Magic Square Devastator

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by Cheem The Rup, Jan 29, 2019.

  1. Phase Sixer

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    New pics of all the partforming involved.

    Engrish translation from their Weibo:
    “[New Product Meitu]
    Come on!
    More details of the fit
    This show ms-toys engineering combination back and side details
    Do you guys have any heartbeat?
    At the same time, the fittings can be combined into the seventh vehicle drilling machine, and now the accessories have a new way to play.[​IMG]
    Finally, let's take a group photo of the new product.
    Which one do you look forward to more?”

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  2. acekiller910404

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    I want this like now…
     
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    the “stick the gun up his anushole and call it a vehicle drilling machine” mode lmao.

    looks like his hips have a drop down to support 90 degree forward bend, and he has an ab crunch - so stoked for his articulation! now give us a pivoting wrist, and we’re good to go!
     
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  4. Phase Sixer

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    Yup, zero problems with this. Bring it on MS! I’m hyped.
     
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  5. acekiller910404

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    Absolutely placed a nail in NA’s coffin ⚰️ in my eyes. Especially after their latest reveal with their parts forming mechanics shown. This is only good for us consumers. Stiff competition fosters the work of excellence. I expect NA’s next combiner to reach new heights because now they know MS is not out here playing around… “lets get ready to rumbleeeeee!”
     
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    I really like these 
     
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  7. Phase Sixer

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    Yeah, I love both NA and MS and want to support them both, but I ended up cancelling my NA devy preorder. :(  Just too much not to like with combined mode.

    That said, MS better get their QC cleaned up because I do not want any of the same issues their Menasor had continuing with Devy. :mad: 
     
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  8. Tekkaman Blade

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    Yep less of a useless robot part than New age, I figured they would do something like the drilling Machine. Knew there would be add on parts, but at least this is something you can leave in a diorama when they are in vehicle or robot mode and it not look completely out of place.

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    Wonderful! So it looks like the shoulder joints are integrated in Scavenger and Bonecrusher. That is great news.
    Also looks like double knee joints are confirmed for Devastator!
    The driller alt mode for the add-on parts is fun. Doubt I'll use it much, but it's good to have options.
     
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    Glad to see the legs are double-jointed, and it seems the elbows are too.
     
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  11. crazee928

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    i wonder if the hip skirts can fold up for a higher hip bend. looks a little funny having the bend below the hip skirt, if that makes any sense.
     
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    So we expecting the arms to come with arm-bots, pants with the legs and head and chest with the body-bots?
     
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    I still hate that it partsforms a lot, but seeing that 4 of the Constructicons can connect to each other does make me feel better. This is the one I'm going for.
     
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  14. acekiller910404

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    I think you’re correct; it makes logical sense.
     
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    Oh man, this is just about perfect! Looks like the arm-bots plug directly into Hook after all. The "drill machine" is super-goofy, but after being traumatized by NewAge's Devastator-corpse, I'll take anything.

    One nice bit of symmetry is that the combiner kibble parts here are the same as the combiner kibble parts on the G1 set.

    Elbows and knees look double jointed, right?

    Doesn't look like we'll be getting a wrist hinge, which is a shame - I've grown to really appreciate the expressiveness that this allows.

    One crummy thing I just noticed is that the Devastator left and right hands are the same exact piece with a thumb attachment point on either side of the hand. This lets MS save on molds (you don't need to mold mirror image pieces for the two hands), but it means we have an unsightly ball-socket on the bottom edge of each hand. I'm actually really disappointed by that. Maybe @NOCV will grace us with some kind of a tiny plug to cover that up.
     
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  16. ManelFigures

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    Since NA Shockwave I don't liked nothing that NA showed until the date. I don't know why are making so complex figures with uncomfortable proportions, full of gaps and tabs.

    I usually be the "guy who has all the issues" :lol  but lately I'm very happy with MST, my last figures came QC Issue free (except for two missing pieces, I can't count that as a pure issue). Except of my catastrophic MST Shockwave, seems that MST returned to the right path.
     
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  17. Cheem The Rup

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    I haven't read anything on this last page, just couldn't stop staring at those new pics...
    What is MS doing..? How is it possible to design such wonderful combiners, holy sh..!
    I'm going to cry some more inside the pantry :D 
     
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  19. Phase Sixer

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    NA Devy is the only one I haven’t ordered. I think NA Shockwave looks great.

    Most of my MS QC issues are minor quibbles, but my Dead End is a bit of a mess. They’ve had a lot of QC issues overall with their Stunticons, except for Motormaster. Growing pains of switching to the new plastic, at least it’s fixable and they should get better with it.
     
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