Via Mechanic Toy Weibo we have images of the upcoming Dr. Wu x Mechanic Toy Legends Scale Night Ninja, Nursy, Snow Ninja, Mirror Ninja & Devil Amie figures.
These figures are designed by Mechanic Toy and produced by Dr. Wu. All of them are retools and/or redecos of MS-30 Amie (Legends Scale Arcee). Read on for details of each new variant.
- MS30b Devil Amie – Black and purple MS-30 Amie redeco inspired by IDW Combiner Hunters Arcee’s deco (also used in the SDCC 2015 Combiner Hunters box set). Includes gun, rifle and a gigantic sword.
- MS31 Night Ninja – Retool and redeco into G1 Nightbird. Includes 2 swords, 2 sais, 2 nunchuks, and 2 ninja stars.
- MS31m Mirror Ninja – Redeco of MS31 Night Ninja in green and orange, inspired by IDW Torchbearers.
- MS31W Snow Ninja – Redeco of MS31 Night Ninja in white “snow camo” deco.
- MS32 Nursy – Redeco of MS-30 Amie inspired by G1 Paradron Medic. Includes a gun and a rifle.
Price and release date are yet to be announced. Check out the pics and let us know what you think after the jump!
kingmob75
I love Wu Arcee, it's a fun and inexpensive mold that looks great. Thicc thighs, expressive hands, and with the new Heads… chef's kiss. I don't seem to have a problem getting her into cool and natural poses, so I guess YMMV there, but the joints on mine are all nice and tight, holding poses well.
I have all of the decos except the prototype one – would've grabbed that one but the head was wrong (they used the Nighbird head sculpt for some reason; the revised Heads would've been a great opportunity for them to rectify that, but alas they doubled down on the Nightbird head).
One awesome thing is that Wu offers sweet decos such as 'Combiner Hunter' and 'Snowbird' (homage to Storm Shadow from GI Joe?) that NA never made. So if you want to dip your toe into the WuCee Pool, try one of these on for size…
Hunter Arcee at the Legends Cantina:
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(this reminds me, I need to swap the head with the new one)
Snowbird and pals, just being silly:
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(The new head looks sick)
All of that said, I have NA Arcee, Paradron, Nightbird and Elita as well, so I am a bit spoiled for choice here!
Fenrys
I think the Dr Wu Arcee has a fairly easy and intuitive transformation, decently easy to pose, though one thing to keep in mind, she doesn't have a true ankle tilt. Only the front half of her foot can tilt, so that might give some difficulty with certain poses
Snaku
She probably stands a little more easily since her backpack doesn't stick out as far to the back but I didn't have as much trouble with NA Arcee as it sounds like you're having. She's still a little difficult to stand cuz, I mean, the whole car is on her back and she has tiny feet. Arcees always have a hard time balancing. I think the hands on my copy of Wucee stay in pretty well but I also haven't really had that problem on any of the NA mold that I own (Arcee, clear Arcee, Lifeline, and Elita). I have Clearcee holding her rifle and the rifle hand came out when she took a shelf dive once but I think that's the only time I've had it happen. In fact, now that I think about it, I don't think Wucee has removable hands at all (I'll have to check later).
As for why I think NA is better, first and foremost she just looks better. My biggest complaints about Wucee are the huge white area around her collar (a section of her chest hinges up with the collar and so they just left all of it white) and her stick legs. She also has a bad face but that's resolved with the upgrade kit. And her car mode is kind of a boat and it doesn't even really have seats – the grey part that should be seats is almost as high as the sides of the car. NaCee's car mode is also far from perfect – the back end sticks up way too high – and her backpack is hideous and I really hate how that tail fin thing just kind of ends up on one side but she still comes out better than Wucee. She also has more solid joints, at least as far as my copies.
I don't find either of them to be a lot of fun to transform but I'd say Nacee is more difficult just because of the weird parts that spin around in her backpack and how it's kinda hard to get your fingers in there. Wucee is easier.
[Edit] Forgot to mention that I find Wucee's backpack to be more of an eyesore. It's hollow all the way to the top, which just doesn't look good, and the rear car panels stick out so far to the side. NaCee's sticks out further to the back but that means that NA at least looks good from the front while Wu doesn't look good from any angle.
zfarsh
Thanks for sharing. Is she fun to transform back and forth, and to pose in general?
Fenrys
I'm not the one you're asking and I don't have the NA one, but I've only had a little trouble getting the Dr Wu Arcee, Lifeline and Nightbird to stand but they do stand, and hands stay in because they're not removable. Plus the price is pretty good on the Dr Wu version and she works just fine with NA figures considering NA Arcee is about the same size.
zfarsh
Can you please elaborate on this for me, as i am seriously considering the Dr Wu in addition to my NA. I have a super hard time getting my Newage to stand (and not fall, and currently using metallic coins on the magnetic feet to keep her more stable), and the hands pop off at the slightest touch. I find her extremely frustrating, and i am really into fembots, but the NA Arcee one has given me the most aggravation to pose / stand. Maybe i am doing something wrong, but, what do you like about the NA and what do you not like about the Dr Wu?
Can the Dr Wu stand easily, and does her hands stay in?
NOCV
Just waiting for Elita..
TFDIRECT
W/ new face
Fenrys
Yea, and I'm pretty sure I got Arcee from TFSafari and honestly can't remember where I got Lifeline, but got the new faces for both of them with now issues from ShowZ. Passed on the Nightbird faces because I didn't see much of a difference between her old and new face though.
Snaku
Good to know. I went through so many pages of my order history to find my old order and it really didn't help that they show the pic that was on the listing at the time you placed your order so it was a pic of a grey prototype in a sea of grey prototypes and they don't show the name of the item in your list either.
Fenrys
Yep, and I confirmed with @AbbytheCat (a showz rep on this site) prior to ordering that they would indeed ship without an order number. Just recieved them yesterday.
Snaku
Really? The description says you need to include your order number for Arcee. Did they actually send it to you without you giving an order number?
Fenrys
Showzstore is, but they're an addon item. I got them from there by adding them to a $10 upgrade for a different figure, didn't buy Arcee or Lifeline from Showz either
itMFtis
Are there any sites selling the face upgrades without having to have purchased MS-30 from them?
Fenrys
Got the new faces in for Arcee and Lifeline (passed on Nightbird since I think her original face is fine) and they look so much better than the original faces
Snaku
Newage. Easily. So much better.
Jahseykdhm
To those that handled both, would you say this one or Newage's Arcee is better?
betsuni
I installed the new faces on my Aime to check them out and leave a review on ShowZ. Luckily I had a small screwdriver to remove the head and swap the faces. I'm torn on using the normal face on her or the visor face. I do agree that I wished they painted her lips on the visor face.
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nhyone
I bought this from ZW on TaoBao and he didn't put up any listing for it.
He did it after I asked him about it: 吴医生MS忍者异色版系列阿尔西小比例变形儿童玩具手办摆件头雕
Each set costs 10 yuan, don't know if it's free if you bundle with other stuff. The listed price is >10 yuan, he said to ask for refund afterwards.
I think the new faces look much better!
TIKnTIN
微博
The new RC head has been sent to all agents. If you have purchased it before and need to replace it, you can apply to the store where you purchased it with the order number. You are responsible for the freight, or you can buy other products and send them together. The effect will be much better after replacing it. For specific pictures, please see the Weibo I posted before.
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