GigaPower HQ-05 Gaudenter (MP Swoop)

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by unexpectedpanda, Nov 22, 2014.

  1. Korovev

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    The point is: Gigapower was never gonna release a skinny, plain flight-stand.
    They're gonna give us a beefy, spectacular monster-Swoop on a beefy, spectacular flight-stand.
    Plus, we are still paying this Swoop (if we want it) less than the puny one from competition.
    Now, let's hope they maintain this line of price with Superator...
     
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  2. DrCalligari

    DrCalligari Does it come in purple?

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    With Swoop we're getting this flight stand and Grimlock is going to have his throne. Anybody else think they may go back and create stands or display bases for the other bots in the line?
     
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    No, I think they are done. The throne was a call back to King Grimlock and the stand just fits in line for dino display purposes. From what we have seen, they are almost done as well with Superator. They need to start showing renders or something on Sky Lynx and anything else. We should be getting Superator this time next year but after that they have nothing but reissues of these.
     
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    Hicks_Royel Hurts feelings being honest.

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    Admittedly, I am on hour 14 here at work and I can't read this thoroughly enough to warrant a proper response. But I will do my best to reply if I remember to at a later date. But don't infer lack of interest in discussion from my not responding. I am more than happy to and will enjoy figuring out where we both are on this in civil discussion. I'm just tired at the moment.
     
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    Speaking of bases and display stands...When Graviter was first previewed, he was shown with Guttur and Grassor and each had a base of some type. I recall someone asking Giga about the bases and they seemed to answer in a way that implied the bases would be released as future add ons. Of course this could all be a different plan by now...it's been a while
     
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    I remember seeing the same photo and hearing the same thing that they'd be additional pieces to purchase. But as you say, things could change, we'll just have to wait and see!
     
  7. Rodimus Mike

    Rodimus Mike MP & TF Collector

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    Hey guys,is it me or does Gaudenters flight stand look awefully like an Autobot logo without a face,to me it looks exactly like that.Seriously is Giga trying to get themselves into a shitload of trouble,its almost like they are taunting Has/Tak.

    As for other things I am digging the crap out of those spotlights,from pics of them it looks like it has 3 lights on each side,does anyone know if they will come with that many lights or is it too early to tell?.Thanks guys.
     
  8. Crom

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    No. This flight stand is already overdone. The throne makes sense for the "king" but after that they'd just be dredging the barrel-bottom for ideas.
     
  9. mx-01 archon

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    That's exactly what it's supposed to evoke. But it really doesn't matter, because you can't exactly copyright/trademark a silhouette.

    If Hasbro was going to make a move, they would've dinged MMC for Kultur/asterisk or MakeToys for Pandinus. But they didn't.
     
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    I agree too. Related accessories (like extra faces, weapons, etc) are a plus; unrelated accessories (like spotlights and remote controls) are just a "meh" that I'd rather do without.
     
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  11. Crom

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    Exactly; extra faces, weapons etc add to the character. A flight stand should be something to accentuate but not overwhelm a flying character.
     
  12. NotTheFace

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    While the face does look better than it originally did, at least including a visor or a visored face would have been preferable to that huge stand.
     
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    I sorta like the stand, but I am VERY disappointed that there is no longer a face with a visor, I definitely would have Preferred that to the stand. The lack of a visor has me re-thinking the necessity of even purchasing this guy.
     
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    Is both gold beak AND smoke beak comes with either colors?
     
  15. RavageG1

    RavageG1 Decepticons Forever!

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    Yes.
     
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    AFAIK, the lights are given free for those who PO, or only for first few batches. and you guys are complaining GP giving something totally FOC. Like it or not, the price WON"T go down even without the lights and remote.

    If any of you hate it so much, feel free to mail them to me. i'll be the "bad" guy to take the rubbish from you. i have a cabinet (currently no lights) that i can make full use of these lights
     
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    I keep seeing some of you talk about the getting stuff with only Pre-Orders. Is this something that you can prove they've said? Did they mention it on their facebook page? Is there something I missed? I just don't recall seeing this and just am looking for confirmation/proof of it. Thanks in advance.
     
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    Yes mentioned few pages down.

    And also on:

    [Pre-Order] GigaPower GP HQ-05R Gaudenter Swoop Red Chrome Version

    http://robotoybase.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=4713

    http://ohmyprimus.com/gphq05rb.html
     
  19. TFC201482

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    So these are all retailers outside the US. Is it this way for all retailers? Just asking cause I'm curious. I love how Giga doesn't mention this but the retailers put all this up on their sites. I follow Giga's FB page and this is the first I've even heard about this.

    EDIT: I just checked out TFSource and Chosen Prime as a couple examples and they have a pre-order up and it doesn't say that the lights and remote are special or extra with the pre-order like the other retailers. This doesn't make sense??
     
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  20. foxracing

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    You’re right if TFS and TCP didn’t list the freebies. Maybe you could email them to get confirmation before ordering?

    Can’t confirm it but I doubt GP will short change any of the pre orders just because of region. Collectors in China will update when they receive theirs and post online.