Make Toys Masterpiece Coneheads (Dirge, Ramjet, Thrust)

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by ZEGR, Oct 22, 2017.

  1. Starganderfish

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    If you're keeping the Takara Seekers, then ToyWorlds probably are the way to go. They're a lot more detailed and panel-liney than MT's and in that sense they fit much better with the MP-11 design.
    While I personally love MT's design and feel it's pretty well-spot on to the toon, neither Takara or TW went in that same direction so mixing and matching MP-11 OR TW with MT's will look a bit off to me.

    If you haven't already done so, I suggest you avoid Takara's Coneheads comepletely, they really do suck. I owned Ramjet and sold him almost immediately. I was just so disapointed in him. MP-11 already struggles with articulation and posing and when you throw in the bigger wings and knee-pads etc of the Coneheads, the dam things feel like barely articulated statues. ToyWolrds look to be a lot better articulated.

    I will say that complaints about MT Seeker fragility or "lack of solid plastic" are at odds with my experience and that of most others I've seen. I haven't really seen any complaints about broken plastic or parts and, too me at least, the plastic quality feels really nice. The grey on Starscream is SSSOOO creamy, solid and clean, without that swirly grey that MP-11 and other cheap grey plastic has (even MT get's it a bit in their Cross Dimension figures I think)
    But AFAIK, ToyWorlds have nicely solid plastic and their COneheads have a decent finish (especially based off my experience with their Constructor).
    As always, everyones collection is their own, so not suggesting anything is right or wrong, more just providing info on my own experience for comparison - it's always good to be infomred.
    I do love my Primorion. He's super buff and high quality. He really doesn't fit into my MP collection as I'm going super-toon, so he's not only too large but also too detailed and his design is a bit off to the toon. But that's what TE and MS and MP-44 KO's are for.
    Primorion stays happily on my Optimus/Megatron shelf and actually looks really nice next to Apollyon.

    Hopefully TW or Zeta one day get to a G2 tank Megatron, if not, maybe Fans Hobby will release theirs.

    But for my collection, (whuich as I mentioned is hyper-toon as well as having both bot and alt modes) I'm going Maketoys for all six bot modes and will be displaying my MP-11 Seekers in Jet mode (probably on a 3D-printed "yeti-stands" style multi-piece disisplay stand) Probably going to skip Conehead alts modes for now as the cost and space is a bit prohibitive. I may pick up KO's of Mp-11 style Coneheads or even TW ones for Alt at some point... but it's a low priority currently.
     
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  3. ahunter858

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    Any of you guys see the new pics of the coneheads in jet mode? I’m kind of underwhelmed by them. I honestly expected them to look better but they look kind of plain and generic.
     

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    I haven't seen any breakage reports either, thankfully but it feels like the plastic associated with cheaper figures from a couple years ago and the smooth shiny nature of it along with being quite thin in some places near the bottom that could catch on something and snap really turned me off.

    I don't think having a different model of Coneheads vs Seekers would be an issue unless you plan to display them all side by side. For me, they'd pretty much always be on a different shelf since they are from different seasons and since 6 seeker-sized bots on one shelf can be a bit much. :) 
     
  5. mark4flair

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    Just listed my 3 YM Coneheads to help fund these guys....

    I have the other 3 MT seekers so these 3 are pretty much an insta-buy for me What's the old saying, "in for a penny, in for a pound"?
     
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    Seems about right, judging from the work they did on Meteor and crew. They'll probably look a lot better in color though.
     
  7. MajinSin

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    Have we had confirmation on whether they all come with standard seeker weapons?
     
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    They look like their normal alt modes, what were you expecting?
     
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    Are people paying decent money for YMs? I wouldn't mind selling my YM Starscream to get a Meteor.
     
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    Maybe I expected the wings and thrusters to be a lil bit different. I’m sure they’ll look better in color like somebody said.
     
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    ^We shall see.....
     
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    I’m so excited for this
     
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    ^ Sold my 3 for 270$ + shipping and immediately preordered the 3 MT Coneheads from TFS..........

    I love their seekers so I can't wait to get these......
     
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    Maybe wait for the color pics.
     
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    05-Maketoys-Thrust.jpg 05 Maketoys Ramjet.jpg 05 Maketoys Dirge.jpg

    Here's some quick digibashes of the MT Coneheads. I know the windows look a weird, but I think they turned out ok.
     
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    I need to see some pics of them with the actual null rays equipped in bot mode.
     
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    Am I seeing correctly that the cone heads no longer have hollow wing issues?

    I saw the deal for MP-11 Thrust and almost bit before I decided to take a look at what MT was doing with it. Seems like no hollow wings plus it comes with fillers for Skywarp if I decide to get that someday. Only thing I like better on the official is the headsculpt. Hmmmm...
     
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    Coneheads display the wing undersides in robot mode----they'd look terrible if they were hollow. Non-coneheads can at least hide it a bit by having the undersides on the back of bot mode.
     
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    I see that. Ah well, they were just quick renders anyways. I'll fix it someday.