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For me it is TFC. The minor QC issues don't bother me because in every instance they fixed the problems. Mistakes happen, it's what you do about them that counts in my book.

Next up is MMC. Their stuff is detailed to an artistic level no one else even approaches. However, this makes their stuff more fragile. The props on the HoS seekers are easily broken if you aren't careful, and transforming HoS Shockwave, while you marvel at the engineering, can be terrifying at times.

FP has Lost frontrunner status for me. They still make nice stuff, but they are off in their own world aesthetically. That's not a bad thing necessarily, but I find it increasingly difficult to fit their stuff into my collection. I'm excited for their Stunticons, but I'd like to see what TFC has in mind for those guys before I plunk down my pennies.

Maketoys for me....I've got giant, first release battle tanker and ordered the two latest CCC battle tanker sets, which need to get here now!!!

My only fans project figure is function X code I need more

So I guess I'm biased in that regard but I'm just thankful we have these companies to give us great renditions and offerings of killer transformers!

Autobot Genocide wrote:Tie TFC & MMC. I am so glad i'm not one of those collectors who only buy Hasbro/Takara waiting for the day that will never come when they dish out combiners that blow minds like we are getting this year , i bet even the most hard headed hasbro lovers are one click away from turning to the dark side.

Speaking of hardhead, lets not forget toyworld, who took on Megatron, and also the throttlebots, adding combiner playability to boot, and the aforementioned headmaster homage.

My personal fave is FansProject, followed by Maketoys then Perfect Effect, though I suspect MMC's predaking may change all that.

its a long time since City Commander made FansProject's name but it's still a good one. Protector is pretty nice, The Insecticons and the Headmasters and the Stunticons all make me put FP still at number 1. But they are getting some decent competition now.

iGear have definitely turned themselves around and kept getting stronger. They've got a lot of potential if they just keep doing more stuff like the MiniWarriors and the Ratchet and Ironhide. Keep improving too.

TFC's stuff looks good, no doubt, but it just isn't that much to my taste. MMC's line was like that, but the Predacons and SixShot have my attention. Perfect Effect have impressed me a lot, but I want to see them put out more complex things like the Reflector set than they seem to be planning. Optimistic for Black Arachnia though. A few of the add-on and accessory makers have been catching my eye as well. Full figures are great, but so are inexpensive improvements to retail ones, and Dr Wu and the like can really help a figure stand out.

I'd pick Maketoys as my 2nd favourite 3rd Party company. Haven't yet sold the kidney for Giant, but Powerglide and Seaspray are cool little guys and Battle Tanker is the best add-on armour set out there. It makes a figure I passed on twice into one of my favourites.

In first place it is a toss up between;

TFC - love Herc, and the first two Uranos figs have just shipped so they will be in-hand soon.

FP - OP Trailer is just fantastic. Insecticons are nice but the transformation annoys me. City Commander = awesome. Defender is a bit hit and miss with weak knees and overly engineered design. Assaulter and Code are shipping atm so can't comment yet. I guess they are hear more because of numbers than anything else. Some of FP's designs are a little out there in my mind.


Second place is;
iGear - Ironhide and Ratchet are really nice, but would've preferred a cheaper option without all the pointless weapons. The mini-bots that I've got so far are fantastic (though Rager needs to be bigger).

ToyWorld - Grind Rod is superb and can't wait for Aurora and Hardbone. Hegemon is currently shipping so can't comment on him yet.

Third is;

Perfect Effect - Got their Not-Reflector and like him. Don't have anything else from them so they are down here.

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MakeToys - Waiting on Mobine to get my first figure from these guys. So can't rank them yet.

MMC - Never bought anything from these guys before either, but have Hexatron and their Preds on pre-order. I see MMC as the wildcard, they could be equal first in the near future.

BTS - These guys are shit! Sonicron is the single worst transforming toy I have ever bought and his cassettes Tremor and Frequenzy weren't much better.


So, for me, there are five main 3P companies; TFC, FP, MMC, iGear and ToyWorld.

Forgot to mention Headrobots to me they can't put a foot wrong the skyhammer mindwipe and banzaitron up grades and not to mention Big Road he did get the go a head didn't he? any way he looks spot on and if they pull him off we could have a new contender on the way .

Autobot Genocide wrote:Forgot to mention Headrobots to me they can't put a foot wrong the skyhammer mindwipe and banzaitron up grades and not to mention Big Road he did get the go a head didn't he? any way he looks spot on and if they pull him off we could have a new contender on the way .

My only issue with Headrobots is that we haven't seen much from them in a long time. All of the upgrades you refer to are unreleased AFAIK. Having said that, the Bludgeon upgrade is excellent and I would love for any 3rd party to give us a deluxe-scale Trailbreaker (And Hoist!)

I love FP. but I'm not really feeling their recent stuff (code). Also Defender is falling apart is kind of souring FP, Hopefully Menasor will change this. TFC is awesome too with HERC but they have some busts too like their take on reflector looks pretty horrible... for MakeToys I only have Giant and it is incredible! Can't wait for my tankers to ship. I love headrobots as well.. Stronghold and the blood set is awesome. Can not wait for the drone set. I do not own any MMC stuff but I'm eagerly waiting for the Predacons.

So in order with anticipation of upcoming releases

1. Still Fans project
2. MakeToys
3. MMC
4. Headrobots
5. TFC

Honorable mentions: Beelzeboss, PE, Toyworld, Impossible toys

Banjo-Tron wrote:

Autobot Genocide wrote:Forgot to mention Headrobots to me they can't put a foot wrong the skyhammer mindwipe and banzaitron up grades and not to mention Big Road he did get the go a head didn't he? any way he looks spot on and if they pull him off we could have a new contender on the way .

My only issue with Headrobots is that we haven't seen much from them in a long time. All of the upgrades you refer to are unreleased AFAIK. Having said that, the Bludgeon upgrade is excellent and I would love for any 3rd party to give us a deluxe-scale Trailbreaker (And Hoist!)

That's true There not really ones for regular updates which is a shame because they will loose interest from fans and sales.

The last i remember Tauros is to follow the Drone and i'll take it Ronin after him so saying that Darksol & Savant should be due right about this time next year

But still even these workings in progress are enough to keep me happy for the time being.