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Perfect Effect: Ultimate Form (tricking out CC) & SFX (crazy alt-mode combiner w/ ton of extras)
Mastermind: Cyclops & the Insectitrain (another crazy alt-mode combiner)
iGear: affordable upgrade kit for a toy BEFORE it's secondhand only
TF Club: Big ass Devestator & Big ass sword for Predaking
Fansproject: Biggest promised 3rd party lineup in a single year. Ever.

Did something HAPPEN? The big names are all hitting the gas and going bigger than ever.

metaphorge wrote:FansProject just got trounced for 2011 third-party Product of the Year. (Mad love to FP, but this is just friggin' BRILLIANT.)

They're nice and all but I think it's a little early (10 days?) to say someone's beaten FP for product of the year. Especially when you compare both companies' lines of products and possibly more importantly, their prices.

Well. . .I do like what I'm seeing. . .I like what i'm seeing alot actually. . .its just that, I wish these guys had the toy heads, and not the cartoon heads, mainly because the design in the cartoon looked way too bland for my taste dont get me wrong I'll still get these guys if the price isnt too steep.

Springer wrote:

metaphorge wrote:FansProject just got trounced for 2011 third-party Product of the Year. (Mad love to FP, but this is just friggin' BRILLIANT.)

They're nice and all but I think it's a little early (10 days?) to say someone's beaten FP for product of the year. Especially when you compare both companies' lines of products and possibly more importantly, their prices.

Agreed. Except for causality, we don't really know of anything FP is doing. PerfectEffect is getting to be good, but FP is still the platinum standard.

I would like to see the back of the camera.

I'm actually less impressed the more I see of these, as the initial 'wow, they made it work' factor wears off. Getting three robots to form a camera is impressive, yes, but the three individual robots seem to have boring forms that I have no desire to look at everyday. And as cool as the -ability- to turn into a camera is, I can't image being that excited about the -actuality- of holding them in the form of a camera. Cameras are boring. And while some of the kibble is used well, using the whole bottom plate as a barricade seems like a cheat.

WarGraver wrote:I'm actually less impressed the more I see of these, as the initial 'wow, they made it work' factor wears off. Getting three robots to form a camera is impressive, yes, but the three individual robots seem to have boring forms that I have no desire to look at everyday. And as cool as the -ability- to turn into a camera is, I can't image being that excited about the -actuality- of holding them in the form of a camera. Cameras are boring. And while some of the kibble is used well, using the whole bottom plate as a barricade seems like a cheat.

Yeah, the 'boring' part is why I think Hasbro has Perceptor as a truck and reflector as the remold.

This is the most excited I've been about a figure in a long time. I remember when I was a kid a package showed up in the mail one day addressed to me, enclosed was the G1 mail away Reflector. I asked my Mom who sent it to me and why? She replied, "I guess they just know how much you like Transformers, and wanted to send you one." I was the envy of all the other kids in town, thanks Mom! So I've got a bit of a soft spot for ol' Reflector.

These dudes look badass! Definitely interested in these.