ThreeZero WFC Nemesis Prime revealed + Amazon preorders open

Latebrus-K wrote:Who is this for?

For those who love big diecast action figures? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

In my own opinion, ThreeZero figures make more sense for characters that just cannot have a transforming toy that is 100% media accurate because magic don't exist. Like Bayverse bots or ultra-cartoon accurate ones.

In that regard, the WFC 3-0 figures are a bit baffling. It still make sense if you love the designs and want something truly "premium" instead of a "simple small plastic" toy.

ZeroWolf wrote:You'll be surprised but their is a market for these figures otherwise the line wouldn't have survived.

Yup.

Same reasons why they keep making statues of Transformers who don't move at all.

There's a pretty large chunk of fans that don't transform their Transformers and just don't care if they can do it or not, they just want something super cool that'll look good on the shelf. I know at least one member of the Twincast Podcast is into them. They're also really popular in Asia where ThreeZero is located (HK) and it's very common to see expensive figures for various Japanese super robots that don't break down into their smaller components, that stuff is everywhere in Japan for $200+. This is the real collectors market, the stuff that only adults would ever buy and kids would never be allowed near. Masterpiece doesn't even begin to touch the price of the top tier stuff (like the recently announce $700 15" Voltron which does separate). They've been making these Transformers figures for a while now, they would have stopped if they weren't profitable. Besides, it's not like Hasbro would ever let a REAL third party make transforming figures.

Emerje

I could’ve sworn this thing came out forever ago. After thinking about it for a while, I realized that’s mainly because the siege Netflix nemesis repaint looks exactly like this from the small thumbnail images I see these on.

ThreeZero makes awesome stuff.

However the problem I have with this series is that the cartoon characters these are based on are slavishly based on the existing Siege toys. Because of that, paint aside these high quality/high price figures don't look that much better than the $30-40 toys that they are ultimately based on.

ThreeZero really shines when taking characters that are hard to render, like the Movieverse characters, and making extremely detailed and articulated action figures out of them. No Hasbro toy has ever really captured the look of a movie character because they are too detailed and weren't designed with transformation in mind. However the ThreeZero toys look like those movie characters stepped off the screen.

By comparison these WFC figures just look like they busted out of their boxes on the shelves of Walmart.

Basically, it's "the toy of the cartoon of the toy".

Despite the fact that there's already a few 3P figures that looks almost as good in bot mode AND are transformable, only a 3-Zero style action figure can replicate the perfect screen accuracy of that insane design.

For me, ThreeZero figures aren't just about screen accuracy anymore. Once you hold one of these figures in your hand, the weight, the die cast, the paint, oh man it's impossible not to fall in love with it. It's just irresistible to hold.

This WILL be mine.

primalxconvoy wrote:

TulioDude wrote:


Day 771 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.

You DO know that a 3P, arguably MP version of Armada Megatron has recently been released, right?

By principles, 3p doesn't count.

Speaking of official releases, I do wonder how Takara/Hasbro will handle a MPM AoE Optimus? Based on the recent MPM Beetimus, my hopes aren't high.

Thanks to our site sponsors, we have news that the recently revealed ThreeZero Transformers The Last Knight Optimus Prime figure has been fully revealed and is now currently up for preorder from our respective sponsors. This figure is a faithful incarnation of the knight design Optimus Prime had in Transformers The Last Knight, complete with sword, shield, and wrist blade. This design has proven very difficult to translate into toy form, so it was only through a non-transforming figure like this that Optimus could be done proper justice in design and execution.

This figure is set to retail for $239.99, with a January 2023 release date. Link to respective sponsors preorders pages are included below. This guy will look great with the Bumblebee figure ThreeZero also made for The Last Knight, so if you like this Prime, take a look at that Bumblebee too.

Check out the images below, and let us know what you think in the comments section below!

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