Transform Element TE-01 (Optimus Prime)

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

  1. Snaku

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    Sadly that is just too much to ask for in this case. Too many people are more nostalgic for the cartoon itself than for Transformers in general and they want it to look like an actual animation cell standing in their living room rather than an accurate representation of the character.
     
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    Bumpers, smoke sticks, side mirrors, grills and gas tanks are preferably chrome. But it would be difficult because the TE bumper bends and forms a hip.

    It's strange that only the bumper is silver. Then TE can be as it is now.

    In V4, the gray hinge on the waist should be white and the trailer adapter should be compatible with the MP-44 trailer. ...IMO:p 
     
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    I like having both options... G1 toy paintjob and G1 toon paintjob. Toy Megatron looks fantastic. I would love a toy MP44 or TE01 g1 toy paintjob (also really want a toy edition FT Sovereign). I am not a fan of chrome, however. I find it tends to tarnish easily, and requires lots of extra care. Fingerprints tend to eat chrome. Metal-fleck paint works just fine. Besides, it's more realistic. A lot of metal parts on vehicles aren't chromed or shiny. Metal-fleck gray can look like galvanized steel
     
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    Would totally paint chip an FT toy lol
     
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    when is this second batch of v3 coming out?
     
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    Cant they just start using a release train?

    V3.5.17
     
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  7. Ultimate

    Ultimate " Thats just Prime "

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    I think im just a little late on the TE-01 train i just got mine a couple a days ago from robotoybase and i gotta say im loving this figure already (in case your wondering i have V3 ) its not perfect but its def my favorite figure i have so far ill start with my issues i have with the figure since well i dont have many with this Masterpiece but i do have some ill start with the Axe. Before it came out i heard there were some issues with it and yeah ive only used like 4 or 5 times since i perfer the gun and it does have stress marks and im not yanking it out or anything i did wiggle it out once which might have done it but im gonna be more gentle with it now [​IMG]


    another thing that not so much bothers me but i prefer about mp-44 is the rounded off corners on blocky parts compared to TE-01 which has more sharp edges on stuff i also don't like the transformation process in the chest area my fingers were hurt quite a bit after though i've only transformed it a couple of times since i got it due to RL stuff and me being too worn out to do transform it more. Something that bothers me a little more is the ion cannon it has mold issues i don't know what its called but there are little buts where there bits of plastic sorta like when you take a piece of gunpla out of its bracket piece before you sand it or snip the piece off
    again I'm being nit picky here since i don't even notice it when primes holding the ion cannon anyways and i've noticed one somewhat large spot on prime where it also comes up it looks worse in the photo than it does in person though[​IMG][​IMG]



    Now For me to gush about how much i love him. He poses so much better than i thought he could like i have a Official Masterpiece movie prime and i thought this couldn't beat that since that one being one of the few transformers i have that can kneel down but and initially i thought TE-01 couldn't kneel as well then i was reading here and was enlightened to the idea of taking off his side hip skirts for more leg pose ability and undoing a clip in his arms for access to the butterfly joints. Its easily the best posing transformer i have. i love the paint to since i do move,pose,and transform my figures quite a bit like around 3 to 4 times a day i have issues with paint chipping its why i'm on edge on getting a mp-36 cause i've seen the paint chipping on that guy its not horrible but i'm a stickler for things like that i tend to prefer pure colored plastic to paint on figures unless its done right and its durable like here on TE-01. side note: having this mindset i still really like how mp-44 looks but the paint does turn me off i dunno it looks a little too glossy to me not terrible just slightly too much id prefer a more matted look like MP-36 or TE-01 not that glossy looks bad hell i love me some glossy iron man figures man but mp-44 with what the paint was going for the look of i can get why i don't think it was executed properly

    Back to TE-01 i just overall adore this thing i'm having so much fun it was well worse the wait i had to endure and the price hes so fun to pose and i love HOW SOLID HE IS i love my figures being heavy. Over All : Quickly becoming my favorite figure[​IMG][​IMG][​IMG][​IMG][​IMG]
    sorry for such a lengthy post i just have quite a bit to show and talk about, im a lurker i don't post much but i'm always looking around here
     
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    How? It’s turns the Optimus that is supposed to be a cartoon prime, even more cartoony. And for those that want a more toy like one they just apply the stickers and not buy a whole other figure
     
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    The reflective eye stickers look neat tho
     
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    Adding the arm stickers, shin stickers, and a cab stripe made a huge difference to me. I won't bother with anything else, and people can add as much or as little as they want. It's nice to have options.
     
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    Weird that they payed no attention to the other head.

    I definitely see the arm arrows. Took me a while to get used to him not having them.

    How is adding a bunch of reflective shit, more cartoony?
     
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    Cell shading is very much cartoony
     
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    Any of that but the windows is hardly cell shading. Most of us have the Jream waterslide windows.
     
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    Occasionally popping in for this:

    Is there anyone interested in selling me their unused TE-01 V3 (grey) Season 1 head?

    Thanks.
     
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    meisterman i am in love with rotb

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    Anyone willing to sell a mate in Canada a spare TE-01 Matrix? My copy didn’t come with one and after my several months owning the figure I’m starting to really wish I had it.
     
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    Where did you buy it from? might be able to ask for a replacement.
     
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    meisterman i am in love with rotb

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    I tried after I got it but the customer service was kinda bad and I never ended up getting one. My window for another attempt is long over now unfortunately.