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Guess I'll be the downer
I am really not feeling this. That chest window looks waaaayyyy to big.

necr0blivion wrote:I believe those were removed in favor of not having his "abs" viewable while in robot mode. I'm sure they would've kept the translucent windows if it didn't affect the front on view of the robot.

The translucent windows should (hopefully) still be happening, the image posted was of a printed test shot. The current talk is that the production version will have clear windows.

shajaki wrote:Guess I'll be the downer
I am really not feeling this. That chest window looks waaaayyyy to big.

I'm not feeling this either.

Don't mind the chest window so much seeing as Sideswipe's chest suffers in a similar way. For me he is to tall and I don't like the way they decided to add their own flair by changing the side windows. Anything that has design choices that diverge from what the MP line is going for should just be sized for Classics.

This new trend of making toys MP size while going with a new take on the character is getting old for me. There is a reason FansToys are doing so well.

Arctorro wrote:This new trend of making toys MP size while going with a new take on the character is getting old for me.

AMEN!

My only issue with the windshield is that it's not black. It should be black.

Yeah... I can't really explain why I'm OK with MP Sideswipes giant hood chest, and not this Sunstreakers giant roof chest. Sideswipes just looks like it fits better *shrug*

megatronus wrote:

Arctorro wrote:This new trend of making toys MP size while going with a new take on the character is getting old for me.

AMEN!

Double amen!

zodconvoy wrote:My only issue with the windshield is that it's not black. It should be black.

Chimungmung is currently showing in their preorder Omnigonix pics. What appears to be black translucent car windows.

Broke down and made a preorder for this figure today.

Ironhidensh wrote:Broke down and made a preorder for this figure today.

I may do the same.

I picked up Invisible (Mirage) and while it isn't perfect, it looks darn good on the shelf.

With the exception of a few combiners, and a couple more minibots, I'm almost done with the CHUG line.

If a 3P can nail the G1 aesthetic to the degree I want, I may be switching my TF collecting to just MP scale.

i love it... i will be buying V-01 spinout for sure

Beautiful!

It does look really good , maybe the only 3rdp autobot car I will buy with all the heavy doubt about takara not doing SS

One thing I would like to see is some covers for the shins , I have no Idea why they have all those wires showing.

Autobot Genocide wrote:It does look really good , maybe the only 3rdp autobot car I will buy with all the heavy doubt about takara not doing SS

One thing I would like to see is some covers for the shins , I have no Idea why they have all those wires showing.

There's heavy doubt about a TT MP Sunstreaker?

Initial proto/render shots didn't wow me. But it is looking good.

shajaki wrote:

Autobot Genocide wrote:It does look really good , maybe the only 3rdp autobot car I will buy with all the heavy doubt about takara not doing SS

One thing I would like to see is some covers for the shins , I have no Idea why they have all those wires showing.

There's heavy doubt about a TT MP Sunstreaker?

Initial proto/render shots didn't wow me. But it is looking good.

No doubt, just time.

They'll probably wait a few molds before doing a Lamborghini character. Then again, they do already have the license...

megatronus wrote:

shajaki wrote:

Autobot Genocide wrote:It does look really good , maybe the only 3rdp autobot car I will buy with all the heavy doubt about takara not doing SS

One thing I would like to see is some covers for the shins , I have no Idea why they have all those wires showing.

There's heavy doubt about a TT MP Sunstreaker?

Initial proto/render shots didn't wow me. But it is looking good.

No doubt, just time.

They'll probably wait a few molds before doing a Lamborghini character. Then again, they do already have the license...

I could be wrong, but I believe they have to get the license for each individual mold/release. Personally, I was shocked when the got the license for Sideswipe. I remember back in the Binaltech days, Lamborghini stating they had little interest in the Transformers line.

Ironhidensh wrote:

megatronus wrote:

shajaki wrote:

Autobot Genocide wrote:It does look really good , maybe the only 3rdp autobot car I will buy with all the heavy doubt about takara not doing SS

One thing I would like to see is some covers for the shins , I have no Idea why they have all those wires showing.

There's heavy doubt about a TT MP Sunstreaker?

Initial proto/render shots didn't wow me. But it is looking good.

No doubt, just time.

They'll probably wait a few molds before doing a Lamborghini character. Then again, they do already have the license...

I could be wrong, but I believe they have to get the license for each individual mold/release. Personally, I was shocked when the got the license for Sideswipe. I remember back in the Binaltech days, Lamborghini stating they had little interest in the Transformers line.

Well, a few billion-dollar-grossing movies is bound to change minds.

Looks like they might have done improvements to the sculpt. see a better face and ears. Notice longer engines sticking up from the robot back. Robot mode looks more streamlined. Shoulder toppers look nice.

Autobot Genocide wrote:

I have well and truly shattered any moratorium I had on not buying any 3P MPs, so this guy is back on my radar.

As a character he is not in my personal top tier, but it is still a cool car and a cool bot mode, so maybe.

This guy is on sale at TFSource for 49.99 this weekend. I went on and picked him up to give him a shot.

Ironhidensh wrote:This guy is on sale at TFSource for 49.99 this weekend. I went on and picked him up to give him a shot.

Not to be negative, but how good of a customizer/modder/fixer are you? There's a good chance you'll need some skillz.

Hmmm.. I don't know, From what I have seen Spinout has the better joints and QC, while the Ominigonix is better in aesthetic and matched the Masterpiece Carbots better, however from the reviews the QC is horrible and the joints are just sloppy and loose. Can anyone give me an update on these two, and let me know if they fixed the QC issues? I really prefer the Omnigonix version, if it was engineered better and solid in posing and joints for movement. Ratchets people ratchets, and tolerance needs to be stronger.

skywarp-2 wrote:Spinout has the better joints and QC, while the Ominigonix is better in aesthetic

Omnigonix is the company that makes Spinout

shajaki wrote:

skywarp-2 wrote:Spinout has the better joints and QC, while the Ominigonix is better in aesthetic

Omnigonix is the company that makes Spinout

Oh my bad.. there is another one out there.. I was referring to that..