Renderform Gold Scout (Goldbug) & Phoenix Rifle ( Rodimus Gun) kit review

[Trans4mers]

I met up with Venksta and picked up the Gold Scout & Phoenix Rifle

Gold Scout

1) Head
2) 2x Navy gun
3) Orange Gun ( Early Bird Paid Preorders)
4) Alternative Visor
5) Smaller blue gun ( Bonus gun)
6) Clear blue gun ( Bonus gun for those who ordered the Darkwind kit online)
7) Renderform Artwork card

First I like how there are so many guns that comes with this kit. Renderform really allows the buyer to have a choice as to what guns you can use to display with Gold Scout.

One thing I found was that I almost lost the alternative visor. It would be helpful to have a legend on the Artwork card to identify what pieces come with the kit. Sort of like the G1 instruction booklet.

I've always like the Venksta's Renderform artwork. I really enjoying collecting them as I support Renderform kits :)

Phoenix Rifle

1) Rifle

Venksta said that the Artwork card was not printed yet. But I will get mine eventually :)

For those who like G1 figures, the rifle by Renderform pays homage to that. The rifle is approximately 4.5 inches long and has similar details to the G1 gun. It is a great alternative to the gun that Fans Project provided with the Protector upgrade kit.

For this upgrade kit, I would have liked to get a few more accessories. But it's not a deal breaker for me to not buy the kit.

All in all, as per usual, Renderform upgrade kits adds to existing figures. I can't wait for the next minibot upgrade kit :D

I have a few pictures for the review. Apologies if the pictures are a bit small as I had to shrink it to fit the attachment size. I've included a group shot of a few customs I did with Gold Scout. They were inspired by a few Botcon figures. The accessory they are holding is courtesy of Renderform of course!

[Big Filipino]

Sweet! Hope mine arrives soon.

[bedtime]

yes! hopefully this means he'll be shipping the gold scout kits soon!

[venksta]

yes! hopefully this means he'll be shipping the gold scout kits soon!

They are shipping. :) Watch for email confirmations.

[bedtime]

They are shipping. :) Watch for email confirmations.

yesssss! :highfive:

[GMfan]

Hot damn....that Goldbug looks F'n awesome...

I shoulda hopped on those...and the Bumper...and the Hubcap *headdesk

Bah well! Glad some people will be getting them ;)

[CKWG]

I also picked up the Goldbug kit from Venksta.

It is an awesome add-on kit to the United Gold Bumblebee figure.

The head is great and I love the clear visor. However, I do find that once the head is popped on and screwed in, it is still kinda loose, but I would rather it be a little loose than to have a chance to damage the original ball joint that holds the head.

The two guns are the same navy blue as the head, and the blue that Venksta chose, work extremely well with the gold body of the toy and the overall effect looks great!

I do agree with Trans4mers that the alternative solid blue color visor is very small and is very easy to lose if you are not paying attention.

I highly recommend anyone that would like a Classics Goldbug to get the United Gold Bumblebee with the Renderform add-on kit for Goldbug. It really turned a toy that is meant to be Bumblebee into Goldbug. It is really amazing how just a new head, and two new guns would make a toy look so much better. All those free guns depending on whether you preordered or have dealt with him before also make it such a better deal.

[bedtime]

Hot damn....that Goldbug looks F'n awesome...

I shoulda hopped on those...and the Bumper...and the Hubcap *headdesk

Bah well! Glad some people will be getting them ;)

i bought toys i think are stupid just so i could have an excuse to pick up the other kits too! haha

[Metrotitan]

Hey all! Got my Gold Scout add-on kit replacement head and guns from Renderform on Saturday!

In short, if you like his previous work, or love the idea of making a new classics fig for your collection, this is a must have!

Great detail on the head, easy installation and love the variety of guns!

Get one now!!! I used an RTS Bumblebee minus the rub symbol (hate how they look) and the blue matches up quite nice.

http://i797.photobucket.com/albums/yy251/papasmurf1977/APDC0189.jpg

http://i797.photobucket.com/albums/yy251/papasmurf1977/APDC0204.jpg

http://i797.photobucket.com/albums/yy251/papasmurf1977/APDC0211.jpg

[Pascal]

Amazing. Can't wait to be... invoiced? :) I'll put it on a gold United Bumblebee.

[CBII]

SWEET! I hope mine shows up soon.

[obakemono]

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-feedback/531949-renderform-gold-scout.html

My TFW2005 review with pics. CHECK IT OUT.

[jjwankenobi]

http://www.jtombs.co.uk/0506/img/goldmember.jpg

I luuuuuuv zhat goooold look!

[Big Filipino]

They are shipping. :) Watch for email confirmations.

Sweet!!!

[venksta]

Hot damn....that Goldbug looks F'n awesome...

I shoulda hopped on those...and the Bumper...and the Hubcap *headdesk


I'll have plenty of Goldbug kits available after all preorders are shipped. I extended the final run to 500 for the blue kits. Only 350 are taken from preorders.

As well, the Bumper and Hubcap heads have not gone up for preorder or sale yet. As I haven't made the final designs, lol.

[Bruticus82]

Can't wait...I had to track down all four bumblebees for this *shakes fist*.

[bedtime]

Can't wait...I had to track down all four bumblebees for this *shakes fist*.

same here! i feel so dirty owning them all.

[GMfan]

I'll have plenty of Goldbug kits available after all preorders are shipped. I extended the final run to 500 for the blue kits. Only 350 are taken from preorders.

As well, the Bumper and Hubcap heads have not gone up for preorder or sale yet. As I haven't made the final designs, lol.

Kool...and good to know about Bumper and Hubcap...thought I missed the boat on them...still need to get bodies :P

[Tech Spec]

Huge thanks to Venksta for hooking this up ---> Renderform Gold Scout Rebel Edition.

[SCOURGE33]

Loving the kit, can't wait to get mine. Ordered 2 black kits and one is for a custom.

[Houndog22]

Great kit love all those guns, probably give some of them to my cliffjumper!

[Scrapper6]

This looks like something I would buy, provided I had the money and the RTS Bumblebee. Sadly I have neither at the moment, and wasn't really interested in buying an RTS Bumblebee. Maybe that may change though if my budget opens up a bit more.

[CBII]

My kit just showed up and what I can I say...Totally worth the wait.

Can't wait for more awesomeness from renderform.

[Bountyan]

I'm still waiting for the shipping notice for mine. :/

[ang3l3s]

Anyone not get invoiced yet??

[WhiteRabbit]

Hey all!

Thought I'd drop some thoughts on my first Renderform purchase, which is the awesome Gold Scout upgrade.

I was all over this the moment I saw it. Since my childhood TF experience was based primarily on the comics (and still is to this day), Goldbug was the predominant VW in my Transformers for quite a long time.

Went the announcement for this kit went up, I sold off my Henkei BB and got myself a United BB-- and waited.

Well the wait's over, and here we are. Zero disappointments. I went with the blue version in spite of the availability of the more comics-accurate yellow version. I always enjoyed the contrasting blue of the toy version over the comics' one-colour Yomtov job.

I find the detailing for the head is just where it needs to be for a modern classics-type figure, and installation was easy enough. Mind you, my only basis for comparison here is iGear's Stogie-Chompin' Kup, which I remember being an experience made of swear-words.

My one criticism: His noggin's a wee bit floppy on the peg. Nothing that impedes posing or whatnot, but enough to point out.

He also came with an aft-load of weapons, which is pretty cool. Goldbug never had much in the way of a signature weapon, and I was on board regardless, so I don't really have much to offer in this arena. The guns are designed well and look like genuine TF accessories, which I guess is all they need to be, eh?

I'd also like to express a specific praise for the little artwork card that came with it. Venksta does some awesome renders, and I think this is easily my favorite from him. Really a cool addition to the package that feels a little above-and-beyond for me. Nice touch.

And Venksta himself? Man, SO easy to do business with. Look forward to doin' so again in the future.

Basically, I'd say grab one of these while ya can-- if for no other reason than to have MP Grimlock, wearing his crown, shaking his fist at your Goldbug from the other end of your shelf. You Marvel TF kids know what I'm talkin' about.

[ang3l3s]

How much is this kit??

[Houndog22]

I paid $30 for my kit. Venksta is busy fulfilling some of the other Goldbug orders. I placed an order recently on a couple of his weapon series but haven't gotten invoiced yet either. We will eventually get an invoice soon.