FansToys FT-42 Hunk (Masterpiece Brawn)

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by Sentinel, Oct 27, 2018.

  1. DashCourageous

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    Yup.
    With a name like Brawn, he should look the part.
     
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    I just don't really like this guy. I may just live with my Final Victory version for the $ difference. Final victory Brawn is on the tall side but I think he looks pretty good, especially after adding some darker gray on the terrible light gray helmet and arms.
     
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    Brawn always reminded me of a fantasy dwarf in stature
     
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    The feet remind me of TMNT
     
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    Welp, that leaves more copies of the FT version for the rest of us. :D 
    I'll be hang on to my Badcube version but will get FT's version as well.
     
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    This Brawn looks amazing, I don't know what others are seeing.
     
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    Not bad. I don't think they'll do it, but if they included a toy head option I'd be sold. Otherwise it's a maybe.
     
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    Ooof, even with the nice coloured digibash, Hunk still looks odd.

    Too skinny. Donatello feet. The face is still wrong, as is the helmet proportion.
     
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    This release makes me wonder if FT has Outback in the works.
     
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    It would shock me if they weren't. If they are doing a full collection it would make sense to start with the ones with multiple uses going forward.
     
  11. Matrix1981

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    If I look at him from the waist up he is great. The knees are ok but those feet. Damn
     
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    The FT proportions are too ectomorphic for Brawn. He should ve built more like a Strongman than a runner.
     
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    I still don't understand the hate and complaints with this figure. it LITERALLY looks like the source material. Like... I'm trying to see what to change to make it more like the cartoon and can't find a thing to change other than making his head twice as big but then it would look ridiculous on a real lie figure. So basically it matches everything and the one thing it doesn't... they actually improved. What else do you want guys?

    The toe? First of all, it's not a toe, that's what you want to see. The leg splits all the way down the middle for alt mode so when both parts fold together in robot mode you can see the division in the middle of the foot. There's simply no way to make both parts join without a visible seem because there's no technology for that yet. I think FT did a phenomenal job with this figure and while some of you are complaining about minor issues, BC shows exactly how much wrong you could do with the figure. BC BARELY resembles the source. So again, I don't get the hate for FT.
    Transformers Fans Toys Hunk aka Brawn vs Badcube Brawny G1.jpg
     
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    I think it looks pretty good. I'm not a huge Brawn fan so I'm not too picky. I just don't understand why FT refuses to do remoulds. It's a lot less work than designing a new mould from scratch. An Outback remould would be a no brainer for anyone else.
     
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    Would like to see a larger head and more barrel chested, just to really nail it. But without such changes, he’s as good as I need a Brawn to be for my shelf. Looking good
     
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    Looks like a fun one to digi:

    FTBrawn.jpg
     
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    Brawn has a very wide chest and his arms are in close to his body. His legs and arms are fairly short and his head is big. All of this gives him his "small but tough" appearance. Fanstoys chest is a little narrower and doesn't stick forward as much. His shoulders sit a little further out from his chest. Small differencesd but combined with his longer legs, it gives him an overall leaner appearance. And it's not a seam between his toes - it's beveled so that there's an actual gap there.

    Personally I'm fine with how he looks, especially after seeing the colored digis - adding the colors goes a long way to completing the look of the character - and this is the Brawn I'm planning on getting. But just because you can't see the differences or don't care about them doesn't mean they're not a valid complaint. For people who want the cartoon character standing on their shelves, even subtle issues can be a deal breaker. The fact is that, while Badcube's is less accurate, it pulls off his tough little barrel chested look better than FT's so you could argue that is a more accurate representation of the character.
     
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    Im not even going to read through the comments. Im just gonna say: I think this Brawn looks amazing. I think it looks perfect except for the weird doors in alt mode, but besides that I love it.
     
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    Well I hope whatever you said wasn't too important because I stopped reading after that.
     
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    For me it's the height. He is taller than I want in my collection.