Transformers 3rd Party General: Spring-Loaded Edition

>>6487373
Instead of calling him Starscream, call him Gay Aeroplane. You wouldn't buy a Gay Aeroplane, would you?

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>>6487373

Fucked up on linking the old thread, here it is
>>6482407

When the fuck is Iron Factory's Dai Atlas coming out?

>>6487392
>Dai Atlas
WUT M8? No way two companies are doing drift-verse bots?

>>6487373
It still weirds me out that they'd release this before G1 Starscream, and the fact it's doing so amazingly well for a Cybertron/Galaxy Force character.

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Some ching chong made an attachment part so you could do this.

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>>6487373
>visible head

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>>6487655
>Source material accuracy

>>6487392
>Dai Atlas

Fuuuuck if they make a Wing to go along with their Drift and Dai Atlas too I'm going to lose my shit.

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So since all the sales from this week are available through the weekend, did anyone get anything? Any recommendations? I think the Tailgate looks awesome, but I think if it hasn't sold out now, he might go for even cheaper.

>>6487957

What were the deals? I saw giant and tailgate but forgot to check what else.

>>6487482

Nightmare fist.

>>6487673
>wanting accuracy to the worst Transformer cartoons ever made

>>6487957
I bought him for nearly full price used on Ebay and he's worth it if you like the character.

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>>6487482
Please, you did SG Devstator, just do one more combiner gift set. I beg you, just release all 6 figs in God Neptune colors and I'll buy full price day one no questions asked

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I need this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev1ZoV48EhE

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>>6487963

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OS-02 Detective is $40 on BBTS. Kind of tempting becaust I like that alt mode with the full seats and everything.

>>6487957
Dude that Tailgate will likely sell out before it gets cheaper, nab him now if you want him, hes worth it. Dont make the same mistake I did with War Gauntlet, I saw him for $45 and thought for sure he'd go cheaper but he sold out and now hes impossible to find.

>>6488009
>Rear End

I'll say, that toy looks like fucking ass.

>>6487995

I'd prefer a box set in actual Seacon colors. The colors for basic Poseidon are off from the originals.

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>>6487380

>>6487988
>being alive and wasting precious oxygen to spew bullshit like this

>>6487988
Yeah, lots of people want accuracy to the worst Transformers cartoons ever made. In fact, there's so many that the mainstream Masterpiece line is designed around accuracy to the worst Transformers cartoon ever made.

>>6488039
That thing isn't worth 40 cents.

>>6487957
They are nice designs, but too bad that Toyworld is dead. However, the Zeta aesthetics should fit them.

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"Don't worry, son. Your head is perfectly normal."

>>6487995
You and me both brother. God Neptune's colors and aesthetics are fucking gorgeous.

I've never gotten over the fact that I sold my set a few years ago just to get some shitty Power Ranger Figuarts...

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worth $258 shipped?

>>6488838
>non-transforming Transformer
>higher cost than anything but combiners
>perfectly good Legends and Voyager class ones already exist, or will exist in the coming months

No, it's not worth shit.

>>6488838
>Do you like Drifto?
>Do you like Drifto that looks like a Gundam?
>Do you like nontransforming Transformers?

>>6488838
That's still up there, but it's way more reasonable than 300. I still think it's a wait-for-reviews situation, unless this is an early bird price or something.

>>6488848
>>6488849
>>6488858
Thanks for your opinions, guys. I'm new to TF toys. I just spent $350 this weekend on 3rd party stuff after months of hand-wringing and deliberation. Still going to think about Drift, but it's a steep price for a figure.

>>6488838
I feel like the $180 range was where I'd cap out for this. There's some amazing engineering, and I'm not one of those "hurrdurr nontransforming" autists, but this is basically the same as much more fully realized Sentinel figures like Dancouga or Hulkbuster.

>>6488867
>I'm new to TF toys. I just spent $350 this weekend on 3rd party stuff after months of hand-wringing and deliberation. Still going to think about Drift, but it's a steep price for a figure.

Yeah, if you're still new, definitely don't go jumping in head first, especially on retardedly expensive single pieces like that. MMC is going to be doing a Drift that'll probably be a 3rd of that price, will transform, and probably have just as good articulation.

What'd you buy anyway?

>>6488867

What do you pick up m8?

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What's that one 3P figure you periodically rediscover, feel tempted to buy, then repeatedly decide not to?

AFT Titanium Saint comes to mind for me. It checks all the boxes on looks, size, and articulation, but it just doesn't seem worth the $100+ it sells for. Neat underrated toy of an underrepresented character though.

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>>6488928

The ship mode is sweet as hell too

>>6488873
>>6488882
Robot Hero Oversize Starscream and Green Starscream, Perfect Effect Origin Leonidas, Iron Factory Bridge Watcher Shockwave.
I'm also waiting on an earlier order of Cloud 9 Quakeblast and Weijiang MPP10.

I'm really interested in Maketoys Striker Noir and Rioter Despotron, KuBainbaio MP10V-W White Optimus, MMC Kultur, and Perfect Effect Beast Gorira.
Goddamn that Gorira is gorgeous. I have tons of catching up to do, wish I hadn't wasted years chasing Marvel Legends and the like.

>>6488934
>I have tons of catching up to do

Don't think like that. Buy at a sensible pace so you can appreciate things. You will literally put yourself into the fuckin' poor house buying these things.

>>6488950
Well, what I mean is I want to get some of these before they disappear and become crazy-expensive.
That's a thing with 3P too, right?

>>6488838
>>6488867

I got to see it in person, and I gotta say, that's a very pretty robot, and the engineering is fantastic. We couldn't handle the Drift, but an Ironman was available to try out, and it is really nice.

Steep price, but I'd you have money to blow, why not?

>>6488959

Oh, yeah, that is a thing. The cycle isn't as vicious if something better comes along though, then you see all the old ones quickly shoved onto eBay. Some companies also do reissues of stuff occasionally too.

>>6487995
>releases Poseidon in god neptune colors as "King Neptune" but only releases 5 of the 6 figures because Nautilator was not a figure that came with the OG god neptune set

How mad would everyone be?

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Finished detailing my Whirl.

>>6489005
>Some companies also do reissues of stuff occasionally too.
MMC is on their 5th re-issue of cynicus LOL. I think Maketoys and Fanstoys do re-reruns on occasion as well.

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>>6489284
I'm particularly happy with how the arms turned out. One of the benefits of taking these close up pictures is that I notice all the areas that need to retouched LOL.

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>>6489287

>>6489284
>>6489287

Looks good. Think you went a bit overboard though. Now he looks a bit busy. Also, totally would've looked better if you went with a dark blue for the panel lines, something that matched the darker blue on him. Maybe some pink on the vents or something.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev1ZoV48EhE
At least the robot mode looks pretty good. Those alt modes are terrible make a solid case for stuff like this >>6488838

>>6488968
>Ironman was available to try out
Are Flame Toys just Sentinel with a different name?

>>6487392
Was supposed to release in may. So much for that.

>>6489284
>>6489287
>>6489288
Please show Gerwalk/Battlemech fanmode

>>6489312
Yes.

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Wish that sxs rodimus would release already, I've got a feeling he's going to be great for photos

>>6488928
Huh, never seen this guy before.

>>6488838
Sentinel makes extremely quality products and engineer hand porn. Yes he's worth it if "hand feel" quality means a lot to you.

>>6488848
>implying whatever mmc puts out will hold a candle to a sentinel designed one

It will be beat in paint, size, articulation, accessories and have some flashy mechanical tricks and light up features to boot. The only thing it won't due is transform which no one displays in alt mode anyways.

>>6489288
I think it looks better but mmc whirl still kinda looks like crap to me.

>>6488009
Can't believe I missed the coneheads dammit, oh well. Still got green giant since I can't say no at that price point.

>>6489288
>>6489287
>>6489284
I don't really care for the bot that's some nice photos anon.

>>6489488
I picked up Yellow myself, and am still heavily considering grabbing Quantron direct from MT themselves.

>>6487373
Fuck me, no one linked to the new thread and I was lurking in the old one all day. Welp.

>>6487392
Didn't know this was a thing. Need it. So bad.

>>6487444
>drift-verse bots
Drift-verse...?

>>6487988
>Cybertron
>worst
>not Energon
uw0tm8

>>6488052
It's accurate to IDW, so call it ass all you want but it looks like it's meant to.

Maybe you look like fucking ass though, anon.

>>6489284
>>6489287
>>6489288
The gunpla general is filled with assholes that'll chase away novices in a minute, but one thing I'll admit I learned from them is to never panel line in black. Grey on white, or a lighter shade of the background color if you're willing to mix paint. The black lines brought out the detail, but they're way too thick.

>>6488009
Still cheaper for me to get the Manga Mech Series figures direct from MakeToys. TFS is clearly trying to compete with the MT Shop sales though.

TFS is still shit.

>>6487957
Fuck me, all the fantastic sales happen when I'm broke. Goddammit.

>>6487482
Fucking hell I need this now. I don't care he'll be out of scale with my other combiners, that's just fucking amazing.

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>>6488101
Nice try, anon, but G1 is far from the worst.

>>6489566
This. Use The Chosen Prime, Lunar Toy Store, ToyDojo or other small retailers. BBTS if you want to find older figures. Never TFS.

>>6488567
Why not...?

>>6488838
Worth it? Sure.

But should you buy it? That's debatable. It's up to you. Can you afford it? Do you like Drift?

If I could comfortably afford it, I'd be all over that figure. But I can't so I'm not going to touch it, unfortunately.

>>6488934
Should have gone for the BB7/YesModel seekers instead, anon. And I assume the green Starscream was Acidstorm.

Let's hope Origin Leonidas has better QC than the original shitshow.

One or two anons in a previous thread had Rioter Despotron starting to leak plasticiser on them so you might want to hold off on them.

Beast Gorira has a few loose joints, so keep that in mind. It's the main reason I haven't bought it. Fuck Perfect Effect - they still have QC issues with a lot of their figures after all this time (and yes, I own some of their stuff).

>>6488959
>That's a thing with 3P too, right?
Depends on the product. If it's FansToys, usually yes. Most other things... It depends.

>>6489357
Literally just go watch a video and stop pestering others for it.

>>6489284
>>6489287
>>6489288
I dig it, anon. I too would like to see what it looks like in dark blue instead but I really like it as-is. My sort of thing.

>>6489565
Honestly, it just sounds like you need to go back to your containment thread.

>Want to jump in on Poseidon but it's $640 for the whole set.

Wish combiners weren't so damn pricey. I think they could have easily gotten away with $75 for each limb and $110 or so for the torso

>>6489573
I even got banned from TFS a while back because I followed their cancellation rules and policy but then they decided they didn't like me asking to cancel one item, so they banned me.

I'm still baffled by it. I double-checked everything after the fact and they were definitely in the wrong, but considering their shit customer service (not responding to my emails, taking ages to respond in general etc.) and their other problems, I wasn't about to bother asking them what happened. I just ignored them and went back to better retailers.

>>6489589
It's not like it can't be done these days, but I suppose it depends on the company (i.e. some own their own factories and some don't, so obviously the ones who do will have lower overheads and therefore can pass on the savings to their customers).

>>6489589
I really hope we get God neptune colors in a boxed set.

Can anyone tell me how to use Points on TFSource?

It all seems VERY confusing to me.

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I just found out the Revo Optimus Prime is a manlet but I really liked the design and poseability. Does anyone have any better recommendations?

(((Bonus points if there's a Soundwave in that line too)))

>>6489622
Step 1. Stop using TFSource
Step 2. ???
Step 3. Profit.

>>6489623
Fewture's EX Gokin Optimus Prime.

I can't think of any non-transforming Soundwave action figures that'd fit the bill though.

You could also look into Takara's Super Collection Figure line (and Mega SCF, as well).

Or you could go big with things such as ThreeA.

>>6489310
>Those alt modes are terrible make a solid case for stuff like this >>6488838

Problem with IDW Megs is he doesn't fucking HAVE an alt mode. He's never transformed since getting that specific look in IDW. So it looks like MMC just went "Well, whatever" for it.

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Perfect Effect PC-16 is god tier

>>6489477
>imply anyone is going to be able to play with that overpriced statueshit

Sorry, this is a board for toys. Thats going to be a glorified statue, especially at that price.

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Case in point.

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>>6489642
>So it looks like MMC just went "Well, whatever" for it.
A lot of their IDW stuff has that same problem, but honestly, they just do it a lot in general. You either love them or hate them for it, but it's pretty much one of their things now.

>>6489639
Thanks anon

>>6489646
Poorfag who doesn't know sentinel detected

>>6489660
>poorfag
>in a 3P thread
>trying to defend that overpriced piece of shit
>in the one place on /toy/ where people who know how to manage money would be thanks to the cost of the average 3P thing flying over $150 a pop

Now I know you're retarded.

>>6489646
You fucking ignorant mongrel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fINeDC7zwsY

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>>6489671
>extremely basic shit, the sort of thing you see on revoltech's and in much cheaper toys
>that totally makes this worth $300

>>6489646
I don't own any Sentinel products and even I'M not this ignorant.

>>6489670
I love this argument because some of you act like there are no poorfags here.

Newsflash: I'M a poorfag and yet I still buy third-party now and then, and I'm here often. I'd be willing to bet I'm far from the only one, too.

>>6489675
>he thinks Sentinel quality = Revoltech quality
I don't even. I guess you're beyond help.

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>>6489644
>>6489651
I dunno anon, you're not really making a good case for it to me, but then again, I just don't care for it to begin with, especially with the smokestacks on the front and the Godmaster sold separately.

>>6489671
Don't bother, anon. You can't bring up FlameToys Drift here without people getting triggered.

And I'm not even a fan of the price personally (I'm sure not buying one at that price, even though I'd like to), but that people get so upset over Transformers action figures is kind of sad. Yes, it doesn't transform, but it's not like there aren't transforming Drift figures (and more coming)...

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How good is FansToys about meeting their shipping dates? August is more than half over and I'm checking my email obsessively for payment notice.

>>6489697
I just picked up Modular Iron Man from their Re: Edit line, and I really like him. My only real gripe is the lack of bicep/thigh swivels, but it kind of makes sense as it'd otherwise break up the sculpt and fuck with the ~110 degree arm bends it can manage (and ~150 leg). It's a super solid piece, but I'm not sure how much better Drift could be to justify almost twice the price.

>>6487673
Which was sourced from the war within design. It just failed to look like a tetra jet.

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>>6489697
>Bring up any non transforming transformer
>People not losing their shit

>>6489671
Looks like just as much engineering as if it transformed

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Is this sexy boy worth $45

>>6489670
If you weren't a poorfag, the price wouldn't matter~

I just love how people here have this inflated mentality because they don't buy $15 official Transformers at B&M stores. 3P figures arne't even in the upper echelon of price, or quality. This place is becoming like NECA threads,w ere people are convinced that what they collect is the end-all, be-all meeting of value and quality. You guys shit on cheap HasTak figures, then shit on really high end figures for not being a good enough value.

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>>6489857
The official one is better. So no.

Speaking of which I need to sell all my Fansproject Function-X toys. I regret buying them.

>>6489859
>You guys shit on cheap HasTak figures, then shit on really high end figures for not being a good enough value.

Personally, I'm shitting on it for being a non-transforming Transformer. That to me shows real laziness, and missing the point of Transformers in general. Look at some of those insane Macross mechs that've been put out over the years for an example. Those still fucking transform, and they're far more impressive than this piece of shit Drift. "Ohh pistons" isn't even worth a fucking second glance, that Maketoys Starscream up in the past OP's has that, and the fucking thing still transforms, and it'll probably be a better toy than this overpriced hunk of shit Drift.

>>6489864
I bought this and returned it because it was just meh

>>6489864
>Takara Highbrow
Absolutely based. The Hasbro one is pretty weak, but the color balance and quality on the Takara one makes it feel so much nicer.

>>6489857
You could buy me one if you want, I wouldn't mind.

>>6489867
>That to me shows real laziness, and missing the point of Transformers in general.

They can't even produce transforming figures due to how the licensing works for this stuff. hasTak won't allow a company to make a transforming figure with some exception.
Also, you know what all the apprehension over non-Transforming figures tells me? That a lot of people don't actually think Transformer designs are all that good,and only excuse them because of the transforming. non-transforming versions of transforming mecha has been a thing for decades, for probably literally thousands of toys, across priceranges from the cheap to the absurdly expensive. Citing "b-but the NAME is TRANSFORMERS" is such unbelievably obtuse and childish thinking.


>Look at some of those insane Macross mechs that've been put out over the years for an example. Those still fucking transform, and they're far more impressive than this piece of shit Drift. "

Macross figures aren't the absolute best of Japanese mecha toys. Maybe your limited experience may have you think this. I can definately say that the Drift figure does a lot of impressive things compared to a lot of those Macross figures. Also note that there are a good many impressive non-Transforming mecha figures, too, better than either.

>>6489907
Pretty sure using Macross as an exemple is kind of a cheat because the mecha in the show are made to transform exactly like the toys, Transformers fucking cheats all the time. That's why we still don't have Transformers that looks exactly like their cartoon/comics counterpart while Macross' mechas have been spot on for a while now.

>>6489857

He should be the best function X on paper but execution failed him.

>The best function X figure in terms of articulation.
>ratchets on everything
>neat transformation as expected

But:

>The headmaster head looks odd from the side if not situated perfectly because of the gap created in the helmet. Even then it looks off.
>Manipulating the head will always fuck with the visor piece and throw it off.
>loose tolerances for some bits like the wrists and asymmetrical foot
>between the ratchets on the hips it wobbles between each click.
>Vehicle mode is really stretching it. It's not as bad in hand but there is no proper way for it it sit without untransforming the tailfin for balance, the wings rely on the shoulder ratchets to keep it in place instead of locking in anywhere and the back section looks gappy or incomplete.
>Headmaster isn't painted up and doesn't fit others in the line.
>Hands aren't 5mm pegs for some reason and neither are his guns

I enjoy him for the $40 shipped I paid but only because I collect FP/MT stylized bots to go together. He's barely worth that with his problems I feel, even if he looks great once you have in posed. I really wished they would have kept the original design for the alt mode and just improved the articulation and sculpt, rather than give it the overhaul.

>>6489918
This. Using Macross instantly made him look like a jackass who doesnt even know how Macross produces their shit.

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>>6489357
>Please show Gerwalk/Battlemech fanmode
Here ya go.

>>6489921
Did you have Mindwipe? Was he good. He looks good for $50
https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/10535

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>>6489942
Tentakil is by far my favorite TFC Seacon. I just wish he had the ab crunch that Skalor and Overbite have.

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Oh shit niggas it is happening.

>>6489944

You could probably find mindwipe for $40 on BST. I think he was too simple and the wings's assembly is fucking stupid being on the shoulders, but his aesthetics are great. Dual shotguns, a coffin headmaster cockpit, and a fat bat mode. You can easily curl his legs to hang him upside down in bat mode which is how I have him displayed. He's one of the better ones but lacks an exciting transformation. you might need to polish the balljoints his arms are on because of the weight of the wings.

>>6489907
>That a lot of people don't actually think Transformer designs are all that good,and only excuse them because of the transforming

What I actually think is transforming is integral to the characters themselves. Making a non-transforming Transformer is missing the point entirely. It's supposed to transform, and part of what makes them so impressive in my eyes is when you can take a figure and finagle a good altmode out of it. It also makes it more of a challenge to design an actual, working figure that also transforms.

Like, to me, Optimus just wouldn't be Optimus if he didn't turn into some form of big red truck thing (well, except for Primal, but he gets a pass because he's not Optimus I suppose).

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>>6489942
Battle Mech mode.

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>>6487995

I know as soon as I pick up Thousand kills this shit will be announced and then I'll have to offload everyone I have already.

Do I take one for the team and just get this over with?

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No idea why but this is the only six shot short of Iron Factory that I actually feel like I want.

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Missile tits put me over the edge.

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He's fuck hueg tho.

>>6489997
>have carnifex, hasbro skyshadow, and hexatron
>unhappy with scale differences between them

This guy looks like he could solve my problems, but in the completely wrong direction.

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>>6489997
>He's fuck hueg tho.
Its the IDW design. Hes supposed to be.

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>>6489987
>Diecast
>Rubber

So fucking close.

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>>6490023
Oh god not you again.

>>6490024

Not that anon, but shit. Even Mastermade, one of the best 3P companies, and certainly better than fucking GC, has had issues with their diecast and rubber. Don't be a faggot. They're trash materials and don't belong on things that are supposed to have a shelf life beyond 2 months.

>>6490033
Rubber I can kiiiiinda agree with (though I have a BW Rampage whose treads are in perfect condition and he's a 19 year old toy) but metal, whilst often misused, has its place. Certainly for a small, high-stress joint like that Sixshot's waist, it makes sense to use metal as it's much stronger than plastic can ever be. As long as they don't go full retard with the application of it it should be fine.

Case in point, I have Maketoys' Groove, who uses quite a bit of metal on him and he's one of the best designed toys I've ever handled (at least once you exchange the flimsy plastic handlebars for, oh yeah, metal ones).

I mean yeah metal for metal's sake doesn't usually go well but it does have a place.

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>>6490043
Axle is a bad example considering just how many parts had to to be replaced on him.

Plus when you look into the logistics of it, Diescast parts end up cheaper than plastic, so it seems more like a cheap out than a design choice. Even then, adding weight to a figure seems like an unnecessary addition, espaeically on combiner limbs (granted they aren't scramble city, but point remains). To me, if you have to make a part metal to function properly, it seems more like poor design then anything else.

>>6489803

FT is the company of eventually. Though I have heard Grinder should be in before the end of the month on the TFW thread.

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>>6489378
The wait is killing me too, it's energizing to see a smaller company come out of nowhere and completely outclass a main player like MMC.

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Do we have any more clarity on the status of these mecha BW figures? There was a shitstorm of rumors and drama after the reveal, but I don't think any of it was official information.

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>>6489987
>>6489991
>>6489997
Immediate purchase if he's not flimsy fiddly garbage like their prime.

>>6490113
MMC seems to make solid gold or low tier almost shit.

>>6489864
>No ankles
>No wrists
>No waist
>Shit ass mainline headmaster connection system which may or may not be solid
>Better

God damn you have some shit standards. Function X is trash but anything is better than playschool ultra trash with a premium paintjob.

>>6489974
So you believe that under no conditions should a Transformers not transform even if the point of the particular figure is to look as accurate to the source material's botmode as possible? So never ever? It should never happen? And it harms you that it exists even though you don't have to buy it or look at it?

>>6490127
Does MMC have two separate design teams or something?

>>6488838
People either hate this or think it's best thing ever created

>>6490147

Supposedly they got more designers and a 2nd factory. This has been attributed to why they've been fucking some things up lately, the new designers and factory suck balls. Thats why we got complete gold like Overlord, and complete shit like Anubis whose mold they've whored out like 3 or 4 times now.

Their Hotrod isn't bad or anything though. It's just stylized like most of their releases, so it's not the EXACT spot on current IDW design. It has elements from a few IDW designs in it though. Basically a mashup of IDW designs.

>>6490144

I never said it harms me, I think you're reading too deeply into it there, bro. Also, yeah, I don't think non-transforming Transformers should exist beyond cheapo kiddy shit or maybe a statue. Anything other than that should have no excuse to not transform, and if it's supposed to be a high end as fuck figure, all the more reason it SHOULD transform, and it also SHOULD look as accurate to the source as possible while doing so.

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can't wait till these movie toys actually start to come out

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hahaha holy shit

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>>6490166
>Implying hasblow lets licenced 3rd party figures transform beyond the rare gimmick pen transformer
>Implying even if they went full third party a transforming figure would look as good as what flame toys did by making a non transforming figure
>implying you're going to fit all the neat sentinel engineering tricks in a transforming toy
>implying you're going to have that excellent multi-layer paint job on a transforming figure without it shredding itself to bits during transformation
>Implying you can fit incredible articulation onto a transforming toy without heavily compromising aesthetics

Imagine how good MP 36 would look if he didn't transform. Imagine how many surfaces would be seamless and perfect. There's plenty of room for transformer action figures. Transforming comes with lots of compromises and when you get rid of it you can make some really cool shit.

>>6490178
This thing is off the chain. Hurry up on that boxed set TFC so I can give you my money.

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>>6490171
>KFC proxy company
>Making intricate bayformers

>>6490184
>wanting bog standard action figures

Sounds like you need to go to the figma general there Anon. There you can have you bog standard FoTM figures without any of these compromises.

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>>6490201
>Being so autistic you can't understand the appeal or qualities a non transforming action figure can bring to the table

It's one thing to not like them, but it's another to claim they have no merit.

>>6490166
What's the problem with wanting a great high quality version of a character that you like ? I love Jazz, if I could own a transformable version ( I do), a version of his car mode as a model car and an high end Sentinel quality non transforming figure of him I'd buy that without thinking twice about it.

There is more than enough versions of each popular Transformers to satisfy anyone, why not satisfy people who likes the robot design with a piece like that ?

>>6490178
Charming

>>6490201
Anon are you actually incapable of understanding that other people like things you dont and that transformers can not transform and thats ok?

>>6490161
>Their Hotrod isn't bad or anything though.
Maybe not bad but certainly awkward, I've held it in-hand and his shoulders are so bad, so horribly bad. His head is comically far back into his shoulders also which you can really only photograph from certain angles to look good.

>>6488838
I don't really care much for it but my complaints aren't extending anywhere past "I don't want to buy it"

I don't get why people are so upset of this.

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>>6490089
>Diescast parts end up cheaper than plastic, so it seems more like a cheap out than a design choice.

Until you realize that a separate mold has to be made for any diecast parts, Wich is extremely costly.>>6490166
>Things that I don't like shouldn't exist.

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>>6490210
>being so autistic you want TF's in the same vein of every other action figure on the market

>>6490251
If Diecast is a cheaper material to use, then If diecast has to be used at all, then it's suddenly cheaper to just stick as much as you can onto the diecast molds that already need to be made.

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>>6490295
>no u!

I can't explain it to you further or break it down into simpler terms. Not transforming is not necessarily a bad thing and affords a figure a great deal of freedom in terms of articulation, engineering, paint, sculpt work, etc.

>>6490237
Non-transforming Transformers makes certain fans crazy and unreasonable. This thread is living proof.

>>6490331
Man, I wish they'd done Blackout instead of Starscream. Starscream's OK but he's one of the weaker Movie con designs IMO. Brawl woulda been cool too.

>>6490346
I'd be really tempted by a Sideswipe or Crosshairs.

>>6490133
Articulation doesn't matter if Fansproject's aesthetic is trash.

I will guarantee you that the person complaining about non-Transforming Transformers is an American, because they're the only ones stubborn enough to take 80's merchandising copy as gospel truth about a franchise. They're a step away from demanding rub symbols on toys.

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>>6490400
>stickers

Throw that in the trash with rubber and diecast.

>>6489857
I literally just sold him. Got him for £35 at Christmas and when looking for stuff to sell I couldn't justify keeping him around.

The only Function-X guys I had were him and UUUU and although Browning had better articulation, that's about it, U4 has that fucking awesome transformation to save him from my culling. Basically what >>6489921 said is all true. The vehicle mode is absolutely garbage but his transformation is kinda cool, just useless given what he turns into.

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>>6489623
Sentinels Optimus that turns into a pen has outstanding articulation and looks objectively better than the Revo. He is pretty small too though.

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Post favorite figures of the year (so far).

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>>6490695
For a second I thought that he was standing over Bridge Watcher and that Beast Gorira was a botlet all along and no one told me

>>6490720
wait, he is. Is he not... ?

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>>6490695
Do repaints count? Because Noir is probably in my top five toys ever, transformers aside. He's got articulation that makes you forget he needs to turn into a truck too, great colors, and a shitton of weapons. Maybe half of them aren't great, but I love the SMGs, pistols, and evil ion blaster. How many weapons have fucking lightpiping?

If not, bridge watcher. I'm starting to realize I just really like iron factory's visual style, if this guy were MP sized he's be my perfect shockwave. He's still great though.

>>6490720
I saw that and lost it when I looked at the background and thought "how fucking small is his keyboard?"

After about a 16 day disappearance delay, my MT Visualizers finally arrived out of the blue (or perhaps because I made a complaint case to USPS that I hadn't received it). This follows my recent purchase of Yellow Giant, and now I'm considering heading back to MT for Quantron, and am also eyeing on Downbeat (but I'm afraid of the shipping starting to add up if I stack).

>>6490720
No. He's pretty decently sized. Taller than Voyager class, at least.

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>>6490695
>>6490720
>>6490741
>>6490743

I don't think he's MP scale but he's enormous regardless.

Surprised nobody's posted the announcement of Primal Prime recolor of Beast Gorira. I would, but can't download right now.

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>>6490837
>>6490847
Optimus Optimus is at a really weird scale. If you're going by the cartoon, then he's very slightly too large for traditional MP scale, but also too small to be properly to scale with the BW MPs (which are too large to properly scale with the main MPs). This is brief going off comparisons where the BW crew is seen with some of the G1 crew in Optimal Situation.

I don't think perfect scale is really majorly important any way as long as it looks good and is at an approximate-enough size.

>>6490866
I think he'd look appropriately big next to BW MP's. He isn't accurately shit looking like the original design though so I dunno if purists would want him in their display.

>>6490859

look harder

>>6490120
That kind of looks like the Primal in the little micro-transaction mobile game.

>>6490905
I like the idea of zoid-esk beastformers. Kibble becomes less apparent when everything is robo bits.

>>6490375
>The toy being categorically inferior doesn't matter because I personally prefer one aesthetic to another

Whatever floats your boat takaracuck. Facts are different from opinions though and you'd do well to remember that.

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>>6490120
Give it to me in Iron Kong colors for the alt mode and I'll through money at them so fast.

>>6489310
>Those alt modes are terrible
I mean they aren't great but they're not horrible. They're kinda like an IDW interpretation of Animated Megs' Cybertronian form. My only problem with them is that the cannon/drill makes partsforms to integrate with the alt modes. The partsforming itself doesn't really bother me because Megs' cannon partsforming has been pretty common among his various toys but the fact that it makes up such a large portion of his alt mode and is required to make the alt modes look like anything at all makes the engineering look and feel a little sub-par.
>make a solid case for stuff like this >>6488838
Does it really though? I mean the main draw of Transformers is still supposed to be the fact that they transform so having a figure that can't do that just feels kinda pointless. It does look really really nice but when it can't transform, half of the appeal is gone for me, even if the alt mode was lackluster anyway. In Megs' case, his mediocre alt mode doesn't really hurt him much because the figure still looks great in bot mode with few sacrifices necessary to allow it to transform. I'm not overly thrilled by his alt mode but it looks at least passable for a Cybertroniann form and isn't going to turn me off of buying the figure.

Just here to say, Cybertron was the best transformers fiction since G1, and had far fewer animation errors, it also used the myths of the past to their advantage with thw four continent ships and primus.

Then we got bayformers, who have yet to have toys that do not cheat or have untransformed chunks like bumblebees.

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>>6490937
>Bayformers, which in universe use sci-fi soft bending metal/nanomachines to transform
>Actually transforming without cheating

It's not happening senpai. Not with modern engineering.

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>>6490859

Dude looks fucking hot.

>>6490935
>half of the appeal is gone for me
I'm sure it's not just you
That's the whole point of Transfomers
People might as well buy Metal Build Gundam if they want a nice looking robot or some Chogokin, but at least with buying a Metal Build you wouldn't be losing the main gimmick of the series
It's funny because they call out anons for sperging out over it being nontransformable while whining about anons wanting transformable toys
It's laughable really
How both sides are so similar

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>>6490609

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>>6490695

Only one I bought recently that isn't sitting in some "to be shipped" pile that also was made this year.

>>6490609
Adding in MB-11 will make him so big.

So if Flame Toys is Sentinel why are they using a different name instead of the one that already has a reputation.

>>6490947
As much as I like that version of Optimus I also lament how he doesn't look like he turns into a truck. Maybe without bay we can get a better compromise between the sleek aesthetic and believable kibble.

>>6489838
It's still stupid though.

>>6489811
Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to justify the price necessarily (though I bet you it's a LOT more limited than any Iron Man figure), but Drift seems like he's a fantastic figure regardless.

>>6489864
I think the Function-X line is fine (though I only have their first three releases), but they could have been so much more, especially for the price.

>>6490928
Go away Jin.

>>6489859
So much this.
>>6489867
Your ignorance of Transformers in general is painful. We need less people like you. Non-transforming Transformers are fine - just don't buy them if they're not your cup of tea.

There's obviously a market for them if they keep getting produced though, and designs such as IDW designs aren't feasible as transforming toys anyway - just look at how MMC tried (and failed) multiple times. They got really close but there's still only so much they could do.
>>6489907
And then there's this anon. I fucking love you, anon. You actually get it.

>>6489918
To be fair, a lot of Energon and Cybertron toys are mostly 1:1 with the cartoons, but that's about it. Other than that, yes, they ABSOLUTELY cheat.

>well, except for Primal, but he gets a pass because he's not Optimus I suppose
Do you know anything about Transformers?
What you should have said was "Prime" and "Primal". Both are Optimus. Optimus Prime, Optimus Primal. And they're separate characters. But Optimus Primal is still "Optimus". I just... I'd give you the benefit of the doubt for a mistake, anon, but your comments sound so ignorant about the franchise to begin with that I really don't think anyone should give you leeway.

>>6490166
You said you were shitting on it, so it sounds like you thought it was harmful that they existed.

And no, you don't have to like them or look at them, but some of us DO want them. There is a market for them. Grow up.

>>6490120
Clarity in what way? We know they're based off the T-Beast doujin art books, we know GenerationToy reached out to the artist and they said no but GenerationToy is going ahead with them anyway... and that's about it for now.

>>6489803
I believe some people on TFW are getting invoices from some retailers now, so it should be soon, anon. Soon!

>>6491001
>People might as well buy Metal Build Gundam if they want a nice looking robot or some Chogokin
Can you really not comprehend that some people want accurate transformers characters, even if that comes over the transforming ability? Like you clearly dont get it if you're telling people to "Just go buy a Gundam since all you want is a non-transforming robot".

>>6490178
I'm not personally into the aesthetic but Poseidon still looks awesome.

Especially with Tentakil for a head.

>>6490201
>oh no, they've beaten me at every turn!
>what to do? I know, damage control!
>"hurr-durr, fuck Transformers fans, amirite?"
I feel sorry for everyone in this thread and the figma general for having to even acknowledge your existence. People like non-transforming Transformers, anon. Deal with it.

>>6490295
So let me get this straight, you don't like it, other people do, you can't accept that other people like something you don't, and so in response, you start flinging your shit around and insulting people?

Grow up, anon. This is the Transformers third-party general, not Autistic Manchild Central (okay, it's both, but the point is that you're firmly in the latter camp).

>>6490400
I would put money on this being correct.

Also, I loathe rub symbols. I never got the point outside of them being a silly gimmick. Either you show me the damn insignia or you don't. I don't want to blow on you or rub you down to see it. That's just nasty.

>>6491278
I've heard that it was a gimmick they added to differentiate them from knock off, but I got no source on that.

>>6491001
Go away. People are allowed to like things you don't like, anon, and some of us like non-transforming Transformers action figures (and I personally have both transforming and non-transforming figures in my collection).
You're the only one who is sperging out, because you can't accept that people like something which you don't, and you have to berate them for it constantly.
Deal with it. People like things you don't, and that's okay. Or not, according to you. Fucking seriously...

>>6491285
Entirely possible, but why it needed to come back for things like Classics and RTS, I don't know.

>>6491256
Whoops, meant to reply to >>6489974

>>6491164
I'm not entirely sure but I believe they're a subsidiary of Sentinel.

>>6491294

Japanese companies are weird. Look at Kaiyodo and the Revoltech line. Several sublines named after sculptors, and also the Vulcanlog line, which is also just more revoltechs.

>>6491297
I wouldn't call that weird. Just unoriginal, or perhaps the best way to describe a line.

What were the Legends-scale figures which were reissued with added articulation or whatever? I don't remember if they were DX9 War in Pocket or Iron Factory, and I don't remember which figures they were, but I remember hearing there were reissued ones with extra articulation, so I don't want to buy the old ones.

Not sure if this is the best place to ask or if /tfg/ is better, but how do I identify the high quality G1 Dinobot KOs?

>>6491356
I'm pretty sure DX9's Galvatron, Cyclonus, and Scourge were rereleased with improvements. AFAIK Iron Factory never did anything like that.

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DX9 War in Pocket not-Grimlock

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Apparently it has a crazyballs transformation like the rest of DX9's dinos because they managed to completely hide the t-rex head.

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No hollow belly in Dino mode either

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Who's excited for this sassy chubster?

>>6491560
>>6491562
>>6491567

I wish they'd reissue the other Dinobots too with him. I missed out and they sold out pretty quick.

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haters gonna hate

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>>6491560
Wish they would have made a hardline decision about clear-vs-yellow on the chest with Grimlock, looks shitty with the splotch right in the center.

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By the way, who wore it better /toy/? WB/IF is more poseable, but DX9 has dat look and dat transformation (and it's not a model kit).

>>6491696
There are things I personally really like about both. I may wait and see if IF does a whole set of Dinobots because while I like they're Grimlock some of the other DX9 dinos don't do it for me.

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>>6489803
>>6490092
>>6491263
So what's the deal with this Taobao place? People on TFW have been bragging about getting 3P stuff there for WAY less than most other dealers are charging. They've got Grinder X for 130 bucks. Does anyone here use them regularly? Are they reasonably fast/reliable? I was going to register, but they wanted me to give them a phone number which is always kind of a red flag for me.

>>6491696
DX9 is cartoon accurate. WB actually looks good. Learn the difference.

>>6491696

Thanks for reminding me I still need the Warbotron/GT Grimlock kit. Fuck. Anyone here put one together? How is it?

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>>6491740
He's pretty cool. Some of his joints can be a little loose or wonky, but you can futureshine them easily. The screw that holds his tail pieces in will constantly unscrew itself when transforming. Mine actually stripped out the hole, so I just partsform his tail now, I guess. It pretty poseable and has a wonderful style, but in my opinion, it looks like cheap garbage unless you're willing to paint it. I mean, unless you like the cheap, flat gray and yellow cartoon look, then whatever.

>>6491748
>I mean, unless you like the cheap, flat gray and yellow cartoon look

I do, because I have the original toy, and he was a darker swirly gray plastic man. Never got the idea Grimlock was ever supposed to be silver between the toy and the cartoon. If anything he always looked like he'd be more of a dull metallic at best, the kind that most certainly doesn't shine. Like old, pitted iron or something.

>>6491757
>Never got the idea Grimlock was ever supposed to be silver
Who cares? Silver looks better. Some of us aren't cucked by accuracy. I never understood the mentality that something that looks objectively cheap and shitty is considered good just because it's accurate to an old crappy cartoon and/or toy. Besides, comic Grimlock is considered silver for some reason, and he's superior to the cartoon version in just about every way.

>>6491765
>I never understood the mentality that something that looks objectively cheap and shitty is considered good just because it's accurate to an old crappy cartoon and/or toy. Besides, comic Grimlock is considered silver for some reason, and he's superior to the cartoon version in just about every way.

Same reason you think comic Grimlock looks better: Nostalgia. Anyway, do you think maybe something like Loctite (if that even is safe for plastic?) might keep the screw from unscrewing? Or does it NEED to move for the tail to move?

>>6491765
Silver often looks incredibly tacky on Transformers figures. Imagine if they made every yellow figure gold.

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>>6491769
>Same reason you think comic Grimlock looks better: Nostalgia.
I never read the comics, I just know about them. I've only been a fan of G1 since about 2009. I just think silver looks better than gray.

>do you think maybe something like Loctite (if that even is safe for plastic?) might keep the screw from unscrewing?
The problem is that the screw needs spin freely, which is why it unscrews itself. It should really be a pin, but since it's a kit, they couldn't do that. You can see where the screw should go in my picture, it goes through the red panel and into a piece on the tip of his tail, which then pivots around the red panel for transformation. What you could probably do is put a tiny dab of superglue into the hole on his tail, and then put the screw through, but not tighten it. It'll hold the screw into the tail piece, while allowing it to spin freely through the red piece.

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>>6491777
>Silver often looks incredibly tacky on Transformers figures.
I think that's just like, your opinion, man.

>>6491757
I have to be honest I agree. I don't care for the yellow and I much prefer the "gold chrome greebles under clear smoky plastic" look of the old toys, but bright silver looks really tacky on Dinobots. Not to say they should be dull grey though, but I think a compromise is the best option- a dark steel or iron look as you say is a good look.

But then the G1 Dinobots were some of the best looking toys from the line IMO. I saw some at TFNation and they looked gorgeous.

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>>6491777
>Imagine if they made every yellow figure gold.
Fine by me.

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>>6490024

>>6491790
>I don't care for the yellow and I much prefer the "gold chrome greebles under clear smoky plastic" look of the old toys

As someone who owns all the old Dinobots (except Swoop...Never had Swoop), I can tell you, putting the chrome under that plastic was the BEST fucking idea they had. Shit still looks as good as the day my grubby kid hands got ahold of it back in the 80's. Meanwhile, any exposed chrome was long since fucked up/tarnished/whatever.

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>>6491790
>bright silver looks really tacky on Dinobots
>implying Dinobots aren't already tacky
This is just your biased opinion. The Dinobots are already covered in garish color choices, transparent plastic, including gold AND silver vacuum-metallized chrome pieces. Changing the flat gray to silver is really just a drop in the bucket.

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>>6491805
If anything, the silver paint matches the rest of the deco better and looks lest jarringly out-of-place than the bland, unpainted gray next to all that silver and gold chrome. Also, it highlights the sculpted detail better.

>>6491805

I prefer the reverse: That chrome looks tacky as fuck, and everything better matches if they keep the grey plastic and instead make the chrome either paint, or yellow plastic.

Too much shiny shit looks gaudy as fuck.

>>6487482
Any good galleries of squidbot? I have a thing for extra arms and I'd like to see how versatile they are.

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too bad this thicc femme is a con exclusive

>>6491969

Shoulders really needed to compact. The kibble on the arms needed to compact and lock in as well. I'm totally down for the idea of cybertronian modes but not that execution.

>>6491969
I'd probably buy it if it weren't, but >>6491995 is right especially about the arm kibble. The fact that it's just two big ball jointed half circles is pretty lazy.

>>6491637
Not to keen you have to use a tool just to get his head to pop out. Then of course there's the fact its a KFC product.

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>>6491998
>>6491995

In my opinion the forearm kibble tucks in tightly enough, but the shoulder armor does stick out too far to the back.

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>>6491815
>Too much shiny shit looks gaudy as fuck.
Agree to disagree. I can't wait to have this gleaming Kingasaurus sitting on my desk like a cretaceous-era pimp.

>>6491261
Please do not spread misinformation
GT did not contact the artist. The artist specifically said he had zero involvement. Stop trying to get the artist in trouble. Nips like you will get the bullet too.

>>6490161
This is false.
Most shit designs, the Vehicon Generals, Cyclonus, Hot Rod, Overlord, Impactor, and Predaking just have been designed by Casy Sark. This is why they make some shit toys.

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>>6492041
>shit
>Overlord
>Predaking

>>6491562
Nice back

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My take on Primal Prime, always thought the color blocking made the official deco look odd.

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>>6491655
>don't have PMOP/Ginrai
>Instead getting him because he looks neat and will be a cool accessory of sorts to my CW Ultra Magnus
>Have to buy the Powermaster kit too just to get him a head for the combined mode

Heck. I'm still mulling over whether or not I want to get that Ginrai/Godbomber two pack, but still, heck.

Also I find his arms to be kind of short, They're better proportioned in the chibi fan mode than they are in the proper robot mode. Not a dealbreaker, but stumpy arms can be a bit of a nuisance when doing some poses.

>>6490947
Lockdown has something, crosshairs too, with luck we will get a good Knight Prime, bumblebee is easy, and hound would only need to be designed where his pouches are all actual containers for mini accessories.

The decepticons.. Well, rendsora is great.

>>6491734
/cgl/ orders from Taobao all the time for cosplay and artist alley stuff, they have a thread that has a mega with all the info in it and it's super helpful; might give that a look.

>>6491240
>Maybe without bay we can get a better compromise between the sleek aesthetic and believable kibble.

That was the original concept design for him was like if I recall correctly. there was more vehicle detail than none at all

It still cheated a LOT, but there was stuff like having wheels in the back of his shins, his midsection actually resembled bits of the truck grill, one version still had chest windows, and I think his shoulder pads and forearms looked more like the parts of the trucks roof.

>>6491637
>KFC
And into the trash it goes.

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>>6492111
Also Geewun'd the munky

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>that torso articulation on a cockpit-schlong design

How am I supposed to say no to this slightly oversized clusterfuck of perfection??

>>6492277
That actually looks pretty sharp.

>>6492015
>>6489803
I really do want this thing, even though I own the original Grinder already. It's just so beautifully gaudy. My one main complaint is that it's supposed to be the comic colors (as are the other silver FT Dinobots) but it still uses black instead of that dark navy blue that comics usually substitute for black. I mean I understand that using black on the figure is still technically correct because of that, I just think it would have looked much better to use the blue instead.

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I wish IF's seekers did the vertical stabilizers better. They only stay on by a tiny friction joint and they can be pretty loose. Ghost, Skywarp and Sunstorm (not pictured) all have stabilizers firm enough to stay still however you put them, but my Starscream and Thundercracker are totally wobbly. Thundercracker's stabilizers in particular really like leaning to the right.

It would have been better to have them pinned possibly, or at least use a larger friction joint to make them tighter (or easier to tighten). Or just have them stuck on straight without being able to bend, you're meant to bend them as part of the transformation but I tend to just leave them as is.

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>>6492365
Also Starscream has a bit of paint scratching where metal pins rub during transformation. The glittery red paint must be thicker than the silver paint on the other seekers since they haven't scratched themselves in the same way..

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>>6492331
>it still uses black instead of that dark navy blue that comics usually substitute for black
I'm torn on that. I like it both ways, so I'm not too bothered, but I would have loved to seen optional parts, since it's only the head, hands and thighs.

>>6492292
Where do these yellow and clear diaclone sets come from? Some regional exclusive? Or giveaways?

>>6492371
You're onto something with the soft red paint on IF starscream... I put his arm up too high and his shoulder damaged it :P

>>6492488

They were exclusives at some recent event.

>>6491637
Me, but I'm waiting for people to get it in-hand first.

>>6491545
Thanks anon.

>>6492292
Spicy nice color choice

>>6491734
I dunno, I've read plenty about it and know cosplayers who use it but I just can't be bothered. Between not knowing Chinese and therefore needing Google Translate, as well as middle-manning a lot of stuff and having a pain-in-the-ass registration process, and having to use AliPay but not being able to use PayPal...

Yeah, I'd rather spend a few more shekels and just not deal with the hassle of Taobao. And that's not even getting into the whole "I have an issue with my item" shit.

>>6491655
You bet I am. That fat head and smokestacks on the front. Fucking hell anon, you can find me out back screeching autistically.

>>6491644
Go on eBay. They're all available still...

>>6491765
>Silver looks better.
Literally your opinion.

We should have renamed this thread "your opinion is fucking wrong, faggot", because apparently no one can accept that people like different things.

>remember FlameToys Drift

>>6491969
Agreed, I want her.

>>6492037
>Please do not spread misinformation
Literally fucking what?

First of all, I'm not Japanese. I'm about as pasty white as you can get.

To my knowledge, the artist said GT contacted them to ask if they could use their designs but the artist said no, which is perfectly reasonable and understandable given the unofficial nature of their doujin art books.

And for the record, I never said the artist had any involvement, nor am I trying to get them in trouble. On the contrary, I defended the artist's actions unlike the people who attacked him. I also own both T-Beast books (two copies of the first, in fact), so hopefully you know where I stand on the matter.

>>6492097
Not that anon but I don't entirely disagree. I think they look decent but I didn't like Feral Rex and I have no interest in buying Carnifex even though I love Overlord, so... Eh.

As for the rest of those designs though... I think Strika and Impactor look fine. Rodimus and Cyclonus are... things.

>>6492277
trukk not munky!

>>6492377
>>6492331
I don't really get the point in them doing blue chrome like the Marvel Comics colours but then doing black limbs and a black head. It's... head-scratching.

>>6492005
>>6492229
>KFC
It's X-Transbots though.
>inb4 "but that's still Keith"
Yes but it's still not KFC so you're still wrong.

>>6492667

Too paranoid to order from China.

>>6492698
Check TFW's China eBay seller check thread, and remember that you have both eBay and PayPal buyer protection (which is normally very good, to the point where it screws over sellers).

>>6492675
>To my knowledge, the artist said GT contacted them to ask if they could use their designs
This piece of information is the incorrect part, that was given to us by some idiot on tfw using google translate and fucked it up. The artists had to come out later on twitter and clarify that no, he was not contacted first.
Also, I'm not the anon you're replying to, just trying to set things straight.

>>6492754
Fair enough, thank you. And yes, I saw it ON TFW so that explains that.
Still, that aside, the artist was in the right. I'm not sure why the other anon thought I was one of those crazy Japs who attacked the poor artist...

>>6492762
We had a pretty big shitstorm here of people who thought it was shitty vs. those who didn't care who got fucked over as long as they got their toys so the tensions might still be a little high from that.
I do think it's bad to do what they did to a little nobody fanartist, especially without even asking him first. It's one thing to rip off a giant company like Hasbro who has oodles of money and lawyers in case shit somehow hits the fan and they need to defend themselves but that fanartist guy is a nobody and all of a sudden he had hordes of takaracucks attacking him and all the 3rd party people screaming at him to shut up they want their toys. He caught it from all sides and didn't even know what was going on at first.

>>6492781
Yeah, I remember, and I agree with you. Poor guy. It's a good think he has a friend at TakaraTomy who he talked to about it.

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All the reviews so far make this seem like a safe purchase, my only annoyance is how hard it looks to push the head trigger

>>6487373
Well, too bad Gwailo, galaxy meteo is cancelled over low preorder sales. No joke, Maketoys pulled the plug.

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>>6492292

I have bad news anon

>>6492842
>>6492844
>It's not a joke

Damn, but it's not that weird when you think about it, Galaxy Meteor looked like a great toy but he was weirdly scaled and came from a not so popular franchise. I was interested but not enough to purchase something like that and I'm sure lots of people thought the same.

>>6492844
>cancel galaxy meteor
>not throwing howling meteor into a fire where it belongs

well that's a damn shame

>>6492846
Geewun sells anon, especially since people have been wanting a new MP Starscream for a while now.

>>6492847
Shame we're getting a geewun starscream over an MP starscream too then.

>>6492845
They should've made it 30% larger and put it in a 3pack with all seeker colors

>>6492851
30% smaller and you have a deal.

>>6492852
this make em legends scale and everyone will want them

>>6492844
Shame, looked cool and had some awesome gimmicks, but super expensive.

>>6492844
They should have made a Cross Dimension Meteor

>>6492837
Agreed.

Looking at Peaugh's video, it looks like it's a button you can push in, so I'm wondering if one could put a little stopper thing on the inside of the flap so that you could push gently on the flap and activate the button that way.

>>6492844
Man, that really sucks...

Part of me feels bad for not pre-ordering one but I'm sure there are plenty of people like myself who were planning to buy one after it was released, not just pre-order it.

It really sucks because now they've made the mould and the thing is out there but almost none of us will ever own it...

You know, I feel like they could have thought this whole project through better, especially if they were going to get this far and then have it fail.

>>6492846
This.

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>>6492844

The light has gone out of my life.

>>6492872
I feel you, Zakuanon.

>>6492844
Is it really gonna get massively KO'd as some of those comments imply?

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What if they modify it to look like Don Figgy's version? Is the Dreamwave War Within Boner harder than the Galaxy Force one?

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>>6492844
Well that's a shame. I had a lot of strong criticism for the figure(vents, mainly) which was keeping me from ordering, but I didn't want it outright cancelled.
>>6492880
If it is, hopefully they take the opportunity to fix pic related and the arm panels. They'll have my money if they do.

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>>6492844

>>6492844
AND YOU CAN HAVE IT ALL
MY EMPIRE OF DIRT

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>>6492886
They should just make a G1 Tetrajet instead of the inferior imitators.

>>6492679
Eh. It still looks good.

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>>6492844
>This will only lead to more companies taking fewer risks and only releasing G1 style figs
>No RiD upgrades
>No Articulated Armada figs
>No Allspark Almanac characters
>No Toy-only Beast Wars characters

>>6492917
whats that you say

you say you want another 3P combiner or optimus

one of a character you already have

and don't even care about

but people buy it anyway because its g1

>>6492917
I hope Cross Dimension is doing well, I really dig their design and it's their own, so finally something fresh.

>>6492910
I'm not debating that, but it's not accurate to ANYTHING. It's half comics colours, half toy/cartoon colours. That's just... weird. And a shame, because if it were Marvel Comics colours, I'd have bought it without a second thought.

>>6492923
But anon, don't you want a tenth set of Dinobots, your three-hundredth G1 Optimus Prime, and five other companies to make a G1 Starscream that isn't much better than MP-11?

>>6492844
This is a letdown on 2 fronts; first off, they should've fucking said if it didn't get enough PO's, it wouldn't go out. I did PO mine like.. 3 days ago, but still, I almost guarantee it would've gotten people moving. I was almost waiting for it to just release before buying it.

Second, fuck you G1 faggots. Go fuck off a cliff and die with your dumbass brick aesthetics based on a shitty 80's cartoon. I'm so fuckin' salty right now as this doubles as a realization of how shitty this fandom is; I already distanced myself heavily from most of the trash, but this is like a boiling-hot pot of reality being dumped on my face.

>>6493009
I'd say the blame is on them for relying of Pre order without saying so. By principle I try not to pre order if possible and I feel like the Galaxy Meteor is the kind of toy that gets really popular after release not before.

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>>6492994
Don't forget the inevitable Diaclone, G2, Black, White, SG, Comic, Shiny, Translucent, and other recolors that will fill the sites regardless of how well the figure sells or even if it's good quality.

Aren't you glad this is coming out instead of that crappy Cybertron Starscream?

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>>6493009
>says dumbass brick aesthetics
>wanted a design based on the fucking blockiest Starscream ever

>>6493018
Brick means boring, flat, and lacking detail, kind of like the current spergwar over Omega Supreme.

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>>6492844
You gotta be shitting me.....

>>6493009
Jesus Christ anon, we're allowed to like different things. The fact is that there is more demand for G1 stuff right now, and most of this is MakeToys' fault anyway.

There's no reason we can't have G1 AND other stuff. I was barely still a kid when Cybertron was out so it's technically part of my childhood, and I know there are plenty of others around my age (and probably in this thread) who had Cybertron in their childhood or was with them when they were teenagers, at least, so I have an attachment to Cybertron but I still prefer G1 stuff.

But the point is, more and more of THESE fans will eventually be more of the market. I guess MakeToys were just a bit too early here. Maybe if they had done Armada Starscream, things would have been different.

Still, I would have bought this in a heartbeat... once I got the money, and my income isn't amazing, so I can't just buy a big, expensive figure like this immediately.

>>6493019
No, "brick" typically means it has little-to-no articulation and is often blocky/chunky.

>>6492844

WHAT

NONONONONONONO I NEVER PREORDER

What really sucks is a small number of them went on sale at TFnation. Look for those to be hitting up ebay for extreme prices....

>>6493037
Fine then. G1 designs are boring slabs* of plastic shit.