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News Credits: 11 · by **kirbenvost** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 12:54 pm

Looks pretty impressive, but I'm holding out for Maketoys'. I can't afford this one, and it'll be too big on my shelf.

News Credits: 6 · by **BeastProwl** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 12:58 pm

ya see, this is what I can't stand, nearly $1,000 for the final product? Come on! These things are obviously mass produced, I don't see why they couldn't lower the price to like 60 bucks a figure. That would be reasonable. All third parties Gauge with their prices, and TFC Is no Acception.

News Credits: 1235 · by **LOST Cybertronian** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 12:58 pm

Rated X wrote:Beautiful !!!

But please reconsider putting a visor on him. The head flat out sucks. Everybody has a G1 version of Devi and nobody wants a remake of the original toys crappy head.

Did you...did you just say something negative about G1 toys! Has that ever happened before? :shock:

by **JAKA** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 1:07 pm

I Used Photo Shop to make him somewhat Green, Here Ya Go.

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 1:12 pm

BeastProwl wrote:8-| ya see, this is what I can't stand, nearly $1,000 for the final product? Come on! These things are obviously mass produced, I don't see why they couldn't lower the price to like 60 bucks a figure. That would be reasonable. All third parties Gauge with their prices, and TFC Is no Acception.

600 is much less than 1000, and unless you know precisely all costs that go into a figure, in which case please enlighten us, then we cannot say if they're gouging us or not. It's just wild speculation that they are taking advantage of us.

News Credits: 2 · by **NemesisMonkeySupreme** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 1:19 pm

xyl360 wrote:
NemesisMonkeySupreme wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:You guys do realise that if the chest wing were any bigger/wider, it would interfere with the arms, right?.

^^^
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

I wasn't thinking wider, I was thinking larger, as in the height. It looks more like a logo than a chestplate .

It's all about proportions .

I'm still not too disappointed though. He still looks awesome .

Proportionally, based on the G1 pic you linked to, the TFC is actually taller so I'm not getting your argument… :-B

If I had a complaint it would be the dual hip plates, since Longhaul's is sitting in plain view right above Devastator's…

by **Motorthing** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 1:39 pm

Crap, just when I thought I'd gotten enough willpower to resist this it all crumbles and I'm back pre-ordering $100 toys again. Crap crap crap crap!!!

But Awesome.....

News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 1:49 pm

Updated the front page and initial post with a couple of new images, Mad Blender can be seen in alt mode.

News Credits: 1 · by **highburn** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 1:55 pm

Great now I'm on the fence between this and a G1 Overlord. This looks sweet though...super sweet.

News Credits: 1 · by **highburn** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 2:00 pm

After looking at the reprolabels..I'm off the fence. SOLD!

News Credits: 2 · by **NemesisMonkeySupreme** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 2:06 pm

highburn wrote:Great now I'm on the fence between this and a G1 Overlord. This looks sweet though...super sweet.

I'd go with this, or hold out for a third-party Overlord cuz you know someone somwhere is working on one (hopefully as awesome as this).

by **Grimlock1985** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 2:09 pm

If anyone can identify that toy next to Devastator, a good size estimate could be possible. My best guess is that perhaps it's Voltron-related. :???:

by **LaserDawg1981** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 2:16 pm

I cant wait to get this it looks sweet and the one from make toys. i want one that is big and one that is in scale to the other combiners that i have.

by **LaserDawg1981** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 2:20 pm

Grimlock1985 wrote:If anyone can identify that toy next to Devastator, a good size estimate could be possible. My best guess is that perhaps it's Voltron-related.

the one with the blue leg and the sword is the GX-60 space emperor God sigma- Soul Of Chogokin figure. i dont know the size its to much for me LOL

News Credits: 2 · by **NemesisMonkeySupreme** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 2:26 pm

LaserDawg1981 wrote:
Grimlock1985 wrote:If anyone can identify that toy next to Devastator, a good size estimate could be possible. My best guess is that perhaps it's Voltron-related.

the one with the blue leg and the sword is the GX-60 space emperor God sigma- Soul Of Chogokin figure. i dont know the size its to much for me LOL

via http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10144072
Item Size/Weight : 44 x 30.1 x 16.5 cm / 2180g

so that's 17.32 inches to us dumb americans.

although http://www.hobbygen.com/index.php?main_ ... ts_id=1331
says: Approx. 12" (30cm) H

so foo! :evil:

tho I'd go with the 12 inches, which would put TFC Devastator pretty close to 18 inches… :KREMZEEK:

by **Grimlock1985** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 3:15 pm

NemesisMonkeySupreme wrote:
LaserDawg1981 wrote:
Grimlock1985 wrote:If anyone can identify that toy next to Devastator, a good size estimate could be possible. My best guess is that perhaps it's Voltron-related.

the one with the blue leg and the sword is the GX-60 space emperor God sigma- Soul Of Chogokin figure. i dont know the size its to much for me LOL

via http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10144072
Item Size/Weight : 44 x 30.1 x 16.5 cm / 2180g

so that's 17.32 inches to us dumb americans.

although http://www.hobbygen.com/index.php?main_ ... ts_id=1331
says: Approx. 12" (30cm) H

so foo!

tho I'd go with the 12 inches, which would put TFC Devastator pretty close to 18 inches…

Wow. If that's the case, then it's bigger than I was guessing. I thought that figure of ~12in./30cm tall at the head was probably about right, primarily since Hook won't contribute much to Devastator's overall height. Looks like that's not the case (though I was already beginning to doubt the one foot estimate once I had Exgraver in-hand), if that's a one foot toy next to Dev.

Like Baneblade on Facebook · by **Baneblade** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 3:28 pm

oh boomsticks....

i was hyped before when i had heard of it initially, but now seeing the monster fully together just hurts - seriously it does because i've just paid up and moving into a house from a pokey flat (arrrghh)

seriously though, that looks the sauce, but in all fairness, as it's a prototype, and the final parts are subject to revision, and one thing i would like to see is a more defined cab and bumper on (i'm not)Mixmaster.

if its getting picky on the chest wing: if it is streached/enlarged, it might, might interfere with the arm mobility - but there are ways to alter it to not interfere its in the angle's

by **Court Jester** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 3:31 pm

Spend half a day away from the computer and bam! Seriously huge pictorial. Congrats TFC! No crit what-so-ever.

News Credits: 3 · by **Kibble** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 3:35 pm

Re: size - He's between 12 to 13 inches from head to toe. He's been shown next to a United figure's package which is 12" and was about the same size...and it was asked of someone with TFC at the booth of the last convention who said it was about 13".

He looks amazing, too! Unless Giant is in the $300-350 range, I see no need for both. Hercules wins.

News Credits: 2 · by **NemesisMonkeySupreme** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 3:40 pm

Grimlock1985 wrote:Wow. If that's the case, then it's bigger than I was guessing. I thought that figure of ~12in./30cm tall at the head was probably about right, primarily since Hook won't contribute much to Devastator's overall height. Looks like that's not the case (though I was already beginning to doubt the one foot estimate once I had Exgraver in-hand), if that's a one foot toy next to Dev.

Well, I kept checking…

BBTS:

Coming in May from Tamashii Nations; the GX-60 Space Emperor God Sigma. This long awaited release stands approximately ten inches tall[…]

Anime Export:

25cm

various eBay listings:

300mm

(probably cueing from the cut and paste of "approx. 12 inches (30cm)" that keeps appearing).

Gundam Planet:

30cm (11.2") big size!

which is interesting since 30cm is actually 11.811 inches

so if the God Sigma is anywhere from 10-12 inches that would put the TFC Devy at a minimum of ~15 inches and possibly as tall as 18+ inches. Measuring from the tips of the gun barrels my FP Bruticus is 12.75 inches (as a comparison)

EDIT:

Bad Math! Bad Math! 10-12 inch God Sigma would be ~13-16 inch Devy… #-o

News Credits: 2 · by **NemesisMonkeySupreme** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 3:50 pm

Kibble wrote:Re: size - He's between 12 to 13 inches from head to toe. He's been shown next to a United figure's package which is 12" and was about the same size...and it was asked of someone with TFC at the booth of the last convention who said it was about 13".

He looks amazing, too! Unless Giant is in the $300-350 range, I see no need for both. Hercules wins.

If the God Sigma here is the Soul of Chogokin version and he's 10 inches, then 13 inches would be about right fior Devy… my previous estimates took 1/2 the height instead of 1/3 (and I'm a Maths major too!) which would have topped at 16 inches if God Sigma was 12 inches… :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 1235 · by **LOST Cybertronian** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 3:54 pm

Kibble wrote:Re: size - He's between 12 to 13 inches from head to toe. He's been shown next to a United figure's package which is 12" and was about the same size...and it was asked of someone with TFC at the booth of the last convention who said it was about 13".

He looks amazing, too! Unless Giant is in the $300-350 range, I see no need for both. Hercules wins.

Hercules is supposed to be bigger than Maketoys Giant correct? Giant was pictured next to Fansproject Bruticus and shown to be roughly the same size. I just held up my United Bumblebee package to Bruticus and they were about the same size (package was slightly taller excluding the back guns). So if Hercules is as tall as United Bumblebees package, that would make Hercules and Giant about the same size. However, Hercules is supposed to be bigger than Giant.

News Credits: 2 · by **NemesisMonkeySupreme** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 4:01 pm

I think we need to start demanding that toy shows have a police line-up style backdrop with clearly visible measurements on all displays!

News Credits: 1235 · by **LOST Cybertronian** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 4:22 pm

NemesisMonkeySupreme wrote:I think we need to start demanding that toy shows have a police line-up style backdrop with clearly visible measurements on all displays!

Damn straight