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  1. captain america
    Washing parts in dishsoap & water right before painting is all that's really necessary, I use a paint-friendly mold release. I'd be reticent to use any kind of harsh solvent on the resin for fear of damaging the surface. dkev: message received and I'll send you the missing parts, no sweat! Resin ordered, and I'll be contacting the members interested in more kits via PM.
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    Well it looks like the 6 slots filled up mighty fast! If I saw correctly it's: Cesar Enrique shdwfx2000 (2) Dark Archon3000 (2) Ghadrack THOR Guess I'll go ahead and order some of that fancy resin and get my a$$ in gear
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    Don't worry, I haven't forgotten you! My molds are still good for maybe six or seven more kits, the only problem is that I'm literally out of resin. If I can get an extra 6 orders I'll be able to make it happen, so those of you who missed out, now's your chance to chime-in! Cory: if it's okay with you, I'll save the answer to that question for part II of my audio interview with Boinger in about 3 weeks. I think it's worth going into detail on a question like that, but sooo much easier to do so verbally as opposed to typing.
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    Aaaaand... Now we have the destructions!!
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    All orders have shipped, less than 44 hours apart. Now to work on the destructions...
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    No, I just ship. Between the first and last package shipped we're talking 3-4 days tops.
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    Yes! A dozen orders were shipped out as of a few minutes ago, and another dozen will ship tomorrow
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    38. Technically I could make 5-6 more.
  9. captain america
    One idea I had (among many) was to make funnel recharging blocks for the Nu Ver. Ka similar to the Hi-Nu, but with styling that better suits the Ver. Ka, and with the addition of sliding armor sections to expose some more Psyco-frame goodness. Also, what I really don't like with the Hi-Nu is that the back-pack design sacrifices the bazooka mount, so obviously mine wouldn't. The challenge is really in getting the fin funnels to attach properly due to their design.
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    Still waiting on boxes. Shipping labels and customs forms are also done... I've got all these crabs and nowhere to go.
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    It's been said dozens of times already, but the Sazabi is Saza-BIG! Seriously, it doesn't even need to draw a weapon on another MS, all it needs to do is drop its shield on its opponent and it's game over! I highly suspect that my next project will involve building an augmented weapons system for the Nu Ver. Ka and then the Sazabi...
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    Hi guys. I've got all the kits cast and bagged, just waiting on the boxes which are late (what a surprise!) Hopefully I'll get those this week so that I can begin shipping.
  13. captain america
    I have breaking news: I'm almost done casting!!!... And I decided to rename the kit "Pinky Space Crab."
  14. captain america
    Exo, your figures are pure awesomeness! Give yourself a pat on the back man, you do fantastic work!!
  15. captain america
    ...Aaaand it's Friday, again!! Have a gander at the finished Inbiitoh. I just put him together with hot glue yet he holds together surprisingly well. I managed to cast a whopping 25 kits this week, still waiting on the shipping boxes... Hopefully I get those before Christmas.
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    We had only had a few dealings, but he seemed like a really nice guy, and it tugs at my heart strings to hear that we've lost a fellow MWer. My condolences to his family. Rest in peace, my friend...
  17. captain america
    To be fair, the toes and particularly the knees, in order to keep them anime-accurate, are somewhat limited in the range of motion department. No lunges for this crabby space monster
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    Yup. I used them for the hips, elbows and lower shoulder joints: allows for a broader range of poses.
  19. captain america
    This looks like a somewhat rehashed Oblivion...
  20. captain america
    SmoothCast 310. More than strong enough for a kit of this size.
  21. captain america
    Yes yes, I didn't forget I spent much of the week finishing up the moldfs and juuuuust barely got a couple of test-shots out earlier. The verdict? It's uh. Umm... ... ... ... It's pink! I decided that my Inbittoh kits need to be pink, and this will be reflected in the packaging as well. I was just so tired of seeing green molds with light grey parts, so I got a bit nuts withe color. The molds are naturally pink though, I had nothing to do with that. I'll be starting to clean one of the kits up for pics and destructions over the weekend, so more pics on the way, and less blurry this time, I promise.
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    To be fair, Robocop's 1.0 body armor motif looks pretty good. According to the gashapopn ad above, there's a 1.0 and 3.0 styling and so the obvious question is... What does the 2.0 version look like? Wait, wait. I got this... ... ... The designers momentarily consider an all-gold titanium body armor motif! :lol
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    I don't think that DMK Optimus did badly in sales, but there's a difference between "didn't sell too bad" and "holy crap we struck gold" which I'll try to explain. Let's take the old 1980s Mospeada kits as an example of "didn't sell too bad." When they were first released, they were moderately abundant and would even warrant a re-issue every few years, maybe even a bit of re-packaging, but they never flew off the shelves. The biggest tell is that they never expanded the line, they just re-issued from the tooling they had already made. As an example of a company hitting pay dirt, let's take Hasegawa and the Macross license. They started off with the film versions of the VF-1, which from what I'd heard through the grapevine, sold as well and possibly better than their F-16 line in 1/72. What are the tell-tale marks that it did well? They expanded the line, going into the TV variants, then the Battroids, then Macross Plus, and now Frontier. When they have confidence in the line, they will offer more skus. Now Takara Tomy has the Transformers license, and DMK Bumblebee and particularly Optimus were fairly complex and intricate from a tooling standpoint, so it only makes sense for them to offer to re-issue the kits every so often to maximize the profitability of the tooling. Who knows, maybe it was just an experiment to test the market. I suspect that we'll find out if they have faith in the new film based on what they release next year.
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    I would have LOOOOOVED more DMK figures from Takara. If not Shockwave, then at the very least Sentinel and Megatron would have been no-brainers. That said, I don't know how well the kits sold in the first place. Maybe the market reception was lukewarm and so they couldn't justify other figures. Gotta remember that Transformers appeals to mostly toy-minded people and so "it doesn't even transform" can be a major psychological hurdle impeding the sale of what is otherwise a fantastic product.
  25. captain america
    There's a significant amount of thought and preparation that goes into the placement and grouping of parts, positioning of pour spouts, chimneys. It's a very intuitive process, but it can make or break the final product. The parts aren't just encapsulated willy-nilly in the silicone, otherwise you will end up destroying the masters upon extraction. Judging by the results I've been able to get over the last decade with my molding/casting procedures, I dare think that my parts quality is respectable. There are plenty of people here who can give you objective opinions of my kits, gotta remember that I'm biased
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