FansProject Beaststructor Gift Set

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by Chosen Prime, Apr 19, 2018.

  1. yvk2000

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    Well this does work for FP/MT (edit: I mean colored plastic works for their anime aesthetic) so I agree there but I am buying this specifcally for the colors. :) 

    This is not BW, don't know where you read this? This is based on G1 Monstructor.
     
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    Based on the art work teaser posted early in the thread. Am I getting this mixed up with something else? There was a chibi optimus primal pic
     
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    Yeah, you're mixing this up with Toyworld's teased Predaking, which is also not BW but featured Primal (for some cool reason).
     
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    Yeah I reckon in today's market, $350 is gonna put off a lot of potential buyers, but I'm sure FP considers this to be the optimal price for this product's target market. Then again, the marketing (as per usual) has been lacklustre so their economics are questionable.

    This is gonna be 'the first combiner' in my collection (just need FP to announce warbot Jhiaxus now).
     
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    I wonder if any of the China sellers are going to get this guy as well...
     
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    Cool- thanks!
     
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    If this one drops more in price, I might bite. But for now, I just can’t.
     
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    Sarah Zhang said she will be getting him. No date yet though.
     
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    So no Axe then ?
     
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    broke down and preordered when I ordered a Severo Core from FP's store.
     
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    Kapow has this up for preorder; at £230.
     
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    FP’s website says the set includes the combiner weapons and the axe.

    There also appear to be a couple of new pics that I haven’t seen before.
     
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    That isn't to shabby price wise - I'll have to see what the Chinese sellers offer it for though.

    I had an idea about these the other day (some might suggest) that Monstructor is a normal Transformer who just has a small toy. where he's smaller enough that it's not unreasonable to suggest he's a Micromaster as well as a pretender.

    So lets explore that idea for a moment.

    Perhaps in robot mode they are smaller than the shell and can ride atop them or hide inside them as they are so much smaller than the shell - but in Beast Mode they are full size and can fight along side the shell as a creature of the same size. and when combined they et bigger still.

    So take that hypothosis on board - then perhaps a way to sell the shells is to make Micromaster versions of the original toy basically a modern take on the original (perhaps even a little smaller) that are nice little legion size figures of the team - you sell one mini-figure with the larger shell and the shell is designed to take the larger figure or the smaller one.

    Then later they can sell a gift set of the other Japanese colours too.

    This might be enough reason to encourage people to buy them for their smaller scale collections - and more appealing than just a shell would be.

    There is also the potential to take on the 'Seige' Line's gimmick and give each character a Targetmaster mode so they act like a Targetroid for their big brother self (or you can juggle them across teams).

    Perhaps another possible Bonus to offer is bonus pieces like new opening hands or even a new melee weapon part like a spear or sword or even tiny Seacon style Targetaster stands. (if the smaller robots also had weapon modes these too could be held by a shell too.

    I just think something like that would give the chance to gain some interest in the shells which are not ideal on their own.

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    Speaking of shells if Kapow is going to order the boxed set perhaps they can investigate special ordering a batch of dinoshells too.
     
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    Link for severe core?
    Many thanks
     
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    Still tempted by this set...


    It would look good with my Legends+ collection for sure.
     
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    I wouldn't hold out for Chinese sellers; I saw a preorder price of 2200cny at one of the more reputable taobao outlets, which after shipping and conversion fees is gonna end up (significantly) more expensive.

    And the usual suspects from eBay probabely won't even list this.
     
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    Do Kapow take the money in advance or when the item arrives ?
     
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    There's two options. One to pay the full amount now or a 10% deposit where the rest will be invoiced to you upon release.
     
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    Huh, the Kapow price for Beastructor is excellent, that amount I'm willing to pay. @Spence - do we know when this is releasing? Any chance it'll be September?