RoboForce Maxx Steele 25 Action Figure

This is a from-scratch rebuild of the RoboForce figure Maxx Steele. It's about ⅔ the original scale. There's no pneumatic arm action, but I did include the button in the back that uses a ballpoint pen spring and the arms can bend inward using black or grey pipe cleaners. 

The Head Main and Face Main can be printed together with a multi-color printer for black and white in a single print. The Eye piece can be printed in red separately to insert later. If you don't have a multi-color printer I've provided “Single Print Face Black” and “Single Print Head White” files. These will need full support and should fit together when done, but it hasn't been tested by me.

All other parts are single-color prints. Glue is needed for the shoulders, shoulder pegs, hands, weapons, and the spring for the back button. Everything else friction-fits together. 

Parts are oriented for printing and comments on each part indicate if a brim or support is needed. 

Back Button/Trigger:

Cut a ballpoint pen spring down to 12mm in length. Squeeze one end slightly so that it friction presses into the black button piece. Then use a bit of super glue in the top of the body to attach the other end of the spring inside the main body. Be careful not to glue the button itself to the body!

Arms:

Each arm will be need four of the Arm Segment pieces, one Elbow, two Hands (Front and Back), and two Shoulders (Front and Back, Left and Right), plus two Shoulder Front Blue pieces. The two parts of the shoulder and hands can use small pieces of filament in the small holes to align them when gluing together later. It's easiest to add the pipe cleaner around the internal pegs before gluing them together. Then hands require a piece of filament for the pipe cleaner to wrap around, long enough to insert into both halves without falling out later.

The Arm Segments have a slight angle, allowing the arms to bend inward. Thread a black or grey pipe cleaner through two Arm Segments, one Elbow, and two more Arm Segments. Loop the top (not separated side) around either the hand or shoulder interior peg. Loop the separated ends of the pipe cleaner around the peg of the other end (hand or shoulder) to hold it together, with a little slack to allow the arms to bend later. Then glue the shoulder pieces and hand pieces together. If you find you have too much slack, twist the hand or shoulder 1 or 2 times to tighten it up.

Chest Door:

The chest door is printed separately to allow it to open and friction fit closed. The holes in the Chest Bottom and Chest Door allow a piece of white filament to be used as the hinge. The holes only have one layer of perimeter, so be careful when opening the door or you can pop the hinge out by accident. The fit is somewhat tight for the door so also be careful when opening it back up. 

Weapons:

Maxx included four weapons, which are all recreated here. The Spike x2 should be printed with support and will both fit loosely in the chest door when assembled. The Double Barrel Gun and Spike Gun both use the same Gun Handle piece to assemble when printed. Push the handle into the Spike Gun about half-way with a drop of glue to keep it in place later.

Head and Chest Logos:

Three logos go with Maxx and all of them can be printed onto either paper or a silver inkjet sticker sheet. You'll need to resize the following: Maxx Chest Logo to 21mm x 23.3mm, Maxx Head Logo to 9mm x 23.3mm, and RoboForce Logo to 14mm x 5.65mm. I used the free Silhouette Studio software to resize and print it with exact measurements. Once printed, cut it out and glue it onto the body. Even if you use sticker paper, I've found adding gluestick to the edges helps it stick better over time. I also sprayed two layers of clear matte spray paint over the sticker to prevent smudging before applying it.

RoboForce Figures (so far):

• SOTA

• Hun-Dred

• Coptor

• Enemy

• Wrecker

• Vulgar

• Maxx 25

• Cruel

• Sentinel

• Blazer

Bases:

• Tank Base

• Rocket Base

• Magnet Base

• Spider Base