3rd Party Toy / Company of the Year 2016 Write-in Stage

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by CZ Hazard, Dec 12, 2016.

  1. TFDAD

    TFDAD Well-Known Member

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    I only collect MP-scaled, so my votes only fall into the following categories

    Best MP Style 3P Toy
    1) FT Stomp - Such a fun toy and the it looks amazing in both modes.
    2) DX9 Mightron
    3) MT Despotron

    Best Company of 2016
    1) Maketoys - I don't own anything MT anymore, but I think they had the best all around year for 3P
    2) Fans toys
    3) DX9 - Slowly getting better. Aesthetics still need some work, but Mightron is impressive in my opinion.

    Most Improved Company of 2016
    1) KFC
    2) Maketoys
    3) DX9
     
  2. Vertex

    Vertex Still Rockets Redglare

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    Best MP Style 3P Toy
    1) DX9 Tyrant (for best results pose with the mini-con Hammer that came with NuRiD Crazybolt, hmm maybe he's what Unicron did to Laserbeak?)

    Best CHUG style 3P Toy
    1) MMC Feral Queen
    2) MMC Nero Queen

    Best 3rd Party Small Scale / Minibot of 2016
    1) DX9 War in Pocket Tyrant v2 (the new face-sculpt makes this the best Galvy yet IMHO)
    2) DX9 Hulkie
    3) Iron Factory Pink Assassin (striking fear and adoration into the sparks of anyone within a five mile radius)

    Best Company of 2016
    1) DX9
    2) Iron Factory
    3) Wei Jiang

    Most Improved Company of 2016
    1) DX9
    2) Wei Jiang
    3) Iron Factory

    Best Newcomer of 2016
    1) Mayhem Mekanics (on the strength of one prototype, but 'twas a good prototype)
     
  3. CZ Hazard

    CZ Hazard @DiabraveSid

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  4. CZ Hazard

    CZ Hazard @DiabraveSid

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  5. Stygian360

    Stygian360 Well-Known Member

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    Best MP Style 3P Toy
    1) Fans Toys Willis
    2) Generation Toy J4ZZ
    3) BadCube Speedbump

    Best 3rd Party Giant Toy of the Year (Combiners and Citybots)
    1) Toyworld Constructor (Only one I bought this year)

    Best 3rd Party Small Scale / Minibot of 2016
    1) XTB Arkose
    2) XTB Ollie V2

    Best Company of 2016
    1) Fans Toys
    2) BadCube
    3) Generation Toy/TransForm Mission

    Most Improved Company of 2016
    1) TFC
    2) Toyworld
    3) BadCube
     
  6. Mormolyce

    Mormolyce Throbbing Member

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    Don't know if I have enough yet to truly judge but of the ones I own, XTB Arkose and MMC Sphinx were the most seriously impressive. Sometimes I just pick them up and marvel at them.
     
  7. StarFire_MK2

    StarFire_MK2 'Till All are One!

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    I don't collect in most of the categories listed, so my submission is much shortened.

    Best MP Style 3P Toy
    1) C9 Shockwave (I don't remember its proper name)
    2) FT Sever
     
  8. Rodimus Mike

    Rodimus Mike MP & TF Collector

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    To be honest FansToys is shaping up to be the standard that all other 3rd Parties are trying to become.I will say FansToys used to have its problems like release delays but as of September or October 2016 with the release of Lupus,they have been on a Roll,sure Sovereign was delayed 2 or 3 months but truth-be-told that ain't nothing compared to some like Phoenix which took 2-3 years to make happen,but atleast he will be out in about 3 more months hopefully.

    Also I will be Awestruck if FansToys manages to release Terminus Giganticus/Omega Supreme by their release date in June of this year,if they do however I will bow down and kiss FansToys feet as their rightful place as Kings of 3P Company of all time.People may say I am wrong but truthfully I think Takara and Hasbro are in a losing battle with 3rd Parties,I have noticed how Has/Tak has steadily been raising their prices for their figures and getting more & more flimsy and hollower,and yet 3P's seem to be doing the opposite.So unless Has/Tak does something I figure in 10 years 3P's will have taken over in the TF Market.
     
  9. Weezie

    Weezie Well-Known Member

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    Fanstoys has a screenshot of this poll on their weibo, with Stomp in the lead so far. Guess someone is feeling pretty good about themselves :lol 
     
  10. Fretburn

    Fretburn We need Instrument TFs

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    Why is this still stickied?
     
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  11. koonfasa

    koonfasa Well-Known Member

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    I just bought Weijiang's M01B earlier this year, and feel he's far superior to MPP10. Neither of who I got last year, MPP10 was Dec 2015, M01B Jan 2017 - non votes!
     
  12. Fretburn

    Fretburn We need Instrument TFs

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    Seriously why is this still stickied?
     
  13. MnemonicSyntax

    MnemonicSyntax Macrodata Refinement - SVR'D Access

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    Hazard has been doing these for a few years now. It's usually done at the end of the year, so no, it's not time yet.

    Have you tried reporting the post to a moderator? Mods can't know everything that goes on and this probably an oversight. Report the first post and they'll see it.

    Report post isn't necessarily for nefarious posts. Just FYI.