Fans Hobby MB-12A Nitewalker (G1 Nightbeat)

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  1. fwestivus

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    Guess who showed up this morning.
    I got a message from FedEx a couple of days ago to say *something* was on the way from Fans Hobby. Wasn't sure what, though, with orange power baser due soon as well. The colours look great on this, and the coat is exactly the sort of slightly silly fun I like. IMG_20211122_104220.jpg
     
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    How does the sewing and buckles, etc of the coat feel? I'm curious how durable and flexible it'll be. I'd hate for it to be too starchy to move smoothly or so fragile that I'll be afraid it'll be threadbare in a year.
     
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    The coat was back in stock, so I had to buy it.
     
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    So I was chatting with Fans Hobby on Messenger earlier in the week about the trench coat. And drawing on the now-classic cover of Nightbeat w/coat standing by the edge of the sea on a Marvel UK comic, put a burning question to them. I asked them had they considered doing a matching fedora hat to go with the coat. There response was as follows (quote);

    "We did make the fabric fedora mock up, but the outcome wasn’t up to our expectation. And after our evaluation, we decided to drop for the time being."

    So it was under consideration in the early stages. Man, its a great coat too. So grateful there's a vid on YouTube taking you through the steps of how to put it on too.

    Just thought I'd share with the growing number of die-hard FH fans.
     
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    Do we think FH are likely to do another run of the trenchoat?
     
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    sodawilly Old School fan since 1984!

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    Love this accessory!

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    Still waiting for mine... it's been in transit for four weeks now.
     
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    nemesisconvoy Gundam Pilot

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    Where can I find the trench coat?!?
     
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    OP: Nightbeat, is it? My Autobots can use a Cybertronian of your skill.
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    NB: I would never...
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    OP: I do not make requests.
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    NB: AAAHHH!!!
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    While FH has 3 characters using the Athena mould and 2 for Ace, still kinda want a black, purple or orange version.
     
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    I don't think they will go that far, but there is always SG decos for the figures as well, though they wouldn't quite match the existing extra head colors. Siren was Fangry colors which would be a purple. For Nightbeat TFWiki has 2 decos for SG. One appears to be similar to Armada Blurr colors which could kind of work with an Orange, and one is his normal colors with a good amount of black added in that could work with a black head. Again not the existing ones, but kind of along those lines.
     
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    Fangry is more of pink (I think, can't recall what that shade is called)
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    Just looking up that pic made me really hope FH does the Con Headmaster Jrs.


    I had an idea awhile back that Ace Hitter in neo-G1 Barricade colors would be a good candidate for convention exclusive like Wheel Blade and SG God Ginrai
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    Though he MUST have at a sourpuss grimace (actually though, Ace could use a bit of a smile)
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    You are right. My mind was picturing the recent Buzzworthy Bumblebee figure which is more purple than the G1 version.
     
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    I'm hoping they do a second run for the trenchcoats....
     
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    Third?
     
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    Trench coats have only had 1 limited run so far.
     
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    If I remember it right, the recent release was the second run.