Huh.
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If the figure was good and the price is low, I would still buy those, lol.
Some of the best figures you can get are from 3rd party companies.
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Who knew a random game about cats and economy would be so interesting.
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Same, lol. I actually did find two interesting cheap knockoffs for about 5 dollars (CAD, 3.72 USD) or less.
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The first being seemingly based on either the Unicron Trilogy or Robots in Disguise (2001) that was a color-inverted Optimus Prime and the other which I didnât buy, which was wasnât even a Transformer. It was just a robotic toy âgrabby handâ (as I liked to call it since I got my non-IP based one as a kid) with Dark of the Moon-styled packaging. I found it at a small store on Clifton Hill, Niagara Falls, and it came in both a red and a blue color.
Additionally in a different part of Clifton Hill, there was a toy vehicle shop with a really cool model train display taking up most of the center of the small store. In there, there were two unofficial Transformers things: a non-transforming red & black Chevy Camaro that was longer somehow, like a limousine, that had a CG render of Revenge of the Fallen Bumblebee printed on top, and some of those âpull the car back and watch it go and if it hits a wall it transformsâ robots in three different colors (black and blue, yellow, or orange) which had an insane-looking monochromatic line artwork of DOTM Shockwave. These robots donât have any articulation if I recall correctly (aside from the parts that move to transform). I was gonna buy them, but the store mysteriously closed early before I could, so until next time, folks.
None of these were official and they were all very cheap. The aforementioned âwall-hit-transformingâ âTransformersâ were 10 dollars (CAD) each, which I think is decent for their size. As for the image I posted above which you replied to, I found it on TFWiki and the names were just hilarious lol; I would buy just for that if the toys were priced okay.
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I was working on that project of mine using 3D modeling and I had a question.
I planned for the idea to use a fully articulated frame for the figure and have him combine with others to form an even larger dude. I find it a bit hard to take in trying to use 3D software and making a fully articulated figure or at least articulated similar to standard deluxe class Transformers.
Then I had the idea of making them similar to vintage gobots or the Transformers minibots. Where most of the time, the legs didnât move and very limited arm movement, but it at least resembled a robot and could be created at a very small scale or pocket sized.
One reason I actually like the old gobot designs better than Transformers was because of the very small scale and detail for the time. Transformers looked very cartoony and were heavily based on the cartoon show, but the gobots resembled real vehicles and make it a pain to spot while thrifting since they look just like any die cast car.
At least by using a smaller and simpler design, I can 3D print the figures at a much smaller scale but am limited to articulation.
The only reason I am thinking against this is that the Ender 3 Pro 3D printer doesnât exactly print at the nanometer, so the larger the print, the better itâll look.
I may stick with the full articulated design and maybe redo it using a vintage gobot concept, but I wanted to know your input on that.
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I donât really know anything about 3D printing, so Iâm surprised that you would ask me. But, after doing some research and re-reading your post a bunch of times, I think it would be better to go with the full-articulated design. Since if you plan on displaying these, they would look better because
. My other input would be to do the âvintage gobot conceptâ, but make it bigger (like the knockoff companies often do to official Transformers toys). That way, you could have the pros of a simpler design while also having a better print.
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Skill issue, needed to change his recovery route. Also had time to react and dodge
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I donât use Instagram.
Good morning Adam.
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@JUSTPLAINOP I know youâre a sucker for realistic graphics, normally I donât care all that much, but youâve got to admit that the last picture looks straight out of a live-action movie
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Yeah, those pictures are pretty cool. You said they were just screenshots from a game?
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Yeah, theyâre just screenshots from Spider-Man 2, which I altered the angle on with the gameâs photo mode. I also 100%ed the game yesterday
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