FANS HOBBY MB-15 Naval Commander (Armada Optimus Prime)

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by blitzjoans, Dec 15, 2018.

  1. Magna Jet Convoy

    Magna Jet Convoy Well-Known Member

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    @samisham , I'm going to make a big leap of faith and say; "Trust and believe in Fans Hobby's loyal attitude towards their customer base".

    Its possible you haven't heard from them because there's been nothing more to communicate beyond what you've already stated. I don't (for one second!) believe you've fallen through the cracks and been forgotten. If anything (out of their respect for you) they want to make dead certain you get perfect replacement parts to repair your Naval Commander.

    Hence holding off on shipping possibly faulty parts from the version 2 release. They're better than that as a company!

    These forums have plenty of glowing testimonials from customers who needed replacement parts from Fans Hobby. And again and again they come through and deliver. Just as I believe they will for you too.
     
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  2. idkwdya

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    I can 100% attest to this.
    The ankle joints on my Power Baser completely shattered recently and they sent (at no cost to me) two brand new feet. And that’s just ONE of the instances I’ve needed replacement parts. Naval commander I needed the whole set of replacement parts and they actually had me report back to them on how it all worked out in the end. Easily the best aftermarket service and communication from a 3rd party company I’ve ever seen.
     
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  3. IronSites

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    Naval Commander reissue will be dropping next week.

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  4. Kaynowa

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    He looks cool but this isnt the Kap thread in case you didn't notice.
     
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    My bad!!
    Sorry about that.
    That’s what I get for having 5 FH threads open. Thanks!
     
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    Kaynowa #MakeTransformersStupidAgain

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    No problem man, Kap looks cool and I get your excitement! Just wanted to make sure you got your thoughts shared to the most relevant place is all
     
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    Much appreciated!
     
  8. TransformerFanatic

    TransformerFanatic When a spark goes online, there is great joy...

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    The new run of NC should be out this week according to FH. Have you contacted them again?
     
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    I have recently, but not since this announcement, I'm gonna give them a week or two before I contact them again.
     
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  10. samisham

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    Update: Fans Hobby contacted me yesterday about my replacements parts and today I picked up SS Thrust.
     
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    There ya go @samisham, I knew they'd come through for you! The replacement parts will arrive protected with padding for you too!
     
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  12. samisham

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    [​IMG]

    So... anyone got a Rodimus? I kinda wanna see how it looks in Optimus' hand. If he can even hold it.
     
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    So I managed to fix it even with the stripped screws and before my second set of replacement parts arrived.

    What a great feeling and a great figure, that I can't in good faith recommend because of the QC. *sigh*

    [​IMG]
     
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    Is Fanshobby usually big on repaints? I had the next reissue of NC on preorder but money isn't great right now and I'm choosing between him and the first two Radiatron limbs. I love NC but I'm a bigger fan of Armada Prime's powerlinx deco, so I'm wondering if it would be reasonable to wait for that possibility.
     
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    Their Power Baser mold is on it's 6th or 7th repaint/remold, and I think every one of their figures has had a repainted version aside from their Monsterbots and Overlord.

    If anything it would be surprising if a powerlinx repaint didn't get released eventually.
     
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    I am kind of surprised we never saw any remold of Double Evil. I would think with the size of it they would want redecos to offset cost. Maybe the 1st deco just simply sold that well that they didn't need to.

    As for the Monsterbots it was just Repugnus that never got reused. At least it seemed to me that Doublecross was retooled into Grotusque. And of course Doublecross was also made into Red Dragon based on the Botcon (2016?) use of RID 2001 Megatron as a BW Dragon Megatron.
     
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    He looks prett- where the hells my jetfire I need the whole trio
     
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    RoboW4rrior298 Maximum blast!

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    Really interesting they’ve decided to give him the combined super hands and treads, cleaver reuse of parts. I can’t wait to see this in colour.

    @samisham if you haven’t seen how the Rodimus sword looks in Primes hand I can take a picture for you, he kinda holds it but not that great because of the size.
     
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