Comments on: Battle for Autobot City: Ultra Magnus VS. Skywarp

If the joint isn't tight

Heavyarms — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:05:15 -0500

If the joint isn't tight after the first application, you can layer it. However, I can't really remember an instance where one coat didn't do it. It doesn't affect the plastic that I've noticed. It is, after all, just glorified enamel paint.

It will wear out over time, I guess. I haven't really played with my figures enough to find out.

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Cool. Do you add it in

EVA_Unit_4A — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:35:23 -0500

Cool. Do you add it in layers, is it a one-time application, or does it depend on a case-by-case basis? How does it react to the plastic it's applied to? Also, over time and with use, does the polish wear/peal off, requiring another application?

The snap-joint for Skywarp's knees was really tight; it is the swivel/ball-&-socket joints there that are the loose ones on mine. I figured it was just how they were made, so I said nothing about it.
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Eva

Heavyarms — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:06:25 -0500

Eva

Yeah, Nail polish works. Obviously, you want to use clear whenever possible. Another quick fix is electrical tape, cut a small square that is just big enough to cover the ball and pop it back into the socket. This works best on joints that are not visible. I had to use this fix on my MP Optimus Prime's ankle joint, and I use this mostly on polycap joints from Gundam model kits.

I had a problem with loose hip joints on my Skywarp.

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My Skywarp's shoulders are

EVA_Unit_4A — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:18:07 -0500

My Skywarp's shoulders are just the opposite- really tight. More often than not, when I try to raise the shoulders, that transformation joint moves out instead. I'm guessing that mine is just screws that are too tight in the upper arms, but I haven't the heart most of the time to take tools to my collection unless it's to glue something back on.

Oh, speaking of joints, I've been hearing about this for I while, but I can't tell if it's a joke or not: I've read that if ball-and-socket joints are too lose, you are supposed to apply nail polish to them. Any validity to this?
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Completist

Rob Braun — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:31:21 -0500

This really is a great set, but I had trouble with Skywarp; his right arm was loose and there's nothign I can do to fix it short of tearing his arm apart, but it doesn't matter too much.
As compared to buying the BOTCON 07 set, getting both this pack and Prime and Starscream seperately are relatively cheaper in the long run.

Meantime, I agree on what you say about Magnus' bland color scheme, so I tried fixing mine with some touch ups.
Especially the head, where the vents in his forehead and his mask are shown to be cobalt on the package (as well as in every other Magnus incarnation). Its a simple mix if you want to try it for yourself:

2 parts Cobalt blue
1 part flat white
1 part teal

It really brings the face out to full detail.