oiii!!! cantik that mania king!! arghhh!!!
gonna check x2otoys if they have open preorder

BBTS open preorder...price...USD45...

Is this even 3rd party? that is surprisingly cheap.. i thought it would run up to 80 or 90usd (from the pattern of 3rd parties now)

Think Unique Toys are aiming more toward CHUG collectors as their product are scaled better with this line of figures.

Anyway... got some "cute" hauls for the past week :

Bearbrick X TF Optimus Prime




Kids Logic - Transformers Kids Nation Series TF01



Total damage... so far... and it's just the beginning of the month

Feeling tempting to get this:



I cant find it anywhere in Malaysia though, other than a dodgy eBay seller. x2o toys doesnt sell it too.

This post has been edited by Cheesenium: Aug 5 2014, 10:06 AM

i got mine from robotkingdom

This is photron right? I recall seeing some at 1toy on severla occasions.. u may want to check there

How much was shipping though?

I dont really trust poslaju in delivering the product without destroying it though. I rather find a store and buy straight from them.

Famitoy said they are stocking both Assault Force and Warden but till now, they still dont have stock.

Thats Perfect Effect PE-12 Assault Force X.

Should be around RM300 but they are really tiny though. The engineering is pretty damn amazing though.

I never bought a third party so at the moment it is either Maketoy's Chaos/Paladin or PE's Assault Force X as my first purchase to third party. I think it is better to get something slightly cheaper than buying a third party RM500+ figurine outright.

This post has been edited by Cheesenium: Aug 5 2014, 10:31 AM

To me, Assault Force is better if I have to choose between the two.

But there are other third party figures out there which are better than these two. For example, fanproject's function series

robotkingdom's packaging is quite solid, they will use styrofoam to pad the insides of the carton, so your items should be quite safe.

as for the shipping, you can see the shipping quote before you place the order.

it's usd45 just for the add-on leh...which i find to be quite expensive

USD45 you can get a hasbro voyager leh

Honestly i was expecting more.. most add ons have costed equivalent of the class it provides the add on to.. maybe i'm particularly biased because it makes prime look badass
Maybe its because i keep thinking back to previous add ons providing a head or some small thing costing the same as a deluxe
Sorry, not really into these add ons market since i'm not that much into spending a whole lot if money for minimal change

Assault Force is cool because I dont think any other third party does Reflector. And the engineering is pretty cool. My only problem is the size which is damn small.

Coming from diecast collector background, I do appreicate the extra polish PE does for their transformers.

What would you recommend from Fans Project? What is the Function series known for?

I am not too keen of combiners or really expensive ones.

Ah, maybe i'll give robotkingdom a shot.

The website has quite a few broken links though.

This post has been edited by Cheesenium: Aug 5 2014, 11:39 AM

fansproject function series is their take on the G1 Headmasters.

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers...megathread.html

+1 for the Function series. Small but amazingly engineered headmasters with probably the best build quality I've ever seen on any TF.

(Also pretty damn expensive for what you get.)

Can't wait for Sigma.

I think I'll pass. They are really good transformers but I think PE and Maketoys products will suit me better.

I don't really want to collect a series as I know I won't be able to resist the temptation to find and collect all. Kinda avoiding the Dinobots combiners for the same reason. They look damn good though.

This post has been edited by Cheesenium: Aug 5 2014, 01:20 PM

now... gigapower or fanstoys...

http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/3...-images-180883/

Man, it looks damn good.

Ugh just got my TW Swamper yesterday.. really don't lilke the feel much.. and mine comes with paint chips on it =_= ...

Feel like the FUnction series from FPJ much better.. but they are so small T_T ....

If you are coming from diecast genre, bear in mind PE Reflector is so damn light :-) But i do like the details and the huge amoount of arsenals. Old pix :-

I think that is sort of expected. Arent they are about 6cm tall each?