My Hardhead ko arrived!

 

Just a quick FYI for the AliExpress fans here. Quick recap of my long story: I ordered the Wei Jiang OS Titans Return figures from smartlulup2010 right before their shop was shut down (beginning of July). I got DHL tracking which never worked. Then I ordered some loose MFT Sharkticons from GiftLove Store which arrived this week with one broken. I contacted GiftLove Store about a replacement, and got a reply from "Jonathan Lee" saying they'd send one and asked if I was planning an order soon they could include it with. I had heard on here that these two sellers were connected somehow, so I mentioned my trouble with the smartlulup2010 order to see what they'd say:

His reply:

So I reordered the WeiJiang figures from him and opened a dispute for the ones from smartlulup2010. We'll see how it goes!

I just thought some people here would be interested in learning a little bit more about these sellers we use but don't know much about. Who knows if it really is his brother, it could just be the same guy for all we know, but I guess we know that smartlulup wasn't a woman, lol.

 

This is the size Hardhead should be (though I'm perfectly fine with Chromedome being deluxe size rather than a ludicrously large car)!

I really hope they release more of these! *keeps fingers crossed for Scourge*

 

Yeah, the Human Alliance stuff, and the scale of Alternators works really well with the old MASK figures as well. Of course, the OS KO Trailbreaker / Hoist don't really offer much interactive play with the figures in vehicle mode... but the size isn't bad.

But I totally hear you on how scale can sometimes entice you to build a whole new collection. I try to limit that as much as possible, but then, it's frustrating when you see a cool figure, but it doesn't seem to fit in anywhere. Haha... just one of the various forms of collector OCD neurosis.  

This... so much. Ironhide and Ratchet have been sore points in my CHUG collection for a long time now. Ideally, I'd like them to be small voyagers, but beefy deluxes would also be acceptable.

Nah, Hoist and Trailbreaker should have been voyagers... or at least reasonably large deluxe figures (rather than being even smaller than average). They've always been larger, bulkier characters that turn into somewhat larger, brawnier vehicles. And Trailbreaker's bio talks about how much of a gas guzzler he is, while Hoist is one of the stronger Autobots. Having some extra size fits them. They're not munchkins.[/QUOTE]

Those G1 cartoons sure are goofy.  

zmog

 

At a guess, KBB is probably just providing an option for people who want an MP-scaled Drift.

I agree!

I mean, having the different sizes for them sort of disrupts the "play value" of having them able to swap heads... but I don't much care about that. I'm planning on doing the same thing.

zmog

 

If they do a scourge that sizes well with the tr galvatron and cw cyclonus then I'm in

 

Same. It's fun to swap them around from time to time and is great for customisers, but 90% of the time the heads stay with their respective torsos. (And now that they're robots rather than Nebulons, there's no issue of scale either!)

 

Agreed. It kind of bothered me that Hardhead was gonna be like the same size as Chromedome and shorter than the Brainstorm I wanted (Thrilling 30) but Weijiang gave me the best option.

I'm fine with Chromedome and Highbrow being Deluxe sized.

 

!!! This is a thing??? Is this available anywhere other than Taobao?

 

Well, I believe Highbrow is in the next Weijiang wave anyway. And it feels like a super attack copter makes for a good voyager.  

zmog

 

yeah tbh i think if i were younger when i was super into the headmasters i would have done it more but as is i only do it occasionally for a giggle or to figure out if a head would work for a custom figure.

I actually put Megatron's head on this Hardhead and it surprisingly worked reminded me so much of Beast Wars 2 Megastorm.

 

It's kind of a shame they haven't released either Megatron or Optimus as stand-alone Titan Masters. I'd definitely pick them up for custom characters.

 

Devvy looking good in his SDCC colors:

 

That packaging is hilarious. They use MT Giant's bot modes to advertise the G1 molds. They even mirror-imaged them so the "MTCco" is backwards. As a child, I was disappointed that there were discrepancies between G1 box art and the actual product. Just think how kids getting this will feel. Gold star for KO creativity though.

 

I like how the package art is misleading, showing 3rd party articulated constructicons when all you're getting are ko G1 figures.

 

Oversized Defensor arrived! He is glorious. Absolutely glorious.

Pics tomorrow, as the light is already gone for today here. (Still never got any lighting lol.)

I cannot express in words what a feeling of, "AT LAST!" I feel having a Defensor for the first time in my life after never completing him as a kid. And he's a good match with Titan Devy.

Pipe dream: accomplished. THANK-YOU, Paul! (And to its creator for this topic, as I first learned of this set here.)

 

Congrats. I love my OS Defensor too.

 

That WJ Defensor is such a great set... I hope they hurry up and release another CW adaptation!  

zmog

 

If they are nebulons, who is to say that their exo armours are different sizes? In the cartoon, even after surgery, the cybernetic people stepped into larger exosuits. It could just be for Hardhead and others, the suits are slightly larger. That would make sense for a military Headmaster figure like Hardhead, anyway.

Also, why hasn't anyone made "Reverse Convoy/Rebirth megatron" from a Megatron/Galvatron Titanmaster mix (faceplate and body swap), Sentinel Prime head and a blue repainted TR Megatron figure? It would look amazing.

 

Any idea where I can find this GoShooter? It isn't on ToyBento anymore.