Third Party Transformers General: Competition Edition

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>>6014651

>>Dinobots vs Dynobots


Both THICC!

>>6014651

I had the DX9 Galvatron, Cyclonus, Scourge, and Ratchet. Only have Ratchet now, the rest were just too disappointing. The build quality on DX9 figures just feels cheap compared to Iron Factory. Besides Ratchet, the transformations were uninteresting to boot.

I really wanted to get Hulkie, but with only 3/4 Dx9 guys seeming to be worth it, I passed. I'll pass on their Predaking too unless they really pull something out. I can wait for IF to put out a combiner team, it's only a matter of time.

>>6014705
Hmm, I wonder if the new ones are fixed some then? I have the new DX9 Galvatron, Cyclonus and Scourge set on preorder.

>>6014619
>>6014621

Don't use the solid barrel attachment unless you like breaking his gun hand. And just be careful with his gun hand anyway, since it's long, and clear plastic. Also his shoulderpads can possibly scrape at his silver shoulder paint, but honestly you probably won't even notice it if you do.

I own one, great figure overall.

>>6014822
I wanna see him next to Marvel Legends. I feel like he looks good by them because he's so huge and menacing

>>6014713
Yeah, they did fix them and did a bundle, I believe Vangelus has a vid on them.

>>6014651
I like iron factory, but actual dinos seem nice.

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>>6014858

>>6014912
why does overlord dance

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>>6014870
>I like iron factory, but actual dinos seem nice.

model kits for you, then!

>>6014651
I like the idea of War in Pocket, GoBot-sized TransFormers, but I am not fond of paying $35 each for them.

>>6014713
I have both (I really need to try and sell the older Galvatron and Cyclonus), but the new three pack is much better. Definitely worth it imo.

>>6015006
He's doing a nice lil cha cha

>check tfw's thread on KFC Simba
>one dumbass already broke his

HOW THE FUCK DID HE BREAK IT? I was looking at the joint he break and that shit is really solid.

>>6015318
>ham hands

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>>6015297

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>>6015006

Because he was the uncontested disco king of Garrus 9.

>>6015330
Probably and they're dense enough not to get that they hamhanded something solid as fuck to breakage and will bitch on the forums and maybe Keith's FB page for their own fault. I think being hamhanded and being stupid goes hand in hand if you know what I mean.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX96TRPaJ1k

>>6015297
>>6015299

I dig this, but it's kind of weird how it's a whole new Striker as the toy, instead of it being an armor upgrade for Manus.

>>6015362
To be fair, most of the toy may be solid but it is still a mess of tolerances in different spots.

Arm flaps that conceal the hands not staying closed, the swivel on the rear lion feet loosening after a few transformations, etc.

And then there's all the stuff that's two tight or miss assembled the first time around like the leg sliders or the chest landing gear.

>>6015490
Yeah but what he broke was like the waist joint while it was on feet mode. You know since the waist is the tilt during shoes mode. That shit is solid on mine so I don't know how he can break that.

>>6015525
He probably grabbed it by the the waist to extend the legs when he transformed it.

You know, exactly what the instructions tell you NEVER to do because that joint is not meant to be pulled on with any significant amount of force.

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last thread I asked about Code and Cupola. I'm leaning slightly towards fansproject's code. I'm just wondering if there was any major reason against getting him. I'm disappointed he doesn't have ankle tilts but if anyone has him or messed around with him does it really hold him back?

>>6015595
I hear he has really shitty outward shoulder articulation..

>>6015344
I assume he's dancing to "Rasputin" by Boney M.

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>repostin'
Impulse bought Quakeblast with an eBay flash sale that took it down to $50. I've looked into it enough to know more or less what I'm getting into, but any personal opinions about it here? Any QC issues to look out for?

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>>6015691
See
>>6014717

>>6015642
does this use the same tfc energon combiner port system they've been using since hercules?

>>6015920


Not they have new ports. No one can really comment on them until we get a nonching chong ding dong video review.

>>6015932
oh good that liokaiser they did was a mess with those unstable little ports

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>>6015595
Code is for Chug, Cupola is for MP. Cupola is as tall as MP-10 and his aesthetics is from the Japanese anime. It really depends on which shelf you are putting him. Personally I don't like code because he is still one of those ancient 3p toys that are still lacking with a lot of stuff. You're better off buying the Takara LG Chromedome if you want a proper CHUG one at this point. Cupola I do own and he's just amazing.

>>6015932
I'll have mine middle of next week, I'll post a short review.

>>6015297
>>6015299
I'd kinda digging this more than Manus. The cab looks to have some joints in that render, gives me hope for a lil robot dude.

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>>6016179
dude we've known the small robot since before striker manus came out

>>6015642
That looks... pretty good so far?

>>6015983
damn thats looking really good. How would you say the plastic quality feels? Never had a Make toy before.

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Got this guy on the way (MPP10B) from that Ebay flash sale the other day. Anyone else have him?

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>>6014858
Legends added.

>>6016291

I got the white power one.

>>6016318
>>6016329
Which is the truth?

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WHY are there no prototypes or anything to upgrade this guy's head and arms? come on, two arms to attach at the bicep, a new cannon, and a new headmaster that actually fucking looks like galvatron?

imagine, a tiny megatron that wears galvatron's helmet well, a smaller, more sci-fi cannon, and new arms with a bit of a transformation to not only allow wrist articulation, but to also better disguise them in alt mode(s)

Or just do a set with the head, new wrists with posable hands and a better cannon.

>>6016627
there's at least three people who've made galvatron heads on shapeways

you have to paint them, but it isn't nothing

>>6016634
do any of them look good?

what about the arms? hands? cannon?!

>>6016627
I just drilled a hole in his right arm so he can have his accurate cannon placement, gutted the spaceship cockpit bullshit and got rid of the mask gimmick. he looks so much better without all those hindrances

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>>6016627
I'm working on a head and neck kit that folds into the torso for a few months now, but I'm having a really, really difficult time getting the horns how I want them. I was trying to model an amalgamation of the side-horns design with the swoop-back design, like http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy115/TransformersArkColor/Decepticons/Galvatron.jpg, but it feels like I'm working with reference material drawn by MC Escher.

I started them over from scratch recently, so that's why they aren't blended into the headband yet.

>>6015595
i recently got him last tf-con and i have to admit ,try to get him for sale prices because he very much feels like the first in a line. admittedly i still love how fun and satisfying his transformation is.

>>6016275
Solid. Maketoys is one of the more solid 3ps out there.

I actually took this picture when people were saying Cupola has a hard time doing ANY pose. I said it's all about learning what he can and can't do.

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So his wings are a little bit tight when you try to unpeg it for the Lion mode, I guess I will have to sand it a bit so it doesn't snap the clip off.

>>6016651
They all look shit.

>>6016517

The lower two are color corrected to try to more accurately represent his true colors.

Apparently purple is a hard color to photograph accurately.

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>>6016684
>>6016651
you sure?

https://www.shapeways.com/product/93N93EQWV/galvatron-tr-head?optionId=60334526

https://www.shapeways.com/product/QJYCCVR2P/galvatron-tyrant-titan-master-head?optionId=60484427

https://www.shapeways.com/product/W5AJTBJCQ/g1-styled-helm-for-tr-galvatron?optionId=60466578

https://www.shapeways.com/product/XYGPJUCEU/galvatron-face-normal-sized-titans-return?optionId=60886105

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>>6016627

I hope I don't sound like a shill but why bother upgrading a not very good toy when this thing is coming out in a month or so?

>>6016746
Yes because I've seen some of them personally and they actually look crap in person. That shapeways plastic is so grainy that it doesn't fit the smooth plastic at all.

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>>6016749
because that is over sized and has more kibble than this.

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>>6016755

After you remove the giant nosecone piece, sure, it has less kibble.

Also it's MP scaled and in the same g1 aesthetic as the shitty mainline toy so why not upgrade.

>>6016751
Use black hi-def acrylate. It's a DLP cured resin and should be pretty smooth.

>>6016627
Well IIRC Fakebusker's helmet and cannon adapter is pretty well received. Just don't order it in standard Shapeways plastic- get it in FUD, FED or HDBA. It'll need painting but that can be done with a spray can of purple paint.

>>6016823
the problem is, people dont know that shapeways plastic is literally made to contain paint. its not like painting a normal toy, the shapeways plastic maintains paint way better, so painting is way easier than people think. I dont even top coat my stuff

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>>6016769
>That face on the back of his head

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>>6016954
Holy shit it's chowder.

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>>6016954
>>6016769
>>6016964

Seems kinda familiar, huh guys?

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>>6016969

Fixed it a bit more.

>>6016976
perfect

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I'm really surprised no one's done this yet.

>>6017076
Would be dope if it could mount on top of the tank like they're tread-legs.

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>>6017076

Beat ya to the punch my dude.

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>>6015938
>>6016176

I'm really waiting on the torso before jumping on these guys. Snaptrap is the make or break of the new ports.

The feedback I've seen is that the arm can't hold the weight of another in the gun mode. In some other pictures it's the opposite. Not sure what the truth is.

https://youtu.be/7OxVPZn4UvA

>>6017110
Welp. I was also gonna do one of him being sad, but it's really hard to get him to convey anything except "oh boy, i sure am excited about murder".

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>>6014651
love the Iron Factory bots

>>6016756
Because I'm not throwing 100 down on something that doesn't scale with my collection.

>>6016627
The Third Party companies don't seem interested in making upgrade kits anymore aside from Fort Max, since he's such huge fertile ground for upgrades.

Nonnef made new feet for Hardhead and PE's releasing a Ginrai upgrade for Leader Powermaster Prime, but otherwise the third party upgrade market is dead to Titans Return.

>>6016823
NO NO NO

Do NOT get the arm cannon upgrade in FUD, that's made for looks and not strength. It'll snap like a twig trying to remove the cannon from it.

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>>6017288

X2 toys are making articulated bodies and something like an exo suit for the titan masters. Plus a headmaster jetfire for some reason. It hasn't been that long though. Some of the CW upgrades are just coming out.

>>6017293
X2-Toy's quality control is horrible, their plastic breaks too easily.

>>6017137
>or break of the new ports.

Hopefully not literally.

>>6017291
Oh I meant the helmet. I know FUD can't handle strain.

>>6017288
nonnef is shit though. I respect the guy but damn dude I don't want to wait 5 months for hands that fall apart due to shit qc and okay feet for my combiners

>>6017468
To be fair, I got the hardhead feet from him about three days after I ordered. I might be wrong, but I think other people sell through his store now, not just him. No idea about the combiner feet though, I went with the PE stuff.

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>>6017514
Those Hardhead feet are pretty great though. They make a world of difference.

>>6016756
Because i would need THREE third party mp size figures for him, scourge and cyclonus, while a simple upgtade is one tenth cost at most and works fine with the majority of my collection.

>>6017907
What's wrong with owning those 3? If you're that dedicated to them wouldn't getting the best versions be the right thing to do?

>>6017293
They way that mech fits in there makes me realize we need a Saber Titan Master and a body that he can fit into like that.

>>6017291
What would you recommend getting it in then, for display n play purposes?

>>6017938
No not when those 3 are out of scale with my collection

>>6016659
I know exactly what your problem is.

Instead of modeling the horns as sticking straight out of the helmet and then up, think of the horns as being part of an otherwise invisible cylinder that starts from the helmet rim, if that makes any sense at all

>>6017938
I already have cyclonus from tempest, which, i... Will eventually upgrade to, buyt he is supposed to be bigger than his boyfriend, scourge, eh, spar smallers ones can be sweeps, but, for all of that, it is $300+ i do not have, while upgrading my galvatron would be at most $40 more. (New cannon, arms and headmaster)

>>6018087
Interesting. Thanks for the tip.

>>6017743
they look dope

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Anyone here got Fansproject Browning II?

>>6017743
I thought these came as a two pack?

>>6018449
They are only sold as a two pack but they're both in their own boxes.

>>6018365
Overpriced item that came out too late.

>>6018506

Thats pretty cool that they went to the trouble of doing that, but it also seems kind of wasteful when they could've just put'em both in one box like any of their other multiple figure set releases.

>>6018825
I agree it seems pointless but what I do like is it'll mean if you only care about one or the other, you'll be able to sell the one to someone else really easily cause you just give them the whole box. Look at the Prowl trio, that one was a bitch to separate because of the accessories and box they all came in.

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IF getting miles out of this mold.

>>6018962
Huh, kinda want.

>>6018962
Kinda want as well.

>>6018962
Now that looks cool. Not a fan of the face on their Arcee so I might pick this up.

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Does clonedroid have the same feet as hexatron, or did they make some dumb changes for no reason? He gets talked up here a lot and it seems weird how nobody mentions he has heels like generations rhinox.

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>>6019030

Hexatron has big, flat-ish feet yeah. They work pretty nice.

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>>6019046
I mean, he still balances alright, but I'm scratching my head as to why they didn't just make them flat. The heel doesn't make contact with the ground unless he's already kinda tipping backwards already.

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>>6019062

I kind of see what you mean. I have the official one though, not the KO, but the back of his heel (and the thick plastic bar beneath the heel) all touch the ground on mine.

>>6019062

Oh, and I assume they're not fully flat because of how they work with some of the transformations, if they were all flat it might've needed changing other parts to be thicker/thinner. Guess they figured the bottom of the feet was one of the places no one would care to look given he stands just fine despite his bulk.

>>6018962

Well, yes please.


>>Slipstream from their Windblade/miku when?

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damn

>>6019083
Ah, ok, so there were some changes there from the origional. I'll see if I can glue something to the bottom to make them sit flush, he's probably never getting transformed again anyway.

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>>6019102
DAYUMN

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>>6019104

That looks really nice.

>>6019103

Eh, I wouldn't bother. As long as yours stands, theres no real reason to modify it man. Especially if doing so will sacrifice his transformations. In your original pic here >>6019030 it doesn't really look much different from the official, mine just sits the back of the heel on the ground too.

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The headmaster unfolding out of the face into a seated position in the vehicle cockpit is such a great touch.

>>6019030
>filename
season 7 when ;_;

>>6019083
>>6019062
im sure its a good toy, but this toy is such a visual mess.
I'm glad we have other sixshot options today

>>6019102
>>6019104
He's on his way to me and I'm pretty hyped.
>>6019117
Well that's fun.

>>6019165
Kinda? I like him, but yeah, he's definitely got some weird stuff going on. And you can tell he was from another era, there's a bunch of engineering bits that look sloppy or simplistic next to something like spartan or carnifex. It's interesting to see a company progress, though.

>>6019195
>>6019198
>>6019199
I want to like these so badly but they're missing something I can't put my finger on.

>>6019165

To each their own. I love the look of Hexatron, it's got just the right CHUG vibe for me. He really looks like an updated Sixshot to me.

The new 3P one I actually don't like very much. He's sort of in that "He looks like what he should...Almost. Not quite.". Like he needed a bit more time in the oven to be a real MP.

But then again thats something I always end up saying with DX9 stuff. Like, all of their stuff looks, good, but not quite perfect.

>>6019245
>The new 3P one I actually don't like very much. He's sort of in that "He looks like what he should...Almost. Not quite.". Like he needed a bit more time in the oven to be a real MP.

thats my point tho there's even more options for sixshot now , DX9 aint the only ones. you got like IF, custom robots is making a revoltech, and there's at least one other company doing an MP. of course you got the official one too

>>6019264

Oh, true, very true. I do like the IF one.

>>6019264
>custom robots is making a revoltech
Wat.

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>>6019277

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so, how long until someone like Iron Factory does this lady? my cons need a medic!

>>6019835
Surprised mmc hasn't tackled her yet.

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>>6019877
i want to tackle nickle from behind

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>soviergn, grindor, and lupus are all somewhat close to release
>skyfire in the works
>kup announced
>trailbreaker announced
>god damn titan class omega supreme
>MP scaled constructocons teased

That's FT'S workload up to, what, 2065?

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So PO have opened for this guy. PX are selling the two halves for $179.99. They might as well have lumped the two together....

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>>6019440
>revoltech joints.
>doesnt transform

>>6019978
360 total retail is going to 450 for us NA plebs after shipping and taxes is all accounted for. Seems easier for most people justifying two 200 dollar purchases rather than one 450 super dip.

>>6019996

Try to think outside the box.

Oh who am I kidding? People like you are incapable of dealing with the concept that a Transformers themed collectible doesn;t HAVE to transform.

>>6020053
Rescue bots is for babies

>>6020057
Why did you post this poor excuse for a Leokaiser?

>>6019835
We need the DJD first. Specifically we need Tarn so my Evil Lord had someone to teabag and argue over who Megatron loves more.

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>>6019083
I haven't seen a good Third Party former that can Slav squat until I got Perfect Effect Warden.

>>6020053
>Try to think outside the box.
Ok, I cant get over the fact that it doesn't transform, but that doesn't change the fact that revoltech joints are complete garbage.

>>6020088
I was googling this guy and found pics of him in Head mode attached to G1 Fort Max..

Can he really do that? I wonder if he can be a head for generations Metroplex/Fort Max.

>>6020088
So is there going to be an upgrade kit that makes him compatible with generations Fort Max?

>>6020118
>>6020134
Oh man if that's a thing i'd be happy and would actually buy Fort Max.

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>>6020088

Actually one of the first things I do with most of my figures is try to put them into a slav squat. It's a good test of articulation and balance. Most of my MMC stuff can do it.

>>6020118
>>6020143
Warden cannot attach to the new Metroplex or Fort Max, only G1 Fort Max.

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>>6019835
In a perfect world Maketoys would release this in their Manga Mech line, but Iron Factory is probably our only hope.

>>6019885
I'm so unamused that they're bothering with Devastator, JUST GIVE ME FUCKING BLURR.

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>sarkstarter is now dropping the "Bastards" from the name because of retailers and comics complaining

lel

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>>6020283

>150 dollar per limb constructacons complete with partsforming elements for the most fuckhuge combiner of a all time

>>6020315

'Bastards' is in the same tier as 'crap' when it comes to PG curse words. Even 'damn' is more offensive.

>>6020315

What. Really? People are complaining about that? You've gotta be fucking kidding.

>>6020089
>Ok, I cant get over the fact that it doesn't transform, but that doesn't change the fact that revoltech joints are complete garbage.
Someone's been out of the loop. just cause you bought revoltech g1 prime ten years ago and didnt like it doesnt mean they're still bad. Revoltech joints have been improved significantly today.

having said that, custom robots have only use old-style revo joints (much less clicks) so far, so who knows. i use replacement joints tho

>>6020315
Just call it Basterds instead, it worked for Tarantino

>>6020379
wait is that actually grinder? It just looks like an upscaled MP-08.

Might as well just get the OS MP-08 and save yourself some money.

>>6020379

I like how no one has been able to get Grinder's testshot to look in a flattering.

>>6020426

>no more lanky kong arms
>more accurate headsculpt
>no garbage tolerances and shit head flail gimmick

>>6020449
lol

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I think Leozack is fucked. I finally just got to combine them today and even after putting a coat of floor polish on the chromes and being really careful with it, I noticed a small nick on mine so I guess when it finally goes, I'll replace it with gold paint.

>>6020574

But all of those things are true.

>>6020589

>tfc

>>6020603
He's fine. I really don't care for the combined mode. I would probably combine him once or twice once I get all 6 and then leave them back individually since they didn't really combine that much in the Anime so I'm more attached to them individually than combined.

>>6020589

Sorry to hear man. This is why certain characters always bum me out, because people can't accept building them with shit materials makes them an inferior product.

Look at the Dinobots, almost all of them are covered in chrome, chrome fucking sucks. So does diecast, so does rubber. Hell, I specifically tracked down a regular MMC Hexatron and not the chromed out more G1-esque version because I can't stand my toy just shitting itself through even light handling.

>>6020676
Chrome is really nothing to me. The toy itself is solid but as usual Keith rushed it before he could fully tweak everything because it seems that there are rumours that Takara will be releasing their own version soon and that goes for FT or something like that. If Takara does release a Victory Leo, I will still personally buy one for my shelf while the 3p will be used for the combined mode on the shelf. I have no problems double dipping on characters I actually really like.

>>6020676
>>6020689

Chrome """technology""" seems to be improving as a VAC coating means it's more durable. Same thing with rubber. Most rubber you see now on toys is a semi-soft plastic-esk material that's not actually rubber.

The problem I have is pure aesthetic preference. Chrome is almost always garish and overly eye catching. It looks inferior to silver/gold paints 99% of the time.

My exceptions are the dinobots. To me they are supposed to look garish and painfully gaudy. They, to me, are the 80's personified.

>>6020762
Won't doing that gold leaf thing also good?

>>6020589
what a surprise tfc and their wonky feet/energon port system strike again. Well atleast another company is tackling him

>>6020830
Mech Ideas? Won't it be like CHUG scaled? The TFC is MP scaled even though they love to say it's not scaled to anything.

>>6020834
its about the size of a cw combiner that is using hfg's

mp starsaber is about the size of a cw combiner with pe feet

>>6020830
Apparently TFC uses different ports for Poseidon, hopefully it works out for them because their seacons look pretty dope.

>>6020846
I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. Glad they've decided to ditch 2006 combiner tech

>>6020840
Yeah but the TFC Leokaizer is as tall as a combined KFC Simba and MP Star Saber so there's also that. It's much close to the thing with the show. But like I already said, I do like Hades' individual modes so I'm fine with them because I'm not really getting them for the combined form but for their really good individual aesthetics.

>>6020846
I've bought all the seacons so far and they do have different ports.

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How do ya'll feel about the official megs renig? Ya think Tak can engineer an easier transformation than despo or mighton?

>>6020088
FUCK I can't believe I sold mine

>>6020912
Never thought that MT would be beat out by Takara or DX9.

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He's a big guy.

>>6020927

Good thing it isn't, then.

>>6020944
How did you get Hanzo?

>>6020912
Ill wait for fans toys.

>>6020944
for you

>>6020912
My money is on DX9 by a long shot, my only gripe with it is the tiny hands. The transformation is fantastic and both modes look great.

Takaras has a really panel line heavy gun mode and a very squat torso

Apollyon is too thin and kibbly

And maketoys is way too fat

All opinion of course, and im always a fan of options wether theyre to my taste or not

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>>6021085

>Fanstoys releases megatron concept tommorow
>Hits NA retailers November 2185
>Still before Gigapower gets to grimlock

>>6021201
Maybe if im lucky gigapower will let me get buried with test shots since im likely to die before theyre all out

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>>6021154

I don't ever remember g1 megs being as thin as the MP. I always thought he was a blocky fatty ala despotron and mightron.

>>6021223

Despotron is more in line with comic book versions of Megs. Which is probably why he looks the best. That big, chunky look works great for him.

Blur,Skullsmasher and Hardhead are 10 bucks each on Amazon. Just giving a heads up.

>>6020927
Right? They really fucked up the proportions and the face looks retarded.

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what third party outback toys are there? I want a robot steve Irwin in my collection.

also, have a design I'd love to see more of.

>>6021652
what the fuck are you even beginning to talk about?

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>>6021656
They want to know about any 3P figures based on the G1 character Outback.

Also, they're robot furry /trash/.

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>>6021661
really, what is different from that and steeljaw?

>>6021085
Dalianjj said they won't make one.

>>6021040
He didn't.

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Think I want a Dinobot, just unsure which. Guttur or Stomp, both the premium deco versions cause I'm a sucker for silver paint. Which one is best?

>>6021704
Why giga? They have a ton of QC issues. Especially with guttur.

>>6021724

Really? Damn that's a shame. I just really like the look of their Guttur. Their others not so much but something about him just speaks to me. Same with Stomp though in different ways.

>>6021739

Giga power Guttur (Metallic color version) have QC issue on hip.
If you choose to buy Crhome version , it's already fixed.

>>6014822
Oh man, that cockmongler smile.

>>6021652
Badcube made one called Backland.

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No surprise, but Iron Factory knocked it out of the park on Lord Scorpion. If he was just like a head taller he'd be completely perfect. As it is he could be a slightly smaller TR deluxeif you didn't care about Legends scale. I can't wait for the official titan class Scorponok so he can man it.

>>6021762
Yeah but they also have issues with loose joints and paint coming chipped.

>>6021808

Didn't they say he was going to be Voyager sized (ie: 7 inches)? Or was that a mistranslation or something?

>>6021979
The official site only ever said he would be 16cm tall. Online stores were saying he was 18cm tall. It's about a 3/4" difference, so it doesn't really matter to Legends collectors but everyone else had a fit.

>>6021704
I owned both. Stomp is by far the better figure.

>>6021724
Not him, but I prefer Giga's aesthetics, they feel like upgraded versions of the original toys. What QC issues should I look out for?

Does anyone own the FT Dinobots? I'm getting excited about grindor and was thinking about picking up some companion pieces for him.

>>6020449
>no garbage tolerances and shit head flail gimmick
This is nice. Let's not forget the dumpy light-up gimmick that fused his wrist in one position, too.

>>6020379
Still, I'm just not a fan of the unpainted gray plastic and the gaudy vacuum metalized gold. It may not be particularly "accurate" to anything, but I'd kill for a Grimlock with straightforward silver and gold paintjob. Even gray and gold, as long as it's paint. Gray plastic is forever doomed to look like cheap, swirly garbage, and it makes it really hard for me to justify spending $200.

>>6020912
I'm torn. I like the overall look of MP-36 the most, but the flat gray paint, massive head and animation-error Decepticon badge are all a big dealbreaker.

Honestly, I think Despotron looks best alongside MP-10, but that's because MP-10 came from a time when the MP line wasn't so much about slavish cartoon accuracy. It was about making the cartoon models into good toys, instead of making the toys look EXACTLY like cartoon models, and Despotron is in line with that.

Appolyon is just a hot mess, and Mightron might look nice if he hadn't skipped leg day.

>>6022058

But thats how G1 Grimlock looks. Swirly grey plastic and silver/gold accents with smokey black translucent plastics here or there.

Though I'd honestly prefer paint to chrome.

>>6022089
>lowering your standards because of nostalgia
Fuck G1 Grimlock. It looks like shit.

>>6022022
see
>>6021762

>>6022093

Then you don't like G1, so why would you be buying a MP-esque figure in the first place?

>>6022101
Because you like the look of the toy?
I pretty much like G1 more on a conceptual basis more than the actual cartoon

>>6022022
>What QC issues should I look out for?
hips that break easily during transformation, chipped paint out of the box, floppy joints out of the box.

The hips thing may or may not have been fixed, the rest of the issues are still a problem.

Jonesin' to get an Optimus Prime figure. I love the overall look of Battle Tanker, but it's disappointingly hollow-looking. Striker Manus looks solid, but for some reason I'm hoping for a good Optimus figure with a great alt mode as well (as in it has the trailer). I know it's hard to have my cake and eat it too in this situation, but are there any other Optimus figures I'm neglecting?

>>6022188
how about Thunder Manus? he's basically going ot be Powermaster prime with articualtion

>>6022189
He looks pretty slick as well - was honestly just getting impatient and wanting a figure to add to my collection. Any ETA on Thunder?

>>6022188

Have you considered MP-10, or perhaps one of the MP-10 KO's? Or are you looking for a non-G1 Prime?

>>6022276
I'm just not big on the G1 design, especially when ones as amazing looking as Striker exist.

>>6022105
This. Why is this notion so alien to geewunners? A toy can be inspired by G1 without having to replicate its flaws.

>>6022309
Elegos is phenomenal

>>6022347

Probably because they're asking for MP-style toys, of which the default assumption is copy the G1 style.

>>6015642
Any more reviews about this bad boy out yet?

His combined mode much better than the initial combined concept art/render they released a while back.

Might be my first TFC purchase if it's new ports are stable.

>>6022018

What makes him better? Curious now.

>>6022534
Two years of engineering and lessons learned.

Would be the other way around if stomp can't out first

Are the masterpiece ratchet/ironhide KOs around the same quality as the earlier ones like sideswipe and the datsuns? My MP collection is mostly official stuff with some of the repaints filled in, but the knockoffs I do have are pretty solid. Basically the van molds didn't do anything for me when they came out, and they still sort of don't, but I'm willing to give them a $30 chance if they're passable.

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These guys might look good next to IF scorps. The detailing might throw them off though, but the size should be alright.

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>>6022627
I really enjoyed their first two, so I'll probably pick these ones up too. Hardhead in particular looks great.

His base mode's fun if you fiddle with it a bit.

>>6022041

I own all of them, each release improves upon the last until Stomp, who is glorious.

Rather than get Scoria, take a look at Cesium, kind of a redux of Scoria using the stuff they've learned so far.

>>6022630
dummy here, what is that guy's actual TF name?

>>6022670

Scorponok is the official name. The toy there is IF's Lord Scorpion.

>>6022426
>copy the G1 style
Even down the the cheap, shitty-looking plastic that the 30-year-old toy uses? That's what we're talking about here. If geewunners have unironically begun to expect flaws to be faithfully reproduced to satisfy their autism, then we've hit a new low.

>>6023279
>If geewunners have unironically begun to expect flaws to be faithfully reproduced to satisfy their autism, then we've hit a new low.

MP 2.0 Megatron says hi.

>>6022627
lmao these look better and more poseable than the generations ones

>>6023537
I know... :^(

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>>6023537

UNPAINTED
GREY
PLASTIC

Anyone know what at suitcase this is?

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>>6023624
Goddamnit

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>>6023624

>Anyone know what at suitcase this is?

>>6023279
>waah it's not reedun

>>6023635
>"reedun" apparently now means using better quality materials
Fucking geewunners.

>>6023624
>>6023626
Wanna say it's by MegaMoonMan on TFW but I could be wrong

>>6022627
If these had dedicated thigh swivels and better head movement I'd be all over them. I really like how simplistic they look when it comes to surface detail.

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I cant wait for Rioter Despotron.

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>>6023695
They at least all ball knees which at this size makes up for no thigh swivel to me. The lack of head movement is a shame, but I'm still looking forward to them.

>>6023717

I don't love headmasters in general, but the real deal breaker is the lack of a neck swivel. The nano-sized bots look like fucking shit anyway, why not give them a soda can head rather than a cinder block head so at least the main robot isn't compromised?

Peaugh reviewed FT Grinder.

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

Honestly, I can't help but feel like Fans Toys majorly dropped the ball on this one. It feels more like a WeiJiang style updated KO of the original and even then like it was a rush job.

Also holy shit all that creaking, other Fans Toys releases don't have that do they?

What optimus figures exist that are either cybertronian design, great robot mode, or a good shrunken version of the MPs?

>>6023624
>>6023626
It is a stupid traitor's comic accessory, NOT BRAINSTORM'S ACCESSORY!

>>6023210
...if i ever see a smaller version, i will get it, posable finbgers are optional, but i love the sleekness of the jet, far superior to my tempest.

>>6024173
Mmm, no it's definitely a Brainstorm accessory.

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>>6024171
>cybertronian design, great robot mode

Striker Manus

>or a good shrunken version of the MPs?

KBB MP-10V. Pic related.

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>>6024175
Tempest hs a good bot mode though.

>>6024193
Striker manus? What is that?

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>>6024216

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>>6024171
There's also the upscaled WfC figure. My favorite OP, but he was always too small. This one's perfect.

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>>6024237
>This one's perfect

riiight...

>>6024246
Clearly I was meaning size wise based on the sentence before that. And he's still a great figure, I don't mind if he doesn't look exactly like the game model. He's close enough and good in his own right.

>>6024246
All things considered I prefer the proportions of the toy to the game model. Game model is too Gears of War roidin'

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Shuraking looks awesome but is a major pain in the ass to combine. If GC had worked on the fit and finish just a little more he'd been a fantastic figure.

>>6024221
gonna wait for thunder from down under manuel

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>>6024035

I really don't know what more he could have been. The MP is outdated and was shackled with some pretty bad gimmicks that compromised the functionality of the figure.

This is really just a better MP grimlock which is exactly what he was trying to do. I like the clean boots in robot mode and the fixed arm proportions due to not being on those ball jointed riser pieces the MP has.

The video didn't show it but his arms collapse to avoid the lanky arms in bot mode.

I think he's better than the MP and upscaled MP's but maybe not enough for replacing your upscaled MP if your fine with him.

I don't have any interpretation of GL on my shelf so this is an obvious choice.

>>6024330

Are there any good, non-fuckhueg G1 style Grimlock's that aren't the MP though?

Really annoying that the MP line has the looks I like, but everything has to be fucking huge because it's all scaled off Prime's big ass.

>>6024337
There's the upscaled voyager class Warbotron kit KO.

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>>6024337
Dinobots are supposed to be huge....

>>6024337

Everything MP or pretending to be MP is drifting towards the UNGHHHHH THICKERRRR wing of design philosophy.

The new DX9 six shot is like ten inches tall.
Carnifex is a foot and some change.

>>6024221
Ugly bastard, but if they designed some armor, he might be neat.

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>>6024171

Planet X Jupiter is soon to be released and its a voyager FOC Prime. Probably the most cybertonian you're going to get next to Alpha Pack. It also has a sexy clean back. Pic related.

>>6024237
I have the original, and he is fine for me, i use him as the stepping stone between orion pax and prime.

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>>6024171

Also Spark Toys Alpha Pack is pretty much the Dreamwave War within design brought to life and not a disaster like the official titanium one.

>>6024337
But... dinobots are supposed to be huge. Also if ur not going for mp10 based scale mp grimlock still makes a perfect classics scale. Hes basically leader scaled which is appropriate to all apperances in fiction.

Or theres planet x vulcan, based on his wfc look

>>6024389
Sixshot is to scale as he was in the anime and Overlord isn't MP scale but is a big character. For MP scale he'd probably have to be as big as jetfire.

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>>6024171

Iron Factory is doing a Stormbringer prime at legends scale. It also comes with a fuckload of godbomber armor and weapons to spice him up.

>>6024416
Ooh. He might be good, any shots of the alt mode?

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>>6024171
Also to note:

Generation Toy and Gcreations are doing IDW primes. Toyworld has an Ox looking Prime. Striker manus was already mentioned and same for the KO MP Prime.

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>>6024417

It's ironfactory so the alt mode is kinda just the afterthought. At their scale they only focus on the the robot mode.

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And armored up.

>>6024345
Some people, right?

>>6024429
Doesn't look bad... For a cybertronian alt mode.

>>6024431
Why? And when did optimus have a silver chest?

>>6024410
This one looks cool, but also fuckhueg, and i only wanted around a voyager size bot at most

Should I buy the reprolabels set for Mightron?

>>6024432
Just think, dinobots at the relative size of big dogs to the autobots, adorable, AND deadly, like the tiny windblade or arcee figures.

>>6024434
It's >>6024416 wearing godbomber armor.

>>6024035
Yeahhhh. I was into this back when it was first shown off, but it seems awkward and damn, it sounds like the creakiest, cheapest shit. I think I'd rather get the Reximus Prime KO with the silver and blue comic paint scheme, then.

>>6024760

What would make it creak like that anyway?

>>6022077
So when did MPs become slavishly cartoon accurate?

I know that Starscream and Soundwave weren't.

>>6024830
>So when did MPs become slavishly cartoon accurate?

I would say MP Magnus start that trend.

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Looking for pic related. If anyone's willing to part with it, shoot me an email.

>>6024833
I would be fine if they kept the 86+ bots show accurate as possible while making the diaclone to 85 cast a balance, that would be good.

which optimus figures are in scale with lord scorpion? official or 3rd party, doesn't matter, think it'd be hard to find a 14cm optimus.

>>6024790
Not that guy, but poor plastic tolerances, cheap material, list goes on and on and I'd rather not deal with that.

>>6023717
>I'm still looking forward to them.

They're also looking forward, because that's the only direction they can look.

>>6024790

Creaking is generally just too tight plastic rubbing against each other. Loosening panel screws or lubing fixes the issue most of the time.

It's not something a 180~ dollar figure should be experiencing anyway. I hope it gets worked out before production.

https://youtu.be/oDm2imJXQpo

>>6025310

At 5:07 I think he actually may have broken the clear cannon a bit. Watch him take it off the arm.

>it rolls
That caught me off guard with how silly it looks even if the treads suggest that's what's supposed to happen.

>>6025331

If watch further the canon transforms at two points, he just unlocked one of the flaps taking it off.

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I am still really digging Lord Scorpion. And I love that his scorpion mode looks a lot like a Zoids Guysak.

>>6025529

I would have dipped if the tail wasn't an afterthought.

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>>6025529
reminds me of pic related rather than a scorpion
works for me

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Welp I think I now might be sold on TFC's Poseidon.

Looks like new ports worked out.

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>>6025590

>>6025590
>>6025594

Unless thats a review of it in chingchong talk, never trust dem studio photos for shit.

>>6025594

I just need a video review.

Fuck

>>6025624
It's a chingchong picture review.

The first picture says it's not easy to get the pose but it is possible.

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>>6025639

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>>6025647

What the captions say in english.

>>6025590
Holding the gun straight like this is not easy, but still doable.
>>6025594
Tip-toeing, with the knee bent at 45 degrees, and one leg kicking forward, demonstrating the strength of Poseidon's ankle, knees, and hips all with one pose.
>>6025639
Ares failed at the hips, but this...
>>6025641
At the show, someone accidentally bumped the table, and a certain "Lip-lord" went into a split right away, while Poseidon stood strong on just one leg.
>>6025647
Kneeling pose is easily doable.
>>6025648
Ratcheted thigh rotation puts Ares to shame

>>6025651
I'll be honest, if this isn't some trickery it's pretty sick! Shame they picked such a hideous combiner to put effort in to.

>>6025651
I wished they did this with Hades and it could have probably made Hades their best work yet.

>>6025590
>>6025594
>>6025639
>>6025641
>>6025647
>>6025648
Damnit. The Seacons are some of my favourites (own the reissues actually) and this looks awesome. Shame it's gonna cost over £400. And with budget and space a consideration I'm probably gonna have to choose between this or Gravity Builder. I'm leaning towards Gravity Builder, as HasTak might do a good job on Piranacon in the supposed third part of the Prime Wars trilogy, whereas their Devastator came out and was shit.

>>6025757

I think you have that backwards. Devastator came out great (well, the UW version anyway), and if Piranacon comes out if he's done CW/UW style, it's a tossup. Plus we'll probably be missing Piranacon's original gimmick with it to boot. And we know he probably isn't going to be a Titan Class, because the next 3 Titans are already known thanks to the poll to determine which ones we're getting (FortMax who already came out, Tryp is next).

tl;dr Wait and see if the full 3P Pirana comes out good, and skip GB if it does.

New Thread >>6025784

>>6015691
From what I understand the hose is a bit of a bastard to work around when transforming and constantly pops out. But other than that it's great, apparently - just judging from all the videos I've watched.

>>6016291
Got the glossy version, it's the only TF toy I have and my first experience with third party. Absolutely love him to bits.