Make Toys Masterpiece Coneheads (Dirge, Ramjet, Thrust)

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

  1. Meister61

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    Because doing a cool pose from the back is impossible?
     
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    Which brings me to this point, who poses their figures with their backs facing out? What's the point? Even for a photo shoot, I don't get it. Even then, the flap isn't THAT atrocious. Whatevs though, different strokes fo different folks. Take it or leave it, but I'll take this over any other offering out there and be more than content.
     
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  3. Meister61

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    A spinning back high kick. Slightly sideways from the back with the head tilted to side looking at you. There's way too many cool poses from the back. Your statement makes 0 sense imo.
     
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    They never sold out of those. This old wives tale needs to die. Just look it up in their respective threads, there's never been multiple runs of those figures.
     
  6. Meister61

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    :rolleyes: 

    Your point:throw 

    Your taste :yuck 

    Your mental state :crazy: 
     
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    I think it may be a false alarm, sorry guys.
     
  9. ChromeMagnus

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    You already know the deal when it comes to BBTS and new releases. Lol.
    It'll be 2-3 weeks after everyone else has them in hand and BBTS still won't have theirs in stock yet.
     
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    With all the options available these days, buy the one that fills you need. Personally, my figures just stand or in vehicle mode if I own several versions. For seekers it's now Maketoys bot mode and Takara jet mode.
     
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    Maketoys Cupola - RM-01 (MP Chromedome)

    This was one of the first mentions of it I remember in May 2017 without doing more digging and it first came out in May 2015 so yes it and Ironwill were restocked. It may be that other stores from around the world were selling off stock or Maketoys held stock back. All I remember is that when I got around to getting mine they were gone everywhere and many people were having the same problems. I got the last ones from Captured Prey with the replacement parts. Then several months later they were available everywhere and then as you mentioned being given away around $80.
     
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    "Maketoys held stock back". That's more likely. Same thing happened with Unique Toys Springer as well. The reason why I don't think there's a reissue for those figures is because Maketoys did one for Downbeat, and if you go to various online stores, you'll see "Downbeat Reissue" specifically spelled out, while that's not the case for Cupola, etc. Likewise, Googling "Maketoys Cupola Reissue" also didn't bring back anything specific.

    Honestly I am super tired of Maketoys recent MP releases. 3 seekers last year and 3 coneheads this year. Boo yah. I need something new.
     
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    That "reissue" distinction is really not that important to me in the big picture. FH, TT and others do the same thing. All that mattered at the time was the available stock disappeared at the high prices and then showed up again later. According to Spence, Maketoys made 5000 Despotrons and did the same thing but it backfired. I think their goal was always to under supply to artificially promote scarcity to keep the demand high to support the high price. Eventually, the plan failed and overall I am tired of them. I just want the remaining Coneheads and Headmasters to be done with them. This company squandered a lot of great opportunities by not committing to the Seekers earlier.
     
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    Ordinarily it wouldn’t bother me that much. I mean, it’s a pain but not the end of the world.
    The thing that really gets me with this though, is the same reason I hate the Ironhide hip skirt panels and Magnus’ butt flap.
    It’s such an easy fix, that modders were able to resolve on their own, quickly after release. It’s one thing if there’s something that’s unavoidable due to the design but when it’s super easy and obvious to fix, it just comes down to laziness from the designer that they left it.
    It’s even worse on the Coneheads because by the time the last one releases, they will have used this mould eight times and never bothered to fix it.
    The butt-flap really should have been fixed.
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    If it can be fixed with a simple 3D printed part? Really no excuse.
    Maketoys MTRM-11 Meteor
     
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    Don't forget that for those not buying the Coneheads, you have to buy the wing fillers.
     
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    Yo dog(dirge) where you at?
     
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    My pre-order from Kapow now says 'June/July'. It's 8th June, so is he coming in the next 3 weeks or the next 7 weeks?

    Giz a clue MakeToys....
     
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    Well they also half-assed these Seekers, leaving a lot of improvements on the cutting room floor, using thin materials and questionable paintjobs, making it a budget build instead of a definitive replacement. There's also the whole Cross Dimension line that has taken up capital and production time, reducing the MTRM to basically repaints.
     
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    My guess, best case scenario, July. The crowdfund figure is supposed to ship this month so like you just ask, its 6/8 Maketoys, where are the Sunstorms???

    Here's hoping they can get all three coneheads before December. I just want to be done with these and have been chasing the close to perfect 6 seekers for years now.
     
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    Well they came through on the Sunstorms, but I've not been asked to pay my balance by Kapow, so not sure when Dirge is coming. If it was July then I'd have expected Kapow to be in full knowledge of the expected delivery date to their stock but now...