The Energon Pub

Wed Dec 22, 2010 7:42 pm

How would you rate it compared to the City Commander Set? If I love my City Commander, how bad do I want Protector?

News Credits: 2 · Wed Dec 22, 2010 7:49 pm

I wont have mine until after Christmas!

News Credits: 5749 · Wed Dec 22, 2010 7:52 pm

Got mine it today, but I haven't had a chance to open. I'll report back later this evening.

News Credits: 4 · Wed Dec 22, 2010 8:50 pm

Cologne? That's in Germany! We won the war goodness darnit!

News Credits: 1 · Wed Dec 22, 2010 8:52 pm

Got mine yesterday by far the best add on from FP. :KREMZEEK:

Compared to the city commander i would give it a 10 out of 10 a must have your cc will thank you.

News Credits: 4 · Wed Dec 22, 2010 9:00 pm

KNOOM842, do you mean that it's better than the City Commander? Or really good when displayed next to it? Or both?

Wed Dec 22, 2010 9:02 pm

I have the Shadow Commander armor instead of the City Commander Armor...so my opinion is based on that. Basically, I think the Protector Armor is better. It's a lot less bulky (I think the SC Armor was almost TOO bulky). It also fits the character more than their CC Armor fits with Ultra Magnus' character. I think it's definitely worth the money, but I wouldn't call it the best add on set FP has produced. That honor goes to the Crossifre 02 set. It's going to be REALLY hard to top that.

Still, I don't regret buying the Protector armor at all and would do it again in a heart beat. I have a collection of about 1200 figures (domestic releases, 3rd party figures/add ons, foreign TF's, as well as many "exclusive figures). I can say that, while FP Bruticus is the centerpiece of my collection, Protector is a really close third (second goes to MP Black Convoy).

Wed Dec 22, 2010 10:30 pm

Agreed. That is most definitely the best add on set i own to date. It should make Bruticus the transformer figure of the year in my opinion.

I don't own the Protector set mainly because it just doesn't look like Rodimus Prime to me.
CC looks like the Ultra Magnus that we all know and love ,albeit a lttle bulky, and Crossfire 2 makes Bruticus G1 accurate.

FP really went above and beyond with Crossfire 2. To make a complete piece of toy garbage like Bruticus Maximus and turn it into ,IMO, what qualifies as a masterpiece Bruticus is quite a feat.

Thu Dec 23, 2010 9:06 pm

clicked ship friday came this monday :-D

but i promised the misses id wait till christmas.

Thu Dec 23, 2010 9:17 pm

I got mine on Wednesday. It's pretty cool, not Explorer and Munitioner cool, but cool nonetheless.

Thu Dec 23, 2010 9:19 pm

009* wrote:I got mine on Wednesday. It's pretty cool, not Explorer and Munitioner cool, but cool nonetheless.

now im getting jealous lol! waiting for their restock.

News Credits: 5 · Thu Dec 23, 2010 10:54 pm

I intercepted the UPS guy on the way to work this afternoon so the Protector came to work with me. Now I'm glad I decided to throw the Battle in Space set in with my order at the last minute! Had some off color Rodimus goodness when I finally went on break!

Thu Dec 23, 2010 11:09 pm

The armor, yes. The figure to mount it on, no. Still waiting to see if I got it for Xmas, or it I will have to buy it myself.

But even without Rodimus, I can tell that the armor is awesome. As is the turret, which makes up most of the trailer. Plus the Roller is a nice touch.

Thu Dec 23, 2010 11:36 pm

Check this out- I had to leave for a minute to do something for my landlord and when I came back, I had the UPS note on my door. Now I gotta wait til tomorrow, and I got stuff to do most of the day. I don't wanna leave the house....

News Credits: 668 · Fri Dec 24, 2010 2:17 am

Got mine yesterday. Posting a review in the review thread.

Fri Dec 24, 2010 7:49 pm

Mine was waiting on my doorstep when I got back from my mom's house. Weird how they didn't do that yesterday, but nevertheless, I got it and love it.......

News Credits: 10 · Sat Dec 25, 2010 8:32 am

Protector is incredible! FP has made 3rd party Transformer add-ons an art. My recommendation is to buy it as soon as possible along with the Targetmaster. I don't see how anyone can be truly disappointed (although I'm sure there will be some nitpickers since FP is on such a high pedestal).