Causality 04 & 05 preorder up on BBTS

having problems purchasing Stormbomb... Backfiery was fine, one wrapped one not, can't seem to finish the checkout with Stormbomb though...

Preordered! What's sad is I'm expecting these to come in before my preorder for the Warpath/Wheeljack/Thundercracker set gets filled! Now all I'll need it the Reflector repaint of Perceptor to release (or the TFClub one) and my pre-movie Decepticons will be nearly complete!

...f***in' Blitzwing, man...

Pre-ordered!! But from Kapow Toys as Im in the UK.

Good Stuff.

Preordered, of course. The only thing I'm not as pleased about with these guys is the weird FP faction symbols, but they can be easily covered with Reprolabels.

i would love to preorder except for one thing...

i still don't think i would have enough money to buy them after amazon unicron, masterpiece rodimus, and takara jetpack prime are purchased, plus a 3ds to experience shockwave IN 3D NA,...NA,...NA,...NA!!!

zodconvoy wrote:
...f***in' Blitzwing, man...

Yeah, we got Octane instead?!?!?

Would love to get Blitz as a Voyager, though.

necr0blivion wrote:

zodconvoy wrote:
...f***in' Blitzwing, man...

Yeah, we got Octane instead?!?!?

Would love to get Blitz as a Voyager, though.

Octane doesn't bother me. He was easier to make and they did a really good job. Same with Astrotrain. But the whole "we don't want to make the same character for Classics 3.7 as we did for Animated" thing Hasbro was saying went out the window with Jazz, Wreck-Gar and anyone else who has been made since. I understand that they wanted to do character they were going to get more that one use out of but WFC figures blew a hole in that from the start.

Sorry to go off topic but still.

Just saw the preorder go up, ordered 'em, came here to see who else had noticed.

Can't wait for these guys, although I don't normally get the 'beast' types I have fond memories of a Kickback I had back as a kid in the '80's - got last years' (or the year before that??) G1 reissues. Sweet.

Got em, thanks for posting!

All three pre ordered! Glad they are spaced apart by a month! Otherwise there would be no way for an unemployed TF collector like myself to get in on this. Haven't missed a FP release yet and don't plan to start now!

Y U MAKE IT HARD FOR ME TO AFFORD FANSPROJECT!?!?!?!? I WANT THEM SOOO BAD!!!!

Thanks to Joel of BBTS, we have Hi-Res images of the Insecticons:



Personally, I'm planning on slapping Con insignia overtop of the logos.

I like the logos, makes them stand out from their Decepticon brothers.

Hmmm... The plastic/paint looks a little different from what FP has served us so far. Maybe I'm just seeing things, but I'm still a tad concerned.

zodconvoy wrote:Preordered! What's sad is I'm expecting these to come in before my preorder for the Warpath/Wheeljack/Thundercracker set gets filled!

I just got my preorder notice from BBTS on that set a few minutes ago. So my preordered Thundershred looks to be getting filled after. =)

This year is going to suck. ha! While I'm glad most of the DotM stuff is junk, as that saves me some money, there's so many 3rd party things coming out to suck more money than I have. $150 for Fansproject Insecticons, $600 for TFC Devy, MMC Shockwave and Insectitrain (if those come out this year) -- oh and for legit toys throw TRU MP Rodimus and probably the 2nd edition Takara Rodimus and new MP-10 Prime in the mix. Ugh...

how tall are they?

I think they will be about the same size as the other Casualities, but don't quote me on that. Got all three preordered now. YYYEEESSS!!! Now to get some money together for Flameblast and Warcry....

griftimus prime wrote:how tall are they?

BBTS is listing them as 11.5 - 12 cm each. Munitioner is 10 cm, so they will be a smidge taller than the previous Crossfire/Causality releases.

And, I just preordered both figures, had Thundershred already ordered.

You know, those are pretty inexpensive compared some other 3rd party products. Kudos to FP for keeping prices relatively reasonable.

got my notification on the preorder!!
whether out of package or in these causality figures will look so beautiful on display.

on a side note is it wrong that most of my purchases this year have been fp items.oh well cant wait for my clear protector and these guys!

pre-ordered, now im that much closer to getting all the season 1 decepticons, all thats left are devestator, rumble and frenzy. sadly i cant afford TFC's Devy but i may get the classics one if i can find a good price on ebay

It Is Him wrote:You know, those are pretty inexpensive compared some other 3rd party products. Kudos to FP for keeping prices relatively reasonable.

I agree, but am hopeful that these 3Ps start to make better business decisions which could save them on their costs, and pass it down to the consumer. Maybe saving us (edited to clarify statement) $5 - 10 depending on the size of the figure from what we are spending now. FP may be going this way, as they seem to be the one 3P that has an actual line-up with regular release dates. I'd say CrazyDevy, but only some of their releases seem to be worth the price.

Why would these companies do such a thing? To attract more buyers. How many people have to make the decision to buy 1 third party instead of 3 Hasbro figures? If prices became a bit lower, sales would increase.

To me, the past few years have been like a renaissance for TFs. Sure, I complain that a figure is $100 from a 3P, but a custom would cost even more! I'm very glad to have these different options available to purchase, and I believe with so many competitors out, we may get a more uniform pricing scheme in the future.

I'm not advocating that they can go to Hasbro/Takara prices, but with enough demand (ie - consumers) it might get cheaper. Well, may bank account would like to believe that.

Ravage XK wrote:Pre-ordered!! But from Kapow Toys as Im in the UK.

Mistake. Even with their free delivery option, orders from Kapow Toys cost more than ordering from BBTS, TFSource or RobotKingdom and paying to get them shipped in from different continents. It's ridiculous.

Vicalliose wrote:Hmmm... The plastic/paint looks a little different from what FP has served us so far. Maybe I'm just seeing things, but I'm still a tad concerned.

I agree. I thought they looked a little different when Seibertron posted the photos from BotCon. These look to have gloss paint. I think most FansProject products usually have matte paint. I could be wrong. Still, awesome.

kirbenvost wrote:Preordered, of course. The only thing I'm not as pleased about with these guys is the weird FP faction symbols, but they can be easily covered with Reprolabels.

I am feeling the same way. The faction symbols seem a little wierd if you want to place them in my TF line up. Love the accessories. Hope FP sclaes back on the chunky look for future figures.

It Is Him wrote:You know, those are pretty inexpensive compared some other 3rd party products. Kudos to FP for keeping prices relatively reasonable.

I agree. I hope they can continue like that.

Arg!! for the first time ever in my collecting history i have to say, i don't think i can afford these right now.

As much as i want them.

Sad days indeed.

The price is fair though. I'll have to wait till times are a little less skint and there could actually be a Deluxe Insecticon repaint by that time. If i'm lucky.

I see a Chop Shop, Barrage , and a Ransack in the future.

If FansProject ever does a "Venom" homage, I hope it shares characteristics with Beast Wars' Transquito.

As I look at them, I do believe Kickback's wings can be posed in the 'proper' fashion, same with Bombshell's cannon there. Not sure about Shrapnel, though.

Cybertronian wrote:If FansProject ever does a "Venom" homage, I hope it shares characteristics with Beast Wars' Transquito.

Venom was my favourite of all the Insecticons when i was a kid!

I'm sure one could be in the works if they went and did a repaint of these three into the deluxe instecticons but that's just speculation of course.

It's what i would do if i had FP's resources.

I've now got 5 of each on preorder. It's going to be a pricey few months, but I'll have an awesome swarm at the end of it. Now off to ship my Warpath case!

waaaaghlord wrote:I've now got 5 of each on preorder. It's going to be a pricey few months, but I'll have an awesome swarm at the end of it. Now off to ship my Warpath case!

Wow, I'm impressed with the dedication there.

waaaaghlord wrote:I've now got 5 of each on preorder. It's going to be a pricey few months, but I'll have an awesome swarm at the end of it. Now off to ship my Warpath case!

I will be using these to build my Insecticon swarm, not official TFs but still transforming insect robots.

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=KAB10019&mode=retail