacks of retail figures?
Almost six thousand backers. This looks promising.
Takara Tomy has it up now, for a pretty disgusting price, IMO:
- https://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810210016/
- https://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810210016/
Actually, if you open up the chest, you can remove them both. Then, simply cut the backs of them, add some putty and/or glue to replace the faces on the headmasters, glue over if the faces to the inside of the helmet and you've got a double powermaster.
Wow. Weird that it's more expensive there than here.
It might have been cheaper for me to import it from BBTS, even with the Japanese Yen being much weaker than it used to be, compared to the US Dollar...
As TT doesn't accept debit cards, I had to ask my girlfriend to order it from TT. She was NOT a happy bunny...
I'm not sure of the reasons why, but $20 more than what HasLab is offering him for doesn't sound too bad in the grand scheme of things. Thinking positively here, I'm sure that there will be some who would welcome the opportunity to *only* pay ~$200 for him after he is released and no longer available.
That's a significant amount more for me in Japan.
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Do you know of any tutorials or pics? I think I remember someone back in the day did it. Way back when, I popped the engines out. But I could never figure out how to connect the engines to the Titan Masters securely and without hampering the arms. I pulled out all the pieces last month to give it another try and gave up. Overlord's chest compartments are super tight, so that's another complicating factor. If you're grabbing the engines to pull them out, they'd better be strongly attached to the Titan Master.
Ideally, I'd get Hasbro's Titan Master for the head, instead of gluing on of the loose Takara faces. That wouldn't seem very stable.
In short, not "simply."
I think launching this during an economic crisis and just before Christmas is a mistake tbh. Especially when Hasbro have shipped a lot of product early recently because their street dates mean nothing.
I feel like this would have easily hit a thousand extra units in February.
Or who knows, maybe people just believe Hasbro about Victory Saber and want him in hand before deciding, in-case there are any other Unicron's maw situations.
I feel like this would have easily hit a thousand extra units in February.
Or who knows, maybe people just believe Hasbro about Victory Saber and want him in hand before deciding, in-case there are any other Unicron's maw situations.
Remember, overseas numbers have not been added yet either. Gotta figure in Japan this guys gonna do pretty well.
Was there a Titanmaster for Overlord? As for attaching the face and engine parts, 2-part modelling putty can be used:
- https://www.amazon.com/Milliput-Superfine-2-Part-Hardening-Putty/dp/B002CNEWAM
I couldn't find the original custom page for Overlord at TFW (it might have been posted in the regular toy discussion pages, rather than the customs section?). I've found some similar links, with a range of options on how to create the Powermasters or fix the face. They don't mention the way to use modelling putty though.
The links are behind spoiler tags to reduce post length.
A new head for TR Overlord
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Overlord Power of the Primes Minor Mod
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Takara Lg60 Overlord with proper powermasters
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Upgrades for Titans Return Overlord
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LG60 Overlord Mod (no details)
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Overlord (minor custom)
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Minor/Repaint: - A new head for TR Overlord
Hello all! After reciving TR Overlord in the mail I was a bit disappointed in his head and face. So I set out on finding a replacement The first...
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Overlord Power of the Primes Minor Mod
Minor/Repaint: - Overlord Power of the Primes Minor Mod
If this has been posted already I apologize. As everyone with Overlord knows he has spots to hold two Power Masters, but when inserted his doors do no...
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Takara Lg60 Overlord with proper powermasters
Heavy/Scratch: - Takara Lg60 Overlord with proper powermasters
this mod enables giga and mega to become the powermaster engines (like they should've been) for overlord's chest not some headmaster we all love to...
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Upgrades for Titans Return Overlord
Heavy/Scratch: - Upgrades for Titans Return Overlord (Shapeways)
Hey has there been any progress on refitting the powermaster plates? That is weird. I actually took those hand plates and did exactly this with them...
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LG60 Overlord Mod (no details)
Heavy/Scratch: - LG60 Overlord Mod
This is my TakaraTomy LG60 Overlord with some mod + Shockwave lab SL-22 posable hands. [ATTACH] The first mod is Titan Masters Giga & Mega changed...
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Overlord (minor custom)
Minor/Repaint: - Minor Projects
Combiner Wars X-Tinguisher This was a surprising success. Reprolabels conversion set does most of the heavy lifting here, but adding some extra black...
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(If anyone finds the more in-depth mod tutorial/explanation at that site or anywhere else, please let me know).
Funnily enough, I started this mod ages ago but never got round to using the putty. I was a little apprehensive but I need to finish this!
Yeah I don't know about the throne. But I'm still confident in the first tier.
Throne is nice but at the end of the day, it's a fancy chair. Even something like recolored blast effects or micromasters look hype in comparison.
We're only 1/3rd of the way through the campaign, so we'll see how it goes.
By “Unicorn’s maw situation” do you mean “a minuscule disappointment that 99% of the people who got one don’t really care about and does nothing at all to dissuade other people who missed out from paying multi-thousands of dollars just to get one on the aftermarket?”
In which case, we very well could have one of those again yes.