Well, I'm currently working on my next animation of my Mugenbine bits; the Mugen Sector Double set, to be precise!! Granted, I had to use my dad'd digital camera for the first part (Inter Beetle), as my rechargeable batteries conked out about 5-6 pix in!! So, am gonna have to do this animation in bits.

My only main problem is music and sound effects - any suggestions?

Yeah, I think FT is supposed to be a space ship, a short range fighter kind of thing.

a fighter jet or spacecraft if you ask me

Did you guys see the "Bugs" Wiz created at the Prominence site? No, well here they are! I think they're awesome!
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Here are some pictures of the new Keybot Metal Falcon. I think he's cool especially in his gattai with Brave Zeek.
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Wicked gattai.
I've started seeing Try Wolf in local stores here, but he's pretty pricey.

Well, just a quick update on my Mugen Sector Double animation. Am about halfway thru taking the pix for it, and I am discovering very quickly that i need more rechargeable batteries!! Most recently, the batteries died in the middle of a short sequence I was photographing, which is gonna make carrying on from where it left off a bit more difficult!! DOH!!

the camera doesn't have a power cord? doing animation on any point and shoot camera drains the batteries really fast.
Can't wait to see the update UJ.

Well, I'm using rechargeable batteries, as per the recommendations of the instructions for my camera. Have also just bought an extra set of batteries, so i will have a set charging while i use the other. Fingers crossed this plan works..

Nothing new on the Mugenbine front, but there is a picture of the new Keybot GILLS KEILER on Amazon .jp!
This is the first "aquatic" themed Keybot outside of the Shark weapon. I think it looks NEAT-O!! Release date June 30th
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Reminds me of the enemies in the old video game Darius Twin!

Those keybots are too damn tempting. They are just so cute. I must resist though... don't have the cash (or space) for another collection.

Darius was always too darn hard.

but that Keybot does look darn cool.

Sweet.
Yeah, it does remind me of one...

Here's a great gattai from the Prominence website. It doesn't use TriWolf, but its still pretty neat!
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Hey folks - just thought I'd give you peeps and update on my animation of the Mugen Sector Double set. Having now finished the segments with Inter Beetle and JabStag, the animation now weighs in at over 40 seconds (at 15 frames per second), or around 518 frames. All I got to do now is to combine the two sets into the Mugen Sector robot and animal modes, as well as add some sound effects and maybe a backing track. Any suggestions of tunes would be greatly appreciated!!

can't wait to see it Uncle Joe

Hey peeps - was just wondering if anyone has heard from Ryan @ Fan2Fan lately? If anyone has, can you let me know? Cheers!!

EIT: Never mind - just got an email from him - doh!!

Golden week was last week in Japan; it's a big national holiday so he was probably partying...

Yup - I would expect him to be livin' it up!! I'm pretty sure there was another holiday at the weekend, but I can't remember what it was..

how's the animation going Uncle Joe?
On the Mugenbine front, I am waiting for the Candy Emporer sets and 4 dragon legends sets to arrive from Ryan at F2F.
Hopefully they will come soon...

Hi guys!
Sorry I haven't written in so long, but between work and trying to unpack, ITS BEEN CRAZY!
I've seen nothing new on the Mugenbine front and most of the sites have been pretty quite with the posting of new pictures. I haven't even had time to build anything lately!
I thought I'd post a picture of how my toy room is coming along. I've got the big wall of shelves up and almost filled! I haven't even put a dent in my Mugenbine collection and there's still my Transformer Transmetals, Amdriver DaiGunder, Webdiver, S.I.C. Kamen Rider, Garo and Machine Robo Rescue to go out!! I just bought the place and I already need more room, well theres always the Living room! Maybe I should sell off something...NAH!!!!
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P.S. I hope all you guys are doing well. Give us a shout as to "whats up" in your hood!

The animation is coming along ok; just got to do a bit with InterBeetle and JabStag combining into the Mugen Sector robot. Am still looking for a decent musical backing track to use though.

I too am waiting for Ryan to send me something, albeit not Mugenbine-related; just hope I get a tracking number from him soon, as the wait is a bit of a nightmare

I know what y'mean about Nightmare waits, Uncle Joe. I ordered my animation/web design software a few weeks back...waited for it to ship, emailed the site I ordered it from, and the software was discontinued! Switched my order to the newer version, and now I'm waiting for that to ship. Bwargh. (I wish it'd hurry up, I haven't bought a Mugenbine fig in ages!)

As for musical backing, have you got it down to a few choice songs? Maybe if y'can rattle off the tunes you're interested in using, we could help give y'an opinion on 'im.

Aoi

Well, I was gonna use the tune "Emerge" by Fisherspooner, but I was so tempted to stick on "No One Knows" by Queens of The Stone Age. If anyone has any suggestions, feel free to let me know!!

since they are both bad guys how about:

•Evil and A Heathen by Franz Ferdinand
•Destroy Everything You Touch by Ladytron
•You're No Good by KMFDM
•Mega Colon by FischerSpooner (Hidden track after Ersrtaz) I'd remove the lyrics to that one but the music is pretty cool though...

It might help if you let us know what kind of music/feeling you are going for.

Well, since the animation is just the Mugen Sector transforming, starting with InterBeetle, then JabStag and finally the Mugen Sector bot himself, I was probably leaning more towards "No One Knows" for this animation.

The next animation I was gonna start work on is more action-packed - involves a fight between some of my Mugenbines and a Lego Bionicle. For that, the Fischerspooner track would work better, as the intro for "Emerge" is rather long. I was thinking of including some dialogue and sound effects with this longer animation as well,but that will probably depend on how the animation itself turns out..

Whatever you decide to go with, I canna wait to see it.

Was thinking of posting what I've done thus far on YouTube, unless you guys would prefer to wait to see the entire finished animation. Either way I don't mind..

EDIT: check this out - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYfv_2pIKSE What do you guys think? Not bad thus far eh?

Hope no-one minds me bumping this thread up a bit...

Heh. That's turning out pretty good so far, Uncle Joe. I kind of like how y'manage to just materialize the pieces from the Mugenroid.

Also love the sound effects on the vehicle mode. Can't wait to see the video finished!

Got some good news on this front, too. My animation/web design software, according to my bank account at least, has shipped...so I can start buying Mugenbine...oh and paying bills(that's not too important, though. ), again. which probably be the Insect Double combo, thanks to seeing them in action!


Aoi

Looking good, UncleJoe!
Keep us posted.

Cool video! I can't wait to see the finished product!

Thanks folks - really appreciate it!! Was just wondering if the person who gave my 4 Dragon Legend animation a 5-star rating will see this new animation..

Anyway, guess I will have to re-double my efforts and outdo myself with my next animation!!

Very nice work!

Great work so far UJ
That must have taken you a long time to do since stop motion animation is so time consuming.
Is this for a school project or for fun?

Am doing it off my own back - I think that, at 29 years of age, I'm just a slight bit too old for school. I had to do it in bits anyway, due to it's length (517 pix thus far); still got to do the combining into Mugen Sector bit though (eek)

Whats wrong w/ being a returning student? I'm 28 and back in university.




Just to make sure you are clear, no, I don't take any offense.

You should try going back to school when your 40! (That was three years ago for me)
Needless to say it didn't work out. ( Me and a room full of 19 year olds, not a good mix)
I wanted to take some more computer animation courses, but the classes and homework just didn't fit into a "real world" schedule. ( No time with work and home)
So now I'll just teach myself what I can when I can! ( I'll just be slightly outdated, instead of completely!)

P.S. Check out "Denno Coil" very cool first episode floating around on bittorrent. "The Skull Man" isn't bad either!
Heres a cute puppy for all of you to enjoy! Unlike my monster!
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Sorry man - All I meant was that I was too old for school, but not college!! Am looking for a college course on either animation / photography or Japanese, but am not having much luck atm...

Again, nothing to apologize for. I take no offense. Best of luck w/ Japanese. I took it when i was first in college but totally bombed it.

Yeah I'm 36 and working on my Masters degree. It is a 3D animated movie and it is taking up lots of my free time. I know how hard it is to find classes on animation and photography if you just want to take a few. Fortunately there are some pretty good books out there that can help and many software manufacturers now have demo versions of their products so you can go that route too. LMK if you have any questions.

Thanks Overbite! Any questions I have are going your way!
On a different note: I'm still unpacking! First day off I've had in three weeks! Made a little Mugen Gattai called Saga Launcher! Its Saga Falcon and LeadSaurus. I was surprised by how I got the legs to work. I'm happy with him!
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That's pretty good, Cheese!
I'm left out with all this college talk, though.
I've got another two years till I graduate high school. XD

Nice work there Cheese - guess I ought to make a start on my Constructicon Devastator idea, as it's been awhile since I've tried putting a combo together..

good job Cheese
and with only one set of each figure too

*Finally* got my 4 Holy Beasts and 4 Dragon Legend candy sets in from F2F. They are filled with gooey awesomeness!!!
I was really impressed with the quality of the figures. From pics they sorta looked like cheap knock offs. Thanks to everyone
who said they were pretty cool because I would have passed on them if they didn't say otherwise. Now I just need to find a
Death Emporer....

Does anybody know the names of these candy guys?

This toys are pretty cool, I'm bidding on a Blue Sirens set.

Quick question, the Mugenbines are made only from the MRR line?

I'm not sure what you are asking about, but Machine Robo Mugenbine is the next toy series in the Machine Robo line; after Machine Robo Rescue.
Also the core robots in the Machine Robo Rescue toyline can combine with the parts from Mugenbine

Ok, thanks!

Here are some pictures of Speed Eagle combined with Attack Condor. Looks like there are some interesting "bine" parts on AC!
These are from the official Mugenbine site, so AC must be shipping soon as Bandai hates to release any pictures early!
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On a completely different topic, here is a picture of the Mach 5 from the upcoming SPEED RACER movie! This is being done by the guys who did the Matrix movies. A couple of people who have actually seen it say they have the car "dead on" to its anime counterpart. Summer 2008!
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