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Courtesy of ACToys we have a couple of images of MakeToys Devastator homage Giant in green. MakeToys is in the middle of distributing their yellow version of Giant with Set "B" consisting of Mobile Crane and Dump Truck currently hitting online retailers. According to MakeToys the green version of Giant will be released as giftset featuring all six figures later this year. Images mirrored below.

Update: MakeToys have now released official versions of these images and announced these will be released as one set priced at 31,500 Yen (approx $386.50).

Yeah...but for how much?

Holy sweet Cybertron!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would much rather have this in my display case than the yellow version. A MUST HAVE...now to know the packaged price. It would be nice to receive a price break. This will be next to Fansproject Bruticus!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would much rather have this version than Hercules.....and for all you haters!!!!! If you think it's to busy of a figure....forget about it....its the best Devy representation hands down!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i dont care how much i want it bad

My willie just stood up upon seeing this.

Very slick. The biggest winner int he Herc VS Giant war? The fans!

I have Herc already, but I still want this.

Postings before, mentioned that Maketoys would release the Green sets in three double packs (no need to spend extra on packaging), and the price would be almost the same as that of the Yellow set. TFW2005 has a thread that shows a pre-order from TaoBao: http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transform ... -pack.html

starscream1974 wrote:Holy sweet Cybertron!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would much rather have this in my display case than the yellow version. A MUST HAVE...now to know the packaged price. It would be nice to receive a price break. This will be next to Fansproject Bruticus!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would much rather have this version than Hercules.....and for all you haters!!!!! If you think it's to busy of a figure....forget about it....its the best Devy representation hands down!!!!!!!!!!!!!

troll much ?

Anyway. This set looks good in green. I'm still not in the Maketoys camp for Devy, but it doesn't look like anyone who is getting it will be disappointed. It is most impressive and IMO, pulls off the G1 Devy look very well .

sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

daimchoc wrote:Postings before, mentioned that Maketoys would release the Green sets in three double packs (no need to spend extra on packaging), and the price would be almost the same as that of the Yellow set. TFW2005 has a thread that shows a pre-order from TaoBao: http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transform ... -pack.html

True, but a post from Sidecutter (Captured Prey I believe) states that he spoke to MakeToys and they had not announced a box set or any of the kind to anyone at that time.

...where you from, you sexy thing, you sexy thing you?

Mkall wrote:

daimchoc wrote:Postings before, mentioned that Maketoys would release the Green sets in three double packs (no need to spend extra on packaging), and the price would be almost the same as that of the Yellow set. TFW2005 has a thread that shows a pre-order from TaoBao: http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transform ... -pack.html

True, but a post from Sidecutter (Captured Prey I believe) states that he spoke to MakeToys and they had not announced a box set or any of the kind to anyone at that time.

Their website makes reference to a set of six.

This is what google translate came up with anyway:

　We decide to meet the demands of the lot · · · but we proceed in the slight little later than originally planned the release of the Giant series has our popular, to launch a green color after the yellow color beneath. Green color is scheduled to be released in the set of all six species.

Oooooooooo...

He is lovely, but I already have Herc and I'm happy making Landfill.

EDIT:
Something about idea of the original mega-brute throwing down against a smaller yet smarter doppleganger tickles me.

Hercules points and laughes..... Maketoys version INFERIOR!!!!!!!

Mkall wrote:

daimchoc wrote:Postings before, mentioned that Maketoys would release the Green sets in three double packs (no need to spend extra on packaging), and the price would be almost the same as that of the Yellow set. TFW2005 has a thread that shows a pre-order from TaoBao: http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transform ... -pack.html

True, but a post from Sidecutter (Captured Prey I believe) states that he spoke to MakeToys and they had not announced a box set or any of the kind to anyone at that time.

Yes, the official announcement has not been made directly by Maketoys, but that with emails and postings from different sites, that they will most likely release the green sets in the same 2-figure boxes, but just sell them altogether.

LiKwid wrote:Hercules points and laughes..... Maketoys version INFERIOR!!!!!!!

please, man, for all our sakes, grow up.

Marvelous - I'll double dip as an investment towards Computron. Well done, MakeToys!
Really feelin' the G1 mint green.

craggy wrote:

LiKwid wrote:Hercules points and laughes..... Maketoys version INFERIOR!!!!!!!

please, man, for all our sakes, grow up.

Leave him be. Jealousy is tough to overcome; especially when regret is added to the mix.
Posting about Hercules in a Giant news article -

I love this figure and set. Total Win!

That is quite awesome. MUCH better than I expected. I'm still happy with my yellow version in the works, but I'm glad to see its carried over well for those who were waiting on the G1 colours. By the way, what was up with that black foamy looking piece for longhaul?

LiKwid wrote:Hercules points and laughes..... Maketoys version INFERIOR!!!!!!!

[don't take this]
Oh yeah? Well why don't you get your over-sized lanky ass and your ugly mess of a gun down here and say that to my face tough guy? What are ya gonna do, amaze me with your parts-forming? Bedazzle me with you Unicron trilogy style? Those non-existant kneecaps and elbows special to you? I suppose some breaking parts, an ugly left foot and an over-sized, gimmicky cement drum couldn't hurt either right? Yeah, I bet a bunch o' your chumps are gonna get that upgrade set just to end up makin' ya look more like me too. You may be big but I got style chump!
[too seriously]

Seriously though. This is like class warfare or something. The people who spent more money to get Hercules think they have the right to laugh and look down upon those who got Giant instead and those who've gotten Giant say that the people who bought Hercules are stupid with money. Look, both sets have their pros and cons, I'm getting the Giant admittedly because it's cheaper (which is a pro) but also because to me the individual robots are just plain better, heck for some people (myself included) the large size of Hercules would even be considered a con. I don't really think it's right to say either is inferior, regardless of price or size, because it's ultimately not only about price but also peoples personal tastes.

From all the polling it seems more people like Herc, but then, I'm sure a lot had already started investing in him, and just couldn't think about giant being better coz it would just suck. I started out liking Herc more, but the more I saw (and I can afford both), Giant looks better in regards to the nice beefy toughness, and overall porpotions, and I like the individual bots a lot more too. Herc's individual bots do have some awesome faces though, and are, to me, the only REAL pro that has me liking Herc.

Btw, for those who mentioned the tunnel vision. Its not like they have eyes in their alt modes to begin with, so the whole concept is sorta flung out the window. Next, the protection to a vital part that is the head is great considering the mayhem that would occur around Devastator.

MINDVVIPE wrote:From all the polling it seems more people like Herc, but then, I'm sure a lot had already started investing in him, and just couldn't think about giant being better coz it would just suck. I started out liking Herc more, but the more I saw (and I can afford both), Giant looks better in regards to the nice beefy toughness, and overall porpotions, and I like the individual bots a lot more too. Herc's individual bots do have some awesome faces though, and are, to me, the only REAL pro that has me liking Herc.

Pretty much the same here, except for the fact that I can't afford Herc. Also I actually started to prefer Giant's heads as well, even the eye colors. Scrapper, Long Haul and Hook all getting the red eyes, a contrast to the more subdued nature of the three compared to the rest of the group. Scrapper being more psychotic and Bonecrusher a destructive brute, they get the blue eyes. Finally you have Mixmaster, who gets yellow eyes because... he's a scientist... I guess.

Vicalliose wrote:Scrapper, Long Haul and Hook all getting the red eyes, a contrast to the more subdued nature of the three compared to the rest of the group. Scrapper being more psychotic and Bonecrusher a destructive brute, they get the blue eyes. Finally you have Mixmaster, who gets yellow eyes because... he's a scientist... I guess.

The variation in eye colour only helps support the fact that they are a naturally occuring life form with random elements, and not somehow all forced to have predetermined visual similarities. And ya, in contrast to the blue, the guys with red look so evil, especially Long Haul. Sucka doesn't even need guns with those fists.

I have Hercules and he is an amazing figure but I'm am also buying these guys in yellow because my Hercules is green. When I first got my set of giant they were nice but I wasn't impressed like I was with herc. But the more I played with them a little the more I started to like them. I guess all I'm trying to say is both sets are gonna be amazing and I think the only real breaker is gonna be the price. $360 to $680 both are more than a masterpiece but I will say pictures do not do these two justice when you have them in hand you forget how much money you spent on them. My set b for giant comes in next week so more than half of giant will be complete and I'll let you know how he's standing up to Hercules