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Re: War Lord - Beasticons

PostPosted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 10:57 am
by daimchoc
c/o UniqueToys' FB page

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Re: War Lord - Beasticons

PostPosted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 11:18 am
by Trikeboy
I know it's just a test shot but this looks like a Kabaya candy toy.

Re: War Lord - Beasticons

PostPosted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 3:07 pm
by necr0blivion
That would be a badass Kabaya set if they ever decided to make one.

Re: War Lord - Beasticons

PostPosted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 7:26 pm
by Stormrider
They look very blocky with arm and leg movements

Re: War Lord - Beasticons

PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 2:38 am
by daimchoc
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Re: War Lord - Beasticons

PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 6:22 am
by Trikeboy
After what MMC showed us yesterday, this is not going to be on my shelf. Sorry guys, MMC all the way with the Preds.

Re: War Lord - Beasticons

PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 9:04 am
by NOS
The fact that these are $100 deluxe figures compared to MMC's $100 voyager figures doesn't help UniqueToys either.

Re: War Lord - Beasticons

PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 9:56 am
by Rated X
Game Over Unique Toys.

MMC is coming.

Re: War Lord - Beasticons

PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 11:19 am
by Agamemnon
Rated X wrote:Game Over Unique Toys.

MMC is coming.

Yep, I believe this is too true. I don't think we are even close to having a Hercules-Giant near tie competition here. MMC just body slammed Unique Toys into next year.

I would not want to be in Unique Toys shoes at this time...

Re: War Lord - Beasticons

PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 3:14 pm
by Gurgintius Maximus
Agamemnon wrote:I don't think we are even close to having a Hercules-Giant near tie competition here. MMC just body slammed Unique Toys into next year.


I was just thinking this. Easy decision this time. Almost feel bad for UT.

Re: War Lord - Beasticons

PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 3:15 pm
by Gurgintius Maximus
100 :D
Only took me 4 years...

Re: War Lord - Beasticons

PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 11:02 pm
by daimchoc
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Re: War Lord - Beasticons

PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 11:18 pm
by King Kuuga
Okay I'll admit. That is a sexy Headstrong. If their Divebomb wasn't a letdown, I'd seriously consider that. But I need to see MMC's offering.

Re: War Lord - Beasticons

PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 11:45 pm
by Arctorro
That Bot wrote:Okay I'll admit. That is a sexy Headstrong. If their Divebomb wasn't a letdown, I'd seriously consider that. But I need to see MMC's offering.

Leg mode has great foot articulation, but other than that these look crap...

We've already seen two of MMC's Preds and they are both better, so it's a safe bet their Headstrong will be better as well. MMC's first release is cheaper atm and even if they were the same price it would still be a better deal because of the size difference.

Re: War Lord - Beasticons

PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 4:05 am
by King Kuuga
Arctorro wrote:
That Bot wrote:Okay I'll admit. That is a sexy Headstrong. If their Divebomb wasn't a letdown, I'd seriously consider that. But I need to see MMC's offering.

Leg mode has great foot articulation, but other than that these look crap...

We've already seen two of MMC's Preds and they are both better, so it's a safe bet their Headstrong will be better as well. MMC's first release is cheaper atm and even if they were the same price it would still be a better deal because of the size difference.

I forgot we saw MMC's Tantrum, thanks for the reminder. And yes, MMC is a better value because right now their larger Divebomb is cheaper, and even at the same price, it's more toy for the same money. I'm definitely in the MMC camp but still curious to see how the final product turns out here. I looked at all the pics posted and I'm eager to see how it differentiates itself from the custom it resembles.

Re: War Lord - Beasticons

PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 4:56 am
by Arctorro
That Bot wrote:
Arctorro wrote:
That Bot wrote:Okay I'll admit. That is a sexy Headstrong. If their Divebomb wasn't a letdown, I'd seriously consider that. But I need to see MMC's offering.

Leg mode has great foot articulation, but other than that these look crap...

We've already seen two of MMC's Preds and they are both better, so it's a safe bet their Headstrong will be better as well. MMC's first release is cheaper atm and even if they were the same price it would still be a better deal because of the size difference.

I forgot we saw MMC's Tantrum, thanks for the reminder. And yes, MMC is a better value because right now their larger Divebomb is cheaper, and even at the same price, it's more toy for the same money. I'm definitely in the MMC camp but still curious to see how the final product turns out here. I looked at all the pics posted and I'm eager to see how it differentiates itself from the custom it resembles.

It will be nice to see how it turns out. I think what we've seen here so far is kinda plain as far as the individual bots are concerned (crap was probably too strong a word), but War Lord is looking like he might be reasonably good if it wasn't for those really bad shoulders and wrist spikes :BANG_HEAD:

Taking away everything else I mentioned before, these two issues make War Lord just another case of "close but not quite".

Re: War Lord - Beasticons

PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:04 pm
by Stormrider
Not very interested in these guys anymore. MMC please

Re: War Lord - Beasticons

PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 10:53 pm
by rpetras
I don't hate these as far as their individual bot modes go.

I kind of like the blocky look to 'em.

Its the combined mode that really misses the mark.

I still prefer what we've seen from MMC overall, sorry guys.

Re: War Lord - Beasticons

PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 10:00 pm
by Sodan-1
GiveMeSkyfire wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:I don't think we are even close to having a Hercules-Giant near tie competition here. MMC just body slammed Unique Toys into next year.


I was just thinking this. Easy decision this time. Almost feel bad for UT.

Yeah, me to. Almost. :roll: This fandom has never really taken prisoners. It sucks that in the case of third parties that can mean the difference between staying in business and going under.

Unique Toys should've tried something a little smaller scale or more obscure as their first project. Even if MMC weren't also working on the Predacons, I don't think I'd have gone for this set. Headstrong's face doesn't even look that angry.

Re: War Lord - Beasticons

PostPosted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 5:43 am
by Genocide G2.0
Yeah headstrongs robot head is very generic looking to me that face/head would be your average joe on cybertron were as mmc tantrums robot head is just full of character that snarl he's got is mint.

Re: War Lord - Beasticons

PostPosted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 6:53 pm
by Gauntlet101010
http://chimungmung.com/product_info.php ... d4d20af026

We have an interesting turn of events. Unique Toy's War Hawk is $60 at Chimungmung! I don't know if it was always $60 or if that's a mistake (or if BBTS' is a mistake), but if this is a permenant price drop it's definately a game changer.

It also ships out Feb 1st, apparently.

Edit:
I'm still with MMC, though. I think I can afford to shell out for what I feel is the better combiner. Gotta say, though ... the price here makes this very tempting.

Re: War Lord - Beasticons

PostPosted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:54 pm
by Genocide G2.0
The only thing i like more about war hawk is his Sword i hope talon gets one.

Re: War Lord - Beasticons

PostPosted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 8:39 pm
by Stormrider
Autobot Genocide wrote:The only thing i like more about war hawk is his Sword i hope talon gets one.


Doesn't Talon have two swords? And they attach to his alt mode backpack.

Re: War Lord - Beasticons

PostPosted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 9:38 pm
by necr0blivion
Gauntlet101010 wrote:http://chimungmung.com/product_info.php?products_id=999&osCsid=afdd171626b3ed225d87cbd4d20af026

We have an interesting turn of events. Unique Toy's War Hawk is $60 at Chimungmung! I don't know if it was always $60 or if that's a mistake (or if BBTS' is a mistake), but if this is a permenant price drop it's definately a game changer.

It also ships out Feb 1st, apparently.

Edit:
I'm still with MMC, though. I think I can afford to shell out for what I feel is the better combiner. Gotta say, though ... the price here makes this very tempting.


That's a very good find, and a great price (even factoring in the shipping). If the rest of the figures stayed at this price point I believe more people would be on board. Still, it's hurting just start thinking about collecting MMC's version so maybe in a year when the dust settles I'll have to evaluate the pricing of the whole figure.

The only other retailer to come close to this price point is RobotKingdom, and they are saying it's available at the end of January (so next week): http://robotkingdom.com/services/eshop/ ... =us&CatID=

Re: War Lord - Beasticons

PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 4:04 am
by Genocide G2.0
Stormrider wrote:
Autobot Genocide wrote:The only thing i like more about war hawk is his Sword i hope talon gets one.


Doesn't Talon have two swords? And they attach to his alt mode backpack.


Yeah he has two half sized swords which look nice a was just thinking G1 and a new big sword with the 2 smaller ones would have been like the original toy only swopping blasters for swords.

If not i guess DR WU will be on it :lol: