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by **Lord Raze** » Fri Oct 31, 2014 5:22 pm

Agamemnon wrote:
Autobot Genocide wrote:

Yikes. too big!

Yep, they seem to make Hercules look smaller and smaller with every release.

News Credits: 33 · by **Genocide G2.0** » Sat Nov 01, 2014 2:42 pm

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Sat Nov 01, 2014 2:49 pm

I do love that Hot Spot. I'd be happy to have him as a standalon piece to be honest. I really hope they do him in RID Prime colours at some point...

News Credits: 1 · by **rpetras** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 7:01 pm

Lord Raze wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:
Autobot Genocide wrote:

Yikes. too big!

Yep, they seem to make Hercules look smaller and smaller with every release.

But it is making Warbotron look better and better to me. Their evil plan is working.

News Credits: 33 · by **Genocide G2.0** » Sat Nov 08, 2014 1:33 pm

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Sat Nov 08, 2014 1:37 pm

Saw Benscollectibles review for Gumball, Warning Line and Hydrant. They all look pretty awesome, I have to say. Hydrant in particular looks amazing- I'd be happy to have him as a standalone figure. Also good to see that the rumours of Scramble City are in fact true- I'd probably go with Groove and Streetwise as arms, and First Aid and Blades as legs.

Also, First Response is looking good. Loving that little box-ambulance mode.

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Sun Nov 09, 2014 11:19 am

i really like their first aid. everything about it. looks awesome!

by **necr0blivion** » Sun Nov 09, 2014 2:03 pm

I like their First Aid the most out of the whole lot (barring Blades, who is still MIA). Wasn't too impressed with the other members. I believe this has the right amount of apps applied to him to make him pop.

News Credits: 1 · by **rpetras** » Mon Nov 10, 2014 9:51 am

necr0blivion wrote:I like their First Aid the most out of the whole lot (barring Blades, who is still MIA). Wasn't too impressed with the other members. I believe this has the right amount of apps applied to him to make him pop.

Agreed that he is the best. I like the Hotspot too (though, not as much as the Hasbro release).

Gumball is a bit weak, but OK, and I still hate Groove.

But now that I see them together, I do like it and it fits my preferred combiner size.

I am going to wait for a group deal or sale or something, though, before I pick it up.

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Mon Nov 10, 2014 12:28 pm

What is there to hate about Groove? He looks fantastic, with great detailing, a really good silhouette and very CHUG aesthetics, and from the BensCollectables review I saw he seems to have very good QC. He's also got the closest thing to his original alt mode as would make sense, given the...questionable scaling/design of the original (seriously, a moped is never going to be big enough to form Defensor's leg. Ever.) and it's not like he's meant to be an MP figure, so the divergence is fully ascceptable.

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Mon Nov 10, 2014 12:43 pm

Delta Magnus wrote:What is there to hate about Groove? He looks fantastic, with great detailing, a really good silhouette and very CHUG aesthetics, and from the BensCollectables review I saw he seems to have very good QC. He's also got the closest thing to his original alt mode as would make sense, given the...questionable scaling/design of the original (seriously, a moped is never going to be big enough to form Defensor's leg. Ever.) and it's not like he's meant to be an MP figure, so the divergence is fully ascceptable.

Moped? Wasn't he a fully decked out cop Kawasaki?

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Mon Nov 10, 2014 12:47 pm

Whatever he was, he was pretty dinky. He'd be a Minicon at best. He's also quite "hollow" and even if he was upsized to the same size as his team-mates he'd make a feeble looking leg- look at the jumble of parts that is MakeToys' Groove's leg mode.

Website · by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Mon Nov 10, 2014 1:49 pm

Well, I like both Groove and Streetwise. Hot Spot and First Aid look good to me, too, and the combined mode is making me nod. So, I'm set for the rest of them.

News Credits: 1 · by **rpetras** » Mon Nov 10, 2014 3:26 pm

Delta Magnus wrote:What is there to hate about Groove?

I think it fails to keep any of the characteristics that make him feel like the same character.

I don't mind updating stuff, but especially with Transformers, certain design elements are needed to maintain the heart of the character.

For me, one of those elements is having the front of the bike as a "backpack" on the character, and as a "kneepad" in combined mode. The new alt mode completely fails to deliver in that, where the Maketoys version works.

However, the Maketoys version is not in the size I prefer, so I won't be buying that.

So I have the following choices: I can hope for a 4th party to create a replacement figure (unlikely), TFC to have a different Groove as part of their update kit (Possible!) or I can kitbash something (when I get to it).

News Credits: 118 · by **megatronus** » Mon Nov 10, 2014 3:51 pm

rpetras wrote:So I have the following choices: I can hope for a 4th party to create a replacement figure (unlikely), TFC to have a different Groove as part of their update kit (Possible!) or I can kitbash something (when I get to it).

Or wait to see if they do Defensor for Combiner Wars...

News Credits: 23 · by **ZenPrime** » Mon Nov 10, 2014 4:39 pm

Prometheus TFC-03 Hydrant is processing @ BBTS but the listing still shows as "preorder":

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=TFC10046&mode=retail

News Credits: 1 · by **rpetras** » Mon Nov 10, 2014 5:07 pm

megatronus wrote:
rpetras wrote:So I have the following choices: I can hope for a 4th party to create a replacement figure (unlikely), TFC to have a different Groove as part of their update kit (Possible!) or I can kitbash something (when I get to it).

Or wait to see if they do Defensor for Combiner Wars...

I am very curious to see how the CW stuff sizes up to the different 3P combiners.

News Credits: 118 · by **megatronus** » Mon Nov 10, 2014 5:24 pm

rpetras wrote:
megatronus wrote:
rpetras wrote:So I have the following choices: I can hope for a 4th party to create a replacement figure (unlikely), TFC to have a different Groove as part of their update kit (Possible!) or I can kitbash something (when I get to it).

Or wait to see if they do Defensor for Combiner Wars...

I am very curious to see how the CW stuff sizes up to the different 3P combiners.

Me, too!

Website · by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Mon Nov 10, 2014 6:44 pm

Well, this is nice.

Now I need Planet X's Sludge and Headrobot's Scorponok upgrade and I think I can ship.

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Tue Nov 11, 2014 10:23 pm

I think that combined mode looks atrocious.

It looks bloated and clunky.

News Credits: 33 · by **Genocide G2.0** » Wed Nov 19, 2014 5:36 am

News Credits: 4 · by **Tsutsukakushi** » Wed Nov 19, 2014 6:13 am

Also don't care for how TFC's combiners look so Boxy and overly Simplified in sculpts.

News Credits: 1 · by **rpetras** » Wed Nov 19, 2014 10:18 am

Tsutsukakushi wrote:Also don't care for how TFC's combiners look so Boxy and overly Simplified in sculpts.

Funny, that's exactly what I DO like about them.

They aren't fiddly for the sake of being fiddly.

News Credits: 8 · by **gema** » Mon Nov 24, 2014 12:14 pm

Pictures from my review of TFC Hydrant (Not-Hotspot). Full review can be found below

Full Review
http://blackplasticlife.blogspot.com/2014/11/tfc-hydrant-project-prometheus.html

Website · by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Mon Nov 24, 2014 1:54 pm

Great review again, Gema.

I get him tomorrow. I am... I don't want to say 'worried', but it's not exactly the best sign no preorders for First Aid or Blades as far as I'm aware.