Talk about a jagged giant pill.
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So whatever happened to those overpriced horrendous "comic" statues advertised with crappy (crappier that usual) Ai videos that all signs pointed to being a scam but the company involved was all "we're not a scam bro, and we'll sue you bro if you totally say so bro."
If it hasn't been done yet I think I found a Shattered Glass color scheme for Shockwave.
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ROBOT GUN: Coko Red, White & Blue
ROBOT-GUN Red, White & Blue 로보트*촘 전자변신 로보트총 Coko - Item No. SC-1100 Astro Magnum / Shockwave mold Made in Korea
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Their website won't even load for me at the moment. Last archive.org snapshot is from May, suggesting it's been unavailable a while...
I'm so disappointed he's never gotten a toy. I was really hoping he would when they were doing Shattered Glass capsules for a couple years there.SG Shockwave's color scheme has been around since 2011:
He'd fit right in with all the other yellow SG Decepticons, like Starscream and Soundwave.
I want more Shattered Glass remakes to homage the original molds they debuted in. That has the nice side effect of enabling remakes of those molds specifically.
It may be a bit awkward now that Hasbro already did Goldbug and Starscream, for instance, but they've got great new Cybertron molds to use for a better take.
It may be a bit awkward now that Hasbro already did Goldbug and Starscream, for instance, but they've got great new Cybertron molds to use for a better take.
This seems to fit the thread title neatly.
One of my favorite literally little touches in the various manga in recent years is that, when characters are depicted as Kreons, the depictions tend to favor a toy-feasible design using actual Kre-O parts. I've managed to make a few customs based at least in part on the parts selections.
However, I'm at a bit of an impasse with this depiction of Elita Five/Seven from "Controverse", who seems to have a helmet piece more directly evocative of one of the movie Arcee sisters toy heads, and one that doesn't map as identifiably onto an existing Kre-O piece. But then I have blind spots in my Kre-O parts knowledge, especially for the latter GI Joe and Kreon Warrior periods.
Unfortunatly, it's also one of the rare cases where the wiki -- which otherwise manages to add a brief description of the relevant parts recipe in the Notes sections! -- doesn't provide any specifics on that (the "Controverse" notes just mention the resemblance to the DOTM toy). Maybe because it isn't an existing piece? But on the off chance it is... what Kreon helmet is used for this design? Or is there an existing piece (in Kre-O or Lego) that can approximate it?
One of my favorite literally little touches in the various manga in recent years is that, when characters are depicted as Kreons, the depictions tend to favor a toy-feasible design using actual Kre-O parts. I've managed to make a few customs based at least in part on the parts selections.
However, I'm at a bit of an impasse with this depiction of Elita Five/Seven from "Controverse", who seems to have a helmet piece more directly evocative of one of the movie Arcee sisters toy heads, and one that doesn't map as identifiably onto an existing Kre-O piece. But then I have blind spots in my Kre-O parts knowledge, especially for the latter GI Joe and Kreon Warrior periods.
Unfortunatly, it's also one of the rare cases where the wiki -- which otherwise manages to add a brief description of the relevant parts recipe in the Notes sections! -- doesn't provide any specifics on that (the "Controverse" notes just mention the resemblance to the DOTM toy). Maybe because it isn't an existing piece? But on the off chance it is... what Kreon helmet is used for this design? Or is there an existing piece (in Kre-O or Lego) that can approximate it?
@lastmaximal
The Lockdown helmet from Age of Extinction, with a bit of artistic flourish, and the flip-up/down faceplate possibly put on backwards.
The Lockdown helmet from Age of Extinction, with a bit of artistic flourish, and the flip-up/down faceplate possibly put on backwards.
So, I recently got my hands on the retro Outback and Wheelie, but have been too busy to open them up. That is, until now.
But I kinda dig the retro cardbacks, and don't want to mutilate them in opening them up, if I can help it, and I'm looking for tips.
One approach I've taken in the past is to take a blade to the blister around the base of where it attaches to the card, but I'm not fond of the jagged mess that tends to leave behind.
I've also heard that using a hair dryer around the edges melts the glue, but I've not had great luck with that in the past. Maybe I need a hotter dryer?
Are there any other methods to recommend that I could try? Any warnings I should heed in the process?
But I kinda dig the retro cardbacks, and don't want to mutilate them in opening them up, if I can help it, and I'm looking for tips.
One approach I've taken in the past is to take a blade to the blister around the base of where it attaches to the card, but I'm not fond of the jagged mess that tends to leave behind.
I've also heard that using a hair dryer around the edges melts the glue, but I've not had great luck with that in the past. Maybe I need a hotter dryer?
Are there any other methods to recommend that I could try? Any warnings I should heed in the process?
Kinda want to try something like that hairdryer method.
I've just been cutting around the glued-down part as described (basically slicing perpendicularly through the vertical part of the bubble, if that makes sense). And so far any jagged bumpiness has been minimal. But this may be interesting to attempt; it might make for cleaner scans depending on how the adhesive lingers.
I've just been cutting around the glued-down part as described (basically slicing perpendicularly through the vertical part of the bubble, if that makes sense). And so far any jagged bumpiness has been minimal. But this may be interesting to attempt; it might make for cleaner scans depending on how the adhesive lingers.
Thanks, I'll check that out.
So, a while back I finally accepted an invite to rejoin ATT via Reddit. My first post finally sorta-kinda unearthed the whereabouts of the largely off-grid masterminds of the World's Worst Fanfic (I had been trying to find them for a couple of years with no success), but now that that quest reached a conclusion, I decided to stir up some more participation by asking people to theorize what the Original Cybertronians of Myth might have actually been in Sunbow-G1 continuity. You can read it here. And discuss it here or there.
For those not keen on braving Reddit, here's what I put down in the New-ish ATT (now with 13% more Transformer per Transformer!):
For those not keen on braving Reddit, here's what I put down in the New-ish ATT (now with 13% more Transformer per Transformer!):
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TF One's aesthetic is just G1 but everyone has their pants pulled up to their chests.
The Steve Urkel look.