Rumour: iGear PP04 = MP Magnus Armour?

Wow, what a shame. I'd have a real hard time sending something I paid $1200 for to go get bootlegged.

Fortunately for me, this won't be making it's way into my collection. A masterpiece Predaking on the other hand..

Counterpunch wrote:Wowie...

Yeah.

Can we get a comment from TF anemis over here?

I've always wanted one of his trailers, but never had the funds to do it. I will make it clear that I will not be buying anything from Igear due to their blatant lack of respect for the work of others.

Where was the logic in sending the comany one of these trailer armour sets?

That's a pretty nice unit TF anemis has built there. It's a damn shame that iGear appear to be continuing their trend of profiting from other people's work; I can understand why anemis might be annoyed. But at the same time selling it for $1200 does kind of mean he gave up the rights to having a say in what happens to it.

I find the notion of iGear making a masterpiece Predaking highly dubious. Surely they'd need someone elses work to copy and the only thing I can think of worth copying was that MASSIVE Predaking that was made using Zoids. It's immensely impressive but the combined form didn't really do it for me.

That sucks. I wonder if the person who sent the figure to iGear profited from the deal.

So you guys are totally ok with rip offs like faith leader and the retardo cone heads but when they rip off something that is already essentially a rip off intself (albeit a handmade custom by a well-known customizer) then "the line has been crossed?"

I've been calling for zero support for these 3rd party bullshit artists for a long time. There is no gray area. Have some integrity and understand that all of this is wrong, not just this instance.

Yah know this is gunna become a shit storm to many... but really why?

I see only one person who is harmed by this... ANEMIS....and only because he wasn't compensated for it. At least as far as we know.

Even if it sells this will still be ANEMIS' artwork being showcased to everyone and I can't think of a higher praise to such a talented artist.

In addition... this also means that more people can now own this figure that will bring them joy and I see no harm in that.

And don't get started about how this will hurt the price of the toy. First of all its a different size so it doesn't matter. The piece will still be a unique figure.

Second... I bought this as well... when I purchased this figure for 800 dollars I didn't even care about the price I got it for cause I wanted a piece of artwork that was my favorite character.

The only two grips I have is that

first the artist didn't get paid by the company duplicating his work.

Second the artist after 3 years still hasn't delivered on the primary piece paid for. And therefore I will probably end up purchasing and getting a PP series figure at a cheaper price than what I paid for the original before I ever even get to own and original. I gotta admit... Mark has just been damned slow.

Why would they compensate or look for permission from the designer of the Magnus armor? What's the diff between that and what they usually do? If a major corporation doesn't pose a threat to them, how would some average schmo?

We can only hope the new MP Prime will lead to a proper Magnus w/ armor release...

And once again the reasons for Fansproject's and other third party manufactures success becomes so apparent. I'm glad I held out for Protector over MP Rodimus. Ya know, even if this actually ends up being God Ginari instead of Prime, I still have reservations about getting it until I see some pics, and even then I have doubts.


Man, this year has been a bad year for TF toy collecting. First it's nearly impossible to find any Generations figures any where. Then a lot of the upcoming movie toys are so dumbed downed from the last movie's crop, that most of them are a huge pass for me. (How many versions of Movie Optimus can I be interested in? Let alone Bumblee Bee. ). Then MP Roddimus Convoy's QC issues. I'm not saying I ready to throw in the towel, but in the for the first time in years my wallet is gonna get fatter than usual.

Well, at least the comics and show have been good so far this year.

Collecticon wrote:So you guys are totally ok with rip offs like faith leader and the retardo cone heads but when they rip off something that is already essentially a rip off intself (albeit a handmade custom by a well-known customizer) then "the line has been crossed?"

I've been calling for zero support for these 3rd party bullshit artists for a long time. There is no gray area. Have some integrity and understand that all of this is wrong, not just this instance.

Collecticon wrote:Wow. God you sound like a freaking needy child.

"I want this so I should get it"

No.

Regardless of who is being harmed, this stuff is wrong. The use of Aenemis' design without his consent is a violation, and it's apparent that the ethics of iGear are at the bottom of barrel, if that wasn't apparent already. If they were in America, they would be out of business by due to the laws of our land. You sound like you know nothing of what it's like to be a creator in any form and what it means when someone pawns off you creation as their own.

pathetic.

Mate, I agree with your stance on 3rd party stuff, but you have to accept the fact, some people don't give a toss about the integrity of their collection or who gets trodd on as long as they can make their collection look good.

Hating all 3rd party products is really another discussion entirely.

For me, there's a makred difference between ripping off a large company like Hasbro or Takara, who makes millions of their products and a lone individual who is mostly doing it out of love for his hobby and craft. Yeah, for me it's the scale that matters. Legalities shemaglities, I don't really care about that.