Soldier Story revealed their Unicron Statue / Lamp a while back, and today we have new images of that in action along with another surprise – a planet mode version to go along with it! It doesn’t stop there, as they also revealed a prototype of Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime on his own holding up a Matrix that we assume will also light up. To round it out, their display also had Transformers: The Last Knight promotional artwork, so assume more is coming down the road from Soldier Story. Read on to check the images courtesy of BBICN.
extracomputer
If you succeed and it looks good, you could probably sell a few of those.
deathsheadII
probably beyond mine too but a good idea which i might have a go at
extracomputer
Would be tricky (and beyond my abilities) but maybe do one where he is crushing the planet. You could put the indentations from the fingers in it. Would look more natural that way and still be able to do same size planet.
deathsheadII
so i was thinking of making my own moonbase one for this to hold but then when looking at these pictures from the show displays not only did they decide not to include it they changed the hand design ! on the final production it has a tighter claw but on the diplay statue's it was a more spread out hand so it could hold the mini planet/moon…. it's actually going to be hard getting this to hold a sphere that size because of it they should have redesigned which way the unicron head was looking
Talos
I was disappointed by that too. Such a little thing, yet a tremendous piece to really make this statue shine. I'm at times tempted to ask that guy (forgot his name) that did the Unicron head statue and is working on the Cybertron model as well if he could do that. I did ask him if he would be willing to do so for the G1 Ark and Nemesis, to which he stated that he was considering that. But I am not pinning my hopes on that possibility.
Yeah, you got lucky as I had. It's a wonderful piece, albeit delicate in far too many ways, and at least you were able to fix it up to a point that suited your tastes. And that was smart thinking to use the flash sale to save a good $100, although it would have been nice if they didn't raise it $100 in the early part of last year, but as we've learned of Soldier Story, buy at your own peril, which shouldn't be the case, but to them it seems it has to be.
Virtual Venom
I got mine off eBay during the last flash sale. Saved a hundred bucks. There was a couple issues with mine though. One of the light covers on the outside calf of the right leg was loose in the styrofoam. It broke off somehow so I super glued it back in and it’s all good. I also had to reseat the right arm and clean out the contacts. Initially the right wing was dimmer but all that fixed it. Soldier stories qc hasn’t been the greatest from what I’ve seen here but I rolled the dice anyway because I really wanted the piece and came out happy. It’s unfortunate they never helped customers with their issues though. I’d still like to see the planet version come out but if it doesn’t I’ll be content with this.
I wish it came with that too! In that pic it looks like the hand is sculpted to be more open for the planet to fit in it than the official release.
deathsheadII
the only problem i have with mine is what looks like a hair on the projector lense did have a look to see if i could take it apart to clean it but one of the screws wouldn't come out so left it like it , but i never have the projector switched on anyway
still a little pissed the cybertron moon or mini cybertron it was displayed with was not included as it was obviously intended to have it
Talos
I'm surprised they were still even selling the Unicron statues. Mine did not seem to have any QC issues when I got it, and it is looking fine even now, although I haven't checked the electronics for a while. But it was indeed disappointing that this company gave zero F's for their product and customers. As such, it does seem highly likely that they won't be bothered with any more Transformers stuff, which is both a good thing and a bad thing.
extracomputer
Since it’s been a few years and this company has gotten such a horrendous reputation for quality and zero support I assume the planet version they showed off is dead.
Virtual Venom
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Novaburnhilde
That is an incredible collection of statues, I'd like to have a set-up like that someday.
deathsheadII
this beast has been sitting boxed for just over a year finally built a display cabinet for it today
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psycholak
with Sentinel Black Zarak
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extracomputer
looks nice. Wish mine came that way. Soldier Story never did reply to me and loontentoys just tried to push it off on them. Then they pretended to be working on it until it was too late for feedback or anything to be done through ebay. Will not be buying anything from either of them again as I had originally planned on getting the planet mode as well. Unfortunate as this would be a really nice unit otherwise.
Glad yours came in good shape like they all should of.
psycholak
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psycholak
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psycholak
Thank You.
Thankfully mine works right out of the box. Some box pictures.
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