A building brick set that copies Optimus, Gundam, and...Boombox?!?!

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  1. ckhtiger, Mar 11, 2019
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    My son got this five-kit set for his birthday this weekend. The logo copies a Gundam, one of the heads (and it's red repaint) is clearly Optimus, and the sticker "faction emblem" is the tfw2005 mascot, Boombox! 20190309_175557.jpg 20190309_175801.jpg 20190309_175717.jpg 20190310_091129.jpg
     
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  2. IceBearPrime, Mar 11, 2019
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    They need more of these awesomeness
     
  3. TacticalBacon, Mar 11, 2019
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    Seems like the Boombox logo itself is popular with bootleggers since it was also featured on other bootleg TFs before. Makes me wonder why no actual 3P has made an full figure of him yet.
     
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  4. Krooked, Mar 11, 2019
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    where did you pick this up?
     
  5. rubadubspawn, Mar 11, 2019
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  6. Superquad7, Mar 11, 2019
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  7. ckhtiger, Mar 11, 2019
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    These were a gift from the in-laws, but my guess is they're on Amazon.
     
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  8. Motor_Master, Mar 11, 2019
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    China's at it again...
     
  12. Spiderus Prime, Mar 11, 2019
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    Oh my god, those guys just did the unthinkable, and I hope my insignia didn't even used by a building block company that isn't Lego or Mega Construdux.
     
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  13. ckhtiger, Mar 12, 2019
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    Did you design Boombox? I can't remember the specifics around his creation, but I remember it being a contest, I believe.
     
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    No I'm didn't that I believe Tony created him, but I did created my Avi-Spider that you see as my avatar.
     
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    I ordered a few similar sets a couple years ago. Devastator, Bruticus, and Superion. The quality was pretty bad. They wouldn't stay assembled. Hopefully these don't suffer from the same problem.
     
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    I've been wondering this myself. I'd love a MP version of him to go with my Blaster and Soundwave
     
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  19. Tony_Bacala, Mar 14, 2019
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    Oh I've seen it. :) 

    Not much I can do, so hopefully everyone has some fun with em. :) 
     
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