FansToys FT-30A-E Ethereaon (Masterpiece Superion/Aerialbots)

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by dalianjj, Nov 13, 2017.

  1. Lex79

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    It could also be due to the fact that the Aerialbots face more competition from the Zeta version and had less enthusiastic reviews compared to the Stunticons.
    Anyway, the current preorder madness is making me more and more convinced that should I ever buy a FT combiner I'll wait for a gift set.
     
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  2. ThatGuyCalledBlaster

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    And also due the fact that in an interview a while back, they called Zeta their main competitor, this definitely makes sense.
     
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  3. mikeszekely

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    As someone who's been I'd say it's because FT's Aerialbots are extremely mediocre compared to their Stunticons.

    I have the first three Stunticons and a US-based preorder on Smokey. I don't have Bandit preordered yet, but I don't think any US seller started taking them yet. When my store does I'll make every effort to lock that down.

    But the Aerialbots? I'll try to get the last two, but I'm not losing sleep over them. If I miss out I'll just sell the three I have, probably for as much or more than I paid in the first place. Zeta's is covering my combined-mode needs just fine. I wanted the Aerialbots for the individual characters, and while they look nice in static poses I'm not thrilled with the limited articulation, tolerances on Iceman that make him not fun to transform, and engineering on Maverick that's overly complicated and not particularly fun either.
     
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    Well that's just like your opinion man :p 

    IMO they look better than those flat Stunticons. But I like both sets.
     
  5. ThatGuyCalledBlaster

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    Nobody state-side has yet. Waiting on the images of Dead End DESPERATELY, haha. Then I gotta play catch up with the first 3, since I already have Drag Strip on PO with BBTS.
     
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    I’m definitely a +1 on these guys over their Stunticons. And it’s not just because I generally prefer the Aerialbots to the Stunticons.
    For me personally, these are better than the only real competition (Zeta), and I’ve not been blown away by the first two FT Stunticon limbs, if I could only keep one set of Stunticons, it’d be the XTB set. (Roadking May be better than Gravestone, but there are five in a team)
    (Reminder, personal opinion, I’m not saying anyone’s wrong if they prefer the FT Stunticons over either the FT Aerialbots or the XTB Stunticons)
     
  8. whitewolfe313

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    I’m worried about even having the CHANCE to get them all. I have 3 stunticons and 3 aerial bots but, I almost missed out on 4th stunticon preorder because it sold out so fast. I have never in 10 years of collecting been unable to secure a pre-order. Fans Toys re-relieve of Galvatron sold out in a day at The Chosen Prime. I have almost everything Fans Toys releases. Never have I had trouble securing a pre-order. Crazy!
     
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  9. Teletran-1

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    I love the Aerialbots but I think it’s clear just by sales that the FT Stunticons are selling better. RoadKing has already had a re-release, Maverick hasn’t. Spoiler sells for like 250- $300 now, Magnum is not available anywhere. Goose and Iceman are both under $200.

    They’re both selling well but for the people that only chose one, they seem to mostly have gone with Stunticons.
     
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  10. whitewolfe313

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    me too!
     
  11. whitewolfe313

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    The reason the fanstoys stunticons are selling better is because no one has any other choice for a Menasore in the toy world Devaststor scale.
     
  12. Ratchet2007

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    What?

    Have you ever heard of XTB and DX9?
     
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  13. Dead End14

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    Yeah there are 3 Stunticon 3P sets being made. But IMO Fanstoys is clearly the best. And well perhaps the individual Stunticons have more developed personalities than the Aerialbots.
     
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    Does anyone know why Fanstoys are selling out faster? Are they making less now? or is there all of a sudden more transformers fans jumping in?
     
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    I think it's a combination of stores being completely fucking bare for the last six months and people finally catching on to how high aftermarket prices can go.
     
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    the Aerialbots have always been and always will be Air Raid and four dorks. The protectobots are trash too. Bland as hell and First Aid is the only one IDW gave a personality to. Oh, what Blades is a little violent and crazy? Guess what, they literally make every helicopter character violent and crazy.

    All the Decepticon combiners are dope and the Autobot ones are lame-os. The Technobots look kinda cool, but still lame-os with bad coloring
     
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  17. Markus76

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    Yea it sucks. These sets are a scalper's wet dream. I wish these sellers would limit how many one person can get. There are assholes on facebook bragging about having 7 or 8 of each figure.
     
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    Fanstoys are right there with Takara and I would argue that they are more sought after than Takara MP's right now and they are still a 3rd party company and only have the capability to make only so many figures.
     
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    A lot of people hate buy figures they know they don’t want. In the back of their heads they know the can sell it a month later for a markup. then they go make posts railing about scalpers and fanstoys production numbers not seeing the irony


    You’ve seen these posts in every fanstoys thread

    >I don’t normally like fanstoys
    >I went ahead and po’d this hoping I don’t like it
    >oh well I sold it really quick with some extra markup
    >why does fanstoys suck so much they are like artificially creating scarcity with limited releases.