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

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

  1. solskjaer

    solskjaer Well-Known Member

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    Oh my bad, I thought it is DeadEnd. Then I have Dragstrip pre-ordered with baba and TCP. Feel safe!
     
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    How do you pay the balance with Baba? I know you will receive email notification when Wildrider arrives, and then?
     
  3. David Hingtgen

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    FT's has some weirdness in the lower rear because of the transformation (like a lot of MP-style cars), but it's completely lacking the 25th-style rear fascia cover, and every other body-panel alteration the 25th has. It's just raw "changes needed to accommodate the robot mode". It doesn't have the 25th rocker panels, front bumper, rear fascia, intakes, or engine cover.

    FT did screw up some things (spoiler!) but "wrong type of Countach" isn't one of them.
     
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    sifu74 Banned

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    The rear bumper has a style of the 25th anniversary along with the wheels, so that's like 40% of that model, and then Wildrider is an upgraded model so the Ferrari it was based on so that is 100% wrong.
     
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    It was kinda weird, but basically he sends you an email saying the figure has arrived with a link to pay the balance...then you pay the difference by adding the quantity of whatever the difference was in $1 increments. Which was kinda tricky but I figured it out. Also, I selected the free shipping option...and it said something about “hold/wait until shipping is back to normal”.....so I didn’t know what that meant, if I should have upgraded or something.....but I got the package sent out right away EMS and it arrived in perfect condition.

    Only thing odd about my Wildrider is it didn’t have a QC sticker....no complaints though.
     
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    This thing fought me much more than I anticipated. The chest didn't want to move, even after loosening the screw. Closing up the two half was ridiculously tight and despite numerous attempts to get it transformed properly, just had to push things with more force than shold be acceptable or required for a properly done figure. IMO, this is classic Fanstoys...and not in a good way.

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  7. Autobot Spike

    Autobot Spike Original Gangstabot

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    Unfortunately I expect you’re in the minority.

    -A.S.
     
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  8. toonbot

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    I think they should sell all the combiner parts in separate box. Bandits box being so big is going to mess up my shrine of nicely stacked ft boxes.
     
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  9. divinecomedy

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    You might be doing it wrong. I didn't have to push the chest at all. When I pushed in the arms, the chest collapsed on its own.

    For me, the legs were scarier. Folding them the first time was nerve wrecking.

    That's why I said, I enjoyed Spoiler's transformation more. The leg transformation in particular is pretty clever. I see so many reviewers doing it wrong and it just makes me chuckle. The pressure to be FIRST must be really unbearable.
     
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    With limited access to your actual experience my first guess is did you flip the bottom center silver part of the chest up to allow access to the slider? Just hearing it isn't moving that is the first thing I would suspect.
     
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    Yes, I flipped it up.....it was just stuck. It eventually went, just out of the blue. Now I get to see if th red paint on the arms is scratched when I transform him back to robot mode.

    I will say, vehicle mode looks darn nice.
     
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    I just Got mine Magnum from 180 dollars + 1 dollar Shipping from mainland China in 6 days shoutout to EBay seller netclow.
     
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    I saw slight signs of rubbing on the little notches of near the shoulders. Not sure if it's because I collapsed them wrong though.
     
  14. divinecomedy

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    There's a way to slide the arms in without scratching the red paint. You can see it in Paik4Life's video.
     
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    f0cus You can call me Sir

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    yeah I was just about to say this.

    My package just arrived!

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    Can look a bit static out of the box but there are dynamic poses possbile with this guy.
     
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    Finally transformed Spoiler this morning, after getting and transforming Magnum last night.
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    Man my magnum came out of the box with a missing right mirror. :( 
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    The image isn't showing.
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    See if it is hiding somewhere in the box.
    If it isn't then PM dalianjj or email Fanstoys and they'll get you taken care of with a replacement right mirror.
     
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    Got my magnum yesterday. After transforming to vehicle mode and back to robot mode I noticed the knees are a bit weak. Maybe I missed a step of some kind? I'm not able to really get a good dynamic range like spoiler.





    I'm gonna bump this one more time.

    Because the only other option is maybe you forgot to turn the base of the head instead of the head itself? I didn't catch it at first myself but turning the base of the head, because it is separate, makes it fit a little lower.
     
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    Midnight cowboys
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