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Post by joydivision on Jul 26, 2005 9:38:22 GMT -5
i am 70% away from completing my pg zeta. are its joints and transforming mechanisms durable or should i just leave it alone?
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Post by jwm on Jul 31, 2005 14:30:29 GMT -5
Here's what you're going to find: The shoulder joints will not support an extended arm. Forget about the rifle, or the shield. On mine, if the figure isn't carefully balanced the hips will allow the upper torso to slowly lean back or forward until the thing falls over. The center stabilizer fin on the back doesn't stay in well, and the mounting on the arm for the shield is barely adequate. Transforming the Zeta into waverider mode is a pain in the butt. You won't do it more than once or twice. On the good side, the figure is very solid once it's transformed. If you haven't wired the wings yet, here's a good tip that Bleen came up with: any time you have to make a screw connection put a tiny scrap of aluminum foil in the screw hole with the wire. This will help make a better contact. On mine the wing tip lights worked fine when I finished the kit, but within a year they mysteriously crapped out, and I've never been able to get them to work again. Way too much trouble to take the whole mess apart. Sorry to be the bearer of less than good news, but I'm kind of soured on the whole PG model thing. Building them is just tons of fun. Once they are finished the fun is over. JWM
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Post by question on Aug 3, 2005 2:06:10 GMT -5
Yeah, my experience was somewhat similar to jwm's. Wing lights worked for awhile and for no reason it stopped working... And eventually the hip joint broke though I didn't transform it many times or have stressed it. I think I would just be careful with it...
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Post by bleen on Aug 3, 2005 16:48:00 GMT -5
Yeah, I have the same problem with the shoulder joints :-( It's still a very nice kit, it's the one that took me longer to build, and even if it's rather complicated to build, it was a LOT of fun doing so :-) Although the finished kit is not as good looking as the WZC or the Strike... it's missing external detail I'm not having problems with its balance though... but my Zeta is only what... one or two months old top... Good luck with yours! :-)
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