iGear Mini Warriors

[kaiden]

[VERT]

Oh yeah I want Well we know one is Powerglide, I think one is pipes and Beachcomber. Not sure what the others are yet. But yeah

You know if 3rd Party stuff is so wrong why can they show it all at Botcon and thats a Hasbro event. Im sure the Hasbro guys go over and have a look and say cool stuff guys. If they did not like this stuff that would be a perfect time for them to stop them etc.

[swoop]

It looks like beachcomber, gears, wheelie, pipes, powerglide and cosmos.

With fansproject doing seaspray, powerglide and possibly others I'd rather buy from them then igea.

As for hasbro doing something about them at botcon igear and fansproject weren't actually there tfsource was just exhibiting their stuff

[kaiden]

As for hasbro doing something about them at botcon igear and fansproject weren't actually there tfsource was just exhibiting their stuff

thats true, but its similar in the case of piracy of games - Nintendo has shut down japanese distributers of flashcarts and I also remember posting about Takara stopping the sale of 3rd party products in Japan so why hasbro have not taken action against distributers like TFsource and BBTS is anyone's guess.

[UltraMagnus]

thats true, but its similar in the case of piracy of games - Nintendo has shut down japanese distributers of flashcarts and I also remember posting about Takara stopping the sale of 3rd party products in Japan so why hasbro have not taken action against distributers like TFsource and BBTS is anyone's guess.

Why would you burn the hand that feeds you? TFSource and BBTS sell thousands of transformers. With BBTS, they are one of the biggest distributors of TFs in the globe. Hasbro would loose more money from fear of retribution from retailer/fans.

Hasbro aint gonna push this - its too much trouble for very very little gain.

Fansproject/igear help build sales not distract

[Lord_Zed]

I'm interested to see what they come up with and if they can actually sell them at a competitive price. Although given the price of Perfect Effect toys, even a minibot can cost a fortune. Still we shall see.

Seems like someone else is doing ths same thing judging by the Botcon photos, there seemed to be a second Seaspray and a Powerglide.

Anyway I will need to see what they come up with, some of the toys we saw looked too G1, on the other hand Hasbro's Powerglides and Seasprays aren't G1 enough for me, so we'll see if these guys can hit the spot. Huffer looked ok.....

Why would you burn the hand that feeds you? TFSource and BBTS sell thousands of transformers. With BBTS, they are one of the biggest distributors of TFs in the globe. Hasbro would loose more money from fear of retribution from retailer/fans.

Hasbro aint gonna push this - its too much trouble for very very little gain.

Fansproject/igear help build sales not distract

Judging from what I've seen lately yes some companies would bite/insult/cut off the hand that feeds them. If Hasbro are anything like miniatures company Games Workshop who told some of their biggest internet store clients they couldn't sell to people outside of Europe, and then described them as freeloaders to boot, then yes I could see them going after them.

[kaiden]

Why would you burn the hand that feeds you? TFSource and BBTS sell thousands of transformers. With BBTS, they are one of the biggest distributors of TFs in the globe. Hasbro would loose more money from fear of retribution from retailer/fans.

Hasbro aint gonna push this - its too much trouble for very very little gain.

Fansproject/igear help build sales not distract

hmm... fansproject at least create products to compliment existing hasbro figures - cliffjumper, prime, ultra magnus, rodimus, combaticons and the upcoming g2 prime. but they've also made products that dont like - springer and the upcoming insecticons.

to the point though, is that hasbro makes no money from any of these. all the figures aren't sold through retail anymore nor their online store - they're now acquired through ebay and online shops like TFsource/BBTS at scalper prices.

igear however, have KO'd the MP molds and I dont see how hasbro profits from it. the kup heads are great though, but i don't think they influence the sale of hasbro's generation kup - otherwise igear would have sold 1:1 for every kup hasbro has ever sold.

Finally, I don't think they'd lose money from stopping the sale of 3rd party products in North America. Transformers is only a part of their revenue as they have a lot of other licenses and there are plenty of dedicated fans like Gok who only buy licensed products.

[Sky Shadow]

Fansproject/igear help build sales not distract

Not really, Magnus. There's only so much money to go around. Every Transfan dollar that goes to iGear or Fansproject is not going to HasTakTom. Making Minibots is just wrong, and things like Knockoff Coneheads, Shadow Scyther etc. only help to inflate the coffers of secondary sellers, not Hasbro or Takara.

[Sky Shadow]

Oh yeah I want Well we know one is Powerglide, I think one is pipes and Beachcomber. Not sure what the others are yet.

The bottom right is obviously Cosmos, top right is Wheelie, which only leaves the middle silhouette in the top row.

[liegeprime]

Middle silhouette top row would be Beachcomber (next to Seaspray) and Brawn

Hmmm most of these have already been released as Henkei minibots anyways, I wish they did some of the minibots not made yet instead. Huffer, Pipes okay, and well, Seaspray is movie and gigantic but what the heck it works for me.

Would have been nice if they did instead

Huffer, Pipes, Tailgate( though Hastak possibly might repaint WC mold), Swerve, Powerglide (this one looks better than the movie) Gears, Hubcap and to top it all off to 8, Bumper- we've never had an incarnation of this guy since that accident in G1