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c/o tekering of TFW2005

daimchoc wrote:c/o tekering of TFW2005

Interesting you can flip the legs around to youre preference. I hope FP Menasor has that feature because I want a more G1 look.

On the chest mod: As g1 as it looks, isnt it a little early for this ? Were still missing 2 limbs, and someone is worried about the chest ? By the time Skydive and Slingshot are released, Crazy Devy will have made a G1 chest shield. Better than having to drill holes and having Superion with Silverbolt's chest.

It does look a damn sight better than the Phantom Ray chest shield, but as X said, kinda sucks having 'Bolt's chest on Superion.

On another note, maybe someone's already said this (can't be arsed to look through all the comments) but is anyone going to tell TFC they've incorrectly named the Harrier model, or is it an intentional mistake?

Rated X wrote:Better than having to drill holes and having Superion with Silverbolt's chest.

Of all the people on this board X, you are the one I though would dig this mod the most.

It is about as geewunny as it gets.
(though I admit, I'm expecting a Rage Kit equivalent for this guy with a G1 chest shield)

Sodan-1 wrote:On another note, maybe someone's already said this (can't be arsed to look through all the comments) but is anyone going to tell TFC they've incorrectly named the Harrier model, or is it an intentional mistake?

Yeah, we had a couple of back and forth posts. It turns out that there are features on TFC's Harrier II that can be found on several Harrier variants. It's been a while, but if I remember correctly, the style of refuel nozzle is from a British variant, but in that variant, the wing landing gear are mid-wing. TFC's Harrier II has the gear almost at the end of the wing. I think there were a couple of other points too, but I'd have to either go back in the thread or do the picture analysis I did back then again.

Right now, the only thing I really don't like is the floppy chest shield. It's a noble effort to make it be functional outside of combined mode, but there's no way to peg it together properly. I would've preferred a solid piece and, I dunno, make it a shield in robot mode or something.

Agamemnon wrote:

Sodan-1 wrote:On another note, maybe someone's already said this (can't be arsed to look through all the comments) but is anyone going to tell TFC they've incorrectly named the Harrier model, or is it an intentional mistake?

Yeah, we had a couple of back and forth posts. It turns out that there are features on TFC's Harrier II that can be found on several Harrier variants. It's been a while, but if I remember correctly, the style of refuel nozzle is from a British variant, but in that variant, the wing landing gear are mid-wing. TFC's Harrier II has the gear almost at the end of the wing. I think there were a couple of other points too, but I'd have to either go back in the thread or do the picture analysis I did back then again.

Truth be told I remembered that about five minutes after posting that comment. I see what you mean about it being a hybrid, but it was more the AV-88, as opposed to AV-8B I was wondering about.

EDIT: Scratch that. Having just taken a close look at some of TFC's product images, I've realised it's not TFC who made the error, but BBTS and TFSource. My bad.

Just got my SR-71 Blackbird and I'm pretty happy with it. The chest protector is pretty crappy but the rest of the figure is awesome. I wish Hasbro would understand that sometimes you need one larger figure to make the combiner truly look right
(FOC Bruticus).

Now if TFC could get some color photos of the 2 unreleased figures I'd be even happier.

funeralthirst7 wrote:Just got my SR-71 Blackbird and I'm pretty happy with it. The chest protector is pretty crappy but the rest of the figure is awesome. I wish Hasbro would understand that sometimes you need one larger figure to make the combiner truly look right
(FOC Bruticus).

Now if TFC could get some color photos of the 2 unreleased figures I'd be even happier.

Yeah, it is getting to be a long wait for the other two in color. Can somebody do some renders ?

It's page 69 so we need some new Uranus jokes before this thread dies of boredom...

I've got the first 3 members of the team so far and I gotta say I'm at least marginally disappointed in the quality, particularly with not-Silverbolt. He still holds together fine but one of his hinges pretty much crumbled on one side and a pin popped out of somewhere while converting him to torso mode (still not sure where the damn thing popped out from but nothing's fallen off yet, thank God).

I had similar issues with Herc. Some of the plastics used are just a touch too squishy/crumbly for my tastes and some of the hinges are too tight to be composed of such fragile plastics.

I'm still all in, I just hope he holds up as time goes on (not that I'll be transforming him from combined mode much, if at all once I complete the set).

xyl360 wrote:He still holds together fine but one of his hinges pretty much crumbled on one side and a pin popped out of somewhere while converting him to torso mode (still not sure where the damn thing popped out from but nothing's fallen off yet, thank God).

really? lucky mine in perfect condition. If anything, it's better than Hercules. The joint holds together and the gears for the legs doesn't suffer the same problem as Heavy Labor

btw, here's my review

http://blackplasticlife.blogspot.com/2013/04/tfc-sr-71-blackbird-x-47-phantom-ray.html

Heck!
Is this project still not completed yet? Hasnt this been around a year now and he still does have a (second) leg to stand on!
Way to drag out a long, boring and expensive project TFC Toys!
Hamburgers!

robotmel wrote:>:oP
Heck!
Is this project still not completed yet? Hasnt this been around a year now and he still does have a (second) leg to stand on!
Way to drag out a long, boring and expensive project TFC Toys!
Hamburgers!

It worked out for me iv'e only just got my self silverbolt so by the time the next two arrive i should be able to get them straight away.

robotmel wrote:>:oP
Heck!
Is this project still not completed yet? Hasnt this been around a year now and he still does have a (second) leg to stand on!
Way to drag out a long, boring and expensive project TFC Toys!
Hamburgers!

Im good with it. I dont want to get bombarded with credit card charges all at once. Alot of Hasbro and Toyworld stuff came in at BBTS last month back to back. My credit card needs a rest.

c/o TFS

Unfortunate news that TFC's final 2 Uranos figures are now delayed to May/June. Preorder yours at TFsource here:
http://tfsource.com/tfc-toys/project-ur ... 8-harrier/
http://tfsource.com/tfc-toys/project-ur ... 16-falcon/

We're still excited to see the final full color version of Uranos, but disappointed that we'll have to wait! — TFC Toys - Falcon & Harrier Delayed (5 photos)

Rated X wrote:Im good with it. I dont want to get bombarded with credit card charges all at once. Alot of Hasbro and Toyworld stuff came in at BBTS last month back to back. My credit card needs a rest.

kinda agree with that, am fetching my Toyworld aurora today. btw, speaking of schedule....there's a LOT of other company that have worst

daimchoc wrote:c/o TFS

Unfortunate news that TFC's final 2 Uranos figures are now delayed to May/June. Preorder yours at TFsource here:
http://tfsource.com/tfc-toys/project-ur ... 8-harrier/
http://tfsource.com/tfc-toys/project-ur ... 16-falcon/

We're still excited to see the final full color version of Uranos, but disappointed that we'll have to wait! — TFC Toys - Falcon & Harrier Delayed (5 photos)

Well that sucks, Wife was going to get me Falcon for our Ann. guess ill have to find something else to get.

daimchoc wrote:c/o TFS

Unfortunate news that TFC's final 2 Uranos figures are now delayed to May/June. Preorder yours at TFsource here:
http://tfsource.com/tfc-toys/project-ur ... 8-harrier/
http://tfsource.com/tfc-toys/project-ur ... 16-falcon/

We're still excited to see the final full color version of Uranos, but disappointed that we'll have to wait! — TFC Toys - Falcon & Harrier Delayed (5 photos)

I don't see this as a problem.

My wallet's been smouldering of late, I'm happy for the break.

I just got blackbird today so i pulled the other two out there boxes to display and there was a little bag with red bits of plastic inside one of them that i never noticed the first time round what are they for?

EDIT , these bits.

Autobot Genocide wrote:I just got blackbird today so i pulled the other two out there boxes to display and there was a little bag with red bits of plastic inside one of them that i never noticed the first time round what are they for?

EDIT , these bits.

They are plugs to fill in the screw holes on the fuselage. Make sure they go in the right way and you will have no problems.

How do all three limbs combined do so far?

Stormrider wrote:How do all three limbs combined do so far?

a lot more solid than Hercules, i can say

Stormrider wrote:How do all three limbs combined do so far?

Excellent!
Only complaint from me is the chest-plate, and wrist articulation.
(wrist artic is hindered a bit by the jet exhaust in combined mode)

Other than that, he's great.

It looks a lot like 2/3 of this:
(note this particular pic shows a simple chest-plate mod/improvement)

Thanks for the input. So the impression I am getting is that Uranos is a solid figure and the limbs hold in place well?

Stormrider wrote:Thanks for the input. So the impression I am getting is that Uranos is a solid figure and the limbs hold in place well?

Yea, digging him so far.

Just waiting for the other shoe to drop (literally) and Falcon to ship, so he can stand on his own