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Post by greyelephant on Jan 24, 2009 14:04:12 GMT -5
Aww, you had to go and do that and ruin my surprise. Oh well, I've got two each of all the Marvel Series 2 prototypes that fill the gap and have already started repainting them. So when I repaint the Series 1 figs (yellow DareDevil, white Elektra, Grey Hulk, etc.) that will make two full Marvel Series 2! I was going to headline it "Marvel Series 2 Hits Shelves!!!" - my shelves. They go for about 18 bucks a piece including shipping. You can get a bit of a shipping discount if you order quantity. So who's willing to tell us what the actual Series two specials are? Wink, wink. Nod, nod.  Oh, trying to make us jealous? Marvel is my #1 series that I want to see continue. The sculpts on them look great IMO. I'm looking forward to seeing the finished product. When you stop and think about it, Hasbro has everything they need to keep Attacktix alive if they really wanted to. You've got Clone Wars cartoons that are REALLY getting better and better each week. Next you've got Wolverine and the X-Men that just debuted yesterday. I really liked this show, great potential. I also heard that Ironman is looking to be animated in an all new series as well. Then last but not least, Transformers animated is actually enjoyable to watch not to mention the toys look incredible for them. So like I said, IF Hasbro really wanted to keep Attacktix going, they have everything they would need to work off of to make it right. |
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Post by atgscl on Jan 24, 2009 15:29:31 GMT -5
Can you seriously (or do you know someone who can) do excellent molding & casting? Without damaging the original? I know that Radar is looking heavily into it. LMK. I'd actually consider it. Yeah, I am buying molding and casting materials to cast other figure parts and I though about casting Tix too. here are some problems I though of: -The mechanisms wont work. There is no way to replicate the metal and plastic guts of Tix and have them retain their proper movement. -They would most likely have to be casted in seperate pieces. This is only a problem if you want the protos to be in the "same" condition. The person casting would have to take a part the figure where is was glued to gether by Hasbro, mold it, then glue it back together the way it was. So technically it could be in the same condition that they were originally in granted the person doesn't suck at gluing. -Lastly, the bases couldn't be casted because of the stuff inside of them. So, if I were to cast some Tix, it would just be the figure itself. For example, Jean would be just the figure without the blaster and base. Cyclops would be his body without the blaster. This would mean that people would still have to customize the casted figures somewhat, or at least attach/make blasters and attach them to a base. And I do not see any way possible to cast a striker like Nightcrawler without the person havin to cannibalize an existing striker, attach the casted parts to it, and sculpt them together. |
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Post by Radar on Jan 24, 2009 17:27:34 GMT -5
Casting,.....no I haven't quite got that figured out yet. I ....no need for extensive details, I haven't got it to work, then again, I am using some silicone that wasn't really intended to do this. The real stuff is expensive.
Those figures look great!
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Post by atgscl on Jan 24, 2009 22:07:21 GMT -5
yeah, the supplies for the molding and casting are really expensive. Thats the biggest thing stopping me right now.
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Post by webhead817 on Jan 25, 2009 17:38:10 GMT -5
I will check to see if I can distribute any of the Marvel 2 stats...if so I will let you guys know.
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Post by attacktixman on Jan 25, 2009 19:22:38 GMT -5
Thanks, Webhead! Even if you can't put up the complete specific stats for each figure, even something like Attackback for this figure, Shootback for this one, etc., that would be greatly appreciated. ;D
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Post by greyelephant on Jan 26, 2009 12:38:03 GMT -5
I will check to see if I can distribute any of the Marvel 2 stats...if so I will let you guys know. Just knowing you'll try shows why you're such a great guy.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2009 21:51:56 GMT -5
I will check to see if I can distribute any of the Marvel 2 stats...if so I will let you guys know. Just knowing you'll try shows why you're such a great guy. Good idea GE, butter him up! Then maybe he'll spill the beans about the other series' stats too! So Webhead (this is probably a stupid question), when you say you'll "check", do you mean ask for Hasbro's permission to disclose that info? Just wondering, I wasn't sure how "hush-hush" they try to keep that stuff. |
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Post by blaczk on Jan 26, 2009 21:59:58 GMT -5
AWSOME
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Post by greyelephant on Jan 27, 2009 13:53:00 GMT -5
Just knowing you'll try shows why you're such a great guy. Good idea GE, butter him up! Then maybe he'll spill the beans about the other series' stats too! So Webhead (this is probably a stupid question), when you say you'll "check", do you mean ask for Hasbro's permission to disclose that info? Just wondering, I wasn't sure how "hush-hush" they try to keep that stuff. The red and white droid from S5 would be nice. I think it's R5-D4? I have one here, a little too big IMO, but would still work to convert over to Tix. Of course, I'm a little too hesitant to know what these stats really are. If we get them does that mean in fact no tix will be released again? |
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Post by atgscl on Jan 27, 2009 14:14:17 GMT -5
I must be missing something...
Why does Webhead have access to the stats?
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Post by greyelephant on Jan 27, 2009 15:35:00 GMT -5
I must be missing something... Why does Webhead have access to the stats? True or False? Webhead, AKA "White Dragon", is a freelance ninja. You can hire him to do any kind of assassinations/spy work that you might need done. A little expensive, but clean. I recommend him highly. OR............... Webhead did freelance work for Hasbro. He did a lot of the work on the newer series of Attacktix that unfortunately never got released due to the hiatus. Not sure if theres really any member of this forum who would like to see the relaunch more so than Webhead. |
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Post by atgscl on Jan 27, 2009 19:07:03 GMT -5
oh thats so cool! What kind of work did he do?
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Post by attacktixman on Jan 27, 2009 21:14:03 GMT -5
Doh! Stupid me! Why not ask for the whole kit- n- kaboodle? Can we have TF Series 3 too? Was there a SW 6 in the works? MV 3?
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Post by heyo on Feb 4, 2009 14:26:05 GMT -5
oh thats so cool! What kind of work did he do? If you ever cast up Jean I will definitely be in on it. That was my most anticipated from wave 2. Have you done casting work before? |
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