I adopted Mini B from Bret Tallent. The original project showcase is here: https://synthiam.com/Community/Questions/2266 Here is the original build process: https://synthiam.com/Community/Questions/938
Mini B arrived at his new home on 1-23-2014. He was packed very well, but did encounter some "issues" in shipping, mostly to his head/neck. The head broke off from the neck, the servo neck connector broke, some of the wires in the head broke and the camera board broke. The right arm is messed up too, but that was an issue that came up before shipping.
When you take over a robot built by someone else there a lot of questions that come up and the biggest first question I had was "where's the on switch"? There was no visible switch that I could find. After talking to Bret he explained the switch is on the lower back side and it is using the original RAD power switch in the base. The robot is everything I thought it would be and more. It's a beautiful robot that Bret built and I'm looking forward to continue to develop it.
At the top of my to do this for this robot is: fix the top part of the head replace the camera (the original camera cannot be fixed as the circuit traces were pulled off the PCB) fix the neck servo modify the neck (I want to make a bracket system so the head can be unscrewed and totally removed) fix the right arm
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Wait a minute. Did I say something that was funny and I didn't even know it? confused eek
Anyway, what ever you do, just have fun with it.
@Antron007 Who is the dude with the wheels on the his shoulders in-between the giant white guy that I think is Metroplex and the collection of bumble-bees on the top shelf. Is that Wreck-Gar?
@justin. yes the big guy is metroplex. (who I'd like to get a 2nd one of and ezb it. lots of room for servos in that big guy.) The one you're asking about is Sandstorm. Wreck-Gar didn't make the pic. (He's on the bottom shelf with the other Classics Deluxe class bots.)
No gonna lie - little jealous of your Transformer collection there! And oh my goodness, an EZ-Robot-ifed Metroplex! That would be wild! Especially if it could transform from base to robot.
What makes me sad is an action figure with 2000 moveable joints to pose it and it gets left in a box so it is worth something. Destroy all boxes! Let the action figure out. I do save the boxes and everything, but what good is it to me in a box? I don't want to sell it ever anyway! My mini B-9 is waiting for his own EZ-Robot makeover. I want him to look as much like the real B-9, not worried about him looking like the toy. As far as what he will be worth, I wouldn't sell him ever! I wish that animated Lost In Space could have gotten a green light! It looks really cool.
I agree. I have moved 10 times in my life so I find packaging just gets damaged and stuff takes more room in the box. I also like to display my collection.
@mcsdaver- I too save all my boxes, packaging, ect. I even have most of the twist ties because I spent the time to carefully untie them instead of just cutting them. I've perfected the art of opening clam shell packaging so that the shells stays attached to the cards. I even have about 75%-80% of the receipts from when I bought them.
I used to have a small storage unit for all of it but now that we've bought/are buying a house they occupy quite a bit of space in my attic. And my basement. And my garage.
@Justin- Thank you, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little proud of it. As far as an EZ-Plex, I've kinda got it planned out to transform from battle station or city (haven't really decided which yet) to robot and back. My only crutch is the lower legs and feet. The most intricate and detailed parts of the transformation are down there. The rest of it would be a pretty strait forward mix and match of micro, standard and heavy duty servos if I keep it as simple as possible. I'd also like to make him walk even if it's just hip shifting/upper leg pivot 2 DOF style walking.