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Evening everyone,
I have been looking on the TFsource site and came across these two spectacular looking specimens the Custom Devistator and Quantron.
They look very impressive but come with quite a hefty price tag.
Just wondering if anyone has reviewed these items or seem them first hand to see if they are even remotely worth while getting.
Cheers in advance
Green Giant is fantastic. It is the second best combiner released (First is Feral Rex).
Quantron hasn't been released yet.
Giant is well worth it. IMO it strikes the perfect balance between G1 accuracy and articulation.
Quantron hasn't been released yet but it seems to be the same size and build quality as Giant and Intimidator (Menasor, seriously, look this set up).
You are absolutely right!
Im almost tempted to ditch the G1 official variants for these unofficial ones in my holy grail list.
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Originally Posted by CBratron
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transf...hand-pics.html
Quantron in hand pics :)
That is a thing of beauty. Too bad I'm broke.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChlorHex
want SO bad!
that and Rex fury I think it is.
Absolutely agree. I'm almost tempted to get some cash together,Quote:
Originally Posted by VGMStudios
get Quantron, looks spectacular. Agree 100%.
Also with Green Giant I'm tempted to get the yellow version.
Looks more constructiony if that makes sense.
I currently have Giant. He's an absolutely impressive figure. Displays and plays very well :)
I caved and recently ordered Feral Rex :D so am waiting for that to arrive. Was thinking to stop there ... but there appears to be some 3 party abonimus' coming soon >_>
Thanks! :) And yeah the yellow version does look more "constructiony". That makes perfect sense! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by CyberiusPrime
Im going to try and sell a few things to gather up the funds for this one. I am REALLY tempted to buy him. I absolutely love that 'tron' bike mode bot.
Feral Rex! Thanks for the correction. He is next on my list after Quantron. Or maybe I should get Feral Rex first? humm lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by Initial_G
You may want to read/watch some comparison reviews. Yellow Giant misses out on two major fixes: 1. shorter arms (no real biggie for me), and 2. removal crane (on yellow, it permanently hangs off its back, whilst on green it can be removed to become a melee weapon).Quote:
Originally Posted by CyberiusPrime
Edit: Here's the comparison vid from Kuma Style.
I've got green giant all stickered up with the reprolabel sets for it, it's amazing.
Cyberius, they are worth getting but yeah pretty expensive. Do make sure that if you do, get it from a reputable source that will help you if the parts that came with your set are faulty. My Quantron came with Sonic drill that has 2 right feet. I am still waiting for BBTS (where I bought it) to reply if they can help me in obtaining the left foot. My email to Maketoys got a reply pinting me to the retailer....:(
Anyways If you do find an affordable Green Giant go for it instead of the yellow coz of the fixes already mentioned before this reply, and also because green looks waaay better colorwise.
Some pics
http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/...psbcc651d6.jpg
http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/...pseb1a4053.jpg
http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/...ps81fceeff.jpg
http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/...ps53ecafdd.jpg
http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/...ps16f353ff.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...e/DSC02139.jpg
JSt wondered where do you guys getting all these third party transformers from?Quote:
Originally Posted by VGMStudios
Is eBay the only possibility?:(:(
there a few site you can try ...... look in the dealer and seller thread for feedback on them sites ...Quote:
Originally Posted by Diesel
but a local aussie one there TFIdownunder based in Qld ...
or http://chimungmung.com based in HK
Quote:
Originally Posted by lancalot
Thx a lot dude
We are the Fansproject and Maketoys direct retailer. come to us guys~:DQuote:
Originally Posted by lancalot
We are fresh landed in Melbourne, having small quantity of a few current stocks available. Such as, Revolver core, minibots, mindwipe, QUANTRON and six sigma which is the upgrade weapon kit for Hasbro IDW metroplis released. We ship national wide. local pick up welcome;););););););)
can you give any details about your shop or site?Quote:
Originally Posted by zodiachao
Hey Diesel, I wasnt able to get Quantron yet, but I did manage to get Feral Rex from BBTS.Quote:
Originally Posted by Diesel
I scoured the internet to see who had him still and BBTS was the cheapest with shipping. I will only buy from BBTS as a last resort as their prices aren't the best sometimes.
hope that helps.
Did you try us out at www.tfidownunder.com? We are an official maketoys, Mastermind Creations, X-Transbots, Dr Wu, Unique toys and Fanstoys distributor and sell Quantron. Our prices with shipping are pretty hard to beat most of the time so if your every after anything, give me a yell man we are more than willing to help out :)Quote:
Originally Posted by VGMStudios
Thanks Tfiguy but I live in Canada. I think shipping alone would kill any deal you could give me. Haha.
Thanks for the offer though.
Pictures or it didn't happen! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by prjkt
lol oh... yes, I shipped some items to a guy in the UK not long ago. The shipping from Australia is fairly disappointing at best :(Quote:
Originally Posted by VGMStudios
Yaaay, the part arrived last week (from BBTS) and I can now enjoy my Quantron without the fear of his left foot dropping when I pick him up. :D
Incidentally the guys at MAketoys emailed me to followup if I was able to get my part from BBTS. I guess they do care in a way . I wasn't sure though what would they do if BBTS wasn't able to give me the right part.... would they have sent me one... well I'll never know but it was kinda nice of them to follow up... makes my opinion of them less hostile than before when they just finger pointed when I sent them an email.....
We can't be worst than Canadian Post ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tfiguy
I bought something from eBay Canada once, and it took 3 months to arrive. Should have done my research before purchasing (see "Organizational issues").
We are actually fighting this. I hope that they will see how much of an error they are making if they end home delivery.
Ive said it before Canada post is one of the worst. So thats nothing new to me.
Hey! Just wonderig if I could get your store details or details of any stores in melbourne that sell third party transformers like the ones made by maketoys :)Quote:
Originally Posted by zodiachao
Thanks a lot guys! ^^
3 posts and inactive for months. I doubt you'll get a response
Hmmm.... I'm not sure where they get that they are the Maketoys dealer. Because Tfi Down Under is the Australian distributor.
http://maketoys.jp/distributors/
Check it out guys.
http://www.justcollectables.com.au/p...mers/maketoys/
This guy has them in stock locally in Melbourne first one ever as a physical shop.....
And so many more......
Hope you guys like it too...because I'm loving it.:D:D:D:D
http://www.justcollectables.com.au/p...mers/maketoys/Quote:
Originally Posted by frostykev
http://www.justcollectables.com.au/locate-us/
Address:3 Windsor Avenue,
Mount Waverley, 3149
Victoria, Australia(Opposite Jordanville Train Station)
Phone: (03) 9888 2951
E-Mail us at: halboy8@tpg.com.auFind Us On Facebook:www.facebook.com/JustCollectables
;);););)
Wow. Kinda priceyQuote:
Originally Posted by Diesel
and then some.
Massively overpriced. That's unfortunate.
Is that the price for two of them ??? :eek:
Almost.Quote:
Originally Posted by Starscream77
Blame our exchange rate :(
Hust checked actionrobo, looking at 550 shipped from HK, so yeah, markup but people gotta make a living.
I'm 85% likely to pick up the rumoured yellow reissue set, CW Devestator (or maybe UW) will be my grewn one, but I'd love a 3rd party combiner and ordin is just a little too pricey for me, and I love giant. I had a few g2 constructicons my dad bought me, but i never completed the set (mainly because of lack of combining parts iirc).
$200 more than what TFI charged for quantron
yikes
The price is like buying it retail and then trying to re-sell them. Going to have to get much better pricing to be competitive.