FANS HOBBY MB-15 Naval Commander (Armada Optimus Prime)

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by blitzjoans, Dec 15, 2018.

  1. God Orion

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    I always forget about this, it just made me worried, but you are right. Also, Fans Hobby is known for providing excellent aftersale service and provide replacement parts!
     
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  4. God Orion

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    This is probably an isolated issue
     
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  5. Kevin Iaquinto

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    No, overreact. Now.
     
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    Xtb gave us cheddar shoulders

    FH might be giving us a red leicester chest

    Whats next? FT doing do stilton legs?!

    :eek: 
     
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    So I'm going to hope that was the assumption of most people from the get go.

    As for what he says, the overall quality is great (so no Hound breaking on you by standing or anything), but the part of it is that the three pegs that are used for combining on his copy have to all be pegged in and out at the same time to avoid stress, as well as to make sure you do not use a large amount of force on the top of the truck cab when combining, otherwise you may put too much pressure on the hinge and cause it to break, which probably explains why we're only seeing the breaking of hinges in combined mode.

    You know, I salute these poor souls. With their sacrifice by being the first ones to get the figure, we can figure out what to do and not to do to not repeat their mistakes.
     
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    That hinge looks pretty badly snapped and I can only imagine it's due to forces at play being in excess of what that hinge should be able to take.

    Kind of like the notoriously self-destructive hinge on TR Wolfwire/Weirdwolf.
     
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    I still remember that TR Wolfwire/Weirdwolf hinge --- I didn't use any force, just move it slightly then it was broken...
     
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    Yes, this could be it. Operating the red part by holding near the hinge instead of holding it at top end may prevent it from being too much stressed and breaking!
     
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    I am really tempted to buy this one.
    But I do not have any experience with Fans Hobby.

    Is their Quality good?
    Do their keep the promise for Future Releases?

    I saw they want to do
    Armada Jetfire and Overload also.
     
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  18. Kaynowa

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    Some pictures from peaugh
     

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  19. Kevin Iaquinto

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    I could sell my doge coin and skirt around this month's toy budget, but then I run the risk of being the guy that spent 2700 doge coin on a toy, and lost out on hundreds of thousands of dollars...

    I bought $7 of coin last year, and it's worth $220~ today.... Kicking myself for not buying more.
     
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    This will be the tipping point for me to see if I order this. I really bad want it but I want to make sure it holds up plastic quality wise.