Transformers 3rd party general: Apeface edition

Have BC Wardog (LE version) and TFC HerQules out for delivery today. Still feeling really iffy about that Apeface.

>>6395250
>Ah yes, "Reapers". We have dismissed that claim.

>>6394785
>>6394786
I think I would prefer the feet folded in as well

>>6395268

BoBo's review was the most interesting. He looks kinda poop and like he said, with Maketoys doing one at some point... its probably better to wait.

Also thanks to whomever posted all those road caesar pics, im pulling the trigger now

>>6395250
>KFC
I watched two video reviews where those Ape pinkies just fell off. But were broke forever.

>>6395289
I'm not the idolizer of paint that Bobby is, but I agree with him that he's very bland in presentation (and the swirly grey plastic isn't doing him any favors). Comments to his video alluded to posts on TFW that Maketoys had either put theirs on some back burner, or may have outright canceled the project.

>>6395250
that looks goddamn terrible

>>6395299

It's actually so g1 to it's detriment. Despite having superior engineering they replicated the terrible proportions of the original way too well.

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No idea where this is from. But I think its legends or an upscaled legends. Mecha fan Toys are the IF upscale guys, right?

>>6395250
I can't deal with those thin forearms/wrists. The G1 toy didn't even have wrists that thin (proportionally)

>>6395250

Hmm I love Apeface but this figure looks like knockoff MARS robot quality. Articulated fingers and extra paint don't make up for how cheap this looks.

>>6395452

Upscaled legends presumably if it's Mecha Fans Toys, it's KO of DX9's Mightron from their War in Pocket range.

>>6395294
Maketoys just announced him too early like their Starscream that kept missing every convention until pictures just appeared one day.

>>6395540
How upscaled we talking here? If Voyager sized I'm sold. If MP scale then fuck 'em.

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Best MP Ratchet? Is there a single one with a good aesthetic?

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So TFC is right around the corner what are you guys hoping/expecting to see?

>>6395716
tfc's red knight, all colored up and ready to go.

>Susanoo delayed till mid July

>>6395716

>colored proto of MT starscream
>colored proto of FT blitzwing, springer, maybe arcee, six shot, and kup too
>mostly final terminus gigantus
>colored proto of dx9 omega
>fanshobby maybe pushing out a colored pmop proto

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>>6395704
I was wondering about Ironhides myself, but not sure what qualifies as MP

iGear's Weapons Specialist, TFC's Ironwill, VooDoo Robots' Animus, not sure if there's any others past the official MP

I've heard a lot about Weapons Specialist, but nothing about the others.

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>>6395900
Weapon Spewcialist has that horrible igear head where the face if just a giant swoop

>>6395791
Kup is due in like 40 days. He will for sure be there.

>>6395900
I don't own TFC's Ironhide or Ratchet, but I'm told they're considered antiquated by current design standards.

Tiny heads too.

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>>6395921
bleh

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That horrible Cyclonus/Deaths Head had a surprisingly cool vehicle mode

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>>6395716
>whatever the fuck master made a been up too lately, hopefully planet-formers

>the next member of mmc's djd

>cool shit from maketoys cross dimension hopefully

>>6395716
What I'm expecting and looking forward to:
MMC's next DJD member
MT's Starscream
New stuff from IF

What I'd love to see but has zero chance of happening:
IF announcing a DJD set
Any other good company announcing a Bludgeon so we don't have to rely on Susanoo
Updates on Bonecrusher and Blackout
Early prototype images of the Flame Toys Tarn

>>6396044
>IF announcing a DJD set
>tiny tiny Tarn
Yes please.

>>6396049
No but even better than just a tiny Tarn: imagine if they did a teeny tiny Nickel to go with him. It would be so fucking cute I don't know if we could stand it.

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>>6396052
STAHP

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>>6396098
I would love if Maketoys did a Nickel. Their Tailgate looks like it walked right out of the comic.

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>>6395716
Pretty please? And all six members too. Don't make me wait for Neoarts to fix a combiner recolor again.

>Cynicus is set to arrive tomorrow.
I'm pretty pumped. Thin lanky 'bots are my jam.

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>>6396098
She'd have to be super tiny though, I dunno if it's possible.

>>6396101
Would love to see them have a go at her.

>>6396101
All the more reason to detest it.

>>6396115

What ever happened to her, anyway?

>>6396132
She, along with everyone else at the DJD ending, fell into a plot hole.

>>6396132
This >>6396135 but more specifically she ran off with Deathsaurus.

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Bit the bullet and pre-ordered this glorious, gleaming bastard just now, thanks to the anon who highly recommended him last thread. Love me some silver Grimlock.

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>>6396243
The only thing I'm a bit hesitant on is if they're going to make a replacement dino head for the comic version like they did with the original. The stock head still looks great but once you see the replacement head next to the original, it really starts to gnaw at you knowing that your Grimlock could look that much more accurate. I feel like FT did this on purpose which is a really shitty and scummy thing to so but it's hard to say no to them when they still put out such quality products.

Also, I wish they made the black pieces more of a navy blue to fully represent the comics but it's still a really sexy figure that's hard to resist. It's a mold so nice that I'm tempted to buy it twice.

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>>6396243
You won't regret it. He's probably my favorite figure so far this year.

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>>6396243
I'm torn on this or the G2. Blue Grimlock might send me down a rabbit hole of G2 MP though.

>>6396384

why the fuck didn't we get an official one instead of like six grimlocks in slightly different shades of silver

>>6396386
Brian Golder is a coke-sniffing idiot that thinks Jem would be a successful movie and that Bay is a good director so he's proven to make bad choices, and Tomy has never given a shit about the brand after they bought out Takara.

>>6395250
Even 3P can't escape from Hasbro light grey plastic.

>>6396417

KFC is one of the absolute worst 3P companies though. Everything they churn out is shit quality. Don't judge anything based off them, that'd be like judging a cripple's ability to run a mile.

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>>6396243
I'm really trying to love this but the blueish chrome parts are kind of spoiling it for me.

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>>6395289
You're welcome, anon.
I'm glad it helped your decision. Frankly, I'm still unsure on it myself because TFC has been so iffy. I like Hercules (though I still need his arms, and I know they're the weakest figures of the set), but that seems to be one of the best sets so far, unfortunately. I know Poseidon is meant to be good but eh, I don't need another big, expensive combiner.

There are some legit criticisms I saw over on TFW c/o "FatMick Prime" that I thought would be worth mirroring here, however:
"I was really looking forward to this figure. I only found out about it a few weeks ago, but ordered it as soon as I saw it. But having received it today, I find myself disappointed

The figure should have been designed to stand beside MP Star Saber, but the figure is considerably taller than SS's inner 'bot (I can live with that desu). The brain master has the opposite problem - Brain off Skill is waist high to Brain of Courage, but should be only slightly smaller if at all.

The non-turning head is annoying but livable, but I really can't see why they didn't copy TT's idea from SS, which works perfectly.

Besides the design, the quality isn't there either - all those poles held on with nothing but friction - one of the doors/leg panels on mine had already come loose enough to fall off during transformation.

I was looking forward to this more than any recent release, so maybe my anticipation hightened my expectations, but overall..disappointed."

>>6395250
I have KFC's two Cassetticon combiners and the QC on them is bad enough, but actually fuck their Apeface - it's hideous.

>>6395704
The official one really isn't that bad, but if you don't want that, Wei Jiang is doing the oversized MP Ironhide and Ratchet which have changes to "fix" the "problems" of the original versions.

>>6395900
Don't even bother with TFC's Ironhide and Ratchet. They're meant to be pretty crap.

>>6395704
Official.

>>6395716
Function X Hardhead, Minerva and the rest of the Headmasters they haven't made. But make them good unlike Highbrow.

>>6395716
I'd love for Wei Jiang to roll up with a ton of knock-offs of all the recently-released third-party toys just to give them all a middle finger.

It'd be funny, at least.

>>6396101
If Nickel happens, my pants are coming straight off.

Don't judge.

>>6396441
Me too. I don't have any Masterpiece-scale Dinobots, including MP-08. Kinda tempting but I don't really have the money for them. If he came with all the accessories that MP-08 has AND had comic book colours (i.e. the dark blue instead of black), I'd probably buy it ASAP.

>>6396393
>Brian Golder is a coke-sniffing idiot that thinks Jem would be a successful movie
To be fair, Brian Goldner has run Hasbro during some of their most successful periods ever, so one bad decision versus everything else is kind of unfair, if you ask me.

>>6396447
Something to mention is that you have to install a lot of small parts (headlights, tail lights, etc.) on Raging Bull out of the box. Kinda lame it's not shipped with them installed from the factory.

>>6396101
I wanted to get this but I have no idea where to get it for a reasonable price. There's one on eBay for way more than I want to pay. Any ideas? Preferably from somewhere in Asia so I'm not shipping it halfway across the world.

Wasn't paying attention: what's the general consensus on MMC's Cynicus and Anarchus? Thinking about getting the DJD at some point but I won't bother if any of them are garbage.

>>6396368
Meh. I'm not a geewunner, so I really couldn't care less about accuracy. I just like what looks good.

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>>6395662
expect this size.

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>>6396542
that reminds me, has anyone put the RTS cyclonus color matched upgrades on that classics cyclonus?

>>6396545
I think you mean Universe Cyclonus. I have no idea though.

On another note, where did that MTMTE animation come from? I haven't been keeping up with the comics for years (until now), so I'm curious.

https://youtu.be/rW470f502zk

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You know, as much as I've enjoyed TR I desperately wish FP had continued their headmaster series with this same quality. Smart Robin in particular is probably still one of my top 5 figures of all time. I would have loved an Apeface and Snapdragon with this same level of engineering.

>>6396663
There's a little too much detail in the torso and arms I think...makes it look overly busy. But I like it overall, it's really nice. Headsculpt ain't half bad either.

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Anybody have this guy? I'm new to 3P and he looks awesome, but I don't know if he's worth 140 bucks.

Are there any other 3P versions of Hardhead?

>>6396685
Yes Model is making a $60 KO of him in like a month. Judging by the quality of their maketoys cupola KO it'll be just as good as make toys version.

>>6396502
Anarchus is really good. Cynicus is fragile due to all the really thin joints, but if you don't have ham hands it should be fine.

>>6396692
So now there are even third-er parties making KOs of third party figures? How far down the rabbit hole does this go?

>>6396663
Agreed, though I still think Code is the best of their Headmasters (but to be fair, I only have Code, Quadruple-U and Smart Robin).

I hated Smart Robin when I got him but I eventually grew to like him quite a bit. I still have my issues with him but he's good. At the VERY least, it'd be nice if we got Hardhead to finish off the set of 7 Headmasters, but Apeface, Snapdragon and the Headmaster Jrs. would also be really nice (and they were planning Minerva, which just kinda disappeared).

>>6396685
There's the Wei Jiang Titans Return oversized KO which is meant to be pretty decent (and apparently fixes whatever the problem was with the legs that people have modded on the official one), and there's ToyWorld's Hardbone that, whilst DECENT, is easily the weakest Hardhead toy we've had in recent years, and not typically worth the price.

>>6396697
This has been happening for a while now, anon.

But to answer that: not far enough. Once I can have my 1:1 scale Masterpiece Fort Max oversized KO with self-teaching AI, I'll be happy. Until then, every Transformers toys is obviously hot garbage.

>>6396695
Interesting. Thanks anon. Maybe I'll get them at some point. Kultur/Tarn looks particularly good.

I'd love Nickel first though.

So what are the best places to look for third-party stuff outside of the usual (BBTS, TFsource, Robot Kingdom, etc.)? I've been looking at eBay recently because it seems there are a lot of good deals there, but I'm trying to find MakeToys Rear End and Iron Factory Windsaber but can't find either (at least not for a reasonable price, and I don't even necessarily mind spending a little more than they're worth, but I can't even FIND Windsaber in-stock anywhere).

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>>6396701
>Wei Jiang Titans Return oversized KO
You mean this? This looks kinda awful. I thought Wei Jiang was about tweaking figures and targeting them towards collectors who wanted more out of the original releases. This just looks like one of those shifty companies stealing a mold and trying to pass it off as their own in a dollar store or something, especially with all the weird color changes and the phony faction badge.

>>6396708
Colour changes aside, it's meant to be pretty good. It depends who designs the Wei Jiang stuff - not all of it is extremely exciting and are just KOs, often upscaled. Others are redesigned quite a bit.

If you wanted it to be accurate colour-wise, you'd probably have to paint it, and I understand if that puts you off it, but it's cheaper than the official one, bigger, and technically better even if the colours are off.

Otherwise, ToyWorld's Hardbone is relatively cheap now (but still not something I can really recommend, even though it's kinda fun to play with and has some neat engineering in places), else you can get Maketoy's one or wait for the KO of it which should be out soon.

I believe Fansproject was planning to make a Function X one but, you know, that's not a thing now.

As far as toys that are out right now? Wei Jiang Titans Return KO, Maketoys, ToyWorld. As far as I know, those are your only choices right this moment.

>>6396705
I should add that Chimungmung has Windsaber in-stock but after shipping, I may as well just buy a Masterpiece car that I don't have because bloody hell, the pricing. The Pink Assassin I bought on eBay was a fraction of that cost, even before shipping.

>>6396598
Derp, forgot to add: this is a quick video someone posted on TFC's Raging Bull (Laster).

>>6396726
>cheaper than the official one
Considering the official one is like, 16 bucks, how poor would I have to be for that to be a selling point?

>>6396481
I'm not judging but...Nickel? Really? I don't see her appeal, she's like an 80 year old grandma.

>>6396597
It's just fan-made animation, there's more on tumblr even.

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>>6396726
There's also the tiniest Hardhead.

>>6396708
The fact that he's voyager sized (which Hardhead honestly should be), has panels to cover the forearm gaps left by his hands, has better plastic tolerances, and is just a little over the same price as the official is more than enough for me. Same with their Skullcruncher KO and that one not only added forearm panels but also added a hinge to the rear croc legs so they could fold back and fill up his giant hollow legs. The improvements to Weijiang's TR figures are minor but at that price point, it's hard to argue with for a budget collector. Yeah, they fucked up some of the colors for whatever reason and added their own logo but those are honestly pretty easy fixes. Rubbing alcohol should be enough to strip the faction symbols off and replace them with reprolabels and the glaring color changes are still areas and would be easy enough to rectify with some paint.

I'm passing on their Brainstorm because I already have the previous official Voyager and while kind of simpler than the TR one, I think he's much much better overall so I'm happy sticking with that. I'm really hoping they give us a Weirdwolf because his TR was actually surprisingly awesome but suffered the same QC the rest of the line did and the cockpit hinges on mine cracked which is apparently a pretty widespread issue. Triggerhappy would be cool too.

>>6396745
Wei Jiang's are more like $20 but really, it's more about price versus quality. Hasbro used to charge us $12 for fantastic Deluxes like Sideswipe/Sunstreaker, Tracks/Wheeljack, Kup, Hound, etc and now they're charging us $16+ for toys with simpler engineering and significantly shittier plastic. Would you rather pay $16 for something smaller that might just up and fall apart if you look at it funny, has floppy joints, and half of it won't tab in properly or would you rather spend just $4 more for the same figure, bigger, a few minor engineering improvements,, less floppy joints, better tab tolerances, and much sturdier material?

>>6396794

I need all of these, what brand are they again?

>>6396814

Literally why and for who.

>>6396814
I don't get it, why would you want Ginrai to be that big?

>>6396837

Maybe a pmop to fight your deception combiners? Because justice?

>Just get Cynicus in the mail
>his right ankle is really loose, so I tighten it
>His chest piece is also really loose
>unscrew his torso, and despite working on my work mat, some how lose one of the screws into his back.
>fix tighten the chest piece and put him back together, sans one screw.
>cannibalize an old figure that I don't even really like, taking out his head screw
>glue old guy's head together, because why waste a screw on this anyway?
>Cynicus is back together, chest nice and tight.

Self-made crisis averted. Vos is pretty boss, they really need to try and make more spindly 'bots all around. And since Deluxe is my favorite class size I'd love more guys his size.

>>6396878
If that's an oversized ginrai, it should have a same size godbomber.
You can have a god ginrai that is literally taller than kids.

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So Raging Bull uses the same combining shit Poseidon does.

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>>6396502

They're both great. Cynicus you do need to be careful with, as he is rail thin because of his comic design.

>>6396502
I love anarchus if only for the novelty of his altmode, but he's got some problems. His lack of thigh swivels really hurts his posability, and the weird center of gravity his backpack gives him doesn't help. He's overall solid though.

Cynicus is also pretty great, and poses like a motherfucker, but like the other guys said is very fragile. His altmode is also basically a gimmick because of how huge of a gun he ends up being, so if you're buying him for other toys to use, ymmv.

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>>6396708
Wei Jiang alternates between just upscaling generations figures with minor improvements, and totally re-engineering official toys into MPs.

They're doing a re-done battleblades bumblebee at the moment.

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>>6397045

So is this a good thing or a bad thing? I'll be honest, no idea who Laster is, but the colors and look of him are pretty fuckin' nice, and I'm pretty damn tempted by the figure, but I don't want to get pic related happening to me.

>>6397092
I'm like 90% sure he has a thigh swivel. I'll have to check mine I guess. Maybe it's limited by the shape of his thigh but i think one is there...

>>6397125
There's a swivel right below the knee, but that does something completely different and I'm not sure if the designer realized it.

>>6397124
TFC Poseidon is as perfect as a 3rd party combiner has ever been. The only downside is the lack of rubber pads on the bottoms of the gestalt feet because the weight flexes the hip ratchets just a smidge. A little rubber on the feet and he's a 10/10 combiner.

>>6397124
I don't really get this image. In most cases, it doesn't really happen and we can tell pretty quickly if a combiner is going to be any good or not just from aesthetics alone. We don't know some of the minute details like how exactly transforming works or if the joints are solid or loose but it's usually pretty easy to tell right away if something is at least going to be decent or if we like how it looks.

Also, why Hades is the one used is confusing because I thought he was actually pretty well received. Not perfect, but I haven't heard any major complaints about him ever outside of this image. Using a screencap of a BobbySkullface review also doesn't mean a lot since he tends to pick apart everything and often comes across like he hates half of the figures he reviews anyway, especially combiners.

>>6397130
That's why I picked up some of that grippy foam rubber with adhesive. Cut a couple small pieces of that and stick them on the feet and it's much better. Can't for the life of me remember what it was called but if I do, I'll post it.

>>6397141
Hades had shit useless floppy knees when combined. There is a reason the set went on a 60% discount a year after release.

>>6397141
>I don't really get this image. In most cases, it doesn't really happen

Except it does. Theres very, very few GOOD 3P combiners. You can probably name all of the good ones on one hand and still have a finger or two left over. Off the top of my head: Feral Rex, Gravity Builder, Poseidon, and maybe-MAYBE-Quantron.

And thats it. The rest are pretty trashy overall. Thats why whenever a new combiner comes out, theres a lot of scrutiny and it's almost always best to wait.

>>6397167
But the thing I don't understand is the bulk of bad combiners already looked like shit out of the gate by just not being visually appealing. The fact that they also happened to turn out to be an engineering mess with shit joints is moot at that point because nobody liked it on aesthetics alone so there was nothing to get your hopes up over in the first place. Like nobody got their hopes up for either of those Dinobot combiners because they looked fucking terrible. Nobody got their hopes up for TFC's Defensor because he looked terrible. People started getting their hopes up for TW Devy but that fell flat as soon as people saw the partsforming lower torso and this was before any of the figures were even released. If Hades is truly as bad as folks are suddenly saying, then he's the first case we've ever seen of the cycle. One case isn't sufficient evidence of a cycle. Not to mention in TFC's case, they're pretty clearly learning from past mistakes if we're going of of Poseidon as an example. That fucker is dead solid even without the extra bracing pieces and he still looks great with the stock neck joint. Replacement neck is better, yeah, but it doesn't doom the whole thing if you don't use it.

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Honest feedback on the new Leader TLK Megs?

>>6397202
I don't give a fuck about it maybe people here do >>6394981>>6394981>>6394981>>6394981

>>6397181
how is TFC's Old soldiers line?

Only thing I know is their Hound was awful

>>6397167
>great
Poseidon, Gravity builder, Constructor V2
>good
Maketoys combiners(including FP menasor), Feral rex
>ok
Hercules, FP Dinoking, UT abominus

>>6397202
As nice as it is somehow the Voyager is better in almost all categories.

>>6397083
I've found a problem with mine, his crotch plate, I guess, wasn't screwed into it's swivle base flat, it's at an angle, which throws off his scope in rifle mode.

Does MMC do replacement bits like that, and if so is it a painless process? If I have to do a whole lot of leg work it's probably not worth it.

>>6397045
>Skalor's mouth as the hand
I fucking love this.

>>6397167
What's the opinion on Ordon? My Terrorcon options are limited as fuck.

>>6396368

I believe they confirmed an X version of the head.

>>6396384
I know how you feel. I actually OWN the G2 blue Grimlock, so I could have this next to it, but I cannot justify spending over $200 on getting a second version of the mold, as much as I love my regular one. And I had to have the regular one to fit with all my other FT Dinobots.

>>6397437

Wait for another company to do him. It'll be a long wait I'm sure, but better than grabbing Ordin.

>>6397410
>>6397167
>>6397141
>>6397130

It kinda cracks me up that one of, if not probably the best combiners made so far, is the fucking seacons.

Not part of the 3P combiner wars. Not Devastator. Not one of the classic ones like Bruticus or Superion.

The fucking seacons.

>>6397477
It's because no one would touch the deacons until all the more important combines were done, sometimes twice over, or more, so all that experience went into the seacons

>want to buy a few 3P 'bots
>cannot decide

Help me choose here, guys. Current pool of stuff I'm mulling over is:
>THICChobby Feilong
>TFC Raging Bull
>IF Scorponok (bonus: convince me to buy Black Zarak version over regular colored version if you want to try, I'm kind of open to either)
>Generation Toy model kits of Megatron, Grimlock, and Optimus (is Optimus even out yet?)
>THS Soundwave

Feilong is in the lead of my possible choices here. I can afford 2 or so things, maybe more if I end up getting cheap stuff like those model kits in lieu of something bigger and more costly.

>>6396809
Unique Toys

>>6397497

>Feilong
Not bad at all. Only real issue is his knees and that he has a kit that will give him hands and extra heads coming with some other figure.

>Raging Bull
Up to you if you're in on the whole thing. Wait for an Ebay flash coupon and get him for $65. Reviews should be pouring in soon.

>IF Scorp/Zarak
Up to you m8. They're both good. It's all down to accessories and color preference.

>THS Soundwave
It's $15 so add it to whatever you buy.

>>6397634

Whats wrong with his knees?

>>6397645
different anon here, but from my experience they're fairly limited because of how he transform like they barely bend 60~80 degree

>>6397202
I don't own it but I DO dig it. I'm hoping for a KO from Wei Jiang that is the same size but just fixes the problems with the arms (gaps and APPARENTLY no wrist swivels even though it friggin' looks like he has wrist swivels so people are probably having a meltdown over something which is actually there anyway despite them saying it isn't).

I like the colouration better, the cockpit looks better (and even though it adds more kibble to the fusion cannon, I feel like it's more substantial-looking than the Voyager one), and I adore the battle mask gimmick.

I want a BIG Megatron, personally, and the Voyager doesn't cut it. Wei Jiang's Voyager upscale is NICE but I hate the red parts on it and it still doesn't have the battle mask or other things I prefer.

I think it's down to personal preference.

>>6396745
That depends on where you live, though. Over here, they're the equivalent of about US$28, so Wei Jiang ends up cheaper (or the same, at worst) even after shipping.

>>6396792
Hey, Nickel's a loli. I don't care how old she is.

>>6396794
Oh yes, I totally forgot about those! How are they, by the way? They look neat but I'm not sure if I should bother with them.

>>6397167
I honestly wouldn't even say Feral Rex. As good as he is, he still has too many problem for me to ever recommend him to someone, especially considering the price point.

I think Hercules is perfectly passable considering he was one of the first released, and he's at least enjoyable, problems aside. I think combiners got far too over-complicated after Hercules, especially in regards to TFC.

>>6397437
I've heard Troll (Blot) is REALLY good... and that the rest range from average to mediocre at best. So if you want an awesome, expensive Blot, go for it. If you want an awesome, expensive Abominus... keep waiting.

>>6397125
From what I've seen, he doesn't have a thigh swivel at all.

Anybody know why you can't find Fansproject Megazero, Razerspike, or Downforce anywhere on the aftermarket, unless they are in a complete set?

>>6397092
Thanks Anon. I watched some reviews on them and they look good but the problems that you all pointed out definitely seem to be ever-present. Still, I might get them at some point. I'll have to think on it because of price and because there are other figures I'd rather have first.

>>6397818
I was wondering this myself but I think it's honestly because FP Core and Fansproject just fucked that whole thing up so badly. I only ever managed to get three of them, and since you can only buy them as a set now it seems, I just sold off mine (well, I still have one to sell, but no one wants it, and it doesn't seem worth selling at this point), and I'll just buy a complete set in the future when I have the cash.

Oh, since we're talking about combiners though: Glacialord is pretty sweet, if a brick (but it's meant to be).

How likely is Fantoys kup to sell out on release?

>>6397355
http://www.mastermind-creations.com/support.html

MMC is good about replacement parts.

>>6397831
I want to say "not likely", but their stuff is pretty popular. I haven't followed them since their Shockwave but that sold out pretty much on release, though I assumed they upped their production numbers a little since then.

I'd say pre-order from BBTS or some place you can cancel from just in case, if you really want it, then try to find it some place cheaper on release else stick with wherever you pre-ordered it from.

Slow night tonight. Guess all the Americans are sleeping.

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>>6397929

Insomnia burger reporting in. Waiting for Susanoo and Terminus to get here. Saving dosh for pic related. I wish FT mindwipe was closer to release instead of a bunch of 84' crew I don't care about.

>>6397943
Damn anon, I'm too poor for that stuff.

I watched Vangelus' review on Suasnoo and he looks pretty sweet. Not sure that I need a fancy, stylised Bludgeon, but it seems like you'll be hard-pressed to find him disappointing.

I need to make some money because I want to get Maketoy's Manga Mech Series set (because you can buy all three for a reasonable price on their website), and I'm still eyeing up Raging Bull.

>>6397986

I only buy a big thing every couple of months or so. That's how I afford big things. I am a youngfag who didn't watch the show so I'm just here for the cool toys. My collection has no cohesion as a consequence though. Some IDW, some g1, some chibi master made stuff, a WFC fig, and even a beast wars fig.

Raging bull looks kinda neat. Tiny heads for hasui sized bots though. I doubt anyone else is going to try a road ceaser though s they're you're only option.

>>6397991
And I totally need Road Caesar in my life, but I'm worried about TFC making it. Maybe I'll just wait to see how the rest come out.

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Is KBB MP-10v (the voyager sized one) worth it?

>>6397993
No idea about the Voyager one but MPP-10 is always highly recommended (though I don't have it myself).

So Bayformers is essentially kill in Chinkland, how will this affect turds in the short, medium and long run, if at all?

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>>6398007

>Bayformers is kill

Please explain.

>>6397993
yes, but there are sacrifices compared to improvements of the original.

>>6398007
Yes, please explain. Considering the amount of chinks I saw in NON-Chinkland going to watch TLK, I kinda doubt it.

>>6398010
Such as?

>>6398013
legs won't slide together as well in alt mode, mirrors have no hinges in bot mode, so they can be in the way of the arms.

otherwise, varying QC, and a white version, so go get one if you want one.

>>6397835
I'll shoot them a comment then, I'm curious what kind of replacement bit I'll end up getting. Thanks.

>>6398066
>Got a response in an hour
I really did not expect this..

>>6395662

It'll probably be around 12cm tall, so the size of a small deluxe.

>>6398008
>>6398011
I think he's referring to this
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robcain/2017/06/27/chinas-ugly-divorce-with-transformers-its-not-me-its-you/

>>6395716
Coloured Iron Factory Bruticus and a preview of their newer guys.

>>6398758
Dammit, only 2 of these robot modes look good, but that combined mode is disgustingly impressive.

>>6398758
Tempted to get that Drag Strip just because he's hothothot

>>6398767
I'm with ya there. I'm just afraid if I get him I might be tempted to get the whole set.

>>6398762
>>6398766
Release this goddam Optimus/Megatron pack already
RREEEEEEEEE

Anyone have IF PMP Prime? How is he? How's his articulation?

>>6397842

I think their Galvatron is already gone most places.

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Just got Raging Bull today. I do like him, and think that both modes look great.

But....It has some issues. At least for me one major problem is that the brain master platform that lil brain of skill(?) guy doesn't go up or down properly so my lil'guy gets stuck. The platform on the inside of RB's chest moves to the side way to much and has a ton of resistance to it so I'm not gonna force it. That aside, there were no real QC issues thankfully. I did need to trim the left over sprue marks on the headlight and taillight pieces. Nor did I have any floppy or loose joints to fuck things up.
One thing I don't like was the windshield wiper scratching the windshield.

I do think the arm movements are kinda shit, limiting his poses. And the leg transformation is friggin' annoying. It is complex and you need to watch the angles of all the arms that everything is attached to, if you want shit to line up right. And the feet are odd, still getting used to posing it.

Weird question but are there any 3rd party figures that turn into attack helicopters? Just a weird thought that came to mind, seems like a really cool idea for a figure.

>>6399003

How's Not-Liokaiser back there? I've heard really mixed things.

>>6399019

Probably the MMC Not-Whirl that's coming...Whenever. And his remold-buddy who is based off another helicopter dude from, I think Beast Machines? I have no idea.

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>>6399003

Is the second head that comes with him have painted eyes? I assume it doesn't use the gimmick. How poseable are each of the heads? It looks like he has a balljoint but I never see him look upward in any photos.

>>6399067
I do love Hades, but combined mode is a bitch to pose. It is doable, and I use some blue funtac on the feet to keep him from doing the splits. The individual bot kick ass though. If you can get them for cheap, do it.

>>6399126
No painted eyes - just blue light piping, which looks great. ill post a pic of his alt head in a bit. The alt head can go swivel right and left well enough, and he can look up but not down. With the brain master he has just a couple degrees left and right to move sadly. If they made the little brain master's legs fold up somehow it would have been just fine.
and some of the arm issues.

You can really see some of the engineering that went into the seacons present here.

more pics incoming in a bit

>>6398909
thats been gone. Most big stores sold out of that a week after release. You cant even find it on ebay.

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So my brain master port is fucked up, it won't let the lil'brain guy stay still to push up. Or Rather the little platform starts to rotate and straight launch the brain master out. Its hard to see in the pic but the platform moves over to the right side.

Well now that I've worked it a few times, it goes up and down okay but the part where the brain master secures its feet still wants to rotate forward. damn

>>6399138

Which of the individual bots is the best for Hades?

BBTS has them all on sale currently.

>>6399141
I own him and he's fantastic, I get why he sold out so fast.

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funny enough you can get both heads on at the same time. Which by the way if you are swapping the heads out, the little ball joint put up a hell of a fight and now I'm worried switching again may break it...

>>6399138
>blue funtac
Wouldn't little strips of adhesive backed rubber work better?

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>>6399181
Honestly I love them all, so I'm kinda biased. But the jets and killbison are pretty kickass, I don't like the face sculpt on drillhorn, but he makes a good drill tank. Jallguar or Cerebrus or whatever is good too, if oddly proportioned.

>>6399189
ya have that too, the bit of funtac stuff is good for the back half of Hades's foot which isn't touching the ground.

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Is he as good as he looks? $470 for the set looks fair

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>>6399198
Top 3 and Hook look good as well. Scrapper looks bad and he was always a favorite. The bots don't look to half assed

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>>6399202

>>6399183

Aren't you supposed to unscrew the head, not try to pull it off?

>>6399204
If there's a screw, always. Looking at the pic, yeah, he should've unscrewed it.

>>6399198
TFW "horror" story
>An update on my Toyworld Constructor struggle:

"1. I received the v2 boxset in April from TFS Express. The first bot I take out of the box, Concrete, as two duplicate arms, meaning he can't transform into vehicle or combined modes.
2. I contact TFS Express, who do not offer to replace him but do say they will chase Toyworld for replacement parts. They also recommend I do the same and give me an email address.
3. I do just that, both emailing Toyworld and using their dedicated replacement parts website. It's June, and I'm yet to be acknowledged.
4. I buy a replacement Concrete myself from eBay on the presumption that I can re-sell him once this farce is actually resolved.
5. TFS Express do eventually source the parts for me, although they will only ship them as part of my next order.
6. The parts arrive with Fanstoys Phoenix in early June (TFS held Phoenix a week for me as I was on holiday).
7. I sit down today to finally replace the faulty arm... only to discover that I've been sent the arms for a different bot entirely."


DESU doesn't seem that hard this guy was just too beta to harass Toyworld

>>6399209
>I contact TFS Express, who do not offer to replace him
I personally fucking loathe TFSource. They've screwed me around before (multiple times, I might add), and then they ended up banning me because their customer support is incompetent (to cut a long story short, but it literally wasn't my fault).

>>6399209
>>6399334
Should have also added
> they will only ship them as part of my next order
What a joke.

>>6399209
I dunno, sounds like he got a bad break to me.

>>6399204
Not that anon but it seems silly to engineer a toy with a swappable head that requires screws being loosened or removed to swap the damn head.

>>6399179
Which head are you using though, anon? You can only use it with the static head, and that picture appears to have the ball-jointed head attached.

>>6399337

Honestly it seems silly to engineer a toy with some kind of fucky headmaster configuration that can't move it's head if you use the headmaster. They should've just given him a regular head with proper articulation in the first place.

>>6399340
I mean, it's a Brainmaster so it's kind of a given, but what they SHOULD have done is either engineered it like Masterpiece Star Saber, where the "brain" part is actually already inside the head, or just made the chamber in the chest rotatable too. Or I suppose they could have just given the Brainmaster waist articulation so he could turn with the head.

Either way, I don't think they thought it through very much, but I'm personally just happy he HAS a Brainmaster.

>>6399338
Ya, normal head for now. I'm debating if want to take RB apart to see why his brain master stand wants to flip over when I try to raise it.

If anyone gets Raging bull too, post here if you have this same issue.

>>6399340
>>6399343

Right they should have made it to work like a normal head. Or if the little guy folded up or had a waist swivel it would have been fine.

I'll screw with it some more to see how it goes.

FWIW, when I can get the brain master in, he can look down a bit more but then the up motion gets restricted. You can see that RB then has a bit of yellow "neck" Also I have stick the BM dude to the head a slide him in through the top since the gimmick failed on mine.

>>6399475
>If anyone gets Raging bull too, post here if you have this same issue.

I really want to see some damn reviews for this fucking thing already. I really like the looks of this guy, he just LOOKS good. Yellow and black is a nice color combo. Usually all these youtube assholes have shit weeks ahead of time to shit out a review on, but nope, nothing on this guy so far in english at least.

>>6399479
I feel the same as you, anon. I really want to buy it but don't have money, but it's one of the first things I'd like to buy when I can afford it.

>Aero Alpha preorders sold out on BBTS already

Huh, didn't think it would happen.

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>>6399204
>>6399208
Okay I switched out the normal head front for the Brain Master head and you two are right the screw is the way to go. Sure enough there were a little stress marks at the base of the transparent blue plastic part of the base of the head.
He does have a bit of articulation if you pull the head up slightly but it ain't much. I will probably switch the heads back out again soon,

His arm articulation is kinda shitty though

>>6399494
Given how small the first run of a MMC product generally is I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner

>>6396994
>You can have a god ginrai that is literally taller than kids.

Godbomber would make him maybe 15% taller, so... 80 cm at the most.

it's stupid. Why not a Unicron? If you're gonna make the largest Transformer of all time, pick the one there's not a lot of toys of yet.

>>6399594
That'd be nice, yeah. Or they could take another crack at Primus too. Actually, someone was doing a recreation of the Beast Wars Neo Unicron, weren't they? It's a shame that thing never got released.

It'd be really cool if Hasbro one day went back to prototypes that were almost ready for mass production and put them out in some sort of retro mishmash line.

>>6399594
Supposedly no headmaster but will come with scout size powermaster

>>6399497
>His arm articulation is kinda shitty though

Whats wrong with it?

>>6396837
Why wouldn't you?

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Pulled the trigger and bought this guy. Even if he's smol, is this the best Soundwave toy at present?

>>6400057
https://tfsource.com/mech-planet/hot-soldiers/hs03T-soundtrack/
He's the best for the price for sure

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What are some figures you'd buy as a Black Apple / Wei Jiang premium KO? I'd love to see a *perfect* version of First Edition Bulkhead with articulated hands + covered forearms, a more complete foot transformation, and a hinged jaw.

Also TF:P Soundwave + First Edition Arcee, Animated Samurai Prowl + Safeguard, Generations BM Tankor, ROTF Lugnut, Armada Overload...

>>6400066

I would pay 200 USD easy for a fuckhuge ROTF lugnut upgraded KO, or even a high budget love letter that's a completely new design like DNA design Susanoo.

>>6400057

The only downside of this guy is no swivels for the arms. How they missed such an easy to include feature I'll never know.

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>>6400057
This is coming too relatively soon

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The fugly crotch flap is a bummer though

>>6400090
No ankle tilts either. Though arguably that's not necessary, I just like my toys in dynamic poses

>>6400123
Looks closer to the animation model while the Hot Soldiers looks closer to the g1 toy. Either way, i'll buy this one too. I love soundwave

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Can we stop for a second and talk about how good this looks

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TFCon Exclusive, btw

>>6400168
hated the robot mode,never really liked its awkwardness, but I love this vehicle mode with the decals

Where would the best place to order wei jiang optimus prime in Europe?

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I didn't give a shit about any of the MP Trailbreakers because it's just Trailbreaker, but this really works for me

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>>6399938
It's limited in a couple ways, the upper arm swivel, if moved off of center you can no longer use the arm ratchet to go back and forward with whole arm. The way the arms are attached to the torso is odd... It works for posing if you are going to take a pic but will look real weird at other angles as you move around the figure.
Its kinda hard to describe, sorry, I'll need to take some more pics when I can

Man, I need more fembots. Wish I'd gotten that cute little windblade, or one of the azaela bots.

>>6400172
>>6400169
>>6400168
>>6400165

Damn! that is looking minty. No self-control, will buy.

>>6400168
>TFCon Exclusive, btw
sauce?

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>>6400075
>or even a high budget love letter that's a completely new design like DNA design Susanoo.

>that feeling when MMC turned down Sark's Lugnut design because they felt he's too minor a character

fml

>>6400171

where in Europe you at?

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>>6400184

No places have her in?

>>6400232
Ireland

>>6400230
>MMC turned down Sark's Lugnut design because they felt he's too minor a character

More like they turned it down because that mold looks like garbage?

>>6400245

Weird, Kapowtoys don't have WJ product. Also I don't know if you meant the movie one or the MPP10, so I will just list both.

In that case: There is a Dutch store that sells the movie one (MPP10 is out of stock). But it's pretty expensive.

https://www.tf-robots.nl/en_GB/a-43114606/wei-jiang/weijiang-m-01-commander-evasion-mode-prime-os/

If you don't mind importing, TF-Direct has MPP10 for a good price. With free shipping worldwide.

https://tf-direct.com/free-shipping-weijiang-mpp10-optimus-prime-oversized_p1341.html

Then there is this guy on TFW, who does have a really good track record and free worldwide shipping, but I'm always a bit hesitant about people without stores.

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/rubadubspawn-3p-deals.1079198/

>>6400257

Probably also why yes, but them not believing he's not a character who'd sell was an explicitly stated reason.

>>6400230

It's more this. >>6400257

The alt mode is cool but the robot mode is entirely garbage since half of it sits on the back. Those tiny ass hands are pathetic. The greeble is real though.

>>6396447

Uff. That's enough to put a guy off. Perhaps I'll just spend my cash on getting all of Transformmission Menasor together then

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>>6400266
>>6400257
The "not a character that will sell" thing feels more like them seeing if they can get push back to convince other people to come up with other designs that they might actually like. Not for me though, the only thing that I could even consider buying would just be a RTS Lugnut with better articulation. I love that big guy.

>>6400244
For Miko? No, not that I can find. It's upsetting because Windblade is easily my favorite new character in TF.
BBTS has MMC Zinnia Parapax in, and I'm really debating how much I want her. I like the robot and vehicle mode designs, but the mint green is putting me off in a big way.

>>6400262
Thanks man, yeah I'm looking for the movie one. It judt looks way better than the official masterpiece prime

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To anyone that has him, how is Boreas?
I've always liked Cyclonus, I've got the Generations Cyclonus in the Challenge colors,s and he's pretty great, though his leg's a little loose because the ball join just won't sit right in there.

Pictures of Boreas look pretty good, and it seems his engineering is better than the previous uses of the mold. But I've previously seen people talk about him in pretty poor context.

>>6400280
>Windblade is easily my favorite new character in TF.
Are you the asshat thats been shitposting her in all the tfgs on both co and here?

>>6400321
Everyone I've seen that's gotten him have said he's just "ok" not complete garbage but by no means good and certainly not worth the asking price.

>>6400325
Is the list of people that like Windblade so short that it makes sense to assume that anyone that likes her shitposts about it?

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>>6400165
>>6400168
>>6400169

Why do I like this when I didn't care for the other two uses of the mold?

>>6400330
Yes.

>>6400334
I'm not a super huge fan of the hood on chest style of carbots, bujt I have to admit, something about the color scheme and such really brings a kind of charm.

>>6400336
Well I'm not whoever that guy is, I think I only have one picture of her.

>>6400338
>Well I'm not whoever that guy is, I think I only have one picture of her.
Sorry to accuse you then, the waifufaggotry for her specifically is just getting old at this point. If I didn't know better I'd swear it was Hasbro trying to push her even more and I wouldn't put it past them to try and shill her to every possible group (the waifu types at this point).

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Let's post official toys that are better than any of their third party alternatives. I'll start.

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>>6400394

>>6400334
Red and yellow is a top tier colour combo as McDonalds and Hulk Hogan can attest.

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>>6400396

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>>6400400

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>>6400394

Umm no sweetie ;)

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>>6400396

Keep trying sugar.

>>6400413
That face sculpt sucks so no.

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>>6400415

>Categorically superior in every way
>It doesn't have TT logo on so there's no cock to suck
>I-it looks w-worse

Every time.

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>>6400408

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>>6400418

>>6400057

The MP is currently the best SW. And there's nothing wrong with that.

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>>6400420
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>>6400406

Oh boy. I sure do love when an officialcuck spreads his sour grapes all over my thread. Take your shit dollar store garbage to the poorfag general so you can bitch about stickers on your trash deluxes.

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For those of you that have either of the giganigger scorpion city bots, can someone measure how tall the tail is to the tip with either the spear or con symbol on it? I need to know if my display cabinet is going to be able to fit him acting as a makeshift throne for CD despotron.

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>>6400334
[Inaudible Bird Noises]

>>6400417
I actually prefer the HasTak Sixshot aesthetically as well. GCreation looks the coolest though, but who knows about the engineering considering their Optimus.

Personally hoping for Fanshobby to release a Sixshot for maximum G1 chunk plus solid build

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>>6400528
My what a handsome fellow.

>>6400528
How is Rearend? I liked him in the comics, is he worth it?

>>6400562
Weak in comparison to maketoys' swerve in both value and construction, but he's still pretty good if the price doesn't turn you off. He's got above average articulation, and it's a dead on likeness.

>>6400580
Well, I really like his design, and you're right he really is one of those figures where it looks like he's just come off the page, as it were.

I didn't realize he came with an upgrade kit for Cyclonus. I've always wanted him to have the IDW broken horn head too. I think I'll nab him.

>>6400402
Weijiang Springer when?
>articulated
>gappy thighs covered
>ankle articulation
>tabs better in alt modes
>other minor improvements

Are there any good 3p Starscreams?

I feel like I'm the only person in the world that doesn't have a classics seeker of any kind.

>>6400643
>6400643
Not the other anon, but I got him despite the price (and not really caring about the Cyclonus parts) and I'd still say he's worth it. He looks really good in person just because he's so comic accurate. A word of warning though- my had some extra plastic flashing you may have to trim off. It trims up very easily and looks fine but still it was weird.

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>>6400758

What's your poison? We got all kinds of scales, G1 style, IDW, Galaxy Force, Hearts of Steel, and Fall of Cybertron.

>>6400792
G1 VOYAGER

>>6400792
I really don't know. The only Starscreams I have now are the FoC one, all hollow as he is, and the IDW one with the more orange red and the shoulder cannon things.

Both are pretty neat but they're small as hell. With them I never really feel like I've really gotten my money's worth. I'd like something more sized to a deluxe or a little larger, truth be told.

>>6400801

and you're fucked.

>>6400804
Honestly they seem like pretty reasonable sell, why has no one done it?

>>6400807

Because the 3P's have gotten the idea all anyone wants is MP sized all the time forever. Only Iron Factory and MMC haven't really fallen to this.

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Did MMC ever say why they moved their insecticons into the reformatted line?

>>6401110

Because they weren't going to compete with fanstoys.

Is maketoys releasing a Ultra Magnus/White Prime version of Striker Manus? I can get Striker Noir, but if they're making White Prime i'd rather buy that

>>6401079
MMC is leaning towards chugsterpiece scale lately. I'm not complaining, it's perfect middle ground.

>>6401110
I don't think their MP series is doing that hot so why not release them under their way more successful line.

>>6400394
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>>6400408
Fuck off takaracuck, go shitpost /tfg/

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>late last year
>eh, manus is ok, but the poor weapon options really hurt him, I guess I'll sell him off

>now
>this is the best generations sized optimus, maybe my favorite transformer period, and I would buy a blue/white shameless ultra magnus cash-in in a heartbeat

It's almost unbelievable how much the accessories that came with noir helped. It wouldn't have even been a problem if the'd just given him 5mm hands like every other fucking CHUG transformer in the last 10 years. but I can't overstate how much I love this mold.

>>6401608
Cross Dimension is my favorite 3P thing going on right now.

Hopefully at TFCon they show some protos for some non-Optimus characters though.

>>6401622
Yeah, their generic Seeker seemed promising

>>6401622
It's funny, because the others in the line don't really do anything for me. I got a chance to mess around with rioter for a bit and fun articulation aside, he was kind of eh. Erebus isn't really setting off alarms either. Maybe this is just a line that needs some time for stockholm syndrome to set in.

>>6401625
This, on the other hand, I'm hyped for. Cape wings are my a e s t h e t i c.

>>6401478
Because most folks are going to recognize that the scale and aesthetics don't match with the rest of the line and look suspiciously fitting for G1 MP.

>>6401110
Because they're ugly

>>6400165
Easily the best attempt at that mold/body style. The way the hood tapers down for bot mode is inspired.

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Any of you guys have any of the aliexpress masterpiece kos? Thinking about getting grimlock and maybe prowl.

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>>6401784
This isn't an MP KO it's a KO of Warbotron Grimlock. Alieexpress is fine in my experience it just takes a month to get your stuff

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>>6401784
That's not an MP KO. That's an upscale of a model kit by Warbotron, I think. I have the original model kit, it's actually really cool and my favorite-looking Grimlock. I love all the chunkiness. The worst part is the screw that holds the tail in for transformation constantly unscrews itself whenever you transform it, so I hope they fix it there, since it's upscaled to Voyager size from Legends size.

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>>6401793
Did you paint or did it come like this?

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>>6401795
I painted it. I did a layer of tamiya spray-on flat black primer, then tamiya metallics for the color. It's been pretty durable, apart from a few scuffs here and there, but scuffs don't look bad on grimlock.

>>6401791
>>6401793
Ooooooooh thanks guys. The description says mp8 but its aliexpress so i should've known better lol. For that price I'll probably take chance eventually.

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>preordered Calidus out of MMC trust and Rodimus lust
>so much naysaying
>no good pics
>start to regret but it's too late for that
>finally get him today after being out of the country and am enchanted by him and his little smirky face

He's a cute little fellow with personality and big ol titties--really makes my poor Cloud Rodimus show his age, though.

>>6401844
>hot dog thighs

>>6401608
the maketoys cross dimension shit looks terrible

10 years later and no 3P can make a better chug optimus than the henkei. It's sad.

>>6401844
be sure to slap a autobot symbol on his chest.

>>6401844
I like how Megs looks, but MTMTE got me bitter because of how garbage it's become.

Cloud Rodimus never really looked that great imo, mold just doesn't fit him without a proper new head.

>>6401844
He just screams for reprolabels to break monotone colors a bit. If anything, that's what really bugs about MMC stuff lately - lack of paint detailing. Both Dicamus and Calidus suffer from this.

>>6401844
>he STILL has the hot dog thighs and ridiculously tiny feet

MMC what the hell are you guys doing.

>>6401916
Thing is, he has some nice solid paint apps, it's just alot of it's in very subtle different shades. For instance his "abs" are dark red, but the background of them is a paler shade. I might have to pop a wash or get a pen on him at some point to bring out some of the detailing, too.
>>6401928
Thankfully, his thighs also look far less frankfurtery to me in person, they definitely have a redder tone than in images i've seen online. His feet do look good and are nice and heavy, though.

>>6401928
That's an old test shot, they got rid of all pink and made it bright red.

>>6401952
>>6401954
I know it could go either way, but I really hope this guy turns out well. Do we know what the trailer does yet?

>>6401955
Mine is coming tomorrow hopefully. Do you hate glued spikes? Was thinking to mod them if I hate that Wolverine look.

>>6401963
Looks like at least his arms are coming from trailer

I have the chance to get a Beast Gorira for a decent price - should I bite? Is it a good figure?

>>6402019
He's relatively solid, only issue is his thigh/forearm swivels are a bit floppy, hard to hit some poses where they're fully outstretched (and impossible to get him in a running pose since the leg you put out will flop so that the foot is directly towards the floor).

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>>6401963

It makes up the arms and some portion of the legs/feet of the combiner like Fansproject's. While not in use in robot mode part of it becomes a battle station with 2 turrets big enough to mount the car bots on.

>>6402043
I just hope he isn't a bitch to transform like FP was.

>>6402043
>>6402044
It looks dumb as fuck and I'll never use it, but it's also better than them trying to origami-up the entire trailer into the robot mode.

>>6402064
It's dumb as fucking shit and yet that makes me want it even more.

So what is the replacement part set from maketoys for Cupola supposed to do exactly? I installed are the parts but I really notice no difference other than a very slight shade difference on his feet now.

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>>6401859
>Look at me I have shit-taste the post.

I'm sorry you're mad they got sold out on you before your neetbux came in.

The cross dimension figures or incredibly well articulated and they are designed amazingly.

The truck mode is a little fucky looking, but nothing too bad. The bot modes are essentially perfect. Idk how you couldn't like them unless you are one of those munkey not trukk people.

Are there any good jumbo jet-styled Transformers? Think RTS Lugnut, but with not god-awful articulation.

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>>6402126
There's Unique Toys Provider who looks like a pretty damn good Octone. I don't own him, but he gets good reviews. I don't think there's going to be a good 3p Lugnut any time soon.

anybody know of a good retailer for 3rd party stuff in jefferson MO

>>6402157
Looks pretty neat, shame about the chrome paint on him though.

>>6402220
The chrome on him isn't half bad. Transformed mine several times and have had no issues with it what so ever. He's really a lot of fun.

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>>6402109
one actually looks like optimus. the other has le wacky anime proportions and a shit alt mode.

>>6401079
Maketoys also has their Cross Dimension series which is dropping a Nemesis Super Ginrai next month.

>>6402349
I see two figures that both look demonstrably like Optmus Prime.

>>6402349
>getting triggered by one design in the ocean of Optimus Primes in the market to satisfy one's taste
What's the point?

>>6402547
Not him but personally, I hate the Cross Demension Prime design as well and I'm getting a little tired of seeing it posted over and over and over but eh, whatever. Folks are gonna like what they like and pay for what they want. It's not my cup of tea so I'm not gonna buy it but anybody who does like it is still free to enjoy it. I've watched reviews and the figure has its merits, I just don't like the design so I'll pass.

>>6402349
>one actually looks like optimus

I am an autistic Optimusfag (147 at last count) and I was sent here by God to tell you to dial down the autism, son.

..Still need that Striker Manus...

>>6400611

Got him last B.O.T.S.. Worth every penny. Very happy to have him over Maxmas.

>>6400414

Uuuunggghhh

>>6401968
I'm not a huge fan, was definitely thinking of popping the tips off and maybe modding them to clip off and on.

>>6402349
Fuck off officialcuck, that mold is a piece of shit

>>6402743
Spike tips are supposed to pop off, but tab is glued into a pipe. If you get rid of a glue you can unplug spike and get hand cannons look.