XTB Protectobots/Defensor

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by XBurner071, Oct 25, 2020.

  1. Ratchet2007

    Ratchet2007 Well-Known Member

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    Was just about to post this too haha!

    A quick comparison

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  2. TigerBlade

    TigerBlade Prepare for extermination

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    Pertinent point here? Wait to see actual in hand pics before freaking out about sizes. Streetwise is a BIG boy compared to the other car bots. Groove is literally the same height as the Takara Hasui + crew and a little shorter than the likes of Mirage and the newer cartoon Takara guys (various comparisons):

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    The arms are much less blue in person too, which I'm very happy about. In normal lighting they're fine imo.


    And just because. Autobot blue light squad:

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    Need to dig out Inferno's none carry front and get Red Alert stood up. After the tree is up.

    Any requests tag me in and I'll see what I can do.
     
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  3. BulletSponge

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    Great pictures @TigerBlade


    I was kinda hoping Groove would be a shorty to give the display more variance.
     
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  4. TigerBlade

    TigerBlade Prepare for extermination

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    He will be amongst the Protectobots! Just not in the overall Autobot car group.
     
  5. mark4flair

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    Looks to be official MP carbot size which is fine.
     
  6. Alph

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    I'm cool with the motorcycle being the little guy of the group. I think height variation works well for both the Protectobots and Combaticons thematically (even if the variation is just evocative of vehicle scale rather than actual true vehicle scale) compared to the Aerialbots and Stunticons where I really want the limbs to be uniform.
     
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  7. Tazman66gt

    Tazman66gt quieted...but never silenced.

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    but, we need fake outrage!!! we need the "never buying XTB again" crowd to come on and tell us how bad XTB is for whatever we are supposed to be mad about this week. much ado about nothing, again, some more...
     
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  8. Alph

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    I'm curious how XTB will scale future combiner limbs. I'm guessing it will be like this:

    Aerialbots: All limbs about MP-52 size.

    Swindle: Carbot size (pretty much the same situation as Groove)

    Vortex and Blastoff: Same size as XTB's First Aid and Blades.

    Brawl: Somewhere in between Swindle and the other two, sort of like Streetwise, but still probably bigger than Streetwise. I don't think they'd make him the biggest limb bot like MMC did, since a tank isn't the biggest vehicle in the lineup and it just makes it harder to keep the combined form from looking lopsided (*glances at MMC Bruticus and its giant left leg*).
     
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  9. Conran

    Conran A Kurt Cobain haircut?

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    Mine came. Bretty gud out of ten.

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  10. Ratchet2007

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    This guy is really great. I think if XTB keep up this consistency then a lot of people will be surprised with how good their products are

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    Loving this figure in hand! The transformation is much simpler than Fuzz too. Hopefully the paint holds up, XTB in my experience has had a nasty habit of chipping. Luckily TCP sent my replacement Fuzz parts too to clean up that paint mess.
     
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  12. TigerBlade

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    Autobot Emergency Services. Standing by.

    Gonna look awesome with Blades, First Aid and Hot Spot completing the ranks.
     
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  13. Ratchet2007

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    Back to Robot Mode. Not a paint scratch in sight.


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    arobichaud Optimus said booby. Tee hee hee

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    Stating the obvious here, but if first aid is pictured on the box I’m assuming Q3 2022 is a red herring? Especially considering they’re showing 3D printed models of at and not blades or hot spot.
     
  15. Ratchet2007

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    We got physical pictures of Virtus in December 2020 and we still don't have him in hand. This is before XTB revealed about 20 more figures before Paragon. I doubt we will see him before Q3
     
  16. TigerBlade

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    A little birdie tells me Virtus is next up for release. Hopefully that's right. Jansen around CNY time then you're not far off Q2 once everything is back to normal and I think that's Ginrai at the very least iirc?

    Q3 seems feasible.
     
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  17. DoubleClouder

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    Anyone get a shipping notice from babba for Groove?
     
  18. DrCalligari

    DrCalligari Does it come in purple?

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    I'd live to see Virtus next but we've been hearing "soon" since this spring.
     
  19. kooz

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    Jocund/Groove came yesterday courtesy of TCP.

    Very happy with him. Bot mode is fantastic though it may be a shame since i'll be going XTB for Defensor & MMC for bot modes.

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  20. ghostfossil

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    Make you feel safe seeing this shot, haha.
    It turned out that groove isn't that small however, I would like him just being the same height as fuzz, which won't hurt the alt mode size at all.