Third party company X-Transbots have updated, via their Facebook and Weibo accounts, images of the colored test shot of their MX-18E Dr. Egg (Quintesson Judge) for your viewing pleasure.
X-Transbot take on the evil Quintesson judge is sure an impressive one. A great and detailed cartoon-accurate design, die-cast, bendy tentacles, light-up energy base and, to top it all, automatic rotating faces with light-up eyes which activate via a Quintesson ship-shaped remote control. It seems sound effects will be added in the final product. A great playability value for sure! For those fans wondering about the scale, there are some pics next to Masterpiece Hot Rod which show that this may look fantastic next in any Masterpiece collection.
See all the mirrored gallery on this news post as well as a demonstration video after the jump. Remember that this is still a test shot and some changes may be done in the final product. Let us know your impressions on the 2005 Boards!
Dr.Egg PrototypeTest!
Posted by Transbots Toys on Wednesday, August 5, 2020
nightrain5150
So I just got Dr. Egg at TFSource's reduced rate and am pretty satisfied so far, but this is really annoying: I've been spinning it manually (no battery yet) and the backside of the faces have scratched paint off of the egg. Has this happened to anyone? I put all the faces on in the order that the instructions said.
Daelo88
If anyone is looking for this but at $126 at TFSource
4249david
X-Transbots toys
A custom by Gunnar, the guy who did Toyworld Constructor and eventually it got made.
Bruticus88
It's worth $99.99 USD shipped… and 1 free month of home owner's insurance paid in advanced in case of any random Egg-plosions .
Lazerlips
I'm holding out for $60. I'd buy a few of them.
Ichibaru
It's getting close to that price at ShowZ already. $25 worth of credit when you make a social media post for the Egg purchase and mention you got it from Show.Z…
TransformerFanatic
How long till this gets clearanced out? Christmas?
I like the design but I'm willing to pay $120 shipped, max. Lol.
backhawkdown
Awesome! Thank you!
Nebokalypse
This may help (2nd video in that post):
XTB Dr. Egg – MP Quintesson Judge
ph4zed
You might wanna check YT for that… there's a video on how to reattach. Maybe use the search tool on this thread to find it.
backhawkdown
After a bit of an adventure receiving the Egg (post office refused to deliver it), I finally picked it up and upon pulling off the stand to insert batteries the wire from the stand detached from the body and I can’t tell where to re-attach it. Any guidance?
Teletran-1
Also ShowZ has Dr Egg 10% off now
X-Transbots MX-18E Dr.Egg Quintesson
Teletran-1
I think it was about $120US for the item and $55 to ship SAL but that was with a bunch of other stuff, some legends figures, Unicron wings, and a book. So it’d be less to ship on its own but I’m not sure how much
rubadubspawn
Just curious.. How much did it end up costing when buying thru taobao and ur shipping agent, shipped to Canada? Thanks!
Teletran-1
I painted the eyes and I like it much better now. The only problem was I couldn't get the orange guy’s eyes out so I painted it on the spot and it’s messier than the others.
View attachment 29053861 View attachment 29053862 View attachment 29053863 View attachment 29053865 View attachment 29053866
ChromeMagnus
Thanks for sharing.
I found the listing for more XTB MX-18 Dr. Egg.
Your prices are pretty good though.
淘宝网 – 淘！我喜欢
Teletran-1
Hmm, looks like he's out of stock now
X社 MX-18 Quintesson 五面怪 G1 变形玩具金刚 X-TRANSBOTS-淘宝网
But this place still has 2 for about $139 CAD/$110 US and seems to have a good rep:
X社 五面怪佬 创造者 MX-18E 带语音+LED+战船遥控器-淘宝网
or
https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?sp…mYeYr&id=632550573475&ns=1&abbucket=17#detail
ChromeMagnus
Can you post the taobao link you used for that item? Desktop version please.
Ichibaru
Which seller did you get it from?
Teletran-1
View attachment 29034811 So Taobao prices finally got me to pick this up, I can finally have an official opinion!
The materials and heft are good, the paint is nicely applied and looks great, but man it feels like jangly box of cats. 2 or 3 faces attach clean and tight but the others just dangle off it.
Maybe it’s just my copy but the top dome feels broken like it’s not attached properly so it always wobbles. I have no interest in the electronics and I’m gonna paint the eyes so I’m not worried about that working.
Last thing is just the amount of die cast in the egg vs the lightness of the base. Just feels
like they didn’t optimize it. I like the heft, but if it was a touch lighter it wouldn’t be so uncomfortably top heavy.
Overall, for me it works great because I just need it looking pretty on a shelf but it feels worse than it looks.