Play With This Too Wastelander (Pretender Dinobot)

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by Scaleface, Aug 21, 2015.

  1. Moroni Prime

    Moroni Prime #TFYLP Podcast

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    He revealed it during our show last night, TFYLP 165.
     
  2. defstar

    defstar Autobot...

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    So has a price point been mentioned for these guys?...also will retailers such as BBTS sell them or will it be direct from PWTT?...
     
  3. PWTToo

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    We're still waiting on a few quotes from the factories before we can price these. We'll keep them as cheap as we possibly can. That's why we did the redesign and pushed the Tech Drones to later on.

    Not sure who will carry these afterwards, but lots of places have expressed interest.
     
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    These guys all look really cool
     
  5. defstar

    defstar Autobot...

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    Not sure myself what I'm willing to pay for them but I do like the MOTU classics feel they have...my interest is still high and will wait to see a finished product...

    If these first couple releases are successful are you planning on doing all of the pretenders?...
     
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    I might go for a Wastelander....
     
  7. Scaleface

    Scaleface Well-Known Member

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    I'm sure if they sell well they will continue to make toys.

    Not all their toys have a Transformers influence, but here is a list of some of their previewed toys and which TFs they remind people of...

    Ancient Astronaut (Transformers Octopunch)
    Ankhor (Transformers Waverider/Diver)
    Astroblast (Transformers Cloudburst/Phoenix)
    Bloodbath (Transformers Bomb-Burst/Blood)
    Boneyard (Transformers Pretender Grimlock)
    Cloudstrike (Transformers Skywarp)
    Concept (Generation 1 Swoop)
    Desolataur (Transformers Skullgrin/Dauros)
    Faststrike (Transformers Thundercracker)
    Flarestrike (Transformers Sunstorm)
    Goldminer (Transformers Landmine/Lander)
    Impirator (Transformers Ratbat)
    Ironstrike (Transformers Metalhawk)
    Jetstrike (Transformers Pretender Starscream)
    King Adder (Transformers Iguanus)
    Muscules (Transformers Stranglehold)
    Stormstrike (Transformers Slipstream)
    Wastelander (Beast Wars Dinobot)
    Wrecktifier (Transformers Trypticon/Shattered Glass Grimlock)
     
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    Any chance that Weastelander could have any Dinobot inspired weapons in the future?
     
  9. PWTToo

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    First thing we need to all work on is hitting that funding goal. Then we can add upgrades like swords, jetpacks, extra heads, extra armor, Tech Drones, additional figures etc.

    We're going to keep our prices as cheap as possible.
     
  10. zeroblue2099

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    I hope if PWTT are successfully they are able to flesh out the Metalhawk concept more. Looking at pictures of the old pretenders there is the basis for some interesting action figures. Skyhammer, Crossblades, Pincher, Bumblebee, Jazz, Bugly and Roadblock all look they could be pretty cool action figures in hands of a modern sculptor and with different, more detailed paint decos from other 80s/90s properties.

    But Boneyard and Jetstrike are looking good with some nice options.
     
  11. Scaleface

    Scaleface Well-Known Member

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    I am curious about Ironstrike as well, considering I'm a big Masterforce fan. We have seen one design sketch, and looking at it you can see it's a remolded Astroblast. I wonder that if the Jetstrike gets molded first now because priorities have changed, if Ironstrike will get redesigned to use more of Jetstrike's parts. You could easily use the feet, upper arms, upper legs and waist piece from Jetstrike in it's design instead of those from Astroblast.
     
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  12. zeroblue2099

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    Hopefully the human head would be similar to one in the Masterforce cartoon. Looking at the old Astroblast and Metalhawk it seems like the lower body legs are pretty close. I'd probably like to see more new parts for the arms and torso though. I need to look that old sketch up. I thought PWTT's Metalhawk design borrowed more from Jetstrike.

    More on topic. The paint job on the sword is a nice touch. I think the robot head looks great with the Wastelander deco. The paint job seems to make the details pop more than Boneyard deco.
     
  13. Scaleface

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    Albie Lim talked about Wastelander and Jetstrike in episode 90 of the Repacked Podcast. He's the guy who is doing the digital coloring of these figures.

    Talking about Wastelander Albie worked long on fitting all the colors on the 3D model based on the old paint reference sheet. He called it a "chopperface" motif. He said Rik said to put some lines on the sword to make it like Dinobot's tail sword. The triceratops head is a reference to "another character". The hosts liked the grey hair on the head of this figure. They said it looked like an old warrior, and reminded them of the old Terminator in the new Genesis movie.

    He starts talking about Play With This Too at about 1 hour 25 minutes into this show:

    Ep 090 – 25th August 2015: X-Treme | The Repacked Podcast
     
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  14. Scaleface

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    Albie mentioned that the triceratops head on Wastelander is inspired by "another character", I wonder if he means Guiledart from Beast Wars Neo?

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    yep, same dude with a spray tan this time :/
     
  16. Scaleface

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    I think they said that all the heads on this mold will start the same. Different heads is a stretch goal. So expect 4 different Arnold heads in different decos to start.
     
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    The triceratops head is super bad ass
     
  18. Infosaur

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    Can't see very well, but to me I see a touch of Cable (Nate Summers) in that headsculpt.

    So you can have both a TF toy and an Xmen toy.

    Cool.
     
  19. Scaleface

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    I can see that, especially with the grey hair on this version.

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