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Yeah, out of all the 3P companies out there for TFs, Fansproject caught my eye. I like the chunkiness of the bot modes and they have cool headsculpts. Plus the handsculpts aren't the fused thumb-and-forefinger with circular peghole that is common with TFs in general. That's a small pet peeve of mine. It's the little things... :)

Anyway, gonna try and order a Columpio soonish.

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Yeah, out of all the 3P companies out there for TFs, Fansproject caught my eye. I like the chunkiness of the bot modes and they have cool headsculpts. Plus the handsculpts aren't the fused thumb-and-forefinger with circular peghole that is common with TFs in general. That's a small pet prevent of mine. It's the little things... :)

Anyway, gonna try and order a Columpio soonish.

Fansproject, MakeToys and Mastermind Creations are my favorite 3P companies. Their design and the engineering is what I like. Haha I feel the same way about the oven mit/boxing glove hands. You'll be happy with Columpio. :) Cubrar (Slag or Slug as he is known as now) will be released in Oct, and the Dinobot army grows. :)

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Can someone point me where I could check all or some 3P releases that shows their corresponding Transformers counterpart. Been confused lately on the 3P names and can't distinguished on who's who. Let's just say I'm not 100% into Transformers names except to 75% featured on the G1 era. Thanks in advance. ^_^

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Can someone point me where I could check all or some 3P releases that shows their corresponding Transformers counterpart. Been confused lately on the 3P names and can't distinguished on who's who. Let's just say I'm not 100% into Transformers names except to 75% featured on the G1 era. Thanks in advance. ^_^

I can't recall seeing a list, but I am pretty sure there is a list out there. I'd try to list all the ones I know but there are just too many 3P figures out now. :wacko:

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Nice haul and congrats on making it to 40! :) Very nice auto collection you have there! Please tell me you Vrrrommmed the General Lee around your dining table and made ramps for it to do assisted simulated jumps? :D

hehe! nahhh no vrooming or assisted jumps for the General Lee.. but seeing how so many ppl do with their new Valks, I did however do (as MW member 'Scream Man' so elegantly puts it) "a scale model assisted simulation in physical combat dynamics"

yep I wooshed my VF-1S! but only just a little! :p

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hehe! nahhh no vrooming or assisted jumps for the General Lee.. but seeing how so many ppl do with their new Valks, I did however do (as MW member 'Scream Man' so elegantly puts it) "a scale model assisted simulation in physical combat dynamics"

yep I wooshed my VF-1S! but only just a little! :p

Wooooshing a Valk is good for the soul. :D

Finally completed, Feral Rex. :)

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very nice Saburo! Looks menacing!

Thanks, its an impressive figure when combined.

Looks great. Love the light up head.

The lion head on the chest looks nice.

The light up head is a nice addition to this massive figure.

One more pic :)

To quote Russell Peters "Somebody gonna get a hurt real bad...":D or a TF take on Attack on Titan. :

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Nice! Cue epic music! More like Attack on Titans!

The End Run from the Mass Effect 2 soundtrack was playing in my head as I took pics.

He's in deep poodoo

Yes, very deep. :)

What a cool group shot! I loved Devastator when I was a kid. wish I never got rid of the constructicons I had.. :(

Devastator was one of the few TFs toys I had as kid and was my favorite. I lost him in the storage facility fire, but now I have a 3P Dev so his memory lives on. :)

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Devastator was one of the few TFs toys I had as kid and was my favorite. I lost him in the storage facility fire, but now I have a 3P Dev so his memory lives on. :)

Hearing about that storage fire incident still makes the hair on the back of my neck stand on end.. so sad for all those poor helpless collectibles that perished that day.. :(

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Hearing about that storage fire incident still makes the hair on the back of my neck stand on end.. so sad for all those poor helpless collectibles that perished that day.. :(

It was a dark day when they got melted down, at least now I have modern versions of them so that helps. :)

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So I picked this up on my Sunday Popeyes chicken run.

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The plastic weld is suppose to work on ABS, PVC ect. I'm at a total loss on how to use it though.. as it appears you need to mix something.

The other stuff looks like fancy super glue.

Any of you guys used similar product before? Tips are appreciated.

I need to grab some nail polish though.

Also, Jungle refunded me $20 bucks. Took a week of back and forth and opening a paypal claim but they did it haha

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The above are examples of what you should be looking for. I could be wrong but, the first picture you posted looks like Super Glue designed for plastic and is likely to have some of the same drawbacks as regular CA, and would be applied straight from the tube; the second appears to be a two-part epoxy for plastic that requires you to evenly squeeze the syringe to deposit two equal blobs onto a scrap piece of paper or platic to be manually mixed into a milky gel to be applied with a toothpick -- too messy to use on a delicate toy like a VF-1.

What you want to get is a clear, low viscosity liquid that flows like water and is usually applied with an included brush, and that works by chemically melting the plastic being bonded.

Make sure the nail polish is acetone based, or buy a super glue remover. As with any chemicals being applied to your toy, test the stuff on a small hidden area to make sure it has no adverse effect on the plastic.

Edit: Congratulations on getting the refund, at least it is something.

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Sorry for sidetracking this thread but I need to fix the part right below the knee joint on my MP-09B. It is the plastic part where the screw from the assembly that holds the knee joint goes in to keep the parts together. It is the part where the screw I circled in the image goes in:

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Image courtesy of x2otoys.com

First question is this part ABS and can be welded together?

Second question if it is weldable how would I do it in a way so I can assemble the piece after the glue tried.

Hope your Valkyrie is well soon Gakken.

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Tamiya also has an ABS cement available:

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Gakken, I agree with mechaninac. I have had limited success with super glue, and use it primarily to fill in cracks with baking soda. I have one Yamato VF-1S with a clean break that goes straight through the pin hinge like your Super Ostrich, and I tried similar glues to the ones in your photo. I wasn't able to get a satisfactory bond using either product and finally went to the local hobby shop.

I need to clean the gunk off my pieces before trying again, but I now have the cement/solvent that I need and will let you know how it goes.

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A few more pics of my new FFR-31 Suoer Sylph as requested by Keiichi.

The first with my VF-25 and YF-19 for scale comparison purposes.

iPhone quality only sorry.

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A few more pics of my new FFR-31 Suoer Sylph as requested by Keiichi.

The first with my VF-25 and YF-19 for scale comparison purposes.

iPhone quality only sorry.

Awesome! Thank you, Moosey! Just what I wanted to see, it looks great. Thanks again for putting these pics up so quickly!

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Awesome! Thank you, Moosey! Just what I wanted to see, it looks great. Thanks again for putting these pics up so quickly!

No probs! Glad to help. Gave me an excuse to open it (don't really have room for display at the mo)

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Sorry for sidetracking this thread but I need to fix the part right below the knee joint on my MP-09B. It is the plastic part where the screw from the assembly that holds the knee joint goes in to keep the parts together. It is the part where the screw I circled in the image goes in:

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Image courtesy of x2otoys.com

First question is this part ABS and can be welded together?

Second question if it is weldable how would I do it in a way so I can assemble the piece after the glue tried.

Hope your Valkyrie is well soon Gakken.

As long as you have all the pieces of the screw boss, you should be able to reconstruct it without much trouble with any plastic weld that has been discussed here.

  • Dry fit everything to see how it all should align before introducing the solvent; then liberally brush the cement all over the surfaces of the screw boss while avoiding contact with the outside surfaces.
  • Once everything is coated and loosely held together, apply a bit of pressure to the repair to force some melted plastic oozing to occur.
  • After letting the repair cure overnight, use super glue around the repaired boss to reinforce it. Build up this reinforcement as much as you can without it becoming visible from the outside, or interfering with the mating part(s).
  • Test out the reassembly to make sure it all mates as it should and there are no interferences resulting from the fix... cut, file, sand, scrape, drill as necessary to address any problems.
  • If everything fits as it intended, you should be able to reassemble the parts the same way they came from the factory, screws and all.

These steps have worked for me to great effect when repairing some seriously disintegrated screw bosses on some vintage 1/60 Orguss toys... anyone who has owned an Ishkick or M Lover toy knows how brittle the ABS on those are and how prone to shattering to bits their joint tend to be; yet, I have been able to salvage more than one in this fashion.

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love the Yukikaze fighters! might have to get me a few of these!

Don't delay, I bought this one as a rerelease but the prices for the original release were sky high before that.

They've also re released the FFR-41 which I already have (I paid a fortune for it on eBay not suspecting a rerelease was round the corner)

They are beautifully made and finished I have to say but I was surprised that they were all plastic. Thought there would be more metal.

Not that it bothers me, you just have to handle them carefully - especially when adding armament or putting the landing gear pieces on.

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