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Post by Pinwig on Mar 5, 2017 15:56:50 GMT
Grinder inbound. Scoria came out in June 2014, so we're just three months short of three years since this project started, but my MP Dinobots will be complete by the end of the week.
I decided with this that I don't need two MP Grims, so flogged by MP-08, which surprisingly paid for almost all of Grinder. Therefore he joins Shockwave as being two figures where inferior official versions have been replaced by superior 3P equivalents.
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 5, 2017 20:19:48 GMT
My Grinder's on his way, hey!
My Grinder's on his way, hey!
My Grinder's on his way, hey!
My Grinder's on his way, hey!
Yup, Pinwing ol' Buddy, ol' pal. Seems a long time ago you kindly moved on your original Scoria to me. For me it ends with THE ORIGINAL THREE. The first Dinobot episode with just the three of them was one of the first I ever saw as a small impressionable, so they've always been my nostalgasm target (fuck off, everypony, no I am NOT searching out the other two... not... never... ).
I'm giddy as a schoolgirl with One Direction tickets about having this brute finally.
Pins? Do you consider the three years it's taken to have this project completed a reasonable amount of time to wait? Or do you think they should have wrapped it up sooner? You know, finished this set before starting all the billion other figures (high quality as they are) they've been pumping out?
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 5, 2017 20:37:23 GMT
I think the Dinobots have been their learning curve. The fact they're redoing Slag under a different name to make him fit more with the recent figures shows they've moved on from where they were (I prefer the original though, more detail). So I think if they were starting this now, it wouldn't take them three years to do them. They did all three Insecticons in seven months, with other figures coming out too. Toyworld knocked out six Constructicons in less than six months because they were already established, knew what they were doing and had the resources to do it.
The Dinos have been the backbone by which FT established themselves and got the money together to do other figures, so I don't begrudge Stomp and Grinder coming later than the other three because I think they'll be better for it. Stomp seems to be one of the most highly regarded 3P figures.
Question now is, Jetfire... the video reviews of the test shot have gone up. Just seeing the jet mode in human hands - that is one enormous figure. But is it too Sunbow...
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Post by Bogatan on Mar 5, 2017 20:56:58 GMT
Wait after creating a line of dinos out of scale with Grimlock so they had to make him as well they are now making a new Slag to replace their first potato version?
Stomp is amazing though, I was very happy when Andy from Kapow said he still had one tucked away long after they had sold out online.
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Post by Jaymz on Mar 5, 2017 21:08:20 GMT
Different designer for Grinder than the other FT dinos, although he had some input on Stomp. He's done the tweaks on the Scoria redo.
Grinder is nice in hand, but I prefer MP8. It definitely goes better with the other FT dinos than MP8 though.
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 5, 2017 21:18:38 GMT
That's interesting to know. Grinder does look more simple in style than the previous figures, but MP08 on the platforms just doesn't work. I need a big Grimlock to lead this crew.
Yes, the Cesium figure under the Perfect Fusion name is Fans Toys replacing Scoria with a more Sunbow-esque version. FT are all about fitting in with Takara's style and that's changed since Scoria came out.
Thing is I love Scoria though. He's a perfect MP version of the Dinobot I most loved as a child, and although he's a bit of a rugby ball in Dino mode, his robot is brilliant.
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 7, 2017 17:25:33 GMT
OH MY GOD!!!!
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 7, 2017 17:26:05 GMT
WOW!!!!!
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 7, 2017 17:26:46 GMT
AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 7, 2017 17:27:05 GMT
*COLLAPSES*
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 7, 2017 20:38:11 GMT
Pins? Yours arrived yet? Come on, sound-off, Man. Don't leave a brother hanging.
*Cuddles Grinder*
"Hmmm? What's that? Oh yes, oh I love you more than my biological children, don't worry about that my little darling... Hmmm? Crown on? Crown time? Come on then..."
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 7, 2017 21:42:56 GMT
Sorry, I was in the other thread!
He is indeed absolutely fantastic. No qualms at all about trading in MP8. Grinder only cost me thirty quid! There are few moments in toy buying these days that genuinely take your breath, but Fans Toys figures always feel like something truly special. Real love, real care over the quality of the end product. They are unbeatable.
Somehow I need to find somewhere I can put these five taking on Toyworld Devvy.
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Post by Dezzeh on Mar 8, 2017 9:55:00 GMT
You have just convinced me to give in and order him!
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 8, 2017 10:34:35 GMT
He's magnificent and worth very penny.
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Post by Dezzeh on Mar 8, 2017 11:09:26 GMT
He should be here tomorrow!
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Post by Bogatan on Mar 8, 2017 15:43:51 GMT
Less exciting that dinosaurs, but a set of KP perfect effect CW Superions hands and feet arrived today. only cost £10.50.
The feet are still too big for CW especially for the relatively skinny Silverbolt torso, but they really bring out Superions articulation. Shame that Hasbro Computron feet didn't also have the front back tilt. The hands look very skeletal compared to the giant feet, which to me is odd but hey ho. Still an improvement over Hasbros HFGs.
I think Id be tempted by a few more in black and grey, if I find them at that price again, maybe even at the £13 they usually go for.
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 8, 2017 21:08:22 GMT
I should do this. I have white Nonnef feet for Superion but need some white hands from somewhere.
Wouldn't mind a black hand/foot set for Defensor either. The other teams are sorted.
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Post by Dezzeh on Mar 9, 2017 22:09:55 GMT
Hello Grinder, you're a bit of a big boy aren't you
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Post by blueshift on Mar 9, 2017 22:11:12 GMT
Hello Grinder, you're a bit of a big boy aren't you FOR YOU </Bane> |
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Post by Dezzeh on Mar 13, 2017 13:22:08 GMT
Just ordered the final two Nottlebots I needed to make the combiner, thought I had might as well complete the set.
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Post by Dezzeh on Apr 28, 2017 10:49:11 GMT
Hanzo and the two IF Drifts arrived, yay sales again!
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Post by Dezzeh on May 26, 2017 21:34:13 GMT
Striker Noir arrived today, wish I had got the manus version as well now!
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Post by Pinwig on May 26, 2017 21:48:17 GMT
I'm spotting a trend in this thread...
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Post by Dezzeh on May 26, 2017 21:50:50 GMT
Dez buys all the things?
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Post by Pinwig on May 26, 2017 21:55:04 GMT
He does! I must buy something to break the trend.
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Post by Dezzeh on May 27, 2017 18:07:00 GMT
I see Rioter Despotron is being restocked by kapow early next week, just in time for pay day..
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Post by Pinwig on May 27, 2017 18:09:10 GMT
The man is insatiable...
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Post by Dezzeh on May 27, 2017 18:09:45 GMT
I may need some help..
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Post by Pinwig on May 27, 2017 18:11:33 GMT
Yes, you do. You can cure this by sending me all your toys.
Honest.
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Post by Pinwig on May 27, 2017 18:12:03 GMT
God. Now I sound like Shockprowl.
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