I just picked up a Star Toys Blitzwing and it's on its way to me now. While I generally focus on FT bots, a big issue here is also just price. I paid $115 at TFSafari for the Star Toys, and the FT version is likely going to be more than double that price for a product that simply can't be even close to twice as good. And look, I'm usually willing to pay more for a bot when there's clearly a better version. I'm perfectly happy with my Tesla 2.0 over Xtransbots' Jensen, even with the price hike, but where Star Toys' Blitzwing is already a really great, toon-accurate bot I'm not sure what FT could do to make their version worth it at the price they're likely to charge.
I've got the previous Star Toy. What are the differences with the 2024 version? From the pictures, it seems it's just molded in darker colors... are there any mold changes?
Probably paint, FT will have a fantastic paint job. I don’t think Star Toy is completely painted, I thought just a few paint apps here and there. Still looks good tho
How in the Hell did Ft manage to make Sixshot and Astrotrain but are canceling Blitzwing?? It sounds quite odd for something like an established 3rd party company to do. Anyways after almost 9 years I canceled my pre-order early last year and decided to go with the Star Toys version.
I'm gonna roll with my KFC Ditka for the foreseeable future. Star toys/DS/TE blitzwing looks really good, but I know ultimately, I will get the Fanstoys version. So I don't wanna have 3 blitzwings.
They canceled the preorder because NEW preorders are coming shortly after Tfcon when finished photos will be shown. My source Fanstoys. Mike should have just asked before making the video.
I got super lucky as I got Fans Toys Galvatron, Sovereign, on sale at ShowZstore and was literally one of the last one they had in stock. I went back like an hour later to buy another for a friend, it was sold out. Same for my Fans Toys Trailbreaker.
I ordered that Night Ops MASK today. Thanks for the heads up on that. Never had a Trakker, but always wanted one as a kid. I had just a few like Condor and Dragonfly, and TBob. Thanks again!
Gotta wonder what the market for this stuff will be in 12 years, Im enjoying it now at 50 years old, but who will want to pay these high prices in the future when most of the country is getting a minimum standard issued salary because AI and robotics took over...?
That is a good question because we collect while working but what will we do in retirement if we do not collect? Sell it all off and stare at the wall?
100% agree with your thoughts on Fanstoys Blitzwing……est. 3030. 😂 Outside of the FT fanboys, they really are damaging their reputation in the community making people wait so long on some items from the date of announcement. It would be preferable if they took a page out of Ramen Toys book & be transparent for every step - it would make their prices a little more justifiable. Finally, in a perfect world, FansToys would release Superion as a set, given the time that has past….I really want it, haha.
Fans Toys really is the GOLD Standard amongst Masterpiece. HOWEVER, that being said, there are other Excellent options at a much better Price Point, and YES, sometimes FT does lose from time to time. I passed on KFCs, just to wonky from reviews, looked good though, picked up a couple of DX9s, love the Jet mode, not accurate, but MAN it is AWESOME, the tank was alright, and the bot mode was good. Star Toys pretty much NAILED it and got one. Do I like the ReColor? Absolutely, but there is nothing wrong with the one I got, although, having a second at that Price Point for any of the modes is having me jump off the fence to do it. Is FTs Superion and Menasor better than its comp? I think so yes. HOWEVER, you are 100% correct in that DX9 and XTB do make great choices, I also LOVE the ZETA Combined mode, and have a 2nd for Jet modes, the FTs will be the Bot mode. Personally I think the upcoming Constructicon War, although GREAT for the Consumer aka FANS, is a waste of Resources. Why Compete? Keep it on the back burner, allow your comp to do it, revist it, revise their work, improve it, then put yours out at a better price point if you can. There are also so many other options they could choose to put their resources towards. A BETTER Combaticon Set - Love the MMC, just under tall, bots are excellent representations Protectobot Set - Slowly coming out by MMC and XTB, stay tuned, but my money is on MMC, again will be undertall Technobot Set TerroCon Set - Needs a BIG Revist and Update Monstructor - lots and lots of room for a G1 interpretation PredaCons - Cangtoys was nice, but it's definitely not G1 accurate, a shame Still waiting on that Metroplex (Titan) Sized Trypticon. Why? It would be a HUGE seller. Titans Trypticon is sadly undersized. So many other secondary figures that could be done, and sell well, as many have the collection they mostly want, tweaking aside, as there will always be, should I get this, and switch out? or should I do this instead? or am I happy with that representation?
Yep there are a lot of great options out there but it would be better for fans for each company to make different characters instead of these petty wars
I am still happy with my DX9 version. It is stylized and the tank mode is kind of lame but I really like the presence on a shelf. Blitzwing has been a favourite character of mind since the G1 cartoon so having a modern hake is really nice, also the transformation is not too bad for a triple changing MP style figure and the jet mode is great. If anyone is looking for a place holder I can recommend.
@@tydiriumhanger1320 The way the turret splits and is stored in the legs is great kibble management. Yes the cannon barrel is parts forming but it solves a lot back issues
Star toys was easily my figure of the year last year. Not going to lie, fans toys looks good but star toys cleans up a lot nicer in bot mode, especially around the back and the lower legs. The tank and the jet are slightly more accurate too. One thing with star toys that is a stand out is that you get a near perfect representation of all three modes, like, they nailed it. How often can you say that with a tripple changer? Have three displayed in all 3 modes and there's only a very select few figures I'll buy multiple of to do this that are that good. Fans toys would have looked at star toys and realised that if they want to make the best blitzwing, their version will need a complete redesign
Well that’s disappointing - got my BBTs cancellation. At this point maybe just having Star toys is good enough, we’ll see if fans toys ever gets around to it and if I’m interested in painting their price at that time.
Hey Mike! I like your videos, but in this case should have done a little homework. I asked The chosen prime why they canceled Blitzwing now, and it’s because Fanstoys has NEW preorders coming with a new price of course. I ask Fanstoys themselves if we’re getting an update and they said Tfcon next month. Also said Menasor is done and will be shown as well. So with completion of Blitzwing and Menasor preorders will be dropping shortly after Tfcon in a couple weeks for an early 2025 release since there’s nothing on the board for 2025 yet. They said Ultra Magnus will be the last release of 2024.
@@tydiriumhanger1320 Showz never listed the $145 price from 2016 Also returning $40 to a ton of people probably not something they want to do. Fanstoys and the retailers who listed the price are trying to avoid the backlash of I preordered at $145 not $250ish. Curious if Fanstoys renumbers Blitzwing to avoid any confusion. They can say the old preorder was for FT-21 which was canceled this is FT?. Anyways keep up the good content. Tfcon is going to be interesting to say the least
I canceled FT Blitzwing preorder before I heard the news about BBTS news. ShowZ will give you points back for FT preorder downpayments. I was happy to hear that.
Only if you cancel before they invoice you. If they invoice you, then you lose that money. I don't mind as this is strictly Fans Toys doing and has nothing to do with ShowZstore or any other sites as Fans Toys considers themselves as premium and they're the ones who set the down payment. That's why a lot of others just has a $1 down payment to reserve your copy.
It’s still on FT website under product list and still with ??? under release date. Who knows when it will release. I’m just happy I got XTB Ultra Magnus on Father’s Day. Seems like we are getting back to the days of having competitive options.
Did the preorder come with a low final price attached? They may have cancelled it so they can attach a new inflated price to it instead. Jack it up to $300 or something.
Definitely not cancelled. I'll wait, I think it's a tactic from Fanstoys. I believe the next TF-CON they will reveal this figure. there doing this to change the price. So to All the fanstoys haters don't start celebrating too early
LOL you may be right they have revealed this a couple times at TF CON. I bet they felt their design was not as good as Star Toys and wanted to do more work to put out a better product
I think for Blitzwing, it wasn't worth waiting for. There are already plenty of good 3rd party Blitzwings. Acoustic Wave was definitely worth the wait, though.
I'm the first to comment on the first comment and upvote the first comment and the first of the first commenters to upvote the first comment of the first commenters comment and that's a first for me, too. =D
I'm fine with my StarToys Blitzwing and FT KO Astrotrain. What I want is an Octane that's nicer than my KFC as it has the same Problems as KFC Blitzwing. I'd rather see StarToys make an Octane than worry about a Blitzwing from FT. My two cents anyways.
@@tydiriumhanger1320 The KFC I have is the reissue that is fully painted so it does look good but it's too top heavy and it's feet are a floppy mess. It's the poorest figure I have in its ability to stand on its own.
FT can't make a proper triple-changer, IMO, they make ok ones but I don't like any of their TCs so far . That's why I went ahead and got Star Toy, who is the only company who makes good triple-changers so far (TT should be able to do it) version just in case. Plus, I wouldn't be too sad about having 3 versions of BlitzyBobWing because I'ma triple-moron.
ShowZ doesn't care if you die or they go out of business with your pre-order money. My thoughts LoL I honestly hope FT does ditch the project because it looks like ballsacks anyway, IMO.
Star toys is awesome anyways
Very Very true!
Thank goodness that I got IN with Star 🌟 Toy Blitzwing!!! That is a very toon accurate MP for my collection.
Yep Star Toys is great!
@@tydiriumhanger1320 it loooks great. I knew that the delay with FT would be forever so I cancel my pre order.
Indeed, awesome fig.
BBTS: The manufacturer will not produce it at this time
LLOYD CHRISTMAS: So there is still a chance!!
I am sure Preorders will go back up one day LOL
I just picked up a Star Toys Blitzwing and it's on its way to me now. While I generally focus on FT bots, a big issue here is also just price. I paid $115 at TFSafari for the Star Toys, and the FT version is likely going to be more than double that price for a product that simply can't be even close to twice as good. And look, I'm usually willing to pay more for a bot when there's clearly a better version. I'm perfectly happy with my Tesla 2.0 over Xtransbots' Jensen, even with the price hike, but where Star Toys' Blitzwing is already a really great, toon-accurate bot I'm not sure what FT could do to make their version worth it at the price they're likely to charge.
I've got the previous Star Toy. What are the differences with the 2024 version? From the pictures, it seems it's just molded in darker colors... are there any mold changes?
@@ramocan02 As far as I'm aware the only changes are to paint, but I don't know if there's anything else on top of that.
@@ramocan02 Seems only color changes
Yep FT will be twice the price and my even look more expensive side by side but will be hard to actually beat Star Toys on this one
Probably paint, FT will have a fantastic paint job. I don’t think Star Toy is completely painted, I thought just a few paint apps here and there. Still looks good tho
How in the Hell did Ft manage to make Sixshot and Astrotrain but are canceling Blitzwing?? It sounds quite odd for something like an established 3rd party company to do. Anyways after almost 9 years I canceled my pre-order early last year and decided to go with the Star Toys version.
I'm gonna roll with my KFC Ditka for the foreseeable future. Star toys/DS/TE blitzwing looks really good, but I know ultimately, I will get the Fanstoys version. So I don't wanna have 3 blitzwings.
Is the Star Toys version good? I guess I need a MP Blitzwing
Yep the Star Toys is a great version of the character and currently the best on the market
@@josephmonroy3865 Why not? In for a penny, in for a pound as they say. Besides, you will then have a representation for each mode.
They canceled the preorder because NEW preorders are coming shortly after Tfcon when finished photos will be shown. My source Fanstoys. Mike should have just asked before making the video.
Glad I didn't sleep on StarToys.
Star Toys is great
When the hell is the XTransbots version of Galvatron coming out!?
I got super lucky as I got Fans Toys Galvatron, Sovereign, on sale at ShowZstore and was literally one of the last one they had in stock. I went back like an hour later to buy another for a friend, it was sold out. Same for my Fans Toys Trailbreaker.
Seems they are also as petty as FT and want to get out competitive products first
After that Ultra Magnus, I might have to pick up that Galvatron too. The FT is good, but a updated completely painted version would be nice from XTB
I ordered that Night Ops MASK today. Thanks for the heads up on that. Never had a Trakker, but always wanted one as a kid. I had just a few like Condor and Dragonfly, and TBob. Thanks again!
That is a cool version and I hear there will be a Shattered glass version
I canceled my preorder a month ago. My Star Toy one has shipped. My masterpiece collection is now complete!!!!!
Same
I am still in on a FT version but Star toys is so good I am in no hurry
Saw your video title....clicked buy now at showz.
ShowZ has not let me down and best price
I'm interested to see Star Toys rerelease of their Blitzwing. It has corrected colour to be more accurate.
Yep the reissues is more accurate but the first is still great
Gotta wonder what the market for this stuff will be in 12 years, Im enjoying it now at 50 years old, but who will want to pay these high prices in the future when most of the country is getting a minimum standard issued salary because AI and robotics took over...?
That is a good question because we collect while working but what will we do in retirement if we do not collect? Sell it all off and stare at the wall?
100% agree with your thoughts on Fanstoys Blitzwing……est. 3030. 😂
Outside of the FT fanboys, they really are damaging their reputation in the community making people wait so long on some items from the date of announcement.
It would be preferable if they took a page out of Ramen Toys book & be transparent for every step - it would make their prices a little more justifiable.
Finally, in a perfect world, FansToys would release Superion as a set, given the time that has past….I really want it, haha.
Yep there is less transparency here but there is a constant flow of product just not what the fans prefer the most sadly
I believe FT Deadend (Bandit) will be released in early 2025. I think that’s what their release schedule shows.
Will be interesting to see how they pull it off in combined mode
Fans Toys really is the GOLD Standard amongst Masterpiece.
HOWEVER, that being said, there are other Excellent options at a much better Price Point, and YES, sometimes FT does lose from time to time.
I passed on KFCs, just to wonky from reviews, looked good though, picked up a couple of DX9s, love the Jet mode, not accurate, but MAN it is AWESOME, the tank was alright, and the bot mode was good. Star Toys pretty much NAILED it and got one. Do I like the ReColor? Absolutely, but there is nothing wrong with the one I got, although, having a second at that Price Point for any of the modes is having me jump off the fence to do it.
Is FTs Superion and Menasor better than its comp? I think so yes. HOWEVER, you are 100% correct in that DX9 and XTB do make great choices, I also LOVE the ZETA Combined mode, and have a 2nd for Jet modes, the FTs will be the Bot mode.
Personally I think the upcoming Constructicon War, although GREAT for the Consumer aka FANS, is a waste of Resources.
Why Compete?
Keep it on the back burner, allow your comp to do it, revist it, revise their work, improve it, then put yours out at a better price point if you can.
There are also so many other options they could choose to put their resources towards.
A BETTER
Combaticon Set - Love the MMC, just under tall, bots are excellent representations
Protectobot Set - Slowly coming out by MMC and XTB, stay tuned, but my money is on MMC, again will be undertall
Technobot Set
TerroCon Set - Needs a BIG Revist and Update
Monstructor - lots and lots of room for a G1 interpretation
PredaCons - Cangtoys was nice, but it's definitely not G1 accurate, a shame
Still waiting on that Metroplex (Titan) Sized Trypticon. Why? It would be a HUGE seller. Titans Trypticon is sadly undersized.
So many other secondary figures that could be done, and sell well, as many have the collection they mostly want, tweaking aside, as there will always be, should I get this, and switch out? or should I do this instead? or am I happy with that representation?
Yep there are a lot of great options out there but it would be better for fans for each company to make different characters instead of these petty wars
I am still happy with my DX9 version. It is stylized and the tank mode is kind of lame but I really like the presence on a shelf. Blitzwing has been a favourite character of mind since the G1 cartoon so having a modern hake is really nice, also the transformation is not too bad for a triple changing MP style figure and the jet mode is great. If anyone is looking for a place holder I can recommend.
The DX9 one stands on its own and is very solid
@@tydiriumhanger1320 The way the turret splits and is stored in the legs is great kibble management. Yes the cannon barrel is parts forming but it solves a lot back issues
Star toys was easily my figure of the year last year. Not going to lie, fans toys looks good but star toys cleans up a lot nicer in bot mode, especially around the back and the lower legs. The tank and the jet are slightly more accurate too. One thing with star toys that is a stand out is that you get a near perfect representation of all three modes, like, they nailed it. How often can you say that with a tripple changer? Have three displayed in all 3 modes and there's only a very select few figures I'll buy multiple of to do this that are that good. Fans toys would have looked at star toys and realised that if they want to make the best blitzwing, their version will need a complete redesign
Star toys is great and yes perfectly fine to 3 different versions one for each mode
I love my Star Toys Blitzwing. Fans Toys is a big part of my collection but I think they’d need to wow me when they do figure out Blitzwing.
They may have conceded the win to Star Toys with this one
Well that’s disappointing - got my BBTs cancellation. At this point maybe just having Star toys is good enough, we’ll see if fans toys ever gets around to it and if I’m interested in painting their price at that time.
I am rocking a Star toys and still will get a FT when the time comes
Hey Mike! I like your videos, but in this case should have done a little homework. I asked The chosen prime why they canceled Blitzwing now, and it’s because Fanstoys has NEW preorders coming with a new price of course. I ask Fanstoys themselves if we’re getting an update and they said Tfcon next month. Also said Menasor is done and will be shown as well. So with completion of Blitzwing and Menasor preorders will be dropping shortly after Tfcon in a couple weeks for an early 2025 release since there’s nothing on the board for 2025 yet. They said Ultra Magnus will be the last release of 2024.
Thanks for the info but funny I did point out that Showz did not cancel so it seems like a price change coming. Do you know the new price? $300?
@@tydiriumhanger1320 Showz never listed the $145 price from 2016 Also returning $40 to a ton of people probably not something they want to do. Fanstoys and the retailers who listed the price are trying to avoid the backlash of I preordered at $145 not $250ish. Curious if Fanstoys renumbers Blitzwing to avoid any confusion. They can say the old preorder was for FT-21 which was canceled this is FT?. Anyways keep up the good content. Tfcon is going to be interesting to say the least
When im looking for whats new and i see that 40$ preorder i just ignore it.
Yep it is a tough pill to swallow
Tis why I Never PreOrder...
Oh, put a green QC label on that Fans Toys oops, ment Star Toys Blitzwing and there you have it.
LOL that would work
I canceled FT Blitzwing preorder before I heard the news about BBTS news. ShowZ will give you points back for FT preorder downpayments. I was happy to hear that.
Only if you cancel before they invoice you. If they invoice you, then you lose that money. I don't mind as this is strictly Fans Toys doing and has nothing to do with ShowZstore or any other sites as Fans Toys considers themselves as premium and they're the ones who set the down payment. That's why a lot of others just has a $1 down payment to reserve your copy.
Yep and Show Z will be cheaper than the rest
The 2024 version of Star Toy Blitzwing is already shipping from ShowZ. Mine is on the way.
COOL! You will love it!
I’m very happy with Star Toys Blitzwing. No need to replace him with Fanstoys. Star Toys Blitzwing is a premium figure.
Yep he is a great figure
Very interesting....😂, I bet that magnus and prime will come before that. But y I'm really sorry for the faithful ones. As I'm now with their deva
We may very well get those first because reality is stranger than fiction
It’s still on FT website under product list and still with ??? under release date. Who knows when it will release.
I’m just happy I got XTB Ultra Magnus on Father’s Day. Seems like we are getting back to the days of having competitive options.
XTB Magnus is great and will be hard for FT to beat
Did the preorder come with a low final price attached? They may have cancelled it so they can attach a new inflated price to it instead. Jack it up to $300 or something.
First round of preorders was $150 then cancelled, next Round was $220 and yep next will be $300
Definitely not cancelled. I'll wait, I think it's a tactic from Fanstoys. I believe the next TF-CON they will reveal this figure.
there doing this to change the price.
So to All the fanstoys haters don't start celebrating too early
LOL you may be right they have revealed this a couple times at TF CON. I bet they felt their design was not as good as Star Toys and wanted to do more work to put out a better product
Definition of optimism: Pre-ordering Berserk over and over again!!
I don't even have it pre-ordered XD
True but it is also the definition of insanity "Insanity Is Doing the Same Thing Over and Over Again and Expecting Different Results"
We'll only see this figure out if they have delays in the combiners. As long as they have a figure a month, there's no need.
Will be interesting to see this when it is completed
Do you think Star Toys have pinched Fans Toys design as the Star Toys one looks awfully like the Fans Toys render?
I think Star Toys did so well that Fanstoys compared it to what they had going on and they can not put out a figure that is a clear #2
I think for Blitzwing, it wasn't worth waiting for. There are already plenty of good 3rd party Blitzwings. Acoustic Wave was definitely worth the wait, though.
Options are great and with Star Toys I am in no hurry for the FT
Love your videos first to comment and like that's a first for me
I'm the first to comment on the first comment and upvote the first comment and the first of the first commenters to upvote the first comment of the first commenters comment and that's a first for me, too. =D
Thanks that is Awesome! Hope you enjoyed the vid
Got tired of waiting so I just bought the reissue of Star Toy Blitzwing instead.
That is a great option
Shame because that blitzwing look very promising
I am curious how it will turn out after a decade of development
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Thanks
I thought they cancelled Fans Toys Blitzwing years ago.
They did then they made you re-pre-order it again! Now they are cancelling those re-pre-orders
@@tydiriumhanger1320 ungh... at this point I don't know if I'd bother pre-ordering again if they post another one. Just give us the combiners already!
I'm fine with my StarToys Blitzwing and FT KO Astrotrain. What I want is an Octane that's nicer than my KFC as it has the same Problems as KFC Blitzwing. I'd rather see StarToys make an Octane than worry about a Blitzwing from FT. My two cents anyways.
True we do need a better Octane I have the smaller Unique toys one and it is just too small
@@tydiriumhanger1320 The KFC I have is the reissue that is fully painted so it does look good but it's too top heavy and it's feet are a floppy mess. It's the poorest figure I have in its ability to stand on its own.
FT can't make a proper triple-changer, IMO, they make ok ones but I don't like any of their TCs so far . That's why I went ahead and got Star Toy, who is the only company who makes good triple-changers so far (TT should be able to do it) version just in case. Plus, I wouldn't be too sad about having 3 versions of BlitzyBobWing because I'ma triple-moron.
Thomas is good but I bet there could be a better one down the road. 3 versions of Blitzwing = one in each mode
I'm glad it is cancelled by all these retailers...The hubris of Fanstoys should make them look more idiotic than usual.
This situation is just so odd
ShowZ doesn't care if you die or they go out of business with your pre-order money. My thoughts LoL I honestly hope FT does ditch the project because it looks like ballsacks anyway, IMO.
I still have a pre order/paid in full on a Macross bot that Still hasn’t been made for over 3 years ago 🤔 should I cancel now lol
Good point that they may have went back to the drawing board since Star Toys looks so great
Star toys beat them to it the interest is going to dwindle more and more
You may be right and with MP collectors quitting the game the window is narrowing for some of these characters