FansToys release schedule (past/present)

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by ROXXOR, Dec 7, 2017.

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  1. crdavismusic

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    So this means the rest of this year's releases are delayed? Bummer!!
     
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    I think he meant what wasn't shown of the combiners. We'll get Smokey in 2020 and the rest is TBA.
     
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    No he doesn't. They weren't stated in the question.

    The rest of this years figures are delayed. Simple as that
     
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    Dalianjj should really start writing fortune cookies
     
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    Yeah that's why I was specific in my questions. I have skin in the game because I have all those pre-ordered so wanted to know if i can expect them to arrive on time. The answer is apparently no and when is 'who knows'.
     
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    OH NOES FANS TOYS IS SHUT DOWN NO MORE FANS TOYS FIGURES 4 EVA!!!111
     
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    So do I, that's why I'd like an announcement that doesn't read like a fortune cookie.
     
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  9. Disco 25

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    It seems that they are going through some things and just either don't have the answers right now or can't share. You would have thought there would be more info forthcoming from the big retailers as well.
     
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    Wow that 3rd Party panel kinda sucked ...was really holding out for Fanstoys.

    Literally wasn't anything I was even remotely interested in purchasing :( 
     
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    I can confirm, from a retailer that out of respect of, i will not name, that there are no further updates on Smokey which lines up with what Dalianj has stated. And FT is not the only one that are having these delays. Expect a slew of other figures to be delayed as well. Some are well known to have had "issues" in the past. Hopefully i am completely wrong and everything turns out well, as someone that has invested in three incomplete Menasors with no sight of any of them being completed, if at all, any time soon. Time will tell i guess.

    Let me also say, preemptively, that i am not stating anything other that what i have written nor am i trying to start a fire. Take that as you will.
     
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    Huh? Scrambling to find another factory? Wonder if Hasbro is going after the factory's instead of the companies, kinda makes sense if said factory is producing multiple 3rd party companies work. Work smarter not harder.... all just speculation by me.
     
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    Damn, sounds like they really are in a rough spot and they're just not willing to concede defeat yet.

    I'm super happy that FT finished off some groups, but will be super bummed if they can't continue.
     
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    I agree with the guy in the video and have suspected the same - that they have been invited to work along side Takara producing official products.

    I don't think much will change in terms of what each company will produce (Takara remaining Tier 1 character producers and FansToys producing tier 2 and below), but I think FansToys need time to readjust; allowing for the introduction of real names and faction symbols.

    Hopes might be in the clouds, but it's an interesting and exciting theory.
     
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    I don't see how this could ever happen, FT has been making money for years off Hasbro's IP and what, they are just going to forgive that (look the other way) and work beside with them? Don't get me wrong I would love to see this happen but I just don't see how you invite a thief that's been stealing your stuff for years into your house.

    Do people really think this can happen?
     
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    I think FT will be quitting soon because dalianjj is tired of having to deal with impatient manchilds every day.
     
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    Are we in the twilight zone when FT's goes silent no figure release while Maketoys starts busting out a figure a month.
     
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    There’s no way Takara/Hasbro are working with FT. Hasbro has no interest and it would make everything worse. Prices would go way up, unnecessary repaints, vehicle modes that can’t be licensed like Jazz could never exist, factories moved out of China to cheaper locations.

    At best they would hire FT designers to work on the MP line but if they had the ability they would only want to shut FT down. They’re not interested in pleasing the fans with a complete G1 cast, they just want to protect their IP and eliminate competition.
     
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    The most realistic explanation is just that they lost their factory partner or their designer, or something like that.
     
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