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News Credits: 5749 · Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:41 pm

We just received word from site sponsor TFsource that the highly anticipated FansProject CA-03 Thundershred is now in-stock and pre-orders will begin shipping tomorrow. Enjoy the new images below.

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1 down, 2 to go...

Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:57 pm

Come on Kapow, lets not lag too far behind please.

Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:31 pm

I don't recall any of the Insecticons being obese. PASS.

News Credits: 1 · Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:39 pm

Got something agaoinst the big guy?

I can't wait for these all to land.

Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:44 pm

Cant wait for all 3 to arrive. Cmon BBTS !!!

The only thing I dont like about them is the painted bright yellow on the chest. It should have been clear translucent plastic. They probally thought they were making them cartoon accurate. But in reality, in the 80's there was no way to color translucent glass in cartoons. The original 3 seekers all had bright solid yellow cockpits in the cartoon. But they still made the cockpits on the figures translucent, right ??? This should have been the case here. Neverless, I still love em.

Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:44 pm

does the plastic seem off to anyone else or is it just me? I don't know why but it look weird and brittle. hopeful it's just my screen or me just be crazy.

News Credits: 187 · Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:16 pm

YYYEEESSSSS!!!!!!!!! I hope they ship out soon! These guys look awesome! I just switched my preorder to tfsource.com ealier this week!! Joy-gasm

Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:27 pm

Treetop Maximus wrote:I don't recall any of the Insecticons being obese. PASS.

Yea but their last feast was on autobot city and everyone knows it's "A little heavy on the electrons, electrons..."

Fri Jul 29, 2011 12:05 am

i love em........but i'm still gonna wait to see if there's a Deluxe Insect repaint (with Venom!)before i start throwin money around.

Stranger things have happened.

News Credits: 1452 · Fri Jul 29, 2011 12:10 am

Insexticons. Looking forward to this beauty.

News Credits: 2 · Fri Jul 29, 2011 12:50 am

stangatron wrote:does the plastic seem off to anyone else or is it just me? I don't know why but it look weird and brittle. hopeful it's just my screen or me just be crazy.

The photos make the figure look like it has a semi-gloss finish, which FP figures don't seem to normally have(they're usually flat). I think it's just the finish that makes it look off. I have no worries about the durability of the plastic because FP has shown consistently with their previous products that their plastic formulation is durable.

Treetop Maximus wrote:I don't recall any of the Insecticons being obese. PASS.

I love the chunkiness of the design. Also, the ninja concept that's part of the fiction of these figures combined with the chunky design tickles my fancy.

News Credits: 187 · Fri Jul 29, 2011 12:54 am

[quote="Convotron"I love the chunkiness of the design. Also, the ninja concept that's part of the fiction of these figures combined with the chunky design tickles my fancy.[/quote]

Agreed. Block bots plus hand weapons equals just right for me!

News Credits: 8 · Fri Jul 29, 2011 2:17 am

stangatron wrote:does the plastic seem off to anyone else or is it just me? I don't know why but it look weird and brittle. hopeful it's just my screen or me just be crazy.

Crazy..defintley..It's fansproject man..

Now the question is..Are all 3 releasing in August? because that would be nice to know :roll:

News Credits: 1452 · Fri Jul 29, 2011 2:44 am

LiKwid wrote:
stangatron wrote:does the plastic seem off to anyone else or is it just me? I don't know why but it look weird and brittle. hopeful it's just my screen or me just be crazy.

Crazy..defintley..It's fansproject man..

Now the question is..Are all 3 releasing in August? because that would be nice to know

Originally they were to be released in consecutive months. It's been a month delay.. So the others will be late August, and late September.

Fri Jul 29, 2011 5:29 am

NOW... me Grimlock is very horny on this Insecticon pal! =P~

Me Grimlock commanded Swoop to do his flying stuff to bring us two of these delicious items from TFscource! :DANCE:

Hope Swoop is back with that very soon.
Me Grimlock will give Thundershred my orders then.
He and his friends will be under Dinobots command, but when he is not agree with Grimlock, I will kick him like a starlite out of this planet! 8-}

Fri Jul 29, 2011 7:31 am

Isn't anyone else a little disappointed that Fansproject didn't think about chroming these guys weapons?! I still believe that little detail would have put these guys over the edge of awesomeness. They obviously can do it considering the did it with they're Protector armor.

Well anyways I just ordered this one to get a feel for the rest. Depending on this piece I might or might not get the rest of the trio.

Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:29 am

i was fully expecting the weapons to be chromed when i saw primed protos. however i dont really mind they arent, hows a ninja gonna sneak with his blades glinting in the shadows?

*also, C'MOOOOON BBTS! I wanna ship my POL!

Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:41 am

If he's not able to sneak around with glinting weapons then he's disgraced his Ninja parents. Ninjas are like Unicorns always there but never seen. Haha.....

Seriously it would have been a nice homage and really eye capturing. Now we just need a second third party to make an up-upgrade on the classic characters.

Would that 2nd third party be called a 4th party? (food for thought)