Dead Metal wrote:So basically this is in the wrong forum, this is its own entity and has nothing to do with TF other than being partially inspired by it.
So it's not a new 3rd party, but something original and new.
Pretty much exactly what I was thinking as I was looking at this thread. "How is this a third party Transformer?"
Transforming Mech ≠ Transformer. There are plenty of other transforming mechs out there. The many different aircraft in the various Macross shows. (Well, aside from the VF-1's connection with Jetfire.) Megazone. Heck, while they don't have individual bot modes, I'd consider Voltron / Go Lion to be a transforming mech. So if someone made a third party product based on any of those, I wouldn't call it a Transformer. Thus, it shouldn't be in the "Unofficial
Transformers 3rd Party and Knock Offs Toys forum."
Actually... In a way, there is no real place for 3rd party products or knock offs for properties other then Transformers to go. Should they go in the main Non-Transformers Toy Discussion forum? No. Because if 3rd party or knock-off discussion belonged with the official toy discussion for non-Transformers toys, then it would be a double standard to not allow it for Transformers toys. But non-Transformers based 3rd Party or Knock Off toys can't go in this forum, as it clearly says "Unofficial
Transformers in the title... So non-Transformers based 3rd party or knock-off toys are kind of in a grey area, with no place to exist on these forums.
So, back to this thing. Nothing about it says Transformer to me, it doesn't look at all like it fits into
any Transformers aesthetic I can think of... It isn't a third party Transformers toy. It's just a transforming mech toy. Could be cool, but nothing to do with Transformers.
But it doesn't look like anything else I know of either. Isn't it just a completely original toy? So really, I think this thread would be better in the main "Non-Transformers Toy Discussion" forum, rather then in the "Unofficial Transformers 3rd Party and Knock Off Toys" subforum. It's not a third party Transformer. It isn't a knock off of something else. It's just an original, non-Transformers toy, not really affiliated with any line I am familiar with.