Yolopark is Bringing a Fan Design to Life with their Transformers ROTB Apelinq Figure

How likely will the fan who conceptualized the bot mode be credited in some way?

Emerje wrote:

Quantum Surge wrote:How likely will the fan who conceptualized the bot mode be credited in some way?

Probably none since the fan is likely a profesional that's been compensated, otherwise companies don't typically make a big deal about outsourced designers unless they're a big name.

I'm more curious what this means for the upcoming leader version since this is being called an exclusive design.

Emerje

The upcoming leader is why I canceled the DNA upgrade kit for Takara Primal. I am expecting Primal with just a new ape head there.

As for this, this looks amazing. I have it up for preorder on BBTS right now, but I may switch to Show-Z once it comes in stock, they were $10 cheaper on the Prime figure and free shipping on any order there is great, plus the points.

I ordered the G1 Megatron and Optimus Prime last night. Megatron is coming from Amazon, so I'll have him tomorrow. Really looking forward to these. I watched a few reviews and they look awesome. Also, Dalton says they're great, so I believe him.

I'm actually surprised I haven't seen more about Prime and Megatron.

Got my Prime, and he is wonderful. And he is ready to go on the offensive

Huh, weird that they could have gone all e-Hobby with this set but instead chose to name it Delta Magnus instead of Magna Convoy.

And we continue to wait for a proper Sunstorm from Hasbro...

Emerje

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:Huh, weird that they could have gone all e-Hobby with this set but instead chose to name it Delta Magnus instead of Magna Convoy.

This is based specifically on something from IDW1, the House of Magnus, of which Delta Magnus was a member. There is to be a convention comic that will likely tell the story of these two, but we'll have to wait and see if the comic is licensed too or not.

There is no properly armored Ultra Magnus figure from which the armored version of Delta could have been made, so they went with the naked version instead, using the same logic as all those many nude Ultra Magnus toys we've gotten in the past that were just white Optimus cab redecos.

"Delta Magnus" has essentially become the main Transformers name for Diaclone Powered Convoy, and the inner cab robot is just as much a part of that. Simple as that.

I know all that, I just thought it was strange for them to go all "naked Delta Magnus" and then pair him with "e-Hobby Sunstorm" when they could have gone all in on an e-Hobby set and make it Magna Convoy. Knowing they're producing a comic to go with this answers that.

Emerje

I got the RotB apelinq, he is really neat



Also, Skybound prime, in both configurations

Why has Hasbro let two different companies issue the same style of snap together figures?
https://yolopark.com/collections/transformers
And
https://blokees.com/collections/transformers

I know the yolo ones are a little bigger but they are more or less the same size and style.

Shockwave_640 wrote:

Zordon wrote:Why has Hasbro let two different companies issue the same style of snap together figures?
https://yolopark.com/collections/transformers
And
https://blokees.com/collections/transformers

I know the yolo ones are a little bigger but they are more or less the same size and style.

You couldn’t be more wrong. Yolopark are essentially budget friendly Three Zero figures in close to SS, very accurate detail too.

Blokees are very stylized and chibified movie characters and G1/IDW Characters in a very small, almost Core class/Action Master scale and style.

They also don’t assemble in nearly the same way, Yolopark is just “put a few pieces together” while Blokees are more akin to a PlaMo kit with runners.


The price points and collector draw are also very different, Yolopark’s figures are anywhere from $15-60 ish, while Blokees range from like $7-15 in (mostly) blind boxes

The more apt comparison is between Blokees vs. Yolopark AMK Mini, not with the AMK line.

https://yolopark.com/collections/amk-mini-series

TimothyR wrote:I would much prefer these were more gundam style kits.. I mean, if these constitute a model kit then so do marvel and DC BAF’s.

I’m not saying they don’t look great, they do.. just calling them model kits doesn’t sit right with me.

People speculate that's due to a kind of licensing rights limitation. Seems to me traditional Gundam style HG-size model kits are locked up by Flame Toys for G1 characters. Smaller movie ones were licensed to Trumpeteer for BBM. Chibi/SD scale to Blokees. So maybe options were given to Flametoys/Trumpeteer before Yolopark? It's not like Yolopark can't do proper model kits, I have its PMK BBM OP and it was like PG Gundam 2.0 level of amazing.

So in the end, whatever licensing Yolopark got for the AMK lines, it's probably just a financial decision for them, thinking calling these BAF "Action Model Kits" is the best way to go for mass appeal.

I personally love them, I have as much Gundam as Transformers, while I miss the building from the ground up process, I also love that I don't have to spray paint the kits (the part of the process I hate/avoid the most, even worse than sanding) and I just concentrate on panel lining, detailing and weathering. And they are many, many times more fun to pose and can take a hunch more abuse than Gundam kits.