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News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 6:16 pm

From their facebook page. Couple of interesting notes:

Question:

Also, just wondering, but what happened to your hybrid style Dinobots? Are they getting turned into the MP teaser we saw a few months back, or are you sticking to wst stuff?

Their response:

yes, they are getting turned into MP project, we will update work-in-progress pics soon!

Though this bears a strong resemblance to Predacon Headstrong.

by **NTESHFT** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 10:40 pm

Interesting............. :-?

by **Astronopolis** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 2:53 am

I've already committed to buy Hercules, so i kind of winced when my all time favorite combiner Predaking was getting a toy. Hopefully these guys work nice and sloooooow on that project...

MP Dinobots, are you serious?! and i thought my wallet was already groaning under the strain! I saw they were had the Hybrid Style scale in mind when they showed artwork earlier, but now its getting irresistible.
We will have to see if the level of detail is up to par with Grimlock for me to pull the trigger.

News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 10:53 am

For those of you who don't know, during the third party panel at TFcon this image was shown and announced as a TFC Toys (think Hercules) Predacon project. I mentioned that on their facebook page and they said TFcon made a mistake and this is their project. Still not sure about size, I'm trying to find out. If Classics size this could be very promising.

News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 11:53 am

Justitoys has posted some interesting information on their facebook page regarding the third-party Predacon project mentioned at the TFcon third-party panel. During the panel the image below was shown and announced as an upcoming TFC Toys project, the same company currently producing the Hercules (aka Devastator) figures. Justitoys has now posted the image and state that TFcon got their information wrong, they are actually working on this project.

The question now becomes scale. Justitoys are well known for their WST figures, but the design and detailing on this figure lend themselves to something larger.

Update: According to their facebook, this is a member of a "large scale" combiner team.

by **Court Jester** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 12:05 pm

"SH!T JUST GOT REAL..."

News Credits: 33 · by **Genocide G2.0** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 12:32 pm

My head is batterd now i havn't even chose a Devastator yet and i've been :BLACKEYE:

with what could be the badest mother fcUKer around and i like that Dinobiner, what to do but :DANCE:

News Credits: 187 · by **GetRightRobot** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 1:29 pm

It's awfully early to be making any judgment calls on this one. However, I do know one thing, with all this 3rd party awesomeness, I'm going to need a government bailout! :sad:

News Credits: 11 · by **kirbenvost** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 1:45 pm

Cool, but they still haven't made the THS Dinobots or completed WST Astrotrain yet. I do wish 3rd party companies would show progress for one project at a time, unless they have some sort of concrete schedule like Fansproject.

News Credits: 1 · by **Sodan-1** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 3:22 pm

kirbenvost wrote:....unless they have some sort of concrete schedule like Fansproject.

Hahahaha!!! That's some funny stuff. Concrete.....

This is a very cool proposition, and that sketch looks awesome. So long as they're at least deluxe size, I think I'm on board.

By-the-by, what's Justitoys' quality like?

News Credits: 11 · by **kirbenvost** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 4:16 pm

Sodan-1 wrote:
kirbenvost wrote:....unless they have some sort of concrete schedule like Fansproject.

Hahahaha!!! That's some funny stuff. Concrete.....

Well perhaps concrete wasn't the right word... :lol:

I mean they actually have a plan and "schedule" for their projects, while most other 3rd parties just show off a ton of ideas and never follow through on a lot of them.

Anyway, their quality is pretty good. I have a couple of the WST dinobots and the Shockwave and they really are like shrunken down versions of the G1s, quality plastic, diecast and everything.

by **amtm** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 4:28 pm

Sodan-1 wrote:By-the-by, what's Justitoys' quality like?

I have two of the WST Dino Robots and they are pretty good. The plastic is a little flimsy--not brittle, more like thin, soft, and pliable--but otherwise no complaints. They also have die-cast parts, just like the original G1 toys, which is one of the reasons I like them. They're a nice mini version of G1 toys. I can't speak for anything larger made by Justitoys, though.

by **morphobots** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 5:15 pm

amtm wrote:
Sodan-1 wrote:By-the-by, what's Justitoys' quality like?

I have two of the WST Dino Robots and they are pretty good. The plastic is a little flimsy--not brittle, more like thin, soft, and pliable--but otherwise no complaints. They also have die-cast parts, just like the original G1 toys, which is one of the reasons I like them. They're a nice mini version of G1 toys. I can't speak for anything larger made by Justitoys, though.

I have their MP Megatron upgrade package and the trailer they made for MP Convoy before Takara released their own. I was very impressed with the Megatron pack, especially the diecast pieces which let you attach the rifle stock. The Convoy trailer doesn't transform, but it's very good plastic and matched the colors on Convoy very well. It also had some interesting features I wouldn't have thought of, such as a stand to attach to the trailer hitch to allow it to stay level on its own and wheel chocks inside to keep your Binaltech/Alternator TFs from rolling back and forth.

News Credits: 1 · by **Blozor** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 7:49 pm

I'm not particularly turned on by the outside hinges on the arms and legs. I'm not a big fan of invisible elbows / knees like Exgraver has. It would be nice if they could make the hinge the actual elbow or knee instead of an arm or leg that essentially breaks in half to bend.

News Credits: 10 · by **gavinfuzzy** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 9:35 pm

I just paid $200 for the takara reissue last year. And im quite happy with that, especially with all the gold paint :lol:

News Credits: 1 · by **NebulanFree** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 1:00 am

Bring it on!

News Credits: 5 · by **alexison** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 12:42 pm

Oh man. How am I supposed to keep track of this stuff?

News Credits: 1 · by **Sodan-1** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 1:40 pm

kirbenvost, amtm and morphobots; cheers for the info. It's certainly heightened my anticipation for these.

News Credits: 8 · by **gema** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 9:08 pm

owh no....this is tooo much to take (for my wallet)

News Credits: 5 · by **alexison** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 9:38 pm

Hopefully, since this isn't from TFC, it will be in scale with the FP combiners and fit in nicer with the classics line.

News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Thu May 31, 2012 11:15 am

It's been so longs since we've heard anything about this project I figured it was dead, but apparently not.

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Thu May 31, 2012 11:50 am

I really don't trust JustiToys. They put out an image, then nothing really seems to happen. Whatever happened to their Dinobots they wanted to do hmmm? Perhaps this will follow the same fate?

by **Rated X** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 10:05 pm

Either do all the Predacons or none at all. And that dinobot combiner was stupid.

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Sat Jun 02, 2012 12:01 am

Rated X wrote:Either do all the Predacons or none at all. And that dinobot combiner was stupid.

You're thinking about the TFC Dino-combiner which I agree was stupid. The Dinobots that JustiToy had teased were basically Classics Prime-sized, ultra poseable versions of their G1 toys. I suppose hasbro put the ki-bosh on that?

News Credits: 409 · by **Stormrider** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 8:08 pm

Mkall wrote:
Rated X wrote:Either do all the Predacons or none at all. And that dinobot combiner was stupid.

You're thinking about the TFC Dino-combiner which I agree was stupid. The Dinobots that JustiToy had teased were basically Classics Prime-sized, ultra poseable versions of their G1 toys. I suppose hasbro put the ki-bosh on that?

It's too bad Justitoys has not been able to follow through with many of their projects.