In package pics of FansProject Causality Warcry and Flameblast
Saturday, April 9th, 2011 4:46AM CDT
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Posted by Flux Convoy on April 9th, 2011 @ 4:54am CDT
Prime Evil wrote:According to TFSource's facebook page, FansProject will be shipping out the sets next week. So get ready for the awesomeness that's soon to hit our wallets!
*edit*
I just realized that this and PE's Scouting Force is supposed to be out next week as well. I think my wallet is gonna kill me in my sleep!
No kidding dude. This has been the hardest year to gather scratch for Botcon for me. Thinkin' I'm waiting on any of the Reflector sets until the con or after. Just to save a little.
Posted by Seibertron on April 9th, 2011 @ 5:03am CDT
Posted by Mkall on April 9th, 2011 @ 5:55am CDT
My excitement for these figs has just gone up!
Can't wait for the full galleries Ryan
Posted by Gauntlet101010 on April 9th, 2011 @ 7:45am CDT
And I'm puzzled as to why they'd ever close off that connecting port. I hope it's just capped for the sake of those who bought it.
Also not too interested in a Springer repaint. He's still just Springer to me. *shruggs*.
Posted by Rated X on April 9th, 2011 @ 7:52am CDT
Posted by Doubledealer93 on April 9th, 2011 @ 8:12am CDT
Posted by alternator77 on April 9th, 2011 @ 9:06am CDT
Posted by Anonymous on April 9th, 2011 @ 10:01am CDT
Those insecticons will be fantastic in that bot mode packaging... Thanks for the memories Hasbro. No more kiddie shennanegans; from here on out, Fansproject loyalist. All in.
Posted by Doctor McGrath on April 9th, 2011 @ 11:28am CDT
Posted by Prime Evil on April 9th, 2011 @ 12:40pm CDT
Skyfire-5 wrote:Those insecticons will be fantastic in that bot mode packaging... Thanks for the memories Hasbro. No more kiddie shennanegans; from here on out, Fansproject loyalist. All in.
^^ Yeup
Holla!!! FP collector right herrr!!
Posted by Pr1meSuspect on April 9th, 2011 @ 2:44pm CDT
Posted by Burnin12 on April 9th, 2011 @ 3:37pm CDT
I would also love for Crossfire03 to be a Devy fixer-upper but I really don't think it will be....unfortunately. I'm going with their own Glacial Bot design as my guess.
I did however pick up the PCC Huffer a while back and got thinking.....that the repaint of him in black with some larger legend sized but transforming and articulated Stunicons would fit right in scale with their existing crossfire sets.
Posted by LiKwid on April 9th, 2011 @ 6:30pm CDT
Posted by Ruthless Cynic on April 9th, 2011 @ 6:39pm CDT
Posted by robofreak on April 10th, 2011 @ 1:36am CDT
Pr1meSuspect wrote:They both look really cool with the new weapons, heads, and slight new molding, but I STILL havnt bought Munitioner of Explorer yet! Im almost praying I can find a ROTF Bruticus for under 50$ at Botcon this year so I can by some more Fansproject greatness. Besides with the new semi-runored Crossfire 3 set possibly being a Devastator upgraded set, I might be looking out for that.
Yeah, go with Ruthless Cynic on this one. You will not be getting away with that figure for that much. I just bought one loose for $90.
Also, order Munitioner and Explorer while you have a chance. That's what I did. I got them before I got Bruticus in anticipation of one day owning all the components. Sometimes it's best to prepare for the future like that.
I also did that with City Commander. I owned the City Commander set before I got Classics Ultra magnus and Skywarp from a friend on this site.
Posted by Ruthless Cynic on April 10th, 2011 @ 2:13am CDT
Posted by LiKwid on April 10th, 2011 @ 2:18am CDT
Posted by trence5 on April 10th, 2011 @ 2:40am CDT
Posted by Seibertron on April 10th, 2011 @ 2:51am CDT
Posted by LOST Cybertronian on April 10th, 2011 @ 6:11am CDT
Pr1meSuspect wrote:They both look really cool with the new weapons, heads, and slight new molding, but I STILL havnt bought Munitioner of Explorer yet! Im almost praying I can find a ROTF Bruticus for under 50$ at Botcon this year so I can by some more Fansproject greatness. Besides with the new semi-runored Crossfire 3 set possibly being a Devastator upgraded set, I might be looking out for that.
Like everyones else is saying, buy Munitioner and Explorer now even if you have just a small possibility of buying the energon or ROTF Bruticus sets. They are great figures by themselves and will give you enjoyment even without combining them. So whether or not you actually get a Bruticus in the future, it's win-win.
Posted by Seibertron on April 10th, 2011 @ 6:43am CDT
Posted by Godzillabot Primal on April 10th, 2011 @ 1:10pm CDT
Seibertron wrote:I've taken all of the photos. I'll work on cropping, resizing, and watermarking the pics tomorrow. Hittin' the sack. I'm exhausted after spending the past 6 hours working on these photos waaay past my bedtime.
You deserve the rest! besides I can’t wait to see them!
Posted by Seibertron on April 10th, 2011 @ 4:23pm CDT
Posted by Seibertron on April 10th, 2011 @ 6:24pm CDT
Posted by Godzillabot Primal on April 10th, 2011 @ 7:14pm CDT
Seibertron wrote:Slight delay in getting these pics posted. It's 82°F on April 10th in Chicago, so I'm having a fun day outside w/ my daughter. I'll work on the pictures once it gets dark and have them posted before midnight tonight, perhaps sooner. Hopefully we won't loose power with the thunderstorms we're getting tonight.
82! I can’t believe it! Here we are freezing are butts off in Washington, and you got summer time out there!
Posted by Seibertron on April 10th, 2011 @ 11:27pm CDT
Posted by robofreak on April 10th, 2011 @ 11:29pm CDT
Thank you FP for leaving the combiner ports in. I'm more likely now to buy 2 of each so I can paint purple camo stripes on one set and have G2 Combaticons.
Posted by LiKwid on April 10th, 2011 @ 11:46pm CDT
Posted by Seibertron on April 11th, 2011 @ 12:08am CDT
robofreak wrote:The pictures tell all! Right behind the main picture there, it looks like Warcry is clearly combined to Bruticus Maximus. No more guessing.
Thank you FP for leaving the combiner ports in. I'm more likely now to buy 2 of each so I can paint purple camo stripes on one set and have G2 Combaticons.
Posted by Seibertron on April 11th, 2011 @ 3:30am CDT
Pics are uploading now. Should be up in ten minutes or less.
Posted by Blurrz on April 11th, 2011 @ 3:53am CDT
Seibertron.com updates it's fantastic toy galleries with the world's first high-res look at FansProject's Causality 01-Warcry and 02-Flameblast! Warcry homages Micromaster Growl and is a remold(new head and weapons) of Crossfire-02 Munitioner. On the other hand, Flameblast takes after Micromaster Fireshot, and also uses Crossfire-01 Explorer as a base, with a new dome, double guns and a sword! Both figures do not include any combining accessories, however they are still capable of using the accessories that come with Munitioner/Explorer to combine with Onslaught. Warcry can combine with Onslaught without any third party help, however in order to combine Flameblast with Onslaught, you'll need the attachment used for Vortex.
And speaking of Onslaught and combining, we've got enough photos featuring the various Crossfire/Causality combinations to make Power Core Combiners look like child's play! In Warcry's gallery, you'll find photos of Explorer, Munitioner, Warcry and Flameblast combined with Onslaught to form a unique Bruticus. In Flameblast's gallery, there's photos of Bruticus, with Warcry and Flameblast replacing Explorer and Munitioner.
So, what are you waiting for? You'll find each figure's respective gallery by clicking the links everywhere or pictures below! Warcry and Flameblast are avaliable at site sponsors BigBadToyStore, TFsource, RobotKingdom, and Toyarena. Enjoy, and keep that drool in check!
Crossfire Causality 01 Warcry
Crossfire Causality 02 Flameblast
Keep it at Seibertron.com for more galleries and the fastest Transformers news on the net!
Posted by alldarker on April 11th, 2011 @ 4:09am CDT
WOW, these guys are looking excellent again! Even the packaging is amazingly well done: it's just incredible how much care and obvious love has gone into these products. The tribute to Growl and Fireshot is amazing too: not two of the most well-known of Transformers, and still they are both simply spot on in robot mode, color-wise and head remold-wise. Love, love, LOVE!
It's also good to see that we can now confirm that these are both totally compatible with Bruticus: Warcry's 'butt plug' actually looks pretty good on him , even if it seems it wouldn't have been necessary, considering you can just turn the connection point towards the inside.
And I definitely like the way the paint job, cockpit and remolded tail wing and engines on Flameblast set him totally apart from Explorer. Am I right in guessing his pistol storage is in the new boosters on the wings? Not obvious in any of the gallery photo's, but this picture most definitely shows the hinge!
Just one minor problem I'm seeing: the heads on both look just a little rough, compared to Munitioner and Explorer... Or is that just the highly detailed photography which makes them look that way?
Either way, so glad I've got these on pre-order....
Posted by Seibertron on April 11th, 2011 @ 4:31am CDT
alldarker wrote:Wow, that's a nice scoop for Seibertron!
FansProject has been very good to us. They let us have the scoop for City Commander (which in turn crashed the server and our 4th most popular gallery ever), Munitioner, Explorer, Warcry, and Flameblast. I'm pretty sure we also had the scoop on Protector as well or if they didn't we had it within a day or two.
alldarker wrote:And I definitely like the way the paint job, cockpit and remolded tail wing and engines on Flameblast set him totally apart from Explorer. Am I right in guessing his pistol storage is in the new boosters on the wings? Not obvious in any of the gallery photo's, but this picture most definitely shows the hinge!
Ah, yee of little faith! Tons of pictures to look through, some times little details like this can get lost in the crossfire.
They do look a little rougher, but I think it's the intentional style FansProject is going for. I think you're right that the highly detailed close-ups show far more detail than you'll notice when you have the four or five inch figure in your hands. It didn't strike me as odd while I was photographing them this weekend.
Wow! You can really see in those four pictures how much better pics my new camera takes than my old one. Yay for my new camera! Perhaps it is just the super detailed high res pics from my new camera instead. I'll have to take a look at them close-up tomorrow. I'm hitting the sack. Exhausted from working on these galleries while my daughter slept this weekend (and while I should've been sleeping as well) so that I could have these up by Monday morning for the week's traffic rush.
Posted by alldarker on April 11th, 2011 @ 4:56am CDT
Seibertron wrote:alldarker wrote:A(...) Am I right in guessing his pistol storage is in the new boosters on the wings? Not obvious in any of the gallery photo's, but this picture most definitely shows the hinge!
Ah, yee of little faith! Tons of pictures to look through, some times little details like this can get lost in the crossfire.
Oops Was looking both galleries at the same time in two windows: I missed those two pictures showing the pistol 'holsters' clearly. Typically FansProject: they think of everything AND make it look amazing!
Seibertron wrote:
They do look a little rougher, but I think it's the intentional style FansProject is going for. I think you're right that the highly detailed close-ups show far more detail than you'll notice when you have the four or five inch figure in your hands. It didn't strike me as odd while I was photographing them this weekend.
(...amazing pictures...)
Wow! You can really see in those four pictures how much better pics my new camera takes than my old one. Yay for my new camera! Perhaps it is just the super detailed high res pics from my new camera instead. I'll have to take a look at them close-up tomorrow. I'm hitting the sack. Exhausted from working on these galleries while my daughter slept this weekend (and while I should've been sleeping as well) so that I could have these up by Monday morning for the week's traffic rush.
LOL... morning here in Europe already; I'm looking at these at work, but don't tell my boss .
Anyway, it really does look like it's the excellent high resolution quality of your camera / lens which is bringing up some of that roughness on the heads in the closeups. Comparing them to Munitioner and Explorer really does show that they too have some of that roughness as well: like you say: in actuality these are small figures and that roughness will be a lot less noticeable in hand than it is in the hi-res closeups.
Posted by Stumpybot on April 11th, 2011 @ 5:24am CDT
Posted by starboykb on April 11th, 2011 @ 6:03am CDT
Posted by Rated X on April 11th, 2011 @ 8:12am CDT
Loved the Bruticus gallery !!! Hey Ryan, can you do some shots of Nexus Prime with the Warcry, Flameblast, and the add on parts as Nexus Bruticus ???
Posted by dahpadre on April 11th, 2011 @ 8:18am CDT
Posted by Prime Evil on April 11th, 2011 @ 8:57am CDT
Posted by Godzillabot Primal on April 11th, 2011 @ 9:12am CDT
Posted by Doctor McGrath on April 11th, 2011 @ 9:49am CDT
I'm ready for these guys to start shipping.
Posted by DecepticonFinishline on April 11th, 2011 @ 9:49am CDT
Posted by GetRightRobot on April 11th, 2011 @ 11:16am CDT
Posted by Doctor McGrath on April 11th, 2011 @ 11:24am CDT
Interesting bio's on these too. Glad to see Defender pop up again.
Posted by Sideswipe 00 on April 11th, 2011 @ 11:37am CDT
Posted by UltraPrimal on April 11th, 2011 @ 12:00pm CDT
Also, what's with the Action Master Megatron pics?
Posted by Doctor McGrath on April 11th, 2011 @ 12:05pm CDT
UltraPrimal wrote:Man, these guys are so awesome. Too bad they're so expensive. And they don't even include the parts to combine, though they are perfectly capable of it. I think it was a missed opportunity there. Who knows, maybe they'll come out with their own Onslaught/torso figure with all the combiner pieces to combine with these 2 and the 2 left over limbs from the original Bruticus to make Battle Gaia or something.
Also, what's with the Action Master Megatron pics?
That is a plausable idea considering their bio's indicate they are really Explorer and Munitioner "reborn" and reveal the new "Beserker" project.
Posted by Burnin12 on April 11th, 2011 @ 12:50pm CDT
I agree though that they really should have included the combining parts. The only reason I can think of for not including them is that they will release 3 more figures in their story line to combine with these two guys. Which someone mentioned ahove. I would be all over that. Still even if these guys parts will be different than the last, including the Bruticus parts would have been nice for the time being.
Only problem is that if Crossfire03 is Glacial Bot, that means that the other 3 bots to finish off this Gestalt won't be out for a while since they weren't listed in the FP road map for 2011.
Anyway, still excited to get them. Not-Swindle and Not-Blast Off have been in combined mode since 2 days after getting them. Will really enjoy having these molds displayed in robot mode. Even though they're small I will possibly have to put 2 deluxe cons in storage. The shelf these guys will go on is at capacity.
Wow last few months have been expensive and space filling...not a bad thing at all though and looking forward to the rest of the year!!!
Time to get more shelf space too! Actually started hanging anyone I can in a flying alt mode from the underside of shelves. Looks cool but always expect to walk in the room and see them down with a mess of bots around them.
Posted by Seibertron on April 11th, 2011 @ 1:35pm CDT
Stumpybot wrote:awesome pictures, cant wait for them to hit the UK. including action master megatron in the pics of warcry made me double take tho lol, am i missing the reference there?
Warcry's cannons have an uncanny resemblance to Megatron's back "cannon" attachment or whatever you want to call it. One of the cannons is attached to Action Master Megatron in this pic via a rubber band to demonstrate that it's about the correct size.
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on April 11th, 2011 @ 1:41pm CDT
Rated X wrote:Just ordered. How did you get em so early ???
Loved the Bruticus gallery !!! Hey Ryan, can you do some shots of Nexus Prime with the Warcry, Flameblast, and the add on parts as Nexus Bruticus ???
I did that as soon as I got Munitioner and Explorer. It's not pretty as the Bruticus parts add about a half an inch in height and make the figure a bit wobbly.