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News Credits: 2 · by **xyl360** » Wed Oct 23, 2013 5:36 pm

He looks fine to me. Do MMC's cannons even come off? I thought they were permanently attached.

News Credits: 10 · by **Arctorro** » Wed Oct 23, 2013 6:42 pm

Mkall wrote:
Arctorro wrote:https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/1385582_608371032542642_1721689063_n.jpg
He looks really bad without the cannons

To be fair though, anything looks better with cannons on it.

Your logic is not appreciated

xyl360 wrote:He looks fine to me. Do MMC's cannons even come off? I thought they were permanently attached.

Can't remember, but that might've been covered in the recent video review :-?

News Credits: 118 · by **megatronus** » Wed Oct 23, 2013 6:46 pm

Arctorro wrote:
Mkall wrote:
Arctorro wrote:https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/1385582_608371032542642_1721689063_n.jpg
He looks really bad without the cannons

To be fair though, anything looks better with cannons on it.

Your logic is not appreciated

xyl360 wrote:He looks fine to me. Do MMC's cannons even come off? I thought they were permanently attached.
Can't remember, but that might've been covered in the recent video review

I don't really care if the cannons come off... those cleavers are where it's at!

News Credits: 119 · by **daimchoc** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 8:33 am

From RK

FC Toys Ares (aka Predaking) - Nemean.
Pre-order.
***Reference Photo only. Final colouring subject to TFC confirmation.***
USD111
Available in December 2013.

by **Rated X** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 9:41 am

Ughhhh....that face !

News Credits: 1 · by **Sodan-1** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 9:59 am

Rated X wrote:Ughhhh....that face !

The robot mode one? It does look like all kinds of wrong.

I'd say TFC have got the right colours, but it feels a very busy with regards to their placement.

I can't say I was having any doubts about whether or not to get MMC's Ferocicons, but this has put to rest any notion I had about double-dipping on Predacons.

Thank God. >:oP

News Credits: 118 · by **megatronus** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 10:06 am

Sodan-1 wrote:Thank God.

Yea, I can't say I'm a fan. I like the beast mode proportions, but the robot mode isn't appealing to me at all.

by **Rated X** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 10:10 am

Sodan-1 wrote:
Rated X wrote:Ughhhh....that face !

The robot mode one? It does look like all kinds of wrong.

Yeah man. Besides the missing faceplate and the Voltron helmet, why is his chin a different color ? It's like a Homer Simpson face...

by **guarayakha** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 10:54 am

Poor color choice for bot mode's head. I really liked the digibashed version by trailbreaker77 over at TFW

IDW

News Credits: 1 · by **rpetras** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 10:57 am

Colors are definitely off, hopefully they will fix this before shipping:

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 3:05 pm

megatronus wrote:
Dead Metal wrote:You do realize that's a photoshop using the same pics of the Rhino and Lion and just mirrored to give us a bit of an idea of what it will look like? The arms aren't even attached here.

I kinda like this, but MMC has definitely won this.

Yes, I saw that Rhino and Lion are mirrored. And I do realize that, in addition to the arms, the legs don't seem to be attached either.

Did you realize that I was talking abut the 'look' of the legs in combined mode being incoherent? Because I'd rather not have the gestalt legs just look like a full frontal of the 'bot mode.

Sorry misread that as saying "too coherent", I thought you where complaining about it being too symmetrical. Sorry bout that.

Mkall wrote:
Arctorro wrote:https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/1385582_608371032542642_1721689063_n.jpg
He looks really bad without the cannons

To be fair though, anything looks better with cannons on it.

Truer words have never been spoken before, cannons improve everything.

News Credits: 118 · by **megatronus** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 11:36 pm

Dead Metal wrote:Sorry misread that as saying "too coherent", I thought you where complaining about it being too symmetrical. Sorry bout that.

No worries :grin:

News Credits: 119 · by **daimchoc** » Thu Nov 07, 2013 5:18 pm

News Credits: 118 · by **megatronus** » Thu Nov 07, 2013 5:19 pm

daimchoc wrote:

I'm sure this pic doesn't do Ares justice, but still... those legs :SICK:

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Thu Nov 07, 2013 5:34 pm

megatronus wrote:
daimchoc wrote:

I'm sure this pic doesn't do Ares justice, but still... those legs

I quite agree. I don't know why MMC's doesn't suffer the same thing. Maybe some color on Ares would help. But MMC's legs just look so much better...

Gap control maybe?

News Credits: 118 · by **megatronus** » Thu Nov 07, 2013 6:34 pm

Agamemnon wrote:I quite agree. I don't know why MMC's doesn't suffer the same thing. Maybe some color on Ares would help. But MMC's legs just look so much better...

Gap control maybe?

Gaps definitely have something to do with it, but I think it's a more general problem of the leg mode not being a distinct leg mode. It looks more like a crumpled version of the robot mode.

News Credits: 10 · by **Arctorro** » Thu Nov 07, 2013 7:44 pm

megatronus wrote:I'm sure this pic doesn't do Ares justice, but still... those legs

Some colour might help, but almost everything I see there is unappealing. The legs are as terrible as the sword though :SICK:

News Credits: 119 · by **daimchoc** » Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:06 am

Higher res pics c/o Toy Dojo (formerly edbombertoys)

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News Credits: 409 · by **Stormrider** » Sat Nov 16, 2013 12:40 pm

Eeeks. Not caring for Tantrum's design.

by **Rated X** » Sat Nov 16, 2013 12:59 pm

Hercules:

Uranus:

Ares:

News Credits: 1 · by **SkyWarpsGhost** » Sat Nov 16, 2013 7:57 pm

I'm so glad I didn't go with the TFC option on Predaking. These reveals just getting worse and worse.

News Credits: 4 · by **Tsutsukakushi** » Sat Nov 16, 2013 10:56 pm

I like TFC's Tantrum design better than MMC's. I don't like how MMC'S tantrums legs fold up on the back of the animal mode. Their is too much bulk & kibble on the lower back legs of MMC's Predaking. I do think the MMC's predacons & Predaking is the best version so far. I just wish MMC's version had TFC's Tantrum & Ranhorn.

I noticed that some of these 3rd party combiners have overly sized combiner pieces. making accessories & weapons over sized rarely looks good.