Fans Toys FT-19 Apache (Masterpiece Springer)

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  1. ChromeMagnus, Jan 18, 2018
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    This.
     
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  2. pg52282, Jan 18, 2018
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    I'll do that. I have ocd and it'll bother me if there's some paint left. But thank you for your ideas. I'll try an old toothbrush. I want to avoid scratching the plastic as much as I can.

    I guess we weren't loud enough. Watch as the reissue will have a green face..o_O 
     
  3. pg52282, Jan 18, 2018
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    Yep. Hell, even the prototype of Apache and the G1 toy had a green face. They dropped the ball there. At least, its fixable with the rubbing alcohol method.
     
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  4. ChromeMagnus, Jan 18, 2018
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    Not to mention only 2 of the 4 tires are rubber unfortunately.
     
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  5. pg52282, Jan 18, 2018
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    True. Maybe they were trying to mimic the G1 toy?
     
  6. cyclonus8, Jan 18, 2018
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    Can this guy hold his sword with two hands in front of this body?
     
  7. Mormolyce, Jan 18, 2018
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    Hmm, TFSource and TCP (and probably others) have preorders up for April, so I guess it is getting a reissue.
     
  8. pezley, Jan 18, 2018
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    This is one of his biggest problems for me, asthetic issues aside (mega shoulders) the rear tyres being plastic is just bad.
     
  9. Agent-GHQ, Jan 18, 2018
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    Woah....... I didn’t see any mentioning of that in the YouTube reviews???? This makes we want to wait for XTB
     
  10. ChromeMagnus, Jan 18, 2018
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    It wasn't an absolute deal breaker for me as I own the figure. Still, I would have liked to see all 4 tires be made of rubber plus additional facial expressions in grey and green.
     
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  11. pezley, Jan 18, 2018
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    It's certainly not a deal breaker but a big disappointment, I thought it was a pretty standard thing now to have decent wheels, particularly when they use rubber on the fronts. My main problem with non rubber tyres is you might as well have not rotating ones and use that to improve the transformation ( Arcee being an example, if you didnt have rotating wheels, pivots and pins you would have less to hide )

    As is, the rear plastic wheels on springer are uselss, they provide no traction even if you wanted to pretend to drive him around, they might as well not spin
     
  12. pg52282, Jan 18, 2018
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    Same here.
     
  13. Spark, Jan 18, 2018
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    Is there any alternate storage point for the rifle in copter mode? I noticed the gun has a square slot near the back that doesn't seem to go anywhere.
     
  14. merphul, Jan 19, 2018
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    Just the one that clips on under the copter's nose as far as I've found.
     
  15. Gamerlingual, Jan 19, 2018
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    Almost pulled the trigger. Then saw Allen with movie comparison pics. Decided I’ll just use Allen as my Springer. Apache looks great but price and transformation made me hesitate.
     
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  16. Knight Prime, Jan 19, 2018
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    Whatever floats your boat. Apache is the definitive MP Springer, for now.
     
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  17. Gamerlingual, Jan 19, 2018
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    Saving $135 goes a long way. Allen has a better transformation but materials as well as fit and finish go to Apache. Allen ain’t bad tho. Both solid in my book.
     
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  18. skywarp-2, Jan 19, 2018
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    Why so much on msrp? I've seen him selling for 160...I'd probably buy it, if it were around or under 125.00
     
  19. ChromeMagnus, Jan 26, 2018
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    Don't let Apache dry up on you.
     
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  20. Destructimis Prime, Jan 26, 2018
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    Allen < Apache
    The science is simple.
     
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