Fansproject Lost-Exo Realm LER-07 Pinchar (Snarl)

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by daimchoc, Jul 10, 2014.

  1. zfarsh

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    Well, now that Hasbro has announced their Dinobots, who can answer that for sure? Also, this is FP we are talking about, you can wait, but dont hold your breath.
     
  2. Nemesis251

    Nemesis251 Wakanda Forever!!!

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    I don't think you look silly. The lack of a response from whatever FP is now is silly. For a group with the motto of "For Fans. By Fans." their response to the fans and buyers of their products is ridiculous. Still no fix for Browning, people still waiting for parts for broken Dia-Battles, and more that's silly. They have burned all their bridges in my opinion.
     
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  3. Trent

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    That's one hell of an attitude you've got for someone who has absolutely no idea for the reasons behind their break. Yes, it could be that FP have decided to have a break and "screw everyone else". But there could also be other reasons. Health, financial, family, all infinitely more important than you getting a plastic toy dinosaur.

    It is what it is. What's being angry about it going to achieve? Be disappointed, by all means, but being angry is just hurting you more than anything else.
     
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    Nemesis251 Wakanda Forever!!!

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    Who said I was angry? I'm not. It's not about the toy. I was responding to the posts and giving my opinion. I don't believe my statements are unreasonable. If that's offensive to you, block me. I'm just putting it out there on the hope more would do the same, good or bad. This is a forum for discussion right?

    As for FP, I don't believe they just cut and run or its about money but I do believe if they are staying in the game at the least they could post a response to the people they want to buy their future products. We shouldn't have to wait on a post from a "insider" or whatever. A post on their website or social media isn't that hard. "Hey, we still here...we will say more when we're ready." That would kill most of the rumors and speculation. We all have issues in life regardless of who you are. You can't use that as a pass for bad decisions.
     
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  5. idkwdya

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    I agree with those who have messed with alternative dino sets from other companies. I've personally messed with Toyworld, Gcreation, Planet X, and one of the Fanstoys. Although Fanstoys is on an entirely different ball field. The rest just felt more like a display piece or a finished model kit. Especially Planet Xs offering. Two out of the group kept breaking on multiple copies. Fansproject just feels sturdy and tough. I can mess with them and know that nothing will break just by moving parts. And it's a real shame to see this set being unfinished for so long. I'm holding out for Snarl still. Getting the group off the shelf every now and then lights that flame a little. But seriously. I just wish we could get a few words directly from FP regarding this. Anything.
     
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  6. trence5

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    nice! can we get a pic?
     
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    Sure, I took a quick pic.
    I'm in middle of transforming the whole team, that's why Snarl and Swoop are still in dino mode.
     

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    Maybe someone from A3U might be on the inside...they had thatjoint thing with FP a couple of years back that didn't really go anywhere :p . Maybe they can at least confirm or deny that FP is still in the game.
     
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    wow this is bad, maybe I will get Planet X PX-04 Summanus to complete my 3rd Party CHUG Voyager size dinobots :( 
     
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    motorthing Too old for this $hit

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    I'm done waiting on them. I've gone off the Set I have as is and I've sold all except Volar and Slag who will remain oddball standalones on my Generations Pre 2014 Shelf with almost everything else FP have done. They just don't really fit now.

    The fact that I was more or less giving the damn things away and it was still hard to find a Buyer shows what's happening with the Market for their stuff right now.

    I would like a Hardhead from them just to complete that Quartet but if FP never appear again I don't think I'm going to care much. Life very much goes on.
     
  12. Zawicki

    Zawicki Wanna bewitch you in the moonlight

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    I'm surprised people are praising their quality. Their decently durable I guess but their quality is inexcusable for their original prices.

    Swoop: my red torso won't lock the arms in place, legs give out under weight, bad hips, weapons too heavy for him to hold.

    Sludge: awful hips even after the fix, no wrist swivels, back Dino legs are loose and barely lock in place for robot mode, weird "ab crunch" that can't hold a position

    Slag: probably the best of the bunch, the hinge that you move his Dino legs around to be inside the robot legs cracked on my first transformation of him on both sides (still works fine but come on), not really a quality thing but his transformation is a pain

    Grimlock: actually my favorite, shoulders don't lock and cant correctly hold his sword

    Universal issue: reused parts for limbs. Are you fucking kidding me? After how expensive these guys are you're telling me they all have two left arms and left legs? Nope, not okay.

    Some may ask, "Chadwick, if you hate them so much why did you buy them?"
    Because I'm stupid! I bought all except Grimlock on sale and I still think they're not worth it. I just thought "oh I need Dinobots, these look the coolest, I trust FP, Colossus was my first 3rd party add-on"

    Rant over, sorry about that.
     
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    I thought (and still think) that Cubrar is one of my top figures ever. He's just so big and chunky and majestic. Each one of the others has a weird design thing that throws them off. Volar/Swoop has visible hand syndrome. Severo/Grimlock's bot mode has no waist and just looks weird and unshapely, although I kinda dig how avian his dino mode is. Columpio/Sludge has no articulated tail and is, other than a pretty decent head, basically a brick in dino mode and also suffers from weird proportions in robot mode.

    Cubrar is just effing majestic in dino and bot mode, and has that fantastic articulated tail and posable head + molded neck shield that looks great. His transformation is an awful pain, but I've never been that bothered by endlessly complex 3P transformations--except maybe Orion's. We pay so much for them that there should be a little bit of an "adult puzzle" component to the transformation. (No, I don't mean "adult" puzzle. Close your Incognito tabs, geeks.)

    But like a lot of people, I got Cubrar, Columpio & Volar for... like 70$ each? 60$ in one case, I think. So there's also a sense that I can live with flaws when they go for 30$ less than the PX dinos.

    The reversable legs were dumb, but the reprolabels fixed em, and these figures have a great set of reprolabels. Unlike a lot of other figures where repros are gilding the lily, I really love the repro set for the FP dinos.

    Fansproject, tho... I cannot fathom what they are thinking. Instead of releasing Pinchar, who would have sold just as well as the others, they released the femdinobots. The girls should have been a convention exclusive. They shouldn't have had cheeserriffic molded boobs and painted-on tube tops & butt-floss. MMC's fembots are sold out on a lot of sites, and they don't look like they're trying out for GLOW.

    Maybe if they had released Pinchar a year or less after Severo, fan goodwill would have sold more femdinos even. But as it is a lot of us are left wanting Pinchar from a company that doesn't seem to want our money.
     
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    @Spence Have you heard whether LER-07 Pinchar (Snarl) is part of Fanspoject's future plans?
     
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    Yes of course. It is not like they will just not do it. Lol. It will be done but as I have said, don't expect it within the next few months. FP is not producing anything for some time still.
     
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  16. lucas maximus

    lucas maximus Need more Kain...

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    I'll still buy it to complete the set, but it's probably too little, too late at this point for most people. I see this one selling the least.
     
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    Well, stores sure aren't going to orde that many. It may end up a situation like the last two Dinoforce guys where they're kinda hard to find because the stores under ordered and sold out to avoid having to clearance them. I don't recommend waiting for clearance for this guy when the preorders go up.
     
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    I'm like Charlie Brown with this thread and y'all are Lucy with the football. One of these days, though, there will be actual news when this thread gets bumped
     
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    Yeah, I'll be pre-ordering him immediately to lock him in - not taking any chances that BBTS, et al. might under-order.

    Yup
     
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