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Courtesy of Seibertron.com, TFC representatives at the RobotKingdom Botcon Dealer Room booth have stated that their Technobots combiner is now on hold and that their next project would be Superion at the same scale as their Hercules gestalt. :eek::cool:
This sounds very cool! I never really got super excited about the constructicons when I was younger since I must have missed the phase where I was supposed to get excited about construction equipment (I jumped straight to time travel and space lego thanks to Dr. Who:D!). But the notion of some very accurate transforming jets! That combine into a bigger gestalt! Okay, I'm excited by this.
Oh god between this and all the Hasbro stuff coming out I'll need a bank loan
Very cool. Very exspensive. Is this because maketoys are doing computron? Will they fix the supposedly many issues that Herc had?
I can see the look on my wife's face now----->:mad:
Love the idea but I will wait to see what the actual execution is. I am not a fan of the 'TFC style' when it comes to sculpting and engineering.
A bit worried about the 'TFC scale'. :confused: Not too comfortable with Voyager sized Aerialbots.
Does this mean that TFC Superion might possibly be taller than Fansproject Bruticus?
It's very much a curve-ball as I don't think many were expecting this, not to mention that it'll be putting their Computron on the back-burner which seemed further along in production. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ultra Mackness
The past couple of years have been rather expensive to say the least, in being a TF collector; A trend which looks to continue into the future for certain. :o:DQuote:
Originally Posted by KalEl
It is possible that they've decided to do this in response to Maketoys doing their own Computron, as they may want to avoid the issues that have arisen with Hercules & Giant; Either the 2 companies are thinking along very similar lines or there is a rat in the midst, I tend to think the former as 3rd Parties directly competing against each other will not do either party any favours IMO. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Trent
To be perfectly honest, I'm again with you on this one Kup; I'm not the biggest fan of TFC's design aesthetic (Not that it's bad it's just not for me ;)), but I'm also very content with my FansProject enhanced Classicsverse Superion. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by kup
I can almost give you a certainty dude that this TFC Superion set will be bigger than FansProject's Colossus (Bruticus); TFC's Hercules towers over Bruticus and if this Superion set is to be 'in-scale' with Hercules, poor old Bruticus will be looking rather small compared. :oQuote:
Originally Posted by SuspectimusPrime
Sorry to be a little offtopic, but in regards to Hercules, can anyone point me to a link which has your negative sentiments toward the toy that I can read? Many of you seem to favor Giant. I'm trying to decide between the two and I'm liking Herc better to be honest... :confused:
Heh they're putting their technobots on hold because they don't want to get crapped on again by maketoys. Or maybe they're working together to time their releases so they can milk our wallets of every last penny!?
Regardless though, I agree with kup. Really didn't like their Hercules design and I feel that Superion is gona be the same story. I'd pay $600 for a MP style set, but a deluxe class combiner set is just ridiculous at that price.
Just hope this doesn't deter other 3rd parties from developing their own take on G1 Superion
It's not so much that we're ragging on Hercules dude (At least I don't think I am), but rather a couple of us prefer Giant based purely on design aesthetics but also the fact he's more to scale with FansProject's Colossus (Bruticus) & their Superion upgrade which a number of us possess; Here's a link though. ;):)Quote:
Originally Posted by ITZTRU
(It's a long read but it should give you an idea ;))
*I personally think the fact that a complete 3rd Party combiner even existing stands testament to what fans can achieve, but also that there is clearly a large enough market out there crying out to be catered to; Hercules is an awesome set of toys, don't get me wrong, but the fact that there is 2 to choose from is what gives rise to division - I feel there wouldn't be an argument if there was only 1x Not-Devastator ever produced. ;):)
just get both... lolQuote:
Originally Posted by ITZTRU
Hehe, didn't mean to sound like I thought you guys were raggin' on Herc but yeah. There's still something about Herc that I prefer. The scale aspect of things I can understand. (Something that was never quite an issue for me until the TFPrime line came along) but i'll go ahead and check out your link. Thanks Hurst.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hursticon
Not a fan of TFC's individual robot sculpts so far, however I do like well executed jet robots, so I may get this if the component toys can stand on their own.
Hope not!Quote:
Originally Posted by canofwhoopass_87
With so many new third party producers popping up for the money grabbing, hopefully once more of them move past that initial phase, they may look towards redirecting their funds into quality originals - like Fansproject's original not-Insecticons and that Heart Master we're waiting forever on.
Not interested in another combiner at a ridiculous size (and expense). I went with MT Giant so it can stand shoulder to shoulder with FP Bruticus, and I'll wait for a 3rd party Superion that can do the same.
Always hunting for TF jets that could fit in the macross verse so this made me a little curious.
Interesting, but not the "right" scale for me.
Well the name for the combiner has been released, Project Uranus. Maybe they will go with roman. Sounding names?
I can't believe no one had asked this yet, but are there rings around Uranus?
Eh? What does a ring have to do with anything?Quote:
Originally Posted by reillyd
I think there might be a little issue when one gets on his knee to propose to that one. :oQuote:
Originally Posted by canofwhoopass_87
Nice! Shame I will never see one in the flesh......I mean metal....I mean............plastic!:D
As much as this seems cool, I am quite content with the Universe version with the Crossfire addon. Though if it looks really cool, I may consider it :p
Looking Nice
Eagle & Phantom
I have very high hopes for this project. Superion has always been my favourite gestalt.
Very interested to see what Superion looks like. Those two jets have a very "fansproject" sort of feel to them IMO. Maybe they've sidestepped from Herc...
Regardless, it's probably gona be another $600 kick in the balls.
Those jet modes look amazing. Really hope they've scaled down to a Classicsverse deluxe level. These guys would look fantastic standing behind City Commander :)
God I hope they DONT scale him down. I want "superion" to be the same size as Herc or else Herc and Superion will look odd together!
Phantom kind of looks like a seeker but I know the engineering is totally different.Quote:
Originally Posted by KaRNiV8L PRiME
Gah. this is going to look Amazing. hopefully it won't have the same teething problems Hercules did.
I am hoping for a better, less cumbersome and blocky designs. The Hercules design and aesthetic look was very unappealing to me. They looked too much like simplistic Energon toys.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tallestblue
Very curious about the paint scheme they plan to go with.. G1, G1 Cartoon, or G2?
The jet modes look decent, at least better than some of there construction vehicles.
I have to say though Air Raid's Eagle makes me think of the Gobot Leader One because of the very square intakes and the lack of the bump where the wings meet the fuselage.
Still that is true to the original Air Raid toy.
It's nice to see Fireflights Phantom mode too, his altmode is almost as classic and out of date as ROTF Ransack's. ;)
Those jets do look pretty nice, but I'll resist (on price mostly).
Oh god. I am too. I was skeptical about "Superion" because...well...let's face it - like most of the other combiners, they're just four alt modes stuck onto one almost transformed robot with a helmet attached.
But those limbs, especially the leg, is looking quite impressive indeed! I fear another 600 dollar hole in my wallet soon :(
They are looking quite nice, robot proportions so far are better than the constructions.
I wish they could make them smaller than the previous set or do something to reduce the cost though.
Yep, this is a lot better than what I was expecting. Very impressive and certainly on the agenda!
I am actually trying hard to not to get caught up with the over abundance of 3rd Party products. I want to focus solely on Masterpiece and what they are trying to achieve with that line but I can't help thinking this is very nice indeed.
This looks amazing.
Pass - they've not managed to make the Aerialbots any less boring and generic in robot mode than the originals.