STAR TOYS - ST-01 - G1 Blitzwing

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by ArkhamSoldier, Dec 11, 2022.

  1. Hot Shot.

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    You want to complain about opinions, I'm buying this figure regardless.
     
  2. Scourgatron

    Scourgatron 4D Smart-ass

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    Im not complaining. I own Gewalt. Love him. Still buying this.
     
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  3. TigerBlade

    TigerBlade Prepare for extermination

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    Man, I adore the clean lines on this. Beautiful. Tapered central thighs look a little bit odd but nothing to ruin the overall look.

    We know the height yet?
     
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  4. solskjaer

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    $170 seems pretty expensive for a "TE" product.
     
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  5. King Nergil

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    Height: 24.5 cm/ 9.7"
    ...according to Showz.
     
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  6. Hot Shot.

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    You were complaining, because a few said they'd prefer a little more visual pop. A little more detail on an expensive collector's item that looks fairly barren next to most other MPs. Why that's got a select few people in this thread so damn hostile is beyond me.
     
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  7. Furb

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    If only people would read the entire thread, these comments would finally stop...
     
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  8. mikeszekely

    mikeszekely Not Pessimus Prime

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    Looks like a huge improvement over Ditka, and it's got the plane mode I like best. But I'm going to be that guy and say it looks too smooth, too toon.

    And for those unwilling or unable to process that, I'd say I'd like my figures to look a little less like bad animation and a little more like the real robot the animation could have been based on.

    To use Gundam as an example, less this:

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    More this.

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    And, to be totally fair, I'm definitely not suggesting that Transformers should have that much detail. I just want it to look like a real thing, not a 3D animation cell.
     
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  9. octobotimus

    octobotimus Bad company ruins good morals

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    Depends on the person. Not everyone treats these like statues or cardboard cutouts and doesn't touch them.
     
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  10. Destron1

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    Bombusbee has it as: $93.99 usd shipping fee no included.
     
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  11. Fortynickel

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    I think you’re mistaken, werewolfspice has a brilliant interactive display of a Cybertronian Starbucks during morning rush for Pumpkin Spice Energon.
     
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    TransformerFanatic When a spark goes online, there is great joy...

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    Consistency =/= beauty.

    You want something ugly but consistent and I don't care about consistency in the slightest.
     
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  14. werewolfspice

    werewolfspice Bat Chain Puller

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    In the sense that the person it depends on is me, the sole person I was referencing, then yes! Although it’s fair to say that all of us on this board are guilty of complaining about our own little nit picks that, ultimately, do not matter in the slightest.

    This idea is actually brilliant.
     
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  15. Scourgatron

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    No, youre the one complaining. I stated. As much as I like to rustle the MISB and non-toon peoples Jimmies, whatever on this.
     
  16. sutaseiba94

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    change the thighs like mp-44's inner swivel and it'll be perfect. Altho... it's probably too late now unfortunately :( 
     
  17. Hot Shot.

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    I wasn't complaining. I've never thought this figure looked bad and I've wanted it since the announcement. The anti-detail rhetoric just rubs me the wrong way, and not being anti-detail evidently sets a few people off.
     
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  18. Gshell

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    I hope they change the blade of the sword to How Ditka's or DX9s, purple and transparentish. I think it looks a little too... plain or matte? Something like that. If not I guess I could give him DX9s sword to him. Still stoked for him. But a little more detail would be nice.
     
  19. atomD21

    atomD21 Not made of sterner stuff...

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    Honestly, I'm super excited by these new pics! Can't wait to get him in hand!
     
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  20. Chrisola

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    I mean...if you couldn't find a Transformers example to show your point, one might say that you're barking up the wrong collecting tree...