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News Credits: 1452 · Tue Mar 18, 2014 5:52 pm

^ That makes alot more sense. Best of luck to them, I just get sick every time characters get overkilled by 3P. I just hope this is the only Metroplex we have to deal with.

News Credits: 402 · Updated Oct 21, 2022

Blurrz wrote:^ That makes alot more sense. Best of luck to them, I just get sick every time characters get overkilled by 3P. I just hope this is the only Metroplex we have to deal with.

I agree. I dislike it too. I'd much rather they work on Defensor or some other un-covered figures.

Hello! Monsterbots!!!

News Credits: 409 · Tue Mar 18, 2014 10:11 pm

Mkall wrote:
Blurrz wrote:^ That makes alot more sense. Best of luck to them, I just get sick every time characters get overkilled by 3P. I just hope this is the only Metroplex we have to deal with.

I agree. I dislike it too. I'd much rather they work on Defensor or some other un-covered figures.

Hello! Monsterbots!!!

Oooh... Monsterbots! Yes, please.

I completely understand the feeling of overdoing characters. However, it's better to have a choice than one lousy figure.

News Credits: 293 · Tue Mar 18, 2014 10:16 pm

what else can be said? i was surprised they were making this when it was first announced.

News Credits: 14 · Wed Mar 19, 2014 6:06 am

Hello Mods!

Please can you do a thread merge as this can go with the thread I started when this was first teased!

Cheers!

http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/unknown-3rd-party-company-not-metroplex-p1533027.php#p1533027

Wed Mar 19, 2014 4:15 pm

EDIT: Opinion withdrawn

Wed Mar 19, 2014 5:49 pm

Yotsuyasan wrote:
mooncake623 wrote:That is an Awesome pic of your display accessory! Makes me want to do the same with mine.... just so damn lazy to take everything off the shelf and transform it... =/

Ha ha... To be fair, one minor drawback to the large size is that, for where I display my Metroplex, city mode is all but impossible unless I take him down and play with him on the floor!

I had thought that for everyday display, he'd be limited to robot mode. Fortunately, I discovered that the space I had for him would actually accommodate his battle station mode, as well. And as an added bonus, that allows me to use his flight deck as a platform for other figures to give those in the back rows more visibility rather then have them mostly hidden by those in front of them!

As others have said, great display there.

And for this... it's still a bit boggling, to be honest. Metroplex is overall a great figure, and it's bigger than this at, what, a quarter the cost? For me, no contest.

News Credits: 2 · Thu Mar 20, 2014 2:29 pm

I'm kinda interested in this. It would be nice to have a consistent 'city bot' scale across all of them. If they went with a Trypticon on the same scale, I'd be seriously conflicted.

News Credits: 4 · Sun Mar 23, 2014 5:54 pm

3rd party companies should be making TF toys HasTak had no current interest in making. Trying to compete with HasTak defeats the purpose.

News Credits: 60 · Sun Mar 23, 2014 8:12 pm

Tsutsukakushi wrote:3rd party companies should be making TF toys HasTak had no current interest in making. Trying to compete with HasTak defeats the purpose.

Agreed!

News Credits: 33 · Wed May 21, 2014 4:54 am

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News Credits: 60 · Wed May 21, 2014 5:35 am

Madre de Dios! He looks sooooooooooo awesome!

Wed May 21, 2014 8:40 am

Make it the size of hasbros metroplex or bigger or dont make it at all.

News Credits: 10 · Wed May 21, 2014 9:02 am

Rated X wrote:Make it the size of hasbros metroplex or bigger or dont make it at all.

I'm thinking just the opposite. Hasbro's Metroplex is so huge I'm having a hard time finding a place for it. I wish this was about the size of G1 Metroplex. But, alas, if I remember correctly, this should be about the size of YotS Omega Supreme.

Plus, the real reason I want it smaller is cost. If it really is the size of YotS Omega, (or bigger like X would prefer) then it will likely be priced out of my range. I will have to admire it from afar and b happy with my Hasbro Metroplex...

[Edit] And if I would just pull my eyes away from the pretty pictures, it says right in the description that it will be 40 cm, which is just under 16 inches tall. I believe that puts it about the size of YotS Omega, though I'd have to get a ruler out to measure Omega. (This is why I like comparison shots, or even comparison descriptions. I don't always have a ruler or tape measure handy...)

News Credits: 461 · Wed May 21, 2014 9:13 am

Looks so nice! but so useless.... definitely not getting unless I have $400 sitting somewhere

News Credits: 1 · Wed May 21, 2014 11:07 am

If Hasbro's Metroplex didn't exist, this would be desirable.

But it does, so no thank you.

Looks great though.

News Credits: 4 · Wed May 21, 2014 12:25 pm

it does look really nice. a great update to G1 Metroplex. not one I plan on getting though. Hasbro's one is bigger, and make pew pew sounds and is a lot cheaper. (probably)

News Credits: 33 · Wed May 21, 2014 3:15 pm

This looks a fantastic piece :APPLAUSE:

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16" is still a very impressive height and since i don't have a Metroplex yet i can definitely see me buying this

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News Credits: 5 · Wed May 21, 2014 6:23 pm

Autobot Genocide wrote:This looks a fantastic piece .

16" is still a very impressive height and since i don't have a Metroplex yet i can definitely see me buying this .

I agree and I have Metroplex. I'll definitely be getting this and everything else in their city bot line if they turn out looking this good.

News Credits: 293 · Wed May 21, 2014 10:10 pm

mooncake623 wrote:Looks so nice! but so useless....

yeah. i have and love my hong kong metroplex. theres so many other things id rather spend 300-400 bucks on.

News Credits: 4 · Thu May 22, 2014 4:18 am

Don't need this, Already own the superior Hasbro Titan version for a fraction of the price.

News Credits: 33 · Thu May 22, 2014 4:21 pm

City Mode pic from TFSource .

News Credits: 461 · Thu May 22, 2014 6:40 pm

Heard a rumor that they are doing Scorponok next before they do Trypticon in their city bot line up.

News Credits: 10 · Thu May 22, 2014 7:36 pm

Autobot Genocide wrote:City Mode pic from TFSource .

Not the strongest mode for this guy, but I like the tower look of the arms and the back parts with the blue windows. Carrier mode is my favorite.

Thu May 22, 2014 7:43 pm

Agamemnon wrote:
Autobot Genocide wrote:City Mode pic from TFSource .

Not the strongest mode for this guy, but I like the tower look of the arms and the back parts with the blue windows. Carrier mode is my favorite.

Still beats HasTak's "robot sitting down with poorly hidden hands" any day, and at least the top half actually tries to look like a city.