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

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

  1. Nova Maximus

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    Still going to hope these aren't wide spread issues and just some issues people may have like on any other release like some of the figures I have or some of the mainline stuff my friends have, as I've talked and seen people outside the boards say that they haven't had any issues with their 2nd batch copies they've had for a bit now (with 1 or 2 of them even somehow not having any issues with their V1s, like with Hound).

    Then again, just will have to wait and see till mine shows up.
     
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    Wow these are terrible breakages to hear about.

    So far my copy with the replacement parts haven’t had issues but I’m now going to permanently baby that thing.
    I even transformed it yesterday without being super careful and can’t see any stress or breakages. I hope those who have had these happen get sorted out or at the very least a refund.
     
  3. Cynicron

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    Jeez, I hope I didn’t scare anyone that badly. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was at least a little bit of user error on my end.

    If nothing else, the core bot’s held up great.

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    I have received my replacement parts and will install them as soon as I am back home this weekend. It's crazy as it was sent when my Double Evil arrived in France and I still haven't received him... It's lost now.
     
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    Okay, so mine came in yesterday and...



    He's fantastic. I do have a couple of small gripes like Sparkplug's robot mode is trash and I don't get why the smokestacks were designed like that, but overall he's brilliant. Really well designed, interesting and intuitive transformations, fairly good articulation, although I'd prefer more in the super limbs. He's really stable and my worries turned out to be fine, as far as I can tell none of the QC issues from the first run have made it to the second *knocks on wood*.

    Now for a quick flex.

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    I need to get around to dusting soon.
     
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    *sigh*

    For fuck's sake.
     
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  7. Thinkinboutbots

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    Honestly, I think it might just be a me thing or user error when combining. I've had the worst dadgum luck this year on big bots. My supposedly MISB God Magnus rusted in the box, my Warbot Dai Z broke on the first conversion (plus its elbows are worthless for posing), and my Star Convoy came with two left feet on the core robot.
     
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  8. Nova Maximus

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    Jeez and I thought I use to have bad luck with figures.
     
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    So I just sat down to do my evening's writing and I brought Optimus with me to stand guard on my desk. Seeing the old Prime of my childhood able to pose dynamically and do all the things the original did at the same time is a very cool experience. Is this what it was like for G1 kids in 2006?
     
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    It's alright. BBTS gave me a full refund on Dai Z when their free replacement broke in the same way. And Star Convoy will probably spend the most timein combined mode anyway.
     
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    Weather update: they're sending a new super leg with instructions. As for the hood, they said it should be fine based on stress tests in engineering. And if it does break, they'll send a replacement for that too! I'm no longer afraid to play with Naval Commander!
     
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    Fans-Hobby gave me a week to make sure there aren’t any other issues they should know about. Like I said before, core robot has been fine, and so has most of the trailer.

    However, I’m only aware of some of the problems this guy was infamous for, so I need some help here. Has there ever been a precedence for stress marks on the inside of the hinge for the crotch piece, and for those to actually escalate to the piece breaking off?

    I just want to know if this is also something worth informing them about.

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    I think there are a few cases of this piece breaking some pages back
    So I would recommend you inform them about it
     
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    Yes definitely a breaking point
     
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    Duly noted. Thanks guys.
     
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    I don't have FB and I wanted to know if anyone was kind enough to post all the replacement videos? Thank you
     
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    They're luckily on Fans Hobby's Youtube account.




     
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  18. God Orion

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    Great thank you so much!
     
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    Obligatory "Why is no one giving us a Fire Convoy/Omega Prime?" moan
     
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    Hopefully Fans Hobby will get to that once they've wrapped up their UT stuff or hopefully before.
     
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