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After the recent announcement of the Cubex MP Huffer, I havent managed to find the almost simultaneous announcement that our old friends X-Transbots are to return with their own Masterpiece versions of G1 favourites Huffer and Pipes so here it is!

X-Transbots presents

Master Mini Series MM-I Krank and MM-II Stax aka Huffer and Pipes!





More info to follow as its announced!

Let the X-Transbots/Cubex battle commence!

So, I still want to know what they knocked off for these? I don't remember Jizai making anything like these, did they get these from a different garage kit maker and upscale them?

Really like the scale on this for am MP display.

I appreciate that they selected a believably smaller truck.

Still haven't found any figures to knock Botcon Huffer/Cybertron Armorhide as my Classics Huffer/Pipes. If these were scout sized they may just do that.

However they are not, so I'm not that interested.

Pulled these out of the mix of recent photos..

This one looks much better than the Cubex version, and the scale seems to be spot on, but I can't help thinking that it isn't cartoon accurate enough to fit as well as the eventual Takara version

I do like it and if it wasn't for Takara I'd be on board.

Windcharger next huh?

This isn't looking so good now. After seeing the most recent pics of the Cubex version I've flip-flopped and now like that one better, still not buying it though

Unless it is really, really, really cheap. Maybe.

Both "Not-Huffers" look good! It's amazing that fans can pull off this kind of sophisticated toys. Some toys even look better than their official counterparts. I've been impressed with a lot of the photos that I see of the 3rd party products. (Don't own any so far though, except for that cool little Megatron.)

I think I, too, am leaning more to the Cubex Not-Huffer -- the face looks more "Huffer" to me, and I like the wheel-less robot mode. Plus, the truck mode somehow looks more consistent with the style of both the MP-10 and the cartoon.
I assume release dates and prices won't be in any time soon?

These two look really good i'm very surprised this is X-Transbots the Cubex figure looks more like something i would have expected from XT.

I want to see these next to some deluxe figures as i would have them for my classics display i don't care at all about minibot scale .

This looks great. I like the scale and accuracy of the alt mode. But X-Transbots needs to prove the Quality of the figure before I buy it.

These do look really good, but I'm not buying any 3rd party MPs given the roll that Takara is on right now. If they haven't gotten to a G1 character yet, just give it time, I bet they will get em' all eventually (at least for everything before season 3, possibly excluding the cities and combiners).

Love the both Pipe's faces

They should worry more about actually releasing things.

Is been over a year for their Ironhide/Ratchet set.

I wonder if they read the writing on the wall with the iGear Ironhide and Ratchet and scrapped their idea. X-Transbots Ironhide and Ratchet did not have the same level of detail as iGear's.

If they have, they should at least inform Robot Kingdom instead of stringing us/me along.

I'm just so wary about X-transbots now. Especially after I got their Powerglide and have seen the quality. I'll believe they changed for the better once Not-Huffer is released and I have seen the reviews....

The more I see the alt mode the less I like this, it just looks nothing like the cartoon.

Im surprised no has bothered to post the (somewhat dated now) latest news or photos on this project? I guess thats why this Transformers fansite suffers these days when it comes to 3rd Party updates and latest releases! What!

Courtesy of X-transbots facebook page.







More photos here...
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.514582735287853.1073741826.190452341034229&type=1

Wow, he's bigger than I thought he'd be. I think he's too big for MP.

Thanks for posting the pictures. I am a little surprised with the height as well. Haven't made up my mind yet. Who is the other company planning to make Huffer?

Oh why cant they be scout sized ? I really hate how small my Igear Huffer and Pipes are.

Rated X wrote:Oh why cant they be scout sized ? I really hate how small my Igear Huffer and Pipes are.

I still haven't found a better-scaled Huffer and Pipes than Botcon 2007 Huffer and Cybertron Armorhide.