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Apparently the next club exclusive after Nova Prime will be Marissa Fairborne with a non-transforming Afterburner.
http://www.seibertron.com/transforme...rburner/31076/
The graphic looks really good but a shame that Afterburner doesnt transform. These club exclusives are so far looking better than the Subscription Service ones so I suppose for some it makes up for the lackluster TFSS 3.0
This is a complete fail. Would much rather them ditch Marissa Faireborn for a proper transforming Transformer!:mad:
Yeah, I thought a retool of generations Chromia would be a great Aterburner :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Omega Metro
I am cautiously excited, if it turns out well, as I want to have action figures of the iconic humans from the generations.
There looks to be a lot of complaining on the American sites about this not being a transforming toy, forgetting that "Transformers" is a noun (a brand name), not a verb. Which only guarantees a character toy from the Brand, not limited to just transforming toys from the Brand.
And they are probably the ones complaining when Hasbro never releases proper toys of the humans in each series. (we got some static figurines for TFPrime, but they don't move and just five characters from the show... and a few movie characters as Human Alliance)
This is something I've been expecting from FunPub for ten years now, since they have access to both GIJoe and Transformers moulds and characters... and I've been wanting to have a collection of human characters in action figures from the ages. Like a collection of "Trans-Humans" from over the 30 years. (the concept I pitched to Hasbro Australia many years ago, among other ideas, but they can't produce exclusives for us here)
(not too keen about another GIJoe vehicle being done as a Transformer, like the SDCC vehicles)
As for preferring a transformable toy over this human action figure - this is not in place of a transforming toy... it's yet another expansion of FunPub's toy range.
In 2015, FunPub's Transformers products will be...
1 Membership toy (LioConvoy)
1 paired store exclusive (Nova Prime - with space in the box for Lio Convoy)
1 non-paired store exclusive (Marissa)
7 Subscription figures
5 boxset figure (usually)
7 at-show figures (usually)
1 attendee figure
1 Custom class figure
(and a pack of Kreons are likely now)
Just when you think they already sell enough each year, that's a record 24 for next year (plus all their GIJoe toys they sell). Compared to just 12 in each of their first two years with the license. They are now selling twice as many toys as their first two years... shows how much of a cash-cow our fandom is, and despite all the complaining, fans are obviously buying enough of their products to warrant doubling of the range.
Cool! Totally onboard for this, as long as the sculpt looks good. Looking forward to more pics. :)
Well I quite liked Marissa in season 3, even if she did suddenly have a southern accent in Big Broadcast of 2006 (Y'all cant do this!) and was seduced by that trader dude a bit too easily when teamed up with the Technobots.Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
So we've had a ton of Spikes, a Dr Archeville and now a Marissa. Have we had an offiial Daniel or just a 3rd party one? And then I guess it really just leaves Sparkplug, Chip and Carly from the western G1 cartoon unless people can think of any others that wern't complete one-offs.
We do indeed have a number of figures of some Gen1 characters, but in all different size scales. :(
Just like the new MP toys, I'd like to see a set of scaled humans as well, and the existing GIJoe figures could help with that since they are all the same size.
I really like that as an option, but they'll probably have an official afterburner in the next few years as a part of the upcoming combiner wars line and I don't know what mold they are using for this afterburner but it's more likely to be a shape that the Marissa toy can actually ride with proper handholds etc..Quote:
Originally Posted by BigTransformerTrev
apparently, according to the seibertron news post it's a GI Joe Wheel Blaster Bike.
pictures of previous releases below.
I think it will look pretty good with afterburner colours, not too different to what they've already produced.
http://www.hisstank.com/gi-joe-news/...1335211195.jpg
http://joebattlelines.com/wp-content...-w-firefly.jpg
There's a few:Quote:
Originally Posted by BigTransformerTrev
MP Magnus will come with Daniel, CM Corps have the Licensed Brave Gokin Excel Suit Spike & Daniel & Impossible Toys also have a Spike & Daniel in Exosuit :)
I think a combiner Computron might be some way down the line, as you'd expect them prioritising the first six Gen1 combiners, and at their release rate of Generations toys, that could take over a year. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by UltraMarginal
I think that the obvious choice of Chromia as Afterburner is exactly why FunPub may not have been given permission to use it.
When Hasbro green-lights character toys (since about Energon), they pre-plan at least one other deco or head swap (as we saw a lot of instruction sheets a little while back having the wrong head mould on them) for budgeting reasons... as in, making two regular-release toys out of every mould can offset raising costs or cutting back on features.
As such, I wouldn't be surprised if on the top of Hasbro's list for Chromia is be Afterburner. Yes, Chromia has boobs moulded into her toy :rolleyes: but it looks like it could be an attached part, allowing for a remoulded flat piece... if they wanted to give the toy a "sex-change". :p
Anyone else worried that they will put a Transforming TF in the giJoe club and we will have to join both to get them? :(
I would love if they made some of the non-transforming characters in a Transformers action figure line. Primacron, Marissa Fairborn, Spike, Sparkplug, etc. I'd buy them in a heartbeat, especially with some nice packaging.Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
That looks really cool... This coming from GI Joe TF crossover fan of course :D
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Originally Posted by Tober
As much as a transforming figure would be good, this is out of the park. I'm glad they decided to do this. She looks so good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tober
I love this idea! :D I really hope that this idea succeeds and that Hasbro seriously considers doing a GI Joe style 10cm scale line of action figures for humans (and other non-human entities) who've appeared in Transformers! I would absolutely collect them all at retail. :D
http://otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?t=7458
Colour me unimpressed. There is almost no articulation on that figure and the bike looks cheap and nasty. If I wanted to collected Joe style items I would collect Joe's. I do collect Microman/Micronauts which have better articulation from the 70's. That should tell you how cheap this is:rolleyes: Yes I'm a cranky old fart:o
I'm not sure that thirteen points is "almost no articulation". I do like the attempt at an Afterburner sticker to give the bike 'character'. It will be interesting to see where BBTS puts this one in its scalpy TFCC price range.Quote:
Originally Posted by 1orion2many
I would get this but it doesn't fit in scale with anything except maybe Fort Max if you think of him in Marvel G1 scale. I'd like a MP scale Marissa tho.
I think Microman was first made in 1974, 3-3/4" figures with about 30 points of articulation. Link to compare if interestedQuote:
Originally Posted by Sky Shadow
http://www.mwctoys.com/REVIEW_021805b.htm
I think we can safely say that it scales with SDCC 2011 Starscream and Megatron; 2012 Shockwave, Soundwave, Ravage, Laserbeak and Ratbat; and 2013 Hound, Jetfire, Blaster, Steeljaw, Ramhorn and Eject. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by DELTAprime
Yes, Marissa doesn't have Microman/Figma/Revoltech/SH Figuarts levels of articulation, but she's well and truly not at the almost-no-poseability extreme of Battlechargers, Throttlebots, Jumpstarters, Bot Shots, etc. (Afterburner is, though.)Quote:
Originally Posted by 1orion2many
This toy still looks way hotter than the way Andrew Griffiths draws her in Robots In Disguise with a chin big enough to park Afterburner on.
Correct me If I'm wrong but weren't the Microman in that link released in the 00's? I don't think they were quite as fancy in the 70's. I have one of those Votoms Micromen around here somewhere, he's pretty cool and really articulated, the trade of is in the sculpting though which is a far more spartan.Quote:
Originally Posted by 1orion2many
Here is a site I like visiting, Shows the different eras of Micromen/Woman. Micronauts was the U.S version of these toys which is what I got as a kid:oQuote:
Originally Posted by Lord_Zed
http://www.microforever.com/
I love the idea of using up GI Joe production slots for transformer products. It's not like they have a movie or cartoon to plug, so let's steal 'em all :)
Marrissa looks very hot, and I'll definitely buy her. Maybe we'll have a whole line of them, like the Japanese Kiss line, lol!
While this is looking good, it will have to be at a fairly reasonable price (especially considering the clubs exorbitant postage rates :rolleyes:) to convince me to buy a non-transforming TF, even with a pretty decent Marissa figure to go with itQuote:
Originally Posted by Tober
But Afterburner transforms from a tricycle to a bicycle! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by BigTransformerTrev
looking at that i kind of wished they altered the base a little bit, the large embossed gijoe logo doesnt suit.
EDC logo would of been better or even TFCC
or mabme C.R.A.P
un decided on this really but i wont be joining the club anyway