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Looks like another 3rd party is breaking away from the shadows. So far the 3rd party name is unknown, but these prototype images have recently surfaced on Meteor Operation's Facebook.





Meteor Operation Facebook link - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Meteor-Operation/165524826908264

Looks interesting, but I can't help but remain skeptical of new parties pertaining to quality issues. Still, quite an ambitious project for a new 3rd... perhaps too ambitious? You decide...

This must be the one we got the blacked out teaser images of a while back. Might be the crap angles and no paint, but it doesn't look that great. Seems kinda thin and lanky, not the bulky brute Predaking should be.

Will wait for better images (and maybe reviews) before a final decision.

Well, now, a second Predaking (the first onbe is by Mastermind Creations and is called Ferocious).

It's Herc VS Giant redux.

Still, quite an ambitious project for a new 3rd... perhaps too ambitious? You decide...

I'm not sure why people say that about a new 3rd party... just because the "company" is new doesn't mean the designers are. the people behind the scene prob just create new companies to release new products. they're prob all the same circle of designers manufacturers ect. I assume they do this for legal reasons. I bet the KO companies are prob done by some of the same guys too.

but again just my assumption.

I'm going to keep an eye on this one. I love the characters of Predacons, but was unimpressed with the look of the G1 transformations; they felt too simple for me. However, I never had one and didn't realize the size of Predaking.

Plus, I'm looking to complete my neo-G1 gestalts, and this guy would fit the bill, provided the price isn't insane, like $200 a figure. I'll keep watch on this and Mastermind Creations. Hopefully the competition leads to high quality.

mooncake623 wrote:

Still, quite an ambitious project for a new 3rd... perhaps too ambitious? You decide...

I'm not sure why people say that about a new 3rd party... just because the "company" is new doesn't mean the designers are. the people behind the scene prob just create new companies to release new products. they're prob all the same circle of designers manufacturers ect. I assume they do this for legal reasons. I bet the KO companies are prob done by some of the same guys too.

but again just my assumption.

Generally it's better to learn to crawl before you try to jog with the big boys, wouldn't you agree?

With so many 3rd competitors and the constant concern of quality issues, and the fact that we, as a fandom of collectors, are pretty damn difficult to please, I just assume it would be pretty hard to win us over with something as ambitious as a highly loved gestalt like Predaking coming from a 3rd with little to no repport, that's all.

NOS wrote:

mooncake623 wrote:

Still, quite an ambitious project for a new 3rd... perhaps too ambitious? You decide...

I'm not sure why people say that about a new 3rd party... just because the "company" is new doesn't mean the designers are. the people behind the scene prob just create new companies to release new products. they're prob all the same circle of designers manufacturers ect. I assume they do this for legal reasons. I bet the KO companies are prob done by some of the same guys too.

but again just my assumption.

Generally it's better to learn to crawl before you try to jog with the big boys, wouldn't you agree?


With so many 3rd competitors and the constant concern of quality issues, and the fact that we, as a fandom of collectors, are pretty damn difficult to please, I just assume it would be pretty hard to win us over with something as ambitious as a highly loved gestalt like Predaking coming from a 3rd with little to no repport, that's all.

I agree, I just think they're all the same circle of people doing all of this and using different names.

According to RK:

We will have its listing ready soon, you may be surprise how early their first figure release!