Via their Facebook page, DNA Design have revealed their new DK-36 upgrade set for Studio Series SS 86-07 Dinobot Sludge.
This new upgrade kit consists of:
- A sword.
- 3 blast effects for the dinosaur mouth (compatible with other Studio Series 86 Dinobots).
- Dinosaur mode belly cover (can be used as a shield in robot mode).
- Pop-up eyes for dino mode (to recreate Sludge’s fight with Devastator in the movie).
- Extra pieces to fix the loose joints issue reported in some copies.
This kit should be released in August 2022. A very nice alternative to improve Sludge for your Studio Series 86 collection. Check out the images and let us know your impressions on the discussion thread!
Enfin
I bought this kit and I noticed that I did not get enough rubber parts for all the joints that require it. Anyone else have a similar experience and if so, did your retailer or DNA themselves resolve it for you? Thanks in advance.
AzT
[Pre-order] DNA Design DK-36 DK36 (Upgrade Kit for Transformers Studio Series SS86-15 Dinobot Sludge)
ziltama
General Upgrade Kits Thread
Too floppy, the filler parts don't like to stay in place, restricts dino leg articulation
Dogbomber
Can you explain more about it? What is the problem?
ziltama
Hopefully better than their Slag / Slug set. The replacement rear dino feet ended up pretty bad…a rare miss from Go Better. The rest of their Slag set was good, though.
Dogbomber
Just hold your horses to buy this dna add on. Read from weibo that GoBetter will come out with sludge add on that will solve the loose joints and also the foldable feet.
ziltama
If your friend stuffed way too much cotton in there and prevented the tooth from retracting, then that may be why it wore out so quickly.
Blitzwing2008
Looks like a really solid set for sludge hope to get it.
Dogbomber
Saw this in DNA Facebook, their add on part for solving knee loose joint will not work permanently.
"DNA Design your solution to solve the knee loose joint is by inserting a black rectangular piece into the soft hollow bracket. We have tested this using earbud cotton and it is not a permanent solution. Instead, the expansion on hollow bracket will cause the tooth on hollow bracket to get flattened faster due to the nature of solft plastic of hollow bracket.
May I suggest you to provide us with a better hollow bracket that is made of stronger plastic?
Below is a picture from my friend whose hollow bracket tooth was flattened by the ratchet on the knee after he inserted earbud cotton into the hollow bracket."
DNA add on:
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Tooth on Knee hollow bracket will get flattened after awhile:
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Kenji
By using my eyes. Visible printlines and no color matching.
Chadderbug
I *really* love the eye inclusion
octobotimus
I mean grimlock is standing further away there.
RNSrobot
I just want swords
Illiterate Scholar
Damn, just what I was afraid of. Sludge is too small in dino mode. His head is only half a head shorter than Grimlock in dino mode.
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jtanimator
I\'m trying to decide if I would have rather then do what they ended up with this set by simply adding some easy upgrade pieces that simply cover his hollow holes and gaps, and in the change get this set a month or two after the figure release: or instead get a replacement set of legs where the toes can fold up, but need to wait a good 8-12 months and a solid $30 more for the set.
yeah, as I typed that out I definitely prefer the first. Thanks DNA.
SG Unicron
Idk if I'm restating what you said, but I so miss the days of third party sets like City Commander, and would love a return to em!
mondo
Maybe this is off topic, but would anyone like to have a Paddle conversion kit?
Hicks_Royel
There is something enjoyable about DNA being more of what third party started in. Upgrading existing Hasbro products with the small additions mass release retail budgets didn't allow for. I don't own these Dinobots but if I did, I would probably get these sets.
ziltama
BDT's surface finish is rather blah in general and doesn't match color-wise.
rendsora
How didja know it's awful?