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I'm liking both but I am really excited for Trianox Alpha. I love the concept & colors.

Intriguing. Are these completely new, or are they based on existing Transformers? I'm having trouble picking up on an homage....

Agamemnon wrote:Intriguing. Are these completely new, or are they based on existing Transformers? I'm having trouble picking up on an homage....

I believe they homage a Diaclone offshoot line called DiaBattles,

I'm not 100% sold on these guys. I think it'll depend what else is currently wanting my money about the time these guys come out.

Autobot Genocide wrote:

Could this be my Deathsaurus?

Agamemnon wrote:Could this be my Deathsaurus?

People seem to believe he's closer to Dia Atlas. Personally I don't see it, but...

Mkall wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:Could this be my Deathsaurus?

People seem to believe he's closer to Dia Atlas. Personally I don't see it, but...

I can sort of see Dai Atlas now. Since Deathsaurus appeared in more anime, I'm a bit more familiar with that character. The chest piece would need those huge golden crests sticking out the left and right...

We'll see, I guess....

I definitely saw more Dai Atlas over Deathsaurus, maybe because he's not so beastly in the beast sense... if that makes sense.

BH Darksteel + Renderform Upgrade + Reprolabels is my Deathsaurus for the time being, and it would take some doing to motivate me to replace him, especially with a non-beast inspired bot.

Now if FP would be so kind to also have an IDW StarSaber in the works I can stab this guy with...

guarayakha wrote:Now if FP would be so kind to also have an IDW StarSaber in the works I can stab this guy with...

I like where your heads at!

I like that FP is sticking to their style and not making MPs like everyone else. I might have to get the Dai Atlas.

mooncake623 wrote:I like that FP is sticking to their style and not making MPs like everyone else. I might have to get the Dai Atlas.

Good point. It's just nice that FP is sticking to finishing the rest of the various lines: Lost Exo-Realm (Dinobots), Function X, Warbot. One of the frustrating things these days is that the companies seem to divert their resources into various projects at once. It's hodgepodge, but MAYBE it's because they want to beat out the market to that particular offering? In any event, FP please stay out of MP-styled toys. This past weekend has shown us that there's PLENTY you can do without touching that market.

On a similar note: MakeToys is killing it with their MP-styled offerings, and even going into the S3 realm. It's about damn time.

necr0blivion wrote:

mooncake623 wrote:I like that FP is sticking to their style and not making MPs like everyone else. I might have to get the Dai Atlas.

Good point. It's just nice that FP is sticking to finishing the rest of the various lines: Lost Exo-Realm (Dinobots), Function X, Warbot. One of the frustrating things these days is that the companies seem to divert their resources into various projects at once. It's hodgepodge, but MAYBE it's because they want to beat out the market to that particular offering? In any event, FP please stay out of MP-styled toys. This past weekend has shown us that there's PLENTY you can do without touching that market.

On a similar note: MakeToys is killing it with their MP-styled offerings, and even going into the S3 realm. It's about damn time.

I think the fact that MT is doing masterpiece is probably the reason FP isn't. They seem to be closely related on a lot of things.

Still looks nice. I'd like to see him displayed next to MT's Wing & Drift.

With more paint on him, I definitely see the Dai Atlas homage now. BBTS (and Ages 3 and Up) have this guy up for preorder:

BBTS has him for $129.99

Ages 3 and Up has him discounted at $129.95 (hey, it's 4 cents! )

A pic from BBTS:



Yup, definitely looks like Dai Atlas now. And I bit....

Still not hitting the Dai Atlas notes for me I'm afraid.

Mkall wrote:Still not hitting the Dai Atlas notes for me I'm afraid.

Me neither. It's neither IDW nor G1... hard to figure out where this would go, outside an FP shelf that is.

megatronus wrote:

Mkall wrote:Still not hitting the Dai Atlas notes for me I'm afraid.

Me neither. It's neither IDW nor G1... hard to figure out where this would go, outside an FP shelf that is.

With a lack of "Classics" options for Dai Atlas, I think this will do for me...

Agamemnon wrote:

megatronus wrote:

Mkall wrote:Still not hitting the Dai Atlas notes for me I'm afraid.

Me neither. It's neither IDW nor G1... hard to figure out where this would go, outside an FP shelf that is.

With a lack of "Classics" options for Dai Atlas, I think this will do for me...

Agreed. I think this looks just fine. Since the only other valid option is Universe King Atlas, I'll be getting this figure.

Maybe it's just me, but it seems like this guy would fit in better with Takara's new Diaclone line than with TFs. Weird.

megatronus wrote:Maybe it's just me, but it seems like this guy would fit in better with Takara's new Diaclone line than with TFs. Weird.

Agreed. But, it's bad enough I'm doing a "Classics" GoBots run, I don't think I can handle a Diaclone run too...