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Extensive Look at i-Gear PP01 Faith Leader

Posted by Blurrz Apr 21, 2010 at 11:51pm CDT 50,803 views
At times, even perfection needs to be reconstructed. The great figure that is Masterpiece-01 Optimus Prime/Convoy has been re-engineered by third party iGear and released under the moniker of Faith Leader. For those who have ever wanted a Voyager sized Masterpiece Optimus Prime, this figure's what you've been waiting for. Courtesy of ACToys, we've got an extensive look at Faith Leader's packaging, the figure itself, and comparisons to the original.

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Re: Extensive Look at i-Gear PP01 Faith Leader (view post)
Comment by Alex Jones Apr 21, 2010
EDIT: didn't read the entire paragraph on its size
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Comment by Mykltron Apr 22, 2010
What are they playing it in that last pic? HIs legs aren't extended.

The link for the gallery doesn't work for me.
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Comment by Blurrz Apr 22, 2010
ACToys goes down quite often... just wait a few for their site to come back up again.
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Comment by Swindle01 Apr 22, 2010
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
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Comment by Trikeboy Apr 22, 2010
It looks ok but I am not buying it. There are so many other things out this year like Protector, Warbot, Bruticus upgrades and DL Blaster. I would rather have them displayed on my shelves.
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Comment by 1987olds442 Apr 22, 2010
One slight correction he is more Ultra size not Voyager. :D
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i-Gear has updated their facebook with some final pictures.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=10 ... 6c3505ef89
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Comment by DevastaTTor Apr 22, 2010
It's really an exceptional knock-off. I may have to buy one.
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Comment by Jenus Apr 22, 2010
DevastaTTor wrote:It's really an exceptional knock-off. I may have to buy one.

It's too bad he's already sold out. :-(
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Comment by Kibble Apr 22, 2010
I must admit, that looks really good. I still find it completely wrong as it's blatant theft of a product (not to mention one that's still readily available in the re-release of MP-04) but wow, it does look nice.
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Comment by kirbenvost Apr 22, 2010
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.
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Comment by SLUGSLINGER81 Apr 22, 2010
"I SHALL CALL HIM...MINI-ME!"
"MINI-ME PRIME...STOP HUMPIN' THE FRIGGIN LASER!" :KREMZEEK: :KREMZEEK: :KREMZEEK:
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Comment by DevastaTTor Apr 22, 2010
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.
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Comment by Dagon Apr 22, 2010
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?
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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat Apr 22, 2010
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.
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Comment by Dagon Apr 22, 2010
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
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 of words. In Japanese, one of the pronunciations (not words) for "faith" is shin. However, it's also used for "new" and "true", among other words.


Fair enough. I just bought Season 3 of G1 today, and I'm excited about seeing the whole return of Prime episode becuase I have only fragmentary memories of it from childhood. Maybe I have Prime and resurrection on the brain, and that was like, affecting my process. Sorry, but thanks for the clarification. It honestly makes a whole lotta sense.
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Comment by DevastaTTor Apr 23, 2010
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.
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Comment by Jenus Apr 24, 2010
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. :D
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Comment by DevastaTTor Apr 25, 2010
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. :D

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.
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Comment by Kibble Apr 25, 2010
DevastaTTor wrote:I hope we see more of Megatron soon.

I can't even imagine that. As fragile as the real one is, the KO just doesn't sound like it would be a quality product.
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Comment by Amelie Apr 25, 2010
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That's a pretty good size next to MP Grimlock. It looks good, in terms of size - it'd probably look crap next to the other MPs, though. :grin:
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