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Vote on size of 3rd Party MP Ultra Magnus

Postby Dead Metal » Sat Aug 17, 2013 4:06 pm

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So, there is this new 3rd Party company "Meteor Operations" that is working on a MP Ultra Magnus, no white Prime just straight from vehicle to robot.
They currently have a poll on their Facebook page to help them decide how to scale him.

Option 1:
Show accurate robot scale, so just a bit taller than MP 10 Optimus Prime, consequence being an alt-mode smaller than MP10s.

Option 2:
Show accurate alt-mode scale, with an alt-mode that's scaled to MP10, but with a giant robot-mode.

But dudes, if I was you, I would go with Option 1, due to the fact that the whole concept of the MP line now is show accurate robot-modes, that way he want tower over every thing else on the shelf (he would be about as big as that 3rd Party WFC Omega Supreme), plus option 1 would also be the cheaper of the two.


What do you think?
Personally I think it might be a little early for someone to fill that gap, since Tak did shwo interest in making him before, but that was an armor concept. I do think this looks (or at least sounds) pretty interesting. And it would depend on this being based on option 1, price and look for me to even consider getting it.

Edit:
Option 2 won.
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Re: Vote on size of 3rd Party MP Ultra Magnus

Postby FortMacs » Sat Aug 17, 2013 10:30 pm

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id go with option 1.

Most of my figures are displayed in bot mode, and I only put them in alt mode when I decide to pull one down to transform.
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Re: Vote on size of 3rd Party MP Ultra Magnus

Postby necr0blivion » Sun Aug 18, 2013 1:19 am

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Option 1: I really don't want an Ultra Magnus towering Prime.
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Re: Vote on size of 3rd Party MP Ultra Magnus

Postby Dead Metal » Sun Aug 18, 2013 4:52 pm

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Yea well, looks like the majority of people are in this hobby for trucks and cars so option 2 won.
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Re: Vote on size of 3rd Party MP Ultra Magnus

Postby robotmel » Sun Aug 18, 2013 4:54 pm

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I dont think Transformers Facebook fanpage 'Meteor Operation' are producing the proposed figure themselves, but rather gaining the fans ideas on behalf of a 3rd Party group.

If a Masterpiece scale 3rd Party figure of Ultra Magnus does get produced, I would like to see him larger than MP Optimus, so option 2!

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Re: Vote on size of 3rd Party MP Ultra Magnus

Postby Mkall » Sun Aug 18, 2013 5:11 pm

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robotmel wrote::-?
I dont think Transformers Facebook fanpage 'Meteor Operation' are producing the proposed figure themselves, but rather gaining the fans ideas on behalf of a 3rd Party group.

Not a good idea IMO. In this instance they risk alienating one group of potential clients. Had they just said "This is what's coming out, and here's the scaling" the fanbase would be (most likely) more amiable.

Now they'll present their final option and the group that wanted the other choice will be unhappy; possibly to the point of not purchasing it.
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Re: Vote on size of 3rd Party MP Ultra Magnus

Postby Dead Metal » Sun Aug 18, 2013 5:13 pm

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Mkall wrote:
robotmel wrote::-?
I dont think Transformers Facebook fanpage 'Meteor Operation' are producing the proposed figure themselves, but rather gaining the fans ideas on behalf of a 3rd Party group.

Not a good idea IMO. In this instance they risk alienating one group of potential clients. Had they just said "This is what's coming out, and here's the scaling" the fanbase would be (most likely) more amiable.

Now they'll present their final option and the group that wanted the other choice will be unhappy; possibly to the point of not purchasing it.

They already have, the majority decided they wanted a truck in scale with MP 10 and thus a gigantic Ultra Magnus that will look out of place everywhere.
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Re: Vote on size of 3rd Party MP Ultra Magnus

Postby Mkall » Sun Aug 18, 2013 5:39 pm

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Dead Metal wrote:
Mkall wrote:
robotmel wrote::-?
I dont think Transformers Facebook fanpage 'Meteor Operation' are producing the proposed figure themselves, but rather gaining the fans ideas on behalf of a 3rd Party group.

Not a good idea IMO. In this instance they risk alienating one group of potential clients. Had they just said "This is what's coming out, and here's the scaling" the fanbase would be (most likely) more amiable.

Now they'll present their final option and the group that wanted the other choice will be unhappy; possibly to the point of not purchasing it.

They already have, the majority decided they wanted a truck in scale with MP 10 and thus a gigantic Ultra Magnus that will look out of place everywhere.

Wait, they waited only a day to collect information?

I'm so happy I'm not interested in anything Masterpiece related anymore.
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Re: Vote on size of 3rd Party MP Ultra Magnus

Postby xyl360 » Sun Aug 18, 2013 6:20 pm

Dead Metal wrote:
Mkall wrote:
robotmel wrote::-?
I dont think Transformers Facebook fanpage 'Meteor Operation' are producing the proposed figure themselves, but rather gaining the fans ideas on behalf of a 3rd Party group.

Not a good idea IMO. In this instance they risk alienating one group of potential clients. Had they just said "This is what's coming out, and here's the scaling" the fanbase would be (most likely) more amiable.

Now they'll present their final option and the group that wanted the other choice will be unhappy; possibly to the point of not purchasing it.

They already have, the majority decided they wanted a truck in scale with MP 10 and thus a gigantic Ultra Magnus that will look out of place everywhere.

Excellent, that's what I would want as well :D!

Although "...a gigantic Ultra Magnus that will look out of place everywhere." I totally disagree on. It all depends on just how it's engineered. UM is supposed to be quite a bit bigger than Optimus Prime. He was in the cartoon, anyway. I'm certain that making a truck mode in scale with MP-10 but with a bot mode not as big as ProjectX Genesis is doable.
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Re: Vote on size of 3rd Party MP Ultra Magnus

Postby hpfabe » Mon Aug 19, 2013 3:56 pm

My thing is, while I almost always display in robot mode, I'm really a terrible obsessive scale stickler about vehicle modes. Vehicle mode scale is more important than cartoon accuracy (I HATE mass shifting).
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Re: Vote on size of 3rd Party MP Ultra Magnus

Postby xyl360 » Mon Aug 19, 2013 4:21 pm

hpfabe wrote:My thing is, while I almost always display in robot mode, I'm really a terrible obsessive scale stickler about vehicle modes. Vehicle mode scale is more important than cartoon accuracy (I HATE mass shifting).

Hehe, me too to an extent. And with the perfect scale that the MP Autobots have going, I wouldn't want UM to break that streak, even if it is a 3rd party figure. Plus it would be soooo frickin' sweet to be able to stack up a ton of MP Autobot cars on his transport trailer.
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Re: Vote on size of 3rd Party MP Ultra Magnus

Postby Dead Metal » Tue Aug 20, 2013 1:46 am

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xyl360 wrote:
hpfabe wrote:My thing is, while I almost always display in robot mode, I'm really a terrible obsessive scale stickler about vehicle modes. Vehicle mode scale is more important than cartoon accuracy (I HATE mass shifting).

Hehe, me too to an extent. And with the perfect scale that the MP Autobots have going, I wouldn't want UM to break that streak, even if it is a 3rd party figure. Plus it would be soooo frickin' sweet to be able to stack up a ton of MP Autobot cars on his transport trailer.

The MPs are scaled to cartoon robot-mode since MP 10.
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Re: Vote on size of 3rd Party MP Ultra Magnus

Postby xyl360 » Tue Aug 20, 2013 6:39 pm

Dead Metal wrote:
xyl360 wrote:
hpfabe wrote:My thing is, while I almost always display in robot mode, I'm really a terrible obsessive scale stickler about vehicle modes. Vehicle mode scale is more important than cartoon accuracy (I HATE mass shifting).

Hehe, me too to an extent. And with the perfect scale that the MP Autobots have going, I wouldn't want UM to break that streak, even if it is a 3rd party figure. Plus it would be soooo frickin' sweet to be able to stack up a ton of MP Autobot cars on his transport trailer.

The MPs are scaled to cartoon robot-mode since MP 10.

Sure, but the Autobot vehicles are pretty much in scale too so far.
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Re: Vote on size of 3rd Party MP Ultra Magnus

Postby Arctorro » Tue Aug 20, 2013 7:05 pm

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xyl360 wrote:
Dead Metal wrote:
xyl360 wrote:
hpfabe wrote:My thing is, while I almost always display in robot mode, I'm really a terrible obsessive scale stickler about vehicle modes. Vehicle mode scale is more important than cartoon accuracy (I HATE mass shifting).

Hehe, me too to an extent. And with the perfect scale that the MP Autobots have going, I wouldn't want UM to break that streak, even if it is a 3rd party figure. Plus it would be soooo frickin' sweet to be able to stack up a ton of MP Autobot cars on his transport trailer.

The MPs are scaled to cartoon robot-mode since MP 10.

Sure, but the Autobot vehicles are pretty much in scale too so far.
Which is why I'd prefer to wait and see if Takara does UM with MP-10 as it's base. They did hint that MP-10 was designed with UM in mind.
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