Fansproject Function-X4: Look.At.Me - Mindwipe

[kup]

New pics of Function-X4: Look.At.Me - Mindwipe

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/1451536_10151815058117194_26178797_n.jpg

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/attachments/transformers-3rd-party-/27384027d1376327992-fansproject-f-x-toyline-megathread-screen-shot-2013-08-12-10.16.01-am.jpg

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/attachments/transformers-3rd-party-discussion/27384029d1376327992-fansproject-f-x-toyline-megathread-screen-shot-2013-08-12-10.15.14-am.jpg

And the mandatory digibash:

http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k612/nosredna1313/MindwipeDigibash3_zps61a75291.jpg

Source:

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-3rd-party-discussion/965100-fansproject-function-x4-mindwipe.html

[llamatron]

Yeah this might be the first F(x) toy I go for.

[kaiden]

would be nice if we could see an alt mode.

[Trent]

would be nice if we could see an alt mode.

Here you go:


http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc88/Wrxus/ed4aa657f488a6f1fba96c922118037a.jpg

[Sinnertwin]

I love the names they come up with for these guys :D

[liegeprime]

heheh what a weird name. :D

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Oh my, that looks really nice. Mindwipe is my favourite Decepticon Headmaster too.

[kaiden]

Saw the transformation video of brain storm by peaugh and it was really well designed. The collapsible chest/cockpit is done really well from what weirdwolf had so I'm looking forward to seeing how they engineer mindwipe.

[Hursticon]

Oh my, that looks really nice. Mindwipe is my favourite Decepticon Headmaster too.

2nd behind Scorponok for me! :D

Man I can't wait for this one, it's looking like I'll have to forego Smart Robin at this point sadly/annoyingly :( - I WILL NOT be missing out on Mindwipe however. :cool:

So has anyone come up with an explanation behind: "L.O.O.K.A.T.M.E." yet? :confused::p

[Sinnertwin]

W.h.o.k.n.o.w.s.?.
Every time i see the name i think of Kath & Kim
:p

[Hursticon]

W.h.o.k.n.o.w.s.?.
Every time i see the name i think of Kath & Kim
:p

Argh! :eek:









:p

[kaiden]

So has anyone come up with an explanation behind: "L.O.O.K.A.T.M.E." yet? :confused::p

Hypnosis. Look into his eyes...

[UltraMarginal]

Hypnosis. Look into his eyes...

what I was going to say

[Sinnertwin]

It could also be perceived as an acronym with it's many full stops- albeit an extremely long one :p

[Hursticon]

Hypnosis. Look into his eyes...

what I was going to say

Yeah I gathered that, as it's slightly obvious, but...

It could also be perceived as an acronym with it's many full stops- albeit an extremely long one :p

...this is more as to what I was getting at as each of the preceding figures have had their names derived from one form of word-play or another, so was curious if anyone had picked up on what Mindwipe's is. ;):)
(Or if he even has one for that matter :cool:)

[kaiden]

LOL
ORANGE
OPTICS
KILL
ALL
TRANSFORMERS
MORE
EFFICIENTLY

[Sinnertwin]

^
Nailed it :D

[Omega Metro]

Blah. ROTF Mindwipe leaves this thing for dead.

[VERT]

ROTF Mindwipe while nice is a fail. Not a Bat or Headmaster..Or looks like him.

But still cool :D

[kaiden]

ROTF Mindwipe while nice is a fail. Not a Bat or Headmaster..Or looks like him.

But still cool :D

Its too bad headrobots really take a long time to release anything as their upgrade kit made rotf mindwipe redeeming

[kup]

Blah. ROTF Mindwipe leaves this thing for dead.

The toy was cool but it was pretty much a nameslap. Not really a good representation of the G1 character.

[Omega Metro]

Not really a good representation of the G1 character.

But who cares? I don't.:) that's why I like it.

[Hursticon]

LOL
ORANGE
OPTICS
KILL
ALL
TRANSFORMERS
MORE
EFFICIENTLY

I'll buy that! :p:D


Blah. ROTF Mindwipe leaves this thing for dead.


Its too bad headrobots really take a long time to release anything as their upgrade kit made rotf mindwipe redeeming

ROTF Mindwipe is one of my most favourite of the Movieverse figures and I too was/am looking forward to HeadRobots Upgrade kit. :)
To say that it leaves FansProject's iteration for dead however? - one must have heavily askewed tastes. ;):cool:

[SuspectimusPrime]

I like Mindwipe with a stockier build, just like his toy and anime iterations. That being said, both those modes were ridiculously overweight especially the toy.

Also glad they chose not to be anime-cartoon accurate when it came to his face:

http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/thumb/b/bb/MindwipeHeadmastersAnime1.jpg/225px-MindwipeHeadmastersAnime1.jpg
http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/thumb/b/bb/MindwipeHeadmastersAnime1.jpg/225px-MindwipeHeadmastersAnime1.jpg

http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/3f/Hmep10_mindwipe_and_bomb.jpg
http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/3f/Hmep10_mindwipe_and_bomb.jpg

[kurdt_the_goat]

TFW (http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/3rd-party-unlicensed-41/new-3rd-party-toys-at-botcon-2014-180443/) has some new pics of Look.at.me (and many other 3P toys too).

I took the liberty of changing the levels so you can see more detail in the black areas:

http://i.imgur.com/l2OptWMl.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/l2OptWM.jpg)
http://i.imgur.com/XSrMNhil.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/XSrMNhi.jpg)

He looks nice, don't get me wrong, but the touches of green or something are making it look a bit less G1 than X1-3 are. Hopefully now that we've seen colour, he'll be up for order soon!

[Oberon Sexton]

Decepticon headmasters aren't reall my thing, and the FP headmasters seem 'meh' to me, but that Mindwipe looks great! For the right price, I may actually pick him up.

[spiderken17]

Decepticon headmasters aren't reall my thing, and the FP headmasters seem 'meh' to me, but that Mindwipe looks great! For the right price, I may actually pick him up.

The 2 Shotguns help :)

[Lord_Zed]

So far every entry in this series has been total win in terms of quality, sculpt, and transformation joy, words fail me with this series, they are just soo good so far.

So I cannot wait for this guy to come out, forget finishing Feral Rex, or getting Fanstoy Swoop, this is now my most anticipated toy.

Note to FP make more of these, and faster, and then no the Horrorcons and Targetmaster please. :D

[Tober]

I'm not a big headmaster fan, but damn he looks great! :cool:

$80 from BBTS (http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=FPJ10043&mode=retail&utm_source=Marketing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Marketing&utm_content=)

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj230/AUST_Tober/FPJ10043_zps88e88057.jpg (http://s273.photobucket.com/user/AUST_Tober/media/FPJ10043_zps88e88057.jpg.html)

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj230/AUST_Tober/FPJ100432_zps8a84e8f6.jpg (http://s273.photobucket.com/user/AUST_Tober/media/FPJ100432_zps8a84e8f6.jpg.html)

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj230/AUST_Tober/FPJ100433_zpsd4c63762.jpg (http://s273.photobucket.com/user/AUST_Tober/media/FPJ100433_zpsd4c63762.jpg.html)

[Lord_Zed]

This series is just pure win.

[leej84]

^ditto

These 3rd party companies are sending me broke

[Trent]

And I'm trying to get out of classics collecting...

[liegeprime]

So far every entry in this series has been total win in terms of quality, sculpt, and transformation joy, words fail me with this series, they are just soo good so far.

So I cannot wait for this guy to come out, forget finishing Feral Rex, or getting Fanstoy Swoop, this is now my most anticipated toy.

Note to FP make more of these, and faster, and then no the Horrorcons and Targetmaster please. :D

They went the other way and went with the current trend - Dinobots. But I'm pretty sure they're offering would be awesome.

[SuspectimusPrime]

In love with that bat-mode. So evil. Glad they didn't go with G1-brown. :)

[UltraMarginal]

Blah. ROTF Mindwipe leaves this thing for dead.


ROTF Mindwipe while nice is a fail. Not a Bat or Headmaster..Or looks like him.

But still cool :D


Its too bad headrobots really take a long time to release anything as their upgrade kit made rotf mindwipe redeeming


The toy was cool but it was pretty much a nameslap. Not really a good representation of the G1 character.

I really loved the ROTF Mindwipe, a brilliant design in a fantastic Alt Mode and fit the Movie Universe to a T in my mind.

This Mindwipe looks to be a brilliant modernisation of the original headmaster concept. I haven't seen quad U yet but the other 2 from this line have been surprisingly impressive. I don't even collect many unofficial transformers products.

I wonder if the Hasbro offering of an official headmaster(as seen at Botcon) will effect the overall sales of this guy?

[kup]

I wonder if the Hasbro offering of an official headmaster(as seen at Botcon) will effect the overall sales of this guy?

It never really has unless the 3P ends up being crap which given the high standards track record of this line, I highly doubt it.

However it does work like that the other way around too. If Hasbro makes a crap toy, fans tend to ignore and flock to the 3P although Hasbro would always make their numbers in store sales so it is of less impact than an badly received 3P.

[UltraMarginal]

I don't have access to the pics I took at Botcon but you get the general idea below:

http://www.asmzine.com/geekly-rewind/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Gen-Voyager-Brainstorm-jet.png

http://www.asmzine.com/geekly-rewind/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Gen-Voyager-Brainstrom-bot.png

And this guy does look very good. it's a question of whether this is a one off effort or if it's the start of something more longer lasting.

[kurdt_the_goat]

I like that the headmaster head mode is new but the robot mode is very G1. Also glad his release falls alongside MOTUC Intergalactic Skeletor, pile of loot will hopefully reduce the shipping burden of that from BBTS.

[kup]

I don't have access to the pics I took at Botcon but you get the general idea below:



And this guy does look very good. it's a question of whether this is a one off effort or if it's the start of something more longer lasting.

Hasbro is not really consistent so who knows.

[kurdt_the_goat]

Looking at it again, i hope there's enough space on his chest for a Decepticon symbol sticker... looks like it could be a tight fit.

[Hursticon]

Preordered this bugger as soon as I'd seen that listings had gone up, have been waiting too damn long on Sigma L (Formerly L.O.O.K.A.T.M.E.). :cool::D

[kurdt_the_goat]

Found a few more pics from Botcon that that show close up of the face and back of bat mode. His Headmaster actually does have red eyes behind the green visor! Very cool looking.

http://i.imgur.com/ojwGfyx.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/RfwKtl6.jpg

More pics here too (http://robotjapan.proboards.com/thread/20220/fansproject-function-headmasters?page=3)

And also of note...!

http://i.imgur.com/LKlsPXI.png

But where's X5...?

[leej84]

6 looks like hardhead and 8 looks like apeface, who's 7? Cerebros? So by the process of dinomination 5 must be highbrow

[Lord_Zed]

X8's head and shoulders look like Highbrow, so seems likely.

[Trent]

APEFACE!!!!! :cool:

[Hursticon]

According to a Facebook post by TFsource (https://www.facebook.com/TFsource/photos/a.186495981710.135698.100983336710/10152328030376711/?type=1&permPage=1), FansProject have confirmed their stock of Sigma-L should be arriving within a fortnight's time. :)

Hopefully this is an indicator for other US stores too (BBTS) as this thing has been hovering, waiting for payment for too damn long! :o

[llamatron]

Sweet, this is my first time dabbling in the F(x) line, totally pumped!

[SharkyMcShark]

What's the average time between these? About 8-9 months? I'm super duper keen on Apeface.

[Lord_Zed]

What's the average time between these? About 8-9 months? I'm super duper keen on Apeface.

6-8 months by my count, this last one has been the longest wait so far, sigh!

I wish they could half that, or speed it up so we could see Skullcruncher this year, rather than another 6-8 months away.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Any signs of a Snapdragon in the works?

[Hursticon]

Any signs of a Snapdragon in the works?

I think there were videos that emanated from this years TFCon, that were posted somewhere on the boards here, but I believe that one is in the works Tets. :)


Peaugh has a video review of Sigma L (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLYPTx-TzG8) up, should anyone wish to see it. :cool:

[Trent]

My BBTS haul came in the other day and so far, due to my new living arrangements, this was the only one I have had time to open.

He's fantastic. He doesn't have any of the transformation tricks that he others have but the transformation is very elegant and intuitive. Not to mention he looks completely badass (sorry to use an Americanism, but sleep deprivation is taking its toll on my vocabulary :o) I hope to get some photos in the next few days but very pleased with this guy.

Hursticon is going to love him :)

[Hursticon]

Argh! - I'm literally just waiting on Hasbro's Chromia & Arcee to bloody-well arrive at BBTS, so I can ship my POL with this bugger in it! :D

Your quick impressions have only caused me to salivate more dude! :p

[kurdt_the_goat]

Got mine recently too and concur, he's very impressive. They've really carried the bat theme through nicely, with a coffin for the headmaster cockpit, dracula-esque collars in robot mode... and if i'm not mistaken i think even the plastic for the black side of wings has a very subtle leathery texture presumably like a real bat.

I was expecting a little more to the transformation (based on what's come previously) but what it does do, it does well and doesn't really need much else. I really like how the robot hands fit so snug into the shoulders of bat mode, so they don't really stand out like obvious robot hands.

His wings are quite large and solid, so there can be a little droopage on the shoulders, but mostly he holds poses fine. The waist rotation on mine is a little loose, it could have done with a locking mechanism similar to Prime FE Starscream, but no real complaints.

Visually he fits in perfectly with the other 3, although for some reason he's a good head(master!) taller than the others. I wonder if any of the future releases will also have varied height - i did like the consistency but having a few more vary a little will balance things out. The height and wings make him feel a good deal heavier than the others; one of the first things i noticed was just how solid every single piece of him is, so far removed from recent official figures and really seems worth the money - more so considering the price of these hasn't changed.

And finally, i was pleased to see his chest is juuuuust big enough to fit the smallest Decepticon sticker i have - and a silver background sticker looks great with the silver detailing on the chest as well! Another great toy only making the wait for the rest of them even harder!