DX9 Crasher / Cocomone

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by Scaleface, Jul 13, 2014.

  1. Josh

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    Ah yeah, I wondered the same thing what with the empty space in the packaging!
    I think the one gun is all she's meant to have, they just re-used Invisible's packing tray

    As far as any lack of reviews: She's the exact same figure as Invisible only with a new head and different colors! I'd just watch an Invisible review to get the jist :p 
    Neat figure, though! Maybe a bit too "classics" and not enough "masterpiece," if thats what you're hoping for. But still pretty great!
     
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    Thanks At least I know that I'm not missing anything.

    yeah it's a great figure and a must if you have the DX9 Cykill
     
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    Stickers.
     

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    Came with a sheet you apply yourself
     
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    Got mine today. Hoping Reprolabels will come up with something like "CRASHER" for the arms.
     
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    It's just incredible that they couldn't color her actual lips yet somehow managed to include those weird stickers.
     
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    I'm still painting this thing black. The white just stands out as all kinds of wrong.
     
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    It's not even white, it's that weird dirty white/grey that their War in Pocket Ratchet has.

    Was kind of a disappointment. I guess they wanted to distinguish from Invisible as much as possible, but I would have preferred if they had used his white colouring on this as well...

    Not sure why they made that choice (for Crasher OR for Ratchet, especially since his box-mate Scourge has actual white). *sigh*
     
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    I just got her, and hands down this is my favorite use of this mold!
     
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    So what's next for the not-Gobots? An IDW Whirl designed with a Cop-tur repaint in mind?
     
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    I'd love a Cop-tur to round out the big 3 Renegades. Or Leader 1.

    But I don't want to get my hopes up. Do you think this Go Bot line isn't doing so well since Cocomone was a limited release?
     
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    I like mine, but corners were cut for sure.
    No shoulder missile which is fine but they used a tray with the empty spot.
    The face is NOT new & they sould have painted her damn lips red or had her laughing. Big miss that would have taken this thing next level.
    The white is basically dirty white as mentioned. I can't say cream it just looks like white if it was dingy.
    The instructions are from not Mirage.
    All the details they painted on the not Mirage are gone & the sticker sheet is the worse quality sticker sheet I've ever had, no exaggeration.
    Everything you see in pictures are actually terrible quality stickers & not paint.
    I bought a coloring book because it had some cool TF stickers in the back for $1.99 & the stickers are the same poor quality.
    They make Hasbro re-issue stickers seem like the best of all time which sucks because she has no detail w/o them.
    For instance the cool red lips on her shoulder are garbage stickers. Same goes for the number 1 you see all over her.
    They only painted the front rims & not the back rims so they don't match & aren't even close.
    Paint both or paint none! It's a big eye sore for a car mode to have different color rims just like it sticks out when a real car has a spare. Terrible decision!!

    All that said I'm still happy because the mold was already great & the character is a great character that hasn't really had any good figures of her likeness before besides maybe that Fracture.

    If you don't have not Mirage you'll love it.
    If you have not Mirage than you'll probably be happy just to have a decent Crasher after 30 years but you'll still realize they really cut every corner possible. They cut more corners than even a Hasbro repaint.

    I still want DX to continue the GoBot line.
    She just REALLY needs Repros bad & a 3rd party head with her laughing would be dope.
    It's a limited release like mentioned so another head is very unlikely. It's weird because the only unique thing that they did for was the collectors card. The headsculpt on that is brilliant & the card style is different than any DX9 card artwork before it. I REALLY wish they had put the time & money from that card into an actual Crasher face or paint where they instead gave stickers.
     
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    Yes, that's what I think as not CyKill can be found for $75. I've even seen him cheaper. Plus they went with the TF first this time where they did not with the motorcycles. They actually remolded some things for not Wreck-Gar from not Cykill. There isn't any remolding at all here. They cheaped out like crazy AND did a limited release. If it was popular they wouldn't make the release limited. To me that means the line is done & they just sent out what they had already started with Cocomone (they probably had her started while Cykill was not released.) Or they are testing the waters to see how cheap they can go with repaints & still sell them, lol.

    I imagine its just not a popular line as we haven't seen 1 review. It's a shame. I'd like the big 3 for both sides. Bandai may still be doing the MP style 1's though.
     
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    Agreed. Thankfully, custom labels weren't too difficult to make:

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    I added references to "Crasher" (her GoBot name), "Cocomone" (her DX9 name), and a coded reference to "Fracture" (her Hasbro name).

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    I wanted her to match the Exhaust livery, so I copied the "GoodFlavor" insignias and the white-backed Decepticon logo...

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    ...and made Exhaust a matching "Marlbone" sticker for his spoiler (in typical Diaclone fashion). :) 

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    I think these two not-quite-Transformers make a great couple. :D 

    True, but the rims didn't always match on actual Matra or McLaren M28s, either...

    https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4015/4589351403_ba11a19dc9_z.jpg

    http://www.motorstown.com/images/mclaren-m28-06.jpg

    ...but I do intend to paint mine to match. ;) 
     
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    Wow! Got a template for that sticker sheet, tekering? :) 
     
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    Amazing job, really well done.
     
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    The wheels do match on the cars in those two pictures. The face of all the wheels is the same, but the width of the wheels is different.

    It's just that the rear wheels have such a deep dish, you can't see the face of the wheel unless you're more to the side.

    Here's an example.

    That's another thing that could be better on Crasher/Mirage. Give the rear wheel more depth plus the matching face.

    On second thought, maybe DX9 saw a picture like tekering's, and thought what they were seeing of the side of the wheel was the face. Thus they made it look like that.
     
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    I see, thanks.
    I stand corrected.

    Don't I always? ;) 

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    300dpi, as usual... but it looks like some color-correction may be necessary.
    The greys look positively green here. :peoples: 
     
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