Dino Combiner!!!!!
Detombed the SCDC today and combined it to test the rumour... and yes, it is true... IT IS EXTREMELY UNSTABLE!!!! hahahaha.... Very nice light pipings (see first picture), and yes, the actual thing looks much better physically than in the pictures... I actually gotten a running-change version where they fixed the feet-plug connector piece for "Snarl" to be able to attached properly to "Snarl", and also "Slag" to have correct horns (left and right horns are different). But certain issues remain, like overly tight/loose joints, especially the "Sludge" feet's connecting pin to the feet-plug connector is still SUPER LOOSE... and also a issue for "Grimlock", which will be mentioned below...
Here's "Grimlock" in dinosaur mode... Sharp points are super sharp, beware... Dino mode can be a bit unstable but still can stand after some fiddling with the poses and angles... Very very very nice details and sculpting... Will do some touch up painting, eg. the small dino arms intend to paint to silver, the faceplate.. etc...
The instructions show the hips-legs part transformed into a very ... awkward position... So many will resort to posing him with the hip-legs like picture below... But the joints are SUPER tight that it is almost impossible to rotate the parts... Some modding can be done...
Remove the screw for connecting this top-tigh part and you will see this. Using a small penknife to sliced off not more than a millimeter at the part circled in red dashed line in the picture... This will create clearance for swiveling... Remember to do this both for sides of the peg, and also for both legs...
You may also like to use a small file to sand off any burrs if not cut cleanly earlier or any fine-tuning. You can also lightly sand off the faces a bit so that they do not rub against each other so much when swiveling...
Very busy now, so may be quite some time before I fiddle around with the rest of the figures...
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