TFEVO TE-01 Hot Fire (not TLK Hot Rod)

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by Cheem The Rup, Sep 12, 2017.

  1. artimus prime

    artimus prime Articulation Junkie... I'm a poser TFW2005 Supporter

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    Seems to be the standard to only get left stickers. From what I here, they get mangled during transformation anyways.
     
  2. Shmoptimus Prime

    Shmoptimus Prime Za Warudo!

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    Wow, is there anything they DIDN'T screw up on this toy? What a shame.
     
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  3. artimus prime

    artimus prime Articulation Junkie... I'm a poser TFW2005 Supporter

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    Well they didn't.... mm. But they did get.... nope. THE BOX. It's a good, functional, cardboard box.
     
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  4. eltonlin98

    eltonlin98 my hope for Transformers resides in Earthspark

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    Lol, the box doesn't hold the figure securely. Knocked down your one good point 'bout the product lmao
     
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  5. artimus prime

    artimus prime Articulation Junkie... I'm a poser TFW2005 Supporter

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    HA! It's not the box that failed. It's the foam insert.
     
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    QuintusTheExaltedOne Creator of the Quintessons and ex-Prime

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    I’ve seen bad figures but damn this looks awful.
     
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  7. eltonlin98

    eltonlin98 my hope for Transformers resides in Earthspark

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    Oh yes, that part def left more than one person "foaming" at the mouth in anger
     
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    artimus prime Articulation Junkie... I'm a poser TFW2005 Supporter

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    They didn't screw up the marketing before the release.
     
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    If anybody wants to sell theirs pm me and let's work something out. canceled my preorder... But I still want one lol
     
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    Planning on keping mine for a few years till the few that are out there have all fallen apart. Then I'll sell it for a heap as a curiosity.
    Worked for Daca Kronos!!:p 

    Thing that shits me the most, is I don't even collect Bayverse stuff. I picked it up on a whim, as a full-on impulse buy. Has no place in my collection, has zero appeal as a character or design, and isn't even a fun toy to play with.
     
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    So... can I get a refund since it seems my preorder on RK is never going to be fulfilled?
     
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    I've never had this experience before. I was trying to transform it into car mode and, man, it was the worst. Everything on this board is true. The internal packaging is literally a joke, I laughed out loud. Yes, the head and hands (inexplicably not ball jointed, simply astounding -- THE NECK IS A PEG, A PEG!) were rolling about the box. But I actually liked the bot mode stance, oversized but pleasingly so. Ok, so I get to transforming. It's just not a final product. The final assembly to get the car body lined up may not be impossible but it's (again, laughably) close to it. I got as far as I could and one of the front wheel well tabs snapped off. And then I snapped. I felt the rickety nonsense in my hand and I just squeezed. Hard. Angrily. I ripped the goddamn thing apart. Mature? No. Self-defeating? Obviously. Satisfying? Oh GOD YES.
     
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  14. Shmoptimus Prime

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    I’d love to see a pic of the mangled carcass of your figure. Might make others who have purchased him feel better too!
     
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    Would have been happy to provide a little catharsis but it went right in the garbage, I'm afraid :) 
     
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  16. Shmoptimus Prime

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    You’re not getting your money back?? :eek: 
     
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    Ha, yep. And it was a Chinese seller on eBay. Like I said, not the most mature decision I've ever made but probably the best one all things considered :) 

    I'm also at a place in my collecting where I'm having real estate issues hahaha so the empty spot is kinda a blessing (and will be filled by Wei Jiang's oversized battle damaged Evasion Prime which looks RAD).
     
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    He'd better be!!! Or else I shoot him myself!! Hahaha
     
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    Any idea on the new 3p dotm soundwave by tungmung??? Pics looks great but I'm worried they pull a tfevo hotmess here..
     
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    Did you just come to this thread, when there is already one dedicated to Soundwave, just to shit on TFEvo?