Extensive Look at i-Gear PP01 Faith Leader

What are they playing it in that last pic? HIs legs aren't extended.

The link for the gallery doesn't work for me.

YOUR MAIN LINK LEADS TO 2 VIRUS's!

clicking on the gallery link at the bottom links you to 2 Virus's
1 a Trojan
2 a worm

i expected you guys to check on this much more thourghtly than this!
thank god my AVG warned me the second it linked me to some wierd ass chinese writting saying 404

One slight correction he is more Ultra size not Voyager.

i-Gear has updated their facebook with some final pictures.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=10 ... 6c3505ef89

DevastaTTor wrote:It's really an exceptional knock-off. I may have to buy one.

It's too bad he's already sold out.

Yeah, I gotta admit it looks good too, but I'm quite happy with the MP Prime I already have, thanks. Plus it's a knockoff, and an expensive one at that.

Jenus wrote:

DevastaTTor wrote:It's really an exceptional knock-off. I may have to buy one.

It's too bad he's already sold out.

I'm betting they'll make more. If not, I'm sure I'll get by with my Classics, Henkei, and MP versions.

Dagon wrote:Why Faith Leader? I'm sure it's not a significant thing, but I'm just curious about the name. Or is it an Engrish kinda thing?

This can be explained in so many ways it's not even funny. From the language point of view however, it can be a simple mix-up. In Japanese, one of the pronunciations (not words) for "faith" is shin. However, it's also used for "new" and "true", among other words.

I'm pretty sure once Hasbro or TakaraTomy sees this they'll really sink their teeth in it. This is just crossing the line dividing third party accessories and figures and plain rip-offs. I know the WST Dinorobots were no better (if slightly), but this seals the deal:

- Motto is clearly ripped from Optimus Prime's
- Tech Specs are copied from Hasbro's specs down to the names, including "Fireblast"

Don't get me wrong, I'm not condemning it, but I'm not condoning it either.

Their Shop site says in stock again for the standard version but it's confirmed they're not at checkout. I am actually hoping the restock this but e-store errors like this do make me a bit nervous and question if I should be buying from them or not.

Jenus wrote:Well now it's back to saying Out of Stock though I got some info from the i-Gear chat box that they will be releasing more between June and July.

Despite my initial skepticism, I wound up emailing them and found them to be responsive and very helpful-so I picked one up. I just like the scale of this figure so much compared to my Classics Prime. Should have it in a week or so and will post my thoughts and some pictures (not that we haven't already seen enough).

I hope we see more of Megatron soon.