I wasn't going to say anything but one of my customers has stirred up a bit of a hornet's nest over on the
RPF.
Basically, despite me having proven that the MFX is an inaccurate piece of shit, the MFX apologists are still in denial.
@Simon/Birdie: Every single external dimension on my replica is as is on the Season 1 prop with the exception of a narrower slider slot which was incorporated from the Season 2 prop. If you can't perceive the obvious you're either blind or in denial or both as the differences are blatant and immediately perceptible to even a three year old child (seriously).
@Fettster: Like Birdie, you've got fucking dead eyes if you think the MFX is accurate. The MFX is utterly inaccurate in practically every single dimension. They have been nowhere near a prop - FACT. I have found out that their 'prototypes' were stock reference pics taken by the props department of brand new Robatto-made props built prior to Season 3. Kind of explains why no further pics of these prototypes ever surfaced or why the final product differed so wildly, right? Or why Gorton has never answered any direct questions on this point.
@Phez: Are you some kind of simpleton? The colour of the MFX head is a dead giveaway. Also they have not sprayed on any kind of coating. Are you thick or something???? The dullness of the MFX head is down to a different kind of aluminium used because it flows better in the die mould. They then rumbled it to get rid of imperfections. If you scratch it, of course you will get a different colour: it's called oxide, you fool. You are not scraping off a paint coating. A virginal CNCed emitter head would look just like mine. It needs minimal (if any finishing).
A respected member of the RPF board emailed me privately to state the following:
"It is definately die cast as a couple that I had have exactly the same marks on the emitter. Whether NG knew this is a moot point, as it is obvious now after a few months that the head is discolouring ata different rate to the other aluminium parts.". If the MFX head is coated, as you say it is, why is it changing colour? Surely the coating will prevent oxidation? Fucking moron.
You wrote:
"The only thing on the MFX that looks different to the hero Sonic that I am used to seeing in photos is that the openings in the head look sort of rectangle instead of square (they extend farther up towards the the tip) ant the corner radius look different. That being said, those few photos are all I am comparing against. We know there were multiple hand made Sonics and that MFX could have used any one of them as reference. It is not fair to use a photo of one prop out of many and say it proves inaccuracy. "Well actually bub, it does. Your claim that there were several props,
all different, is also an argument I shat on a long time ago if you can be bothered to read as it was also an argument Gorton used. Gorton claims he based his prop on a SINGLE hero prop. Despite him changing his story several times. We even got a pic of it. How come the final product looks NOTHING like the prop he has claimed he based it on? Answer me that, Einstein.
@ Clutch. You wrote
"Just by looking at the MFX you can tell it is machined." . Yeah, like you would know. Your lack of knowledge is laughable. Ok, how do you explain the corrosion and the fact that the diameters differ from top to bottom? If the MFX was rotated around a central axis on a CNC the diameter of the head will be consistent top to bottom. It isn't. It's been die cast then finished on a mill or the original blank was machined then used for the die mould with the machining marks having made it to the final die mould.
@Primrodo: You wrote: "They are persisting its Die Cast because Celestial Toystore says it is repeatedly on his blog, despite Neill coming in on here stating a few times its not. Its a circle argument as you basically have to decide whose word is more viable, a prop maker that has made the replica stating how it was made, or someones personal assessment that is technically competition and has an axe to grind against the prop makers." Yeah, I'll believe a SFX makeup artist (NOT a propmaker) who has a history of consistently lying to save face (note my sarcasm) and not just my personal assessment, but the assessment of many experts in the industry including some of Gorton's chums. Oh, and the small fact I managed to track down the company that made the components for the MFX. Justin, face it, the MFX is no more accurate to the screen used prop than the CO toy is. You've even been told this in private by several highly respected experts besides myself. Besides you wouldn't know screen accurate even if kicked you in your gonads. Ok, name which dimension on my sonic is inaccurate? You're a stupid fucking cunt if you think that there is anything inaccurate about mine. Come on you stupid dozy fuck nugget, put up or shut the fuck up. I challenged you before and you backed down. Grow some balls and man up or just fuck off.
It is basically a rudimentary deceit played by MFX that they thought would never be found out as MFX did not reckon on anybody else actually having measured or documented these props. I have though, and the moment I laid eyes on an MFX production sonic, I knew that they had fucked up badly. This is not just my opinion either. It is a widely held opinion in the INDUSTRY and one of the prime reasons why Gorton had his licence taken from him.
My sonic is the most accurate Doctor Who prop replica ever made. Period. But those of you who actually own one already know this, don't you? ;-)
