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i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers"

Transformers News: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers"

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 2:06AM CDT

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With the Transformers fever ready to surge this summer, it's the most opportune time for third party companies to jump into the fray. None have been more controversial than third party i-Gear, who among other things, have been making mini-sized replicas of Hasbro and Takara's Masterpiece Optimus Prime. Now iGear has decided to take advantage of the demand for Conehead Seekers. And have so announced PP03E Elegy Fighter Team, a set of 3 Masterpiece Conehead Seekers Dirge, Thrust and Ramjet based on kitbashes by "wheeljack" of the Sector70 boards, you might know him as "Wheeljack-S70" which is his seibertron.com board name.

Check Elegy out below!


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If you wish to see what Thrust and Ramjet might look like just check out their threads by clicking here for Ramjet and here for Thrust, they should be similar as i-Gear will be basing their figures on these.

With this product coinciding with Hasbro's release of Generations Dirge, will Hasbro finally bring out the dusty law book and hammer down on a third party company? Only time will tell, till then...

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Re: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers" (1091719)
Posted by mightwork on June 29th, 2010 @ 2:29am CDT
SWEET! :D
Re: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers" (1091720)
Posted by TimPilot on June 29th, 2010 @ 2:32am CDT
Og my god !!! =P~
I'm so gonna get me this one. No matter the price...maybe ;)
Really want that mini MP Prime too.
Re: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers" (1091729)
Posted by Botswanky on June 29th, 2010 @ 2:47am CDT
As long as Hasbro keeps making transformers that mostly appeal to children there will always be a third party making stuff for the adult collector. (I hope)
Re: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers" (1091734)
Posted by Trikeboy on June 29th, 2010 @ 2:58am CDT
omg, omg, omg.

Yes please make this, Thrust and Ramjet too. It is using Starscream as a base but is it a KO since no Dirge actually exists?

Edit* I wonder if there is any changes to the transformation. I always have a little trouble with the heads on the MP seekers. Not much just a bother sometimes.
Re: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers" (1091735)
Posted by Hans on June 29th, 2010 @ 3:15am CDT
I would have purchased this without a second thought if it was a full scale Masterpiece figure, third party company or not.... Would have put it right next to MP Starscream, Skywarp and Thundercracker. But the small size... nah... it doens't fit anywhere.

It looks fantastic though!
Re: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers" (1091736)
Posted by frogbat on June 29th, 2010 @ 3:21am CDT
looks cool but i'll stick to the hasbro dirge...

looks like they have plans for the other coneheads judgin by those silhouettes
Re: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers" (1091738)
Posted by Mykltron on June 29th, 2010 @ 3:35am CDT
With the extra weight on the lower legs he'd be more stable but if those bits with the fins don't swivel his feet won't even touch the ground anyway so he'll be worse than the original...
Re: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers" (1091744)
Posted by Prowl1529 on June 29th, 2010 @ 4:16am CDT
MINE. This year surelly is a very expensive one, but i just realize that i say this all years. Whit this guy i will have to buy Megatron and Optimus Prime. This time my wife is really going to kill me, the best part is that she dosen't know the price so i can cheat her! :grin:
Re: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers" (1091746)
Posted by Hans on June 29th, 2010 @ 4:40am CDT
Mykltron wrote:With the extra weight on the lower legs he'd be more stable but if those bits with the fins don't swivel his feet won't even touch the ground anyway so he'll be worse than the original...


Um... there is no original...
Re: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers" (1091761)
Posted by CybertronHotShot on June 29th, 2010 @ 6:04am CDT
Awesome piece of work. =P~ :APPLAUSE:
Re: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers" (1091764)
Posted by hiv84 on June 29th, 2010 @ 6:09am CDT
Only one question. Why MINI???
On the photo Elegy is in the same size as Mini Prime. But mini Prime is in the same size as MP Starscream. Or not? :-?
Re: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers" (1091769)
Posted by Jenus on June 29th, 2010 @ 6:28am CDT
I don't really know what to say about this but I guess I'll say something. Anyway why mini Dirge, why not mini Megatron, what happened to the plans on him? This is nice in all but how would it fit in with the classics line, Prime is an awesome size because he seems to fit in at the appropriate size a leader should be.

Also, what happened to the Predaking idea they had coming?
Re: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers" (1091775)
Posted by Hans on June 29th, 2010 @ 6:47am CDT
Predaking... I thought that was CrazyDevy?
Re: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers" (1091783)
Posted by Trikeboy on June 29th, 2010 @ 7:28am CDT
hiv84 wrote:Only one question. Why MINI???
On the photo Elegy is in the same size as Mini Prime. But mini Prime is in the same size as MP Starscream. Or not? :-?


You are correct on the size, I think this will be full sized Masterpiece. There is nothing on the iGear website that suggests this is a Mini Masterpiece. Take a look at this picture. In both pics it is the Mini Prime.

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Re: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers" (1091791)
Posted by Deathsanras on June 29th, 2010 @ 7:41am CDT
Looks like Wheel_Jack's.

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Re: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers" (1091797)
Posted by dragons on June 29th, 2010 @ 7:53am CDT
wow it be while maybe year before i decide to buy this
Re: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers" (1091804)
Posted by HECTOR on June 29th, 2010 @ 8:23am CDT
Literally minutes before checking the seibertron headlines I was wondering when Takara will get on the conehead seekers. I'm pretty sure they're going to make them eventually so we'll see how this develops. I was all for the small Optimus and can't wait for him to arrive but I could see these getting shut down. Either way we're getting coneheads I guess!
Re: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers" (1091810)
Posted by Prowl1529 on June 29th, 2010 @ 9:11am CDT
Has anyone notice that the shadow images on the top of the picture are Thrust and Ramjet? at least one is Thrust
Re: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers" (1091812)
Posted by Dead Metal on June 29th, 2010 @ 9:17am CDT
Hans wrote:
Mykltron wrote:With the extra weight on the lower legs he'd be more stable but if those bits with the fins don't swivel his feet won't even touch the ground anyway so he'll be worse than the original...


Um... there is no original...

I think he means MP Starscream as the original use of the mold.
Re: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers" (1091815)
Posted by Mykltron on June 29th, 2010 @ 9:40am CDT
Dead Metal wrote:
Hans wrote:
Mykltron wrote:With the extra weight on the lower legs he'd be more stable but if those bits with the fins don't swivel his feet won't even touch the ground anyway so he'll be worse than the original...


Um... there is no original...

I think he means MP Starscream as the original use of the mold.


Thank you, yes I did!
Re: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers" (1091816)
Posted by Mindmaster on June 29th, 2010 @ 9:41am CDT
...Crap. Why couldn't Hasbro make something like this??? :lol: :sad: :BANG_HEAD:
Re: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers" (1091819)
Posted by Kibble on June 29th, 2010 @ 9:51am CDT
I'm all for 3rd Party companies, but I don't like this KOmpany. Maybe it's because they don't have an original bone in their body... Still hoping to see HasTak bring down the hammer, but if they didn't do it after the blatant MP Prime theft, I'm not sure if they'll do it here.
Re: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers" (1091821)
Posted by Hans on June 29th, 2010 @ 10:03am CDT
Mykltron wrote:
Dead Metal wrote:
Hans wrote:
Mykltron wrote:With the extra weight on the lower legs he'd be more stable but if those bits with the fins don't swivel his feet won't even touch the ground anyway so he'll be worse than the original...


Um... there is no original...

I think he means MP Starscream as the original use of the mold.


Thank you, yes I did!


I know you did, I was just kidding around a bit :P
Re: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers" (1091827)
Posted by Corduroy Bear on June 29th, 2010 @ 10:13am CDT
The drop tanks look like the smaller (1500 liter) ones used on the Panavia Tornado. Dunno why somebody would mount those on his arms, but it's cool that he seems to have two attachment points on each wing.

There is *some* original engineering going on here. Not only the new wings, but the cone head must work differently than the original (yes, I used the word) MP mold, because on that version the nose of the jet isn't attached to the robot head at all. Probably that's a "dummy" nosecone on his head, but it'll still take some changes to tuck it away in jet mode.
Re: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers" (1091833)
Posted by Kibble on June 29th, 2010 @ 10:32am CDT
Corduroy Bear wrote:There is *some* original engineering going on here. Not only the new wings, but the cone head must work differently than the original (yes, I used the word) MP mold, because on that version the nose of the jet isn't attached to the robot head at all. Probably that's a "dummy" nosecone on his head, but it'll still take some changes to tuck it away in jet mode.

You mean the design stolen from the custom job?

HasTak should beat them to the punch and announce the conehead seekers about two weeks before these hit, and at a cheaper price point than these modified KOs...
Re: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers" (1091871)
Posted by Jenus on June 29th, 2010 @ 12:16pm CDT
Hans wrote:Predaking... I thought that was CrazyDevy?

No, last December i-Gear released a pic of an upcoming product which was a silhouette of Predaking.

Trikeboy wrote:
hiv84 wrote:Only one question. Why MINI???
On the photo Elegy is in the same size as Mini Prime. But mini Prime is in the same size as MP Starscream. Or not? :-?


You are correct on the size, I think this will be full sized Masterpiece. There is nothing on the iGear website that suggests this is a Mini Masterpiece. Take a look at this picture. In both pics it is the Mini Prime.

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I guess I really should have looked at the picture a little better I guess I mainly read the title anyway I've changed my mind I like it but I don't think I want to spend $90 again actually they'll probably try and charge more because of it being a full size masterpiece figure.
Re: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers" (1091874)
Posted by Dead Metal on June 29th, 2010 @ 12:23pm CDT
Kibble wrote:
Corduroy Bear wrote:There is *some* original engineering going on here. Not only the new wings, but the cone head must work differently than the original (yes, I used the word) MP mold, because on that version the nose of the jet isn't attached to the robot head at all. Probably that's a "dummy" nosecone on his head, but it'll still take some changes to tuck it away in jet mode.

You mean the design stolen from the custom job?


Yup just like with their mini Prime, the head and hands are also downsized from a short run custom set by I think a Chinese kitbasher.
Re: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers" (1091934)
Posted by Jayson26 on June 29th, 2010 @ 2:07pm CDT
With the Transformers fever ready to surge this summer, it's the most opportune time for third party companies to jump into the fray. None have been more controversial than third party i-Gear, who among other things, have been making mini-sized replicas of Hasbro and Takara's Masterpiece Optimus Prime. Now iGear has decided to take advantage of the demand for a Thrust figure. The figure is called PP03E Elegy, a version of Masterpiece Starscream with Dirge aesthetics. Check Elegy out below!

did anyone notice they named the wrong character here?
Re: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers" (1091952)
Posted by Dead Metal on June 29th, 2010 @ 2:28pm CDT
Jayson26 wrote:With the Transformers fever ready to surge this summer, it's the most opportune time for third party companies to jump into the fray. None have been more controversial than third party i-Gear, who among other things, have been making mini-sized replicas of Hasbro and Takara's Masterpiece Optimus Prime. Now iGear has decided to take advantage of the demand for a Thrust figure. The figure is called PP03E Elegy, a version of Masterpiece Starscream with Dirge aesthetics. Check Elegy out below!

did anyone notice they named the wrong character here?

Can happen, corrected now.
Re: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers" (1091958)
Posted by Dead Metal on June 29th, 2010 @ 2:43pm CDT
I just realised something, this isn't just Dirge, this is a set of 3! And they do state that these are based on kitbashes by wheelhjack!
Re: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers" (1091972)
Posted by RK_Striker_JK_5 on June 29th, 2010 @ 3:09pm CDT
Ugh, hope this thing crashes and burns.
Re: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers" (1091974)
Posted by Dead Metal on June 29th, 2010 @ 3:18pm CDT
The sad thing is I really like the way this thing looks, but hate i-Gear and the MP Seeker mold.

I love tfw's tag for their article "armchair lawyers" :lol:
Re: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers" (1092018)
Posted by Botswanky on June 29th, 2010 @ 5:00pm CDT
That Gold Optimus Prime (PP01) on i-gears web site looks fantastic. I have wanted a 'Golden Lagoon' Prime ever since I first saw the episode as a kid. =P~
Re: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers" (1092090)
Posted by DevastaTTor on June 29th, 2010 @ 8:00pm CDT
I hope the quality sucks for these, because if not, I'll have a very hard time resisting them. The Faith Leader figure was far from perfect, but still looks great with the Classics line. Having a full set of MP seekers with KO coneheads would be pretty badass, especially with Ghost SS too.
Re: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers" (1092092)
Posted by Bumblevivisector on June 29th, 2010 @ 8:04pm CDT
Waitaminute, I think those of you decrying iGear as "not having an original mold in their body" are forgetting a few items. Namely the show-accurate Autoscout (yes, the Gear of War Autoscout is a better toy, but at the cost of not looking as much like the one in 'A Prime Problem'), whichever Classics OP trailer they did, and that Teletran 1 HQ set (whose quality I have yet to see first-hand). They had been trying to fill some long overdue niches in my collection before they started announcing all of these actual knock-offs of Has/Tak toys, but that's exactly why I'm just as mad at them for these latest mini-masterpieces, because if they provoke legal action, it'll stop the flow of some other original stuff I'm REALLY looking forward to, like Con HQ, and especially those show-accurate Shark Sentries. It's bad enough that Impossible Toys had to quit the Quints before tackling obscure designs from "Forever Is A Long Time Coming" and "Dweller In The Depths", but the Quints I do have had better get some minions to do their legwork besides the Sharkti-Bot-Cons. I was optimistic that they'd tackle the Allicons next if those sold well, but now I'm just worried they're bending over and inviting a two-pronged legal foot up their reactor linkage.

Now, if they were doing some sort of enlarged and heavily modified remold of Darkmount on the other hand, that might just be worth the risk...
Re: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers" (1092097)
Posted by Skullcrunchberries on June 29th, 2010 @ 8:28pm CDT
I like the creativity involved with a lot of these names. I'm in.
Re: i-Gear PP03E Elegy - "Masterpiece Conehead Seekers" (1092150)
Posted by Botswanky on June 29th, 2010 @ 10:27pm CDT
There has always been interest in the gold (chrome) plated transformers. If i-gears Gold Optimus Prime (PP01) is well made & doesn't start to flake etc. I think they'll forge themselves into peoples memory for a long time to come. Even though the PP01 costs US$300, if it turns-out to be well made, (it better be) people that buy them will be happy & I'm sure they will spread the word. I really hope the PP01 is good as I would really love one. :BOT:

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