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News Credits: 10 · Tue Jul 23, 2013 8:06 pm

He looks nice, except for those feet!

News Credits: 409 · Tue Jul 23, 2013 8:13 pm

daimchoc wrote:Not sure why Phlogeus hasn't been posted here..

Overall I like it. But what is with TFC and the faces designs. They never come close to the character.

News Credits: 122 · Tue Jul 23, 2013 11:19 pm

Love the tail designs on these guys.

Wed Jul 24, 2013 3:44 am

I'm digging the two reveals so far. Need to see some pics of Predaking (even if its only partially combined) before I sign on the dotted line though.

News Credits: 119 · Fri Jul 26, 2013 5:47 am

FYI:

Hi - We wanted to let you know that we have reduced our pricing on the Nemean figure from $139.99 to $129.99. We also wanted to mention that this figure is the largest of the group (similar to the SR-71 in Uranos) so it is priced higher than the rest. We expect the remaing four figures to be cheaper - hopefully in the $99.99 price range.

Thanks
Joel
BigBadToyStore.com - Toys, Action Figures, Vintage Toys, and Collectibles

News Credits: 10 · Fri Jul 26, 2013 7:57 am

daimchoc wrote:FYI:

Hi - We wanted to let you know that we have reduced our pricing on the Nemean figure from $139.99 to $129.99. We also wanted to mention that this figure is the largest of the group (similar to the SR-71 in Uranos) so it is priced higher than the rest. We expect the remaing four figures to be cheaper - hopefully in the $99.99 price range.

Thanks
Joel
BigBadToyStore.com - Toys, Action Figures, Vintage Toys, and Collectibles

So the limbs of Ares will be the same size as the limbs of Herc and Uranos and the same price then. Which is the same price as the limbs of Feral Rex but quite a bit smaller. Factor in MMC's early bird specials and what was already the better deal is even better again

News Credits: 119 · Wed Jul 31, 2013 7:26 am

News Credits: 10 · Wed Jul 31, 2013 7:50 am

Please tell that is a bad digibash and not the official colours :SICK:

Those colours further cemented my decision to go with MMC.

News Credits: 122 · Wed Jul 31, 2013 8:29 am

daimchoc wrote:

The lion head looks like he's got a troll grin!

News Credits: 119 · Wed Jul 31, 2013 9:53 am

According to TFC, it's an old prototype. Looks the the person who posted it on weibo just thought it was official.b

News Credits: 10 · Thu Aug 08, 2013 2:52 am

Son of Primus posted this in the Which Not-Predaking to Buy? thread and I thought it was weird no one posted it here.

After seeing this, I'm liking the bulkier MMC version more TBH, with Leo Dux's legs extended that is.

And after a closer look at this image...

I can't help but agree with a comment someone on another forum made, this just doesn't look like a $100 toy (at the moment at least). Collapse the legs, turn the rhino head and leave the arms hanging at the sides.

I do like the poseable rhino ears though, they look cool!

Thu Aug 08, 2013 7:43 am

Wow that Rhino looks really lame in leg mode. Even worse that the Rhino's head just folds down on the robots chest instead of being behind his head. Horrible.

But I think their rendition of Razorclaw is what doomed Ares from day one:

* Too damn big

* No faceplate

* Stupid Voltron style helmet shaped like a cats head

* Ugly serpent tail

And for the record I love TFC. I got Hercules and am waiting to get one final piece of Uranus. WTF is TFC doing here ???

News Credits: 10 · Thu Aug 08, 2013 7:56 am

Rated X wrote:Even worse that the Rhino's head just folds down on the robots chest instead of being behind his head.

I agree with everything you said X, but, just so you know, he goes both ways

You can choose which way the rhino head goes in bot mode.

News Credits: 1 · Thu Aug 08, 2013 8:53 am

Oh wow. That leg mode is lame. The individual beast and robot modes of TFC's figures seemed to be more on par with MMC's figures, but that leg mode is making me think more of Unique Toys.

This may just be the deciding factor that loses it for TFC in my opinion. It may seem petty, but I can't afford both sets so I'm looking for any excuse to ditch one for the other.

Game's not over yet though, so get on it TFC.

News Credits: 1 · Thu Aug 08, 2013 10:33 am

Arctorro wrote:
After seeing this, I'm liking the bulkier MMC version more TBH, with Leo Dux's legs extended that is.

I agree, the side by side sells MMC to me a lot more.
But, to be fair, the TFC combiner isn't complete.

I still prefer the guns, as well as the chest and waist detailing on TFC.
Plus being able to connect parts to Devy or Superion holds some appeal.

I want to see a true side by side for height.
Comparisons to figs I have, like Herc, would be great.

I just don't trust a photoshop for size comparisons.

News Credits: 10 · Thu Aug 08, 2013 10:39 am

rpetras wrote:
Arctorro wrote:
After seeing this, I'm liking the bulkier MMC version more TBH, with Leo Dux's legs extended that is.

I agree, the side by side sells MMC to me a lot more.
But, to be fair, the TFC combiner isn't complete.

I still prefer the guns, as well as the chest and waist detailing on TFC.
Plus being able to connect parts to Devy or Superion holds some appeal.

I want to see a true side by side for height.
Comparisons to figs I have, like Herc, would be great.

I just don't trust a photoshop for size comparisons.

I agree that we need to see a complete Ares to get the full effect, but that leg really does ruin it for me.

Compatibility with Herc and Uranos was a plus for me at first. Then I remembered how the legs of those two aren't interchangeable unless you swap both due to Uranos's legs being slightly longer.

The photoshop comparison definitely can't be trusted, posted it more for the side by side look at the designs.

News Credits: 1 · Thu Aug 08, 2013 12:09 pm

Arctorro wrote:The photoshop comparison definitely can't be trusted, posted it more for the side by side look at the designs.

Oh, the side-by-side helps, for sure.

I just mean you can't trust the relative heights in a photoshop, that's all.

Sun Aug 11, 2013 9:16 pm

Well, the transformation on the prorotype isnt doing it any favors (those arms not pegged in :BANG_HEAD:

) and makes it look very simple.

But the collapsed legs, arms folded in transformation doesn't bother me that much. It's no different to Uranos.

News Credits: 119 · Fri Aug 16, 2013 7:07 am

News Credits: 119 · Fri Aug 16, 2013 7:08 am

News Credits: 10 · Fri Aug 16, 2013 7:25 am

They look nice, but if MMC weren't doing their own version, I'd be drooling over these. As it is, I'm still liking MMC's better.

News Credits: 10 · Fri Aug 16, 2013 8:18 am

Arctorro wrote:They look nice, but if MMC weren't doing their own version, I'd be drooling over these. As it is, I'm still liking MMC's better.

^ This pretty much sums up my opinion too. If there were no MMC, I would definitely like this over UT. There are a lot of things to like. The animals look a little more animal like. I think the retracting rhino horns are a very nice touch! I like these a lot.

However, I like MMC's even more. Sure, the animal modes are a little less realistic looking for animals. (TFC's rhino head is huge! Definitely more proportionally accurate to a real rhino, IMO.) But, MMC's feel like bad-@$$ bots that took their cues from animals, but are just bad-@$$. This was how I viewed the original G1 preds. They weren't trying to hide (RiD and all) as the individual bots. Instead, I always had the feeling that the Predacons wanted to instill fear into other bots, and used cues from what they thought were bad-@$$ animals. They just looked mean.

I like TFC's Ares a lot. I am in love with MMX's Feral Rex.

News Credits: 122 · Fri Aug 16, 2013 8:25 am

Agamemnon wrote:However, I like MMC's even more. Sure, the animal modes are a little less realistic looking for animals. (TFC's rhino head is huge! Definitely more proportionally accurate to a real rhino, IMO.) But, MMC's feel like bad-@$$ bots that took their cues from animals, but are just bad-@$$. This was how I viewed the original G1 preds. They weren't trying to hide (RiD and all) as the individual bots. Instead, I always had the feeling that the Predacons wanted to instill fear into other bots, and used cues from what they thought were bad-@$$ animals. They just looked mean.

Wow - this is a fantastic way to put it.

News Credits: 10 · Fri Aug 16, 2013 9:12 am

megatronus wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:However, I like MMC's even more. Sure, the animal modes are a little less realistic looking for animals. (TFC's rhino head is huge! Definitely more proportionally accurate to a real rhino, IMO.) But, MMC's feel like bad-@$$ bots that took their cues from animals, but are just bad-@$$. This was how I viewed the original G1 preds. They weren't trying to hide (RiD and all) as the individual bots. Instead, I always had the feeling that the Predacons wanted to instill fear into other bots, and used cues from what they thought were bad-@$$ animals. They just looked mean.

Wow - this is a fantastic way to put it.

It is isn't it.

Agamemnon, you describe perfectly why I like the Preds in general and Feral Rex in particular