dr_n00b wrote:you know what, this is really different than fansproject's works. they clearly do not mention Hasbro projects, work only on their own toys without copying older models, and their toys are there to compliment HasTek's toys. this, i'm afraid, is a clear cut rip off, even though it appears to be an extreme high quality one.
one must consider WHY these 3rd party products are so popular nowadays. I think, that Hasbro has brought it on themselves - half baked products, needless repaints, poor QC, ridiculous concepts (combiner robots that don't combine at deluxe\voyager size yet work perfectly at the legends scale - as opposed to over sized and priced, underwhelming non transforming Zord like combiners - still pissed at that), have all made fans very unhappy - and willing to pay appropriately for high quality products of their favorite characters.
add this to an expanding global market with easier access of smaller companies to factories in china, and global communication (video calls etc) that make it possible for developers to be scattered all over the place and still produce incredible concepts - and you have a booming 3rd party market.
While I do agree Hasbro has dropped the ball on some figures recently, I wouldn't call this mini MP Prime "high quality". Look at the wheels on his legs. They don't exactly line up like they do on the real one. Unless they've remolded that too. Even so, I can see gaps where plastic is joined together. Not indicative of "high quality". I have a feeling this guy would shatter if you were to accidentally drop him. I'll wait till Peaugh or someone gets him before I think of getting him.
