Third Party group Planet X has updated their Facebook page with what we expect to see for the final production of Triton which is the 6th and final member of their Dinobots. This is their take on the Fall of Cybertron Paddles design. Triton is also a retool of their Neptune figure which is based on Fall of Cybertron Sludge.
Will Triton be swimming into your collection? Share your thoughts in the discussion.
Hyoumaru
I'd settle for QR code scans, at least those you can watch happen.
Mad Prime
Their are Iron Factory figures who have bigger instruction sheets that are 2 sided than the ones from Planet X. It's all so small. The use of more color would also help.
Hyoumaru
Yeah its really one of Planet X's biggest faults, their instructions are terrible.
GunplaGamer
Ah ok, considering paddles is my second Planet X figure (Snarl being the first), I wanted to share my findings as to why she didn’t fit together properly (Many keep referring to her as a he).
I also saw some comments about fixing her so I decided to post.
Also I obviously didn’t know this and you can’t expect people to know everything on the boards, even if I have been here for quite a while.
QuintusTheExaltedOne
It’s mentioned in every sludge review and every paddles review. You cannot transform wither without moving the shoulder/side of the chest. It was discovered years ago.
GunplaGamer
Figured out the issue with Paddles. There is notches inside the torso that need to be moved down and snapped in, and the legs need to be in a certain position for every to snap together. Without these steps Dino mode does not become sturdy.
These are not mentioned in the microscopic instructions nor in some video reviews actually.
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Ozymandias13
So, anybody have any faith that Triton could be torn apart and rebuilt on PotP Grimlock to make a better-functioning toy in both modes – and still work as centerpiece for a second Volcanicus?
Crim
Love this gal!
CybertronianFan
Despite the fig's issue, when it was going for $89 it still blew away Hasbro's voyager dinobots. At $35, this is a pure steal.
Crim
Got my Paddles today and, frankly, I'm blown away by her (she joins Slash as a female Dinobot)! Mine had shit thigh swivels though so I had to take them apart and use osme super glue (had nothing else) to strengthen them. To the point of arms not being able to hold, mine are fine. It seems to me that people need to stop using the wrong arm joint (use the elbow, not the weird badly placed extra joint) cause mine hold just fine (but I can see how people could get confused by the two joints). The only issues I have with it are the dino neck having no way to secure in (I figured out my own way though) and her thigh swivel should could have been tighter.
Otherwise, I love her! For $35, she blows away any voyager Hasbro has done of recent and has made me extremely happy. I kind of wish she came with a hammer though, feels like it would have fit the character better then two large guns (not complaining, the guns are cool and if anything I can add them to someone else. Also, she's getting FOC Grimlock's sword).
Now I just need for that KO company to release G1 versions of the POTP Slash (who will be getting the Swoop swords). Tiny Slash is, well, too tiny for me.
Crim
I figure for (roughly) $30 a piece any disappointment I may have won't be on the level I had for some of the official recent figures I've bought.
peddlerofwine
This figure was a big disappointment for me, but it was cheap on BBTS so I'm not mad. The PX Perceptor was a steal, though. I really like it.
Crim
Take your pick:
a.) Testors model glue
b.) Future floor polish
c.) tighten screws
d.) All the above
Mad Prime
My apology if this has already been mentioned in this thread but is there a way to make Paddles lift his tail weapon or his two huge canons? He does it on Planet X's facebook pictures:
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Crim
lol I just got their Perceptor and had them ship my Paddles. Can't wait for these two to get to me!
ckhtiger
I just bought the last paddles on bbts for 39.99. I have the rest of the team, and it was kind of bothering me that I was missing one of the members. Every time I'd see a plesiasur in one of my kids dinosaur books I think, man, I need to get Paddles
Datstro
Spent a couple of hours to rectify the issues with my Triton and mildly repainted him to match my Fansproject dinos… now I'm happy
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Datstro
Got my Triton today and I'm not impressed with this one (previously had their Grimlock figure and that was fantastic in comparison).
The right sliding chest piece on mine just doesn't wanna tab into place, silver paint on the face is chipped, lots of plastic flash on the figure (reminds me of the NBK constructicons), loose joints, etc… definitely not pleased and will be doing some mild customization and fixing to rectify all these issues.
This also appears to be very very old stock as mine came in a great condition outer box but on opening the box, gosh, the inner cardboard tray and plastic tray were all covered in white mould.
Hyoumaru
Still not quite working
but I've only discoverd now that there's sliding rails along the sides of the upper torso
do those have to be up or down for dino mode?
EDIT: Nevermind I'm a moron, they have to be down, but you also have to push them to click and secure them after pushing them fully up or down, now for the first time ever since I've gotten him he's transformed properly.
foxracing
I used dxp's method which he posted here.