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News Credits: 4 · Tue Sep 16, 2014 12:37 am

Over at BBTS, This toy measures in at a 15cm, Which translates to a 5.9 Deluxe scale robot mode. Think the asking price of $114 is very high for a deluxe scale 3rd party toy. Considering the average 3rd party deluxe scale toy these days sells for $50 to $70.

Looking at the pics from the BBTS site. The sculpt looks low, undersculpted, weird and ugly.

Think the White test shot pics look like the toy plastic is made out of that thin fragile shampoo bottle plastic. Hopefully the final plastic used on this finished released toy uses a much higher grade of plastic.

Tue Sep 16, 2014 10:58 am

Tsutsukakushi wrote:Over at BBTS, This toy measures in at a 15cm, Which translates to a 5.9 Deluxe scale robot mode. Think the asking price of $114 is very high for a deluxe scale 3rd party toy. Considering the average 3rd party deluxe scale toy these days sells for $50 to $70.

Looking at the pics from the BBTS site. The sculpt looks low, undersculpted, weird and ugly.

Think the White test shot pics look like the toy plastic is made out of that thin fragile shampoo bottle plastic. Hopefully the final plastic used on this finished released toy uses a much higher grade of plastic.

Honest, very few figures look good in white prototype plastic. Other than MMC, I cant think of any other white prototypes that have really wowed anybody to build a solid number of pre orders. Color photos really help reel in the buyers. I hope this guy doesnt suffer the same fate as nova lord. I really want one.

Tue Sep 16, 2014 12:19 pm

Tsutsukakushi wrote:Over at BBTS, This toy measures in at a 15cm, Which translates to a 5.9 Deluxe scale robot mode. Think the asking price of $114 is very high for a deluxe scale 3rd party toy. Considering the average 3rd party deluxe scale toy these days sells for $50 to $70.

Looking at the pics from the BBTS site. The sculpt looks low, undersculpted, weird and ugly.

Think the White test shot pics look like the toy plastic is made out of that thin fragile shampoo bottle plastic. Hopefully the final plastic used on this finished released toy uses a much higher grade of plastic.

If Delicate Warrior is any indication, then Titanium Saint is not produced in the conventional way that selling it for $50 or so would return a profit. Either that, or AFT is very ambitious.

Wed Oct 15, 2014 4:43 pm

Where is this ? No new updates on it's release yet ?

Scaleface ?

Venksta ?

Somebody's gotta know if this project is still on the table...

News Credits: 4 · Thu Oct 16, 2014 2:07 am

Speculating this 3rd party company closed down, due to low interest in their first toy.

Seen so many 3rd party companies tease their first toy through either CAD or test shots, Then nothing ever gets released. Then the company disappears.

Thu Oct 16, 2014 8:42 am

Tsutsukakushi wrote:Speculating this 3rd party company closed down, due to low interest in their first toy.

Seen so many 3rd party companies tease their first toy through either CAD or test shots, Then nothing ever gets released. Then the company disappears.

You do realize this is the same designer that created delicate warrior and a highly detailed nightbird figure ? Formerly known as MGT, maybe his new sponser isnt putting up the cash to get the ball rolling...

Sun Oct 26, 2014 9:19 pm

REJOICE!!!!!!!!!!

C/o chanmoda via weibo and daimchoc. :KREMZEEK:

News Credits: 10 · Sun Oct 26, 2014 9:41 pm

Heeeeyyyy. I had hope based on BBTS keeping the preorder...

Looks very decent. I'd love to see a painted alt mode pic...

Sun Oct 26, 2014 10:59 pm

Looking good ! But I would like to see a little less white. Maybe this is something that will change in the final versions. Or maybe reprolabels can spoce him up.

Mon Oct 27, 2014 2:44 am

This is chanmoda's weibo page, where you will have access to alt mode and different angles:

http://www.weibo.com/chanmoda

Until a nicer HasTak A3 is released, or another 3PC does a better job, I am all over this guy. :grin:

News Credits: 33 · Mon Oct 27, 2014 3:44 am

Meh ..Not for me this one , looks so basic and the colors don't look nice together .

News Credits: 122 · Mon Oct 27, 2014 6:32 am

Autobot Genocide wrote:Meh ..Not for me this one , looks so basic and the colors don't look nice together .

Yea, I think a more muted color palate would have suited this figure better. Also not the biggest fan of the overall design.

News Credits: 60 · Mon Oct 27, 2014 7:03 am

Reminds me of Rankin Bass Santa Claus

News Credits: 461 · Mon Oct 27, 2014 8:13 am

Hope the final product looks better for the people that want it... Right now I don't see how they are charging $115 for this. looks pretty basic.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Oct 27, 2014 9:08 am

Wow! Last 3 reveals I looked at are disappointing.

Yawn! Skipping this one too.

News Credits: 10 · Mon Oct 27, 2014 9:15 am

I'm liking this. I don't have any A3 representations yet, and I am a sucker for a good space cruiser alt mode. I'm still in!

News Credits: 4 · Mon Oct 27, 2014 12:36 pm

roBROmanceFTW wrote:
Tsutsukakushi wrote:Over at BBTS, This toy measures in at a 15cm, Which translates to a 5.9 Deluxe scale robot mode. Think the asking price of $114 is very high for a deluxe scale 3rd party toy. Considering the average 3rd party deluxe scale toy these days sells for $50 to $70.

Looking at the pics from the BBTS site. The sculpt looks low, undersculpted, weird and ugly.

Think the White test shot pics look like the toy plastic is made out of that thin fragile shampoo bottle plastic. Hopefully the final plastic used on this finished released toy uses a much higher grade of plastic.

If Delicate Warrior is any indication, then Titanium Saint is not produced in the conventional way that selling it for $50 or so would return a profit. Either that, or AFT is very ambitious.

Bro, I'm happy you are getting your desired AFT-07 toy and this turned out great for you. You seem like a nice guy and all.

Just wondering why AFT is listing this toy as #7. Isn't this their First toy released by this company? Is AFT counting other toys they released from another company? Don't think AFT is releasing # 1- 6.

News Credits: 12 · Wed Oct 29, 2014 3:49 pm

That looks horrendously silly...

Still, I hear he's by the guy who did Delicate Warrior (who is ironically quite sturdy from what I heard) so I'm interested to see how this goes.

News Credits: 293 · Sun Nov 09, 2014 3:01 pm

News Credits: 293 · Sun Nov 09, 2014 3:03 pm

i wasnt interested until i saw these new pics, but probably wont bite since i have the botcon A3.

News Credits: 4 · Sun Nov 09, 2014 6:33 pm

shajaki wrote:i wasnt interested until i saw these new pics, but probably wont bite since i have the botcon A3.

Agreed, Best pics yet.

Would like to see better comparisons pics next to taller deluxes like 2.0 Cyclonus. Next to shorter Voyagers like 30th Springer. Next to a smaller 1.0 Voyager Optimus.

Think it was epic bad to do comparisons pics next to some TF toys labeled as MP figures. Since this AFT-07 toy is clearly in CHUG scale.

News Credits: 60 · Sun Nov 09, 2014 11:57 pm

Reminds me of Kranix's transform mode in the comic. I like it! Someone mentioned the designer is also responsible for Delicate Warrior? I wonder what happened to Elita and the rest?

News Credits: 4 · Mon Nov 10, 2014 5:01 am

Think this toy is more miss than hit. Small scale, low sculpting and weird looking toy in both modes are big negatives. Toy looks like it was made on a low budget. It looks too fragile and cheaply made for my taste.

No thanks, The $114 asking price for this deluxe AFT-07 CHUG toy is way too high. Think a more reasonable price for AFT-07 should of been no more than $65.

Instead of paying $114 for a deluxe scale 3rd party TF toy, Rather spend $114 for a leader scale 3rd party TW Astrotrain or TW Fort Max TF toy that has more articulation. Stronger materials used, more higher sculpt and actually looks good in all modes.

News Credits: 14 · Mon Nov 10, 2014 9:12 am

This take on Alpha Trion looks awesome, really liking the detailing and choice of colours, although getting this guy over to the UK would probably set me back about 80 quid (hes about $110 delivered via Chimungmung) which is bit pricey for me right now, but this figure is a clear winner in likeness compared to the other Alpha Trion decoed Transformers that have been released.

Loving his Dame Edna glasses and Easter egg chest!

I wonder if they are still planning on releasing him in the G1-esque art styled packaging that was shown last year? :-?

News Credits: 1 · Mon Nov 10, 2014 9:34 am

The new pics make this more tempting, but I have to agree with the T-man on this one.

I'm really digging the transform, but the price is way too high for a deluxe scale figure.

I'd simply prefer Alpha Trion to be a larger character, as he should stand eye to eye with Optimus IMO.

Had he been a voyager at that price point, I'd have jumped.