Fans Toys FT-31A-E Marauder (Masterpiece Menasor/Stunticons)

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by dalianjj, Jun 29, 2018.

  1. zfarsh

    zfarsh Big Penguin Chief

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    I personally had 2 xtb but once I got ft motormaster and then breakdown, ft Is soooooo much better, heck maybe 2 of their best releases.
     
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  2. Blazing Mewtwo

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    Maybe I’ll feel the same
    Maybe I’ll like them so much more regardless of size
     
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    mikeszekely Not Pessimus Prime

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    I have all of the currently-available Stunticons. Honestly, when I got XTB's I thought they were as good as any of the Takara cars but I wound up liking both FT and DX9 better. But like I said, as good as FT's are on their own they're really heavy. I'd have to see reviews for the combined mode before I committed to them as my Menasor.
     
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    How do you like Capone
     
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    mikeszekely Not Pessimus Prime

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    I'll let you guys know when he gets here. Last update on the tracking was that his plane left China today.
     
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    Alright:D 
     
  7. Leonwave

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    im very interested seeing if the arm bots are gonna weigh as much as spoiler
     
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  8. Blazing Mewtwo

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    So now that I’m in on this set, what’s Roadking’s combined mode look like? Do the arm bots split like the XTB arms? Anything about Spoiler that I need to know before opening or messing with him?
     
  9. Markus76

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    Yes they are going to split and fit into a Menasor skeleton. Spoiler is a marvel to me with how he compresses down into a car the size of the lambo cars and in robot mode he's as big as a seeker. It's clear to me from what I've seen thusfar that Fanstoys is killing it on the individual bot modes so far compared to XTB and DX9, but they also cost more too.
     
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  10. astrotrain1975

    astrotrain1975 FT-44 Thomas is my precious.

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    Same here. I promptly sold the XTB ones. After initial reservations about the size, I realized that I'm only going to display the Stunticons with other Decepticons or facing the Aerialbots. Therefore the larger size makes more sense.
     
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  11. zfarsh

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    We might be moving to the USA from Canada in a few months, and I am seriously thinking of bringing only ft Roadking and Spoiler, in alt mode, in my carry along, lol

    The only thing is, you have to use the articulation for a more natural standing up stance not a crasy stance, just a standing up position, but how you use the legs and abs and hands is important to put these two above all else). I will try to take a pic in a few days to demonstrate.
     
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    Ok
    Thanks
     
  13. TylerB

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    I think they'll be lighter, it only makes sense that the leg bots are heavier to plant a big combiner. It's got FT in a catch 22 now though. How much lighter can they go before the people complain that the arm bots feel cheaper because they are lighter than the same size bots from the group?
     
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    Well they could price them a bit lower.
     
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    I think fuctionality is of upmost importance, it's no good having a combiner that cannot hold its weight, i think it would be a sacrifice i would be willing to make

    unless they've got some serious hardware in them shoulders
     
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    I feel like the skeleton is going to be the heaviest part of the combined form. It's going to be 2/3 of the total figure so I personally think it will have some die cast in it on the legs/feet.
     
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    What will the toy accurate parts do aside from combined form? Will the Menasor body turn into a trailer?
     
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    What's this about toy accurate parts?
     
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    This is the quote I found relating to that. That's the closest thing I have seen related to that, but this thread is also 389 pages at this point.
     
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    The skeleton will be able to switch between a toy accurate Menasor or a toon accurate Menasor.
     
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