Moldeing, i got Trailbreakers head molded for my classic Runamuck and Runabout 3 of them cost me $15 US so it not to bad.
And yea took all the pieces apart to paint, then reassemble the whole thing
Hes only charging me $25 to paint it chrome and about $5-$10 to post it back. But yea beats paying $1,000+ to get a real one and tranform him 1 and have the gold brake and shatter