UniqueToys Mania King (Galvatron)

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by daimchoc, Sep 29, 2013.

  1. Gauntlet101010

    Gauntlet101010 Well-Known Member

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    Well, if something going to be around $100 you'd think you'd get something basic like a wrist swivel.
     
  2. daimchoc

    daimchoc Well-Known Member

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    What do you expect? It's called rapid prototyping.
     
  3. Turnman

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    The colors in the render look very nice. For some reason, the design reminds me a lot of the Perfect Effect cycle fembots.
     
  4. Rikerwota

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    Gorilla-arms makes it a no-go for me. Possibly one of my biggest pet-peeves in any figure.
     
  5. trence5

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    I think they heard you :cool
     
  6. TheBigMachine

    TheBigMachine Initiating JAZZ HANDS!

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    Looks intriguing.
     
  7. Raika

    Raika Well-Known Member

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    Was there this much whining about lack of wrist swivel when Steel Core, one of the most celebrated third party figures, came out?
     
  8. ryu hayabusha

    ryu hayabusha Well-Known Member

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    my God yes...thank you. its just the prototype people, your gonna have to put your big boy pants on and wait.
     
  9. hardreturn

    hardreturn Ian Reid

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    there is just something off about that 3/4 profileā€¦i want to like this guy but I'm just not feeling it.
     
  10. Toonimator

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    Probably not...but, then, Steel Core's hands were in a more 'neutral' alignment, not turned 90 degrees out.
     
  11. Gauntlet101010

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    Without wrist swivels he has monkey arms. If the elbows weren't turned out to the side it wouldn't be an issue.

    It's a big issue because the figure was so demanded and because it seems so near perfect.
     
  12. Cheebs

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    It's not just that there is no swivel. It is that the wrist is frozen 90 degrees in the wrong direction, stuck in the curling position. If the wrists were turned normally, nobody would mention it.
     
  13. Dark Magnus

    Dark Magnus Your opinion is wrong!

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    Sweet! Wrist swivels or GTFO! oh and Round feet or GTFO!
     
  14. LazyAza

    LazyAza MMC color go brrrr

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    This times a thousand. I literally have half a shelfs worth of fantastic figures who don't have wrist swivels at all and I couldn't care less.

    But what they do have is their hands and elbow joints facing the right way. This figure seems to basically have forearms and hands at a 90 degrees wrong angle. Not because of the way he's posed, but the way his arms seem to be designed.

    And the only way to fix it is have his arm facing an odd direction all the time with the cannon constantly underslung. It's a design oversight that will potentially and substantially hinder what is an otherwise very nice looking figure. So it sucks they may not have thought to address this.
     
  15. LiamK

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    Tigerhawk had a similar arm/wrist allignment issue. I didn't mind it on him, but he didn't have a massive arm cannon making the whole thing look weird.

    Thinking of the large number of Megatron toys I own, I think my favourite way of having the arms is the way it is on the deluxe Animated and Prime Megatron figures. If he puts his arms on his hips, the cannon is in front of his body.
     
  16. Che

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    +1 for wrist swivel! God, I can't believe in 2013 designers don't pay attention to basic articulation... If you are going to fix the wrists, at least fix them in the normal position!
     
  17. Tom-1

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    It's so odd not to make the wrists able to swivel.

    I mean, it's not even a natural position for anything. I don't get it. It has to be necessary for the transformation to be that way... it doesn't make sense...

    Tom
     
  18. giga-galvatron

    giga-galvatron Decepticon S.T.A.G ******

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    Cannon needs to be orange
     
  19. David Hingtgen

    David Hingtgen Chromaticon

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    Fixed.
     
  20. Megatron31

    Megatron31 I Belong to Nobody!

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    you know I thought that at first but I don't know anymore

    I yhimk I would rather see metallic orange