IF-EX06-EX10 – Ashura Knights Final Product Images (War Within Dinobots)

Any recommendations for a flight stand for Swoop from this set? I want to display in vehicle mode next to my DX9 dinos in dinosaur mode.

Until someone does an MP of these, I ain't selling sh*t.

 

Sideswipe523

Yeah, getting ready to sell mine, maybe I'll put it on eBay for $500 and see what happens, lol

go for it homie get them duckets…

rubadubspawn

Dang. I have this set. Didn't realize it was this pricey now. What happened?

Any other IF figures that jumped in price similar to this? Maybe it's time to get out of the line.

Yeah, getting ready to sell mine, maybe I'll put it on eBay for $500 and see what happens, lol

lilcarus

i got a set that is probably one of the last real new sets around. they are extremely fresh and minty.

i might be willing to sell if the price is right.

they are all brand new and not banged out. so you don't have to worry about heads snapping off, forearm issues or any of that silly shit. they have never been out of the clam shell.

if you are serious shoot me a message and let me know. if not it's all good they can just go back into the tub.View attachment 29535681

Just seen this post, actually you are not alone, my set was out of the box for like 5 minutes, put them back in and they've been in the closet ever since.

rubadubspawn

Taking jabs at the figures saying they have limited articulation or aren't worth the price…

That kinda feels character-appropriate for these particular characters; the 'primitive cavemen' of the Autobots, imho. I don't necessarily feel it with most of their joints, but a couple of the mods I mentioned earlier are cuts to armor panels restricting their range of motion at this or that point. I recall I cut/pasted Snarl's 'loincloth' armor piece off his torso onto his pelvis so his waist swivel could work unimpeded, for instance.

But as typical with most modern TF toys what articulation limits exist are generally due to the robot's design more than the creative/manufacturing limits of the company, imho. These big bulky fuckers are clumsy in their movements just like those over-built muscleheads that can't scratch their backs are.

FB Pics as requested:

I recall modding only Grimlock, Snarl, and Swoop. Grimlock got a socket on his back to hold the dual pistol I think comes from one of the two 3P Volcanicus upgrade kits I got. Snarl got a bit of his loincloth cut/pasted in place on his pelvis to allow full waist swivel in bot mode. Swoop got his head fin trimmed down to allow the sword to hang straight back as his tail (as seen from above/below, mostly).

Here you can see the holder added to Grimlock's back. I've also got an Animated Prime trailer I was wanting to add to Grimmy to make him a 'semi trailer' and carry all the extra gear they have now due to the upgrade kits I mentioned; but it's fallen by the wayside as so many of its custom brethren have before and after it.

You can see removing the loincloth piece leaves Snarl's 'asshole' exposed as see from above, but it doesn't bug me anywhere near as much as an immobile waist does.

You can also see how Swoop's headfin crosses paths with the sword pommel once the sword is pulled back. Trimming the fin down by 2mm simply doesn't affect his appearance in either mode to me, but the swordtail and gunsword tips acting as the claws makes his flight mode synergize as a proto-pteradon a lot more than without.

A closeup of Snarl's crotch from below, because you pervs get off on that sort of thing. My file-work needs work, or maybe to start using a mag-glass.

I think it's best to just let the market decide what the figures are worth. Taking jabs at the figures saying they have limited articulation or aren't worth the price… While it may be your opinion, if the market is willing to pay more, then unfortunately your opinion is in the minority.

I think it's great to see figures holding or increasing in value. Rewards those that bought in early and supported the 3p companies that have built our hobby.

lilcarus

there is a line and hopefully when that line is hit it ends up at 700… 

For 700$ you better find a way to turn them into Volcanicus lol.

lilcarus

there is a line and hopefully when that line is hit it ends up at 700… 

If it gets there this other set is GONE.

Kuma Style

I still have another set of these on display and what's most impressive about seeing this thread bumped so much and the interest in them (whether it's real or just talking shit,) is that the figures are objectively "bad." They're legitimately little block men with extremely limited articulation so dated that they don't even look like they were made by the same company next to other Iron Factory stuff even released around the same time period. I'm not allergic to money and it was an extra set but the fact that folks are willing to pay so much for these is insanity. There's gotta' be a line drawn at some point.

These were a collaboration with another company if I remember right, and were so heavily delayed that their own stuff eclipsed it on release because they had gotten so much better at things in the time these were in development. IF EX-16 Pink Assassin (Arcee) came out before these, and these were numbered 6-10!

What you're saying about drawing a line under their worth on the secondary market is only based on how you view the figures, and the market doesn't care about that. To date they're still the only iterations of the Dynobots first seen in Dreamwave's War Within series, those designs were hugely popular with the fandom and these toys are long gone from retail. If people will pay it then it doesn't matter how the product holds up, that's the asking price.