Thanks to 2005 Boards member Cheem The Rup for sharing our first image of MAAS Toys Renegade (Tetra Jet Cybertronian Starscream) Prototype.
The image surfaced via MAAS Toys Twitter and Facebook accounts. We can see the torso of this take on G1 Starscream who transforms into a Cybertronian fighter similar to the Tetra Jets we saw on the classic G1 Cartoon. The figure is expected to be 20 cm tall and the respective repaints as Thundercracker and Skywarp have also been announced before.
No price or release date yet, but be sure to come back to our forums for more information when it’s available. You can check out the mirrored image after the jump and then sound off at the 2005 Boards!
boomerdave
This thread seems to have run it's course. We're going to close this one down. If you need information in regards to this project or the history of what has occurred, the information is still available for viewing of course.
LBock
I’m just giving a synopsis of what Spencer said in the interview. I don’t have any insight into the situation with Fansproject and I don’t feel like it’s my place to speculate.
shogun221
He just needs to stop. Some folks simply aren't cut out to run a business….and that's fine. There's no shame in that. There IS shame in continuing to make the same mistakes over and over again when a consequence of those mistakes is hurting other people.
I hope you all get your money back. And I hope the community has a long enough memory to immediately shut him down the next time he tries to solicit the fandom for his next vaporware project.
Partsformer
Toy News Rumor: MAAS Toys Goes Under, Customers Demand Refunds
Cax6ton
That money is gone. It doesn't just sit around waiting to be spent, they tried to use it to do too many things and there isn't any left.
Even if that "figure" comes out, it isn't going to sell, and isn't going to sell enough to suddenly make the kind of money they need to do the Renegades. The crowdfund money is gone and this isn't going to raise that kind of money
It's downright fantasy.
edgecrusher
That's an impressive whitewash of the situation.
Ambrojh
Hopefully, everyone has there money returned, and let this thread die. People should boycott and product by MAAS and this Spencer guy, and any other company associated with these characters, willing to bet they will try to reinvent themselves under a new name with a new product line. Cooks/scammers will always try new avenues to steal people's money.
Electro Rush
It's probably too late to get my money back from Paypal Credit but I'll have to try. I'll never support another crowdfund again, thats for sure (including Supermax).
Calabask
Its dead, get your money back. BBTS canceled all orders for this and listed all of MAAS's stuff as out of stock. I wouldn't be surprised if the preorders for those items also got canceled. You can go through you back and Paypal and explain you were defrauded by GCI and MAAS and get your money back I think.
Maximus Danz
I feel all of 3P was hurt by this, MAAS Toys pretty much poisoned the crowdfunding well. Despite not being the only reason Supermax failed, This whole fiasco clearing did damage to 3P crowdfunding, although apparently according to their social media, Supermax is still happening? not the April fools Helex remold but Supermax, a unique mold is happening.
LBock
The cliff notes version is that MAAS is essentially starting over with Renegade due to the split with Fansproject. They originally estimated that the figure would be out this summer but that estimate is now sometime next year. They have to completely redo the CAD file, the samples, everything. The new factory has different requirements and process than the last factory, so there's alot of work trying to get the projects back off the ground.
I believe that the money is still there for Renegade, but was short of the goal, so they're producing the flat stack figure in order to get a product out there and to infuse cash back into the company. That figure should be out soon according to Spencer. The company is going through a lot of challenges right now and we don't know what the final result is going to be. It sounds like at this point that they're trying to do their best to meet those challenges and haven't thrown in the towel at this this point but it's a long road to the finish line.
HereticalHeresy
Wow I got lucky. I initially backed the project but ended up emailing asking to cancel my pledge before it went down as I had a hunch it might not be for the best. Best wishes to everyone involved, I hope you can somehow get something back.
Starganderfish
Roughly a month ago in the Unrustables thread, the dude was making excuses for why he couldn’t afford the $60 to ship a prize to one of the raffle winners. Only after he was publicly called out by multiple people did he FINALLy ship out those prizes and he tried to make out as though it was the hardest possible thing he’s ever had to do. And yet people are supposed to believe this fraudster can somehow produce a 3rd party toy? I never gave money to this crowdfunding and never even saw @Calabask previous posts on the topic but even I feel like I owe him thanks.
So… thanks. Keep fighting the good fight.
Partsformer
I watched the whole thing when it came about (which was a few weeks ago). In short, Spence insists that the project is still going forward but anticipates at least another 1 – 3 years due to setbacks and having to start from scratch because of the factory mishap. However, he also talked about how the money is gone and MAAS would have to use funds from their Crushed Stack figure, Throne, etc.. to pump funds back into the project. At one point during the interview he made mention that people supporting this crowdfund were not pre-ordering a figure but rather investing in the project. Also, towards the end of the interview he was asked if they would increase communications regarding updates and he said that they would (which has yet to happen as far as I'm aware).
Edit: Addtionally as pointed out earlier, BBTS recently closed pre-orders for the Air Soliders line. It also looks as though they've listed everything from MAAS as out of stock.
alzabanur
The Supermax, I am very confident that it got affected by this fiasco. So far MMC/Planet Steel Express has never failed me with crowdfund (OX Artifex) or part replacements for products that they didn’t sold me nor were in circulation (Feral Rex – parts on 2018). I was affected by the MAAS fiasco and the only thing that saved me was I used PayPal Credit and for that they opened up an investigation. If I was you I would open one and then if it is canceled go to your Financial Institution and file a claim. Good luck
the oaf
Right, I've been out of the country for nearly a month, in deepest, darkest NZ, with sketchy Wi-Fi at best, and when I was able to get online I was mainly trying to find out what was happening with GCI, so have completely missed all this. Is it 100% confirmed dead, or is there a lot of conjecture? I've seen a lot of people say it is, but no links to anything concrete… then the thread started banging on about A3U, which is largely irrelevant to this topic.
I've found the interview video with spence, but it's two hours long and I simply do not have the time to watch the whole thing. Does anyone have the times for some of the pertinent points regarding the future of Renegade? I only ordered the one figure, but fully paid for it and would like to know if my money's gone straight from the horses mouth, so to speak.
If it is dead, then between this and GCI in the last month, I'm out about $160… not a great month, but better than some peoples. Combine that with the MMC Supermax failure (which I at least got my money back for), and I'm done with crowdfunding. It just doesn't work in this industry.