Maketoys - Hyper Novae

Hey guys, just caught word that Maketoys' - Hyper Novae (Nova Prime) figure will be going on sale, 12:00 (AM or PM I'm unsure of :o) Wednesday September the 11th (Japanese time I'd assume) via Maketoys' own Online site. :cool:

This "Maketoys' Online store Exclusive" version is Priced at 16,000円, in AUD terms it's $172 (Not sure if that's postage inclusive either :o). :eek:

Figures are to begin shipment on Friday the 13th. :)

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Looks nice - but im going with MMC's version which will be bigger, better articulated and look badass next to my Hexatron

This is supposed to be a Prime? Seems to take it's design cues from Maketoys Paladin.

Wow that looks really nice!
Hard to believe that there will be a better one.

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Originally Posted by VGMStudios

Wow that looks really nice!
Hard to believe that there will be a better one.

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wholy crap I stand corrected! Thanks for the shots!
that looks even more amazing!!!

See THIS is what 3rd party companies should be concentrating on. Figures that are highly unlikely to get a HasTak release. I want to see a MP scaled Straxus, Jhiaxus, Thunderwing, etc.

While the Maketoys one looks cool, IF I get one, it will be MMC's.

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See THIS is what 3rd party companies should be concentrating on.

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No way, endless iterations of the same few combiners is way more important!:P

So this is meant to be Nova Prime from the early IDW stuff?

So MMC is doing the same character. Their version is indeed more grand if it does come out as good as that on the CGI model. it's bigger too is it? Just how big are these figures going to be? Don (Figueroa) must be a bit pissed hehehe as he gets no royalty from these 3rd party companies for a character model he created officially. ;)

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So MMC is doing the same character. Their version is indeed more grand if it does come out as good as that on the CGI model. it's bigger too is it? Just how big are these figures going to be? Don (Figueroa) must be a bit pissed hehehe as he gets no royalty from these 3rd party companies for a character model he created officially. ;)

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MMC's is scaled to Hexatron. So it should be a little taller than MP-10.

I remember reading Don was making his own toyline - what happened to that?

Does anyone know when the mmc version goes on sale or pre order?

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MMC's is scaled to Hexatron. So it should be a little taller than MP-10.

I remember reading Don was making his own toyline - what happened to that?

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The Armarauders? Don't know, i thought i did see some figure prototypes on BBTS. Pretty sure they have an FB page somewhere

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The Armarauders? Don't know, i thought i did see some figure prototypes on BBTS. Pretty sure they have an FB page somewhere

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thanks, found it.

Don's uploaded the first 3 comics of Armarauders here free

and after looking through the gallery of the prototypes, I will definitely be collecting these.

So how tall is the Maketoys Hyper Novae? Is it upgraded G2 Prime 'Battle Tanker' size?

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So how tall is the Maketoys Hyper Novae? Is it upgraded G2 Prime 'Battle Tanker' size?

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yeah, instead of the cannons that come around his arms, its just wings out the back.

While they look good I believe buying these 3rd party transformers is like downloading a pirated movie/song/digitalcomic/game/etc... neither Hasbro or tomy takara get a cent.The companies making them do not buy any IP's from Hasbro/Takara.And they are just so god damn expensive did I say they look nice.And with shapeways and places popping up how many people are going to make add ons( do you really need that g1 accurate missile on henkei starscream really?)for really a perfectly good character from Hasbro/Takara anyways In my eyes roughy $700 shipped for say superion 3rd party is like a month mortage to me (once again did I say they look nice)then theres always the quality control issues that most of these product have.IMO I feel cheated these guys are doing it and seriously think Hasbro/Takara should crack down.IMO if you want G1 character buy them theres a whole series of G1 to track down and collect but a lot of people wants every transformer to look like G1.

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While they look good I believe buying these 3rd party transformers is like downloading a pirated movie/song/digitalcomic/game/etc... neither Hasbro or tomy takara get a cent.The companies making them do not buy any IP's from Hasbro/Takara.And they are just so god damn expensive did I say they look nice.And with shapeways and places popping up how many people are going to make add ons( do you really need that g1 accurate missile on henkei starscream really?)for really a perfectly good character from Hasbro/Takara anyways In my eyes roughy $700 shipped for say superion 3rd party is like a month mortage to me (once again did I say they look nice)then theres always the quality control issues that most of these product have.IMO I feel cheated these guys are doing it and seriously think Hasbro/Takara should crack down.IMO if you want G1 character buy them theres a whole series of G1 to track down and collect but a lot of people wants every transformer to look like G1.

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not everyone wants a block. I've happily collected henkei/classics and masterpiece for my G1 needs and although i agree that they pay hasbro/takara no licensing fees suck - it shows that Hasbro are failing to take their IP seriously and invest in meeting the demands of its customers.

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not everyone wants a block. I've happily collected henkei/classics and masterpiece for my G1 needs and although i agree that they pay hasbro/takara no licensing fees suck - it shows that Hasbro are failing to take their IP seriously and invest in meeting the demands of its customers.

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Yes pure failure on Hasbro/Takara Tomy behalf and I've happily collected Hasbro Transformers since 1985 but really imo not much happens with copyright ip in china they'll happily counterfeit anything and sell it and Hasbro has probably pursued it but not much can be done(wasn't there a case with apple or someone with copyrights in china)Thing is though, that's how IP law is in China. All Hasbro could try to do is block imports in some countries, but that'd be pretty much impossible because customs can't open every box that arrives from China, and even if they did, they'd just forward it through another country anyway. Its all good - but I won't support feeelthy pirates.

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Yes pure failure on Hasbro/Takara Tomy behalf and I've happily collected Hasbro Transformers since 1985 but really imo not much happens with copyright ip in china they'll happily counterfeit anything and sell it and Hasbro has probably pursued it but not much can be done(wasn't there a case with apple or someone with copyrights in china)Thing is though, that's how IP law is in China. All Hasbro could try to do is block imports in some countries, but that'd be pretty much impossible because customs can't open every box that arrives from China, and even if they did, they'd just forward it through another country anyway. Its all good - but I won't support feeelthy pirates.

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3rd parties would not exist as the industrialized force they are now if Hasbro was properly supplying to demand. They underestimated and neglected the adult collector market for a very long time. 3rd parties noticed this and eventually filled in the gap very successfully.

If Hasbro wants to be rid of 3rd parties then they better start releasing more things that people want instead of 1001 Bumblebees. They are a big company, if they went ahead with a dedicated department that concentrated only on producing collector grade toys similar to how Tomy does the MP line, then they would gradually reduce the demand for 3rd party items - Fans have demonstrated that they will pay premium for a good quality toy. Instead they like to make things that shelf warm and lose retailer confidence.

Getting back on track, I'm not sure which toy I actually prefer. While MMC's toy certainly looks impressive, it's a lot more rounded and more novel and scifi, while the Maketoys one seems more comic accurate in the blocky classics style. Maketoys one also seems to have more intimidating wings.

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3rd parties would not exist as the industrialized force they are now if Hasbro was properly supplying to demand. They underestimated and neglected the adult collector market for a very long time. 3rd parties noticed this and eventually filled in the gap very successfully.

If Hasbro wants to be rid of 3rd parties then they better start releasing more things that people want instead of 1001 Bumblebees. They are a big company, if they went ahead with a dedicated department that concentrated only on producing collector grade toys similar to how Tomy does the MP line, then they would gradually reduce the demand for 3rd party items - Fans have demonstrated that they will pay premium for a good quality toy. Instead they like to make things that shelf warm and lose retailer confidence.

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I reakon Hasbro have released more version of Batman then bumblebee pretty sure I have the 100th batman figure Hasbro made and that's going back 10years and even the 200th which is batman beyond and who can forget I own about 30 variations of R2D2 obviously this work as a sales tactic as all Hasbro ever seem to release these days are Transformers and Star wars and why would you worry about anything else when these two are probably the biggest IP's in history and these 2 alone would generate enormous revenue(i'm totally oblivious to what girl toys Hasbro make other then my little pony)Hasbro have been applying this tactic for 20+ years and its been so successful they'll do it for another 20years. IMO Hasbro probably have tried to do something but really not much gets done in china especially if its a Western country saying whos boss maybe its up the individual retailer or person who buys this to get strict and not order product from these guys is the only sure way to police this.Or even Hasbro can go after these online retailer that are located outside china.Like BING! a bing search will not give you any results if you type in piratebay where google if you do you can access the piratebay directly from google piracy is a huge business for these guys and there's no way to stop its really up to the individual and really its only since the micheal bay movie that we have been haunted by 1001 bumblebees before that there wasn't many

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Getting back on track, I'm not sure which toy I actually prefer. While MMC's toy certainly looks impressive, it's a lot more rounded and more novel and scifi, while the Maketoys one seems more comic accurate in the blocky classics style. Maketoys one also seems to have more intimidating wings.

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Hard to say, we could end up with impressive wings in the final once they are painted.

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I am having a hard time deciding which is better.

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3rd parties would not exist as the industrialized force they are now if Hasbro was properly supplying to demand. They underestimated and neglected the adult collector market for a very long time. 3rd parties noticed this and eventually filled in the gap very successfully.

If Hasbro wants to be rid of 3rd parties then they better start releasing more things that people want instead of 1001 Bumblebees. They are a big company, if they went ahead with a dedicated department that concentrated only on producing collector grade toys similar to how Tomy does the MP line, then they would gradually reduce the demand for 3rd party items - Fans have demonstrated that they will pay premium for a good quality toy. Instead they like to make things that shelf warm and lose retailer confidence.

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+1
Is there a link to the mmc version or any release date scheduled yet?

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Is there a link to the mmc version or any release date scheduled yet?

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Some time between now and the heat death of the universe would be my guess. :D

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Hard to say, we could end up with impressive wings in the final once they are painted.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.n...86039804_n.jpg

I am having a hard time deciding which is better.

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The wings and sword are the ONLY thing I like somewhat in that image, but overall only the recent images of the armoured figure have sold the toy a bit to me. If that were the final product it would be Maketoys hands down for me.

i was looking for more pics of this because i noticed the shoulders were different and i have come to the conclusion they've retooled the base laser prime mold :eek:

Excuse my ignorance but who is this bot? He sure does look impressive.

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i was looking for more pics of this because i noticed the shoulders were different and i have come to the conclusion they've retooled the base laser prime mold :eek:

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Yep, they have basically made a whole new sculpted toy with the same engineering as G2 Prime. So if you are familiar with the G2 Prime and the Battle Tanker upgrade, you know what you will be getting with this from an engineering perspective.

That is what is also appealing about MMC, he does have 'novelty' value. However I will agree that Maketoys' aesthetics are both more comic and 'Classics' styled.

Although there could be a huge change if MMC decides to take queue from Maketoys in the color scheme department.

Here some of Nova Primes comic appeareances for reference:

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/attach...nova-prime.jpg

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MakeToys
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Aside from the legs, MMC seems to be more accurate. Maketoys legs are different because of the Battle Tanker engineering and MMC seems to have taken artistic liberties for a more modern 'mech' look. Although it is on the eye of the beholder as both are similar enough with considerable differences.

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Excuse my ignorance but who is this bot? He sure does look impressive.

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http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nova_Prime

@Kup

I miss the Master Collectibles version though, that definitely was the version I most wanted.

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http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nova_Prime

@Kup

I miss the Master Collectibles version though, that definitely was the version I most wanted.

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It is certainly a contender but it seems to have died.

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Yep, it died:

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I'm opening this thread regarding Mastercollectables. Does anyone know what ever happen to this company at all or anyway to contact them? The reason I'm wondering is because one(almost two) years ago they came out with orders for their limited NOVA PRIME figure which at the time being naive, I purchased for 540 shipped for a resin figure. It has been almost two year with no figure being received. I email them probably 3 times a month starting as of the beginning of this year with no response what so ever. I basically lost hope until during the month of May I received a random email from Mastercollectible stating that they are considering the figure cancelled. They promise they will issue all the buyers of the figure a refund toward the end of May due to them not having access to paypal so their friend will have to do it. Of course I was glad to receive an update but it is now September with no refund or any response once again from this company.

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http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transf...lectables.html

Tried ordering the maketoys. Had some issue with post code thingo. Anyone else get that?

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It is certainly a contender but it seems to have died.

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http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transf...lectables.html

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Actually, it has been revived by an as yet unannounced company. It will be being done as a kickstarter project.

Here is the thread : http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transf...ught-life.html

All the interesting info is in the last 2-3 pages of the thread.

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Actually, it has been revived by an as yet unannounced company. It will be being done as a kickstarter project.

Here is the thread : http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transf...ught-life.html

All the interesting info is in the last 2-3 pages of the thread.

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Nice but those pics in that thread make it look more like a toy from the Titanium line. To me it sits as a defined '3rd place' while MMC and Maketoys are still dueling for 1st.

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Nice but those pics in that thread make it look more like a toy from the Titanium line. To me it sits as a defined '3rd place' while MMC and Maketoys are still dueling for 1st.

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I agree but MMC has already scored first place for me because I'm not a big fan of the battle tanker mould. Of course that doesn't mean I'm going to buy any, just that if I do, it will be MMC's.

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Actually, it has been revived by an as yet unannounced company. It will be being done as a kickstarter project.

Here is the thread : http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transf...ught-life.html

All the interesting info is in the last 2-3 pages of the thread.

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wow. I was not expecting that to happen.

The Kickstarter guy seems to have a really small torso. Everything else is ok, but that torso is just to tiny.

^Yeah, the more I look at the old MasterCollectibles one, the more it looks dated to me. It jut looks too simple next to the other 2.

Thanks for the link kaiden.
Im that much wiser! Haha. :D

Morning boys. Kuma Style Reviews has posted up a video review.
http://youtu.be/UkWulM1J2Ko

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Morning boys. Kuma Style Reviews has posted up a video review.
http://youtu.be/UkWulM1J2Ko

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watching him fumble around with the transformation was painful.

its a nice looking toy though, especially after Maketoys fixed some of the problems with the original base mold.