I mean, BWII and BWNeo did establish that there are other Maximal/Predacon crews out there having their own adventures. Just use that.
Transformers: Age of the Primes toyline discussion || update: stock renders of upcoming Alpha Trion, Micronus, Flatline, Fireflight, Skydive, ++
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Not to mention Botanica's crew.
-ZacWilliam, what happened to the rest of them? Did she leave them on Plant World?
-ZacWilliam, what happened to the rest of them? Did she leave them on Plant World?
I seem to recall something about her leaving them because they needed help from cybertron...
Got my Star Convoy Optimus Prime yesterday. Turrets, tread platform, and the head antennae were all separated and needed to be attached. Very chonky and felt like all the major joints were ratchets. Only couple nits to pick were:
- It was kind of hard to get the shoulder panels to disconnect for the shoulder flip-up in the transformation to truck
- One of the side panels on the leg for trailer mode was already showing stress marks on the grey grommet(or whatever you call it) that holds the hinge, but even if that does break eventually, with the way it connects I don't think it'd be an issue. You'd just have to plug it into whatever position instead.
- It rolls well, but the front cab wheels aren't touching the ground for me. It looks like the mid-wheels just go down a little too far and it lifts the front up a hair.
Heads up, sound like Star Convoy has a misassembly issue, but looks like it's an easy fix.
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Transformers Age Of The Primes Titan Class Star Optimus Prime Possible Missasembled Chest Windows Issue
The new Transformers Age Of The Primes Titan Class Star Optimus Prime has already been released in some markets, and a post in the Transformers Botposting FB group got our attention about a possible misassembled Missasembled Chest Windows Issue. This seems to be a common problem in most copies...
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Confirmed, mine had that - didn't even notice. To summarize from that article:
Behind those two circled spots are two little red nubs on the outer plate. You need to remove the three screws there, then fit those two blue cylinders over the red nubs - it should snap into place. Then just put the screws back, and it's all good. Of note, that single screw in the center also holds the star on, so that'll fall off while you're doing this.
Behind those two circled spots are two little red nubs on the outer plate. You need to remove the three screws there, then fit those two blue cylinders over the red nubs - it should snap into place. Then just put the screws back, and it's all good. Of note, that single screw in the center also holds the star on, so that'll fall off while you're doing this.
I'm scared. At they using screws made out of real metal again? I have not successfully removed Transformers screws on anything built since 2007. The teeth just instantly smush flat like they're made of wet gum.
Okay, this isn't as bad as HasLab Omega Prime, but seriously, couldn't this be prevented?
I wish, but I don't know what I'd suggest they do. It probably is difficult to control these things when they don't own their own factory.
Misassemblies aren't unheard of '86 prime had the feet thing, and Miner Megatron had his inner knees the wrong way around.
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Misassembly - Transformers Wiki
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My Star Convoy's window was installed correctly on one side, but not on the other. I hadn't even noticed when I first put him through his paces. Quick and easy fix though.
Basically, the whole idea with mass production is you spend a ton of time and effort on your initial design and early prototypes, do your best to work out any issues, and then begin full-scale production. You also implement certain checks to ensure your production is of good quality. However, while the cost for all that initial design and validation work gets spread over the full production run as general overhead costs, every check you do during production is additional cost added directly to the cost of each item produced. It gets expensive incredibly quickly.
Add in that a lot of these issues that drive us crazy aren't always easy to spot. I already mentioned that I didn't even notice Star Convoy's window on mine, and I tend to be ultra nitpicky on little details. HasLab RiD Optimus's cracking torso is extremely infuriating to anyone who's experienced it, but it's the sort of thing that isn't apparent upon initial assembly and varies from unit to unit how likely it is to occur.
The point is, no matter how much we hate these issues as consumers, and as much as the manufacturers hate having these issues slip through and tarnish their reputation, it really is MUCH more difficult to prevent than most people believe.
Mass production just doesn't work that way. It really doesn't matter how high or low the volume is, how automated or not the process is, or how many quality checks you implement. Stuff is going to slip through. You just do your best to make sure defects are as rare and minor as possible.
Basically, the whole idea with mass production is you spend a ton of time and effort on your initial design and early prototypes, do your best to work out any issues, and then begin full-scale production. You also implement certain checks to ensure your production is of good quality. However, while the cost for all that initial design and validation work gets spread over the full production run as general overhead costs, every check you do during production is additional cost added directly to the cost of each item produced. It gets expensive incredibly quickly.
Add in that a lot of these issues that drive us crazy aren't always easy to spot. I already mentioned that I didn't even notice Star Convoy's window on mine, and I tend to be ultra nitpicky on little details. HasLab RiD Optimus's cracking torso is extremely infuriating to anyone who's experienced it, but it's the sort of thing that isn't apparent upon initial assembly and varies from unit to unit how likely it is to occur.
The point is, no matter how much we hate these issues as consumers, and as much as the manufacturers hate having these issues slip through and tarnish their reputation, it really is MUCH more difficult to prevent than most people believe.
I suppose. Still, at least this is an easy fix.
Damn it. Evan and Nate all but confirmed that a new Monstructor will be coming, but he's just going to be a non-dinosaur retool of Dinoking. So he's going to again be a dinky little guy who can't really interact with the other big bots like he does in all his fictional appearances.
Now I'm just that much more disappointed I wasn't able to get the FansProject version back before the price exploded.
Now I'm just that much more disappointed I wasn't able to get the FansProject version back before the price exploded.
I'm pissed my online source still has solus as "preorder" when I've been seeing her in stores...