For a while now we’ve been hearing that Maketoys has a robot in production based on The Fallen, named Mobain. We’d seen that it had Power Core Combiner functionality, that the arms and legs could split off to form weapons systems or sets of limbs for the Power Core Combiners in their own right. Now it appears that Maketoys is splitting up the Mobain, with the limbs-tank being sold separately in two different decos. The set is named “Missile Launcher” and comes in “Jungle Type” green deco colored to match Power Core Combiners Heavy Tread, and “Marine Type” gray deco, ostensibly colored to match with Undertow. According to the linked pages on Big Bad Toy Store, they are going to retail at $54.99 and are due for a release in December.
There’s still no word on the teased black deco or the release of the second tank that was shown in early pictures and presumably forms the core robot of the Mobain. One can assume from Maketoy’s past form, though, that the core tank will be released separately and then a giftset – with the source-material accurate deco – will follow afterwards.
spark crusher
i know im raising the dead here, but it took me so long to find this set that by the time i got it i had redone my shelves and no longer had space for it XD its a great set though, i legit miss the time when third party companies came up with neat stuff like this instead of just doing existing stuff, but guess hes going either into storage or is getting listed.
roguesaint
Heavy tread found some friends and some upgrades…
Atomatron
yeah any of these sets would be nice, even chaos ones!
Skyfire87
Thread res like salt in a wound..
While this is bumped(brought back from the grave) bbts never fulfilled my order of the jungle type. Anyone selling theirs?
Arko22
I'm not sure why everyone keeps saying that the huffer mold doesn't quite work with the mobine set. I found it to fit perfectly and allowed for the full range of movement. And it looks awesome when it is the black paint one.
I found that Darkstream was absolutely terrible. On its own it had tightness where it should have been loose, and was tight where it should have been more giving. The wings fell off very easily, the arms couldn't stay on when bent, and its connections could barely handle the mobine parts.
Theres my two cents.
roguesaint
Finally got ahold of one of these. Very awesome indeed.
Trent
Bit late to reply but I've been to that shop. It's in Rome. He has an absolute ton of really cool stuff. And yes, his english is terrible. I bought a few things there but was nothing special about the prices and I did a bit of haggling to get what I thought were acceptable prices.
metaphorge
I broke down and ordered three sets of the Marine armor. It would be SO SWELL if my remaining preorders for the desert set through BBTS were completed….
daimchoc
roguesaint
Whelp I'm here to share my sad story of frustration in hopes that it might help someone else or to warn anyone trying to use a specific online retailer.
Back in March, I found an online retailer seemingly selling the jungle set (Japanworld.it, the link has been taken down now.). I say seemingly because the pictures of the jungle set were shown, the listing was for the jungle set, and the jungle set was listed as instock. I tried to do my home work, looked at the reviews for this e-seller, checked them out on facebook, and they seemed legitimate. AND doing the entire transaction through paypal brought me some comfort. So I paid for two, paid through paypal, and made multiple copies of the invoices that I received from their payment system. I asked for tracking via a personal email address that had been provided, and was only told it had been shipped and no tracking was given through paypal or from the seller.
Sooooo, two weeks later when this showed up at the post office from Italy…
I was kinda excited.
And lo. To my utter suspicion and great disappointment I had been sent two copies of the marine set. I double checked every invoice I had, all which said "Jungle Set", and then set about opening a case through paypal, my biggest beef being, that I had paid far more for a set that was not worth it for a set that I could have easily obtained here in the US.
I would be singing this retailers praises, if when I contacted him, he would have said "This happened by mistake, let me make this right." However this was not the case. It quickly became apparent in trying to communicate about the wrong product being sent to me, this person knew little to no englishe and despite my trying to communicate in italian using google translate, there was no attempt to get me the correct product. I was just asked to return it for a refund. So four weeks later, I am finally awarded my money back, only out the money I was required to pay for return shipping.
Maybe someone else has had a better experience with this retailer, (and if you're out there I would love to hear a happier tale) but I am here to tell you all if you choose this retailer, buy at your own risk.
breaux man
anyone have a pic of PCC Searchlight with the Marine Type?
JukeOutlander
Anyone got Assault Master with the Marine set?
Líder Optimus
The FOC connectors are too big
Ninshadow
This set is awesome, has anyone tried attaching the Mobine set to FOC Onslaught?
JukeOutlander
Oh alright. Thanks. Fun set.
rosewater
Got my Jungle set yesterday, and I can't wait till I have a spare half hour to mess with it.
Skyfire87
Well, I picked up a second marine type at bbts in case my jungle never shows. I least heavy tread can be armed up, even if in Non matching colors. Seriously considering getting a second chaos Pali too so I can have an extra armor set there and the core figure is cool too.
murphytronus
I agree… A set of articulated hands would take this set from great to absolutely amazing… Especially on chaos and heavytread
breaux man
got one of these coming in…any word on anybody making some better looking hands for these guys…other than the bowling balls that they have now would be nice
CodeXCDM
Keep in mind that anymore than one set can weigh down the joints and even tabs of the PCCs, as they simply weren't designed to hold up much weight at all.
As a preventative measure, you should consider using clear laquer or Future Floor Shine to thicken up or tighten joints where these figures support the weight.
Bombshock's structurally THE BEST PCC to actually withstand the weight of all these addons… and even then… one of the support tabs on his waist snapped off the other day when I mixed the Iron Army and Mobine sets onto him… as well as a few weapons… proved too much for it.
I would say use super glue… but um… it reacted quite strangely on Bombshock. It actually melted the tab rather than glue back onto him… >_< The joints received some glue (spillover from the attempt at gluing the tabs), and now they're super tight… so I guess it still worked out…