Maketoys RM-02 Gun Dog (Hound)

[M-bot]

That is beautiful. My fave character, so an instant buy for me. I saw the (inferior IMO) TFC pics of their not-Hound released around the same time and I was curious as to who released pics first - Maketoys or TFC? Was one release of preview pics in response to the other? These companies seem more in direct competition with each other than most other 3rd party companies - their versions of Devestator, Predaking and Defensor (well, not quite on Defensor, but you get my drift) coming out pretty close together. It would seem to my eyes that Maketoys is winning this particular battle...

[CBratron]

So this beats TFC's aesthetic. Is there a possibility of an official MP? Would alternity Hound suffice?

[Tober]

So this beats TFC's aesthetic. Is there a possibility of an official MP? Would alternity Hound suffice?

I would say there is a decent chance of a MP Hound. There is no evidence I know of that Takara would be denied the Jeep license after they used in for the Binaltech line.

Binaltech/Alternity Hound is 1/24 scale whereas MP car scale is roughly 1/32.

[z3r03d]

I would say there is a decent chance of a MP Hound. There is no evidence I know of that Takara would be denied the Jeep license after they used in for the Binaltech line.

Binaltech/Alternity Hound is 1/24 scale whereas MP car scale is roughly 1/32.

Hope it is MP... I really like hound! do we know when this is coming?

[CBratron]

Hope it is MP... I really like hound! do we know when this is coming?

It's just fans speculating. We think there's a good chance based on Hound being a classic example of a G1 character. But then again, characters like Jazz, Ironhide, Ratchet, Sunstreaker or the rest of the dinobots have yet to be announced.

[SuspectimusPrime]

It's coming to the point where in another couple of years, we may have our entire CHUG collections swapped out by third party offerings. A bit scary as I thought I quite close to completion/retirement, and the big draw-in that third party has on me are all the combiners that Hasbro wouldn't release (or at least not at a sufficient level of quality). I really like my Henkei Hound and don't want to swap him out

[lancalot]

Wow he looks really good...only thing is that his face look empty hopefully the final product turn out good....

[spiderken17]

It's coming to the point where in another couple of years, we may have our entire CHUG collections swapped out by third party offerings. A bit scary as I thought I quite close to completion/retirement, and the big draw-in that third party has on me are all the combiners that Hasbro wouldn't release (or at least not at a sufficient level of quality). I really like my Henkei Hound and don't want to swap him out

Although the 3rd party companies are pumping them out I don't think my CHUG collection will get swapped out. At the moment I only buy 3rd party stuff that Takara/Hasbro hasn't made or I am not happy with and the combiners (that Hasbro/Takara cannot make to as high a quality).
There is still plenty of awesome licensed stuff coming out like Chromia and Arcee so as long as some genuine stuff is coming out as well it should be OK.
Besides, if you like Henkei Hound then keep him.