Cang Toys Legends Scale Predaking

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by XBurner071, Mar 8, 2021.

  1. User_121147

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    Right, this figure and the rest getting a legend scale has been know for over a year now.
     
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    Why are they going into the legends department dispite no one asked for a legends version of predaking
     
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    They're testing the waters? Lots of figures get showcased to gauge a reaction, and no one asked for those. Some were sought after, some weren't.

    And I am pretty sure many have asked for a legends Predaking, just more generically ("to whoever is listening..." and the like). Fact is, they were making an MP one and decided to delve into a very popular market by also making a legends one. A simple matter of simplifying their already-made designs probably saved them a lot of work in the process.

    And I'm very happy they are. So are a lot of people. Why are they doing it? Because it's a good way to make more money. Good on them.
     
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    I asked for it.
     
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    Lol, what legends collector wouldn’t ask for a legends version of Predaking?

    Of course legends collectors want a legends version of Predaking.
     
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    I didn't have much interest in this set because it's got such an Iron Factory vibe to it, but seeing that arm mode I was like "ooooooooooooh", then asked Cang what the combined height would be:
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    20-25cm would be kinda ok with IF War Giant. Still wouldn't fit in with what I've got going on. It's still sizing up to be an awesome looking set.
    My take is that the initial batch or orders will go out to retailers at the end of August. I get the sense that there was a price change on the bird, and the second batch of shipments will be orders placed for the updated price, but then in their comments section they say that the bird will stay the same price. I think I'm missing something somewhere, but you can probably count on getting yours in September or October, if you've ordered one.
     
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    I think I will bite, arms looks cool, kind of getting an egyptian vibe of it with the bird head like that.
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    Also OK displaying certain things alone or with just a few figures, so I do not care of it scales with the other combiners.
     
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    yeah, maybe it turns out they priced it too low, which feels very possible considering the amount of pieces and complexity. So they'll honor the preorder price, but everything after that might be more expensive. Sounds like a reasonable translation. I honestly thought it was kinda low, I just thought they were hoping to get the first one into everyone's hands at a bargain and get them committed to get all the others, which would then be more expensive. But I guess it could also just have been a screwup!
     
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    Wish they had a separate wing set for his bot mode that were smaller. Or like the wings separated and only some were used for bot mode. They just look too big in comparison.
     
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    Yeah, as much as I truly appreciated that price, I kinda felt like it was too good to be true. As much as I think most current legends figures are overpriced, this guy is WAY too complicated for under $30. That said, I hope they don't go too high with whatever the price change is. We'll have to see.
     
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    Where do you come up with this nonsense? First of all they can do whatever they wish, second how do you know that no one was asking for this? Legends fans want all combiners to come out in legends.
     
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    Yeah hmm sorry, I was the one that asked for this.

    I was like please no more MPS or at least take your MP CAD files and shrink the size down and make them into legends scale. Finally us early 20s year olds (and others) can afford awesome 3p designs in a minimal scale that takes up less space on the shelves, while people Iike my father who's in is early 40s buy the MP verisons, because he can afford it.

    And cang toys was like "yeah ok sounds perfect, will do... promise"
     
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    I've wanted a legends Predaking since DX9 teased theirs like 4 yrs ago..
     
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    Uh, when did those questionnaires go out? Mine never arrived.
     
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    You’d think when a company makes a legends version of something that they’re already doing in MP scale, that would be the one time a legends thread doesn’t have somebody complaining that it’s not bigger…
     
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    About a year and a half ago. Everyone that has preordered from them was supposed to get one.
     
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