I also had a very wild thought: a few days ago UT announced it is coming back, and doing original design.... maybe UT hired BlackApple?  
UT：没想到吧 我又回来了【变形金刚玩具吧】_百度贴吧

 

Someone please ask Black Apple what happened to the Ironhide mold.

UT: We are retiring from third party so Galvatron gonna be our last figure...
*3 months later*
UT: Turns out we love money so we're back bitches!!

 

all the non-believers can gtfo, THE KING IS BACK

 

Our lord and savior has risen!

 

 

  

That's... a lot of information to process  

 

Please tell me UT will make a brand new 3P Peterbilt Prime already, damn it to fwak XD I'm just trying to process all of this if this is all true. UT please consider making it haha

To this day, we have never had an original transformable mold of Bay Peterbilt Prime since Hasbro's MPM4. Let that sink in.


And good for Mr.BlackApple himself! Glad he's out.

 

It's the best time for it.

With original design you mean original molds or no-TF designs?.

 

I have no idea, that's the direct translation of Chinese "原创", it could mean both.

 

Well, BA said he is done with TFs even before the incident. Ironhide was supposed to be his last modified KO...

 

Dear Mr. Black Apple Sir,
I have money for that Ironhide figure. Like real money in my hands right now. Money that I will give to you, for that Ironhide figure to be made. Actual real money that can be all yours no questions asked and literally all I need is that Ironh-


I'll take 2 please! I'm not getting my hopes up really but I would LOVE to be surprised in the most unsurprising way.

 

 

People apparently don’t understand the words “original design”. Neither of em are doing TF again.

 

"original design" doesn't mean done with TFs forever unless said otherwise. And it's fun to hope and speculate. Let the people have SOME fun in this world heh.

 

Peak as hell.

 

I agreed with DoctorAlgy on this "original design". Just like how the team jiyihechuang which did the Cang Pedaking, TFC Toys Rolling Thunder Optimus Prime, TFC Abominus, etc, etc. Their design is not faithful to G1, quite original that they don't need to worry about lawsuit in China, but most of them still related to TFs.

 

So something like what fansproject did back then huh? I'm down for it.

 

And guess which one they specifically refer to as original design…. That’s right, it’s the jet that isn’t a TF character. Original means original, not based on.

 

If you looked at their website (精品玩具开发-玩具设计-玩具制造生产-东莞极艺玩具) and weibo (Sina Visitor System), they claimed all these are their original designs, successful show cases.

 

Believe whatever you want to believe man. I’m just saying Black apple ain’t doing what got him into prison again, especially when he himself said he was not doing Transformers after ironhide. He was already done before those whole fiasco, why the hell would he want to come back.

 

I am so happy for BlackApple. He is quite an artist and a talent!

As for the Chinese law about original designs, well, my aliexpress Nero order got stopped by customs and despite the seller telling them its an original design, it was destroyed. Now i am having a dispute issue with Aliexpress themselves as apparently they cant click on the link which tells them the item is NOT coming and its been deemed as "contraband"

 

I want more Original Designs to be in 3p form