Last but not least from our coverage of the floor at New York Comic Con 2015 was once again at the Lunar Toy Store booth where some of the X-Transbots figures were on display! Specifically shown in this story are Andras (G1 Scourge) as well as Doubledeck (G1 Twincast). Check out a couple of images after the jump!
Criggity
Selling my late 2023 reissue, I have the FT now and like it more. On my sales thread:
Criggity's various sales thread
4249david
Planning to sell my 'T' versions of Andras and the Sweeps.
UK based, looking for £75 each one, plus shipping.
DM me if interested.
primetime77
so i bought the "metallic" one a while back to by my scourge and still kept a version 1 as a sweep. now if anyone here has jumped ship to FT and don't want their complete V1 and want to unload at a friendly price….LET ME KNOW. i think my other V1 would enjoy company so scourge could have two minions because it looks weird to just have 1 minion. lol.
King Nergil
After going back and forth on this, in the end I've finally decided to buy FT Inquisitor. Selling my two XTB figures was never an option. So while I'm waiting for my new main Scourge to arrive, I've turned Andras v1 into a new character using the Bane accessory kit. I like it a lot and have another justification to keep both XTB figures since I now have a Sweep and Starscream's ghost.
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How's the quality on that KO ghost @TigerBlade? You're Ok with it being completely white/opaque or would you have preferred transluscent colors?
Lester316
I'll think you'll find that 2013 and 2014 were part of the 2010s like he stated lol.
TigerBlade
Cheap Andrases have landed and the Sweeps are complete. Not sure whether to put the central one above ghost Starscream in alt mode with Octane in his place. Or strip the toyhax and chuck a cartoon emblem on his chest:
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Would look even better with the xtb ghost attachments but that'll have to wait till if I decide to pick up v2's for a full trio of alts above.
Unless someone is selling the ghost attachments of course
Edit – also the feet weren't as bad as I remener but that might be due to previous owner knowing his shit. The toes were tucked under the heels very flat. Glided through.
Criggity
As much as I appreciate this figure I think I'm ready to sell it, send me a message and make me an offer! In US
Turbine027
Just like with Cyclonus, I don’t like the FT version -enough- to swap … and I’ve swapped TONS of MP figures over the course of my collecting
Objectively, if I didn’t have either and the prices were closer, I’d buy the FT as I do think he edges him out for display
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timcourtois
FT's version getting released caused me to pull this guy out of the cabinet again and put him through his paces.
For me, I had forgotten how much I found his transformation to be relatively simple and enjoyable. (I have the updated version with the improved foot transformation.)
I'm feeling all kinds of torn, because I do have Inquisitor on pre-order, and I expect I'll find the transformation to be much worse. Ultimately, it may be just a side-grade; and if Andras ends up feeling more *fun*, then I'll probably off-load Inquisitor.
deathsheadII
Fantoys didn't release shockwave until 2013 which was their 2nd release after the trailer for mp-01 ….. 2010 the big ones were the battle of the constructicons tfc vs maketoys around 2010/2011 , it got quite toxic at one point between the 2 threads … 2014 was giga's first dinobot which was when that vs fanstoys started
TFXProtector
Nice picture.
This next part has nothing to do with your photo, though it's a perfect example of where I'm going with this.
I honestly see both figures doing the same job: Giving you Scourge and/or a Sweep. I don't think the FT version is worth $100-160 more than the one on its right. Sure, the cape cleans up a little better and the leg details are more accurate, but overall…you can save a good bit of money *and* have a solid (if you get V.2) figure that gives you a Scourge/Sweep. I'm not sure FT absolutely has to charge the prices they do, I think they sometimes milk it for all it's worth. (And before anyone asks, yes, I've owned some FT in the past and have a current KO of their Cyclonus, and I have to say that it's not leaps and bounds better than this figure.)
Bugste81
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neurotictim
Welp, inspired me to change my "title" – lol – and made me think of Ghostbusters. I think it might be time for a rewatch.
Optimus Prime23
Good times, good times…
King Nergil
I remember when it was FT vs Giga back then in the 2010s. The good old days…
mantisfists
Just got this guy from Terry's and can I just say….thank you Fanstoys! If it weren't for their crazy pricing, I'd have never gotten this guy, and for $70 to boot.
He looks fantastic and I absolutely love all the ratchets and available screws so that you can tighten what you want to get the tolerances dialed in to how you like them. There's two sets of pins that I'm not a big fan of on those feet (his only weakness, in my opinion) and his elbows but I'm hoping a little Kiki will fix that right up.
I still have FT's Inquisitor on preorder that I'll probably keep, just in case he's better, though I can't imagine how much better he could be (not $110 better, that's for sure). But, I like this guy so much, I'm kind of regretting not cancelling my preorder and using that money to get the Sweeps set when it was $170 on Terry's. I mean, 3 great figures for $10 less than what I'll be paying for one of the same character? C'mon.
Honesty
Anyone not interested in the FT one, want an original one of the guys? No box though, sadly. All accessories, instruction manual and such though.
Could probably work out a nice deal since FT’s is coming and it’s a version 1.0 without the box.
TigerBlade
2 Andras. The only thing I'd use from the Sweep set is the Starscream ghost accessory but I can just put clear MP52 behind them for better effect. Unless I get a v2 Sweep set of course lol
SquishyOH
Hey, hey, none of that on TWF2005. XTB and the FT fan boys are mortal enemies. Next you'll be telling us that you have both dogs and cats under the same roof.
Did you get two more Andras v1 or the actual Sweep set versions. The Sweeps had a couple different accessories between the three of them. Not critical if you don't need "that one thing from that one episode".
TigerBlade
Finally snagged 2 more v1's to complete the Sweep set. Not gonna lie, tempted to get the darker set too but will need a new shelf for Movie cast/s3. So the plan would be 2 light, 2 dark in robot mode, 1 of each in alt mode with a parts swapped Queitus (blue with pink bits) as Armada.
All posed behind Abaddon, Eligos Metallic, Inquisitor. XTB & FT in harmony.
Those god damn Junkions have set me off army building……