Magic Square legend size G1 seekers

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by Cheem The Rup, Apr 7, 2019.

  1. ManelFigures

    ManelFigures You can't hear the bass, but you can feel it.

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    Are you talking about NA or MST?.
     
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    NA. The overall proportions always look really weird as soon as it hits my shelf, the awkward arms/hands and head placement especially. I sculpt humanoid figures as part of my job, so this may not bother other people as much. The chest is good on NA, and the back is cleaner, but MS otherwise has a cleaner anatomical form from many angles.

    NA probably wins out as toys specifically, but MS mostly displays better for me. The robots have the sunbow animated "doesn't look like it can transform" quality.
     
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  3. bignick1693

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    If you haven’t sold them yet. I would be interested in buying your NA Coneheads set.
     
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    Same here. I also think the NA Seekers are overdesigned to say the least, and they look to me like station wagon F-15s, in alt mode.
    You are a figure photographer, other than a collector, so I'm not sure how better MST Seekers will perform in your hands, after continuous transformations and messing about... That said, I find them so much more appealing and cartoon accurate in both forms. I doubt they'll disappoint you, in that regard.
     
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    Funny, I said I sold the 3 main Seekers. I actually kept them and the 3 skittle Seekers for alt mode. I did sell the 3 NA Coneheads though.

    Tough getting old and not remembering what you have in your own collection. 20201128_165056_copy_700x832.jpg
     
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  6. ManelFigures

    ManelFigures You can't hear the bass, but you can feel it.

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    I think NA is almost excellent as a MP mini figures, with superb materials, but it doesn't have the toon accurate look that I finally want on my shelf. Now I regret bought the six main NA seekers... I'm gonna look for the MST Ones.
     
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  7. NOCV

    NOCV Cretin of Kaon

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    Plus that legends Superion is probably gonna scale better with MST.
     
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    I'm also part of the minority. I prefer the MS look. But even after following the instructions from fellow owners, I don't think it will win in playability either. Some parts just won't stay put
     
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    I buy a lot of Magic Circle toys - but for some reason the Jet-formers seem to escape my memory and I have not bought any - I do have DS9/and their fakes and MFT, Machine Boy, Iron Factory and the Jinbao ones and a couple of New Age ones... I'll have to check out the MS ones sometime too.

    I'm a bit lacking in some more recent Coneheads so perhaps that is something to get.
     
  10. Galdelico

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    As I was cleaning up their stance, I thought, why not? Take a look.:D 

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  11. ManelFigures

    ManelFigures You can't hear the bass, but you can feel it.

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    Thank you very much!! Just yesterday I received the six MST seekers, I'm taking pictures right now. Not good as NA seekers but better G1 looking!!.
     
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  12. Galdelico

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    Awesome, you've been lightning fast! Yeah, those figures are definitely not fiddling-friendly, but they look great to me.

    Just out of curiosity, did you get lucky and obtained one of the earlier sets which included the preorder accessory pack for Starscream? I've got my Tornado Team brand new, less than a couple of months ago, and unfortunately it didn't come with any. To find one sold separately is proving to be a bigger challenge than scoring a black Trailbreaker. XD
     
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  13. ManelFigures

    ManelFigures You can't hear the bass, but you can feel it.

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    Yeah, I actually have two of the accesory Stasrscream "Prime". One came with Tornado Team and another with the Coneheads.
     
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    Yep, the additional Starscream head + shoulder fins for Starscreamus Prime came with the Coneheads too, as the usual preorder bonus (I'm not sure the extra weapons are bonuses too or standard accessories). That said, there was also a cape, a crown and two shoulder pads for King Starscream, included with the Tornado Team exclusively, which is what I missed unfortunately:

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    Bit of a bummer, since I've got the stickers for both Soundwave and Soundblaster, and the set included with the Coneheads. Nonetheless, glad you had a better luck!
     
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    I only have one coronation set.
     
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    Exactly. Only the Tornado Team had that set as a preorder bonus.
     
  17. ManelFigures

    ManelFigures You can't hear the bass, but you can feel it.

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    One question, has your Coneheads different interchangeable hands?.

    Because the main seekers has lots of hands, but not the Coneheads.
     
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    Nope, they didn't come with extra hands. I'll double check to let you know for sure, but I clearly remember the extras being the additional arm cannons/missiles for the Coneheads themselves. and the Strarscream head + shoulder fins set for Optimus Prime.
     
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    ManelFigures You can't hear the bass, but you can feel it.

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    Thank you very much!!.

    I just transformed them. I noticed that my Dirge has a problem on the surface of the back. Sometimes MST figures has very subtle "laminated" material issues, but this time I had to sand the surface and use enamel to fix it. Now it's barely visible but it's a little bit annoying.

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  20. TIKnTIN

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

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    someone posted this for sale on FB Transformers Legends Toys Only BST group with i believe the coronation bonus accessories if you're still looking for it.

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