3P Masterpiece appreciation thread

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by jream, Apr 21, 2015.

  1. Knight Prime

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  4. Knight Prime

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    Rodimus face looks super weird lol
     
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    Which jazz is that?? That alt mode looks awesome! Which Cliffjumper also?

    Is this the same Jazz? Which one is this?

    edit: Looks like Transform and Rollout Jazz, are they any good? Compared to Maketoys? Also is XTB Windcharger any good? That alt mode looks awesome
     
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    Whilst the alt mode for windcharger looks admittedly pretty cool and his bot mode overall looks decent, the transformation is up there as one of the worst ever... Bending plastic over plastic kind of stuff... Ewww.

    I can't wait to replace mine if I'm honest.
     
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    Oof, I'm glad you mentioned that, I was curious about purchasing him
     
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    Well on the flip side, he looks just fine standing there on the shelf and I think he's very cheap, as low as 30 bucks on discount recently I believe... I have him and tailgate as cheap stand ins, but will be very happy when FT finally get around to him, given how well they've done their minibots this year.
     
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    I'm experimenting with some printed cloth backgrounds. This one I call: "Outrun":) 
     
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    Hey all, I have a new vid up if you fancy it - Toyworld Freedom Leader (Deluxe Ver).

     
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    "TELL ME WHAT I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE AUTOBOTS"

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    Where did you get those stickers for your DX9 Gabriel?
     
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    UGLY-BOTS

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    Just in time for Halloween with a face not even a mother could love.

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    You nailed it!!

    I am most pleased with my T-N-R Hova!! He's a fantastic figure for the affordable price of... I think $60 or $70 bucks at the time...

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    Here he is with his 'voice'.

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    And yes... the alt-mode is STELLAR!!!

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    For comparison purposes, here's TR-01 Hova with MakeToys Downbeat.

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    That is Downbeat's "finished" alt-mode transformation... looks like they said "meh... close enough."

    Now I know I sound like a recording of a parrot here... but I think Hova offers more 'playability' and fits well with the original masterpiece aesthetic, before the 'toon-centricity- craze took over.

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    The Cliffjumper is AceToys Tumbler. He's a fine bot, and another vestige from the ghost of Christmas Past in terms of masterpiece aesthetic... but that's the aesthetic that I like.

    My only grievance... I wish someone would create a better face for him. Tumbler comes with two faces... I don't really like either, but at least this one gets Cliffjumper's massive cranium correct... at least according to the opinion of the Necrobot.

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    That about sums it up.

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    One more of Hova because I couldn't resist.

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    Not Gabriel, it's FT Terminus Giganticus. The stickers are from Toyhax, but there may be a set for Gabriel.
     
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    My non-toon-G1 collection is starting to get out of hand. I'm trying to keep my desk as the only place for 'other' figures but that is clearly not going to work out the way I had hoped.

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    For as long as I've been maintaining an awareness of 3P & MP figures, X-Transbots Boost has been the only viable option for a Windcharger. (I believe mine is the 'comic-toon' version.)

    I kinda wish BadCube would've made a Windcharger offering, because in my humblest of humble opinions, their mini-bots were always pretty damn awesome, in either mode.

    But without any other reasonable Windcharger offering appearing on the horizon, I eventually caved and purchased XTB Boost.

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    @Momobots , I completely agree with you about the transformation process. It is as if bending plastic was part of the design. I hate it.

    I think I read similar 'bending plastic' statements about FansToys Koot or Jabber... but I forget which one.

    Personally, I don't even like Boost's alt-mode that much. It's a fairly accurate 1980s Pontiac Trans-Am... but to be 'Windcharger', it needs to have bigger, fatter, rear tires... and I think XTB Boost's alt-mode should probably be based on a Trans-Am model from the 70s, rather than the 80s version with pop-up headlights... so basically, a complete overhaul.

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    But, overhaul aside... as a vehicle of general reference, Boost's alt-mode looks pretty good with other 3P/MP figures.

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    And I think his bot-mode looks on par with every other 3P/MP figure I own.

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    Within my collection, Boost 'scratches-the-Windcharger-itch' so to speak... but Windcharger was never one of those 'must-have' figures for me.

    To some extent, I think I only purchased him to complete my S1 Autobots.

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    So with that being said, I can't see myself replacing Boost for a new Windcharger offering... unless something snaps or breaks on him.

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