Fans Hobby MB-06 Power Baser (Power Master OP)

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by daimchoc, Oct 28, 2016.

  1. Magna Jet Convoy

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    Thanks for all the pics guys. So, does the second version come with original blue eyes PLUS red eyes too? It seems to be a case of one or the other......
     
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    Unfortunally not. I have V2, and it only has the red eyes.
     
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    I have the V2 and painted the core robot eyes blue. As for the combined bot head, I have the updated head that came with God Bomber so no worries about this.
     
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    KFGatri Madman with a Blue Box

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    My birthday present to myself. I think I chose wisely! :D 

    I haven't successfully formed Super Ginrai yet, but even the basic robot is still amazing. The abdomen has gaps, like the reviews I've read pointed out, but it helps give him the sleek, tapered look of the original toy and animation model.
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    Enjoy, I personally leave him combined with God Armour
     
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    KFGatri Madman with a Blue Box

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    One of the few times Optimus was actually drawn to look like the toy ...
     
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    KFGatri Madman with a Blue Box

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    I might pick up Godbomber later, budget permitting. But really, I should get Super Ginrai together before I consider completing God Ginrai.

    Of course, I'm also tempted to get a second PB and the Marvel Comics head so I can have Powermaster Optimus alongside Super Ginrai.
     
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    I really like this guy. Very articulated for a big bot. The core bot isn't bad, either (although I'd have liked better hands).

    The plastics and tabs feel VERY solid. I feel like I can transform this guy a lot and not damage anything. Love that feeling.

    The blue swirly plastic has me a bit concerned. It feels great but it's really swirly. I hope that that doesn't mean that this plastic will be vulnerable to GPS! I think it's swirly plastic and not paint, anyways... (but I'd love to hear that I'm wrong).

    Are other FH products this solidly built? FH has gained a new fan here, for sure.
     
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    I got Archenemy (RiD Scourge) last year, and he's just as good. The trailer is separate , but the total is about the same.
     
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    Seems most of their previous offerings ranged from solid to excellent.

    Their last couple have had some issues. Athena/Minerva has been divisive. I consider her a decent enough, but not outstanding figure (but I think I'm a bit forgiving because I appreciate simply getting a representation of the character).

    Their Armada Prime (Naval Commander) seems to be a good figure but got hit with a rash of QC problems (to their credit, FH is working to address them).
     
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    My opinion is that the God Armor feels a fit flimsy compared to other figures they have made but, taking into consideration that he is essentially a shell to be placed over the Powerbaser, he's not terrible. Just not the greatest.
     
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    Finally got him in Super Ginrai mode!
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    Optimus: Maybe I shouldn't have turned down that upgrade ...
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    CHOKON POWER!
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    You want a piece, Overlord? Come get some!
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    Thanks.

    I'm not planning on repainting the eyes, though. I like the red because it's reminiscent of the original toy.
     
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    That's pretty cool but I have to say I don't much care for SS86 Hot Rod's Matrix glow effect - it completely conceals the matrix so all you can see is the effect.

    But they're supposed to be red.
     
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    I didn't even use the Matrix, since Ginrai never carried it. I'm not even sure if Super Ginrai could hold that tiny thing.
    Precisely.
     
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    Not in Super God Masterforce continuity.
     
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    Not Ginrai but PMOp used it once.
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    But the fact that I couldn't tell it wasn't there just underscores my point that the effect completely overwhelms the matrix it's meant to attach to. Also he could probably hold it with like one finger on each side. If I were gonna' do a PMOp matrix pic, I'd probably use the one that came with MP01 but even then he wouldn't be able to get all his fingers in it.

    Out of curiosity, if you weren't going for a matrix thing what was the effect meant to represent in your pics?

    I mean if that's what you're into then cool, but personally I think it's really weird that the team behind the Japanese fiction saw this toy that is clearly 100% Optimus Prime and they were like, "this is a mech and that little guy that turns into the engine is the actual character" instead of being like, "this is clearly Optimus Prime" (because everybody knows the best way to drive a mech is to fold up into an uncomfortable cube thing.... but I guess a person folding up into an uncomfortable cube thing to be an engine is pretty silly as well).

    Though honestly I kinda' thought all the 'master' gimmicks were silly so I can kinda' see why Japan might've been tempted to go that route. A human transforms into his head but he's still somehow the same Transformer he always was - yeah even the Marvel comic mostly treated it like the headmasters were the humans, especially Skorponok. A human transforms into his gun and.... I dunno', that just like helps somehow versus having a regular gun. A human turns into his engine and now has to eat 10 times as much food - this is arguably the silliest one. A headmaster basically is the robot and a targetmaster, well they claim that the human helps with aiming somehow so there's that, but a Powermaster is just an engine. All they do is plug in and make power. They don't participate in any other way - just fold up and burn calories. Also Optimus' powermaster, Hi-Q, was one of the most brilliant minds on his world: all of that reduced to just sitting in a box chugging away while someone else gets to do all the cool stuff. I guess he did eventually get to become Optimus but even that is kind of a bum rap - they said it was some kind of merging but it really seemed like Hi-Q was completely subsumed by Optimus and didn't have any impact on the combined personality he ended up with.

    Yeah, I take it back - having them be mech pilots is probably better.
     
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    So I broke down and bought him from Robotoybase. I do not regret it. One of the toys I really wanted as a kid was Powermaster Optimus, and when I finally got him, he became my favorite G1 figure. Powerbaser to me is Optimus instead of Ginrai, and he really makes me feel the same way I did when I held the original figure.

    And of course I got the addon head and hands for him.
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