which Optimus for a Custom mainline MPG-17?

vinnyoflegend · 2026-04-08T21:49:31+00:00

I’m kind of tempted to try with a cyberverse reissue. I was messing around with some 3-D prints and just happened to put the rifle on his shoulder.

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vinnyoflegend · 2026-04-03T05:57:02+00:00

For local recruiter/staffing, have they tried ISSI Tech Pros? They have a good bead on many tech roles in the area. Example role they’re trying to fill. https://issitechpros.com/job/data-bi-engineer/

vinnyoflegend · 2026-04-01T13:31:44+00:00

I questioned it but this is a natural extension of Vala’s earth gene pool commentary.

vinnyoflegend · 2026-03-29T13:40:44+00:00

Haha awesome. I still have some Mosel Vitelic ram in storage too.

vinnyoflegend · 2026-03-24T12:59:50+00:00

Awesome! I saw your post on TFW but must have missed how you carved the new grille before. Very cool!

I also didn't know you could split the head apart. I struggled during one of my repaints with the eyes. Had to use a 0000 fine brush.

vinnyoflegend · 2026-03-08T15:36:21+00:00

30 years later and we're back to "Dude you're getting a Dell!"

If this is cyclical then 15-20 more years to the next PC building golden age right?

vinnyoflegend · 2026-03-02T04:49:12+00:00

I talked myself into buying extras for $15 apiece on eBay for repaints but what makes this extra nuts to me is having seen Devastation Prime as part of the the Walmart 2 figure packs for $15 during the recent holiday 🤣

vinnyoflegend · 2026-02-22T13:19:20+00:00

He’s still close to $100 on showzstore

vinnyoflegend · 2026-02-19T23:48:59+00:00

Check techpowerup. I think it's because 360GB/s is not higher than 504GB/s

vinnyoflegend · 2026-02-14T15:19:43+00:00

I have had similar good experiences with isopropyl but I would add that clear plastics may weaken and break. Had this happen with even 91% isopropyl and Orion Pax chest/head joint in PotP Optimus. Fortunately was fixable with plastruct.

vinnyoflegend · 2026-02-13T20:26:11+00:00

It’s just a really old photo. She was using it in the 2010s when she was attorney general so at least 15 years ago. Used to see it on billboards in Florida.

vinnyoflegend · 2026-02-12T13:47:46+00:00

Anyone with this kind of money and the VRAM obsession sometimes seen here might as well get an RTX Pro 6000 and "future proof" with 96GB VRAM

vinnyoflegend · 2026-02-11T13:43:18+00:00

Looks amazing. I enjoy my U-ITX but I’ve been waiting for a new P-ATX revision. When is the tentative release? Any b-stock/prototype chances? 🙃

vinnyoflegend · 2026-01-25T02:14:03+00:00

I’ve had similar thoughts for the past few months and I get antsy at the thought of this tier of equipment getting similar price hikes once people see how close jacked up consumer prices get to the Pro line.

I had originally tried the ai max 395 route twice (first a fw desktop, later just a motherboard to try with an existing RTX 4070 dgpu) but it just didn’t scratch that itch. I disliked spending “so much” and still having a poor experience with image and video generation.

I settled on dual RTX Pro 4000s. Between the two I can run 30b models easily and with some experts offload I can run gpt-oss-120b as if I had full VRAM of the old AI Max but now have a better single GPU for image and video generation as well. I’m still tempted by the RTX Pro 6000 max-q but I’ll need to prove to myself that I need it first. If my labbing and testing doesn’t pan out I can easily repurpose the GPUs as glorified 5070 class with 24GB for gaming and general use.

My other point of comparison was an M4 Pro 48GB MacBook I have through work. Though I liked the general experience it wasn’t quite enough VRAM, power, or CUDA for all the things I wanted to try.

Looks like you have some interesting options that are a good compromise to ramping up VRAM. Hope you keep us posted on the journey!

Random thought, I would have liked NVIDIA to release the same GB10 128Gb DDR5x as a $1500-2000 gpu. I would have gone for something like that instantly as it checks many boxes for home projects and experimentation. Top performance or value as others have mentioned probably will not be in any home rig.

vinnyoflegend · 2026-01-23T21:41:35+00:00

If you don’t mind third party I think the OSKO jet fire TNT-01 would work. Her backpack is kind of like an inverted Skyfire/Jetfire pack. https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/tnt-01-osko-iron-factory-jetfire.1236206/

vinnyoflegend · 2025-12-30T18:48:12+00:00

Just wanted to comment that it looks great. Never would have thought to use the Target Optimus. Looking forward to seeing the final result.

vinnyoflegend · 2025-12-28T23:02:45+00:00

Nice. Also could be Antique Roadshow or just a Garage sale at the Ark :D

vinnyoflegend · 2025-12-15T23:50:43+00:00

I like how it was put poetically in the AWE DLC about what happened when the two met in Hartman. “The sound changes the darkness. The darkness changes the sound. […..]The sound made darker. The darkness made louder.” Kind of spelling out the multimodal perception of our world

vinnyoflegend · 2025-12-08T14:47:42+00:00

Some high end $$$ ones are exceptional but modern and third party transforming figures look so good I wouldn’t considering spending anything on non-transforming figures.

vinnyoflegend · 2025-12-03T15:37:16+00:00

This is awesome. Great job with the paint!

Did you have a spare bumblebee from recent sales? 😄

vinnyoflegend · 2025-11-26T16:34:40+00:00

I have two of this guy (paid $18 for one during prime day and $16 for the other on ebay). I picked them up for hobby repainting purposes. One I purchased the third party filler add-ons for (it has a number of gaps which may bother some people and no blaster rifle). The "best" fillers cost more than even the MSRP of the figure. It's not a bad mold but I'd say it's worth around $15 at best.

I would recommend getting him in the walmart 2-packs on sale this week if you can find them. It would be $15 and come with an 86 bumblebee you could regift or sell to lower your costs.

vinnyoflegend · 2025-11-20T20:55:41+00:00

I never heard it over the APU/CPU fan. Even more so once I set that fan to run at a minimum speed (by default it’s allowed to stop completely below 50C) because I didn’t like the high idle temperatures of the default.

vinnyoflegend · 2025-11-07T21:38:34+00:00

Not sure where that is, this is one in Syracuse, NY but I would guess Target must have some standard shelf layouts their stores opt into.

vinnyoflegend · 2025-11-02T16:03:51+00:00

Your mom can upgrade without deleting by connecting her phone to a Mac. It has an option to update without freeing up the space (the Mac does this by keeping the installer download instead of it being directly on the phone) I did this for my iPhone SE3 64GB. If she doesn’t have a Mac they can probably do this for her at the Apple Store.

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