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Re: veef still <3 robot toys

Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 11:21 pm
by Veef
fu are you

Re: veef still <3 robot toys

Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 11:23 pm
by F.J. Prefect, Esq
I'm the epitome of Newtypes.

Re: veef still <3 robot toys

Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 11:26 pm
by Veef
no what's your twitter name

Re: veef still <3 robot toys

Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 11:32 pm
by F.J. Prefect, Esq
Touche.

Re: veef still <3 robot toys

Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 6:13 pm
by Veef

Re: veef still <3 robot toys

Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 6:53 pm
by Veef
http://collectiondx.com/toy_review/2011/shadow_moon

in the name of the moon, he will stab you

Re: veef still <3 robot toys

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:31 pm
by Veef

Re: veef still <3 robot toys

Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 8:56 pm
by Manus Dei
haha jesus that at-st art

WHY MY LEGS HURT?

Re: veef still <3 robot toys

Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 9:23 pm
by Veef
someone on TEO pointed out that it does have an extra bit in the hips

still that art is like someone failing at matte painting 101

Re: veef still <3 robot toys

Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 9:54 pm
by starku
What's funny is the painting is better than 100% of btech art

Re: veef still <3 robot toys

Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 10:00 pm
by Veef
take it to the other thread man

just look up Duane Loose on Sarna

and laugh or cry

Re: veef still <3 robot toys

Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 5:23 pm
by Veef
http://twitpic.com/9ihvc5

I dressed him up while listening to Fire Bomber :3

Re: veef still <3 robot toys

Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 4:52 pm
by Veef

Re: veef still <3 robot toys

Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 6:27 pm
by Darksi4190
Hey veef. Were these any good or was it just a stupid gimmick?

Re: veef still <3 robot toys

Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 6:38 pm
by Veef
I've never handled any

but the general consensus was they're ugly but mostly serviceable

although a lot of the ones that have to resemble human characters are awkwardly designed because they wanted to keep a basic humanoid form

which means a bunch put big chunks of the vehicle mode in bad places

The most hilariously bad one (not listed there but still) is the Anakin/Darth Vader/ Stardestroyer/ Republic ship quad changer that can't stand up straight

http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-new ... os-173189/

because most of the ship modes are on his back at all times

A lot of them do that and it's pretty bad

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... fett/2492/

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... eder/2486/

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... ghter/778/

I'd check around places like here and see if you like anything

Re: veef still <3 robot toys

Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 11:55 am
by Darksi4190
thanks for the input. I've been thinking of collecting a few SW toys again for nostalgia's sake, to actually play with or keep on display rather than collect to sell, but i'm not sure what the good ones are.

I think you did a review a while back of a transforming vulture droid that you said you liked, yes?

Re: veef still <3 robot toys

Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 12:17 pm
by Veef
Yeah that one is pretty cool. Nice and basic and really big for its price.

The only problem it has is that you're balancing the walker mode on little wing tips so you have to fiddle with it to get it to stand well.

Re: veef still <3 robot toys

Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 5:39 pm
by Manus Dei
holy shit that anakin/vader quad-changer thing is hilarious

Re: veef still <3 robot toys

Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 1:14 pm
by Darksi4190
I love how the Venator bridge just folds under the ISD and sits there. I don't remember that from the movies.

Re: veef still <3 robot toys

Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 2:00 pm
by Veef
it's a built in display stand :prof:

Re: veef still <3 robot toys

Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 12:55 am
by Veef
http://twitpic.com/9jynxe

yeah it really is just an F-14 with arms

Re: veef still <3 robot toys

Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 11:56 pm
by Veef
http://twitpic.com/9l2igy

somehow this photo is actually kind of good

it's fucking VF-1 parts and that crazy ass box of tacks

:psyduck:

Re: veef still <3 robot toys

Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 11:56 am
by Oxymoron
Please excuse my inexperience on the matter, but why do the VF-1 parts' surface look so rough ?

Re: veef still <3 robot toys

Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 12:05 pm
by Veef
I sell these replacement parts through a rapid prototyping maker called Shapeways and that's the printing quality for Polyamide. They also offer smoothed over parts but they don't let you combine that with getting things dyed in a color.

http://www.shapeways.com/materials/whit ... g_flexible

You can sand, paint, and use superglue on Polyamide so people who want better quality can color matching can take the extra step but I also wanted to offer some "out of the box" ease of installation.

http://collectiondx.com/blog/vf5ss/i_ne ... toys_broke

Here's some more info

So far it's worked out quite well and gives me the funds to have my hobby basically pay for itself :science:

Re: veef still <3 robot toys

Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 5:05 pm
by Veef
http://twitpic.com/9lescg

that red ain't the best match but oh well