MakeToys SolarFlare Crowdfund

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by Spence, Jul 25, 2018.

  1. MOTOGPFAN46

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    Figma used that concept already with some generic figures,Transformers could be cool too,depending on pricing.
    A lot of people use KOs for customs due to cost.
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    Neat. But yeah costing could be an issue. Given how you chat buy seven of theme easily. I was thinking they could probably leave it disassembled in ways. So it’d be proper proper build it yourself. Although with all the precision of stuff like pushing in pins that could be hard.
     
  3. ProtectronPrime

    ProtectronPrime Subjectively Objective

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    I've always been fascinated by those generic-figmas. I have no idea where you'd get little clothes for 'em.
     
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    I’d be up for that. Crowd fund it for like 50 bucks each as a kit, and you put it together. No frills, no fancy box, just a kit in a box with the hardware. Throw the instructions up as a pdf on their site. Would help them gracefully shut down the RM line in the black.
     
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    I would totally be up for this. I’d buy two and have fun painting.
     
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    Yeah. It’d be a fun experience. And you can just make whoever you want for your collection. Like some people do want to have the rain makers in just single colours but others like at least some break up.
     
  7. DrCalligari

    DrCalligari Does it come in purple?

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    Looks like we're getting closer :) 
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    Robogeek28 Proud grandpa

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    Packaged in jet mode huh?


    Bummer.
     
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  9. MOTOGPFAN46

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    Well,at least the packaging it’s better than the cheap plastic blister used on the normal releases.
    Hopefully they continue to use foam going forward.
    Also we need to know what’s the next project!
     
  10. ComputronX

    ComputronX Till all are MP

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    OK, but still no release date! I guess we will still have to wait a month or two!
     
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    What a tease and I paid for way more action than that :rolleyes: 

    Be nice to hear these are in the mail instead.
     
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    Looking pretty perfect. Well as perfect as you can get for a cartoon accurate sunstorm. Myself I’d have been more into a dreamwave style orange and yellow combo covered in flames. Also why do people care about packaging?
     
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    The Box is the only reason i'd by that trailerless G1 Optimus reissue as it matches the G1 Cars so nicely.

    For something like a seeker repaint though - no I'm perfectly fine with a plain box - Foam is nice as it holds the boxes card together and keep the toy in place nicely where as they cheap plastic trays can crack under their own weight and sometimes the contents works look in transit.

    I kinda like the Takara legends type packaging with the display box easy open double tray and a carboard inner tray to keep everything nice and solid and in place. Boxes can be nice in their own right though - such as some Botcon boxes - but in general if you are going to make the same thing over and over in different colours a wise way to handle it might be to use a generic black or brown or white box and stick a label on it with what is inside (ideally an image label) I don't think printing unique boxes for everything is always essential.
     
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    Fairly hyped. But what could have been...
     
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    And should have....imho
     
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    Like so many right-minded people, I would much have preferred the orange version - such a striking deco. That said, there's no denying that he's looking pretty sharp, and I'm still happy to think that he's getting closer. Speaking of this line, though, where the hell are MT's Coneheads? Seems like they should have been out by now.
     
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    I for one am very happy with the color choice... it was the clear winner. Can't wait to get this in hand!
     
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    Oh I mainly meant packing on the inside.
     
  19. Electro Rush

    Electro Rush Just a guy waiting for the perfect Whirl

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    Ditto... i've done it for 1/6 scale figures but nothing that small.
     
  20. DoubleClouder

    DoubleClouder Prototype / Testshot collector

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    Kept going back on forth on this since I didn't have the MakeToys seekers yet. Kinda wish I backed it now.