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Post by Lejam on Jan 26, 2013 18:18:21 GMT -5
Ok thanks for the links.
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Post by Chen on Jan 27, 2013 10:34:20 GMT -5
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Post by Lejam on Jan 27, 2013 11:27:53 GMT -5
So about Hercules high, from ground to top of head = 32 cm / 12.6 inches...
With rage set, summit is 37 cm / 14.6 inches.
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Post by Chen on Jan 27, 2013 12:20:34 GMT -5
So about the same size, hmmmm I would probably buy a Hercules with Rage set if the green was the same as the Maketoys version. But I could overlook that I just can't afford the price of it and if I bought one I would want Uranos and the Mastermind Predaking and I just don't have the $$$$ :-(
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Post by Gold on Jan 28, 2013 9:41:48 GMT -5
Wow. that Shockwave looks really good and the feet do seem to be metal.
Has Fanstoys released any other stuff or is this their first? Lol.. so many 3rd parties now, it's hard to keep track who's done what.
Gold
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Post by Chen on Jan 28, 2013 16:56:18 GMT -5
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Post by Chen on Jan 28, 2013 17:41:32 GMT -5
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Post by nikodiablo on Jan 28, 2013 23:48:50 GMT -5
I want to get him so bad, but as yet, there are no online retailer in my vicinity that offers him for sale, not even robot kingdom  Between quakewave; MMC's hexatron and feral rex; and FP's not-menasor, this year's going to be a very expensive - and that's not mentioning the official Takara-Tomy masterpieces! |
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Post by Lejam on Jan 29, 2013 8:07:21 GMT -5
Fan Toy are preparing a second run...
I planning to get this one too. The more I see it, the more it deserves to be official in MP Line.
Not sure Takarasbro will produce this character :
1. Gun toy are not easy to sell
2. Fan Toy already made the homerun with this release before Takarasbro
(dispite the MP Soundwave they allready prototyped)
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Post by nikodiablo on Jan 30, 2013 12:34:15 GMT -5
Shockwave's video review is out!
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Post by southpawdragon on Jan 31, 2013 22:44:53 GMT -5
a question to those who are going to collect future third party gestalts after devastator. would you just wait until they offer a whole set now . since that happened to both third party devastator figures or would you still get them individually.
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Post by nikodiablo on Feb 1, 2013 7:09:35 GMT -5
My budget is limited. A staggered release of the individual robots really helps me. Just make sure you buy from established manufacturer to reduce the risk of buying incomplete products.
BTW, more shockwave video review. I'm practically drooling right now!
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Post by rx79msg on Feb 1, 2013 12:45:54 GMT -5
He is sold out!  |
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Post by nikodiablo on Feb 1, 2013 18:46:19 GMT -5
I think there will be a second production wave coming around March, and some online store like Captured Prey has already opened a pre-order for that. Better reserve yours now.
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Post by Chen on Feb 4, 2013 19:51:26 GMT -5
Just paid for my Shockwave, around $180cdn shipping included which is pretty damn good. Now just the long wait :-(
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Post by supergetterv on Feb 4, 2013 20:13:33 GMT -5
a question to those who are going to collect future third party gestalts after devastator. would you just wait until they offer a whole set now . since that happened to both third party devastator figures or would you still get them individually. I say it all depends on which 3rd party company. Stuff from Fansproject, I say buy immediately. After market prices for their items are insane. And most of the time, when they do make reissues, they usually cost more than the originals. City Commander was only $70 shipped back then. New reissue version are more than Double now. Stuff from TFC, I say wait. Their Devastator is now being sold at a discount and you are more likely to be able to buy them cheaper on the secondary market. Base on the limited history on TFC, they will sell it cheaper, fix all of them problem on the second run, so why buy them One at a time and over pay? Bottom line is a lot of these big Gestalts are just way over priced at almost $100 each. I saw the video review from Optibotimus on the FansToy Shockwave. It is pretty nice, with diecast parts and light up eyes. I am interested but got to pass on it. I don't have MP Soundwave yet and would much rather have that one before this one. |
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Post by Ben-Ohki on Feb 4, 2013 21:08:17 GMT -5
Well, here's the thing - the third-party market was very different at the time of City Commander. Fansproject made one run of that and stopped. Also, the Ultra Magnus Classics figure was rather hard to find - it came in a two-pack with Skyfire in the west, or else you had to find a Japanese release. So all together, getting a Fansproject City Commander version Ultra Magnus was pretty tough...
Fast-forward a few years... third-party stuff is more widespread now. Fansproject is known to re-release stuff and I suspect overall production runs are bigger now if places like BBTS and even a specialty outlet like Fansprojectcore are taking pre-orders. The warbot line had rereleases as well within a few months. I don't see Fansproject stuff exploding in secondary-market value the way they used to.
You're right about TFC though - It's been less than a year and they're already rereleasing a Shattered Glass repaint of Hercules...
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Post by supergetterv on Feb 4, 2013 23:42:56 GMT -5
yes, fast forward to now and you still have pretty much the same thing happening with some of the Fansproject release though. Before Warbot 2 Steel Core's second Production run, the thing was selling 3 to 4X. It is still selling for more than double the original price. And I am seeing the same thing with the most recent release Chromedome. It is selling for over 170$ from what I've been told. And the second production run is all preordered out too. The only set of stuff that didn't do well for FP was the Insecticons and the First Two Causality repaint figures. And that's probably due to the bootlegs.
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Post by anubis20 on Feb 15, 2013 14:42:03 GMT -5
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Post by Chen on Feb 15, 2013 16:47:18 GMT -5
Just got mine too, unfortunately two of the fingers were broken and I don't have the right batteries but it's a great piece.
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