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News Credits: 119 · by **daimchoc** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 6:31 pm

[code][/code]From TFCon 2013

by **CADimusPrimus** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 8:40 pm

I like it. Hope to see some more info as this develops.

by **necr0blivion** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 11:19 pm

Interesting, but I hope FP puts their resources into getting more of their Function X (Headmaster) line out. If this guy gets dropped somewhere in the middle, I'll be okay with that.

Cool that engineering is to a point where every mode doesn't look like a blocky mess.

News Credits: 2 · by **xyl360** » Sun Jul 28, 2013 2:26 am

I'm not sure about this one. Some bits just don't look right to me. I hope MMC does this character at some point.

News Credits: 10 · by **Arctorro** » Sun Jul 28, 2013 4:55 am

Overall he looks okay, but I'm worried he might be kinda on the small side (at least when compared to Hexatron).

daimchoc wrote:

That head looks butt f***en ugly! What were they thinking!

News Credits: 33 · by **Genocide G2.0** » Sun Jul 28, 2013 6:08 am

Robot and beast mode look sweet i don't care for the other modes.

News Credits: 1 · by **Sodan-1** » Sun Jul 28, 2013 1:52 pm

It's an interesting looking figure, but I have no knowledge of the character(s) it's homaging so it's going to have to seriously impress me. The head of the beast is awful though.

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 9:50 am

Sodan-1 wrote:It's an interesting looking figure, but I have no knowledge of the character(s) it's homaging so it's going to have to seriously impress me. The head of the beast is awful though.

It's from the middle Japanese trilogy, Masterforce. I think this looks cool, and I will definitely be getting him unless MMC or someone does him better. He won't scale well with Hexatron, but I don't recall the two of them being in the cartoon together.

News Credits: 119 · by **daimchoc** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 10:56 am

Hexatron is more on the MP side... From what I can tell from the pics, this will be Voyager-ish.

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 12:27 pm

daimchoc wrote:Hexatron is more on the MP side... From what I can tell from the pics, this will be Voyager-ish.

If memory serves, G1 Quickswitch's toy is also much smaller than G1 Sixshot's.

I like this and I'm looking forward to see where it goes

News Credits: 5 · by **alexison** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 6:12 pm

Mkall wrote:
daimchoc wrote:Hexatron is more on the MP side... From what I can tell from the pics, this will be Voyager-ish.

If memory serves, G1 Quickswitch's toy is also much smaller than G1 Sixshot's.

I like this and I'm looking forward to see where it goes

Works for me bc according to the Quickswitch commercial, he is supposed to be Sixshot's son. I'm curious to see it in color. The drill tank is the only mode that isn't doing anything for me.

News Credits: 409 · by **Stormrider** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 8:46 pm

Hmm. I like a couple modes but having a tough time loving them all. Gun mode, boat mode, and drill mode need to step their gear up.

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 9:39 pm

Stormrider wrote:Hmm. I like a couple modes but having a tough time loving them all. Gun mode, boat mode, and drill mode need to step their gear up.

Well, if you've ever seen the cartoon, you might change your mind.

In my opinion, these modes pretty well match the non-awesome modes from the cartoon. :lol:

News Credits: 409 · by **Stormrider** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 11:02 pm

Agamemnon wrote:
Stormrider wrote:Hmm. I like a couple modes but having a tough time loving them all. Gun mode, boat mode, and drill mode need to step their gear up.

Well, if you've ever seen the cartoon, you might change your mind.

In my opinion, these modes pretty well match the non-awesome modes from the cartoon.

Oh god, were the cartoon modes that bad? I need to rewatch them. I honestly don't remember.

by **FortMacs** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 12:54 am

terrible character gets a terrible homage....

they could probably have done better, ill just stick with my g1 quickswitch.

News Credits: 2 · by **xyl360** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 3:37 am

Stormrider wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:
Stormrider wrote:Hmm. I like a couple modes but having a tough time loving them all. Gun mode, boat mode, and drill mode need to step their gear up.

Well, if you've ever seen the cartoon, you might change your mind.

In my opinion, these modes pretty well match the non-awesome modes from the cartoon.

Oh god, were the cartoon modes that bad? I need to rewatch them. I honestly don't remember.

I assume you guys are referring to one of the Japanese series, right? I don't recall ever seeing him in the US G1.

by **synapse** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 6:32 am

I thought Quickswitch did have an appearance in the old Marvel run? Even if it was a single page one...

Anyway, Sixknight would be a different character, a lone warrior with no allegiance from the Masterforce series, until he fights Ginrai and then sides with the Autobots (still he doesn't ever wear an autobot symbol).

Same mold, different country, and thus different character and colours.

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 8:58 am

xyl360 wrote:
Stormrider wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:
Stormrider wrote:Hmm. I like a couple modes but having a tough time loving them all. Gun mode, boat mode, and drill mode need to step their gear up.

Well, if you've ever seen the cartoon, you might change your mind.

In my opinion, these modes pretty well match the non-awesome modes from the cartoon.

Oh god, were the cartoon modes that bad? I need to rewatch them. I honestly don't remember.

I assume you guys are referring to one of the Japanese series, right? I don't recall ever seeing him in the US G1.

Correct. As synapse just mentioned, he's from Masterforce, the middle series of the Japanese Trilogy.

I'm having trouble connecting to YouTube right now. If I get a chance later I'll see if there is a vid of this guy. (Unless someone beats me to it...)

by **guarayakha** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 9:05 am

He doesn't look that bad in animated form. It's the G1 toy that's a tad bit funky lookin'.

DAT CROTCH.

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 9:59 am

Thanks, guarayakha! There, the modes don't look too bad. There were other scenes, especially in boat mode and plane mode that just looked awful. When he was flying there was this weird cockpit thing hanging down. Indeed, you are correct that the toy looks even worse.

Still, I think FP does a nice job of making lemons into lemonade. The modes homage Sixknight well but still look decent in many respects. I never liked Transformers drill tanks anyway, though Twintwist might be the exception.

[Edit] Oh, and I never liked the huge wings off the back of the head.

News Credits: 5 · by **alexison** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 3:00 pm

I actually liked the character, Sixknight. But, then again, I like the idea of a ronin transformer anyway.

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 6:07 pm

amcgrath929 wrote:I actually liked the character, Sixknight. But, then again, I like the idea of a ronin transformer anyway.

Oh, I'm definitely with you there. I never had a problem with the character. It was just that the modes should have been cooler, I thought. Sixshot was always very cool looking, in my opinion. I felt that Sixnight/Quickswitch was starting to show what I perceived as transforming laziness in the Pretenders, Action Masters, and some of the main line transformers like Predaking. (Though, again, I loved the Predacons as characters.)