DMSL wrote:Blast-off and Swindle look fantastic. Hope Fansproject decided to make the others as well, the Hasbro figs suck hard.
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Me thinks you're in the wrong place here. This is a Message Board for Transformers, a toy line about transforming robots. We don't discuss actual robotics here.
Seibertron wrote:Gauntlet101010 wrote:Oh, one question:
Can he hold WSTF Shockwave? Those hands give me some hope and I bought the sucker to be held by the guy. If not, maybe I can use some invisible elastics to do the trick...
You must've missed some pics! Here you go
http://www.seibertron.com/toys/gallery. ... &start=181
Va'al wrote:I keep track of everyone. Backwards.
There are atandarfs to maintain.
LOST Cybertronian wrote:Hey, If Mindmaster survived then you should do just fine.
Mindmaster wrote:How come 3rd party companies do a ton better than Hasbro?
King Henrik wrote:hey seibs, do you think it would be possible to get a shot of the energon set combined with crossfire? Some of us weren't smart enough to pick the universe bruticus set...
Midnight_Fox wrote:Mindmaster wrote:How come 3rd party companies do a ton better than Hasbro?
Because they're not limited to materials that have to stand up to the rigorous play that children put toys through, probably.
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Midnight_Fox wrote:Mindmaster wrote:How come 3rd party companies do a ton better than Hasbro?
Because they're not limited to materials that have to stand up to the rigorous play that children put toys through, probably.
They're actually focussed on the collectors, not the kids and their parents. As a consequence though, the prices are high thanks to material costs, Research & Development and production numbers (lower numbers mean higher prices).
Mach wrote:Nice!
Now bring on devastator add on....
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Midnight_Fox wrote:Mindmaster wrote:How come 3rd party companies do a ton better than Hasbro?
Because they're not limited to materials that have to stand up to the rigorous play that children put toys through, probably.
They're actually focused on the collectors, not the kids and their parents. As a consequence though, the prices are high thanks to material costs, Research & Development and production numbers (lower numbers mean higher prices), especially the last since we are so few in number compared to Hasbro's focus. Note that the third parties can't go and produce a lot for two reasons:
- The production costs would go through the roof, and at a certain threshold, they may even lose money per unit. It's a delicate balance between production costs, margin of profit and final cost to the consumer. Basic economics.
- They use the same facilities as some other, larger companies. As such, they have to carefully plan their turn when the larger companies have had theirs.
Protecticus Maximus wrote:My Vortex had the misassemble issue where he has 2 left legs. Will this hinder the combination?
Convotron wrote:I also think it's interesting that there's a grouping of "3rd party" companies together as if the majority of 3rd party products are "better" than what Hasbro and/or TakaraTomy produce. As far as I've seen, only Fansproject consistently produce products that are widely considered to be well designed and basically good products. No other 3rd party company has FP's performance record at this point. So to say "3rd party" companies produce "better" figures/toys than Hasbro is flawed statement. It's mainly FP that can be credited with most of the 3rd party products that people often praise. Many, if not most, other 3rd party products are mediocre at best, while a few seem to be good like the Gear of War accessories(though they're basically expensive weapon sets while most of FP's products are extensively engineered and functional accessories or figures).
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