March 11th, 2010
Welcome back to part 4 of my ROTF deluxe Ratchet mod fix guide. If you remember from the first part of the guide, one of the things I really don’t like about the voyager Ratchet mold is that it has two wheels sticking straight up on either side of his head.
The deluxe mold takes care of that, but not enough! But hey, that’s what guides are for, and today we tackle ROTF deluxe Ratchet’s shoulder kibble problem!
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Tags: Customs, Ratchet, ROTF
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March 10th, 2010
Welcome back to part 3 and step 2 of my mod fix guide for ROTF deluxe Ratchet. If you’ve been following along, you should have a Ratchet with full side to side head movement.
Today’s step gives him the ability to tilt his head back. That may not sound like much, but it adds new depth to his head articulation’s range of motion and really ups his expressive ability.
This step is more involved than yesterday’s mod, but it’s worth the effort.
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Tags: Customs, Ratchet, ROTF
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March 9th, 2010
Welcome to part two of my guide on how to fix ROTF deluxe Ratchet. The first two steps are both designed to drastically improve Ratchet’s head articulation.
Today’s mod is the easier of the two, and pretty much a necessity if you want to get dynamic poses out of your Ratchet.
Step 1 – ROTF Ratchet Head Mod – Rotation Fix
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Tags: Customs, Ratchet, ROTF
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March 8th, 2010
Welcome to Nursing Ratchet week, a guide on how to fix and mod ROTF deluxe Ratchet!
I never liked the movie voyager Ratchet mold. I wanted to, but its got way too many problems. The vehicle mode isn’t too bad, but I don’t collect vehicles. In bot mode he’s got weird proportions, with huge arms, legs, and chest, but a tiny torso. His head looks like he’s squinting or crying, and there’s weird gaps in his shoulders, but worst of all the front wheels just stand straight up on either side of his head. For some reason that always bugged me about it.
Maybe if I ever found one for cheap, I might give it a try, but thanks to HasTak’s great new ROTF deluxe Ratchet, it’ll have to be really cheap.
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Tags: Customs, Ratchet, ROTF
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March 6th, 2010
There is a reason Flash wears armor.
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March 4th, 2010
In recent years, GI Joe has really upped the ante for its toy lines, giving updated sculpts and improved articulation to a whole cast of nostalgic characters. I watched GI Joe as a kid, and though it was a far cry from the comics it was the cartoon and its outlandish plots that shaped what I remember of that franchise.
I’m not a huge fan, but I remember it. And that’s half the battle!
You know what I don’t remember? Anthony ‘Flash” Gambello.
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March 2nd, 2010
Dear Doug, Dear Luke,
It was nice to have you crash visit at our place the other night afternoon. Staying up late Eating pizza and watching Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog, The Legend of Neil, and Father Ted Olympic Curling while you opened all the transformers we picked up for you.
But I want you to know, Bacon Rampage saw the note you left in the bathroom.
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February 19th, 2010
I got married last weekend. We didn’t pick the date because of Valentines day, though we’ll probably get that comment for the rest of our lives, but picked the day because of two things.
First, my wife’s brother is in the military and we had to work a bit around his schedule, and second, it was already our anniversary. So we had to learn a new month, but the day was still the same. :D
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February 10th, 2010
The angle of a picture can make all the difference in how it’s viewed.
Pictures are flat, and yet, they’re not. Today’s post is the same scene with the same poses as the previous one, but the angle of the picture has been changed.
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Tags: Classics, Onslaught, Optimus Prime
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February 8th, 2010
The angle of a picture can make all the difference in how it’s viewed.
Pictures are flat, and yet, they’re not. Once you figure this out, playing around with perspective can be very fun. Here’s the first part of an illustration of that.
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Tags: Classics, Onslaught, Optimus Prime
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