FansToys have announced the third of their Masterpiece-inspired Insecticons. Forager is based on Generation 1 Kickback, with a design drawing strongly on the original character’s animation mode. Like the other FansToys Insecticons, he will also feature optional clear chest parts. Check out some images of this one after the break.
Shanxs
Anyone interested in sets of 3 Insectcons, purple or grey chest Bombshell.
New in box never opened.
krysuk
Glad I've read this thread, been eyeing up the insecticons to add to my collection, but if the wings are that fragile and it's a design issue also, it will help save my wallet and I'll redirect those imaginary funds to another overpriced toy instead
Had good service from fanstoys direct when I had an issue, was very pleasantly surprised
crdavismusic
Finally got a copy of the FT Insecticons and am really enjoying them!
I've read that transforming Forager's head to robot mode involves pushing the grey bug face back all the way, and then the whole head will "click" over the bot face with tension. However, I am not sure mine is working correctly; my head will not connect to the bot face. There is a little gap above.
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Is the grey insect face supposed to go up over the yellow bug ears inside?
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junkbot
If anyone needs any spare parts for Kickback let me know. I have one that I was messing with and I broke his head. The body is pretty nice with a tiny bit of play when the head was in the slot and the wings are pristine. No head. FYI
Criggity
They did! A month and $10 later a single wing came in. Leading up to that, I was looking into metal diecasting but no one wanted to give it a shot, then I looked into resin molding to make some backups or even sell, but I don't think I'd be able to get the quality people would need
crdavismusic
Just checking in to see if FT got back to you about the broken wing. Did you have success?
Criggity
Apologies for resurrecting an old post, but I just got this guy and I immediately broke the ring hinge on the right wing WHILE I was lubing the shoulder and the ring. I reached out to FT in blind hopes that they'll have a replacement, but I also wish I had a billion dollars so we'll see which happens first.
I dug through these pages a bit to see if anyone has made die-cast or 3D printed replacements but didn't see anything. Are we pretty much in the acceptance stage at this point with broken wings?
Heatwaves
I have a fanstoys kickback and bombshell I'm looking to let go MIB never transformed. PM me if interested.
Deshawn
New video
WyldeBill
It’s good news they had the reissue. Yes.
Roadbuster25
My Kickback is years old and and I have only transformed 2x in fear of his brittle wings. The wings are already showing signs if stress. Will FT still help me out with a replacement set?
esteady1
Well, fanstoys responded within 24 hrs.
Very short message that simply said.
“what is your address?”
sounds encouraging. I will update with progress.
I received in the mail from fanstoys replacement left and right wings.
they estimated 10-12 weeks shipping. It arrived in half that time.
I am happy with the service.
Now time to make the replacement.
seeing the wings like this, the fragility is clearly evident.
Turingmachine75
Mine’s been good so far after a handful of transformations.
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TransformerFanatic
American retail in general doesn't have very good access to replacement 3P parts as far as I can tell. BBTS will swap you a new figure if in stock but they cant get parts, ToyDojo will keep responding to emails but they seem to be unable to get many parts, TFSource is a mixed bag but no good access either, and TCP will just ignore your service requests and then give contradictory answers to where the parts are if you manage to finally convince them to respond.
I've moved pretty much entirely to Chinese retail (SZS, BBB, etc) to get better CS and save money. It's worked out pretty well so far. No ragrets.
Von Schwarzenburg
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esteady1
Hello.
I was aware of the QC issues, but that knowledge didn’t spare me.
First transformation, the clasp broke with the lightest touch. I’m convinced the chroming process compromised the underlying plastic.
TFsource is not being very helpful (I’m surprised and disappointed).
can you folks help me to contact FT?
(I am not on Facebook, so another way please)
Abigail Barajas
YESYESYESYESYES
Fortynickel
You’re a way better FT customer service representative* than the last guy. Fans Toys knew exactly what they were doing when they bankrolled you.
Everyone, please send all your questions and concerns to Teletran.
*Disclaimer: Teletran-1 is NOT really an FT representative and only answers questions and concerns regarding XTB products.
Teletran-1
Yeah just be careful when moving them, it's a little stressful but should be fine