Man, the bike mode (and the size, a bit) has always kept me from going in on that Iguanus, but the robot mode seems so worthwhile.
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I really want all the Pretenders, so I've reluctantly bought all of the modern releases, even though I want ACTUAL Pretenders. Why hasn't a 3P company made, say, Bludgeon at least, is a mystery.
It totally is. And honestly, the bike mode is at least as good if not better than his G1 bike mode, and this is coming from someone that remembers G1 Iguanas through some very rosy nostalgia colored glasses.
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I did google some side by sides and yeah, I don't disagree. I just can't unsee the "pushing an exercise wheel" bit.
Maybe I'll just never use the altmode.
God I hate this mold’s ankles. A complete hassle to fix and puts the ridiculous dino-hands problem in perspective.
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You are missing a prime there, Nova Prime!
He's preordered on Amazon
Skyquake just got released in Japan. I didn't know that his front jet fins can really be removed to make him look more like his original Prime version(?)
I also noticed there's a fan mode to give him a closer look to his Prime look? It seems almost as if Hasbro had this in mind as an alternate transformation? All they had to do was switch the arms at the mushroom peg and remold them to fit underneath the aircraft mode in a reversed fashion?
You can still transform it with the swapped arms, but you'll need to massage the arms and the legs to fit. However, then the gun can't attach to the centre of the undercarriage. Another possible way would be the (slightly harder) method of removing the fists via their mushroom pegs and swapping them.
The final method could be to remove the screw in each forearm and swap the fists (still attached to the grey mushroom pegs). However, the two halves of each forearm are pinned together (for no logical reason), so you will need to "swing" them apart and wiggle the fists in and out of their mounting holes, which might cause some stress marks on the thinner half of the insides of the forearm. This is what I ended up doing.
I'm probably going to paint this side of the arm to match the other side (red/silver trim). The elbow bend isn't as deep as the regular assembly and there are gaps between his cockpit and the rest of his torso but it's a small price to pay for a more authentic Prime Sjyquake and it will help to differentiate him from the inevitable G1/2 Skyquake et al.
The next "mod" I did was to transform the cockpit "correctly". I needed to try a few times but eventually the landing gear did indeed "pop" into the negative space, allowing the cockpit to sit flush, also allowing the shoulders to be supported properly.
Next, I unscrewed the head and pried open the three parts of it and noticed why the eyes looked so "dead". It seems that either because/in spite of the weak light-piping, Hasbro painted a thin coat of red paint over the transparent orange eyes.
I then added metallic/clear red paint to the eyes, a custom mixed green and also boltgun metal parts of the head, before using some clear orange for the head "wings".
Maybe these two are from the same wastes of Cybertron?
I also noticed there's a fan mode to give him a closer look to his Prime look? It seems almost as if Hasbro had this in mind as an alternate transformation? All they had to do was switch the arms at the mushroom peg and remold them to fit underneath the aircraft mode in a reversed fashion?
You can still transform it with the swapped arms, but you'll need to massage the arms and the legs to fit. However, then the gun can't attach to the centre of the undercarriage. Another possible way would be the (slightly harder) method of removing the fists via their mushroom pegs and swapping them.
The final method could be to remove the screw in each forearm and swap the fists (still attached to the grey mushroom pegs). However, the two halves of each forearm are pinned together (for no logical reason), so you will need to "swing" them apart and wiggle the fists in and out of their mounting holes, which might cause some stress marks on the thinner half of the insides of the forearm. This is what I ended up doing.
I'm probably going to paint this side of the arm to match the other side (red/silver trim). The elbow bend isn't as deep as the regular assembly and there are gaps between his cockpit and the rest of his torso but it's a small price to pay for a more authentic Prime Sjyquake and it will help to differentiate him from the inevitable G1/2 Skyquake et al.
The next "mod" I did was to transform the cockpit "correctly". I needed to try a few times but eventually the landing gear did indeed "pop" into the negative space, allowing the cockpit to sit flush, also allowing the shoulders to be supported properly.
Next, I unscrewed the head and pried open the three parts of it and noticed why the eyes looked so "dead". It seems that either because/in spite of the weak light-piping, Hasbro painted a thin coat of red paint over the transparent orange eyes.
I then added metallic/clear red paint to the eyes, a custom mixed green and also boltgun metal parts of the head, before using some clear orange for the head "wings".
Maybe these two are from the same wastes of Cybertron?
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The Deluxe class re-dos aren't unwelcome, but I always liked how they executed these molds.
For those of you who have him - fun fact; his baton clubs or whatever they are CAN be stored in robot mode on the back of his legs. The little tabs plug perfectly into the wider end of the little weird triangle holes on the back of his legs. Not sure if it was intended, but I love these happy accidents I always find on all these new generations molds.
Also great as roof-mounted blasters.
Also great as roof-mounted blasters.
Great stuff. Very excited for this set.
He’s going to make a great Armada Wheeljack.
I would love that, but wouldn’t hold my breath on the plug-in logo (even though that would be the best thing ever). Since it’s a trademarked brand logo, I think for like DNA design to make a mold of it might result in legal issues. Somehow reprolabels gets away with it, but aside from Etsy, I don’t think it would be too commonplace from the add-on set manufacturers.
There are add-on sets with faction symbols for some 3P figures, such as this set.
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The Deluxe class re-dos aren't unwelcome, but I always liked how they executed these molds.
I recall that batch started with a spare Kickback after I got the Takara one, and realizing I already had a Chop Shop, sooooo...
(I'm not sue if that batch or the next batch came first.)
(Also, damn, should I still get around to a Venom?)
THIS batch started with me [1] missing out on a TFCC Zaptrap, and [2] having an extra POTP Skrapnel I bought for the card, which led to me making a Zaptrap. From there it was "okay, how hard would it be to make the other two?"
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I juuuust remembered that all Construct Bots have plug-in/on-able factions symbols! Ooh
gotta go dig a Decepticon one outta storage to paint red….
With faction symbols as stickers, all I ever see is the standard colour verisons, no Shattered glass verison, let alone the other factions that exist in the TF multiverse, like Minicon for example!