Never one to be left out, third-party manufacturer Fans Toys has released preliminary design renderings of FT-21 Berserk, their upcoming version of the classic G1 triple-changer, Blitzwing.
This figure should come as no surprise as many board members have been clamoring for Fans Toys to take on this iconic character since they branched out into vehicle-based figures. This is Fans Toys second attempt at a vehicle-based design and their first attempt at a triple-changer.
There is limited information about this project, but given Fans Toys reputation, it is certainly one to keep an eye on.
Click through for more pictures of all three modes and be sure to check back as more information develops.
Dodgy Dan
Well, the birds living in the attic are squeaking their little bastard heads off, my hayfever is acting up, and that greedy twat we call a Prime Minister will probably call a summer election before he gets kicked out by his own party and we somehow end up with someone even worse in charge.
And now on to the weather: It's still bloody cold.
Mentalic
Ya man, I know. Its fine. Nothing coming up means nothing to look forward to.
Powerglide70053
View attachment 30358502….that Blitzwing aka Berserk was released 5 years ago under the name Thomas aka Astrotrain. Only Under the trained eyes of a professional collector will you see that the photos are completely the same.
You bozos clearly missed that. Another round Woody my good man
Dpuff
It looks like the dow is up today. S&P not looking great. Thats all i got for now. Tune in at 6 for more.
KingSnarl00
I was hoping for news…….
siniquezu
Mentalic
He doesn't. Que paso?
BB03
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Mentalic
I love the detailed sculpt and the heroic proportions of this guy. He will likely be painted to the nines too. I am not a hypertoon guy, so the Star Toys offering doesn't tick enough of my boxes. This thing, however, looks amazing and I can't wait to see him standing next to Thomas.
Bubbah
I freaking love this! Thank you for sharing it. Having grown up on this movie (first movie I ever saw in theater), this is just awesome!
boomerdave
Not only did he have a Polaroid, someone went and did it with an HD camera:
Photographer Recreated The Iconic Top Gun Jet-to-Jet Photo Scene
(Video of them doing it at top of article)
Furb
I only have dough to proof
Dead End14
At least if you've got a Polaroid to proof it.
Bosserbot
If you can pull a 4G inverted dive with either one, that's still impressive
David Hingtgen
Yeah, but Blitzwing's a MiG-25, not a MiG-28.
luckyman76
By the wording I am trying to understand if you conflated the price and preorder issues together. They are separate. Getting away with high prices is one issue. The preorder issue, I would agree with you if say this was a preorder for FT Devy from 7 years ago. However, Berserk like Outrider and Chomp had preorders from years ago with completed prototypes and went to preorder at stores like The Chosen Prime with MSRP at $145. That involved FT not something dubious. This has been a more common occurrence with XTB/KFC but they usually had been good about holding off on official preorders until something was actually coming out. The exception would be their God Ginrai set. Those two remaining preorders and Berserk are my oldest preorders. For me, its not a problem because my preorders are not paid up front like you mention. I do have installment preorders on Taobao for my future FT figures.
Fortynickel
I for one am glad that dalianjj continues to keep up with foreign relations.
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Markus76
Their latest figures have been sketchy at best in my experience. I didn't get their Scourge, but the Jazz and Mirage were not built very well. Especially Jazz which has one of the most dumbfounding engineering choices I've ever seen. Two screws with no nuts sticking in slider grooves holding the entire front part of the car/top part of the robot on.
karamazov80
Yeah. Even if FT never gets around to doing this figure I'll be pretty satisfied with what I have now. But that extra level of quality you get from Fans Toys would be great to have with this character.