FansToys FT-44 Thomas (MP Astrotrain)

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by eVac Z, Mar 16, 2019.

  1. kibble

    kibble Seeker style, yo!

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    Because the heart wants what the heart wants...and some people have evil hearts. Those people want their Astrotrains and Blitzwings to be too damn big... :p 
     
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    Because some people sat too close to the tv screens as children and remember Astrotrain and Blitzwing differently.
     
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  3. barok

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    Imagine a 2pk FT Blitzwing and Astrotrain. There goes her wallet. :D  Yeah I know, not gonna happen.
     
  4. Stryder Wolfe

    Stryder Wolfe Is it...Safe???

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    Ideally I would have both Astrotrain and Blitzwing at about the same height as MP Soundwave. Slightly shorter than Megatron but a bit taller than Starscream. At this point though, the release of any good MP Astrotrain in particular is a virtual guaranteed purchase. As long as Thomas is somewhere between Starscream and Road King height he's likely an instant buy.
     
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  5. merphul

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    It could very simply be a move where the release of FT Mindwipe and the design for FT Skullcruncher has made people go nuts for Lupus in a way that didn't happen the first go around.

    If Thomas is a smash and then they show a good Octane and THEN let us see Blitzwing, I'm betting a lot of people will slide right past the frustration of a long dry period of no BW news and go straight to "It was worth the wait". FT then moves directly to GO and collects $200 from us all.
     
  6. edgecrusher

    edgecrusher "She wanted nothin', and I delivered." TFW2005 Supporter

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    You're basically telling the story of 3P collecting every delayed figure for the past 5 years: We have short memories and are easy to forgive if the final product is a gem. And relentlessly unforgiving if you waste our time with half-arsed products. :) 
     
  7. 18inchcombiner

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    I am diggin the stand. Really in need of a good Astro. Hopefully they do both versions cartoon (accurate LOOK) Toon purple & toy color but that is asking alot. But if I had to pick one obviously G1 toon.
     
  8. David Hingtgen

    David Hingtgen Chromaticon

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    Skylynx is a shuttle, and Skylynx is huge. (sometimes). Therefore, Astrotrain, who has the same alt mode (sometimes), should also be huge.
     
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    Skylynx has two different large modes, you're forgetting. Two very large modes, actually
     
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    CigarJackal Cy-gar smoking beast warrior

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    By that logic, Blast off would also be huge.

    Mass shifting and all that.
     
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  11. David Hingtgen

    David Hingtgen Chromaticon

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    He is, he just stands really far from the camera in most scenes...
     
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    That should be typed in blue
     
  13. mikequillm

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    Holy shit, David made a funny. Didn't know u had it in u brother

     
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    And then there's big bad Fanstoys Roadking
     
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    he can fit all the decepticons in his space shuttle mode so he should be a little taller than ft phoenix
     
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    What’s all this crazy talk?! MP22 sized Astrotrains and what not. Bad enough that Combiner torso bots keep getting oversized. Now people want extra large just cause. No go from me
     
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    Id be really happy if his design was like motormaster in that he goes from a Robot to a huge Train and shuttle. Fanstoys Motor master gives me the impression of mass shifting, they did a great job and I hope Astrotrain can do the same.
     
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    I'd be happy with a release before 2030
     
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  19. merphul

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    if the Thomas shuttle alt isn't sized to the point where it looks like the future FT Devvy can stand inside of it I'll consider the project a complete failure.

    It just needs to look big enough to fit Devastator inside, it doesn't actually need a hollow space you can fit a Devvy into. That's just crazy.
     
  20. mikequillm

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    IMO this is the best looking thing FT has offered