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Mon May 19, 2014 5:34 pm

Mkall wrote:I am perfectly happy with my Cyclonus and the repaints. I have no need for this.

This. Their Cyclonus was great. No need for a third-party one that'd cost a friggin' ton more money.

News Credits: 4 · Mon May 19, 2014 6:57 pm

Here's some more info on this from the TFW2005 Message forum:
"The independent group KFC Toys has just revealed their next project via their Weibo page, which will be "Tempest" an unofficial Cyclonus figure. We have several pictures of the new project already as well as a translation of some details:

"Passed the test, began mass production. Size Class V, accessories: Target Warrior * 1; weapons * 2; the subsequent two and three boxes of the new composition Chug & Thug series, starting three will. Stay tuned!"

No pricing information is up yet, but with the figure being roughly voyager sized we can start to speculate on pricing. Keep it locked here on TFW as we update you with any more details."

News Credits: 5 · Mon May 19, 2014 7:03 pm

rpetras wrote:I'd prefer Cyclonus be a little bigger, but a direct upscale of the Hasbro figure doesn't really interest me.

Plus, I have to agree with others, I have a couple KFC figures, and I'm not very impressed.

Yeah, I agree.

I'm not buying another Cyclonus unless its slavishly IDW.

News Credits: 33 · Mon May 19, 2014 7:34 pm

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:
Mkall wrote:I am perfectly happy with my Cyclonus and the repaints. I have no need for this.

This. Their Cyclonus was great. No need for a third-party one that'd cost a friggin' ton more money.

I agree . Personally Cyclonus is one of the very best classics to date . i just recently sold half of my classics and i couldn't part with Cyclonus .

The alt mode on Tempest looks really good and the robot also but the horns are a bit much for my taste.

KFC however always seem to have me half impressed with there prototypes then as soon as they slap those horrid block colors on the figure they turn to **** .

Here's whats left of my Decepticon army (In the middle of decorating there shelf

) .

Mon May 19, 2014 7:42 pm

Ha ha, "Target Warrior"! = )

I agree with the majority of you all - not really necessary to do another Classics Cyclonus, even if it's a larger figure than the official one.

News Credits: 4 · Mon May 19, 2014 11:45 pm

I found some more info about Tempest over at the TFW2005 forum. Scaleface is reporting Tempest is 16cm tall in robot mode. The name of the line Tempest is in wil be called Chug and Thug. This toy will have Two regular guns and one Target Master. It's expected to be released in about a month.

Probably won't be buying this. Due to 16cm translating to 6.3 inches tall in robot mode. I measured the HasTak 2.0 Cyclonus in robot mode and it's Six inches tall. Seriously think it's pointless spending $80 to $100 for a 3rd party Cyclonus that is only .3 inches taller than the HasTak toy. For me, This seems like one of the more wasteful 3rd party TF toys.

It looks like i'll be buying the Decatoys Cyclonus toy. That is rumored to be a Eight to Ten inch MP TF Scale. This is the scale I want as I want it to be scaled evenly or a bit bigger than the MP TF Seekers.

News Credits: 4 · Mon May 19, 2014 11:54 pm

mooncake623 wrote: and thirdly if you want a Cyclonus to scale with MP seekers you might want to wait as DACA toys is rumored to be making an MP scaled Cyclonus.

Is this the rumored Hypnos? I ask because some are not entirely sure which TF character Hypnos will be. To me it sounds like it could be a TF Character who could hypnotise others like a Insecticon, Soundwave, Mindwipe, Ratbat and others.

It's hard to speculate why Deca Toys would name a Cyclonus toy by the name hypnos. Unless their referring to the hyp for Hyper speed and the nos for the long nose cone in jet mode.

News Credits: 33 · Tue May 20, 2014 5:19 am

Some additional Images .

News Credits: 4 · Wed May 21, 2014 12:19 am

Autobot Genocide wrote:Some additional Images .

KFC needs to add comparisons pics of Tempest next to the Classics Cyclonus toy.

News Credits: 293 · Sun May 25, 2014 4:26 pm

he is going to need to look really good in color for me to be interested.

News Credits: 4 · Sun May 25, 2014 7:04 pm

The joints on this toy have me a bit worried. Seeing so many cheap infeior joints and not any strong ratchet joints. Think it's acceptable for tiny TF toys to have a lot ball joints. Bigger TF toys like Voyagers and upwards, Think need some ratchet joints. Not liking all the pins joints I see on this toy.

Mon May 26, 2014 10:54 am

If KFC wanted to enlarge a character that already has a solid hasbro release, they should have made a bigger Astrotrain.

News Credits: 33 · Mon May 26, 2014 12:01 pm

In case anybody was worried about Tempest being out of scale with your classics here's some of that G1 cartoon accuracy

News Credits: 4 · Mon May 26, 2014 12:02 pm

Rated X wrote:If KFC wanted to enlarge a character that already has a solid hasbro release, they should have made a bigger Astrotrain.

KFC didn't enlarge Tempest by much. The HasTak 2.0 Cyclonus is already a Six inch tall robot mode. This KFC Tempest is only 6.3 inches tall. This is the reason, I am not buying this.

Had Tempest been around Seven inches to Eight inches tall in Robot mode. Then I would have bought the toy. Just don't need Two similar sized toys in my collection.

If Hastak or a 3rd party Creates a Voyager or Ultra Sized Astrotrain toy. I'd buy it buy it's gor to look different than the 1.0 toy. Love to see a old school Locomotive train and NASA Shuttle vehicles modes for a newer Astrotrain toy.

News Credits: 5 · Mon May 26, 2014 12:17 pm

I wonder if KFC will be smart enough to sell that targetmaster separate?

News Credits: 4 · Mon May 26, 2014 12:37 pm

Autobot Genocide wrote:In case anybody was worried about Tempest being out of scale with your classics here's some of that G1 cartoon accuracy

The HasTak 2.0 Cyclonus toy can be used in this pic, it's Six inches tall in robot mode. The KFC Tempest is only 6.3 inches tall in robot mode. Don't think 0.3 inches more is going to add much difference.

News Credits: 3 · Wed May 28, 2014 2:21 pm

Doctor McGrath wrote:I wonder if KFC will be smart enough to sell that targetmaster separate?

This is KFC we're talking about. We`ll get about 10 releases of this Targetmaster in different colors, but the only ones anyone will actually want will be packed in with Cyclonus or in a 3-pack with 2 things they don't want.

Wed May 28, 2014 2:27 pm

Midnight_Fox wrote:
Doctor McGrath wrote:I wonder if KFC will be smart enough to sell that targetmaster separate?

This is KFC we're talking about. We`ll get about 10 releases of this Targetmaster in different colors, but the only ones anyone will actually want will be packed in with Cyclonus or in a 3-pack with 2 things they don't want.

Or maybe theyll do a Ferak repaint...

News Credits: 5 · Wed May 28, 2014 7:55 pm

Midnight_Fox wrote:
Doctor McGrath wrote:I wonder if KFC will be smart enough to sell that targetmaster separate?

This is KFC we're talking about. We`ll get about 10 releases of this Targetmaster in different colors, but the only ones anyone will actually want will be packed in with Cyclonus or in a 3-pack with 2 things they don't want.

Yeah, I guess that's a solid assumption.

News Credits: 3 · Wed May 28, 2014 8:09 pm

Rated X wrote:
Midnight_Fox wrote:
Doctor McGrath wrote:I wonder if KFC will be smart enough to sell that targetmaster separate?

This is KFC we're talking about. We`ll get about 10 releases of this Targetmaster in different colors, but the only ones anyone will actually want will be packed in with Cyclonus or in a 3-pack with 2 things they don't want.

Or maybe theyll do a Ferak repaint...

Does seem to be the trend this year.

Wed May 28, 2014 9:48 pm

Not interested in this.

News Credits: 33 · Tue Jun 10, 2014 7:24 am

KFC
Hey ,Chug and Thug CT-02 Tempest is coming now!

News Credits: 4 · Tue Jun 10, 2014 8:08 am

Autobot Genocide wrote:
KFC
Hey ,Chug and Thug CT-02 Tempest is coming now!

Thanks for the pics. Looks a bit better in color.

Need a size comparison next to 2.0 Cyclonus, To find out the true inches height of this toy.

Think this needs a whole bunch of painted on details on all the parts on the toy. especially on the abdomen stomach area.

Would have been more hit and less miss, Had this toy been Eight inches tall in robot mode.

News Credits: 1 · Tue Jun 10, 2014 8:54 am

Kinda wish they kept it slavishly G1. Still, this looks like it might look nice next to Mania King.

News Credits: 33 · Tue Jun 10, 2014 9:15 am

I'm not a fan of the proportions on this or the lack of paint apps .

I hope they learned from Citizen Stacks that KFC figures need a LOT of paint on the first run , that's what stops me from buying them it's just block colour with no details picked out .