Third Party Transformers General: Gundam Edition

>>6331903
It's somehiw boxy, sleek, and spike all at once and it doesn't have seem to have much parallel-lines-are-the-best-greebling. I love it.

>>6331903
>why the fuck is MMC not using this designer more
Casey is cheap

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Wei Jiang late to the megs game. It's supposed to be a mash up of Takara and DX9. It have the silencer on the barrel and stock of the gun mode integrated into the transformation somehow, while remaining clean as fuck.

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>>6331908

Correction:

>It MIGHT* have the silencer on the barrel and stock of the gun mode integrated into the transformation somehow

Also its toon style but with toy elements like the old MPs.

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No stumpy super diaper, no horrific panel breakups on the top and back, extremely clean, but the legs aren't the best.

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The silencer on the barrel looks like its integrated and sits on the back in robot mode here: >>6331912

The stock looks like it sucks into the legs in robot mode to beef them up, while the space created when they are transformed into the stock makes the gun mode grip look well proportioned.

The trigger looks like it becomes the crotch and hides in the diaper.

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Zeta Brawl renders vs Unique Toys Brawl.

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Planet X playing who's that Megatron?

>>6331903
I've wanted a Wing for so fucking long.

>>6331908
Is this mp10 sized or mp 10 sized?

>>6331919
I'm torn, they both look pretty cool.

>>6331925
PX: making all my dreams come true.

>>6331903
>The question remains: why the fuck is MMC not using this designer more?

>>6331907
>Casey is cheap

Casey doesn't cost more or less than the other guys. He just works super fast and is constantly churning out things that will require minimal work on the engineering side. The other guys are 3D modelers first and foremost, so they work slower and don't always make things easy for molding or engineering.

MMC is going to start turning out less Cassy projects however. They're just done with his lackluster designs in general.

>>6331927
You and me both.
At least the wait looks worth it.

>>6331919
>>6331920
UT's legs are waaay better

he looks less clunky overall

>>6331997
I think the chunkier aestetic of Zeta's designs works for Brawl especially but UTs looks much more posable to me. The backpack on Zeta Brawl looks like it's get in the way a lot.

>>6331903
This doesn't transform, right?

>>6332014
Oh, but it does.

>>6332017
pics or it didn't happen

>>6331925
Is that a FoC Megatron? It always bugged me we got an Optimus figure (even if it was a tiny, cheap deluxe which made the original look big by comparison) but no Megatron for the second game.

>>6331911
>>6331917
>>6331908
>>6331912
The silencer has already been confirmed to be a first issue release accessory that turns into laserbeak.

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>>6331903

I could be wrong but I get the sense that this is from an up-and-coming designer, not a rarely used MMC veteran. This is purely speculation, but it looks like it's designed by the same person who fixed Tarn's fuckups before the molds were cast. Hopefully MMC is on the upswing because I was getting tired of looking at Sark's ugly shit.

>>6332187

The person who fixed Tarn was just Griffith who's been around for a long time.

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>>6332187
>>6332235

Tarn wasn't 'fixed.' Casey just made a bunch of renders out of a base figure scheme and was shopping it around. Everyone was expecting a Tarn from MMC and when someone leaked this everyone freaked that this was MMC's. Someone else was working on the Tarn we got in the background regardless.

The design ended up being used for Hotrod and Getaway with molding detail to make each character look the part. Well somewhat. Just look at the similarities in the arm joints. The chest track/wheels and the thighs are pretty much exactly the same. The scheme for the feet and backpack are very similar.

Has a 3P company decided to take a crack at an AOE Optimus Prime?

That Lockdown looks very promising since it seems most of the car bits tuck in to make sense of his transformation.

Would something similar be possible with our Once and Future Prime?

>>6332019
We've only seen two early production pics, and that includes the one above. We're still waiting on pics of the alt, be patient.

>>6332187
>but it looks like it's designed by the same person who fixed Tarn's fuckups before the molds were cast
>>6332235
>The person who fixed Tarn was just Griffith
>>6332255
>Someone else was working on the Tarn we got in the background regardless.
The person who designed the Tarn (and the rest of the DJD) that MMC actually put out is this guy: http://byrin.deviantart.com/gallery/
Oddly enough he's also the one who did those early renders of Wing and Drift that were scrapped and I kept seeing people attribute those to Sark which is strange. Does Sark send this guy images and he works on making them 3D renders or is this that's guy's own style?

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Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck

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>>6332509

Sweet fucking jesus.

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>>6332509
Well shit that looks great, take my fucking money MMC, I don't even care what it costs.

>>6332509
im really impressed with how clean it is

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>>6332509
Mmmmmmmm

>>6331903
>>6332509
FUcking... MMC needs to stop. I don't have any knowledge or connection to any of these characters but I keep buying the figures.

Somewhat related, does anybody else think MakeToys Cross Dimension line is a bit of a direct response to what MMC has been doing with Reformated?

>>6332559
Im never going to unsee that now you bastard.

>>6332509
Ehh... I don't know, this design doesn't do anything for me. I'd too used to him being a car. This just looks like... I don't know WHAT it looks like.

>>6332569
>I'm too used to him being a car.
>a car
>Drift's mentor WING
>who is a cybertronian jet
>a jet

Dude.

>>6331911
>>6331908
I'm liking this already, but the eyes seem a little squinty?

Something seems slightly off about the face.

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>>6332569
They're making a car version for Drift, this is Wing. Fuck I want a Blurr retool while they're at it.

>>6332579
Huh. I love that you can see an actual seat in his cockpit there.

>>6332569
Psst.

It's not Drift.

>>6332563
Not really. Reformatted makes more of an attempt to redesign characters into a more modern IDW aesthetic. Sometimes it's accurate to their on-page depiction, sometimes it's totally different, but they at least try to remain within the boundaries of the IDW aesthetic.

Cross Dimension is something entirely different with how they're redesigning them. They just want to do entirely their own thing there.

>>6332563

Not really. Reformatted is basically comic stuff or comic inspired stuff with a green leather spin. Sure they still might be unique but they have a target to stick to. Cross Dimension is MT doing their own thing and having fun making stylized figures and has been a bigger success than they thought.

>>6331919
UT's looks better, Zeta's has too much leg kibble.

Anyone know what car models the Transformission Stunticons are based on? I only know that Breakdown is a Lamborghini Sesto Elemento and Wildrider is a Ferrari 599 (GTO?)

>>6331925
>>6331926
>Shockwave and Soundwave might be soon after

My dick can only get so erect!

>>6330806
What I've always wanted is an Optimus figure that revisited the design of the original toy with a bit more fidelity. I like the spindly chrome thighs and how it contrasts with the big shins and feet and I also love the original head sculpt.

Another go at that aesthetic with more articulation and hands that didn't detach would be cool as fuck to me. A lot of the MP figures are faithful enough to the original toys for this to be redundant, but I'd enjoy it for Optimus. Maybe I'm alone, but I love the look of the original toy.

>>6332995
Dragstrip is a Tyrrell racecar from the 70's or 80's I believe. And the last bot is a Porsche 918

>>6332579

I usually hate that MMC loves to recycle their molds because often lately it leads to them doing things like making 3 characters out of a mold that isn't made to look specifically like any of them and is just sort of made to be a generic buck that approximates a certain TYPE of character for them to build different parts onto when it's like...characters that I think they could do a really great job of making an accurate version of.

But in the case of Wing (who looks fucking incredible) Drift and Blurr I think they will actually pull off making 3 pretty accurate figures that share the basic engineering, so I'm excited, and like I feel confident that Blurr will happen even though he's not announced just cause of their tendencies that I normally would complain about lol

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>>6331925
>>6331926

HOLY SHIT!

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He's fookin great lads. I think his hands are a bit underengineered for how big they are, but otherwise I'm without complaints. He's gorgeous, covered in beautiful glossy paint, big, and commands a ton of respect. His beast mode is actually not garbage too, though his alt modes are rather predictably shit due to source material.

>>6333682
Does he have a swappable face?

>>6333699

Nope.

>>6333701
Into the trash then.

Does anyone own the KO, Oversized MP08 Grimlock?

I want to bite the bullet next few months or so and get him along with a Takara MP10 Optimus Prime.

Any gripes with him?

>>6333682
God he looks so fucking good. I don't even dig Optimal that much (I prefer Primal's first form) but this is the best.

>>6333710

I am a youngfag at 20 whose never seen BW or read the comics. I know nothing about the character yet the design, finish, and aestetic of the guy won me over. He's that good. Easily contender for figure of the year in my book pending other awesome toys.

>>6332509
Both modes look so clean, looking something non-transformable.

>>6333764
It makes me sad seeing how amazing MMC can be when they actually want to, and yet we got shit like their Cyclonus and that abomination that was "Whirl".

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>>6333795

>The same company that made fucking carnifex shit out the Jaeger mold

So is Susanoo a bust?

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>>6333798
Yep.

>>6333736
See, that's the problem.

I'm 24 and grew up with the show airing on Channel 44 here in California back when it was UPN instead of CW.

My problem is that with how it costs literally the same as a Masterpiece, it doesn't come with at least some swappable faces with other expressions. It also seems alright for the price until there is a lack of more detail.

I can live with Optimus Primes expressionless face, but not Primals.

>>6333824
>Channel 44

I may be a decade older, but I still grew up (and live) in the Bay Area. I have no real feelings one way or another towards Beast Wars, but I can think the figure looks big and cool.

>>6333690
>BLACKED.jpg

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>>6332579
>>6333511

They're not making Blurr ouf of this. idk what the guy on tfw does for MMC aside from shill and photoshop, but he's saying if they do a Blurr it would be based on the Windblade book design.

>>6332509
Neat.

>>6332559

OH FUCK YOU, I WANT IT NOW.

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>>6332559
>>6332564
>>6334093
What if this was intentional and Drift is a retool of this mold?

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>>6334114
Those clever, clever bastards.

>>6334122
>>6334114

Given a few people in the thread thought it WAS Drift, I wouldn't be surprised if they retool this into him.

>>6334124
Pretty sure MMC already confirmed Wing was going to be retooled into Drift?

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>>6334130
if they make drift into a mach 5/6, I would be SO happy.

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>>6334203
however, they need to make deadlock into this car for that.

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(this is the mach 6 that would work for a transformer fyi.)

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any of these would be sweet cybertronian cars though.

Oh shit TCP is charging for noir, saying he's in Monday.

>>6334083

The dude from MMC who posts the most often on TFW is their color/paint job designer, so yeah there's a good chance he'd know.

>>6333800

Reviewers are all being super positive about it? So I'd guess that it's at least passable. But I'm waiting to see if somebody hooks Bobby Skullface up with one or something cause I don't trust any of the other people to actually point out problems and there's a few things that look worrying to me in their videos.

>>6334661
>is their color/paint job designer

Did he get slapped in the face for the Not-Rod hotdog thighs?

>>6334697

They've changed the thigh colour already.

>>6333824
>I can live with Optimus Primes expressionless face, but not Primals.

I'd agree, but Optimal Optimus was more stoic as the episodes had taken a more serious approach by then. If he wasn't looking stoic and somewhat somber, he was maybe yelling orders or gritting his teeth. So the lack of expressions doesn't bother me much. Besides, Beast Gorira's head is just SO damn good. IT has this perfect, heroic look that both feels properly "Optimus", while also unique so it doesn't feel like a Prime head, but Primal.

>>6334928

The only head accessory I think was a must was a Megatron head from Beast Wars. For its price I expected some more shit, but given how well its painted I think the budget went there.

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>>6334083

For once I'm pissed that MMC doesn't want to take the easy way out, it would be such a straightforward remold and I vastly prefer Spotlight Blurr's bulkier design to this curvaceous twink.

Any reviews up for the new PE Leonidas?

>>6334932
>For its price I expected some more shit, but given how well its painted I think the budget went there.

That, and I think even given how pricy 3P figures can be,a lot of fans forget how expensive high end toys really are. I got BG the day after SoCDaizyujin/MMPR Megazord arrived, and that cost about $100 more, with much less articulation(albeit it had a combining gimmick), and a more limited range of play value. Its in the same price range as Macross figures and stil cheaper than Hot toys figures which I have also bought recently. All things considered, BG is a fantastic value.

>>6336156
>a lot of fans forget how expensive high end toys really are

I think a problem with that is a lot of other high end toys are basically statues or made of shit materials that you CAN'T play with. A lot of the SOC stuff for example, is diecast. Which as we all know, is a terrible thing to make a toy with. You can't PLAY with it, because the diecast will destroy itself (and any plastic it's against). So it's pretty much a statue at that point, you pose it maybe once, and then stick it on a shelf.

The 3P stuff though, a lot of people expect to play with.

>>6336199
True, though ultimately I still think Gorira is a fantastic value for what he is. His engineering is damn near on par with Sentinel, who charge way more for their products, and feel more fragile. Perfect Effect has a wavering reputation, for high quality engineering but poor QC, but this one definitely takes after the former. It makes me want to buy more of their figures ASAP.

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>>6332559
>>6334114

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>>6331903
>Love Maketoys Pandinus but dislke the gaudy colors
>Love Devil stinger's colors, but it removes my absolute favorite part of Pandinus, the stylized Decepticon stinger

I don't know which one to get. I really wanted Devil Stinger to be my ultimate Decepticon leader for my collection, but the lack of Decepticon tail really hurts the design, imo.

Alright, familia.

Time to hear your verdict.

MP Shockwave or 3P MP-sized Shockwave?

>>6336415

3P. I'll take Quakeblast's known fragile gunhand part over the MP's overinflated price and flagrantly wrong color.

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>>6336254
Devil Stinger can do this

>>6336462
>Optimus injects himself with Energon
>"MEEEEEEGATRON!"
>"PRIIIIIIME!"

>>6336462
Pretty sure both can, it's just turning his chest into city mode and sliding Rioter in, no?

>>6336415

Quakewave. Always Quakewave.

>>6336509
Quakeblast has sent that thing into irrelevancy.

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My body is ready.

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>>6336526

But what about your wallet?

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>>6336528
>the shogun of sorrow dies tonight

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>>6336555

>>6336415
On this note (quakewave/blast), what's a good way to keep up with when ebay does their 15-off-75 or whatever flash sale? I keep meaning to pick him and some other expensive 3p things up but I always miss them.

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Did these things ever come out? Post shit that never got made.

>>6336658
Those Decepticon clones? Naw, never saw the light of day. I remember seeing them in person at TFCon, but after B&A's Sixgun and actionmaster Devastator thing, they sort of just disappeared. I was really hoping for those to come out and do well enough to give us the Autobot clones as well.

>>6336528
I... totally forgot about that part...

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Just got this guy and CyberJaw today. Why did no one tell me how ridiculously smug BigBite was? Holy shit. I kind of want a second of just him.

Also, why do these figures all have such cool feet transformations? They all just seem really creative so far. Haven't tried out Mentarazor yet.

who /g1/ purist here?

>>6336790
>who literal cancer here?
ftfy

>>6331912
>extremely clean
You've gotta be blind

>>6336812

Not that guy, but go look at what the new MP Megs looks like from the back. It's pretty shitty.

Best overall MP-esque Megs is still Despotron.

>>6336814
That's unrelated to what I said.
That megs is not extremely clean

Just because some other megs is less clean than this, it doesn't make this clean.

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The time to ape out draws nigh.

>>6337323

I feel like he's a touch too G1. FT or MT would have modernized and cleaned it up a bit. Other than that subjective gribe there's always the obligitory

>KFC

to watch out for.

>>6337323
>>6337329
Honestly, it being from KFC was enough to stop me. That and the animal modes on both of these just looks like shit. Snapdragons tiny ass arms look absolutely pathetic, they seem like they were just an afterthought.

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>>6337323
He's going have a working tech spec gimmick. IF they can pull this off it'll be a game changer compared to MT and FT.

>>6337807
...You mean it'll have dials that rotate based on form, or something?

Seems kind of like a.. really.. terrible gimmick by an already terrible company, unless it does much more than that.

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Hnnnng there's nothing I want more than MP designs at Classics scale and the company behind MP-10v are bringing it. A voyager sized Inferno and deluxe carbots would be unreal.

Wish Takara would run an official Classics scale MP series parallel to the larger one.

>>6338039
>MP-10v
Is it good? I'm always fearful about build quality when it comes to shit like that.

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>>6338043
Yeah I'd never buy a KO again without waiting for in-hand feedback, got burned by that downsized Optimal Optimus KO recently. I've heard MP-10v is pretty good though.

Inferno and Soundwave alone would be amazing.

>>6338043

I own an MP10v, it had one issue. The inside of the diecast chest windows was a bit malformed, and it gouged into the chrome truck bumper as a result. I'm the only person who I've seen comment on this, so I assume I just had a bit of shit QC. Otherwise, he's been solid all around.

Personally I dislike that they added diecast parts, but given I didn't own MP10 and he was like, $55-ish bux, I figured I had little to lose comparatively VS buying a $150 figure.

>>6338058

Oh, and I sanded down the gouging piece once I realized-Albeit too late-it would gouge into the truck bumper. It's now fine.

>>6336462
That's some Daigunder shit right there

>>6336789
>Why did no one tell me how ridiculously smug BigBite was? Holy shit. I kind of want a second of just him.
Welcome to 9 months ago mate.

>>6338039
Oh man, I am totally on board. Need to make some shelf space for it.

>>6338039
I love this and I hope it turns out well

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>>6336233
>though ultimately I still think Gorira is a fantastic value for what he is

Picked him up at a con this weekend and I'll second this to the max.

The quality and value you get out of this is astounding. I haven't been this impressed since Carnifex.

Its just too perfect.

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>takara once again btfos third parties

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>>6338720
>Once again btfo
>once again
>implying it's happened once before

>>6338739
>Unite Warriors everything
>MP Soundwave/Laserbeak
>MP Shockwave
>MP Ironhide/Ratchet
>MP Megatron

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>>6338747
>Unite Warriors
If you like retool abuse, shitty plastic and needing 3P upgrades to not suck I suppose.
>MP Shockwave
Enjoy your 60 degree knee bends.
>MP Megatron
AhahahaahahAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHA

>>6338747
The Ironhide Ratchet is a no bub, no one has done them well

>>6338747
You didn't even try.

>>6338039
>Paying the same price of Takara Voyager sized cars for smaller versions of them
Literally wat?

>>6338769
There be no logic in the land of scalefaggia.

>>6338764
>If you like retool abuse, shitty plastic and needing 3P upgrades to not suck I suppose.

And characters who actually look like what they're based on
And combiners that can actually pose without falling over
And with transformations I can actually do without turning it into an hour long chore

>Enjoy your 60 degree knee bends.
I'd rather have 60 degree knee bends than entire legs that don't even look like the character.

>AhahahaahahAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHA
Ahahaha what? The other MP Megatrons are trash. Apollyon needed an entire thread just dedicated to fixing it and Maketoys is too fat and has an ugly head sculpt.

>>6338765
Takara's looks fine if you're not autistic about hip flaps.

>>6338767
sure I did

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>>6338747
not him and I'm not saying it has never happened but
>Unite Warriors everything
lol no. UW is just CW with better paint and QC but it doesn't magically make that line good for anything besides something to fiddle with and then give to a kid. CW/UW was a fun line but it was no more satisfying than a bag of potato chips compared to a steak dinner.
>MP Soundwave
this is 100% correct
>MP Shockwave
it depends on if you want a good solid figure or G1 toon accuracy. For the former, 3rd party is probably gonna scratch that itch better. For the latter, MP Shockwave nails it but he's meh at best. He looks good but overall looks kind of bland because of the lack of paint and the fact that Takara actually went with fucking stickers for the insignias. He also just feels a bit hollow and not worth the asking price.
>MP Ironhide/Ratchet
couldn't say. Never owned one, 3rd party or MP
>MP Megatron
kinda the same as Shockwave from what I hear, though to a lesser degree. MP nails the toon look but I've been hear quite a few fragility horror stories and he just doesn't clean up super well. Alt mode is loaded with distracting panel lines and in bot mode, his back is an absolute mess compared to some 3rd party offerings. 3rd party also offers a much nicer paint job with full on silver instead of that dull metallic gray. 3rd party offerings also seem to have a much better toy feeling to them, whereas MP Megs looks far too fiddly for my liking and seems more like an improved repeat of the original MP where you transform it once just to do it and then you put him back in bot mode, never to want to transform it again. Not to mention, Weijing has this guy on the way who looks like he beats the MP hard. I'm really glad I waited because it gives me the toon aesthetic I want but with a super clean alt and bot mode (also hinting at a much more intuitive transformation), smaller price tag, and more well rounded proportions.

>>6338720
>>6338747
>takaracucks think they have any power here

>>6338781
>And characters who actually look like what they're based on
Ah yes, like the famous fat orange Blast Off.
>And combiners that can actually pose without falling over
Only if you get 3P feet for them, and even then it's a gamble.
>And with transformations I can actually do without turning it into an hour long chore
I'm a simpleton: the post

>I'd rather have 60 degree knee bends than entire legs that don't even look like the character.
You're retarded. If the design gets in the way of function, the design needs to be changed.

>Ahahaha what? The other MP Megatrons are trash. Apollyon needed an entire thread just dedicated to fixing it and Maketoys is too fat and has an ugly head sculpt.
Apollyon is shit, yes. But Despotron is infinitely superior to MP-36; no paint rubbing, looks clean from all angles, better construction, actual silver paint instead of grey...I could go on.

But carry on, Officialcuck.

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>>6338720

>saw the scans
>Honestly thought it was sunsurge

Holy shit that backpack. Doesn't even look like it fits with Sideswipe. I'm really glad I tapped out of the official MP bots. Nothing beyond Saber fits with anything after MP-10.

>/tfg/ is kind of dead so I'll bring the brandfaggotry here!

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>muh takara
>Laserbeak

Oh speaking of we got color shots of the Ox Max flying tapes.

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JJ01 Supreme Leader v M01 Commander Oversize

Which should I go for? I'm buying it part for me, part for my 4 year old son, who's into Optimus via Bay clips on youtube. It will probably be played with & transformed alot. I really can't decide. What would you go for or is there a 3rd option?

>>6338875
I wouldnt really recommend any of them for a 4yo son, consider one of the lower cost official toys made for preschoolers instead of an adult collectible.

>>6338875
For a 4 year old, really neither, but if you had to I'd go with the Classics KO. a 4 year old would probably be more satisfied with a cybertron or Animated Optimus. Reallythere's no movie Optimus that's both decently movie accurate and simple and satisfyingly articulated.

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>>6338875

>4 year old kid

Nigga. Get a Cybertron Leader Prime, Voyager First Edition Prime Optimus Prime, or any of the Animated Primes. I wouldn't dip into the third party stuff for a kid. They're durable but I don't know if they're 4 year old durable. The movie prime you have there has a lot of paint and tight tolerances. The jury is out on the JJ01 KO of Classics Prime but might be a good balance.

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>>6338720
>spinout
>not sunsurge

>>6338855

>Being so triggered that there are nice 3P alternatives to Takara you have to immediately delude yourself that an upcoming official product is immediately better

As soon as mp36 was announced there was shitposting within the hour. Even after mp36 was a rickety and frail they still claimed him to be the objectively superior product. It's embarrassing.

>>6338782
>but it doesn't magically make that line good for anything besides something to fiddle with and then give to a kid.

The characters are more accurate, the transformations aren't needlessly complex, and the combiners are more stable than 3P. The 3P combiners are shit. I laugh every time someone shows off their greebletron or their Gravity Builder bots that don't even look like the constructicons.

>it depends on if you want a good solid figure or G1 toon accuracy
MP Shockwave is better for both.

>hollow
who gives a fuck. Are you one of those autists who wants die cast in everything?

>fragility horror stories
you mean ham hands

>Weijing has this guy on the way who looks like he beats the MP hard
AHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA

>>6338831
>orange
get your eyes checked.

>Only if you get 3P feet for them, and even then it's a gamble.
No it's not. Mine can pull off better poses than the 3P ones.

>I'm a simpleton: the post
Liking better figures makes me simple? Ok

>You're retarded. If the design gets in the way of function, the design needs to be changed.
What function? He functions fine.

>no paint rubbing
Neither does MP-36 if you don't have ham hands. Also the gaudy silver looks way worse than the nice grey Takara used.

>looks clean from all angles
Are you one of those autists who displays his figures backwards for some reason?

>better construction,
MP-36 looks better and has more clever engineering so no

>>6338894

Quakewave is a far superior and better made product than Laserwave, whose shitty legs can't hold a remotely dynamic pose.

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>>6338894

>REEEE DON'T BRING UP THE SNAPPING LIMBS OR PAINT FLAKING TAKARA WINS AGAIN HE'S BETTER BECAUSE TAKARA SAYS SO PRAISE TAKRA HAIL TAKARA

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>>6338894

There he is! The peasant among true Gods. The disgusting, uppity subhuman clutching his cheap garbage in ravenous envy of our superior, weighted, premium adult collectibles. Oh he hailed the praises of the false prophet MP-36, who turned away from the collectors eager hands in a cloud of his flaking paint in which they choked on. Their ravenous hunger for quality never sated due to their allegiance to Takara, who had shit out another inferior turd which they still ate.

Observe true quality. Observe paint that clings to the surfaces on which it is placed. Begone into the abyss of peasants in /tfg/ where you belong. It's a dumpster, lined with toys frail and cheap, riddled with hollowness and failure.

Now kiss the ring.

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>>6338884
>>6338886
>>6338887

Thanks for the recommends. I guess the main part of playing together is me being asked to do the transforms (with noises!), which I enjoy. I agree the M01 Commander transform does seem pushing it though. He has pic related & can transform it himself. What aspect was the jury out on the JJ01?

>>6338887
The voyager prime looks nice, though the price is close to the KOs on eBay!

>>6338894

>An officialfag out of his pen

Have you ever seen a paint application before? Do you know that ankles can tilt?

>>6338894
>The characters are more accurate
Accurate to what, exactly? G1? IDW? They look like representations of the characters, sure, but so do a lot of 3rd party figures. Otherwise, they don't really look "accurate" to anything.

>the transformations aren't needlessly complex
A. You can't lump every single 3rd party company in together with transformation complexity. Some over complicate things and some are no more complicated than shit like Generations Springer.
B. They're also the same fucking transformation scheme copy-pasted across damn near every mold

>combiners are more stable than 3P
uh-huh, sure they are, with all of that mold degradation and shit QC on the joint tolerances.

>The 3P combiners are shit.
Feral Rex, Hades, and Poseidon beg to differ. Some are shit, yes, but again, lumping all of them in together is ignorant as fuck as each company does things differently. Plus, even in 3rd party threads, bad combiners do tend to get shit on for being shit.

>Gravity Builder bots that don't even look like the constructicons.
Oh stop with this argument already. It's a different take on them and the fact that you can recognize what they're going for, then they clearly DO resemble the characters.
>>hollow
>who gives a fuck. Are you one of those autists who wants die cast in everything?
At what point did I say ANYTHING about die-cast? No, you stupid fuckwit. I like my figures to have some solidity to them with thicker, sturdier plastics.

>Weijing has this guy on the way who looks like he beats the MP hard
>AHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA
So you don't have an argument then?

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>>6338930
>>6338932

>It's a "KFC puts out something that looks amazing but will probably be shit" episode

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>a light up cockpit

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>>6338938

>>6338937
SHUSH! I WANT TO BELIEVE!

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>>6338930
>>6338932
>>6338934
>that face sculpt

>>6338975
>>6338932
Oh my god that shit face sculpt appeals to me so much.

Kill me for the good of the genepool.

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>>6338926
>Accurate to what, exactly?

G1. I can look at any of the UW toys and tell immediately what character it's supposed to be. Meanwhile, in 3P you have shit like this where it barely even resembles anything. Pathetic.

>A. You can't lump every single 3rd party company in together with transformation complexity
Yes I can. Every single 3P combiner I've seen or played with is far more complex than it needs to be.

>They're also the same fucking transformation scheme copy-pasted across damn near every mold
Yeah and it works great.

>uh-huh, sure they are, with all of that mold degradation and shit QC on the joint tolerances.
Don't confuse Hasbro with Takara.

>Feral Rex
Can't pose without falling over

>Hades
Can't pose without falling over, also QC issues out the ass. Half the TFW thread is just people complaining about how their pegs fell out.

>Poseidon
Barely any paint

>I like my figures to have some solidity to them with thicker, sturdier plastics.
The Takara plastics are good enough and on MPs you can't actually see any of the hollow parts

>So you don't have an argument then?
I don't need an argument when you don't have one.

>>6338930
>>6338932
>>6338934
>that overly wide head with a giant seam going through it

holy shit, people actually think this looks good?

>>6338993

>Things don't look like the way I want them too so they are bad

Why are literal children on 4chan complaining about other people's toys? Go back to poorfag with your bitching.

>>6338849

I really like Ironhide. He's amazing in hand.

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>>6338993
please just go away and stop shitting up the thread.

>>6339026

Dammit FT. Just get a direct line to my fucking bank account.

>>6338993
Jesus christ you are pathetic

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>>6339021
>>6339026

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Gotta wonder if they dropped these pics today to steal some thunder from the MP Sunstreaker reveal. No complaints here.

>>6338932
>>6338934
>>6338936
>>6338937
>>6338938
>>6338940
>all of these KFC pics

I mean, ok, it's news, sure. But it's also just wasting post and image limits, because it's KFC. It won't be good. Nothing they put out has ever been good.

>>6339021
>>6339022
>>6339026

I think her arms, thighs, and ass look a bit too skinny. Also her diaper looks like it's going to limit her leg movement, unless it hinges out a bit.

>>6338781
>Takara's looks fine if you're not autistic about hip flaps.
Looks fine in no way is btfo

>>6339060
>>6339092
Leg movement looks fine to me.

>>6339024
>Not psycho face

Dropped

>>6338993
>Talking about GT Bonecrusher like you know shit

If you knew shit, you'd call out his flimsy arm-shovels, that's probably the only thing wrong with it and how he's always posed in the promo shots. If they're repurposed as claws it looks fuckin' sick. Bitching about it not being GENWUHN enough is goddamn retarded.

>>6339100

Khronos was flimsy garbage. It's not like FT had to try real hard to beat him.

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Will anyone ever make a current IDW Whirl? I'm pretty sure at this point his engineering would be possible and any of the super thin parts like the lower parts of his legs that are basically just rods could be diecast with the feet being plastic.

Is it that companies think he wouldn't be popular? When MMC showed off their Whirl there was alot of people complaining it wasn't this version but MMC just kinda shrugged it off.

>>6339258

Only MMC really seems to be doing the whole IDW/CHUG aesthetic at the moment. Which kinda sucks, I don't mind MP stuff, but fuck, just about everyone is shitting out MP's right now.

>>6339335
>Which kinda sucks, I don't mind MP stuff, but fuck, just about everyone is shitting out MP's right now.
It wouldn't be as bad if we didn't get 5 of the same character in the exact same style on top of the licensed MPs of them.

>>6339335
Transformissions is doing the IDW Stunticons, well their look prior to Combiner Wars

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>>6339258

SXS is going head-to-head with MMC on Hotrod, would be awesome to see it happen again with an MTMTE Whirl.

>>6339361
Ive already got a preorder for that guy, cant wait.

>>6339060
I want an MP-sized third party Windblade, she's top tier qt.

>>6339389

Honestly surprised we don't have an MMC Windblade yet, given how heavily she's featured and how crappy her official toys are.

>>6339393
>crappy
Not really, I have her Takara release and I absolutely adore her, my one beef is how her sword handle is too heavy to pose her properly with it on her thigh/waist so it makes it a tadbit annoying when I move her on my desk at work.

>>6339395

I have her Gen release, and honestly, she seems like a character that will only shine with a high quality figure. Her RID releases are all laughably bad to boot. The TR one might end up decent, we'll see.

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Anyone else in on this?

>>6339335

And Gcreations
And Generation Toy
And Transformission
And SXS
And Iron Factory
And Maketoys

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Excuse me while I lol myself to sleep

>>6339455

I like the static action figure option hands Leia will have but that's about it. Rouge pulls off some magic with that alt mode though.

>>6339455
I cannot handle the altmode on Leia. My sides fucking hurt

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>>6338720
>ignoring the Badcube figure to post the Omnigonix abortion because you know you don't have a point
>muh ebin company wars XD
Pic related is your life.

>>6339434
This is one case where greeble would have been welcomed

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>>6338993
What a sad sack of shit u are

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>>6339494
...

wow, the Takara one STILL looks better! Fuck off, faggot.

>>6339507

You're a Takaracuck. You already came to the conclusion that the Takara product was better the moment you learned a Takara product existed. Your input is worthless.

>>6339507
>wow, the Takara one STILL looks better!
No, they look comparable. Of course you can't see that because you're the type of blind fanboy who opens these threads to start Muh Ebin Company Wars XD bullshit to fill your waste of a life.


Now, ignoring the trollfaggot from here on out, Takara's has,
>better head
>better chest
>better shoulders
>better feet

Badcube's has,
>better back
>better legs
>better gun
>better vehicle mode overall

But what makes it a hard decision is how the things Takara does better, Badcube did passably. The former does great things on top of some mess, while the latter is pretty good overall.

>>6339507
OK, this is it. Unless I'm sure Takara won't touch the character, I won't buy 3P again. BC Sunstreaker looks like shit compared to MP-39 and once more I'll sell mine at a loss.

>>6339021
>>6339022
>>6339024
>>6339026
I'd prefer a MakeToys figure (because A: I have good experiences with MT and B: I'd love to see how THICC they made her) but that still looks pretty awesome.

Just buy the 3P Sunstreaker and get a KO of the MP. Problem solved.

>>6339434

Not me. I have G1 and Planet X Genesis. I'm fine.

>>6338993
>I don't need an argument when you don't have one.
So an explanation of the flaws for one figure as well as an image of a figure with a lot of potential doesn't count as an argument?

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I don't love the face, has anyone ever released face/head replacements for Fanstoys figures? I'll probably use the visor face and boxy chest most of the time. At least she's confirmed for no partsforming.

>>6339747
Fanstoys always releases better faces with later products. Its how they guarantee continued sales.

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Is it safe?

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>>6339827

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>>6339827
>>6339830

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>>6339884
I'm holding off on these guys until I at least see the whole team in plastic. I'm assuming they'll package a little preview book or something with Swindle/Brawl but we'll just have to wait and see. As someone who only owns the CW Combaticons I still think the UT ones look like a massive improvement.

On a side note; it's cool that they come with little diorama/stand pieces. That's a very nice touch.

>>6339575
This, I need a thicc Arcee for my perverted pleasure. It's a shame the only thicc Arcee is the official one, and she isn't even that thicc.

>>6331903
So Badcube is re-releasing their Brawn and Outback figures and I have a question. Why is Brawn a full $14 more than Outback? Really want Brawn, but the seemingly unnecessary higher price is putting me off.

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>>6339973
>and she isn't even that thicc

I'd kill for an Arcee with this design aesthetic.

>>6340008
I enthusiastically second this

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>>6339530
>Badcube's has better vehicle mode overall.

Yeah, not really.

>>6339530
>better legs

hahahahahaha nope

>>6339187
>how dare you want geewun designs for figures meant to go with geewun characters!


Just admit Gravity Builder is terrible.

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>>6340008
Action Master ok? I would go for an Action Master Arcee, sac the altmode for some sweet curves. Perfect Effect, MMC and IF Arcees are pretty good, the rest are pretty shit tier imo.

We need some Windblade as a sexy Action Master too.

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>>6340142
Black Arachnia too.

>>6339405
>TR one

Explain.

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>>6340151
Long Legs WB, I have her takara deluxe fig, its pretty nice, but the TR seems to have a better face sculpt.

>>6340142
>>6340146

Would definitely not want an action master. I'm sure they could finagle a transformation out of these designs. Maybe not nearly as backpack-free as these are, but I'm sure someone would figure something out.

>>6340133
I'll take the bait.

I'm the guy who was bitching off the bat in the last thread about Gravity Builder - he has issues, but for what he is, he's still pretty fuckin' amazing. The amount of unpegged arm-kibble in robot modes is the only real issue I have, combined mode is a solid 8/10 and vehicle modes are 10/10. Robot modes vary wildly, all of them have pretty great arms (worst is Bonecrusher with his shovel-attachments, but that's it), some have legs that won't bend very well without adjusting some flaps on them. Still better than anything else on the market by a fat margin, unless you want G1 iterations, in which case Toyworld is right scratching that itch.

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tomorrow

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PE wants to know which looks better.

>>6340237
That toy color just pops more for me. Plus it kind of mirrors the super robot chest design as well.

I hope they do a retool of this for Ultra Magnus. That wimpy white car guy just ain't cutting it.

>>6340166
There is some serious Chloe Grace Moretzing going on with that toy.

>>6340166
Oh, I have problems with the lack of heels, but the head sculpt doesn't look half bad.

>>6340221
>didn't really like regular striker
>hyped over the moon for this
I have a fever, and the only prescription is black, red, and teal.

>>6340203
>Still better than anything else on the market by a fat margin

UW exists.

>>6340326
Yeah those cheap, shitty looking robot modes and retarded looking vehicle modes sure are good, buddy.

>>6340237
What figure is this?

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>>6340334

Jinrai Prime for Takara Super Ginrai/Power Master Prime.

>>6340339
That little guy looks like a rather solid Optimus in and of itself.

>>6339507
Honestly Takara dosen't look leaps and bounds better than sunsurge. Not to mention sunsurge looks better with Sideswipe than the toon accurate Takara MP.

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>>6340237
>>6340339
Does that tiny detail matter when they already fucked up the rest of the design? wheels on shoulders instead of waist, 6 wheels instead of 4 and smokestacks in the front.

Also it may be useless if it doesn't combine with God bomber, we don't know if God bomber clips into the hollow bits of superginrai back, the PE Cab legs might block it.

>>6340142
>tfw I will never have a qt Japanese gf cosplay as Windblade in a bridal kimono

Why even Takara?

>>6340419

I think it's more useless when you consider that you COULD buy Tak's PMP and this addon and Godbomber.

Or you could just wait and buy one of the 3P PMP's in the pipeline and instead of getting a $45 figure sold at a $90 price point with a $45 figure's engineering, you could get a, what, $150 figure made with $150's tier of engineering.

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>>6340237
>>6340339
>Takara Super Ginrai ~$100
>PE upgrades $60 + $35
>$195 total with a good deal on Super Ginrai
Why would you not just get a complete non-fucked 3rd party figure at this point.

>>6340501
hooooo boy, that looks rly bad

>>6340501
That looks terrible. Too fat looking and the head is too small.

>Just got the In-Stock notification for Striker Noir
FFFFFFFUCK YES.


Is this the most hotly anticipated 3P release since Carnifex?

>>6340552
>Is this the most hotly anticipated 3P release since Carnifex?

I've been hyped for him and Susanoo for months now. I wasn't really feeling Manus but Noirs colours and armory of accessories got me interested in the mold.

>>6340221
So what's the deal with his pre-order? If I don't jump on him right now will he be gone forever?

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>>6340534
>>6340551
It's a good thing there's choice in the realm of 3P

I personally favor Fans Hobby, but I know lots of people have issues with it. It reminds me of the Brave toys I had as a child that were always disproportionate and chunky.

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>tfw bought Noir only for the weapons

>>6340573
IIRC he's not been up for pre-order on kapow for a while (which is admittedly a really niche 3p outlet) but don't loose hope, someone always regrets their purchase and throws their purchase up for sale somewhere within the first few weeks of release.

>>6340589
Yo, I'll buy the figure off you for $70 shipped then

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>>6340589
>yfw they're 4mm pegs, not 5 or 3

>>6340552
Where from?

>>6340634
TFSource

>>6340613
Cross dimension doesn't use pegs. The weapons have slots on the grips that slide into notches on the hands.

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>>6340534
>>6340551

>N-no o-our polished t-turd is b-better

>>6340599
I'll email you when I get it famalam

>>6340657
Its ok if you're into fat bots, you go girl.

>>6340583

I love FH stuff myself, gonna be getting Feilong when I've got the cash for it.

>>6340552
>>6340560
>I wasn't really feeling Manus
I want to love it, but I merely like it. It strikes me as being a little overly busy with the alt mode being a "well, that's good enough" affair.

For those that have the mold, are there any QC issues to be wary of? I'm considering grabbing it. If the build quality is excellent I'll grab one.

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>>6340573

He was made to order, so any site that has him in stock ordered more than they took in preorders. There probably won't be a second run.

>>6340728

I didn't run into any Q/C at all. Very well tolerances and great feeling joints. The only things that can catch during transformation are the feet when tabbing into the leg to make a cab and the wheel wells folding into the torso and back.

My biggest complaints are as follows. The elbows should have been double jointed and are slightly awkward where they bend because of it. The cab parts on the arm has their rail pin is too visible in robot mode, and the toes needed a lot more tilt upwards for better dynamic walking poses since the rest of the figure lends itself so well to it.

>>6340583
Maketoys reformatted shit is just as terrible.

>durr let's make revoltech robots with wacky proportions and shit alt modes

>>6340766
>Maketoys
>Reformatted

What?

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>>6340766

>It's not G1 REEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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What figures are you the most hype for this year?

>>6340728
QC issues to be concerned about:

Leg-tab might show up with a stress mark on it.

The hip-pipes that hold the gas canisters can have undue stress applied to them when posing the legs certain ways, watch out for it unless you like stress marks in the middle of it.

That's it, really. Pretty minor stuff overall! That I've seen, anywho.

>>6339455
>left
>better robot mods
>right
>better alt mode

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>>6340815

>left
>better robot mode

Pls explain.

>>6340097
why have the doors open if you can't insert little guys into the seats? also wait....do they have optional parts to change its appearance? sick af.

>>6340818
the flat chest and legs looks better. maybe its the posing but left robot mode looks better.

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>>6340824

I disagree but respect your opinion.

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>>6340810
Black repaints hurt. With more funds (and as always, space), I'd also put in for KFC's Shattered Glass Blaster.

>>6340810
SXS Hot Flame and the MMC Wing

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>>6340869

Prep my superior product's big plastic cock you subhuman.

>>6340834
yeah that looks nice. it's really hard to know what to think of a figure without good posing.

>>6340814
Sounds good. I hope it lives up to the hype.

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>>6340913

LITTLE
BRITTLE
MCDONALDS
TOYS

>>6340918
STOP DISLIKING THINGS I LIKE

Cant track down a Commotus so asking here

Whats the best third party triple changer? Moving soon and id like to take a bot to keep on my desk with me

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It's crazy thinking that FT Ospreem is going to be damn near twice as big as edgy lizard here.

>>6340943
UT Provider is my personal favorite. He's really well engineered, and has some pretty damn solid joints. I have trouble putting him down when I pick him up.

>>6340501
This.
I'd go with this any time instead of takara + addons.

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>>6340810
If FH properly announces Sixshot with a prototype, that
If Beelzeboss' Nova Prime kit actually comes out, that
If Mech Ideas properly announces Liokaiser with a prototype, that
If UT shows off complete Bruticus, maybe that

Taking away Schrodinger's Hype, I have to go with Iron Factory Bruticus and SXS Hot Rod.
I hate the legends cancer as much as the next guy, but IF Bruticus is legitimately the best Bruticus I've seen yet.

>>6340943
I'd say the Generations Springer is the best tripple changer over-all, but DX9 Gewalt if you are looking only at 3P.

>>6339026
fuark. is this the one with the partsforming shield?

>>6341123
>I hate the legends cancer as much as the next guy
Nobody hates small but well-made figures.

What's the best site to buy 3P stuff in Australia?

>>6340534
>>6340551
It looks way better than no-feet Ginrai you takaracuck

>>6340874
God, that seeker is sexy. Hope the head turns out well.

>>6341170
Super Ginrai never had feet chubby lover.

>>6341123
>legends cancer
What are you talking about? I'm fairly certain Iron Factory and to an extent DX9 War in Pocket) is currently accepted as making some of the better non-Masterpiece figures. If there's anything cancerous to 3P currently it would be the ridiculous amount of half-assed flood of MP figures.

>>6341147
>>6341388
I know no one else actually thinks that, but they should. Paying $30+ for a 2-4 inch figure barely above HasTak quality is pure cancer.

>>6341404
>Paying $30+ for a 2-4 inch figure barely above HasTak quality is pure cancer.

I'm glad there are companies making KOs of 3P legends for cheap.

>>6341388
t.legendsfag

>>6341218

>It's supposed to look like shit

>>6341218
Super Ginrai could also stand on its own you takaracuck

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Gorira is such a wonderful toy I can't put this figure down.

Anyone care to share thoughts on Wardog? eBay is running a flash sale currently, and I could get him for about $88. Doesn't seem any other company has plans for Warpath, and Hasbro has already done 2 Legends and a Deluxe.

>>6338764
I like that the CW/UW figures could at least scramble, which the 3P designers seem to be autistically against for some reason.
The old g1 toys with zero engineering scrambled, let your guys scramble. Fuck.

>>6338936
>>6338930
Couldn't they just make it compatible with Titans Return shit if they were going to make a shit headmaster like that?
Figure looks fine except for the head.

>>6341832
Thanks for the heads up, sadly I can't even find any figures I want for cheaper than retail sites. Beast Gorira, Carnifex, even Master Made Titan are all cheaper on sites than the cheapest Chinese sellers on ebay.

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>>6341878
>>6341832

You can score transformission's Stunticons, or any of the TFC Poseidon limbs, and for $65 shipped. Just punch in a name of a company and go snooping.

>>6341913
Not sure I want TFM. I have Gravity Builder, enjoy him, but his minor flaws irk me, and I'm super bored visually with the appearance of 2/3 of the available Stunticons at the moment.

Poseidon is neato but I hate his colors, waiting for God Neptune iteration.

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>>6341832
>it's flash sale time
Motherfuck, I literally just bought and shipped downbeat from bbts today.

Well I pulled the trigger. Found a cheaper auction and scored him for $73. Then I have TFS prepping shipping on Noir & Rioter. Then I have BBTS shipped out Badcube's Insecticons (Collector's Edition 3 pack for $140). In August I'm looking towards Cloud9's black Quakewave, and Yes Model's Stubborn buffet (KO Ironwill), not to mention waiting to see how Iron Factory's Shockwave & Bruticus turn out.

I have problems.

>>6341937
Forgot also that BBTS has an odd listing of Knight Morpher Annihilator (and the Airborne Squadron) as a June preorder at $40 a piece, so there's one more guy I have to fit on a shelf.

>>6341943
As somebody who owned the Knight Morpher Stormer I can say that they probably aren't worth it.

The bot modes on the seeker mold are fantastic in design and display options but the joints are loose and the alt mode is shit.

>>6341963
I didn't go in on the seekers, because frankly they've never been actually interesting to me on a whole. But I have Cyclops already, so going in on a black repaint of KM was the choice to make.

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>>6341823
I just looked this guy up and jesus. I guess that price makes sense but there's no way.