Transformers questions by newbies, and not-so-newbies

The head can be disassembled...sweet.
That was the last little push I needed to pick up Soundblaster when he comes out. I missed out on TT Soundwave when he came out here, but I want that red visor dammit.

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Originally Posted by Ode to a Grasshopper

The head can be disassembled...sweet.
That was the last little push I needed to pick up Soundblaster when he comes out. I missed out on TT Soundwave when he came out here, but I want that red visor dammit.

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Here's a thread on TFW that talks about taking the head apart. You have to be careful as part of it is glued together.

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Originally Posted by Ode to a Grasshopper

The head can be disassembled...sweet.
That was the last little push I needed to pick up Soundblaster when he comes out. I missed out on TT Soundwave when he came out here, but I want that red visor dammit.

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:eek: Did MP Soundwave sell out that quickly in Japan?!? :eek: As someone w/ a Japanese postal address, I'm surprised you didn't preorder from Amazon JP or something. ;)

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Originally Posted by Trent

Here's a thread on TFW that talks about taking the head apart. You have to be careful as part of it is glued together.

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HA! For some reason I now have an urge to watch a certain John Travolta / Nicolas Cage movie ;) :D

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Originally Posted by Cat

''Soundwave, I, Megatron, need you to go on an important mission to...Soundwave! Look at me when I'm talking to you.

Soundwave?! Are you even looking at me? How do you even do that? You don't even really have eyes?

What's in the corner? Can you please acknowledge me by looking at me?

Seriously, man, you're freaking me out here.

Screw this, someone send Ramjet instead.

And maybe a medic for Soundwave.''

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Originally Posted by Cat

Are you sure you didn't accidentally enable the 'Swag' feature?

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you are a funny guy, your first post made me dead set chortle out loud!

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Originally Posted by SuspectimusPrime

Not entirely sure if that's a design flaw, but I noticed the same issue with my friend's (sorry mine's still MISB). If you swing out the ankle joint a few degrees out it will offset the slightly tilted back hip ratchets - imagine his legs in a slight 'z' figure, whilst producing the effect of his chest being perpendicular to the surface. He should be able to stand flat on his feet with no fear of falling backwards.

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Cheers
Its only a slight lean, and he seems super stable, it even looks ok, it just feels a little wierd in my head.

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Originally Posted by SuspectimusPrime

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNfQS9fLO5M :p

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Hilarious, i've not seen that movie yet. I might rent it now.

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Originally Posted by Iriorne

Could be ejector pin marks from the injection moulds? Terrible design choice if that's the case. I believe the 'scar' on the face plate edge is relatively common, though the severity varies. Ultimately, it's up to you whether it bothers you enough to seek an exchange.

If you elect to keep it, there's a few things that might help. For the faceplate you might be able to clean it up acceptably with a sharp hobby knife and a small amount of paint (suggest trying Tamiya XF-16 Flat Aluminium). For the visor, ReproLabels have a red sticker which should hide the marks. You could also try disassembling the head and sanding and painting the visor.

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that is some seriously good constructive advice, thank you.

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Originally Posted by Trent

My Soundwave has those eye mould bits as well UM. :(

I might try and take it apart and see if it can be sanded down.

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Hmm, that's three now, it sounds pretty common, it's probably not worth swapping just to get another with the same problem.

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Originally Posted by Trent

Here's a thread on TFW that talks about taking the head apart. You have to be careful as part of it is glued together.

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Thanks for the link Trent, it's a brave guy the first one to crack open the Head on his masterpiece Transformer.



For those concerned about the hinge on the chest door for soundwave, I have inspected mine. there may be some mold attachment there, which is a little ugly but it's not a stress problem unless it was stressed on removal from the sprue.

the right hand half of the right hand hinge has a step in it out of sight that the spring sits in, this leads to the discolouration of the plastic on the right hand half of that hinge simply because it has the spring behind it which effects the light coming through the clear plastic.

I don't think there is a stress issue at this hinge, I'd be happy to have a look at someone elses at the parramatta fair if you like.

You can adjust his ankles to get rid of the lean. Simply extend them a little and then lean him forward on them.

I just looked at my MP-13 Soundwave using a flashlight. He has the dots behind the visor also, no big deal.

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Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime

:eek: Did MP Soundwave sell out that quickly in Japan?!? :eek: As someone w/ a Japanese postal address, I'm surprised you didn't preorder from Amazon JP or something. ;)

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He did in all the (not very many) shops I know of in Osaka. All of them were gone by midday of the official release day except for one crazy overpriced one in Hero Gangu.

Re. Amazon, I don't have a means of online payment yet, or enough Japanese to set one up.

I just got a second Encore Convoy and unlike the first one I've actually opened this one.:eek:

I found that the gun and fist are different from my original 90's "Classics" Optimus Prime. Are these parts new or remoulds or the original parts?

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Originally Posted by DELTAprime

I just got a second Encore Convoy and unlike the first one I've actually opened this one.:eek:

I found that the gun and fist are different from my original 90's "Classics" Optimus Prime. Are these parts new or remoulds or the original parts?

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There was a running change with the original Optimus back in the day, as he couldn't hold his gun well.

So they were altered, with the fists being slanted, and the gun was also slightly remolded around the same time, the barrel thickness coming to mind.

I believe that all non-vintage reissues have used these 'fixed' pieces.