Transform Element TE-01 (Optimus Prime)

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by Cheem The Rup, Jul 6, 2018.

  1. OmegaTaco Supreme

    OmegaTaco Supreme Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb

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    Toy Dojo is still taking pre-orders. I just ordered one today.
     
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    Saw it was out at Show Z. Ordered from TCP this morning.
     
  3. process

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    The new head looks amazing. Good on TE for cranking it out so quickly.
     
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    So, over 2 months after my TFD order for this guy completely vanished and I had to fight them with Paypal to get my money back, my replacement order from ShowZ just shipped. Don't have any strong opinions on the 2nd run head or not, just want to finally get this thing in-hand already!
     
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    Mine shipped from showz too \m/
     
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    Thanks Goodness!! good to know. If they do right by me, I will use them allot then. Whoa! I missed a lot of pages here since my last post a few pages back. Gonna do some recon and will post my thoughts after reading the last four pages of the thread.. LOL. Thanks @Arycon, for the info. greatly appreciated. I feel much more secure now. Don't want to miss out on this guy at all!!
     
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    With a tiny bit of perspective correction, it's really close!

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  8. Anthony J Ruiz

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    I ordered from them before. Once it ships it takes about 2 weeks to receive because the package gets held up in the China Processing station for about a week
     
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  9. Snaku

    Snaku Primes Don't Party

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    Ah, my favorite scene, when Optimus uttered the now legendary line:
    "One shall stand; one shall sit."
    Thus challenging Megatron to the game of musical chairs that would end with Optimus critically injured and Megatron adrift in space. Turns out that Transformers take musical chairs freakin' seriously!
     
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    I feel the same, i would be not happy with myself if there are improvement changes on the joints for having purchased the first release and i was too impatient to wait... I dont care about the back part of the leg being now blue instead of the silver. Heck, i prefer it that way...

    I have messaged Tony Chi on facebook if he can see other differences on the re-release vs original, but not sure he will answer or not.
     
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  11. God Orion

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    Good to know for next time as a parcel I was waiting for now is lost.
     
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    One thing that worries me is that I bought my TE from an eBay seller. He said he would probably not be able to get the new head alone and send it to me once it is released. I have no idea of how I can get it then. I never knew not buying from a retailer would make such situation near to impossible.
     
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    @oku was willing to help but his effort to do so got messed up by TE's manager. Maybe when things settle down and ironstar is able to get some extra heads, he'll help out again.
     
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    Red2 " ... and so the story goes ... "

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    I sent him a message asking him about this. But I guess he might not be able to get some since it will be available for people who bought the first release through retailers. The thing is, will eBay sellers who stocked and sold TE’s product get hold of some additional second version heads as the other retailers will? I don’t know how all this distribution system works so I highly doubt I will ever get the new head without buying a second version figure...
     
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    On ShowZ it seems to be out of stock... Anyone have news that he will restock it?
     
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    Just bought this guy from TF-Direct... first time using them but I rather go through them than taking a chance on an ebay seller and not get the 2nd head. Hopefully they are reputable.
     
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    I asked him in the ShowZ thread and he said the below. :) 

     
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  19. GX9901DoubleX

    GX9901DoubleX Just a passing through rider...

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    TFS-Express still have them available to preorder. They said it’s coming in 2 days. Using their premium shipping option is only a few bucks more than other China based shops and the shipping is lightening quick. I got my first run TE-01 from them with 3 day transit time.
     
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    I went with them as well after seeing a few Youtubers mention they get their bots from them and their customer service communication is quick.
    Ive seen others on this forum complain about certain things that seem to do with shipping problems that most likely are carrier related and that can happen with anything coming from China.
     
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