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News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Thu May 23, 2013 11:08 am

Great head sculpt! Given it's a mini warrior (assumed or confirmed?) the scale might be good with Topspin and Twintwist. My interest might increase, depending on the price...

[Edit] Piston pic came in while I was typing this. Who is Piston homaging?

News Credits: 409 · by **Stormrider** » Thu May 23, 2013 8:24 pm

daimchoc wrote:

Is that produced from a 3D printer, or this is still a computer image?

by **necr0blivion** » Thu May 23, 2013 9:16 pm

Stormrider wrote:
daimchoc wrote:

Is that produced from a 3D printer, or this is still a computer image?

It looks like a face with a robot head pasted in the middle.

News Credits: 119 · by **daimchoc** » Fri May 24, 2013 5:00 am

Stormrider wrote:
daimchoc wrote:

Is that produced from a 3D printer, or this is still a computer image?

Rapid Prototyping is now mostly done via 3D printers. Then they retool and refine the process from the factory.

News Credits: 14 · by **robotmel** » Fri May 24, 2013 6:11 am

Those large ball joints just scream mini-bot really, so this wouldnt scale very well against a well scaled Deluxe/Voyager line up.

I guess he would be fine alongside smaller end of the Deluxe scale and Commander scale, but we need a decent sized Military vehicle/Hummer (or whatever he is supposed to be) not something the size of a VW Beetle!

I just a thought, would FansProject Munitioner would be a nice size and colour to act as a Neo-Classics Ironfist?
Pricey now, but might work. :-?

News Credits: 10 · by **Arctorro** » Fri May 24, 2013 8:22 am

robotmel wrote:I just a thought, would FansProject Munitioner would be a nice size and colour to act as a Neo-Classics Ironfist?
Pricey now, but might work.

You be the judge.

20130524_231702.jpg

Personally, I'm going to stick with RtS Fallback

News Credits: 119 · by **daimchoc** » Sun May 26, 2013 6:46 am

News Credits: 409 · by **Stormrider** » Sun May 26, 2013 4:53 pm

robotmel wrote::-?
Those large ball joints just scream mini-bot really, so this wouldnt scale very well against a well scaled Deluxe/Voyager line up.

I'm am feeling the way, unless iGear oversized minibot size.

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Sun May 26, 2013 6:51 pm

Robot mode! Looking awesome!

News Credits: 119 · by **daimchoc** » Tue May 28, 2013 2:51 pm

BBTS: Third Party Transforming Toys & Accessories Toys, Action Figures, and Collectibles

$59.99 each.

by **necr0blivion** » Tue May 28, 2013 3:16 pm

And we still don't know how big (or small) this guy will be yet...?

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Tue May 28, 2013 3:41 pm

daimchoc wrote:BBTS: Third Party Transforming Toys & Accessories Toys, Action Figures, and Collectibles

$59.99 each.

Too expensive for me to want to get both, but I'll certainly take an Ironfist.

necr0blivion wrote:And we still don't know how big (or small) this guy will be yet...?

I believe just under MechIdeas Topspin/Twin Twist.

News Credits: 1 · by **Sodan-1** » Tue May 28, 2013 4:11 pm

Oh now that is looking rather good. I'm a little bummed by the price, but unless the thing turns out to be tiny (say Legion class) I'll be keeping my pre-order.

News Credits: 119 · by **daimchoc** » Tue May 28, 2013 4:40 pm

Please make a stink over at Mach 5's facebook page. Please let them know that the price is too high. Thanks.

News Credits: 409 · by **Stormrider** » Tue May 28, 2013 7:13 pm

daimchoc wrote:BBTS: Third Party Transforming Toys & Accessories Toys, Action Figures, and Collectibles

$59.99 each.

I thought iGear's minibots were overpriced. Insanity. The figure has a simple transformation and limited mobility (based on the images so far).

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Tue May 28, 2013 11:07 pm

Ya, I agree with Stormrider. Will make a stink on Facebook as only I can... These are far too overpriced. I like a little, but I wouldn't pay more than $25 for him.

News Credits: 119 · by **daimchoc** » Wed May 29, 2013 2:21 pm

$50!

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/sear ... third+mach

by **necr0blivion** » Wed May 29, 2013 2:58 pm

daimchoc wrote:$50!

Lower, this is probably still being too greedy. Probably, because the exact specs of the figure are STILL unknown. There's been speculation about approx size, but this just looks small and I would have to agree with others that it LOOKS about iGear Hench size. So, $30 - 35 would be appropriate here.

Yep, no pleasing us, but I'm already a representative cash cow for other companies...

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Wed May 29, 2013 3:05 pm

daimchoc wrote:$50!

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/sear ... third+mach

That's more of what I was expecting this to be. I'll probably pick up a Crankcase at this price too.

News Credits: 119 · by **daimchoc** » Thu May 30, 2013 7:09 am

Looks like CapturedPrey will also be carrying this.

News Credits: 119 · by **daimchoc** » Fri May 31, 2013 11:55 am

c/o TFSource:

Now up for preorder: Mach 5 Piston & Piston! Preorder yours at TFSource here:
http://tfsource.com/mach-5/m5-01-gauntlet/
http://tfsource.com/mach-5/m5-02-piston/

$49.95 each but get both for $95.95 with TFsource Combo Pricing!

News Credits: 119 · by **daimchoc** » Fri May 31, 2013 10:08 pm

c/o CapturedPrey's Sidecutter:

Sidecutter wrote:$46 a piece is what I'll be listing these at.

News Credits: 2 · by **Banjo-Tron** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 2:19 am

Kapow are selling a set of Piston and Gauntlet for £54.99, which seems pretty much in line with the cheaper US prices.

http://www.kapowtoys.co.uk/mach-piston- ... -6300.html

I had no interest in these, but in the end I couldn't resist!

News Credits: 14 · by **robotmel** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 3:15 am

Banjo-Tron wrote:Kapow are selling a set of Piston and Gauntlet for £54.99, which seems pretty much in line with the cheaper US prices.

http://www.kapowtoys.co.uk/mach-piston- ... -6300.html

I had no interest in these, but in the end I couldn't resist!

Is that price inclusive of shipping or will Kapow be whacking another £6 or £7 on top for mainland U.K.?

Edit: £3.50 unsigned U.K. delivery!

Am I right in saying we have yet to see a size comparison against something we know, such as a Classics mold?

Size is everything, sometimes...!

News Credits: 2 · by **Banjo-Tron** » Mon Jun 03, 2013 8:37 am

robotmel wrote:Size is everything, sometimes...!

Agreed, I have zero regret about getting Perfect Effect's Reflector homage despite the size. I would expect Ironfist to be maybe a head shorter than Topspin/Twin Twist though and will be disappointed if he isn't!