FP Crossfire Side Story - Causality

[Oilspill]

And sorry for the triple post... but I'm doubting they're 3 Insecticons either. Fans Project do a very good job of homaging the original characters. If they did Kickback or Shrapnel, there's be Kickback's signature wings or Shrapnel's lightning-attractor thingos in silhouette.

I don't have any better suggestions though.

[gdmetro]

Hmm..

Don't know what to think of these. If they are insecticons I'll definitely get them- but why pair them with the repainted blast off and swindle?

So far, haven't got any repaints of FP stuff- dunno whether I would get the repaints- are the heads remoulded? $100 for a pair of repainted figs is a bit steep.

There is just too much awesome stuff coming out next year with all the united/generations stuff, TFC devy, PE Reflector and other potential FP stuff, worried that I may not be able to get all of em. Hopefully they are spaced out through the whole year.

[Oilspill]

So far, haven't got any repaints of FP stuff- dunno whether I would get the repaints- are the heads remoulded? $100 for a pair of repainted figs is a bit steep.

Yeah, it looks like both heads are remoulded (and the Flameblast headsculpt is particularly cool). Also they have new weapons and possibly some further remoulding.

I'm hoping these might be a bit cheaper than Munitioner & Explorer, since if they don't combine then they won't need all those extra parts. So I wouldn't expect them to cost $50 each.

[Hursticon]

I disagree. They're clearly meant to be Growl & Fireshot (maybe with some Vanquish thrown in) . Allow me to do some cut and pasting from another site...

Thank you Oilspill, I knew I wasn't crazy!
I looked at Warcry, with his colour scheme and that gun on his wrist, thinking: "Where have I seen this before?".
I then looked at Flameblast and I thought: "There's got to be a connection here...".
Sure enough, Warcry was a dead ringer for Growl and Flameblast's colour scheme matched Fireblast and Vanquish perfectly and since you've pointed out Fireshot's Headsculpt, there really is no other explanation huh?

Yeah, it looks like both heads are remoulded (and the Flameblast headsculpt is particularly cool). Also they have new weapons and possibly some further remoulding.

I'm hoping these might be a bit cheaper than Munitioner & Explorer, since if they don't combine then they won't need all those extra parts. So I wouldn't expect them to cost $50 each.

I too reckon that there will be further remolding and refinements apart from just straight repaints, after all FansProject are fans by name and I don't believe they would take the HasTakTom approach as that is what they've built a market with - doing the opposite.

I also expect these guys to be a little cheaper as there really isn't a need for all the extra kibble, but I do hope that you're wrong on the Insecticon front - I reckon they could do an awesome interpretation of those characters but you do have a good argument, but maybe they're transformed in such a manner so as to not infringe?, maybe they have a transformation that 'officially' looks different enough but when conveniently mis-transformed they look exactly like who they're supposed to invoke?
(A Bot can only dream... )

[kaiden]

CA-03 doesnt look like an insecticon. it has 2 claw blades on each arm - kinda like wolverine.

i initially thought it would be a combiner but after seeing the pics of growl and fireshot - i'd have to agree there.