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Post by Benn on Oct 26, 2019 20:20:39 GMT
Might be of interest to Urzu and Grahame Been busy, so I've only just found this thread but this is glorious and if anyone wants to treat me (Christmas soon, y'know) then I will absolutely accept this. Not sure what the Black'n'gold one is supposed to be? G2 Dragstrip? |
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 26, 2019 20:29:27 GMT
I think it's just a nice deco. MMC's name for the original toy is Sphinx and this one is called Pharaoh. They're claiming a link to Halloween using 'the mummy' as the connection. Apparently there have been Halloween inspired repaints of toys at TFCon before.
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Post by Benn on Oct 26, 2019 20:40:17 GMT
Ah, I see.
Surprisingly, the list of unattainable Mirages grows!
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 26, 2019 20:59:03 GMT
That MMC one has been done loads of times. It's one of MMC's best moulds (rumoured to have been designed by a Takara MP designer). I can think of nine versions off the top of my head.
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Post by Benn on Oct 26, 2019 21:36:47 GMT
I knew there was the toy and cartoon versions, and these two bring it up to four, but nine?
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 26, 2019 22:40:42 GMT
Toy
Cartoon v1 (lighter blue)
Cartoon v2 (reduced detail)
Clear (think it was a con exclusive)
Half clear left side (con exclusive)
Half clear right side (another con exclusive same time)
Red & white (that Diaclone?)
G2
Pharaoh
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 26, 2019 22:42:08 GMT
The half clear ones looked amazing, but they were like £150 each when they came out.
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 26, 2019 22:47:11 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 26, 2019 23:06:56 GMT
Ok... News from TFCon: Fans Toys have announced a Fortress Maximus. 3 foot 9 inches.  The Hot Rod in that image is their MP scale one. |
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Post by Shockprowl on Oct 27, 2019 7:25:45 GMT
Wow that's humongous!
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Dezzeh
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Post by Dezzeh on Oct 27, 2019 7:36:41 GMT
Will be waiting to see if that one ever materialises..
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Post by Benn on Oct 27, 2019 7:39:44 GMT
That's ridiculous
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 27, 2019 7:40:49 GMT
I'm wondering if Unicon has reset the bar in terms of what 3P companies think people are willing to pay for top tier toys. FT's Omega was a big bugger and that was £280. If FT thought they had £600 of someone's money to play with, it probably wouldn't be far off this. I'm glad I'm not an FT completist any more though. I definitely don't need this. Not going '87 with MPs. Movie is the cut off for me.
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Post by Llama God on Oct 27, 2019 10:00:32 GMT
Much as I'm a fan of Fort Max I can see this one being prohibitively expensive, so I'll most certainly pass. (And besides, if I was going to drop that much money on a huge Transformer I would've pre-ordered Unicron. And I didn't.) For me this is slightly disappointing since... it's just Fort Max. And it doesn't seem to be anything particularly special. Aside from being big. Sure, it looks to have a better city mode than the Titans Return release, but still. The thing that's going to not see me selling on my Maketoys Pandinus when Hasbro's Titan-class Scorponok comes out is that Pandinus is very different, and does different and interesting things. And sure, I know that's not what most people will want, but for me that's what the attraction is of other companies playing with these properties. Anyway, TFW has a round-up of all the 3P stuff that was shown at TFCon here: news.tfw2005.com/2019/10/26/tfcon-dc-2019-3rd-party-panel-in-full-399431 Not a lot that interests me. In fact, the Iron Factory stuff just frustrates me. We saw most of this last year! Get a move on! ;-) And not a single image of the MMC Chromedome, which is what generated the most excitement in this household. Weird... |
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 27, 2019 20:07:26 GMT
THREE FEET TALL!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 27, 2019 20:11:02 GMT
And nine inches. It's mad. We'd all just adjusted to the fact that at 27" tall, Unicron will be honking massive, but then this would be 45. 45 inches tall. That's almost twice as high as the Generations Fort Max.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 27, 2019 20:35:54 GMT
Good grief. That would be a nightmare to transform.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Oct 27, 2019 21:09:29 GMT
It's as tall as my youngest, for goodness' sakes.
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Post by Dezzeh on Oct 27, 2019 21:41:56 GMT
I'm not saying I'm going to buy one.. but, you know..
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 3, 2019 12:17:12 GMT
This is almost comical, but I guess if you're going for a toon accurate Menasor then this is one way to do it. It seems DX9's Motormaster is a self contained toy that forms the cab of the full truck. Then the trailer unfolds into a complete skeleton that the four limbs just plug into in car mode... I reckon the Motormaster just makes a ball that gives the Menasor body weight. |
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Post by Dezzeh on Nov 3, 2019 14:21:45 GMT
I really want the lightning bug!
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 3, 2019 17:18:48 GMT
This is almost comical, but I guess if you're going for a toon accurate Menasor then this is one way to do it. It seems DX9's Motormaster is a self contained toy that forms the cab of the full truck. Then the trailer unfolds into a complete skeleton that the four limbs just plug into in car mode... I reckon the Motormaster just makes a ball that gives the Menasor body weight. Holy sweet Azrael's hot bits!!!! Whu! Whuu?!?! WHUUUU!!!!! |
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 3, 2019 17:21:55 GMT
I really want the lightning bug! My youngest MUST NEVER KNOW that a representation of the Lightning Bug exists! She was fascinated by it in the cartoon and planned an entire story-stch where the Autobots saved it and it become, you guessed it, a goodie. SHE MUST NEVER KNOW!!! |
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Post by Dezzeh on Nov 3, 2019 17:34:09 GMT
Buy Omega or the child finds out !
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Post by Toph on Nov 3, 2019 17:52:17 GMT
What's the point of a combiner that doesn't actually need any of it's five components?
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 3, 2019 17:59:33 GMT
Must. Have. Toon. Accuracy!
Mind you, I jest, but I can't see the Fans Toys one being much different and I'm in on that.
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Post by Dezzeh on Nov 3, 2019 18:09:52 GMT
I like the way zeta combines so it’s fine for what it is. Very seriously considering buying this for the bug..
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 3, 2019 18:52:16 GMT
Buy Omega or the child finds out ! NNNOOOOO!!!! No... please.... those eys... THOSE LITTLE BLUE EYES!!!! |
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 3, 2019 18:54:37 GMT
What's the point of a combiner that doesn't actually need any of it's five components? But yeah, absolutely. It's just.... weird. But then again, G1 Motor Master is weird. Scale-wise. Utterly bonkers. Maybe that's why I like Combiner Wars Stunticons/Menasor so much. It makes more sense. |
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Post by Stomski on Nov 3, 2019 21:13:05 GMT
Jobby reviews Winged Dragon.
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