thoughts on the upcoming spark toys ST02?

Looks like Tankor more than Megatron

>>6262877
Outdated design, so much bulk its silly, then again you don't have to share my opinion.

>>6263393
I agree with this actually. At the time they were new and fresh and didn't look like marshmallows ala Pat Lee. They looked good then because we weren't used to this level of detail and design. Then the newer Gundam-ish/movie mash designs came along and I like them a lot more.

I loved their Optimus, but then again I enjoyed that design when I read the comic. I was never too big on this Megatron design though.

>>6262877
If it was a voyager size, i would love it, as is... I think a tankor retool would be perfect.

>>6263848
Same. I don't need every fucking in MP scale and it's not like they're ever going to do every bot in this style to make a complete collection so fitting the already mishmashed generations line would be way better imo.

>>6263886
But at MP scale they can charge 240 for such figures!

>>6263932

It's not nearly that much though.

>>6263932

The really big fucking MP scaled ones rarely scrape 180. Don't know where 240 comes from.

>>6262877
Tank...G1 MegaTron?

>>6264136
War Within Megs, so kinda

>>6262877

You know, leave out the arm cannon, give it a new head and paint job, and you'd have a pretty good rolling bunker Metroplex.

So can OP edit the thread to actually say Third / 3rd Party Transformers because this thread might as well be replaced by one that did so it can be found in the catalog.

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>>6264039

>>6264491
>>6264504

These are the best looking ones so far imo but

>XTB

So they'll have another year to come out and be below average at best when they do.

>>6264628
They'll look nice if nothing else

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What was everyone's first third part figure and what were your thoughts on it? Do you still own it?

Pic related for me.

The vehicle mode was balls but the robot mode was incredible. Highly poseable with a variety of great weapon options. Plastic quality felt a little weak in comparison but it's incredible to see how far the company has come since their Knight Morpher line. As much as I liked it i didn't really match with any of the other stuff I owned so ended up selling it a couple months back.

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>>6265228
I'm only a few months into this game so its not quite as interesting a story. But I really love it. A lot of 3P MPs just look sort of bland to me, but this one just spoke to me ever since I saw Thew's review.

>>6265228

DIA Commander upgrade and all the FP upgrade kits when City Commander was the bees knees. Then Defender. Dropped that shit when I realized I had too much and everything was aging fast. Had to minimize the scope of my collection, though my main focus continues to be in the style that FP started but MT is continuing.

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>>6265228
>What was everyone's first third part figure and what were your thoughts on it? Do you still own it?

Pic related, top tier, and yes.

>>6265318
TR Sixshot > everything else including Hexatron

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>>6265228
This mother fucker and my only regret is that there isn't an add on piece for TR Fort Max to let him be the head.
He's damn great outside of that.

>>6265338

You'd figure they'd just re-box him with an add-on that'd let him work as a TR FortMax head. Is he too big to fit between the shoulders or something?

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>>6265228
My first was the same figure, but different paint job (or lack thereof)
Absolutely love it, only third party in my collection so far.

>>6265274
Quakeblast and Quakewave are both top tier 3p figures. They both offer something a little different and both do it well, it's exactly how you would want it to be between two companies doing the same figure.

>>6265430

Other than blast being a massive rip-off of FT's engineering. So much so that retailers won't carry it.

>>6265444
Wait really? Why? I'd only heard good things. I have Wave but I like how they both look.

>>6265446
Oh wait, I missed the engineering part. I though you just said total rip-off. Still, I didn't know that.

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>>6265350
He is a good size head but i think the connector is different.
It would need a G1 Style neck joint to accept hm in Head Mode.

>>6265338
This guy has been on my wish list for years but i keep getting swamped with new stuff

I know it isnt cannnon, but I want to pose him standing behind a TR Cerebros holding up the matrix and then the full fortmax behind warden, kind of like an evolution scene.

Would require Warden and two Maxs though...

>>6265228
My first was Maketoys Quantron. I still have it and love it. Not sure I'll ever sell it.

>>6265444
Shockwave can only be engineered so many ways...

>>6265228
BTS Sonicron, I hated it so much that I completely swore off third parties up until last year. And no, I sold it for $10 because I really wanted that piece of shit out of my house. Almost threw it in the trash where it belonged. Also, this figure is the sole reason why I always watch reviews for pretty much any toy I'm thinking about buying.

>>6265450

Gigapower are the ones behind Cloud 9. They're former Fans Toys people, and (speculation here) used the original Quakewave design as a jump off point. FT did not like that, on top of the resentment of one of their former designers leaving them.

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>>6265228
My first third party figure was that Xtransbots Wild Child, got him for $20, and he's... ok.

I first got a good one with Sigma L though, and then I had to get this guy.

>>6265228
TFC Hercules. I still like him, but it's not that impressive anymore compared to other 3P stuff. I only regret that he was so expensive to buy at the time, each robot being like 80-100 shipped. Still, I plan to strengthen up some of his joints and he makes a really nice Devs for his size/scale/class.
I would never pay 600 bucks for him nowadays, not even half that.

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>>6265228
Looking back I think TFC's Battle Rollar was probably the first standalone 3rd Party figure I ever owned. Not necessarily the sturdiest or most posable figure, but the play options were off the charts. It could interact with like three or four versions of OP that had come out in recent years. Don't have it anymore, because I sincerely doubt it would have held up well over time, but it was fun for what it was.

>>6265878
Agreed. I had bought him when he first came out a part at a time plus his rage add-on set. While not as impressive as some of the Devs we have now a days, and certainly not worth his old asking price, he's still a fine Devy for his size class. He really needs those anti-slip pads on his feet though.

Chosen Prime takes a looks at XTB Trailbreaker

>>6266488
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji6IJuaP2FM

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New GT KO coming out. I really like the new colors.

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>>6266892
And a nice looking bot mode. For ~$15 I bet he'll be good enough.

>>6265228
IIRC, my first 3P product was City Commander v1 or maybe that Kiss Player Convoy upgrade. First complete 3P figure was Knight Morpher Commander v1.

I sold all that shit a while ago.

>>6266892
>>6266895
Sauce on this?

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Sheesh, BC looks like a mess compared to XTB.

>>6267452
Which one's which? Except for the shins I like everything about the right one more.

>>6267272
Dunno, I found it on fb.

>>6266895
>~15
eugh, I'd rather pay double or even $40 for a confirmed good quality KO.

>>6267464

Theres youtube reviews up for some KO of the GT Scrapper. It's about as shit as you'd think for $15 bux.

>>6267569
I watched the videos, most the complaints are just loose joints. I'm happy to spend all of 20 minutes tightening joints if they plan to do the entire Devy. It's not like I was going to buy the GT one otherwise. IMO Scrapper looks fine, if a little short because of the simplified legs. Either way, I went ahead and ordered one on Ali just to see.

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Currently waiting for a package for something I ordered, but then I get this message in the tracking.

Should I be concerned?

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KFC Ditka is out. To bad it had to be the same week as Megs release. Maybe next month.
>>6267659
What is it?

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>>6267831
What I'm ordering?

This guy.

>>6267840

Hopefully you'll get it soon Anon.

I'm struggling with the inability to decide between MP Soundwave, Susanoo (aka Not Bludgeon), Feilong (aka: Not Doublecross), or Revo Spidey+Deadpool+Venom, or a bunch of Tamashii Effects, or some games, or...

Fuck I think I have too many potential wants for being so goddamn poor.

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>>6265228
Steelcore popped my 3P cherry. At the time I thought it was a nice step up from mainline Hastak figures and a neat aesthetic departure. It's still a fun toy, but Maketoys Striker Manus kind of hits all the same notes at a higher level.

>>6267853
Get what you REALLY want first and go from there.

>>6267840
Really want this, too, but I'm going on vacation in a week and I need to watch my funds. Hopefully its still available first week of May.

>>6268067

Steelcore and Striker Manus actually go really well together so it works for me.

>>6268067
I'd rather have Steel Core because I'm so over Optimus at this point.

>>6268092

Yeah, thats my problem, I really want most all of it. Thats why I'm just kind of stuck unable to decide. I'm sure once reviews come in for some things though, I'll be able to parse it down a lot.

>>6267569
I hope based NT does the GT set next, or the TFC Piranacons.

Combiners are 2expensive

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>>6268130

>Megatron is a huge fragile turd with flaking paint

WELP

>>6268251

Honestly, I'd settle for like, a half to 75% of the total cost official box set of either of those. I want'em, but trying to find GT Devy's parts now is a real bastard, and I really wish these companies would just box set the damn combiners to save everyone a few bux anyway.

>>6267659
>customs
I'd be a little concerned, yeah.
Usually what they do is open the package to inspect it, but I've seen examples of it taking a while so don't be surprised if you have to wait longer than you expected.
It's also entirely possible that the packaging could be damaged along the way as well, but that's the worst case scenario.

>>6268334
I'm torn on Beast Gorira. I had the toy as a kid, it was okay, this thing looks AWESOME though... but I can't tell if that's childhood bias, or it legitimately looking good. It seems to fix a lot of the stupid joint / proportion issues I had with the official iteration, but... in the same breath, maybe it looks goofy and I can't get past my rose-tinted glasses?

>>6268896
As someone who tuned out of Transformers by the time Beast Wars came around, no, it's not just nostalgia goggles you've got. That thing looks legitimately cool. I'd have put in an order for one myself, but I kinda already blew my toy funds for the month on something else.

>>6268896
Honestly, what does it matter if it's rose-tinted glasses or not? From what I've seen, it's definitely a well constructed toy, though the engineering on the transformation seems a tad fiddly at some parts. Either way, if you think it looks cool, that's really all you need.

Maybe it's also my nostalgia talking but I love the look of it. It strikes the right mix of "that looks fucking cool" and "that's so fucking stupid" that makes it that special kind of rad as hell that makes Transmetals 1 and 2 so appealing.

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>15 burgers for this
>that paint
>that sculpt
>only a few bits of missed out articulation
>official legends are quickly approaching 15 bux

It's kind of weird that we live in a world where the turds are now competitive with the real thing. Hell even the latest MPs are in the same range or higher.

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>>6265228
City commander. I actually owned every variant, both offical and KO at one point, but I sold all of them except the Nemesis one.

>>6268896
A lot of Transformers stuff straddles the line between cool and bizarre. I feel the same about a lot of late G1 based stuff.

>>6269442
15 for the Soundwave? What's it called so I can buy it right now.

>>6269450
The Hot Soldiers THS 03

>>6269482
Is this some sort of trick? Is the toy made out of Styrofoam? That price is just unbelievable.

>>6269502

Well, I don't think it has any arm swivels. It's not a bad price for a 3P thing though, thats for sure.

>>6269502
Nope, but tt probably is an altered KO upscaled of something similar, music label perhaps?

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Looks sexy

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Considering how fragile and god awful the GC one was as a transformer I think this will be my idw OP

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PE is pulling a Continuum Hexatron.

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>>6270003

>>6269979
I actually want someone to tweak the tolerances and materials of the GC one without modifying the figure too badly that it loses the lankiness. I love the style it has, I just wish it was smaller, or more durable.

>>6270003
So long as they fixed all the issues with the mold and lower the price I'd be on board. That first outing of the mold was just sad on the QC front. Nor did the $150 price tag and sudden design shift from the teaser art help.

>>6270003
>>6270005
>>6270017

I am fine with this if they actually make it a good toy instead of a really pretty action figure you can't get near without it falling to pieces.

>>6269816
Except its legends class.

>>6270003
>>6270005
This a re-release, or just giving him a weapon?

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>>6270003
>>6270005

>Leonidas as well made as Beast Gorira

>>6270051

Premium metallic paint, new head, new chest, new weapon and who knows what else.

>>6270066
Probably the same "two guys in a horse suit" looking alt mode. I bet they even jack up the price for this one.

>>6270003

I actually liked Revengence themed Lio convoy but whatever. So long as they actually fix everything this third attempt and it doesn't break the bank. Looks like they dropped the tail accessory for being a fragile piece of shit. They probably went with this to better match their Primal.

>>6270220

I really wish the tail was like 3 jointed sticks on thick ball joints instead of a gorillian tiny ball joints. I like the idea of a tail but doing it the way they did it was retarded.

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>>6270005
>>6270003

>Shiny metallic paint
>Anime buster sword for no reason
>Presumably as well built as monkey
>Honey mustard color on the lion bits changed to a sexy as fuck burnt copper

I'm fucken nutten so hard right now

>>6267840
That's nice. Hope you'll let us know how he turned out. I was kind of interested in Beast Gorira but decided to hold off until some reviews have come out after those problems with Leonidas.

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>>6270233
Well, I got in delivered yesterday afternoon, and he's great!

He's nice and hefty with the diecast feet, and he feels quite solid. I also love the detailing and paintwork used to replicate the original toy and cartoon model (his robot face), while taking certain liberties (namely the gorilla face, jet mode, and the gun's color). Veyy good use of metallic paints (especially in the green eyes and accents, and the gorilla's eyes, and other
circuitry details).

The transformation at certain points are really entertaining to use, and can be ingenious at times (the unfolding of Gorira's root arms to form gorilla arms, to name a few)

There are a few criticisms I have, though:
- His shoulder wings do kind of get in the way at times.

- His transformations are kind of finicky with all the hinges and joints. You need to align certain pieces in certain ways, or else it'll complicate transformation. This is especially evident when trying to deal with his giant backpack, which needs to tab to complete the transformation, but if other pieces get in the way, or if something's misaligned, the backpack won't sit flush on the tab.

- The forearm armor (or forearmor) is kinda of loose (especially when place further close to the hand in vehicle modes), and can sometimes pop off. Same kind of thing with the gun; it'll peg in fine, but does come a bit loose when touched.

- It's also kind of a pity he has no real waist swivel, and his waist is connected to the backpack to keep it in place. If disconnected, the waist is very loose with no ratchets.

Overall, very decent figure. It has its issues with precision transformation and loose parts, but I quite like him alot. The sculpt and quality is top notch, imo.

I'd definitely go for him if you were a big fan of Beast Wars back in the day, and have the money for him (I spent nearly $300 CAD on him plus shipping).

Also, the boxart is pretty dope.

>Sorry if camera capture is potato.

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>>6270298

>300 Goose Turds

You poor fucking leaf. Nice toy though.

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>>6270298
>I spent nearly $300 CAD on him plus shipping
>Three fucking hundred Maplebux and Beaverpence

Fucks sake man.

>>6270298
>I spent nearly $300 CAD on him plus shipping

Oh god, I can't imagine spending that much on a PE figure.

>>6270003
>>6270005

I guess this is PE's response to Neoart Toy's KO? Though I don't think it will stop people from buying NT's version as it so much cheaper and probably of the same quality.

>>6270473
I think it's just them double dipping, unless PE is going to drastically reduce the price for this release.
After all, the KO is going to be under $100. PE would have to do a lot more for people who are planning to buy the KO.

...Has there been any update on the KO anyway? Apparently it should have released back in Feb.

>>6270313
>>6270350
>>6270469
Maybe I should have left that part out of my review.

Oh well!

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>>6270492

For me it's not a critique on your enjoyment, but more of just plain fucking shock at how much Canadians have to pay for this shit.

I balk pretty hard at the $85-$120 or so I need to spend on most 3P figures.

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So which third party company do you guys think should handle the first Nautica and Chromia?

>>6270516
MMC.

>>6270516
Chromia will never have a true figure.

Nautica has a slightly better chance.

>>6270539
Why do you think that?

>>6265228
just got into them a few months ago got maketoys visualizers and i really do love them they feel good for there size and there robot mode is neat as fuck

>>6270516
Iron Factory plz

>>6270516

MMC.

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>>6269972
Looks fantas-
>light piping
FFS Why?!

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>>6265228
Bludgeon's Blood DX upgrade was my first toe in the water purchase. Liked the design but felt the plastic quality was noticibly thinner and less detailed from the base figure.

Years later bought Microblaze Creations' FoC Onslaught kit. Figure is beefy but far from perfect. Overall it was a nice price and a great upgrade for my FoC Bruticus. I guess Hasbro did set that bar painfully low to beat.

>>6265228

Fansproject Ninja Bombshell. Thought it was pretty cool.

Took a few years before I jumped back in. Eventually I got Scoria and Quakewave and was hooked from that point forward.

>>6270587
I don't think I could handle the cuteness of IF Nautica

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I don't fuckin' need it, but he would look excellent behind all my Maketoys and Fansproject stuff. He's sort of in that aesthetic. It's especially temping since I could outfit him with two gigapower flame effect parts...

fug I resisted the first one but this guy just ticks all the boxes.

>>6269442
name the other figures please

>>6268130
>I'm so over Optimus at this point
amen

>>6271227
>>6271230

I do need it, and I'mma buy it. But I need to see some reviews first.

Also need to see some reviews for DNA's Susanoo.

>>6271473
>>6271475
>>6271479
Looks better from the back than from the front.

>>6271473
>>6271475
>>6271479
>>6271481
>>6271487
>>6271492
All these pics, and nothing for their limb modes?

>>6271498
Nope. Only pic is the bruticus proto we've already seen.

>>6271473
>>6271475
>>6271479
If they repainted this dude and gave him a Blackout-styled head, I'd be all over it.

>>6271473
>>6271481

Holy mother of fat fucking kibble.

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These guys actually look decent.

>>6271712

DX9's legends are usually just okay or are kind of hit or miss to me and I love Iron Factory, so when I saw Iron Factory was doing G1-ish seekers at the same time DX9 was doing theirs I never actually considered that I might end up liking DX9's better, but I actually do. I have the full set of 6 preordered. Other than like potential problems they might have in-hand that you can't tell from pictures they look like they're going to be my favorite set of seekers ever of any size. I'm still gonna get Iron Factory's Starscream because theirs do still look very good and they're selling them as singles, and I love Starscream (I also already have the Shapeshift Inc. one lol so I'm about to have three different 3P legends Starscreams which is fucking wild lol) but I expected theirs to be the ones where I'd end up wanting the full set and instead DX9 pleasantly surprised me.

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Preorder paid in full because I'm nostalgic for the ROTF toy and this is gonna be bigger and better in every way. He would have to be tremendous amounts of ass for me to dislike him so I feel safe about the preorder.

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Where am I going to fit this?

>>6271731

I'd wait on a review first man. Looking over his preview videos, I noticed 2 areas on his transformation that, depending on quality, could either be no problem at all, or serious breakage issues that'll fuck things all up on him.

>>6271739

>his preview videos

Could you point me in the right direction of said videos?

>>6271735

Idk, how much lube do you have?

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>>6271740
surely you've seen it before
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga-uaFexQ7M

and a screencap of one of the weakspots he's probably referring to

>>6271764

Yeah, that hinge is one of them. The others are the realllllly thin looking tank tread connectors for alt mode.

I used to have a Hasbro MP Grimlock years ago and I think at some point I sold it for some rent money or some shit, and I was recently thinking about like I'd like to pick up a new big Grimlock again sometime.

But now it seems like there's a fuckton of options for MP-ish Grimlocks between different 3P ones, different KO's, etc. and I haven't really been keeping up with them.

Can someone give me a rundown of like which MP-ish Grimlocks are easy to acquire right now and generally well-regarded and like any pertinent info about them?

Also just FYI I don't really care how it specifically scales with anything so don't worry too much about that part.

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What's up with the silver KBB Megs just being completely nonexistent now?

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In light of Maketoys doing GF Starscreem in their RE:Master line, what other non-G1 characters to you want to see remade? (hard mode: only mention figures that already have a retail toy)

>RID Rail Racer
>Armada Sideways, Overload
>Energon Divebomb
>Cybertron Soundwave, Vector Prime
>Animated Wreck Gar, Arcee, Safeguard
>Beast Wars Silverbolt, Transmetal Cheetor/Ravage, Tigerhawk
>Beast Machines Jetstorm, Thrust

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>>6271875

On that note, would you support a 3P series that was dedicated to canceled prototypes/designs, making the can-never-haves obtainable?

>>6271894

Garatron is doing that with the cancelled Beast Wars Neo Unicron, which I think is pretty neat

>>6269442
15 bucks? Where?

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>>6271844
MPwise, There's Grinder left, and Reximus Prime,right. Fans toys Grinder, who is a recent release, is a modern figure, with different proportions from the official MP to be more cartoon accurate. Reximus is an upsizing of the old mold. It depends what aesthetics you like more; though Grinder has articulated hands compared to Reximus.

>>6271875
BW Transmetal Tarantulas and rampage
G2 Manta Ray, Hooligan, and really all those other Cyberjets
Beast Machines Scavenger
Robots in Disguise Rail racer
Machine wars Starscream

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How do I tell Iron Factory that they need to make the DJD complete with a tiny cutie Nickel. This needs to happen and it would go so well with their other Phase Sixers.

>>6271487
>>6271481
>>6271475
>>6271473

Holy shit these look terrible, they couldn't have engineered the arms and legs a little longer to hide the kibble?

Even the warbotron shit didn't looks this bad.

is the Black Terminus Hexatron KO floating around for 30 bucks any good?

>>6271998

He's okay for that price.

>>6271927

Power of the Primes should have been a Thirteen Tribes type of deal.

Megatronus, Onyx and Prima leader class, Solus, Alchemist, Liege Maximo and Quintus Voyagers, Micronus a Deluxe Titan Master, Nexus a combiner and Amalgamous some weird-ass hyperchangeformer - a mass of joints, hinges, panels and shit - that doesn't really look like anything.

And thirteen tribe members... including Nickel. Which would be interesting because she hates her Prime.

What's the deal with Fansproject? They have a ton of stuff in the works, but I haven't seen any official word on it in a long time (Apeface, Snapdragon, Monstructor, etc.).

>>6272055

All their junk is selling like shit. The dinoking guys took 2 years to shit out and were way too expensive, browning was two steps forward but 5 steps back, no one gives a shit about their armor for Classics prime, Takara beat them to the punch with diaclone and headmasters since they were taking their sweet ass time, and the dinobots are nothing to write home about.

We've heard nothing new from them for a good year and a half now.

>>6272073
that'll do it I guess

>>6271750
Kekked

>>6272055
We know one of the key people either went to work for make toys or maybe even founded it. Just compare their menasor to the MT combiners. Its a shame the pioneer of 3rd party's had to end up the way they did.

>>6272055
Takara Legends Headmasters are better than the Fansproject Headmasters.

I'm not even joking. I'm so fucking glad I didn't dump $70 for that shitty looking Function-X Chromedome.

>>6272055
They have had a steady decline in quality with each release. So I don't think people are even bothering with FP anymore.

FP used to reigned supreme when it came to crazy engineering, so I never had a problem with their relatively high prices as long I was getting toys that reflected that price.

Now their releases are just expensive without the mind blowing engineering. They aren't terrible, but they should be like half the price they are charging.

>>6271915

Thanks, Grinder looks pretty great and reviews seem good, and I saw that they're doing a blinged out silver one which looks awesome, so I put down a preorder for that version. I always kind of wanted that silver version of regular MP Grimlock back in the day but I wasn't really a fan of the comic colors other than just the silver, so a silver version that is still overall regular Grimlock colors is right up my alley.

I've actually never bought anything from FT before because I don't really collect MP-ish stuff much anymore, I mostly collect Legends scale ever since IF and stuff blew up, but lately I've started picking up more MP scale stuff of just a few of my favorite designs/characters. Like I have a huge order about to ship to me with the new MP Megatron, PE Optimal Optimus, and FH Scourge all of which I'm very excited about. And I think Grinder will go well with them on just a shelf of like assorted favorite characters.

>>6272153
I got FP's Chromedome on sale for like 40 bucks, and honestly, he's worth maybe 35

>>6271875
I'd love Animated Combiners, we have the designs, I'd love to see them pulled off.

Chromedome is the only FP headmaster I have and I think I got it for retail price right when it came out, and like while it's not a better representation of Chromedome than the newer Deluxe, which for most people's purposes probably makes it not worth it, there is something that I really like about it that has made me hold onto it. It's just a really fun transformation and there's something satisfying about the engineering and construction of it that I like to fiddle with it a lot, so for me I'm not really complaining I feel like I got my money's worth on that particular figure. But still it has been like years since I bought anything FP and I agree with the general sentiments people have been saying about them.

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>>6272237
This. I fucking g love CODE. He's still on e of my top 5 third party figures. His transformation is so clever and neat and he has like zero kibble in robot mode. He just turns into a tidy robot figure. I also love his little cockpit and movable steering column.

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>>6272181

He's spectacular.

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Does anyone actually have this brick of a thing?

>>6271731
I really hope they repaint this as Banzaitron. Always liked his color scheme more.

>>6272520
If you want a transforming optimus figure able to pull any sort of kung fu pose.

>>6272520
This is one of the most pointless third party figures I've ever seen.

>"you know what we should make? an uglier, slightly bigger version of MP-10 because somehow there aren't enough optimus prime toys on the market"
>"brilliant!"

>>6272536

I actually like the blocky aesthetic better than MP 10. Extra poseability is a bonus.

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>>6272537

Ugly is subjective my dude.

>>6272543

I don't like the chest grill, the blue tinted chest windows, or the weird design behind the chest windows. It just looks weird to me for some reason. Also the transformation for this thing is waaaaaay more complex than an Optimus transformation ever needs to be. Like they went out of their way to make it as shitty as they could, for no real gain.

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I can't fucking wait.

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>>6272549
>that head sculpt

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>>6272550

Looks pretty on point to me.

>>6272548
>Also the transformation for this thing is waaaaaay more complex than an Optimus transformation ever needs to be

I feel like that's a growing trend across 3rd-party figures lately. It almost seems like they feel the need to justify the price of the figures by having 50 extra sliding and folding panels.

Is TFsource generally considered the go-to for most third party stuff these days?

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>>6272552

It's sorta justified for certain designs.

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Was Sixshit this big in the cartoon? Why does everyone make his toys so massive?

>>6272552

I don't feel like it's a growing trend. I mean, shit. 3P's made a Megatron that transforms simply, and looks great in both modes.

>>6272553

I honestly have never heard anyone say a single good thing about them. Always that they're sluggish as fuck and do shit like say things are in stock when they really aren't.

>>6272557

Sixshot's pretty huge.

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

>>6272561
now compare it to the japanese cartoons!
https://youtu.be/r1nnnzwtrRU?t=683
still the same size difference so it still works. guess it was the original toy that was inaccurate.

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>>6272551
The DX9 one is even worse.

It's incredible how bad 3Ps are at heads/faces.

>>6272561
Going from a pistol in Cyclonus' hands to being 1.5x as tall as him. Mass shifting at its greatest.

>>6266895

Fifteen bucks??? Are they made by slaves??

Also: ANOTHER Constructicon team?

>>6272663
>Mass shifting at its greatest.

Nahh, that's Broadside.

I maintain B-side is an outlier: Most size-shifters have a smaller vehicle mode than their robot mode, but he has a big robot mode and a fucking ginormous vehicle mode.

>>6272539
then get it, if you like the blockiness, it's the most posable prime you'll get without going to a non transforming option.

>>6272667
They're ko's of Generation Toys, so they're not really new.

>>6272793
yeah, just knock offs of generation toy devastator bots.

>>6271875

Armada Demolisher and Megatron.

Does GT ever reissue stuff? Been thinking about the GT Devy, but it's getting hard to find the various parts already, and I'm like, 2-3 months away from having the money for it.

>>6271875
>Any iteration of BW Megatron
>Armada Perceptor Mini-Con Team
>Armada Jetfire
>Cybertron Evac
>'07 Blackout
>'07 Wreckage
>ROTF Jetfire
>WFC/FoC Megatron
>Prime Ratchet
>Prime Airachnid
>Prime Knock Out

>>6271894
Oh fuck yes dude. I'd totally buy a line based on the unreleased Animated prototypes and designs.

>>6262877
Reminds me of the WFC Megs and Tankor

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So word of mouth seems pretty good so far. Anyone here picking him up?

>>6273586

Nope. FT all the way.

>>6273586
nipples

>>6273603
The gap between the shoulder and shoulder pads on FT bugs me not to mention he's probably another year off if we're lucky.

any news bout iron factory's not shockwave?

>>6273941
We probably wont hear anything from them until TFCon.

>>6274028

When is that?

>>6274033
It's July 14th to 16th.

>>6272239
I just wish he had ankle tilts. It's the only thing keeping me from picking him up.

>>6272055
I think something happened that made a bunch of things delayed and now that they're finally released they look dated as hell. Their designs seemed to take a big hit in general starting with the headmaster stuff.

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>>6271809
The tank tread parts look like they're pinned through, though. Those sections have little gold bits on the outside divots.

>>6273941

They've started showing painted pics of the Seekers so those are presumably the next to come out. I assume that Shockwave is coming out to coincide with the Combaticons so Bruticus can hold him in gun mode. And after the Seekers it seems like the next thing to start coming out is either the Combaticons or Dai Atlas probably.

>>6274513

Oh, I thought that was just gold paint on the tread bolts or something. I guess it won't be an issue there, then.

Still hope someone gets this thing for review soon.

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I won't have a chance to take better pictures until tomorrow, but look at this fat little bat.

>>6262877

You know I was honestly pretty excited for that Spark Toys Megatron even though I had a pretty iffy experience with their Optimus, but now that it's coming out right after MP-36 I'm kind of just like...I just spent a million dollars on a big fancy Megatron, I don't really feel like I need to drop the cash for another one, like I think I've got my Megatron fix for a while.

Toyworld V2 constructor is out in China and chosen prime is expecting him soon as well. Can't wait to see reviews.

>>6274819
Is v2 a re-release or does it have upgrades?

>>6274866
It comes with upgrades and fixes, still looks like shit though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay8goKdv-mM

Unf, me want.

With Perfect Effect's not!Optimal Optimus, what are the chances for a not!TM2 Megatron?

>>6275109
Unlikely.

>>6271764
>interlaced
UGH

>>6271764
I've lost interest now that I see it's the exact same transformaion

>>6275526

Exact same transformation as what?

>>6275526

>It's the same transformation as an already really good toy except now it's bigger, more articulated, better painted, and generally superior in every way

Is this not the point of Masterpiece alikes?

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*Henkai's behind u*

A fatur mishtake.

*Srices u up*

Noteringu personaru.

How's TFCs Poseidon? I'm tempted to pick him up and flog my Gravity Builder.

Can someone post images of the Toyworld Devastataor 2.0?

>>6275708

Considering it came out in China today, probably not.

>>6275679

Best 3P combiner in my opinion, every other time I've bought a 3P combiner team set (which is I think 3 times prior to Poseidon) I ended up selling them off not too long afterward, but I got on board the Poseidon train from the beginning and I'm definitely holding on to them. One of the coolest things I own.

>>6275575

Does someone here have this guy? Or is this some instagram shit from the makers? Because I want to know how this thing is.

>>6275848

No one has it yet, but it seems like it should be out soon

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>>6275679

One of the strongest, well built, and stable combiners in the running and certainly the most playable considering all the potential configuration options. They're overpriced for each individual bot though but each one is decent enough as a stand alone. Deathclaw is probably worth buying outright as a stand alone robot/alt mode on top of being the best limb and the best gun. Ironshell is one of the best executed torso bots I've messed with with a strong robot mode, merely passing alt mode, and fattening up to be come a brick of a torso.

My biggest issues are the lack of paint on the faces, the very specific positions you need the robot legs in to transform the limb bots correctly to their limb modes, and that without extra parts or two hands supporting he can't really hold a team member in gun mode. I've taken to making gun hands out of the limbs instead until thousand kills gets here and I can use two arms to support the weight of deathclaw in gun mode.

>>6275897
goddamn do I ever love Poseidon. I'm still too afraid to do the gestalt mode neck replacement though. With all the cutting and drilling it requires, you really only get one shot and I'm so afraid of fucking it up.

>>6275897
>want
>but $600

Feels bad man.

>>6275915
>>6275930
I'm still hoping for that teased God Neptune from the comic. Hopefully it will have all fixes and inevitably lowered like all other gestalt gift sets. That and be in a sexy color scheme.

Goddamn when is TFCon?

>>6275936
If they do make God Neptune colors, I wonder how they'll handle Scyllia. Will they just straight up repaint Thousand-kills and maybe remold the head? Or will she get an extensive retool that actually gives her a more feminine physique on robot mode? Obviously they can't do too drastic of changes to the torso because it still has to have the extending slider for the elbow joint but they could still maybe retool the chest to give her robot titties.

>>6275936

I'd settle for a GT Devy box set (that isn't that fucking translucent plastic abomination that will fall apart in minutes I'm sure), and a regular TFC Piranacon box set.

Seriously, just give me box sets, companies. I'll pay your $450, $500, whatever. Just put them all in one fucking box and give me like $10 off per figure or something. I hate having to hunt down entire sets months after the fact because saving for this shit takes time and at least with a box set I know I can get it all in one go and not have to worry about being forever stuck missing a limb.

>>6275897

So if I could get the current 5 bots for $350 I should go for it?

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>>6275978
>No 3p Devy has been done in Diaclone colors

I'd buy a Diaclone Gravity Builder in a heartbeat.

>>6275952
I think they could get away with just retooling the chest and waist in a way to be as wide as the current mold. I don't think too many people would be bothered by a THICC squid as long as it doesn't look like a Torchbearer.

>>6276032
>I'd buy a Diaclone Gravity Builder in a heartbeat.

Good for you, but I meant just the regular ones, in a box set. Though that would be a good idea for a con or something. But far more likely would be G2 colors, since those both remind people of actual construction vehicles better, and it's one of the few G2 color schemes people actually like.

>>6276032
GT in Diaclone colours would be awesome. I'd rather have the yellow G2 version but either would be great.

>>6276011
Yup.

>>6275897
>hey're overpriced for each individual bot though but each one is decent enough as a stand alone.

I agree, I used the ebay flash coupons on each release so it wasn't that bad. With the chinese seller discount with the $15 off coupon they become well worth the $75.

>>6276093

Alright, I'm sold. If he's shite you guys owe me 280 brexit bucks.

>>6269445
What are those figs on the side?

>>6269442
Shit wrong post.

What are those figs on the side?

>>6276183

Probably the Diaclone stuff thats been coming out recently.

>>6276570
>>6276576

I feel so bad for the early adopters of constructor who have to buy all the g1 bits separately.

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He looks good senpai.

>>6276576
Is the gestalt crotch a separate piece?

>>6276627

The crotch, lower waist, and thighs are all a separate partsforming piece. So are the arms and head.

>>6275575
BYE BYE SAMURAI

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Who fucken hype here? This is the kinda off the cuff unusual 3P stuff I like to see instead of everything trying to be the most bland 80's cartoon character.

>>6276729

Still waiting for a review of this thing.

>>6276616

This thing looks good.

>>6276616
>looks
Yeah, but he has limited articulation, 45 degree knees, the wrist swivels get blocked by their kibble and his ankles barely move.

>>6276736

His ankles don't even need to move. He stands on essentially two long blockly lines so it's not like he's hurting for stability.

>>6275897

I'm holding out for a God Neptune box set for a reduced price and fixed QC.

>>6276740
Not a valid excuse on that scale.

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>>6276746

There's not much of a cohesive foot you can make out of alt mode shell and dragon limbs. He's like a dinobot in that he just rests of hunks of kibble. It's functional and accurate to the toy.

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>>6276736

You can move the panels to get a super deep knee bend. The dragon head swivels only get blocked if you retract them to pop the cannons out, and even then you can still put them in a few different positions with the cannons out. Dunno about the ankles though.

And which one of you wankers did this?

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>>6276762

I have typed several long ironic shitposts about being a superior adult collector of high end 3P/MP products so I would have thought I would have a better ability to discern shitposts from legitimate stupidity.

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Can anyone tell me what Tryticon and Megs those are?

>>6276946

That's Master Made's Diabolus Rex, he comes with the miny Megs.

>>6276946
I think that's TFC's HerQles or somethin like that

>>6276946
Oops, disregard >>6277051 I didn't realize you were only asking about those two.

>>6276570
>>6276576
I'm still waiting on a price and a g2 colour set for these guys.

>>6277273
The G1 set is $469. Also a guy in contact with them from TFW says they don't have any further re-release plans for the G2 recolor.

Does GT have a facebook or anything? I can never find shit like this because I am technologically retarded.

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TW stunticons incoming.

>>6278334
Does not!MotorMaster come with a crazed explosives expert?

>>6278342
Does too? They can all be crazed explosives experts if you believe.

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really tempting to buy this as a cheaper alternative to mp soundwave.

>>6278345

It looks like it can't look down...which seems pretty fucking ill-advised for a toy that's like quadruple the height of anything you'd display it with

>>6278420

What are those just regular KOs? Upscaled? Downscaled?

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>>6278421
I think he can just now much.

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Someone is fixing MP Cheetor's only flaw, Takara should just swallow their pride and pay these people to clean up the last 1% of their designs before release.

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>>6278448

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Teams!

>>6278449
>>6278448
im confused about what exactly its fixing, i see in the first picture it looks more like a leg but did it fitx anything when its in robot mode?

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>>6278487
And tiny alt modes and tinier pilots.

>>6278487
>>6278507
These are fucking adorable. Who makes them? I need them to stand next to my TR figs.

>>6278487
No Highbrow as usual.

>>6278448
>only

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>>6278508
Unique Toys. I've found they're cheaper on ebay than anywhere else. They have their problems, but overall I really enjoy them.

>>6278514
Not yet, at least. Unfortunately there's not another standard decepticon headmaster to pair him with so who knows how that might go. Although I'd be in for a set with Highbrow, Apeface, and Snapdragon just to round out the set.

>>6278518
Nobody gives a shit about Highbrow, never has.

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>>6278504
The robot feet become the lower cheetah legs, which removes the dangling block in beast mode. The accomplishment is that the robot leg is *mostly* visually unaffected by the new transformation (the feet are a tiny bit uglier and lose toe articulation).

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>psst, hey kid wanna have a good time

>>6278345

Something about this head reminds me of a kid with down syndrome.

>>6278448
>Takara should just swallow their pride
>swallowing pride
>japanese company

Literally will never happen. Entire game companies literally collapse because they refuse to admit they can be wrong.

>>6278338
The torso + thighs just look so bad. It looks like a bad custom which can't transform.

>>6278421
>>6278645
>He can't look down but he can have downs

>>6278426
Original Sized replica I think. Manufactorer is Kubianbao. They make masterpiece knockoffs.
No idea about the quality though. Was hoping someone had experience with them.

>>6278895

I got their Voyager size MP-10 just cause I was curious and it was pretty cheap. The quality is pretty good. Nowhere near as bad as you normally expect from a KO but also like not 100% as good as you expect from a real figure. Mostly just the yellow paint is really shitty, the gun is shitty, he kind of can't hold the gun for shit, and then one of the connectors on the little thing that covers the matrix broke really easily but that's like not a break that ruins the figure or anything. Those are pretty much the only problems. Joints are actually really nice and tight and solid and everything. Idk if I'd buy it again but that's mostly just because I like don't really have any place for it in my collection and it was just an impulse thing.

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>>6278420

Don't, it has a shit ton of simplified detailing. At least wait for reviews of the Robot Hero version, that one might be better.

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>>6278957

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>>6278960

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>>6278962

>>6278957
>>6278960
>>6278962
>>6278963
They look good but everything I have heard about these is that the ratchet joints are too wide, the plastic quality sucks, and they feel chintsy to the touch.

>>6278448
>>6278449
>>6278584
It's sacrificing an ankle rocker. That's a fuck up.

>>6275897
>buying this set one piece at a time
>one per month
>get Iron Shell and Deathclaw
>Get fired by a new boss for no reason

Feels bad man. It's been 2 months now and no sign of any full time jobs coming my way despite 50+ applications. I hope when I do get working again I'll be able to fund this guy again. He was my fav childhood combiner.

>>6279443

I hope everything works out for you anon.

>WeiJiang MPP36 already taking preorders

>>6279523
>KING OF THE HILL TIME, MOTHERFUCKERS

>>6279620
>>6279624

I can't wait to get mine next week. RIP Gravity Builder, you were great.

>>6279807
>>6279807
>>6279807

New thread time