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Post by Dark Stranger on Jan 23, 2008 12:03:52 GMT
So how many of you have bought a basic Transformer body, and have had to hunt down each separate part to complete it? Have any of you had any unusual luck or hard times doing it?
I'm still on the hunt for 2 Scorponok radar towers....
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Post by Bogatan on Jan 23, 2008 13:01:59 GMT
jetfire, spent about a year buying and trading for any junk parts. Eventually managed a good looking figure with a fair amount of the armour though it was all broken. Got one other full body in goodish condition another in broken condition and at one point probably about 5 seperate bodies or set of legs. I did the traditional evil Jetfire with one and my own Skyfire with custom built arms using glueguns to cast and air dried clay moulds.
then last year I bought my cousins which if he ever finds the gun clip will be complete. It was much easier.
Andy
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Post by Dark Stranger on Jan 23, 2008 13:35:07 GMT
Cool! Anybody going for the holy grail and trying to complete a Fortress Maximus?
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Post by Gav on Jan 23, 2008 14:11:21 GMT
Cool! Anybody going for the holy grail and trying to complete a Fortress Maximus? Pah! I have three! |
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Post by Nigel on Jan 23, 2008 14:11:27 GMT
A large part of my collection was obtained from second-hand sources. In fact, before Beast Wars came along I think I owned more bought from car boot sales than owned from new. Consequently, I have many incomplete toys; there are that many that I haven't yet been all that inclined to go to the effort and expense of completing them, largely sticking to luck instead. The lucky find I was most pleased with was Streetwise's handgun at a car boot sale; I owned Streetwise from new but quickly lost his gun, the only part I've ever lost.
I have gleaned numerous parts from collections I've bought for resale. I think I completed my G2 Dreadwing and Micromaster Combiner Anti Aircraft Base this way. I did complete my Slapdash buying individual parts from an eBay seller.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 23, 2008 17:39:25 GMT
Oh it's a real pain. I did it with some of my MM toys - thanks Nigel - and it took forever to find some bits. Tried doing it with Tripredicus. As a consequence I have many Tripredicus spare bits.
It's a nice feeling when you get there though.
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Post by Jaymz on Jan 23, 2008 22:32:09 GMT
Not quite hunted stuff, just got lucky. I was given a Trypticon at one point, whole body but missing the majority of parts. Then we bought in a TF collection at work one time and among the stuff was a complete set of Trypticon parts, but no actual Trypticon, so I got to take them.
Only part I've actively sought out is Chromedome's head. I guess I might try and complete Fort Max one day, but it'll probably cost more than I'm willing to pay.
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 25, 2008 8:52:19 GMT
Predaking is my project. Need Tantrum and all the parts, head, hands etc. Haven't spent too long on Ebay as yet, cos we're still without PC at home due to renovations. But one day I'll complete him- I swear!!
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Post by Bogatan on Jan 25, 2008 10:03:46 GMT
I've sort of done it with a Grand Max. Got the box and base robot and oddly instructions and catalogue and a radar dish and the little fellas arms then got a awful condition figure that came with most of the accessories. Now Im just missing the pretender shell and sword which I dont really care about.
Andy
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Post by kayevcee on Jan 25, 2008 21:42:02 GMT
I find Grand Max's Pretender shell to be slightly more pointless than any other Pretender shell, as by putting the robot in it, you end up rendering the bigger robot useless.
-Nick
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 26, 2008 0:48:46 GMT
True.
I still want one though.
-Ralph
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Post by Bogatan on Jan 26, 2008 19:53:40 GMT
I saw one at he london film and comic con, belonging to Paul.. (spacebridge) It really is a fat little pretender shell. I can do without.
Andy
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Post by legios on Jan 26, 2008 22:23:59 GMT
I don't think that there is anything in my current collection that I have built up from parts, at least nothing I have deliberately set out to complete. I do have a Grimlock that is pretty much complete from parts - but that is a result of unexpected gifts from a Hub member one Transforce-on-a-time, rather than something I specifically hunted for the bits of.
I have a partially complete Jetfire I am working on getting all of the extra bits for - but only with an eye to replacing with a complete one in the fart future, at which point my current one becomes a FASTpack donor for my VF-1J "Hikaru Ichijo" type Valkyrie - so I'm not sure that counts either...
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 12, 2017 23:44:22 GMT
How did that go?
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Apr 14, 2017 6:33:30 GMT
Predaking is my project. Need Tantrum and all the parts, head, hands etc. Haven't spent too long on Ebay as yet, cos we're still without PC at home due to renovations. But one day I'll complete him- I swear!! Completed. And then sold on! How priorities change. |
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 14, 2017 7:25:05 GMT
I've only done this with smaller figures. I find my impatience means I start out thinking, okay, I'll let this sit on the back burner for a year or two and see if I come across the bits I need, but then end up overspending trying to find all the bits as fast as possible.
Apart from childhood figures with the odd bits missing (I am on an eternal quest for one of wheeljack's wings and Sandstorm's gun) I think the only Transformers I've built up from bits in recent years have been Apeface and Snapdragon. Apeface is done now, but I'm still missing Snapdragon's two blue fins. Which cost more than the basic body to buy separately.
Mind you I am very tempted to try and do this with an original Omega Supreme because his track and leg pieces seem to turn up fairly frequently, but working tanks are less common.
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Post by blueshift on Apr 14, 2017 7:31:42 GMT
I've only done this with smaller figures. I find my impatience means I start out thinking, okay, I'll let this sit on the back burner for a year or two and see if I come across the bits I need, but then end up overspending trying to find all the bits as fast as possible. Apart from childhood figures with the odd bits missing (I am on an eternal quest for one of wheeljack's wings and Sandstorm's gun) I think the only Transformers I've built up from bits in recent years have been Apeface and Snapdragon. Apeface is done now, but I'm still missing Snapdragon's two blue fins. Which cost more than the basic body to buy separately. Mind you I am very tempted to try and do this with an original Omega Supreme because his track and leg pieces seem to turn up fairly frequently, but working tanks are less common. Pretty sure toy fu still has an omega tank |
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 14, 2017 7:34:05 GMT
You temptress!
With those nine words you could start me on a path of extreme pain!
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 14, 2017 10:01:18 GMT
I've only done this with smaller figures. I find my impatience means I start out thinking, okay, I'll let this sit on the back burner for a year or two and see if I come across the bits I need, but then end up overspending trying to find all the bits as fast as possible. Apart from childhood figures with the odd bits missing (I am on an eternal quest for one of wheeljack's wings and Sandstorm's gun) I think the only Transformers I've built up from bits in recent years have been Apeface and Snapdragon. Apeface is done now, but I'm still missing Snapdragon's two blue fins. Which cost more than the basic body to buy separately. Mind you I am very tempted to try and do this with an original Omega Supreme because his track and leg pieces seem to turn up fairly frequently, but working tanks are less common. Pretty sure toy fu still has an omega tank But do they have a blue Omega Supreme? Heh heh heh... -Ralph |
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Post by Shockprowl on Apr 14, 2017 19:01:09 GMT
You temptress! With those nine words you could start me on a path of extreme pain! It's Gnaw all over again.... *rocks* |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 14, 2017 20:54:28 GMT
No-one army builds Omega Supreme though!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 14, 2017 20:57:28 GMT
Depends how many Guardians you want.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 14, 2017 22:25:16 GMT
I know Blueshift likes the blue one.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 14, 2017 23:20:52 GMT
I like the blue one. Couldn't afford it at the time Blue was selling though. But you really would need a couple of them.
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Post by Shockprowl on Apr 15, 2017 7:34:26 GMT
Madness...
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 15, 2017 10:52:29 GMT
Two Bluemega Supremes might be a bit much though.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 25, 2017 5:19:02 GMT
No-one army builds Omega Supreme though! -Ralph Look what someone has built for him though |
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Post by Jim on Apr 25, 2017 6:03:51 GMT
Oh, I was hoping they'd turn out to be custom track extensions to his original tracks! Which is surely a great 3D printer project waiting to happen...
-Jim
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 25, 2017 19:11:59 GMT
Brilliant! BRILLIANT!
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Post by legios on Apr 25, 2017 20:55:23 GMT
The Jetfire suffered a structural failure of one of its arm joints - leaving the left arm detached at the shoulder, after which we re-evaulated the remaining hours of airframe life remaining and have opted to replace it in service with an Arcadia VF-1A which had zero elapsed flying hours. The "Jetfire Type" is currently sitting in the "for disposal" pile, whilst I work out what to do with it. The boosters/missile launchers and the leg-mounted fuel tanks have been salvaged for the Blovck 1/55 -1J "Hikaru Type" as planned, and the gunpod has been placed into storage as a spare. Karl |
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