TFC Toys ST-01 Supreme Tactical Commander (Rolling Thunder Optimus.)

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by Scaleface, Jul 15, 2017.

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Are you interested?

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  1. koonfasa

    koonfasa Well-Known Member

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    Nah, everyone’s like that. No one ever names everything in transformation videos either. It’s more often “fold THIS over HERE, like THAT”.

    Even my second sentence confuses if you think I’m possibly showing the solution but I’m just saying my pics just show the mistransformation. The back heel end which look like mini-rocket boosters are flat on the bottom and angled on the top, so if upside down won’t slot into the gap designed for it.

    But I think you got it.
     
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    You know what's really dumb? I actually rotated those heel spurs and wondered why they even rotate, so I rotated them back and continued my frustration with the leg armor, LMFAO! If someone were to watch me fiddle with that, they'd facepalm so hard, their hands would go through their head! :p 
    My missle arms seem okay, they don't look like that picture shown a few posts back. The front wheels is something new I haven't heard of yet. I'll have to look into that, but just looking at the front wheels (from the bottom), it looks ok?
    Anyway, I'm going to keep this camo version in vehicle mode and buy the regular version for robot mode.

    And don't forget while they're describing the transformation, it's all out of frame while they do it too. :p 
    Then just slap down a lazy figure for a .05 second comparison :rolleyes:  .
    Thanks to you and everyone else for giving me pointers! :) 
     
  3. Sanity Bleeds

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    I haven't seen or heard anyone else mention it, so it might just be my copy, but one pair of the front wheels, during transformation, you rotate the entire panel they're mounted to around to his back side, then a small swivel arm under the wheel rotates the wheels up to give them clearance over his waist. Mine both have the exact same swivel arm that has an unnecessary notch on it, presumably to help it lock into place, but because my pieces aren't mirrors of one another, one wheel sticks out 1-2mm further than the other in back. It doesn't seem to effect anything, just looks slightly off.
     
  4. GX9901DoubleX

    GX9901DoubleX Just a passing through rider...

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    I posted about the missile hinge alignment issue last week. Contacted TFS-Express about it, and they said they should be getting me replacement part from TFC once the factory is through a current busy period. It will probably take a while before I get the part, but sounds like TFS-Express is on it.
     
  5. Predakwon

    Predakwon ...Green Lantern's light!

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    C'mon Yanwen shipping!
     
  6. mikequillm

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    Anyone else order from showz? Is your figure sitting in the big apple limbo?
     
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    My last update said “Your item has been processed through our facility in ISC NEW YORK NY(USPS) at 12:40 am on June 2, 2019.”
     
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    It can take up to a week to get out of the north east customs. Typically at least 4 days then typically (for me in Texas) about 3-5 days of travel time. Getting the package to the states is usually a two, maybe three day thing it's just customs that makes it take so much longer.
     
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    Ben's review of the camo version.
     
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    Yeah. Mine says the same but May 31 is the arrival date. Been there a week at this point. Crazy....
     
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    Oh man I didn’t know he still had some blue. That looks so much better than I thought.
     
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    I don't own this figure yet but Ben doesn't seem to have any issue with his figure QC or perhaps he didn't look at his more detail in the video...
     
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    i've had mine for a bit now and no QC issues so far. I love him!
     
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    He never does usually. That’s why I’m never sure on him. Since his figures seem so perfect.
     
  16. Bujo

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    Jeez, would it have killed them to put some camo on the feet? Those blue feet really kill the vehicle mode.
     
  17. Digger

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    Huh. Interesting. I’ve found the exact opposite reaction to my own to the blue.
     
  18. Bujo

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    It looks like the assembly line ran out of parts, and the shift manager just said "Fuck it, we got all these spare blue feet lying around..."
     
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  19. chuckcjc

    chuckcjc Wheeljack Engineer Corp.

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    He points out flaws all of the time. Have you actually watched his videos?
     
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    Probably not for a while if you’re right. My apologies.