The Unlicensed Third Party Transformers Thread

[tekering]

6 hours ago, Valkyrie Hunter D said:

Regarding M-01 Steel Fortress, do I skip a house payment, or just save it for a 4 foot tall Metroplex?

I like the sound of a 4' Metroplex, but Lewin's asking too much for a figure that bears only a superficial resemblance to the source material.  It's not G1 Metroplex, not IDW Metroplex, not FOC Metroplex, and it doesn't even look like Prime Wars Metroplex. 😒

Also, that "transformation" barely qualifies. 🙄

Looks bloody heavy, too:

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1105143837682388

Edited Saturday at 08:45 AM by tekering

[Hikuro]

From what I've seen is that it's shipped in multiple boxes for assembly. It resembles to much to me of the FOC Metroplex to make the cost worth it when I already have a FOC Metroplex. Just because you slap a crap ton of cannons on it and make it 4 feet tall doesn't constitute it as being cool and a must have. Not to mention I can't justify the price tag on this thing, way to expensive and could use a lot more color separation. 

[mikeszekely]

To be fair, I think it looks better than Thrilling 30 Metroplex. But 2' tall Transformers are already too unwieldy and take up too much space in my house; a robot that big is immediately out of the question no matter how cool it is. 

...well, unless it also can cook.

[Hikuro]

I just got back a bit ago from Toydojo, I was able to get 90% of what I was looking for but sadly they didn't have Gears at the store and didn't wanna go to the warehouse to grab him despite making such a big purchase lol, oh well. 

I did as I said, get Stellarus, owner said that since the unveiling of Star OP and having Stellarus $20 off he's been seeing an uptick on it selling.
My copy is incredibly stiff, gun turrets, head, appendages, the works, stiff, I didn't have the leg compression issue, yet, it's certainly sensitive, but he held together quite fine while fiddling and getting him to pose and he came with the lock-in parts if it does happen. Iwish there was more to this figure than just his ion cannon.....either a mini Rodimus or the Zodiac orb, SOMETHING. 

Edited Saturday at 07:10 PM by Hikuro

[anime52k8]

I'm less impressed by the size and more impressed how something that physically exists can look so much like an ugly, generative A.I. mess.

[Valkyrie Hunter D]

Call me old fashioned, but I am still perfectly content with my Maketoys Utopia for a Metroplex.  Still waiting for a Trypticon to tickle my fancy.

Edited Saturday at 10:43 PM by Valkyrie Hunter D