New TFCToys - Project Uranos Mega Thread

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by aniline, May 16, 2012.

  1. Valkysas

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    Nobody complained about the FP Insecticons because they actually look good.

    People have problems with this, they're going to speak out. It's not bullshit. Stop taking criticism of a toy as a personal attack.

    Some of the individual bots look good, but the combined mode is a chunky, kibbly mess. Exactly what Superion isn't supposed to be. His arms and legs are way too big for the torso, and he's not slim like he should be.
     
  2. MisterGuyMan

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    He's monstrously huge... I loved this set so much that it convinced me to buy Herc just so I could display these two duking it out. If Superion is this much bigger I'm scared the scene will look lopsided.

    I hope the leg extenders are enough to equalize their sizes.
     
  3. Johnator

    Johnator 'Til All Are Gone!

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    Awesome!
     
  4. deathsheadII

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    a bit of color always goes down well :) 

    that chest plate really needs to go the more i look at it the more i hate it....i will still be buying this though once all have been released as the combined mode don't look half bad :)  and the individual bots are looking way better than hercs :D  ..just going to hope someone makes a new chest piece that looks more like superions or tfc see the light and burn it
     
  5. JukeOutlander

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    Damn he's taller than Herc. Looks pretty cool.
     
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    The design decisions that TFC made with Hercules were, I suspect, far less contentious simply because so many different variations on Devastator exist - and hence, it was far easier for fans to reconcile TFC's work with their own mental image of the character. Treads up? Rage of Hercules set. Treads down? The gestalt mode is fully incorporated. Chest shield isn't wide enough? Throw in a couple of the group's handcannons. Chest shield off? It's All Hail Devastator. And so on.

    Superion, by comparison, has been depicted far less often and with far less variation - so TFC's decisions in regard to Uranos appear, I believe, comparatively more radical. On top of this, there is an issue in regard to the original figures - their vehicle modes and transformation schemes only work as well as they do thanks to some major scaling changes and a very simple degree of articulation. That TFC have been able to come as far as they have is, I think, a testament to their designers.

    So there's a positive note. :) 

    Also: 2013. MARS. BRING IT ON!
     
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    Well said.
     
  8. down_shift

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    He's a little too bulky for my tastes. Though I think.my.biggest gripe is his weapon. I was really hoping he would have the long skinny arm cannon. Chest piece looks kinda thrown together. A shame because the head is prefect.
     
  9. Che

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    Okay, that is unfair!
    Even Fansproject add-ons have a hard time making that thing looking goo...not bad.
     
  10. blueben

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    So rage of Uranos will be G1 individual small guns, G1 heads with blue eyes, Uranos G1 chest?
     
  11. Che

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    Who doesn't like the poor little 6th member chest-guy can pm me and send him to me.
    I have a big heart and I am accepting abandoned stealth aircraft in the form of donation :D 
     
  12. Transformed

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    If there is an add-on set later on down the road, they would do well to NOT call it "Rage of Uranos" :lol  "Heroics of Uranos" or the like don't really work either. They should keep it simple and just call it an add-on kit to save everyone days worth of stomach cramps from laughter.

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    :lol 

    I'd like him better if he didn't look like a giant crab sitting on Superion's chest.
     
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    except for superion arms looking a bit bulky, love them all!
     
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    Match point.....I dig it. Yeah some of the alt modes seem off... I have no doubt these issues will be addressed and TFC will get them as close to the actual jets as possible w/o sacrificing the overall combine mode. Somethings gotta give and I would rather it be a little off on the alt mode then the combine mode.
     
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    Alas, even "Uranos Add-On Kit" sounds suspect. :lol 

    So many puns could have been avoided if only TFC had run with 'Caelus'...
     
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    I could go for this. I was undecided at first but it's grown on me.
     
  18. seali_me

    seali_me RIP January 2018

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    Much better. Well kinda, if it was fugly my wallet would be more thankful...
     
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    Personally, likeness to g1 and real world jets are completely non-existent concerns for me. Yet I am still a little underwhelmed, like I said before, because this looks like one complete giant robot instead of a mishmash of 5/6 individual robots. I'm still on the fence about keeping my orders in. I do like it, I may even like it a lot when I see final colors and some more poses, but right now, I'm not loving it, and at $100 a bot, I need to love it.
     
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    ^

    Agreed. I love the flow of the arms.

    So we're back to 100$/bot again?