What 3rd party transformers are must haves in a masterpiece collection

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by brewtality, Jul 28, 2014.

  1. brewtality

    brewtality Well-Known Member

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    I dont think Hegemon fits in a MP collection same with Orion imo :) 
     
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    The heads of the Impossible Toys tetra jets. Mount them as busts or something.
     
  3. Honesty

    Honesty honestly, Honesty!

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    Nice collection and nice setup/display also!
     
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    Hegemon and Orion as your MP leaders? They look nice, but still not MP level, and don't scale at all.

    Seconding a lot of these, and of course, IMO, but:

    Definites
    - FT Quakewave
    - FT Dibots
    - iGear Seekers

    Probables - I haven't held them, but they sure look the part
    - Kronos
    - MMC Feral Rex
    - Warbotron

    Questionable
    - Hexatron (good scale, but aesthetic deviates a little from cartoon influenced MPs. I still find him acceptable for my shelf though)
    - FP Insecticons (I like the small scale for them)
    - UT Sharkies (scales great with Dibots in shark mode)
    - Cubex Huff (looks great, but will be waaaay bigger than upcoming official Bumblebee, so YMMV)
    - iGear Ironhide and Ratchet (look 95% the MP part, might be a tiiiiiny bit small compared to official car MPs. they work for me, but not everyone)
    - Citizen Stack (aesthetic doesn't scream MP to me, but the proportions are better than the official)

    No way
    - PE Warden (great looking bot, but waaaaaay too small for the MP shelf, alt mode will be super out of place with MPs too)
    - Demo Crue (too small)
    - PE Reflector (too small)
     
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    Definitely not, but if you're ok with FP's Menasor (M3) with your MP's, why not?
     
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    Who would put FP Menasor with their MPs?
     
  7. brewtality

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    FP menasor was not intended for my mp collection I just like the thing :) 
     
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    Grimlock_13 Currently facepalming at your post

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    IMO none. Quakewave and Scoria are close, and I have them on my shelf but not with my Masterpieces because they still don't feel like Has/Tak quality Masterpieces. Classics I'm willing to accept 3rd party substitutions for, especially more obscure characters I doubt will get official releases anytime soon but when it comes to Masterpieces I only go official. It drives me batshit crazy when I see Hexatron or the iGear Minibots or Fansproject/ MMC/ TFC combiners in a Masterpiece. That said, my opinion has no bearing on someone else's collection. If someone wants to do that, more power to them.
     
  9. mags2424

    mags2424 TT and 3P MP Advocate

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    Really "way bigger" not so much.

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  10. brewtality

    brewtality Well-Known Member

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    It is annoying how expensive the coneheads are.... Its silly rly...
     
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    So far, only Scoria.

    The other typical considerations/mentions, imo, suffer too much from either improper coloring (Quakewave), abysmal QC issues (Huff & Kronos), Classics aesthetic & coloring (Feral Rex), fall short of properly representing what they're trying to (iKO Coneheads), and/or glorified bot mode statue with an absolute joke of a supposed alt mode (Kronos).

    That said, if they ever properly colored Quakewave and fixed all the issues with Huff, those two would be definites.
     
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    Ditto!
     
  13. werdwitha3

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    Yeah he actually looks about right..
     
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    I have FT scoria/Quakewave, Kronos(botmode), and Igear coneheads in mine
     
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    Yeah, I don't get the way bigger complaints about Huff either. Dude is the perfect size in both bot and alt modes. Bumblebee is supposed to be the smallest of the Autobots back in S1, and the size chart seems to indicate that MP-21 will be nicely sized against Cubex Huff.
     
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    Every time you post the size chart, God kills a kitten.
     
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    deaculpa Stand Alone Complex

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    I love PE reflector in my MP collection.
    if im not mistaken, they're mass shifters or theyd each be about the size of your fist in real life, so im not sure how we arrive at their size without it being at least somewhat arbitrary. a lot of people go by the scale chart, that says theyre knee height on soundwave. a few consider them human size... so they would be the size of MP10 spike? sure ock, whatever floats your scrote.

    in my humble opinon, they look awesome on my shelf. i go by roughly the size below, where MP frenzy and rumble are replaced by PE F/R because I consider them a tad big, and their botmodes lame.

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    Anything by Fanstoys.
     
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    Nothing wrong with quakewave, if you are animation accurate. If you want a wine-colored "toy version" you'll have a loooooong wait, I'm certain.

    Quakewave is hands down the best mp-sized toy to this day... Scoria is impressive, but quakewave feels more like a 80's toy build with modern design & articulation. It's just absolutely solid and a must have for any TF fan... Mp or not.
     
  20. The G1 Guy

    The G1 Guy '80's Prodigy

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    What he said ^^^, except add iGear Ratchet and Ironhide as well.