Fans Hobby MB-04 Gunfighter II (Laser Prime)

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by daimchoc, Sep 4, 2016.

  1. Robogeek28

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    Gotta remind myself that I don't need a G2 Laser Prime.:lol 
     
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    Also please Fans Hobby...please reissue your Scourge with the alt mode updates of your G2 Prime.

    I'll be your friend forever if you do...
     
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    Will there be a release coupled with the Trailer or is the trailer just going to be additional?
     
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    I know that the MB-09 trailer will be additional for both versions (eta end of year - Fans hobby), but don't know if they planned a complete pack in the future ;) 
     
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    It's disappointing that neither of 3RD party G2 laser primes actually use the trucks windshield as the chest, even though the RTS and it's more expensive knockoff Gento managed to pull it off on a smaller scale with less of a budget
     
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    It's not something they failed to do, it's true to the original design. The chest on that figure looks nothing like the windshield. I like the figures you mentioned, they're both neat, updated takes on the character, but this has different goals. You don't have to like it, of course, but it's not like they tried to use the windshield as the chest and gave up.
     
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    I am aware that toybase and fanshobby deliberately invoked the faux chest of the old G2 figure, but I expect more than a re-shelled G2 with slightly better posability from premium collectible given how much engineering has evolved in the twenty two years in a way that could the trucks windshield while also having a toy accurate chest.
     
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    This! I usually try to wait for the 2.0 of anything third party, I really want a perfect Scourge.
     
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    What you want is not accurate to the original toys, and in Scourge's case inaccurate to the toon as well, so these are definitely not aimed at you. Maybe sometime down the road you'll get what you're looking for from another company.
     
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    I'm all for the faux chest. The one version that did use the windshield was a good try, but it just looks horrible to me.
     
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    Yeah, I'm definitely not a fan of that design.
     
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    Is it wrong that I want him in this color scheme?

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    That is absolutely garish in the most horrendous of ways and nearly burned the brightness of the palette into my eyes, I WANT IT. :lol 
     
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    Definitely true.

    However, I must say that was the only thing I liked about the RtS G2 Optimus was that feature (the rest was imo a step down from the original design). It may not be accurate to the original toys or in Scourge his case, cartoon accurate, but I did find it a nice development. It also cleans up the back much nicer.

    I definitely wouldn't have minded if they copied it. Ah well, perhaps some other company in the (near) future.
     
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    Sure, I don't begrudge anyone their personal preferences, and I can see why you'd prefer a Prime with windows as the chest. I just think it's important to distinguish between "didn't manage to" and "never wanted to".
     
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    Yes, please.
    If we're going down the same-character repaint road, I'd love it if Fans Hobby did this mold in the Universe deco.
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    Because I need at least one good version of Laser Prime in standard Optimus colors, dammit.

    And if we're doing Spy Changer decoes...
    [​IMG]
    ...Well, I'd buy it.
     
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    Oh, definitely. This isn't a situation of them failing to accomplish that. It's a deliberate choice and for what they wanted to do, i.e. a Masterpiece G2 Optimus and RiD Scourge, the right one. (Of course, for a true MP Scourge they choose the wrong grey: both the RiD cartoon and toy had a much darker, almost brownish shade of grey instead of the MP-10 lightgrey they went with.)

    In my case, it really is just a design preferance: from a design point of view I prefer the RtS idea where the actual truck windows flip over the shoulders and form the chest windows.
     
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    It's just me or the chest piece is wrong? Because for me the matrix is upsidedown
     
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    KFC and Iron Factory seem to be the only companies who give us all the repaints, but besides that what are the changes to the head, or were there any. I see there is black paint on the Sonic Wave thing in the middle of his helmet. It would be nice to have an excuse to buy this mold again.
     
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