Via their Weibo account, third party company Rising Force have shared images of the gray prototypes of their G1 Stunticons and Menasor.
The images show a very nice set of Stunticons in robot mode and a very solid and integrated Menasor. We can see that the limbs are interchangeable. This mold is planned for the Legends scale with 22.5 cm to the top of the head and 23 cm to the antennae.
There’s still no concrete information on the release date or price of these news 3P Stunticons, but we are glad we have another Legends scale alternative in the market.
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wolfmansgotnards
That double transformation into both MM and the Menasor skeleton is a delight!
nobody1898
Honestly after this motormaster, no one should ever make a Tractor only MM again. Roadking proved it could be done but rising force showed it can be done without being insanely complicated. The scale is good in both modes, the transformation isn't overly complex and this incorporates combiner parts which other companies could choose not to do.
I am not really into the toy or ox styling but I am not really considering this set just because how cool it is looking. I know Newage is doing stunticons, if they are planning a tractor only MM they need to scrap it and start over.
Hougangkid
David Hingtgen
It's the underside of MM's forearms, the panels that flip over. Ironically they're painted grey on their other sides, to look right in truck mode. If they were solid grey, they'd look so much better in combined mode, for only a minor color issue in robot mode. (and combined mode should be the priority)
DrCalligari
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TheRebirth
The white on the combined chest looks like the inside of the truck and the back of the MM arms. I wonder if there’s a way to mistransform it to leave the gray exposed. I don’t know how I feel about a gray chest and black torso though. I could see myself painting it black and ignoring the back of the bot arms.
David Hingtgen
Though, Devastation Motormaster (and really, almost every incarnation of MM except the toon), had medium-grey arms, which would have helped combined mode so much.
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Mechman42
Also:
Several people have already noted that there seems to be a lot of inspiration drawn from this design.
Hobart Paving
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Because Blackjack was only included as part of Menasor with the Combiner Wars release?
Also, the rest of the set mainly references Sunbow – which ≠ G1.
[EDIT: Ninja'd by @Mechman42! ]
Mechman42
Because the g1 set didn't have a little guy turn into the combiner chest.
primetime77
No offense to fans of the combiner wars version but why refery that one when the rest of the set references g1? Odd choice. Imma black it out haha
Stryker729
@risingforce any chance of doing a G2 set in the future?
Mechman42
David Hingtgen
It should be more gold, if Blackjack, but the color itself doesn't look TOO off to me. I think the issue is just how much there is of it, due to large windows.
IMHO, purple, or dark smoke tint, would look much better, but that's not "accurate" to Blackjack, vs "just another part of Motormaster".
I am considering repainting it, depends on how hard it'd be to mask. (Toyhax stickers would be much appreciated, or if somehow here has a vinyl cutter? Simple shapes, solid colors…)
primetime77
Is the yellow on th chest car throwing anybody here? Also the motor masters arms so white and prevalent in combined mode. Hmm. Looks like my motormaster gonna have blacked out or dark greyed out arms because visually color wise menasor looks really off with the white there. Also what color should the chest cars windows really be. Lemon yellow looks really wrong. Will have to black that out too or something
ramparter
The feet are also much better in the prototype
RS still deserves any praise for that result without parts forming but there's room for improvement for a version 2.
Warpshard
The big white blocks on the shoulders are a bit ugly looking, but I still like the proportions. And even if combined mode isn't doing it for me, the individual Stunticons still look great in their own robot and vehicle modes.
maxlovesamber
I'm so excited! He looks so cool! @risingforce congratulations on making this set a reality! I can't wait to get our final member after this and see what you create next.
OCProwl
Menasor has some big shoes to fill. Literally.
C0NMann
For everyone whining, 1. The combiner isn’t even completed yet. 2. Stuff is mistransformed like wild rider and the arms. 3. We still don’t even have it in-hand for ourselves yet.