Fans Hobby MB-05 (Monsterbot Grotusque)

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by daimchoc, Oct 28, 2016.

  1. unmc2001

    unmc2001 Well-Known Member

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  2. myrrh

    myrrh Knell-Mown Wember

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    ...my copy of flypro also included large cards/posters for megatooth and feilong, but not for flypro: did anyone else receive three posters, or are just two typical?..it seems weird not to include one for the figure they came with...

    (note that i'm not talking about the smaller character cards; i received all three of those)
     
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    Thinktank Well-Known Member

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    The posters are for the previous boxes. So they will match with Flypro's.
     
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    I know it is a long shot but does anyone has boxes for three Monsterbots available for sale? Please pm me. Thanks
     
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    I just picked these up from a great seller. It’s amazing to me that these three got made. I feel so fortunate, despite their flaws that someone designed them and then a company decided to produce them.

    I am so fortunate to be an adult Transformer fan.
     
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  7. cultofkraken

    cultofkraken Cybertronian Metalhead

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    I only have Doublecross but I really do like him. Really need to grab the other two Monsterbots.
     
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    myrrh Knell-Mown Wember

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    ...doublecross was my gateway to the complete series; absolutely adore what fans hobby did with these figures and it's taken all the willpower i can muster not to follow-up with their masterforce series...
     
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    Scowly Prowl Still calculating variables...

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    They are worth the hunt, and the purchase. Fans Hobby really put out great molds for the MP Monsterbots, and they really didn't need to do this much awesome work.
     
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  10. Mr H

    Mr H Old bot from Iacon...

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  11. Optimus Prime23

    Optimus Prime23 Lighting our Darkest Hour

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    I was thisclose to getting all three this week, but had to send my daughter some money.

    Oh, well. Hopefully I’ll be able to get all of them by the middle of next month.
     
  12. Dodgy Dan

    Dodgy Dan Some sort of carbon-based bastard.

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    I was thinking of maybe, maaaaaaaybe picking up the FH Monsterbot trio and adding them to my beastbot shelf. Does anyone know how these guys look alongside other MP bots like Fanstoys Lupus and Mindwipe and the KFC Horrorcons (in beast mode, mainly)? I'm worried their super chunky design won't fit too well with the others.
     
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    Correct they can be displayed with consistent box art then!
     
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    myrrh Knell-Mown Wember

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    ...personally, i think they look better: they fit in perfectly alongside my MP-08 despite being much better toys...
     
  15. Scowly Prowl

    Scowly Prowl Still calculating variables...

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    I find they fit just fine with my S3 MT Headmasters and Targetmaster. That said, FT Lupus and Mindwipe always made me think they were kind of square, in comparison to the Monsterbots, but that's just me.
     
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  16. MasterScale

    MasterScale Loose, comes with baggage...

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    Don't know if this helps (at the bottom of that post there is one of him with some other FH toys)

    Fans Hobby MB-12 Athena (Headmaster Junior Minerva)

    Also, here's one from @Maz on his site. While not the FT HM's, it gives you an idea of how the monster bots look with some other more (relatively) angular figures.

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    Dodgy Dan Some sort of carbon-based bastard.

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    Ok, Feilong and Flypro arrived today (Megatooth still en route), and despite me starting to question my purchases as the days went by, I have to say that now I have these figures in hand I genuinely love them. Chunky, playable, well sculpted and just all-round great figures to have. Spent some time arranging them with the FT Headmasters and the KFC Horrorcons, and I'm pleased by how well they mesh together, given that they're from three different companies and all. You know, it's so nice to get a new figure and just be pleased with it. No niggles, no criticism, just... pleased.

    Only problem is that now I'm eyeing their Powermaster Prime. :mad: 
     
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    ...i know that path well...
     
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  19. OrangeDraft

    OrangeDraft Just another humble servant of Unicorn

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    Mine arrived today

    Damn, he is so perfect. Sculpt, paint, accesories and transformation is sooooo nice.

    And so sturdy!

    The transformation is very simple as you can transform him back and forth in less than five minute.

    My only minor grip is his size in bot mode. I wish it a bit bigger. Maybe in Optimus size? But,strangely, I have no problem in the beast mode. His beast mode size is perfect.
     
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  20. TIKnTIN

    TIKnTIN … beating a dead horse with a broken record, LoL!

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    got my pair delivered today from recent Fans Hobby black friday sale. thanks goes out to all the amazing photos posted in this thread and feilong/doublecross! ;) 

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