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FansProject Article: Project Triplex

PostPosted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 10:15 am
by mooncake623
https://www.fpcore.com/news/2014/02/24/project-triplex


From the link: by FPC

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After the fall of the old Warbot leadership at the hands of Skycrow there were no nominations, no arguments, not even a debate as to who would provide the temporary security detail for the Warbot legions. There was only one choice... Defender.

Outwardly, there is nothing “special” about Defender. His crystal output is average, his strength is within the normal range, and none of his forms are anything exceptional amongst the legion. However, his ability to outsmart and outmaneuver his opponents is second to none. Defender rose through the ranks quickly by volunteering for “A” ranked assignments, accumulating more than double that of any other Warbot. Recognized for his repeated success, he was offered a full frame conversion by the Special Projects Division. Under the watchful eye of City Commander and his fellow officer Protector, Defender was successfully given a third, fully functional, flight based shift mode (See: Project Triplex).

The counsel would hold Defender up as a beacon of all the things an alpha is meant to be: honest, loyal, selfless, courageous, and humble. While he may indeed be all of those things, perhaps his greatest asset that has had such a dramatic effect on the conflict and the reason for his promotion within the Warbot ranks is simply his practicality. Defender, seeing the advantages his upgrade had given him, and taking a queue from the original Soleron Alpha Project, began the “uplift initiative”, the mandate for this project was very simple, essentially “make them better”. Being a true alpha, Defender was extremely selective about who was chosen for the projects and insisted that all safety precautions be taken. Eventually a great number of successes were recorded, such as Project Red Shift and Project Corer.

For a short time it was whispered that Defender had lost his mind and was murdering alphas on the fringe outposts. For anyone with classified level access, it was simple enough to compare the attacks against his whereabouts, and determine that it could not have been him. But for the general populace, the rumors were only truly debunked when the Warbots brought back proof of his “Doppelgangers” existence. Given the code name Nega-Defender this double has become a dark shadow in Defenders life, one of which he is determined to discover the origins of and wipe from the universe.

Re: FansProject Article: Project Triplex

PostPosted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 10:26 am
by Agamemnon
Interesting. If they fix some of Defender's problems, I could see getting this and selling my Defender, who still has decent knees.

Re: FansProject Article: Project Triplex

PostPosted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 1:13 pm
by necr0blivion
"Nega-Defender": it's been 3 or 4 years since that was teased in the Defender booklet/comic, right?

Re: FansProject Article: Project Triplex

PostPosted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 3:22 pm
by Shadowstream
Does this say anything about... anything? I'm sure this is all fascinating for those 2 people who care about FP's fiction, but it doesn't really say anything about either a re-release or repaint, so... what?

Re: FansProject Article: Project Triplex

PostPosted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 3:40 pm
by mooncake623
Shadowstream wrote:Does this say anything about... anything? I'm sure this is all fascinating for those 2 people who care about FP's fiction, but it doesn't really say anything about either a re-release or repaint, so... what?



so nothing... move along


necr0blivion wrote:"Nega-Defender": it's been 3 or 4 years since that was teased in the Defender booklet/comic, right?



yea I think it was in the comic, they're developing the back story more so I'm assuming they're teasing repaints and such.

Re: FansProject Article: Project Triplex

PostPosted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 6:38 pm
by Tsutsukakushi
I don't need fiction with my 3rd party toys. I buy what I buy based off the sculpt,character,scale & articulation.

Creating fiction means the buyers pay a bit extra when they buy the toy. No thanks to this.

I didn't buy FP Defender & I won't be buying this repainted retool.

Re: FansProject Article: Project Triplex

PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 2:21 am
by xyl360
Isn't this just the same as the repaint Takara already teased in their Cloud promo?:
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It is interesting that FP seems to have beat them to the punch on the idea though (if it was indeed teased way back when Defender was originally released).

Personally, I'd much rather have this than a repainted Warbot Defender:
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My fingers are still crossed that we'll see that in the Cloud line.

Re: FansProject Article: Project Triplex

PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 4:43 pm
by megatronus
xyl360 wrote:Isn't this just the same as the repaint Takara already teased in their Cloud promo?:
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It is interesting that FP seems to have beat them to the punch on the idea though (if it was indeed teased way back when Defender was originally released).

Personally, I'd much rather have this than a repainted Warbot Defender:
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My fingers are still crossed that we'll see that in the Cloud line.



I'm less confident we'll see a Rodimus-from-Springer now that Cloud Starscream has been announced. The picture uses his FOC body, whereas the actual figure is going to be a Doubledealer redeco.

I'm still hoping, though.

Re: FansProject Article: Project Triplex

PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 7:36 pm
by Rated X
Cant say I need a springer rod. This is the worst attempt to sell repaints since shattered glass...

Re: FansProject Article: Project Triplex

PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 8:38 pm
by Tsutsukakushi
These Clouds recolors seem similar to the terrible TFCC recolors.