LOL !!! Pretty much !
Anyway just to join in the fun a quick snap of my "not Scavenger".
This Devy is going to be Awesome!!!
Bob
I managed to snap a few pics of Scavenger before it started raining,
With a Deluxe,
With a Voyager,
With an Ultra,
Action shot!
Doesn't look short and stubby in these pics!
Wow an actual Transformer..never thought id see one of those in here.
Exactly what I was thinking. The only figure I have from those comparison shots is Warpath and I'm shocked at how much bigger Exgraver is.
I think I'm in love.
Actually my Gen 1 Devy is heavily "third partied up"
The Crazy Devy bits add a good inch in height to the original set up. I would say the arm is as tall as the entire original Devy
You are not wrong. I am completely in love with this guy and the potential of the end product is just :eek
I honestly feel sorry for people who miss out on this set, for whatever reason. It's going to be the centrepiece of my Transformers collection for sure
Bob
I knew it added some height but I wasn't sure how much so thanks for the info
I've seen some criticism elsewhere that certain elements of the vehicle modes could be better....the exposed fists on Scavenger and what appears to be the arms in the truck bed on Long Haul but I think that compromises inevitably had to be made to keep the costs down as much as possible and TFC probably figured that most people will display their Constructicons as 6 individual robots or as Devastator so the vehicle modes suffered slightly as a result.
For me it's an acceptable trade off when you consider the scale of each 'bot and also that TFC are a small group with limited resources....the more complex a design, the more molds have to be made for all the different parts which would eat away their budget pretty quickly.
That they've done such a great job in capturing the G1 aesthetic whilst adding modern articulation and largely self integrated parts for the limbs is quite an achievement and once complete I think it'll be one of the landmark 3rd party releases in much the same way City Commander was.
All triple changers have trade offs on one mode, normally two. These guys are kind of 2.5 changers. They are certainly more involved, and as you said integrated then the gen 1 figs. The Vehicle modes have small "nitpicks" but work better than some official Transformers. The fact that the transformation on Exgraver is fairly simple and fun just makes it all the more impressive for me.
I Think that City Commander was the "King" of third party products, in so far as what it achieved, but I think that Hercules might just take his crown, and then stomp on his head
Bob
You take some sort of moral high ground with 3rd partiy companies making money from the Transformers franchise but don't seem to recognise that customisers who sell their stuff do the same thing.
I really don't get the hate
LOL !!! Pretty much !
Anyway just to join in the fun a quick snap of my "not Scavenger".
This Devy is going to be Awesome!!!
Bob
Wow an actual Transformer..never thought id see one of those in here.
Exactly what I was thinking. The only figure I have from those comparison shots is Warpath and I'm shocked at how much bigger Exgraver is.
I think I'm in love.
This thread gone on for way too long with no 3rd party talk:
He's got the chest inverted chevron thing, _____es!
When that bulldozer hits 88 MPH we're gonna see some serious ____.
Have they given any kind of specs on how big Herc will be when he's fully erect?
