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10-02-2011, 10:50 PM | #21 |
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So I get this bin at the fleamarket and theres this Black F-15 tucked at the bottom of a pile of Joe vehicle Shells. Naturaly with all the SDCC Skyscreamer hooplah and seeker customs poping up I thought Id make a Skywarp out of it.
Well I dont feel like it. So I thought Id do a mini-review / shamless bst plug for myself (available right now). OK here we have 1 generic dollar store F-15. It was pretty filthy but once I cleaned it up It was a nice shiney Black with Blaze orange V-stabs and Exhaust nozzles. Remarkably, I found all 4 missles for it. They are red and generic, I really dont think their based off of any particular real world bomb. The canopy is a milky kind of cloudy orange color and dossent stay latched shut. I had to boil and re-mold the hinge to get it to rest flush. There is also a wierd little handle I'm guessing? That I thought about choping off because the other side dose not have it. I guess I should mention that this thing is made of a somewhat soft plastic. It has a lot of flex to it especialy in the wings, it feels kind of cheap - but its not deal-breaker cheap. Standard Trike Landing gear has free rolling wheels and lets out a satisfying pop as they click into place in both up and down positions, sadly the landing gear is poorly detailed. The four missles hold onto their posts very well and more reliably than the ones on the new Skystriker. There is also a large opening where I guess a flip out handle would go but there no evidenge of a hinge inside so who knows? Size is far out of scale, but for the most part it works ok in the joe-verse. It dosent look too out of place next to the skystriker and is roughly the size of a Conquest. It is a two seater but it is cramped. Slimer figures like Slipstream here fit in pretty well in either seat, but need to be forced just a bit. The new Ace is much too bulky and will keep the canopy from shutting. There is also one more small compartment for equipment I guess. The plastic is so thin in the cockpit that itd be just as easy to cut it out and throw in some skystriker sets or something. Well theres not much more to say about it, Its pretty much just a fairly well done dollar store toy. I think it would make a kick-ass seeker custom, but as is I get a somewhat Nightboomer vibe from it. Plastic: Cheap / flexible / black Construction: Durrable / tough / cheap (tabs only, no screws, whole things made of 7 pieces Thats including the wheel / doors as one each) Stickers: gone (they were BAAAADDDDD) Playability: Throw in a new cockpit or get skinny pilots Potential: Definetly there for a mightier customizer than myself Value: ??? Oh and its made by the Gay toy company, hence the thread tittle. Heres lots o pics - have a loveley evening.
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02-24-2016, 10:19 PM | #22 |
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I believe he's talking about this F15, I own 1 and I'm looking for a few more to make Transformers seekers out of them. Because of their LACK of detail they actually would make insanely cool G1 style seekers.
Think about it. In the cartoons they didn't have a ton of detail. These would be damn close to the cartoon when finished. As far as size goes yes it's a tad small next to a Skystriker BUT it's not horrendous. It'd work. The plastic is also VERY easy to scribe panels and things on. The cockpit does suck, it's nothing more than 2 holes in the plastic. That's OK though. You could easily customize the cockpit with a tru heroes F-22, F-18, or NEW Skystriker cockpit. To secure it to the body I would use plastic weld or plastic epoxy to secure it to the upper portion of the body. At the same time it could be made removeable with a little styrene tooling. The landing gear is cheesy BUT when retracted who cares lol. IF I can get 2 more of these I will make Seekers out of them. Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp for certain. Hey maybe you wanna sell yours? Let me know. |
02-24-2016, 10:40 PM | #23 |
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I remember that thing, I had that one and another that was silver. I used the black one as the night boomer.
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02-24-2016, 10:59 PM | #24 |
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I had a white one. I remember it had basically no detail, was made of very soft plastic, and my Ninja Force figures wouldn't fit because of their weird waist assembly. I was a kid, so I didn't care. It was cool.
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02-24-2016, 11:35 PM | #25 |
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Gay Toys made a ton of different vehicles, all made of that softer plastic (planes, trucks, construction equipment, jeeps, boats). It was the kind of stuff you'd play with outside in the dirt and at the beach, and you wouldn't worry about it getting screwed up because it was cheap and could be washed off later without really damaging the toy. 70's and 80's were their heyday I guess.
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02-25-2016, 01:05 AM | #26 |
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I'd love to find a couple of their GMC/Chevrolet cargo trucks with the molded seats and removable plastic "canvas" cover
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02-25-2016, 08:44 AM | #27 |
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I was about to do a google search for Gay toys to see what other things they had, but I stopped myself when I realised what results a google search would most likely come up with...
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02-25-2016, 10:32 AM | #28 |
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Between Gay Toys and The American Plastic Corporation, these cheap bin-toys were plentiful as vermin. Shit was all over the place. Now it's all but gone; filling landfills, I assume. I imagine, sometime in the distant future, our era well be defined by a layer of slowly degrading cheap plastic in the strata. It'll be referred to as the "GayToys Epoch" in textbooks.
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02-25-2016, 12:14 PM | #29 |
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You sir are incorrect. My childhood Gay grey and blue space toys are safe in my garage. Hahaha.
PS. I need the blue tinted rear canopy for that grey space ship if anyone has one. |
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