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Sweet! All I ask is a price, a preorder, and a good profile of Giant's head sculpt.

Requiem Prime wrote:Sweet! All I ask is a price, a preorder, and a good profile of Giant's head sculpt.

They're still taking feedback on the head sculpt, it's still in progress.

Still looking good. I was kinda worried the bots were gonna be just random Constructicons who happened to make up Giant. I'm happy to see I was wrong and that the homages are there. The updates are interesting. I'm still down.

I (not so) patiently await pre-orders.

Price be damned, I WILL own this.

I'm more impressed than previously. Their DEv was always top notch looking, but seeing the bot modes more clearly now, I find that many of them are more accurate looking in individual bot mode than the TFC versions seem to be. The heads are very spot on, except Bonecrusher, I believe.

Of course, that's for 5/6 of them. Long Haul is an interesting enigma. He's good looking enough, but I do really, really, really like my TFC Long Haul (Heavy Labor) a lot. Neither version does him very similarly to the original, which I find a little disappointing. Using the dumpbed as the arms is okay, but seems like there is a lot of potential for it to be legs.

Anyway, I will need to get this version of them all as well. The Scavenger, Scrapper, and Mixmaster being the main reasons to buy. And of course, the ultimate combined mode.

Well I am now officially impressed with the maketoy giant. That's on my wishlist

Still not 100% on the front of mixmasters grille but we can't have everything....can we?

OK TFC did screw up on the scale, the visor, and the stupid tube guns. But honestly, the Maketoy versions are not as much G1 in robot mode as the TFC versions. Granted, Maketoy got a few things right that TFC left out. But the same thing goes the other way around. One thing I really dislike on the Maketoy versions is having Scavenger and Hook’s alt mode tool hanging from his arm instead of on his back. When Hasbro did it with the Inferno/Grapple mode it was OK because I hold Hasbro to lower standards. But when it comes to 3rd party companies, I don’t expect a lot of radical non G1 changes. This is why I just don’t get the Maketoy Long Haul. They kind of tried to look like the cartoon for the rest of the figures so why did they hit in the left field with Long Haul ? Well if this figure is cheap enough, I may buy it in G2 colors.

Not bad. I want to see it next to the TFC and others.Some complain about scale or not being faithful to G1, but in the show Devastators height varied like crazy. In one episode he was twice Megatron's height in another his foot alone was larger than most of the autobots. And Transformation wise G1 Bumblebee and Motormaster gave me headaches. In vehicle mode the cab rivaled Optimus but in Robot mode they were the same basic height and the cab was just his feet?Probably the main reason you haven't seen a Menasor update in a while. MotorMaster's trailer should become a base with stunticon weapons (like the TFX-4 Protector armor)and then form the Main body of Menasor to be logically sound. Some say TFC DEV is too big. Combiners should be big And tower and the more articulated the better. Some say the G1 homage is to removed or evoled but thats the way it goes. If i want G1 accurate i'll either get Masterpieces or Actual G1 figures.Classics/generations does it fine for me. The giant is pretty nice but whats the cost?how is it sold? Piece by piece or boxset? After the Fansproject Bruticus (love it but a few issues with stuff on robotmode Onslaught and vehicle Vortex and feel of Explorer and Munitioner chest.)May consider both these guy we'll see.

amcgrath929 wrote:

Trikeboy wrote:Incorporating the combiner parts as trailors just looks wrong to me (as it did on G1 Devy). Also, Giant makes no attempt to hide the combiner head attached to Hook, its sitting out right next to the cab. His own head can clearly be seen at the back too. I haven't seen many cranes with a large robot head attached to it.

Exgraver's combiner hand attached to his back just doesn't work as hiding it IMO.

Very true, a large purple hand on his back in robot mode looks stupid and it is my only complaint about the fig. It does however incorporate very well in vehicle mode. It doesn't look like a hand when seen from behind. Giant Hook has a large head on display in vehicle mode and by the looks of things the Devy head will be kissing Hooks ass in robot mode. Dr. Crank wins IMO.

Flux Convoy wrote:

Requiem Prime wrote:Sweet! All I ask is a price, a preorder, and a good profile of Giant's head sculpt.

They're still taking feedback on the head sculpt, it's still in progress.

Still looking good. I was kinda worried the bots were gonna be just random Constructicons who happened to make up Giant. I'm happy to see I was wrong and that the homages are there. The updates are interesting. I'm still down.

Midnight_Fox wrote:I (not so) patiently await pre-orders.

Price be damned, I WILL own this.

To hell with price to hell with kibble this thing beats out Hercules's ass no question...Giant wins! Giant will get owned by this fan and others...'nuff said!!

The combined mode isn't bad but the individual robots i'm not digging (get it?). The robot modes look odd and very basic and the vehicle modes are also plain and the combiner parts don't blend in. I'll stick with TFC's Devy.