TFC Toy's Project Hercules Combined Weapons Image

Hey,

TFC...

No one cares until you show us final pics of all six figures and have some guaranteed orders up for them. Get a clue.

I'm Really digging the combination rifle gimmick.

It's a nice gun, don't get me wrong. But the gauntlet was thrown an this is all they brought to the table?

Ironically, this is like bringing a knife to a gun fight.

I'm not going to say I don't care, because it is a cool bullet point. It's just a cool bullet point that should have come months ago.

But more importantly: TFClub, the drip feed of information is only an easy way to build excitement when you're the only game in town. When you have to directly share the spotlight it becomes a delicate game of keeping the playing field level between your pros and cons and theirs.

Have you noticed Maketoys hasn't even announced a time frame or ballpark price? They managed to get people that excited over the accuracy and pushed keeping it in scale as a plus. And what have you done to level off?

Your price was always a tough sell. But never showing a complete set (read: never confirming you're committed to finishing) is just shooting yourself in the foot.

Show us the dang completed bot.

Well, that is a pretty sweet combining gun. But yeah, not enough to make me want this set any more.

The weapon combining thing freaking rocks!

I think the release schedule looks a little disappointing. I was kind of hoping to be able to build Devastator up piece by piece like recreating the scenes from the comics of Devastator under construction. But if I got the release schedule correct it doesn't look possible until the 3rd or 4th figures are released.
Still waiting to pre-order though.

YAY! I think those that called this one deserve a cookie! While it's cool that they do combine, I can't say it looks particularly amazing. Maybe it'll look better in Hercules' hand.

As for TFClub not rising to MakeToy's challenge: I think it's all a load of crap. It seems like TFClub and MakeToy are just doing their own thing at their own pace and its the fans that are trying to turn it into a fight.

Apparently there's a big toy show in Guangzhou on 07/21 and TFC will be there. Cross your fingers for news on Mixmaster and Bonecrusher.

Counterpunch wrote:Hey,

TFC...

No one cares until you show us final pics of all six figures and have some guaranteed orders up for them. Get a clue.

I care.

NaM3L3sS wrote:Any business would have risen to Maketoy's bait by showing their full version by now, so I'm calling shenanigans on TFC on this one.

You're assuming that these 3rd party companies are competing against each other.

Sodan-1 wrote:As for TFClub not rising to MakeToy's challenge: I think it's all a load of crap. It seems like TFClub and MakeToy are just doing their own thing at their own pace and its the fans that are trying to turn it into a fight.

I agree with Sodan-1. I find it ridiculous that people are thinking that these companies have any interest in competing against each other. It wouldn't benefit any one 3rd party product company to dominate the market. Considering that it's a niche market and that it's undoubtedly being watched closely by Hasbro and TakaraTomy, I'm sure TFC and MakeToy are only concerned with doing the best work they can to bring fan-centric creations to the public while they are able to. Why would companies who are seemingly motivated by their own fandom of Transformers be pre-occupied with going head to head with other companies who have the same intent?

"Hercules" and "Build" are two different designs with different portions of consumers that they're going to appeal to. Hercules is a larger scaled combiner with a different aesthetic and presumably more expensive than Build. If both products were of the same scale and possessed the same aesthetic, then it could be reasonably claimed that they'd vie for the same sales.

We, as fans of Transformers, should be thankful that we are not only receiving the opportunity for one but two "idealized" versions of Devastator that we are not likely to see from Hasbro/TakaraTomy any time soon. Instead, we have the usual cynicism and non-productive posts that aim to tear down something. If people are going to bitch and moan about how bad Hasbro/TakaraTomy's various combiner lines have been, they shouldn't bitch and moan about independent companies doing their best to bring better combiner products to the market.

Whoever, here or elsewhere on other discussion boards, are saying that they doubt TFC will complete the Hercules set and are jumping ship to MakeToys' product instead...do you not see that lack of support will make your speculation reality? The Hercules project is ambitious. It proposes to produce several large Deluxe/small Voyager class sized figures that combine. I'm sure that TFC is depending on some of the revenue from sales of the first few figures to help finalize production on the rest of the figures.

I'm supporting both companies by purchasing their products. I, for one, am grateful for the chance to possess two variations of the Devastator design that Hasbro/TakaraTomy would never consider producing. Even if one or both combiner projects don't get completed, I can say I did my part in supporting products meant for fans.