The Unlicensed Third Party Transformers Thread

[dizman]

I'm in for one, I've always loved the super countach design and spinout nails it.

[Silverstreak]

I have high hopes for it. Looks promising so far.

[Valkyrie Hunter D]

Kurisama, you guys have to give this thing a nice solar yellow paint job, and not a banana yellow one. Just like how Henkei Sunstreaker looked much better than the Classics version. Regardless, Spinout looks kick ass.

[slaginpit]

FAR RIGHT New Player and new combinor to compete with Toyworlds Combinor. Im liking it but I need to see the rest of Toysworlds. to pull the trigger

[Silverstreak]

That Snarl looks nice but I'm not a fan of combining Dinobots.

I'm sticking with FansToys for my MP collection but if I had space for a classic set it would be FansProject.

Edited August 15, 2014 by Silverstreak

[Gakken85]

Those dinos have nice proportions.

Still probably won't get them but they look cool.

[David Hingtgen]

They're gonna be ginormous---here's the combiner foot:

And here's their Sludge sorta-near TFC's not-Predaking (no, not a single member, that's the combined form)

Interestingly, combiners from TFC, MMC, and WB have all showed up in the background of this photo set---so they may be "checking out the competition" and hopefully picking out the best bits, correcting errors, etc.

[Gakken85]

Which company is doing that Snarl?

[David Hingtgen]

Yet another new company that came into being to make Dinobots. "GCreations"

Yup, big:

[Gakken85]

Too many ridges = looks like it was printed out of a 3D printer.

[David Hingtgen]

The numerous ridges make many think it was designed by Cassy. (who is a free-lance designer who has worked for several 3P companies---MMC, Igear, KFC, etc----anything with a lot of ridges, was probably his work at some point)

[Gakken85]

Yeah. Not a fan of it. Just looks cheap for some reason.

[Silverstreak]

Wow. That is huge!!!

Ratchets will be a problem.

[Valkyrie2008]

This combiner from GCreations look amazing, didn't expect it would be that big, wow! I think the size will fit well with the MP lineup. I've always wonder why won't they make the dinobots combine in the cartoon. If their quality as good as MMC and the price are reasonable, then I will consider picking up the set.

[Gakken85]

Ah that Snarl is by Toysworld.

[F360]

That is some big feet, probably means big bills too.

there's way too many ridges, way overkill.

The Toyworld Dinos looks pretty good, it'll be between Fansproject and them for me. Fantoys are nice and big, but the cost to try to get a set will be around to $1000.

Some of 3rd party Transformers are coming up to Macrosss Toy line pricing and more.

[CoryHolmes]

And I think that's a big problem. The most appealing part of 3P toys was they were focusing on obscure characters that just wouldn't otherwise get the love from HasTak. Now, they've all developed a case of follow the leader and only working on the most popular figures, while swiping the designs of other companies.

[Gakken85]

Yeah its kind of a circle jerk.

[Tober]

It does however mean competition, which ensures they need to establish a reputation with quality product and can't go too nuts with the prices.

Kinda surprised it's taken this long to see a MP Sunstreaker, but still no sign of MP Jazz or Blaster.

[CoreyD]

Yeah the lack of a mp jazz figure is puzzling. I'm still holding out for mirage too, but I'm not expecting it to happen.

[Valkyrie2008]

I might be the only person that does not like Jazz.

[Scyla]

I might be the only person that does not like Jazz.

But he has a visor. A V I S O R!!!

[JB0]

I might be the only person that does not like Jazz.

It's not that you're the only person who doesn't like Jazz, just that you're the only person who hasn't realized he likes Jazz yet.

[Valkyrie2008]

i think it's because I'm not too fond of that Porsche vehicle, if TakTom makes a nice MP Jazz, I will pick one up. I've been collecting all of MPs from TakTom since the first release, except for the repaint, I only collect some of those.

[Hikuro]

So I see Headrobots still around and they're releasing a scorponok upgrade for the Botcon 2014 edition....but what I'm curious over is if it'll work for any of the scorponok models that've existed since Energon?

[eriku]

That Snarl looks great. That combiner & foot looks like one of those line-filled designs that I just can't get into. I know its supposed to be "detail", but...blech.

[terry the lone wolf]

Somehow a Dinobot Combiner/Gesaltjust makes sense..

[dizman]

Just got my G2 Kar Krash in the mail, I love it! Definitely worth the retail price if you are a G2 fan, not worth the scalper prices though.

[Gakken85]

That Snarl looks great. That combiner & foot looks like one of those line-filled designs that I just can't get into. I know its supposed to be "detail", but...blech.

Totally agree.

Somehow a Dinobot Combiner/Gesaltjust makes sense..

It doesn't to me. In the show that was what made the dino's so cool. They could go toe to toe with Devistator and such because they were so big and powerful. A dinobot gestalt seems like overkill to me... and if they did do it, it should be kind of chaotic and crazy like in the comic or whatever.

[Dangard Ace]

The Dino's never could go toe to toe with Devastator in the show. Every time they tried they got their butts kicked. Constructicons yes, Devastator no. Dinobots need to combine to destroy Devastator.

[Gakken85]

They put him down a few times and stood up to him.. which is what I mean by Toe to Toe.

It wasn't a cake walk by any means.

[eriku]

I like my dinobots dumb. Part of the reason I loved them in G1 was they were just the biggest group of total idiots and it was hilarious. If they tried to combine they'd probably end up with a leg sticking out of the neck, two arms on one hip, the head on the other hip and the last member trying to fight the rest of his combined team because he doesn't recognize them.

Edited August 19, 2014 by eriku

[Mechapilot77]

The numerous ridges make many think it was designed by Cassy. (who is a free-lance designer who has worked for several 3P companies---MMC, Igear, KFC, etc----anything with a lot of ridges, was probably his work at some point)

could be him, what is for sure is that it is lazy design. details should make sense or at least look like they do. someone has to think out what panel lines and details should look like, not simply draw geometric designs and repeat them. its really lazy. i thought the Gcreations thing was sort of cool (even though i don't like the idea of combining g1 dinos...it just looked cool)...seeing all those ridges on the prototype though...is a downer. it may have just saved me money though. the toyworld snarl is cool...but too small for classics dinobots unless you go with the old classics/henkei prime scale. hmm...in a year with less cool things to buy i might be considering one of these CHUG like dino sets. in a year where i'm buying MP style dinos (potentially 2 sets of them) and ozma renewals (hopefully!!!) i probably won't spring for one of these sets.

[valhary]

finally a megatron and a motormaster for the mp10

[RD Blade]

What company is making these? I guess not-Stunticons aren't far behind?