Nathaniel Prime wrote:Remember Perfect Grade Gundams? Remember Macross?
Do you remember love?
Nathaniel Prime wrote:Remember Perfect Grade Gundams? Remember Macross?
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:I'm pretty sure Black Hat is one of the people who does that, being practically worshipful of 3P stuff no matter how hideous or pricey, while calling HasTak's retail TFs worthless and not worth their price. I think Black Hat even went as far as to say HasTak should give up making Transformers entirely and leave it to the 3P companies - I know somebody here said that.
william-james88 wrote:Nathaniel Prime wrote:Remember Perfect Grade Gundams? Remember Macross?
Do you remember love?
sol magnus wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:I'm pretty sure Black Hat is one of the people who does that, being practically worshipful of 3P stuff no matter how hideous or pricey, while calling HasTak's retail TFs worthless and not worth their price. I think Black Hat even went as far as to say HasTak should give up making Transformers entirely and leave it to the 3P companies - I know somebody here said that.
That's...absurd.
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:unicron1200 wrote:
I think what people aren't taking into account is that this is probably the only MP Style Unicron we will ever get, even though it's under the "War For Cybertron" toyline.
The same was said of Generations Metroplex, Trypticon and TR Fort Max. They are also virtually MP, for a third of the price...unicron1200 wrote:While it doesn't need to be said, there's no way of making a Unicron figure in scale with the MP's,
It is completely impossible to make a scale accurate Unicron, other than as a cosplay outfit.
Wireless_Phantom wrote:AllNewSuperRobot wrote:unicron1200 wrote:
I think what people aren't taking into account is that this is probably the only MP Style Unicron we will ever get, even though it's under the "War For Cybertron" toyline.
The same was said of Generations Metroplex, Trypticon and TR Fort Max. They are also virtually MP, for a third of the price...unicron1200 wrote:While it doesn't need to be said, there's no way of making a Unicron figure in scale with the MP's,
It is completely impossible to make a scale accurate Unicron, other than as a cosplay outfit.
If you're trying to scale with World's Smallest figures and you're a really big person, then maybe
Black Hat wrote:sol magnus wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:I'm pretty sure Black Hat is one of the people who does that, being practically worshipful of 3P stuff no matter how hideous or pricey, while calling HasTak's retail TFs worthless and not worth their price. I think Black Hat even went as far as to say HasTak should give up making Transformers entirely and leave it to the 3P companies - I know somebody here said that.
That's...absurd.
In my defence, that was around the time of POTP (IMO one of the absolute worst Generations lines the TF franchise has had in a while). I will happily admit that was a bit...extreme of me, but not totally unwarranted given that we were literally dealing with stickers for detail amongst other crap.
As far as being "worshipful" (is that even a word?) of 3P stuff, there's plenty of 3P stuff I really don't care for (especially FansToys' MP-alikes with their horrendous overengineering, dodgy tolerances, complete disregard for operator enjoyment and rather bland, soulless approach to design). But at the same time there's a lot of stuff out there I really like and some that does the job a lot better than the official counterpart, especially in the MP market now that Takara decided that cartoon-literalism was more important than making an actually good looking figure for under £100.
There's plenty of really good figures from HasTak, past and modern, that I love too though. Heck, the SS line in particular has been a real treat, and from what I've seen of it Siege looks amazing.
In short, I like good toys whether they're £10 or £100.
griftimus prime wrote:i dont know if it will reach 8000 with so many pre existing unicrons out there. the barge was a one of a kind.
if this gets backed and anybody wants one get it now. the second hand market price will be brutal.
i really want this thing and i have the money to get it. i am nearing retirement when it comes to collecting transformers and this is something i have been wanting for a centerpiece in my collection. the only other one i need is a giant scorpinok to go with the other cites and im done.
2021 is a long wait though
Yeah, Unicron is "chump change" compared to some of the non-transforming statues out there.Stargrave wrote:I mean my god it’s gorgeous absolutely beautiful but it seems highly unrealistic for most fans.
Then again ...you know, many TF licensed and unlicensed models hit that range don’t they?
Someone’s gotta be buying them. Just not me. Yikes.
frogbat wrote:mooncake623 wrote:Backed.
EDIT: Reading comments it seems no one on this site wants to back this?
Hope it makes it into production....
If I could, I would. I see the size to complexity to potential worth the asking price. If it were 300, 400 or 450 - we'd still complain. Maybe hasbro are over estimating their market, but if Takara think people will pay the asking price for the new mp prime, this would be palatable to those...
Sculyblast wrote:Surely they would be better of selling only 3000 copies of this figure, than selling 0.
Gauntlet101010 wrote:Why does the prototype have the beard I want but the final doesn't? I think I'll have to get used to the face a bit.
Nathaniel Prime wrote:Wireless_Phantom wrote:AllNewSuperRobot wrote:unicron1200 wrote:
I think what people aren't taking into account is that this is probably the only MP Style Unicron we will ever get, even though it's under the "War For Cybertron" toyline.
The same was said of Generations Metroplex, Trypticon and TR Fort Max. They are also virtually MP, for a third of the price...unicron1200 wrote:While it doesn't need to be said, there's no way of making a Unicron figure in scale with the MP's,
It is completely impossible to make a scale accurate Unicron, other than as a cosplay outfit.
If you're trying to scale with World's Smallest figures and you're a really big person, then maybe
And that's only if you are using that cartoon "error" that turns Unicron from Planet size into Meteorite size.
Emerje wrote: Where have you seen the prototype with the beard? And we haven't seen the final version yet, this is still an early 3D printed prototype. With the release not until 2021 there's ample time for them to make adjustments to the sculpt. If enough people badger them at SDCC about the chin then maybe we can get that changed. Looking at the art they based this on in the video it appears the beardless chin was the plan from the start, the blue part being a sort of compromise between both the beard and the bare chin, but I don't think anyone really wants him without the iconic beard.
Emerje
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