Prototype Images of iGear Coneheads, Bumblebee and Kup Head

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Masterpiece sized Coneheads Thrust, Dirge and Ramjet, a small sized Volkswagen Bumblebee, and an add-on head for United/Generations Kup. Add that all up and we're talking about third party iGear! Images coming from HK-TF member 我是麦佬 show us prototypes of the upcoming releases from the fan company. The seekers are alterations of the original Masterpiece seekers, while the Volkswagen is available as either Bumblebee or Cliffjumper. The Kup head features one with and without a cygar. Enjoy the pictures below!

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Re: Prototype Images of iGear Coneheads, Bumblebee and Kup Head (1193892)
Posted by Autobot032 on March 12th, 2011 @ 3:13am CST

They look fantastic, but I just can't see myself paying $100.00 a piece for a trio of knockoffs (the Coneheads) or a bootleg (Thundercracker).

The Kup head looks pretty cool, but I kinda like the Hasbro head.

One thing I do wonder though...how did they get Kup's backpack to sit so low? Mine will never fold down past a certain point. It always catches and won't push down.

Re: Prototype Images of iGear Coneheads, Bumblebee and Kup Head (1193899)
Posted by JRFitzpatrick7 on March 12th, 2011 @ 3:21am CST

I can't wait for these! i'm gonna pose each jet doing nasty things to Twirl, Falcia, and Combusta... JK... OR AM I?!?!? ...I am, I already threw them away.

Re: Prototype Images of iGear Coneheads, Bumblebee and Kup Head (1193907)
Posted by JRFitzpatrick7 on March 12th, 2011 @ 3:44am CST

Autobot032 wrote:One thing I do wonder though...how did they get Kup's backpack to sit so low? Mine will never fold down past a certain point. It always catches and won't push down.

Looking at my Generations Kup in Robot mode, the only thing i can see obstructing the backpack assembly from getting to its proper location is the shoulders where the wheels attach, though on mine, the back pack is all the way down but is not obstructed, you can also get the backpack between the 2 wheel/shoulder assemblies which i find helps to keep the shoulders in a good spot and prevents them from drooping down.

Re: Prototype Images of iGear Coneheads, Bumblebee and Kup Head (1193913)
Posted by Autobot032 on March 12th, 2011 @ 4:01am CST

JRFitzpatrick7 wrote:
Autobot032 wrote:One thing I do wonder though...how did they get Kup's backpack to sit so low? Mine will never fold down past a certain point. It always catches and won't push down.

Looking at my Generations Kup in Robot mode, the only thing i can see obstructing the backpack assembly from getting to its proper location is the shoulders where the wheels attach, though on mine, the back pack is all the way down but is not obstructed, you can also get the backpack between the 2 wheel/shoulder assemblies which i find helps to keep the shoulders in a good spot and prevents them from drooping down.

Thank you for the heads up! I'll give that a try here in a bit. Awesome!

Re: Prototype Images of iGear Coneheads, Bumblebee and Kup Head (1193920)
Posted by LOST Cybertronian on March 12th, 2011 @ 5:23am CST

Autobot032 wrote:They look fantastic, but I just can't see myself paying $100.00 a piece for a trio of knockoffs (the Coneheads) or a bootleg (Thundercracker).

It's worse than that, after shipping they are around $150.00 apiece. Shipping on those things are $108 by itself.

Re: Prototype Images of iGear Coneheads, Bumblebee and Kup Head (1193926)
Posted by VYPER ALPHA on March 12th, 2011 @ 5:34am CST

I have pre-ordered the cone heads and the Kup. But i am done with cliffjumper and bumblebee unless they make scout class ones. also the cliffjumper should have had a different head.

Re: Prototype Images of iGear Coneheads, Bumblebee and Kup Head (1193941)
Posted by Flux Convoy on March 12th, 2011 @ 7:10am CST

JRFitzpatrick7 wrote:I can't wait for these! i'm gonna pose each jet doing nasty things to Twirl, Falcia, and Combusta... JK... OR AM I?!?!? ...I am, I already threw them away.

I had to Google those names to get a clue here. Are you saying you threw away those DVD mini-cons or some customs? Just curious.

Re: Prototype Images of iGear Coneheads, Bumblebee and Kup Head (1193952)
Posted by GetRightRobot on March 12th, 2011 @ 7:53am CST

I have made custom conehead seekers that I'm quite happy with, however, it is hard to beat manufactured product. My concern is size. Didn't iGear do mini MP Primes? Does anyone know if these will the same scale?

Gotta get the bee. If there is one thing no has enough of, its BB!

Re: Prototype Images of iGear Coneheads, Bumblebee and Kup Head (1193964)
Posted by VYPER ALPHA on March 12th, 2011 @ 8:35am CST

I think they are bigger than the takara seekers by an inch or two. if you go to iGear site it says they are the same size as MP03 Prime.
http://shop.igeartoys.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=90

Re: Prototype Images of iGear Coneheads, Bumblebee and Kup Head (1193965)
Posted by Stormrider on March 12th, 2011 @ 8:42am CST

No landing gear on the jets? I am curious to see what the QC will be for the jets.

Re: Prototype Images of iGear Coneheads, Bumblebee and Kup Head (1193976)
Posted by sancho's revenge on March 12th, 2011 @ 9:11am CST

those seekers look amazing. I'm passing because of finances but if I could, I would. The kup head looks cool as hell. At $12 shiipped, that's a no brainer.

Re: Prototype Images of iGear Coneheads, Bumblebee and Kup Head (1193981)
Posted by Rated X on March 12th, 2011 @ 9:27am CST

LOST Cybertronian wrote:
Autobot032 wrote:They look fantastic, but I just can't see myself paying $100.00 a piece for a trio of knockoffs (the Coneheads) or a bootleg (Thundercracker).

It's worse than that, after shipping they are around $150.00 apiece. Shipping on those things are $108 by itself.

Is it really that bad ??? The shipping on Takara Unicron and MP ghost Starscream wasnt that bad. They are both large boxes. (I ordered from BBTS) Is I-Gear using EMS ??? Where did you get those shipping quotes ???

Re: Prototype Images of iGear Coneheads, Bumblebee and Kup Head (1194006)
Posted by Naked Magnus on March 12th, 2011 @ 10:31am CST

They look really cool, but there is no way I am buying them. I have their Faith Leader (Optimus) and their Ultra Leader (Magnus) and both have some serious QC issues. These seeker molds are much more complex and I just can't imagine the quality will be good. It is a shame because they look really bad ass.

Re: Prototype Images of iGear Coneheads, Bumblebee and Kup Head (1194016)
Posted by robofreak on March 12th, 2011 @ 10:47am CST

It says theses are the same saize as MP-03. Is that true? I see no comparison pictures so I'm wondering if the scale is going to be right.

I'll have to see what my budget does as the release gets closer and what the quality is on the figures. This will give me an excuse to have a set of 6 MP Seekers.

Quality is going to be the biggy here. They've already made a reputation of fragile stuff so they need to make sure that these figures will be able to stand up to something of Masterpiece quality.

Re: Prototype Images of iGear Coneheads, Bumblebee and Kup Head (1194035)
Posted by GetRightRobot on March 12th, 2011 @ 11:23am CST

Whoa according to their website, it seems these guys (cone heads) will be like 14 inches tall!! They will tower over poor Starscream!!!

Re: Prototype Images of iGear Coneheads, Bumblebee and Kup Head (1194036)
Posted by Pr1meSuspect on March 12th, 2011 @ 11:24am CST

Those masterpiece coneheads do look good, but I dont see myself paying 100$ for one, let alone 300$ for all of them. Id mutch rather just stick it with the deluxes on my shelf, they do just fine.

As for Kup's heads Im definatly picking them up, so much more character in those than in the head that Kup comes with. Kup with those upgraded heads are giving me a Full Metal Jacket throwback haha. Gonna have him paceing around my figures barking out orders and calling them maggots. XD

Re: Prototype Images of iGear Coneheads, Bumblebee and Kup Head (1194072)
Posted by El Duque on March 12th, 2011 @ 1:36pm CST

The iGear Coneheads are the same size as the official Seekers (or damn close anyway).

Faith Leader compared to Official Starscream.

Evil Faither Leader (or whatever his name is) compared to iGear Ramjet.

Re: Prototype Images of iGear Coneheads, Bumblebee and Kup Head (1194084)
Posted by LOST Cybertronian on March 12th, 2011 @ 2:10pm CST

Rated X wrote:
LOST Cybertronian wrote:
Autobot032 wrote:They look fantastic, but I just can't see myself paying $100.00 a piece for a trio of knockoffs (the Coneheads) or a bootleg (Thundercracker).

It's worse than that, after shipping they are around $150.00 apiece. Shipping on those things are $108 by itself.

Is it really that bad ??? The shipping on Takara Unicron and MP ghost Starscream wasnt that bad. They are both large boxes. (I ordered from BBTS) Is I-Gear using EMS ??? Where did you get those shipping quotes ???

Straight from the source by putting the trio in my shopping cart and taking the checkout to right before you go to paypal to pay. $108 shipping to the U.S. $450 grand total. Two of them ship together and the third ships seperately. They use regular airmail. IIRC I-gear ships out of Singapore. At least that's where my Faith Leader shipped from.

Re: Prototype Images of iGear Coneheads, Bumblebee and Kup Head (1194123)
Posted by metaphorge on March 12th, 2011 @ 4:12pm CST

Interesting that they have a prototype of the Starscream et al version of the MP seeker mold; wonder what they'll do with that? An animation accurate Thundercracker, perhaps? Or Sunstorm?

I don't recall that they've previously made any announcements on this.

I'm interested in the coneheads, but don't want to bite until someone has an in-hand review of at least one of them. I have two of the first-run Faith Leaders and haven't seen any QC problems, though I've made a point of not transforming them very much (this is why I have two, one for each mode).

Re: Prototype Images of iGear Coneheads, Bumblebee and Kup Head (1194130)
Posted by RK_Striker_JK_5 on March 12th, 2011 @ 4:30pm CST

Pass on all. I don't need my Kup getting air filtration unit cancer. And no to those Seekers, too.

Re: Prototype Images of iGear Coneheads, Bumblebee and Kup Head (1194146)
Posted by NTESHFT on March 12th, 2011 @ 5:12pm CST

I'm getting the Kup heads. Pass on the Bumblebee and Cliffjumper. I like the coneheads, but I'm passing simply because there are other items I really want and I must use my money wisely. Makes me wonder though- why hasn't Takara done these guys yet?

Re: Prototype Images of iGear Coneheads, Bumblebee and Kup Head (1194153)
Posted by frogbat on March 12th, 2011 @ 5:26pm CST

some 3rd party stuff is very nice and tempting (the springer release especially so) i spend enough money on official tfs to consider these though they r pretty cool

but seeing them there on the table makes me wish that the classic coneheads and seekers were voyagers at least - would've been a great way to approximate the scale and size differences

would've been pricey but i'd have gone for them

Re: Prototype Images of iGear Coneheads, Bumblebee and Kup Head (1194197)
Posted by alexison on March 12th, 2011 @ 7:52pm CST

Very tempted to pull the trigger on the coneheads but the price would hurt a little too much. Envious of the guys that are able to pick these up though.

Re: Prototype Images of iGear Coneheads, Bumblebee and Kup Head (1194235)
Posted by Blurrz on March 12th, 2011 @ 9:58pm CST

Flux Convoy wrote:
JRFitzpatrick7 wrote:I can't wait for these! i'm gonna pose each jet doing nasty things to Twirl, Falcia, and Combusta... JK... OR AM I?!?!? ...I am, I already threw them away.

I had to Google those names to get a clue here. Are you saying you threw away those DVD mini-cons or some customs? Just curious.

Nah, he's just poking fun at me.

Re: Prototype Images of iGear Coneheads, Bumblebee and Kup Head (1196775)
Posted by LOST Cybertronian on March 18th, 2011 @ 6:47pm CDT

Igear posted on their facebook page that the Kup head should be shipping end of March/early April. They also said the PP03J (not Ramjet) has been delayed to mid April for best quality.

Re: Prototype Images of iGear Coneheads, Bumblebee and Kup Head (1200247)
Posted by TH3_J0K3R_88 on March 26th, 2011 @ 11:06am CDT

The store I pre-ordered Legends Bumblebeee from said they would ship somewhere around April 15th... Hopefully the Kup heads will show up earlier.

Re: Prototype Images of iGear Coneheads, Bumblebee and Kup Head (1229631)
Posted by gothsaurus on May 27th, 2011 @ 4:47pm CDT

Just got the igear bumblebee and cliffjumper in the mail. In spite of the controversy of doing a reshell... I do think this may be the best version of bee out to date...like he walked right out of the cartoon. Looks like an early Volkswagen bug. Really nice sculpt on the vehicle. In scale with the Classics lineup (Legends Brawn, Cosmos, Warpath, Wheelie, Beachcomber...)

Now if I had an in-scale Huffer, Gears, Windcharger...