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News Credits: 23 · Fri Feb 17, 2012 7:40 am

We finally get to see some proto pics of iGear's upcoming Presser, aka Impactor. Not a full shot, but more then enough to wet your appetite.

http://www.facebook.com/igear.toys

News Credits: 5749 · Fri Feb 17, 2012 8:39 am

iGear have finally come back around to their Presser (aka Impactor) project. They just posted a teaser prototype image to their facebook page. Check it out below.

News Credits: 12 · Fri Feb 17, 2012 8:48 am

Looks awesome!

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Impactor

Fri Feb 17, 2012 8:49 am

Now thats Mint!

Hopefully wont be more the £100 ($160) for THEM, think i may buy 2

One for wreckers one for zombie mods .... ... unless that will be an upgrade face

(edited and removed it, and replaced with THEM)

Fri Feb 17, 2012 8:58 am

crossblades wrote:Now thats Mint!

Hopefully wont be more the £100 ($160) for it, think i may buy 2

One for wreckers one for zombie mods .... ... unless that will be an upgrade face

$160?

Dude, as good as it looks this is basically a Generations Warpath retool! I really can't see them asking more than $80 for it (and maybe it would still be too much...)

Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:04 am

Sorry thats my punctuation, i meant £100 ($160) for two.

Though thought it would be a wee bit biggger, so yes hopefully abour £40 ($60) per item.

Still want one to turn into a zombie though

News Credits: 1 · Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:06 am

Yesthat'sverypretty- PLEASE DELIVER ON THE WEAPONS KIT I PAID FOR FOUR MONTHS AGO.

Sorry if that comes over as bashing them but if they're overdue on something people paid for they don't need to be working on other projects right now.

MACROSS WORLD PROFILE · Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:22 am

MCutter wrote:Yesthat'sverypretty- PLEASE DELIVER ON THE WEAPONS KIT I PAID FOR FOUR MONTHS AGO.

Sorry if that comes over as bashing them but if they're overdue on something people paid for they don't need to be working on other projects right now.

Relax. Creating quality toys is not an easy task. It takes time, money and then...more time. Igear does have a lot on the table right now, but they have to, because in this day and age, fans see a prototype and complain that it's not in their hands yesterday.

And for the record, this project was in the pipeline LONG before the weapons set.

Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:28 am

i like pretty much everything that igear is doing lately: getting away from the direct k.o.ing and working with some really nice, original sculpts, and churning out some minibots that put the big H's efforts in that department to shame. but i have to wonder what is going on with the stuff that has been up for pre-order for so very, very long. i've had money tied up with them for a sometimes ridiculous amount of time, so i wish they would finish up some of the toys they've started before teasing us with more new stuff. that's not to say that presser here hasn't been a tease for a year or so already...

Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:33 am

IGear convinced me with their recent Mini's so if/when/however this becomes a real able-to-purchase toy I'm getting one.

News Credits: 1 · Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:41 am

Looks very nice, but it's low on my list of wanted TFs.

Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:49 am

ae_productions wrote:
MCutter wrote:Yesthat'sverypretty- PLEASE DELIVER ON THE WEAPONS KIT I PAID FOR FOUR MONTHS AGO.

Sorry if that comes over as bashing them but if they're overdue on something people paid for they don't need to be working on other projects right now.

Relax. Creating quality toys is not an easy task. It takes time, money and then...more time. Igear does have a lot on the table right now, but they have to, because in this day and age, fans see a prototype and complain that it's not in their hands yesterday.

And for the record, this project was in the pipeline LONG before the weapons set.

I second that :APPLAUSE:

Would much rather have a quality toy that is done right that they carefully took their time on. Not some POS that was rushed.

Gotta be patient

News Credits: 1 · Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:53 am

I've never had an issue with iGear delivering.

It's a shame they don't do something like BBTS' Pile o Loot, where you don't get charged till it ships, but they are a lot smaller an operation than Big Bad, and are the developers, not just resellers. They use that $$$ to fund the projects.

While I have had to wait for their stuff, no one is accusing them of being quick, they have never not delivered.

I'm looking forward to this release.

Fri Feb 17, 2012 10:11 am

Who's Impactor ??? Looks great except for the stupid open mouth on the prototype.

News Credits: 2 · Fri Feb 17, 2012 10:28 am

Very cool looking indeed! ;)^

Hopefully the QC issues are few or next to none. :VEHI:

News Credits: 187 · Fri Feb 17, 2012 10:42 am

Looks awesome. I am a HUGE Wreckers fan, yet I say nay-nay. I've paid for Ratchet and Ironhide 7 months ago! $220. I want that before I will order anything else from these A.D.D. afflicted toy makers. For that, send my weapons upgrade and Golden Bee too!

He is awesome though...

News Credits: 5 · Fri Feb 17, 2012 11:21 am

This is the top of my to buy list! I've been intentionally putting off putting up a Wreckers shelf because I'm not taking Springer and Kup from the Movie display so I need that Impactor to go with a half dozen oddball purchases and customs!

rpetras wrote:I've never had an issue with iGear delivering.
...
While I have had to wait for their stuff, no one is accusing them of being quick, they have never not delivered.

Yeah I love playing with my Sharkticons from like 3 years ago. :HEADHURTS:

News Credits: 4 · Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:14 pm

Motorthing wrote:IGear convinced me with their recent Mini's so if/when/however this becomes a real able-to-purchase toy I'm getting one.

Pretty much this. I like the idea of a Zombie mod. All we need are Flywheels and his reinforcements done in a classics style too.

News Credits: 5 · Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:36 pm

craggy wrote:
Motorthing wrote:IGear convinced me with their recent Mini's so if/when/however this becomes a real able-to-purchase toy I'm getting one.

Pretty much this. I like the idea of a Zombie mod. All we need are Flywheels and his reinforcements done in a classics style too.

Agreed!

Seriously, a Classiccs Trypticon is a must!

News Credits: 11 · Fri Feb 17, 2012 1:00 pm

Now that is pretty dang cool. It would be more impressive if it wasn't based on Generations Warpath, but it's still pretty good.

News Credits: 198 · Fri Feb 17, 2012 1:12 pm

Whoa, this I gotta buy!

News Credits: 5 · Fri Feb 17, 2012 1:37 pm

This prototype looks really promising. I'll buy anything Wrecker that iGear puts out.

News Credits: 402 · Updated Oct 21, 2022

Yeah, it's a heavy retool of Warpath, but I don't care. After all these years I can own an IMPACTOR!

Fri Feb 17, 2012 5:13 pm

It is a pretty shameless retool of Generations Warpath. But it's Impactor.

Hey, maybe Hasbro should consider doing their retools a little more like this. :lol:

News Credits: 5 · Fri Feb 17, 2012 6:12 pm

Mkall wrote:Yeah, it's a heavy retool of Warpath, but I don't care.

kirbenvost wrote:It would be more impressive if it wasn't based on Generations Warpath, but it's still pretty good.

Vicalliose wrote:It is a pretty shameless retool of Generations Warpath.

Okay, follow me on this one. This is not a retool of Warpath. Not. Having a similar transformation scheme doesn't make it a retool. Is Jazz a retool of Prowl? Is Blaster a retool of Soundwave? The first picture iGear posted of Presser was from last June, just as Warpath was becoming available. I shares no parts and none of it is copied. Seriously.