I think the Fanstoys takes the cake for me just on the fact that it looks great While being self contained. BUT, I do like having the Xtransbots on the shelf next to Convoy in vehicle mode.
You missed a step on DX9's front shins. There's a panel to flip around on the main cab to make it look more accurate like the others. The Windshield is still there, but it replaces the grill with a 3rd purple piece like the FT version. Correct way ---> pbs.twimg.com/media/EZ1GQ-GUwAE2oA3?format=jpg&name=large
My biggest take away from this is how damn wonderful it is that we have 3 really great Motormaster options to choose from. Also, I would put the XTB head over the DX9 ;-)
Sunbow scaling aside, I still chose Xtransbots because of how they scale with the MP autobot cars. I could've done with Motormaster being a bit smaller. I have to wonder why he is the size he is, given the bot himself shouldn't play much role at all in Menasor scaling. Fun comparison though! Thanks for doing that! I may still get myself a Road King to display separately!
DX9 for me as Im a tightass and like getting the most bang for my buck, with getting 85% of menasor and all and a perfectly serviceable motormaster, although i love the fanstoys transformation and presence the best.
Thanks for taking the time to review and compare them all. I’m pretty sure it was a huge effort from your part. And it was funny to see that your oldest daughter is following your steps of hurting your fingers 😅👍🏽I hope it wasn’t so bad. You guys are the favorite family of nerds from TH-cam (I tried to mimic your catchphrase but didn’t work)
I've commented on this before, but better articulation doesn't equate to better poseability. Someone did a pose-off between FTMM and XTMM and the former just couldn't do as much. For example, how are you going to use a really deep knee bend if he can't kneel because his knees are nowhere near the middle of his leg?
Thank-you for the comparison video. I have the FT and my X-transbots version is on its way, but I am not in on the DX9, so it was really good to see how it stacked up against these two. The one thing I will say is I really enjoy the transformation of the FT. After doing it once I had it down, and have done it a few times since just because I really enjoy how it all fits together. I don't transform many of my figures, I just don't really have the time usually, so this is an anomaly for me. Again, thanks for all the time put in to do such an extensive comparison between three big bots.
I just got the reissue of Roadking and it’s instantly one of my favorites. It has such a striking presence. I like that he’s big. Motor master and onslaught should be really big, says me. They go on after all to become the torso of a bigger bot. Wish they would have gave him the purple gas tank thought
not sure how many other people have said this, so i sorry if this has been said already, but just in case. you missed two minor things in the dx9 transformation. the feet have a panel in the trucks grill that swings up and then spins, revealing the third purple stripe, and removes the double grill illusion. and the hood box around his head slides back ever so slightly, allowing his face to pop out a bit, giving him more definition in his face. but its super minor. these probably don't affect your review of the figure. i just figured you might be interested in the added detail(mainly the feet). also, great job with the comparison, I always enjoy watching your videos.
Great video as always. As for the MP stunticons. I have to go with XTB if nothing else but because of the size of the figures. I like the fact that MM is the size of MP10 and the lambos are the same size as the Hastak MP lambos. The Fanstoys I think is totally the best looking over all. For some reason, XTB with the youth versions of the limb bots just hits me in the feels good. You know me and scale. I feel that all car bots alt modes are what should determine the scale of the bot. But that's just me. Like I posted in the shame video. I could care less what people think of me and what I do. I don't have time for it. I'm also not going to judge someone for what they like or do, I'm not so good at running my own life sometimes. lol
Fantastic comparison! Been looking forward to this for a while now as I have been trying to determine which of the 3 teams I am going to use for their combined mode (using FT for individual bot mode (no surprise there). Unfortunately it doesn't help much regarding the Menasor aspect of the teams, however it does show all of the differences between the Motormaster figure is a single review. I have watched many reviews on each of the figures, and there were still areas that you compared that I had completely missed. Thanks for taking the time to do this! It is much appreciated! Cheers!
14:45 Missed the XTB knee swivel that compliments the hip swivel, putting it past FT on overall range of foot splay. Also, the Torso range of motion is not third place just because you don't like the feel of the material when nothing actually broke or malfunctioned. This was about range of motion or posability, and FT had more limited torso rotation and ab crunch, so it gets the 3, and XTB gets the 2. It's also not third place for Thighs for the reason stated above, it's 2 and FT is 3. So there's two more points for XTB and two less for FT, creating a range of 4 points differential. *So "being as objective as possible", overall articulation totals would be FT 16, XTB 20, DX9 17.*
I assume you are referring to the soft plastic torso joint of the XTB. Correct me if I am wrong in that. I didn't blink at his assessment of the XTB ab crunch, as in the video review, he points out a stress mark on camera. At 7;20 of his review, he points out a stress mark, then at 12;50, observes that it has gotten worse, bad enough that he does not even want to do a comparison video for fear of breaking it. For this reason, I submit that he is not objecting to "the feel of the material when nothing actually broke or malfunctioned;" rather, he is objecting to evidence that the joint will fail with less use than can be considered acceptable.
@@gaiusfreeman5028 It has been heavily discussed online and even those who got stressmarks on theirs found that it wasn't actually at risk of breaking the joint.
@@Mechanic618 "it's been heavily discussed online" is weak at best. Homeopathy, UFO sightings, and flat-earth theories are also "heavily discussed online." Do you have any evidence to back up your claim that Bobby's stress mark is invalid? If not, the stress mark we have seen in the video review is the only evidence we have here.
Great video. Really looking forward to seeing how these all come together in combined mode. The Fanstoys main bots (Stunticons and Aerialbots) have been quite involved transformations but the limbs out so far have been much more intuitive, very intriguing.
I love these comparison videos. I don't have the X9, but do have the other two. Even though X-transbots has a beautiful alt mode, I've been staring at the two of them in alt mode, and I still like the look of the FTs truck. It's just a little sharper. I hope the XTB trailer comes out soon. I do find it interesting that so many people had been saying Road King was too big, but he isn't much bigger the XTBs version, yet their carbots are quite a bit smaller then FT. Thank-you for all the time it must have taken to film this one.
Excelent comparison overall. I don't think that stress marked joint is wide spread based on my experience with it plus several other reviews that don't have any stress marks on that joint. That plus the fact that your own review & this comparison shows that F.T. has a more limited waist turn & more limited ab crunch this puts the waist at FT:3, DX9: 2 & XTB: 1. I also don't count the DX9 light up eyes because it's combined mode only and we aren't really talking combined mode. As for accessories while you like F.T.s sword better it was all black in the show. This gives XTB a 1 and F.T. a 2. So for me this puts the final score at F.T: 26; XTB: 24; DX9: 28. Using my own different criteria I scored XTB and F.T. a tie and DX9 only loses because of the trailer length.
The difference when someone tells another to stop caring what others think of them is that the person giving that advice has no stake in the matter, and the advise is purely to benefit the recipient. A person trying to shame is saying "this shit matters and you should feel bad, be more like me", while a person suggesting to ignore them is saying "this shit doesn't matter". Now, it is very possible to say "don't care" in a very "you need to do this or you're stupid" kind of way. I found the best way to snap someone out of shame is to ask them why it matters. Make them deconstruct their own reasoning.
One thing that you should take into account in these comparisons is: how much this figure is up to the company's standards? Gravestone, for example, is probably exceeding the standards of X-Transbots, while Roadking is up to the (very high) standards of Fanstoys.
I fully agree with your winner, beyond the looks (where I do believe they are pretty evenly matched, but I'd say X-Transbots looks the best), the fact Fanstoys gets Motormaster's transformation right to a conceptual level: truck and trailer involved, (while making minimal use of fake parts, and just at the cost of a backpack), simply sums up everything I want in a modern take on a G1 character
Great comparison! I am in for the x-transbots, I had to choose one and with the price of the limbs being what they were there was no question. Their Deadend is still one of my favorite figures on my shelf, this will make 4 MP scale combiner teams for me. I will keep my eye on that waist joint on Motormaster.
After hours and hours of thinking comparing and debating with myself I finally pulled the trigger on Roadking. I really really like DX9 Trailer/Menasor though, if they decide to do a 2.0 of Capone taking reviewer criticism into account, improve the hips for Menasor, and release a box set, I could be sold, providing I could come up with the expendable income and would not put on hold or sacrifice other releases at the time.
It's funny because both Fans Toys and Xtransbots messed up the colours on the head. The face is supposed to be purplish which Xtransbots got correct, and the box around the head is supposed to be black which Fans Toys got right. It looks like DX9 got it closest as their face has just a hint of purple.
I think you can take certain elements from all and make one great MM. I like how DX9 does their heads. That pop up works great here and on the Gabriel, Id like to see that moving forward on figures.
Sounded like XTB was winning handily during the sculpt and paint review but somehow ended up with some 3s on the score sheet where it sounded more like it was getting 1s or 2s during the talking phase. For example the Hips, there's no way XTB is behind DX9 with the uni-flap skirt on DX9 and the visible gaps up into the hip joints below the hipskirt from a straight-on front view.
It does seem like sometimes there are descrepencies between the comments Bobby makes during a review VS. his final thoughts. And in his comparison videos there sometimes seems to be descrepencies between his comments when doing the comparison VS the scores. I don't blame Bobby. Something is lost in translation. Sometimes what Bobby says isn't exactly what we think he means. To be fair most people do this. I've been guilty of it more than once. I often speak to people at work that use words as if their definitions are different than what I know it to be. I often have to look up a word and show someone the definition and then ask "do you mean to say this not that."
@Bob Brown "awkward proportions" that's DX9. "cheap plastic" not true of any of them, "horrific stressmarks" on one piece that no one can see and has not yet caused a single report of actual breakage. "fingers popping off" doesn't happen, they are pinned on. if a pin is missing due to mis-assembly, they will fall off regardless of brand. "weird face" that's DX9 again, not XTB. Sorry your fanboyism has blinded you. You're the opposite of the objective take Bobby claimed to be going for. gg.
Damn dude! That was an awesome video! There's no way I could have done that.. I don't even want this figure from any of the companies yet I had a fun time, thanks for making your videos Bobby!
First time i ever watched one of these comparison videos, damn dude you put in a lot of work for these, I'm debating which of these to get so much appreciate!
Love the work, love the comparison, but for the record that ain’t the sunbow chart, that was made by a dude on Facebook. There is no sunbow chart for the combiner teams
That's what I thought. I've looked at the Sunbow chart and I've never seen the Stunticon limb bots. As for combiners the Sunbow chart I've seen only had the Costructicons in bot mode, Devistator combined and Predaking combined.
Great video, thanks. I got all three for different reasons. Fanstoys for bot mode, and I'm happy with it. Xtransbots for alt mode and I'm happy with the cab - jury is out on the trailer, ethics and aesthetics wise -. Dx9 for combined mode and so far I'm happy, pending the final releases of the remaining limbs. Bot mode I think that they are all going for a different appeal with Fanstoys having a toy look, Xtransbots having an MP10 era masterpiece feel and DX9 having a toon feel. Overall I like them all and they are all kinda fun to transform.
I’m in on both Xtransbots and Fanstoys. I was immediately turned off back when I bought DX9 Montana with his floppy feet and shit ball paint job. Jumped off that wagon long ago and didn’t look back. I have 3 sets of both the XTB and FT versions so I’m gonna be just fine.
I'm getting the FT for bots and DX9 for Menasor, I think the XTB are too small but man... I'll bet when the trailer comes out that alt mode XTB Motormaster wil blow the other two out of the water. That cab is gorgeous.
Holy crap that was an intense review. Thank you Skully for putting this together. Final vote...three very good Motormasters and the winner....the collectors.
Great work as always. Only point I disagree on is the transformation should have gone to Fantoys on the same basis as the alt mode it's the only one that includes the whole trailer even if it is more of a chore to transform. Not that it would changes the outcome overall more just a consistency thing.
Great vid! Been waiting as long as DX9's trailer for this comparison. Can't wait to see the final Menasor comparisons. Thanks Bobby for putting in the time to do these vids.
This was a though one, personally, I thought that, xtransbots was more cartoon like, botmode at least, but then, fanstoys had the transformation down, truck and trailer of course, but botmode looked more toy like, and then there was, Dx9, which I thought looked good in botmode, no backpack of any kind and I'll leave at that, but at least he came with the combiner parts, which is the sole purpose of a Stunticon, they all looked great in their own way, thank you for this, vs episode.
thanks I've been trying to work out which set to get and pretty sure going with dx9 for combined mode fanstoys win with solo but i dont display in alt mode
You'd told me 10 years ago that we would have not 1 but 3 amazing MP-sized Motormasters to choose from, I'd have asked you to share some of them shrooms man
Im pretty sold on the XTB... Motormaster/Gravestone looks better in robot and car mode. Color too... And the Sunticons match well with the other MP figures.... But man that Trailer price. Menasor's head looks good. Its a hard choice, cant really go wrong
Too bad we cant mix and match from different manufacturers to have the best of every figure of this set, and trailer; somehow being able to still combine them all.
Great job with the review, but I legitimately still don't know which one I like best. I have the xtransbots. I don't have any of the problems skully had, no stress marks, no loose pins. I'm fully invested in the xtransbots, but I hate large backpacks on figures (backlives matter). Fanstoys has a reason for it because of the trailer, and dx9 is clean. From the front I like xtransbots proportions and color. As a side note I find the ab crunch on all the xtransbots to be a little wonky except for breakdown.
Can't wait for the video on takara I've passed on many of the recent one's, like MP44 to many panels, big backpack, paint issues, same for bumblebee. I preordered hound from the pictures looked good, I ordered from my usual mp retailer in Japan Nippon yasan. For a good price $130 shipped. They have sent the because their trying to sort out the qc issues. This is ridiculous that this the standard takara is setting, with price and qc, neither is right. I won't be preordering again.
I think Fanstoys' choice to have a self contained trailer will end up being a double edged sword. Apparently the body of their Menasor will transform into a second trailer that will attach to the back of Roadking's built-in trailer. Is anyone going to want to bother transforming their Menasor's body into a second trailer that Motormaster isn't actually supposed to have? Either you use the trailer and make Roadking less show accurate, or you don't use the trailer and you just have this extra part lying around. They should have just gone the Zeta Superion route and had the Menasor body fold into a compact "storage mode" in a few simple steps, so you could just put it away and forget about it when you aren't using the combined mode.
I got FansToys for my bot team display, DX9 for my combiner mode and (maybe) Magic Square for my alt mode display. 3rd Party be stuntin' on these cons sheesh.
there is one transformation bit on DX9 leg that gives the same 3 panels look like FT roadking. need to lift the truck front side and then flip it to reveal another purple box.
My score for each category is a bit different, mostly because some of those categories are subjective, therefore the way I ranked these figures is also different. My ranking is: 1- Fans Toys 2- DX9 3-X-Transbots
Well done man. I thought it was very fair. My only question would be, do you not count the fact that the whole trailer is incorporated into that bot of the fan toys one as a gimmick or do you score that in transformation? Thank you reviewing all three.
Love these videos! But I am completely out of gas on this whole Stunticon thing, I am stuck on the side of the road. Between Gravestone’s size, his potential breakability, and the fact that he’s not even complete, I would much rather un-buy the other 4 XTB Stunticons than buy him.
A lot of trailers are either 45 or 53 feet long. So the DX9 trailer is probably more realistic. Optimus Prime's MP10 trailer always looked too short compare to an in scale model truck.
Hey dude! As you know I’ve got no skin in this game, however I just wanted to say your comparisons, editing, discussion is pretty impressive these days. Dope work
I just love that these three figures are all phenomenal and you won’t be losing when you buy your figure of choice.
Everyone wins and I love that.
I think the Fanstoys takes the cake for me just on the fact that it looks great While being self contained. BUT, I do like having the Xtransbots on the shelf next to Convoy in vehicle mode.
You missed a step on DX9's front shins. There's a panel to flip around on the main cab to make it look more accurate like the others. The Windshield is still there, but it replaces the grill with a 3rd purple piece like the FT version. Correct way ---> pbs.twimg.com/media/EZ1GQ-GUwAE2oA3?format=jpg&name=large
My biggest take away from this is how damn wonderful it is that we have 3 really great Motormaster options to choose from.
Also, I would put the XTB head over the DX9 ;-)
Me: “The hell am I doing up at 3am-ohholycownewskullface!!”
Same feeling hahaha, I was up at 4. And the notification made the grogginess magically disappear
Thanks for the all the hard work that goes into these comparisons. I do love how you ask your wife and daughters to pick what looks and feels best.
Sunbow scaling aside, I still chose Xtransbots because of how they scale with the MP autobot cars. I could've done with Motormaster being a bit smaller. I have to wonder why he is the size he is, given the bot himself shouldn't play much role at all in Menasor scaling. Fun comparison though! Thanks for doing that! I may still get myself a Road King to display separately!
Same tho 👏🏽
Bobby: I’m not going to do the comparison video
Viewers:
Bobby: OK. Here’s the comparison video.
DX9 for me as Im a tightass and like getting the most bang for my buck, with getting 85% of menasor and all and a perfectly serviceable motormaster, although i love the fanstoys transformation and presence the best.
Thanks for taking the time to review and compare them all. I’m pretty sure it was a huge effort from your part. And it was funny to see that your oldest daughter is following your steps of hurting your fingers 😅👍🏽I hope it wasn’t so bad. You guys are the favorite family of nerds from TH-cam (I tried to mimic your catchphrase but didn’t work)
I've commented on this before, but better articulation doesn't equate to better poseability. Someone did a pose-off between FTMM and XTMM and the former just couldn't do as much. For example, how are you going to use a really deep knee bend if he can't kneel because his knees are nowhere near the middle of his leg?
Thank-you for the comparison video. I have the FT and my X-transbots version is on its way, but I am not in on the DX9, so it was really good to see how it stacked up against these two. The one thing I will say is I really enjoy the transformation of the FT. After doing it once I had it down, and have done it a few times since just because I really enjoy how it all fits together.
I don't transform many of my figures, I just don't really have the time usually, so this is an anomaly for me. Again, thanks for all the time put in to do such an extensive comparison between three big bots.
Great comparison as always. This is such a good way of breaking down the differences and finding the strengths and weakness of each bot.
Forward Movement,
Backward Movement,
Out to the side!
I just got the reissue of Roadking and it’s instantly one of my favorites. It has such a striking presence. I like that he’s big. Motor master and onslaught should be really big, says me. They go on after all to become the torso of a bigger bot. Wish they would have gave him the purple gas tank thought
And i love that you make your family choose witch one they like best 😂
not sure how many other people have said this, so i sorry if this has been said already, but just in case. you missed two minor things in the dx9 transformation. the feet have a panel in the trucks grill that swings up and then spins, revealing the third purple stripe, and removes the double grill illusion. and the hood box around his head slides back ever so slightly, allowing his face to pop out a bit, giving him more definition in his face. but its super minor. these probably don't affect your review of the figure. i just figured you might be interested in the added detail(mainly the feet). also, great job with the comparison, I always enjoy watching your videos.
Great video as always.
As for the MP stunticons. I have to go with XTB if nothing else but because of the size of the figures. I like the fact that MM is the size of MP10 and the lambos are the same size as the Hastak MP lambos. The Fanstoys I think is totally the best looking over all. For some reason, XTB with the youth versions of the limb bots just hits me in the feels good.
You know me and scale. I feel that all car bots alt modes are what should determine the scale of the bot. But that's just me.
Like I posted in the shame video. I could care less what people think of me and what I do. I don't have time for it. I'm also not going to judge someone for what they like or do, I'm not so good at running my own life sometimes. lol
I'm gonna be that guy. The DX9 does have the third box. The truck grill spins around to give the leg a cleaner look and the other box.
exactly, I pointed it out when he reviewed Capone, but he probably wouldn't have noticed
Yes very disappointed that I’ve only seen one review that had the shins correctly transformed
Fantastic comparison! Been looking forward to this for a while now as I have been trying to determine which of the 3 teams I am going to use for their combined mode (using FT for individual bot mode (no surprise there). Unfortunately it doesn't help much regarding the Menasor aspect of the teams, however it does show all of the differences between the Motormaster figure is a single review. I have watched many reviews on each of the figures, and there were still areas that you compared that I had completely missed. Thanks for taking the time to do this! It is much appreciated! Cheers!
Great video again. I always love when your family comes in and you ask them if they care, which ones looks better. They always sound so authentic:)
14:45 Missed the XTB knee swivel that compliments the hip swivel, putting it past FT on overall range of foot splay. Also, the Torso range of motion is not third place just because you don't like the feel of the material when nothing actually broke or malfunctioned. This was about range of motion or posability, and FT had more limited torso rotation and ab crunch, so it gets the 3, and XTB gets the 2. It's also not third place for Thighs for the reason stated above, it's 2 and FT is 3. So there's two more points for XTB and two less for FT, creating a range of 4 points differential. *So "being as objective as possible", overall articulation totals would be FT 16, XTB 20, DX9 17.*
I assume you are referring to the soft plastic torso joint of the XTB. Correct me if I am wrong in that. I didn't blink at his assessment of the XTB ab crunch, as in the video review, he points out a stress mark on camera. At 7;20 of his review, he points out a stress mark, then at 12;50, observes that it has gotten worse, bad enough that he does not even want to do a comparison video for fear of breaking it. For this reason, I submit that he is not objecting to "the feel of the material when nothing actually broke or malfunctioned;" rather, he is objecting to evidence that the joint will fail with less use than can be considered acceptable.
@@gaiusfreeman5028 It has been heavily discussed online and even those who got stressmarks on theirs found that it wasn't actually at risk of breaking the joint.
Let me guess... you bought the XTB one...
@@brenoferreiraferreira4409 nope just Roadking.
@@Mechanic618 "it's been heavily discussed online" is weak at best. Homeopathy, UFO sightings, and flat-earth theories are also "heavily discussed online." Do you have any evidence to back up your claim that Bobby's stress mark is invalid? If not, the stress mark we have seen in the video review is the only evidence we have here.
👏BOB -- I know U lost a couple hours with this one .... We appreciate ur effort & time man..SALUTE
Great video. Really looking forward to seeing how these all come together in combined mode. The Fanstoys main bots (Stunticons and Aerialbots) have been quite involved transformations but the limbs out so far have been much more intuitive, very intriguing.
I love these comparison videos. I don't have the X9, but do have the other two. Even though X-transbots has a beautiful alt mode, I've been staring at the two of them in alt mode, and I still like the look of the FTs truck. It's just a little sharper. I hope the XTB trailer comes out soon. I do find it interesting that so many people had been saying Road King was too big, but he isn't much bigger the XTBs version, yet their carbots are quite a bit smaller then FT. Thank-you for all the time it must have taken to film this one.
Excelent comparison overall.
I don't think that stress marked joint is wide spread based on my experience with it plus several other reviews that don't have any stress marks on that joint.
That plus the fact that your own review & this comparison shows that F.T. has a more limited waist turn & more limited ab crunch this puts the waist at FT:3, DX9: 2 & XTB: 1.
I also don't count the DX9 light up eyes because it's combined mode only and we aren't really talking combined mode.
As for accessories while you like F.T.s sword better it was all black in the show. This gives XTB a 1 and F.T. a 2.
So for me this puts the final score at F.T: 26; XTB: 24; DX9: 28.
Using my own different criteria I scored XTB and F.T. a tie and DX9 only loses because of the trailer length.
I dig your method of objective subjectivity.
The difference when someone tells another to stop caring what others think of them is that the person giving that advice has no stake in the matter, and the advise is purely to benefit the recipient. A person trying to shame is saying "this shit matters and you should feel bad, be more like me", while a person suggesting to ignore them is saying "this shit doesn't matter". Now, it is very possible to say "don't care" in a very "you need to do this or you're stupid" kind of way. I found the best way to snap someone out of shame is to ask them why it matters. Make them deconstruct their own reasoning.
Yes, the most objective conversation to come, what are you willing to sacrifice? I can't wait to see the side show on that one.
One thing that you should take into account in these comparisons is: how much this figure is up to the company's standards? Gravestone, for example, is probably exceeding the standards of X-Transbots, while Roadking is up to the (very high) standards of Fanstoys.
I've seen promo pics of XTB trailer and they show the Menasor sword has the silver blade.
I fully agree with your winner, beyond the looks (where I do believe they are pretty evenly matched, but I'd say X-Transbots looks the best), the fact Fanstoys gets Motormaster's transformation right to a conceptual level: truck and trailer involved, (while making minimal use of fake parts, and just at the cost of a backpack), simply sums up everything I want in a modern take on a G1 character
Great comparison! I am in for the x-transbots, I had to choose one and with the price of the limbs being what they were there was no question. Their Deadend is still one of my favorite figures on my shelf, this will make 4 MP scale combiner teams for me. I will keep my eye on that waist joint on Motormaster.
Super interesting and massively appreciative of the time and effort, thanks Bobby.
After hours and hours of thinking comparing and debating with myself I finally pulled the trigger on Roadking. I really really like DX9 Trailer/Menasor though, if they decide to do a 2.0 of Capone taking reviewer criticism into account, improve the hips for Menasor, and release a box set, I could be sold, providing I could come up with the expendable income and would not put on hold or sacrifice other releases at the time.
Just re watching some vids. It always impresses me the time you put into these videos. Thank-you.
Yes! I wanted a part 3 for years!
It's funny because both Fans Toys and Xtransbots messed up the colours on the head. The face is supposed to be purplish which Xtransbots got correct, and the box around the head is supposed to be black which Fans Toys got right. It looks like DX9 got it closest as their face has just a hint of purple.
Thanks for putting the work in on this.
It’s nice to see that none are bad.
I think you can take certain elements from all and make one great MM. I like how DX9 does their heads. That pop up works great here and on the Gabriel, Id like to see that moving forward on figures.
Great review...it was hard to choose I went with all three DX9 my combiner Xtransbots car mode and Fantoys bot mode .
Sounded like XTB was winning handily during the sculpt and paint review but somehow ended up with some 3s on the score sheet where it sounded more like it was getting 1s or 2s during the talking phase. For example the Hips, there's no way XTB is behind DX9 with the uni-flap skirt on DX9 and the visible gaps up into the hip joints below the hipskirt from a straight-on front view.
It does seem like sometimes there are descrepencies between the comments Bobby makes during a review VS. his final thoughts.
And in his comparison videos there sometimes seems to be descrepencies between his comments when doing the comparison VS the scores.
I don't blame Bobby. Something is lost in translation. Sometimes what Bobby says isn't exactly what we think he means. To be fair most people do this. I've been guilty of it more than once. I often speak to people at work that use words as if their definitions are different than what I know it to be. I often have to look up a word and show someone the definition and then ask "do you mean to say this not that."
@@iamtheomnimonkey Yeah, sometimes the "I get paid by Fans Toys" doesn't come out in the comments, just in the score.
I'm just kidding. 😆
@Bob Brown "awkward proportions" that's DX9. "cheap plastic" not true of any of them, "horrific stressmarks" on one piece that no one can see and has not yet caused a single report of actual breakage. "fingers popping off" doesn't happen, they are pinned on. if a pin is missing due to mis-assembly, they will fall off regardless of brand. "weird face" that's DX9 again, not XTB. Sorry your fanboyism has blinded you. You're the opposite of the objective take Bobby claimed to be going for. gg.
@Bob Brown XTB doesn't have a giant backpack. The backpack on XTB is the same size as the backpack on Fans Toys.
@Bob Brown Bobby has a stress mark in 1 place that a lot of other people's copies don't have. It is not a widespread problem.
Damn dude! That was an awesome video! There's no way I could have done that.. I don't even want this figure from any of the companies yet I had a fun time, thanks for making your videos Bobby!
Appreciate the work put into this. Thanks.
First time i ever watched one of these comparison videos, damn dude you put in a lot of work for these, I'm debating which of these to get so much appreciate!
So I'm re-watching this because lm considering getting the DX-9 menasor. Amazing that roadking was out, and 4 yrs later, still, no FT menasor.
Love the work, love the comparison, but for the record that ain’t the sunbow chart, that was made by a dude on Facebook. There is no sunbow chart for the combiner teams
That's what I thought. I've looked at the Sunbow chart and I've never seen the Stunticon limb bots. As for combiners the Sunbow chart I've seen only had the Costructicons in bot mode, Devistator combined and Predaking combined.
Great video, thanks. I got all three for different reasons. Fanstoys for bot mode, and I'm happy with it. Xtransbots for alt mode and I'm happy with the cab - jury is out on the trailer, ethics and aesthetics wise -. Dx9 for combined mode and so far I'm happy, pending the final releases of the remaining limbs. Bot mode I think that they are all going for a different appeal with Fanstoys having a toy look, Xtransbots having an MP10 era masterpiece feel and DX9 having a toon feel. Overall I like them all and they are all kinda fun to transform.
I’m in on both Xtransbots and Fanstoys. I was immediately turned off back when I bought DX9 Montana with his floppy feet and shit ball paint job. Jumped off that wagon long ago and didn’t look back. I have 3 sets of both the XTB and FT versions so I’m gonna be just fine.
This was a very comprehensible and throughout comparison, great content!
I knew my guy would win...
I'm getting the FT for bots and DX9 for Menasor, I think the XTB are too small but man... I'll bet when the trailer comes out that alt mode XTB Motormaster wil blow the other two out of the water. That cab is gorgeous.
Thanks for doing this, Bobby. I'm committed to the FansToys and XTransbots.
Thank you for making the video. I am really looking forward to see the 3 Menasor comparison.
From what research I've been able to do, it looks like all of the trailers will end up being the same size as DX9''s when it's all said and done :D
Another great SDS...all three seem like good figures but that one part on the Xtransbots one is really scary and a bummer
Holy crap that was an intense review. Thank you Skully for putting this together. Final vote...three very good Motormasters and the winner....the collectors.
Loved this video, when you get the Magic Square I'd like to see a versus between that and the Fanstoys.
Thank you! That was a lot of work and fascinating to watch. Much appreciated.
Great work as always. Only point I disagree on is the transformation should have gone to Fantoys on the same basis as the alt mode it's the only one that includes the whole trailer even if it is more of a chore to transform. Not that it would changes the outcome overall more just a consistency thing.
Good work as usual, but I think a separate finger articulation category would be cool.
Great comparison.
As collecters we should never judge others or ever let others judge us some people need saport which is ok to ask for
Great vid! Been waiting as long as DX9's trailer for this comparison. Can't wait to see the final Menasor comparisons. Thanks Bobby for putting in the time to do these vids.
This was a though one, personally, I thought that, xtransbots was more cartoon like, botmode at least, but then, fanstoys had the transformation down, truck and trailer of course, but botmode looked more toy like, and then there was, Dx9, which I thought looked good in botmode, no backpack of any kind and I'll leave at that, but at least he came with the combiner parts, which is the sole purpose of a Stunticon, they all looked great in their own way, thank you for this, vs episode.
thanks I've been trying to work out which set to get and pretty sure going with dx9 for combined mode fanstoys win with solo but i dont display in alt mode
You'd told me 10 years ago that we would have not 1 but 3 amazing MP-sized Motormasters to choose from, I'd have asked you to share some of them shrooms man
Straight up kept thinking fanstoys looses because of his numbering system
Im pretty sold on the XTB... Motormaster/Gravestone looks better in robot and car mode. Color too... And the Sunticons match well with the other MP figures.... But man that Trailer price. Menasor's head looks good. Its a hard choice, cant really go wrong
i have the gravestone.. and he is very nice.. stands out
Hmmm, I don't think I would give it to XTB for accuracy, mainly because the colors in both bot mode and alt mode are inaccurate (my opinion though).
Too bad we cant mix and match from different manufacturers to have the best of every figure of this set, and trailer; somehow being able to still combine them all.
Great job with the review, but I legitimately still don't know which one I like best. I have the xtransbots. I don't have any of the problems skully had, no stress marks, no loose pins. I'm fully invested in the xtransbots, but I hate large backpacks on figures (backlives matter). Fanstoys has a reason for it because of the trailer, and dx9 is clean. From the front I like xtransbots proportions and color. As a side note I find the ab crunch on all the xtransbots to be a little wonky except for breakdown.
Can't wait for the video on takara I've passed on many of the recent one's, like MP44 to many panels, big backpack, paint issues, same for bumblebee. I preordered hound from the pictures looked good, I ordered from my usual mp retailer in Japan Nippon yasan. For a good price $130 shipped. They have sent the because their trying to sort out the qc issues. This is ridiculous that this the standard takara is setting, with price and qc, neither is right. I won't be preordering again.
Thanks Bobbie! Your the best!
damn, this was a tough one.
I think Fanstoys' choice to have a self contained trailer will end up being a double edged sword. Apparently the body of their Menasor will transform into a second trailer that will attach to the back of Roadking's built-in trailer. Is anyone going to want to bother transforming their Menasor's body into a second trailer that Motormaster isn't actually supposed to have? Either you use the trailer and make Roadking less show accurate, or you don't use the trailer and you just have this extra part lying around. They should have just gone the Zeta Superion route and had the Menasor body fold into a compact "storage mode" in a few simple steps, so you could just put it away and forget about it when you aren't using the combined mode.
I got FansToys for my bot team display, DX9 for my combiner mode and (maybe) Magic Square for my alt mode display. 3rd Party be stuntin' on these cons sheesh.
there is one transformation bit on DX9 leg that gives the same 3 panels look like FT roadking. need to lift the truck front side and then flip it to reveal another purple box.
i want all three but ill probably go with FT
before I saw the video I knew who was going to win. I’m sure I remember that I heard that Gravestone alt mode was the best...
Another well done video my friend.
Time for Bubbeh to Live rent free in ALOT of ppl's heads on TFW LOL😂. Thx for the comparison bud.
Pffff I think we all know the obvious winner
The combiner wars one
My score for each category is a bit different, mostly because some of those categories are subjective, therefore the way I ranked these figures is also different. My ranking is:
1- Fans Toys 2- DX9 3-X-Transbots
Thank you for the review!
Great video!
I get a slight tick in my brain whenever i hear you say sword
Thank you much for the video!!
Love the FT but is it really worth 3 times the XTB?
Well done man. I thought it was very fair. My only question would be, do you not count the fact that the whole trailer is incorporated into that bot of the fan toys one as a gimmick or do you score that in transformation? Thank you reviewing all three.
🎵Fanstoys🎶
Just wondering are you gonna review mp-46 black arachnia?
Love these videos!
But I am completely out of gas on this whole Stunticon thing, I am stuck on the side of the road. Between Gravestone’s size, his potential breakability, and the fact that he’s not even complete, I would much rather un-buy the other 4 XTB Stunticons than buy him.
A lot of trailers are either 45 or 53 feet long. So the DX9 trailer is probably more realistic. Optimus Prime's MP10 trailer always looked too short compare to an in scale model truck.
Very good video bobby skullface!!!
We got a triple threat match !!!! There only can be one king of the road !!!
Hey dude! As you know I’ve got no skin in this game, however I just wanted to say your comparisons, editing, discussion is pretty impressive these days. Dope work
Uhhh!!! Maamm!!! Ive been waiting for This One!!!!...had too wait to watch this one! ...💯♥️🙏
U miss a single step on the dx9 foot. This will make the foot looks like it only has 1cab instead of 2.
It bugs me that the X-Transbot doesn't have a trailer and it isn't part of the transformation since that's how it should have been