[Lemontree Toys] LT-03 Purple Potato (Decepticon battleship)

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by Cheem The Rup, Dec 24, 2019.

  1. Furb

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    Finally, i did it!

    Always regretted NOT buying this when it came out.
    Then prices shot up and didn't want to pay that much.
    Now i finally bought it brand new for nearly original price.

    Looking forward to this one!
     
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  2. metalwar2010

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    Curious, if you don't mind me asking. What did you pay for one? I was able to find below US retail still from a few sellers online.

    I know you bumping this thread has me thinking about buying one again so not sure if I should "thank you" or hate you right now....:p 
     
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    Bought it at Bombusbee with some points exchange and a coupon and paid 95usd including shipping and taxes
    When it was just out, cheapest i could find was 90euro on AliExpress.

    Maybe i could find it in the US but with shipping and taxes to Europe, its no fun anymore.
    Bought some stuff at BBTS back when i didn't know any better, those turned out to be some expensive figures...
     
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  4. metalwar2010

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    Your all good and didn't' realize you were outside the US. I ended up buying one yesterday from them as well. I think that was the cheapest around from what I could find. Kind a surprise they didn't completely sell out by now. I'm looking forward to my copy, as I'm sure you are too
     
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    this is a cool toy i almost bought more than once but did it do well/sell well? haven't hearda peep from lemontree since this came out have we?
     
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    I pretty much got it just for the ship mode. It's downfall was the leg transformation is a mess and doesn't stay tabbed in as well as you like. Some of the plastic feels soft. The ship mode does look fantastic and Shockwave looks pretty cool but I'm never transforming it again.
     
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    arobichaud Optimus said booby. Tee hee hee

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    Fuzz and purple potato are my two least transformed figures because of that. I feel any day a break is eminent. One of the backpack halves Connection broke. It still transforms but it’s a partial partsformer now.
     
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    I had a hinge piece for the backpack break, my fault. Turned it the wrong way which it couldn't so it snapped.
    I got a full replacement piece shipped by Bombusbee.
     
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    The biggest problem people have with this is the stiff arm sliders.
    If you take out the head first, the sliders are free to move up and down easily
     
  11. deathsheadII

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    I took mine apart so the back part of the ship tabbed together , I had a shiiiiiit time with this figure ( which I was very vocal about at the time :lol  )
     
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    Just ordered one after reading through this thread and I can't wait to get it! Pretty sure I'll be doing what the majority of people are doing and transforming him into ship mode and never changing him back haha

    Bombusbee has a few left in stock, I ended up paying a few extra bucks to get it through their Aliexpress store since I trust that CC payment system more.
     
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    Honestly when this guy came out, there were VERY few reviews online for him. I did mine to a montage video of some fellow who spoke Chinese or Korean (which I don't). o_O 

    Most of the big players who did the "This is how to transform it" videos didn't have him yet. It was very hard to figure out some parts and mine was even mistransformed for a while till I figured it out months later. That time Emgo and others had "how to" videos that get you over the really difficult parts. I recommend one of those for any new buyers but other than that, he's a great figure.
     
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    The trick is to line up the feet properly.
    Once i had it, i put a dot with a marker on the center of the hole of tha ankle pivot.
    Now i just line up the mark in the center and boom, the whole back of the ship is a breeze!
     
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    Received my copy today! The tips of these spikes were sadly bent and looked to have been a factory error.

    I just removed the spiked and put the bases back on and no issues! Overall I LOVE this figure.
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    Maybe use some heat to get them straight, or just ask for replacement pieces...
     
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    Did you ask for replacements? I think it is an amazing figure, and a vey original design. Glad to see you found a solution but it would be nice if your seller find replacements for you.
     
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    Yeah I’m still definitely enjoying the figure immensely! The seller is working to get some replacements and in the mean time I’m going to try the heat trick. Overall this figure is great though and still enjoyable minus those warped spikes!
     
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    Got mine in the mail last week and finally got him transformed into ship mode after a few days of fiddling with the legs for a couple of minutes at a time, just like everyone else.

    Those videos are a godsend for all the small details that the instructions miss.

    Looks awesome like this, which is exactly what I bought it for. Overall, worth it for the price (About $120 shipped, for anyone looking for a reference for what it goes for).
     

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    Hi, The seller can't help me, but the LED in his head and one on the engines stopped working. Anyone perhaps knows where I can get replacement LED for this figure?