The 3rd party acquisitions thread!

[canofwhoopass_87]

I ordered one of these last year from the same seller. Took a long time to arrive but did eventually. Pretty good quality - about half the size of the Impossible toys version and no LED features. I have the IT version with my G1 collection and this one with my CHUGUR collection.

Cool - thanks for the info UM. Looking forward to it

[CoRDS]

Got FT-08 grinder today

this gives me a complete collection of Fans toys Iron Dibots and i must say they look amazing together.

[Akky82]

Got Ocular Max Hoist/Trailbreaker over the past two weeks, not too impressed, but they'll do their job. Trailbreaker will go back to being displayed in vehicle mode, he's great. Hoist however has a floppy foot, floppy wheels (where they attach, that wont stay extended at the front, wont stay vertical at the back, keep coming out).

Am nearing the end of my masterpiece collection, I said I'd stop at 1985 but I'm already breaking that by getting hot rod, ultra magnus, fanstoys sovereign and a couple of minibots (tailgate, pipes), and ordering fanstoys sixshot, kup, kfc octane... probably going to grab uniquetoys blurr unless there's another one in the works, not a fan of the vehicle but robot is fine. Then have to worry about scaling.

Looking very much forward to fanstoys jetfire and blitzing !

[Lord_Zed]

Got Ocular Max Hoist/Trailbreaker over the past two weeks, not too impressed, but they'll do their job. Trailbreaker will go back to being displayed in vehicle mode, he's great. Hoist however has a floppy foot, floppy wheels (where they attach, that wont stay extended at the front, wont stay vertical at the back, keep coming out).

The floppy foot seems to be widespread, though the wheels on mine are fine. I have to agree that the toy is not quite as tight as I would like, but it sure does evoke the feel of the original toy both visually and tactile.

have you transformed Fanstoys Sovereign much? I'm quite tempted but the feedback I hear on transformation on some Fanstoys products seems to be difficult with a chance of injury. Sovereign looks great, but I'm not going to sign of on him unless the transformation is reasonably fun.

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

My Hong Kong haul, all 3rd Party:

1x Beelzeboss Iron Lady add-on kit, bought solely for the Chromia parts. 'Course, I only have the Takara Chromia, so now I have to either get the Takara-colours shield bit or a Hasbro Chromia. Not sure which way to go there...

And a FansProject Not-Quickswitch. I was going to get the official Titans Return one but it just being a redeco of Sixshot with a new head just doesn't cut it IMO.

I may also pick up a WST Sixshot tomorrow, I haven't decided yet.

[CoRDS]

Got Maketoys MTRM-09 Downbeat today

very very nice figure, feels great in hand and quite hefty. first transformation from alt to bot was fun but a little tricky, but was easy as pie the 2nd and 3rd times. i love this thing and it looks great on my shelf

[leej84]

i got downbeat on friday, as much as i love the figure the lower leg transformation sucks

[drifand]

Got Ocular Max Hoist/Trailbreaker over the past two weeks, not too impressed, but they'll do their job. Trailbreaker will go back to being displayed in vehicle mode, he's great. Hoist however has a floppy foot, floppy wheels (where they attach, that wont stay extended at the front, wont stay vertical at the back, keep coming out).

Am nearing the end of my masterpiece collection, I said I'd stop at 1985 but I'm already breaking that by getting hot rod, ultra magnus, fanstoys sovereign and a couple of minibots (tailgate, pipes), and ordering fanstoys sixshot, kup, kfc octane... probably going to grab uniquetoys blurr unless there's another one in the works, not a fan of the vehicle but robot is fine. Then have to worry about scaling.

Looking very much forward to fanstoys jetfire and blitzing !

I think the Badcubes version of Hoist and Trailbreaker still looks a lot better. Granted transformation a pain in the butt, but when in bot mode, they are spot on to screen accuracy. I felt MMC lost their way in these two of theirs unlike Mirage they did so well.

[UltraMarginal]

Stumbled upon this fella today. Far more reasonable than the $200+ that the original Impossible Toys' version is going for these days.

Quality looks average (reflected in the price ) but we'll see how it looks when it turns up!

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/LOOSED-3r...3D311804174431

I thought the plastic quality on the original Impossible Toys Quints was pretty mediocre. so if these are as good, $15 is a pretty good price. I just ordered 2.

[Lord_Zed]

I think the Badcubes version of Hoist and Trailbreaker still looks a lot better. Granted transformation a pain in the butt, but when in bot mode, they are spot on to screen accuracy. I felt MMC lost their way in these two of theirs unlike Mirage they did so well.

I think which one looks better is a subjective thing. I'm quite a fan of both companies but Badcubes version of those characters were just to busy for me around the legs, lots of unsightly kibble going everywhere. Badcube Hoist is definitely more toon accurate, but I prefer the deep green and look of the original toy.