Fans Toys FT-29 Quietus (Masterpiece Cyclonus)

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by icemanff23, Nov 15, 2015.

  1. Auraogen

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    I mean that is a good point. In the end, I think the original FT-29 didn't have nearly has much hype behind it. I purchased mine when it first came out because the IDW Cyclonus was one of my favorite designs and there still are very few IDW inspired masterpiece scale figures on the market. Once I got it in hand, I really felt the figure was a solid and beautiful showpiece so I decided on getting the FT-29T to display both versions. But probably the FT-29 was not as rare as the other releases because it was never sold that way and when it hit the shelf there was plenty to go around till there wasn't. I kinda feel like this was the case for almost all the FT releases pre-covid.
     
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    I agree. Sure we can sit here and complain in general about the effects scalpers, companies, and speculative demand have on crushing collectors, but really in the end it's your money and your choice to pay and to talk crap to others for spending what they choose is stupid.
     
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    How I feel as a covid collector whenever I hear folx talk about the good old days of FT

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    Just got my Quietus shipment notification from Toy Dojo!
     
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    Me, just waiting on my notification:
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    You both seem pretty adamant that the PF Slag is not the way to go... But I've come awfully close a few times to just dropping the money on it. Do both of you think it's a bad move?
     
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    Usually TCP would get their stock at the same time or before Toy Dojo .....
     
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    Someone posted about how G2 Scoria was in stock a few months back and so I bought one. Despite its droopy legs and inability to hold a sword, as my version of Sla/ug, it's clearly the best.
     
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    I'm sorry, bro, but I gotta be that guy...

    I actually do prefer Cesium to Scoria a bit, hahaha. I think Scoria is undoubtedly a great figure, so it isn't like a 5/10 compared to a 9/10, more like a 5 to a 6 (Not that they're actually those ratings, just throwing out random numbers). Some of Cesium's design choices I do prefer moreso due to cohesion rather than slavish toon-accuracy (I like toon-accuracy, but give it some details and tweaks to make it look a bit cooler, keep up with a lot of the little details while keeping the overall stature near to the original model.), but mostly I prefer his slightly tweaked proportions and bump in size in comparison to Scoria...

    I like my Dinobots big and chunky like Moto Moto.

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    Ideally though I would get one of each, one for bot and one for dino. Though if I end up with only one, i'm still fine with either or. Again, the comparison between Scoria and Cesium is really only a single point difference, if you ask me at least.

    (Speaking of size, yeah I know Gigapower's set exists and it's bigger, but the design choices on those i'm not a fan of, the faces on them for me are just a big no thanks)
     
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    I don't like that Cesium has less diecast and is bigger/not totally in scale to the other Dinobots. He's got some big plusses but I went with Scoria in the end.
     
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    Based on pics cesium looks better but when I saw some close ups...I preferred scoria actually. I wish Giga made a ft scaled grassor cause I would get him in an instant to perhaps replace my scoria
     
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    What I'm curious about is how a gray Reximus Prime, Cesium and then the other three, metallic Gigapower Dinobots would look together. I've been really toying with this lineup in my head and am close to just doing it.
     
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    I switched over to Giga last year after having the FT dinos forever and just feeling bored with them. I used the Reximus as Grimlock until I got the Giga Grimlock. The Reximus is a little taller but not as bulky so it works pretty well. I’ll get a pic for you when I can but I o my have Metallic Grassor and chrome Swoop and Sludge. My Reximus now stays in T. rex mode on my 86 movie shelf and scales well there
     
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    I would love to see how these guys all mix with Cesium as well. Mixing and matching has kind of become my thing with a lot of these guys lately.
     
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    This is the way.
     
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    A3U has Quietus!

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    This was a perfect post if you ignore everything after this. Ces is CLEARLY inferior by virtue of the fact that he never came in green. I'm going Giga for the rest of my Dinobots until I win the lottery and can afford the other G2 FT Dinobots, but it's a known fact that unless you're a green fire breathing triceratops you're trash.
     
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    Hell of a time for me to place my first order with them. I'm going to have to start dedicating entire shelves to all of my Unicron Trio alternates.
     
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