Mastermind Creations R-27L Calidus Luminus

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by hardreturn, Jan 7, 2018.

  1. DocSeth81

    DocSeth81 Well-Known Member

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    maybe i'll get it as my stand in for Rodimus Unicronus.... maybe
     
  2. MechaToast

    MechaToast G1? No thanks.

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    Have they decided whether or not to make this?
     
  3. LazyAza

    LazyAza MMC color go brrrr

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    Revised deco final design pics.

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  4. Calabask

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    I'm loving' it!
     
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    godotislate S-Secret Police?!

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    Interesting remolded detail with the perforated exhaust pipes.
     
  6. WhiteMocha

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    That’s a tremendous improvement over the first pass of this deco. Nice that they changed to grey base color to a more blue-violet tone. And the new guns look nice.
     
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    Counterpunch? Interior Renovator

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    I thought it was supposed to be gray to better match the current art direction.

    I'm either confused or not paying attention.
     
  9. aaadriiann

    aaadriiann Ornament

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    Nice decision to remold the arm guns
     
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    The first grayish/blackish version grew on me, and I was going to pick it up if it made it to production, but this revise has just turned this into an easy pass/meh. Thanks for saving me $99.99
     
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    Looks very nice and I love how MMC deals with this. They succeed in releasing this version of the character to a bigger public, while the original remains an exclusive.

    I already have the original and will stick to that one, but kudos. Also to you because it looks very good colourwise.
     
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    LazyAza MMC color go brrrr

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    Long story short, boss ended up not being convinced we should bother with the specific ll comic palette so we revised the design goal and aimed for something a bit more its own thing though it's still clearly rooted in the ll rodimus scheme. I think he felt the dark grey was too close to our existing black version for one thing but it also wasn't exactly the most exciting primary color and it was honestly the biggest hurdle to having the thing greenlit period.

    And as a result of the change we added a bunch of new details to him like having the knee covers be purple, I added some black details to his chest and crotch, he got the new arm pipes etc. I'm much much happier with it now, and the boss is vastly more so. So I have no doubt he'll hit production now in time for tfcon I assume along with our other asterisk.
     
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    oh crap, my Calidus Asterisk is now completely obsoleted with this new version and those lovely exhausts instead of spikes.... :(  And the colors are better too, a little more matched with MMC Turban... but those exhaust, damn, man, SOOOO much nicer!!!

    Man, i feel like a LOOOOOOOOSER!!!! :cry :cry :cry  I seriously dont want to bother trying to sell my Asterisk losing plenty of money and then getting this one. I think i will just have to close my eyes and pretend this doesnt exist.
     
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    Hot damn, looks like I'm getting this mold a fifth time.
     
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  15. Matrix1981

    Matrix1981 It's Hot Rod's fault...

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    Damn, that's how the exhaust should have been done in the first place....
     
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    ...i'm seriously tempted, just to give unicron another herald...
     
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    As tempting as this is, I’m not biting because then I’ll want the Shadow Ghost one too. I wish there was a way to get replacement pipes for my original Calidus through.
     
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    I recently picked up Feral Rex off of ebay, but before that set I had Hexatron(Continuum), Carnifex, Tarn, and Tyrantron (purchased in that order) and it is interesting to see how MMC has evolved over the years. Two things they've definitely improved upon are the paint and deco--this figure has like four of my favorite colors, what a damn gorgeous deco.
     
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  20. godotislate

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    This one's not bad, but I think I prefer the Asterisk deco a bit more. For me in general, saturated colors are better than desaturated colors when it comes to Transfomers.

    That being said, the $84.99 price point is much nicer than what I paid at PSX for Asterisk.