[Lemontree Toys] LT-03 Purple Potato (Decepticon battleship)

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by Cheem The Rup, Dec 24, 2019.

  1. TransformerFanatic

    TransformerFanatic When a spark goes online, there is great joy...

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    Message them. Mine got sent out from ShowZ earlier this week.
     
  2. Puckish Prime

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    I found my shipping email in my spam folder two days after it was sent.
    I'm certainly wondering the same.
     
  3. Jhiaxus

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    My wife just got a shipment email from Chosen Prime for mine. It will indeed be a happy birthday.
     
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    heeeey Showz just sent a shipping notice for this guy!!!
     
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    deathsheadII Not a Bounty Hunter yes?

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    just got shipping notice from tfs express i'm hoping it will get here tomorrow but it's the weekend so doubtfull
     
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    deathsheadII Not a Bounty Hunter yes?

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    just got another email will be with me monday damn weekend in the way :lol 
     
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    Snap ! Exciting indeed
     
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    Got mine yestrday. Really impressed with articulation in bot mode (he can cross his arms!!)
    The upper half of the transformation was super fun and super secure but I did had some trouble with the lower.
    The 2 legs doesn't connect super mega well (there is mini gap)

    He looks so badass in ship mode
     
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  10. Tonyshotz

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    Holy hell! I just watched Bens review and this thing looks incredible! I planed on passing, said it looks great but I don't need that.... Its too dam cool and unique to let it pass by. I love bot mode, it gorgeous and looks to be on par with any other MP styled Shockwave but I think the alt mode is where the moneys at on this one! There's nothing else on my shelves that looks like this, its G1 and not G1 at the same time! Really impressive! Looking forward to receiving mine from TF Direct but I suspect it will be about a month before I have it in hand...

    Is Lemontree some other company in disguise? It looks too polished to be anyone's first outing.
     
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    There's very few figures I get that I display in alt-mode, however this is one that'll probably stay in alt-mode despite its articulation.
     
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  12. Jhiaxus

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    This is actually their 2nd figure. Their first one was a Bumblebee movie Optimus Prime.
     
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    octobotimus Bad company ruins good morals

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    I think they mean a more experienced company, like one that's been around for years and has learned through trial and error what works.
     
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    This looks nearly perfect, shame about the eye looking a tad dead when unlit. The LED feature is cool though. Definitely getting this to go with Core Star.
     
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    My tator is out for delivery after it shipped just 2 days ago from the Chosen Prime. I wasn't expecting it until Monday or Tuesday at the earliest. Soooo looking forward to getting this.
     
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    Yeah it feels like someone who once worked for XTB/FT/MMC/TW/ect made this. Just a gut feeling, noting but speculation.
     
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    Flying hypodermic needle of death ordered. Can't wait.
     
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    The instructions are complete shit, I can tell you that.
     
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    quite a clever business move this lot releasing this just as haslab unicron is dropping eh! i bet they sell loads
     
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    Mine arrived today - one thing I haven't seen mentioned either on here or in videos is that he needs a little assembly out of the box! The spikes that come out of his nacelles are detached (not really surprising tbh) but also the spikes under the hands *and* the units they slide out of need to be plugged in. (Also they only sit in very loosely, but the hands hold them in until you rotate them for transformation.) It's fortunate that I've been studying every picture of video of this guy since he was announced so I knew where to put them, because the instructions don't tell you! Also there are are a couple of screw hole covers included, but I couldn't get them in. Not fussed though, they're not visible in bot mode, and wont be visible how I display him in alt mode either.

    I'll start with the slight negatives - mine has a quite floppy ankle, not enough to stop him standing, but definitely looser than I'd like. Also the transformation is quite fiddly and some tabs really do not want to go in - in particular I absolutely cannot get in two circular tabs that plug from his ab section to the torso, at least in alt mode. Fortunately alt mode works with those being not fully plugged in, but I imagine even with just the tips in (no jokes!), I'll struggle to get them out when transforming back. And talking of which, the two halves of his backpack were so tightly tabbed together out of the box that I thought someone had glued them in the factory by mistake!

    As for the positives - pretty much everything else! Articulation is great, materials are good, he looks fantastic in both modes, and while the transformation is fiddly in places the engineering here is absolute wizardy, it's seriously one of the most clever transformations I've ever seen. If you're on the fence about picking this up, I'd fully recommend it. And if you've ordered already, you're in for a treat!
     
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