BuffaloDelorean Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 17 minutes ago, hellpop said: BTW anyone that doesn't like the tiny legs on Rocket, the NBX Werewolf legs work very well. I upgraded my old custom with 'em. I'm waiting until I actually see them to pass judgement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSTZach Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 11 hours ago, hellpop said: Yeah! Eat it, micro Rocket fans! Not our intended message, obviously, but I think making ANOTHER micro Rocket would have been sending a similar message to the people who wanted an articulated one. Plus, then micro-Groot would have had to be a nano-Groot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysterious Stranger Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 58 minutes ago, BuffaloDelorean said: I'm waiting until I actually see them to pass judgement. This. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysterious Stranger Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 4 minutes ago, DSTZach said: Not our intended message, obviously, but I think making ANOTHER micro Rocket would have been sending a similar message to the people who wanted an articulated one. Plus, then micro-Groot would have had to be a nano-Groot. You can please some of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time but you can't please all of the people all of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TENIME_art Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 2 hours ago, hellpop said: BTW anyone that doesn't like the tiny legs on Rocket, the NBX Werewolf legs work very well. I upgraded my old custom with 'em. Pic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 1 hour ago, Mysterious Stranger said: You can please some of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time but you can't please all of the people all of the time. But everyone likes tigers. Even Roy Horn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellpop Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 47 minutes ago, TENIME_art said: Pic? I'll try to snap an updated pic tonight. You can see the original, with (ugh) Lizard legs, here. I've actually made a bunch of customs (Indiana Jones! Optimus Prime!) that I'm eager to show off, so this will give me extra motivation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloDelorean Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 17 minutes ago, hellpop said: I'll try to snap an updated pic tonight. You can see the original, with (ugh) Lizard legs, here. I've actually made a bunch of customs (Indiana Jones! Optimus Prime!) that I'm eager to show off, so this will give me extra motivation. I hope Rocket shares a picture with Dr. Jones (or some other normal-sized minimate) so we can see their comparative heights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellpop Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 What am I, made of pictures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinous Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 I like how that looks! Good job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stack32 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 I fail to see how keeping the GotG lines consistent would somehow have a wrong move, but, whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Maybe Rocket is bigger in this movie. Spoiler He's not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellpop Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 As promised, a photo of my updated Rocket Raccoon: Apologies that the photo quality isn't better. But he's a full size Minimate, just slightly shorter than, say, Star-Lord. So if scale is your thing you might not want to swap the legs out. But I like 'em just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloDelorean Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 That looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSTZach Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 4 hours ago, stack32 said: I fail to see how keeping the GotG lines consistent would somehow have a wrong move, but, whatever. If we'd made the new characters in a completely different scale than previous characters, I'd understand that statement. But we made a previously made character in a different size because some people didn't like the old size, and because he was no longer the smallest character in the film. Call it an alternative take, or a correction, or a promotion, but the old figure is still available. It's no different than bulking up a character, or removing a chest cover on a second pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterMiracle Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 (edited) Here's an idea for the future... There was a Father's Day set that had proto pics released a long time ago that had real small children minimates. Can we get Rocket on that small child body type but with a shorter version of those wolf legs? It would eat up some new tooling but it would also make a bad ass and more accurate Rocket figure. I think Rocket can work as an articulated figure and I get the Rocket/Groot size argument but I have a feeling this Rocket isn't going to look right based off of how those legs look compared to the rest of the body. Edited October 22, 2016 by MisterMiracle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 (Hail Ivan!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSTZach Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 (edited) 12 hours ago, MisterMiracle said: Here's an idea for the future... There was a Father's Day set that had proto pics released a long time ago that had real small children minimates. Can we get Rocket on that small child body type but with a shorter version of those wolf legs? It would eat up some new tooling but it would also make a bad ass and more accurate Rocket figure. I think Rocket can work as an articulated figure and I get the Rocket/Groot size argument but I have a feeling this Rocket isn't going to look right based off of how those legs look compared to the rest of the body. Are you talking to me? I'd say Ask DST, but I'm pretty sure Chuck has said no to bringing that scale back, as I'm sure it was developed to woo a specific retail chain, so a completely new base body seems unlikely. And if you don't like how he looks WHEN HE IS SHOWN, we've seen some great customs using Battle Beast legs. Edited October 23, 2016 by DSTZach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NerdyTrev Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Just realized Drax wasn't mentioned in the line-up. I guess we know who the TRU exclusive is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloDelorean Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 12 minutes ago, NerdyTrev said: Just realized Drax wasn't mentioned in the line-up. I guess we know who the TRU exclusive is! Yeah, Zach's confirmed it's Drax/Nebula. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NerdyTrev Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 24 minutes ago, BuffaloDelorean said: Yeah, Zach's confirmed it's Drax/Nebula. Oh whoops, must've missed that. I apologize for my ignorance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellpop Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Good sleuthing nonetheless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBT! Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 We'll I'm happy there'll be a full size(ish) Rocket figure & that DST listened. It must be hard when people complain you don't do something then when you do it, complain it's not the same as it was before. T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thereasonsy Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 On 10/21/2016 at 10:12 PM, hellpop said: As promised, a photo of my updated Rocket Raccoon: Apologies that the photo quality isn't better. But he's a full size Minimate, just slightly shorter than, say, Star-Lord. So if scale is your thing you might not want to swap the legs out. But I like 'em just fine. Love this! Maybe Wolfsbane will get the treatment someday when we get X-Factor. <- not so subtle shade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mnemosis Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 7 hours ago, TBT! said: We'll I'm happy there'll be a full size(ish) Rocket figure & that DST listened. It must be hard when people complain you don't do something then when you do it, complain it's not the same as it was before. T. No kidding, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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