HasLab Victory Saber
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Consult the Book of Armaments!Surely it's a grenade?
I got my first copy in the other day, I ordered two, in two seperate orders, the second copy, seems to be on tour, was due today, but now the tracking is telling me, tomorow, so clearly he on tour, thou strangely, he dispatched at the same time as my first copy along with Legacy Inferno, anyway, I had a little bit of fun by sticking blast effects into pretty much every socket I could find that would take them, thou there is a couple on Saber's shoulders that are there but due to how I got him displayed, it look even more messy, so for now, here is the end results, I also included Fire & Holi, attached to VS's waist, why, because it seemed like a good spot at the time:
Front end shot:
Rear end shot:
The amount of ports on this guy, is just insane, he loaded with places to put blast effects or weaponizers, Fossilizers, ETC....
Front end shot:
Rear end shot:
The amount of ports on this guy, is just insane, he loaded with places to put blast effects or weaponizers, Fossilizers, ETC....
Well, they don’t say he’s fueled by Burning Justice(tm) for nothing. 
That's no Justice...it's the Bayblade crossover...
"All this time, he said Go and we didn't beleive him till he Let It Rip..."
"All this time, he said Go and we didn't beleive him till he Let It Rip..."
A "Holi" cannon would certainly make sense for the IDW version of Star Saber...
Yeah, I assume it must be unpaintable plastic. It wouldn't make sense to skip just those two paint apps on a product like this for cost reasons. And I can't imagine having a custom sticker sheet just for those two apps would really help much if the goal was to save money. I also assume the entire reason for even including the stickers is that the initial color pictures all showed that section red, and it would have brought on another round of the same sort of complaints as Unicron's blue maw if they hadn't included them. Definitely not an ideal solution, but I guess it's probably the best option that was available.
Sadly, my VS has now been packed up to be sent off to storage. I'm clearing out my basement to get ready for a renovation. He barely got a taste of freedom before going right back into his plastic-and-cardboard prison. Hopefully I'll be ready to have him back out before Deathsaurus gets here.
Sadly, my VS has now been packed up to be sent off to storage. I'm clearing out my basement to get ready for a renovation. He barely got a taste of freedom before going right back into his plastic-and-cardboard prison. Hopefully I'll be ready to have him back out before Deathsaurus gets here.
So he gone off to fight crime and keep any other forces of evil/darkness in check, has he?
He'd better! I would be devastated if anything happened to all my stuff while it's in storage. I'll definitely blame him for not protecting it.
I really am struggling with what to take to storage or not. I hate having virtually all my collections of anything and everything out of sight in a storage unit, but I really don't have any way around it. We had 4 separate sewage backups in our basement this past summer. We're lucky we didn't lose more stuff than we did. We finally have all the plumbing issues taken care of, and even got the rough plumbing for a second bathroom done while we were at it. But now we have to have all the walls and floors redone before we can make it a usable space again. So by the end of the year, everything left in the basement has got to go, and we don't have anywhere to put much of it in the rest of the house.
I was in the process of trying to re-organize my collection when this all happened. I'd had stuff mostly sorted by era in tubs, but was trying to make it more organized so I could actually find what I wanted at any given time. A lot of it was scattered across various desks and tables for sorting. In the rush to get everything safely out, it mostly got tossed in whatever tub had space. It's going to take forever to re-organize it now once I can finally start bringing it back.
I realized last night that Leo CAN have the cannon secure, if you sort of angle it so the clip goes on the square part while the post goes into a well hidden hole inside the clip. It's not easy to get it in there, you have to angle it. The instructions just show it going straight down, which CAN work, but I'm iffy on bending the plastic clips that much.
I added a thin coat of acrylic to Holi's hips, and they work fine now.
I added a thin coat of acrylic to Holi's hips, and they work fine now.
Ohh, I dunno, I suppose (and I know this is completely out of left field here, so my apologies in advance), they could have provided COMPETENTLY PRODUCED STICKERS?
I don't think there are any stickers I would ever be really happy with, especially for wrapping over the top surface of the wing. So in my eyes, the only options were bad stickers, or no stickers.Ohh, I dunno, I suppose (and I know this is completely out of left field here, so my apologies in advance), they could have provided COMPETENTLY PRODUCED STICKERS?
It was just acrylic nail polish, I put a light coat on the balls, then let it sit overnight to fully harden. Very little was applied, though your results (and parts tolerances) may vary.
Ohh, I dunno, I suppose (and I know this is completely out of left field here, so my apologies in advance), they could have provided COMPETENTLY PRODUCED STICKERS?
Or they could've used paint.
Anyone got comparisons of Victory Saber's micromasters vs the original Siege versions? I'm curious how easy it'd be to get those two mixed up.
That plastic isn't paintable (by Hasbro) but I have very (very) little sympathy that Hasbro couldn't have had a hole in that section of wing with a piece of red plastic there instead on a one off toy that cost nearly $200.
Parts count restrictions and bad sprue layouts are not really acceptable on Haslab toys.
Those bloody hollow cannons really annoy me in person too.
Got mine Saturday. They're a really great set. No QC issues other than a little paint chip here or there. Micromasters hold together well other than Fire in truck mode.