The Unlicensed Third Party Transformers Thread

[VF5SS]

if only they could photoshop away the underside

[Twoducks]

Damn NECIO and his PS skills. Only thing keeping me glued to this project now is the possibility of TFC actually following his kickass color schemes.

[David Hingtgen]

The M-21-inspired scheme is better IMHO as it's more or less a real Blackbird scheme:

Still---the "wings" on the sides of Sivlerbolt's chest shield were the most distinctive part of Superion's chest---and that's the one part they're not using!

(my mentally-envisioned XB-70 version uses the canards as hip armor-flaps for combined mode)

[anime52k8]

you know, the problem with this isn't that there's a giant block of robot strapped to the bottom of an SR-71. it's that the giant block of block of robot is strapped to a really poor representation of the SR-71 which completely frakks up the proportions and lines that make the real plane so sexy.

at least with leader Jetfire if you lopped off all the robot bits you'd still have a decent looking SR-71 from the top. Even if you ignore the robot kibble on this one, it's still a F*cked up SR-71.

[David Hingtgen]

I had mentioned that earlier---that Jetfire was a better SR-71.

If you take a good look though---I think this is a better SR-71, than Phantom is an F-4. From above, that's REALLY not an F-4's profile.

Eagle's not much better---check tailfins and canopy. (wings are much better than Phantom's though)

[anime52k8]

Even though they're just as inaccurate, Phantom and Eagle aren't as visually offensive to look at. (and I'm still ignoring the pile of robot underneath the jet in that statement).

[David Hingtgen]

I think it may come down to your plane preferences---I'm a bigger F-4 fan than SR-71 fan.

[aceoftherebellion]

I have to agree with you there. Maybe if Leader Jetfire hadn't pulled off the Blackbird look from the top, it wouldn't be such a glaring different. I mean honestly, Jetformers have underside kibble in general, I'm used to that, I don't care at this point but that kinda falls by the wayside if the airplane it's trying to hide under still looks like crap.

Still better than the Energon version, though.

[Renato]

Lol. So much for robots in disguise. These things look awful. I liked FP Bruticus, though. I wonder how easy it will be to get the reissue sets (Hasbro set + the FP toys). I haven't decided to get it, but if I eventually do, I don't want to end up with just one set and not the other, as you need both, obviously.

[VF5SS]

http://collectiondx.com/toy_review/pp05m_medical_specialist

Chachipower did some real beauty shots on the Medical not Ratchet Specialist

his videos are also always metal \m/

[Twoducks]

MMC is my favourite 3rd party right now. The amount of extra little play features they are cramming in their releases is fantastic. That shows love and care for what they are doing.

Seeker choo choo time!

[Valkyrie Hunter D]

Heads up, Fansproject just put up preorders for a second run of Steel Core tonight.

[GU-11]

"Steampunk Screamer" is awesome! Too bad my hobby store doesn't want to bring it in, and I can't risk importing it due to those damn recent toy safety regulations.

[CoryHolmes]

I wanted to like Screecher, but the transformation is too simplistic for my liking. It's essentially the robot squatting down onto his legs.

[Valkyrie Hunter D]

Art Feather’s Bumblebee came in the mail yesterday. Here’s a mini-review:

Included in the box is a silver gun for Bee, an in-scale figure of Spike and his lunchbox (I think), and a sticker sheet.

Pros:

-Excellent looking alt mode, it’s the VW Beetle HasTak will probably never bring out.

-Details like wipers and mirrors are a nice touch.

-The finish on the re-shell parts is very glossy and feels crisp, like it won’t melt on your fingers (i.e. Classics Prowl and Ironhide)

-Rubber tires! I don’t think MP Sideswipe even has rubber tires.

-No floppiness, the joints are quite tight on this one.

Cons:

-Front tires rub against wheel wells, preventing them from rolling.

-Chromed out parts for knees and part of the chest frame. The chrome works for the bumpers, but I don’t like it in bot mode.

-Plastic bot parts clash with the re-shell alt mode parts-they’re just a teensy bit more vibrant than the banana yellow car shell parts.

-Head reminds you this is still a knockoff. It lost some detail compared to its Classics counterpart (badly sculpted mouth, lack of yellow “chin”, no light piping-eyes are painted on)

All in all, I like it. I was already planning a custom re-shell of Bee so this saves me a ton of work. Additionally, I can manhandle it like Classics Bee-something I probably wouldn’t be able to do with any custom attempt on my part. I figure a little Dremel work and some parts swapping with Classics Bee will fix most of my gripes. And swapping parts should be easy because except for the re-shell parts, all the bot mode parts match.

[mikeszekely]

Art Feather’s Bumblebee came in the mail yesterday. Here’s a mini-review:

I didn't even know such a thing existed. He looks pretty good, but even as a kid I was never a big Bumblebee fan. I'll probably pass.

[big F]

I want

[Valkyrie Hunter D]

This was definitely unexpected: Throttlebots gestalt. Shoot, even if they didn't combine I'd still get Rollbar.

[Hikuro]

Ya know, as someone who owns a TW Hegemon, I DO like their designs and their ability to make a nicely IDW esque accurate figure. But the price is just so high to me right now. I want to see what they'll release for future throttle bots before I even really consider buying one. It doesn't even need to be a gestalt either I'm happy with individual figures as long as they're being released fast enough. The craze over combiners is just insane right now.

And as for TFC's Not superion, I don't even own hercules and I'm very happy with my original Energon/RotF Superion figures with their Fansproject upgrades. I'd much rather see a Technobots, Terrorcon and Protectobot figures right now than everyone else doing the same thing.

[Valkyrie Hunter D]

The new Mobine thing actually makes some of the PCCs look decent. I'm wondering if the two tanks can combine into one big one though.

[anime52k8]

I now understand how the hell maketoys PCC figure is supposed to be the fallen. I now also kind of want one:

http://www.tfw2005.c...-images-176264/

Edited November 8, 2012 by anime52k8

[Old_Nash]

I need this Fallen!

[Valkyrie Hunter D]

It looks really close to his Dreamwave counterpart, at least in bot mode. Definitely keeping my eye on this one.

[David Hingtgen]

Not-Skydive is an F-16 but I can't tell Slingshot from the teaser pic.

[anime52k8]

WHAT HAS SCIENCE DONE?!?!

[Old_Nash]

WHAT HAS SCIENCE DONE?!?!

It's Alive!

Alive!!!!

[Uxi]

I've been wanting the TFC Hercules more and more... but yikes that's expensive. Wonder if I should buy it in pieces to absorb the cost over 6 months or so. Looking at the faceoff with the Maketoys Giant, makes me like some of each especially the detents/joints on the Giant.

[slaginpit]

My Phantom is in the mail. Cant wait

Edited December 3, 2012 by slaginpit

[Knight26]

So still left to come are the body (blackbird, UCAV), left arm (jaguar) and left leg (F-16?)

[Chronocidal]

Left arm looks more like a Harrier to me. I wasn't sure either, until I noticed the outrigger gear under the wings.

Leg is harder to tell, but the stabs look decently F-16-ish, and the tanks are classic F-16 style.

[anime52k8]

a Harrier and an F-16 would make sense since that's what they're SUPPOSED to be. But then again, I wouldn't put anything past TFC at this point.

[VF5SS]

http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/3rd-party-unlicensed-41/tfc-toys-uranos-harrier-falcon-and-combined-form-revealed-176415/ yeah they are what you think they are

check the pics

[Valkyrie Hunter D]

Suddenly, another 3rd party Predaking! From those pics alone, it looks too lanky for a proper Predaking.

[David Hingtgen]

Clear pics of the jet modes were posted days ago. They look like crap, far inferior to the F-4 and F-15. The Harrier is like an over-sized Harrier II wing on a Jaguar body with a Sea Harrier nose. And that does mean it has a Jaguar's twin rear nozzles. (you really can't see the area well, but something is VERY VERY VERY wrong there)

The F-16 is just pathetic. I never knew the F-16 had a flat-topped fuselage with the wings mounted right on top and a rear fuselage twice as wide as the engine itself.

PS---I think they made the Harrier so that the wings cannot angle downwards, they go straight out sideways. Which is very un-Harrier-like:

[kanedaestes]

Well here's the thing....other than silverbolt I don't think the overall accuracy should matter THAT much. With Hercules none of those were accurately construction vehicles. Also I am not a jet enthusiast so it doesn't botther me as much as others and considering the mass majority of buyers probably fall into my category I think it will be fine. I find that the bots and jets look pretty good to my novice eye and that's all that matters to me. Now back to Silverbolt, yeah no....that's just overall bad in so many ways.

Edited December 4, 2012 by kanedaestes