FansToys FT-55 RECORDER GUIDE

[@drewlovelyhell4892]

I love Fanstoys products, but boy, this transformation is needlessly complicated! 😰

[@Cyril29a]

Agreed. It is a boxy robot that turns in to a box and they managed to make it a 240 step process.

[@Wymorence]

Hysterically my copy of the Deformation Space Blaster is going to be here tomorrow. And when *they've* somehow beaten you at the transformation game you know someone screwed up somewhere. O_o

[@wintdah7778]

It's just the legs lmao

[@WaywardTraveler77]

I didn't think it was possible to make a bad blaster transformation. Man Fans Toys really showed me. :}

[@hongmanlui]

it is way over complicated lmao, altho I will still buy it for the cassette since it looks great. not to mention the extra bit on his white headpiece for such an unnecessary transformation.

[@artnandez]

Leave it to fanstoys to make a blaster transformation over complicated lol

[@rogerfranklin83]

Hold my beer, they say!!! Lol

[@nujevad28]

​@@hongmanluiAren't the cassettes sold separately?

[@ih8wx2]

1 will be included with him

[@sw1000xg]

XTB: "WE'RE THE MASTERS AT COMPLICATED TRANSFORMATIONS FANSTOYS: "NOT ANY MORE" WTF Deformation Space is a joy to transformation this uuurgh no

[@malcolmar]

Simply AMAZING work! I can't wait to have this guy in hand. Please re-release the tapes.

[@toomanylies7716]

His head splits in half 🤣. I love it tho. I was wondering when it was going to get complicated, and those legs didn't disappoint 😃. I love it tho. Another ingenious transformation to have great looking modes👌🏾. Looking forward to getting mine.

[@WorldofDepth]

The transformation here misses the crucial detail of *pulling straight down on the foot* to unlock a tab that connects to the shin piece, before opening up the leg. Otherwise it's very difficult and you risk breaking something… But on another note, it's awesome in hand! Build, engineering, paint, all great as always.

[@djmercenary6588]

Blaster would be appalled at your choice of back music 😂

[@xzx4696]

Very true 😂

[@shenglongisback4688]

Was thinking the same thing lol

[@RealClevelandBrown]

Hmmm. Besides the glossy paint job, I don't know if this will beat out DS's version of Blaster.

[@theraginginfernape9496]

This is the most batshit insane transformation I've ever seen, even from fanstoys. Imma stick with DS for now...

[@HeelvsBabyface]

Can't wait for "Blaster".

[@RealClevelandBrown]

I didn't know you were a TF collector, bro! Love your channel, especially your brilliant takes on Doctor Who over the years and how much it and other great shows have changed for the sake of being "woke".

[@nujevad28]

Surprise seeing you here.

[@Dynoboot]

Looks like someone watched a Bayverse movie and thought "What if G1 Transformers changed like that?". The only part of the transformation I liked was the arms and the cassette.

[@scottcampbell9515]

By the time Blaster transforms the Decepticons would have shot him dead. This will be an out of the box and never transform for me, which is sad.

[@MWRogers]

Isn't that the mo for near all ft...

[@theraginginfernape9496]

​@@MWRogers if you have their trailbreaker and mirage, you know they can do good and really fun transformations. But man they sweat hard on some of these figures

[@MWRogers]

@@theraginginfernape9496 oh you are absolutely correct. With the releases, you can tell that the engineering was different and improved.....until that crapshow figure in Jazz...that figure slid backwards so hard...this is no difference

[@jredmkv6243]

Thanks for making these transformation videos Fanstoys! They are VERY HELPFUL!

[@BotsandBits]

Perfect for those who considered DS Blasters transformation a little TOO simple ;)

[@ericbrown577]

He’s almost here gentleman!

[@koresoteira447]

Yeah, sadly, that's a hard pass from me. It admittedly looks great in both modes, but that transformation is a hot mess. Look closely during the leg panel explosion (3:40ish, 6:05) - you can see paint wear/chips and this is an official transformation video... Then at 5:20 you can almost hear people on the forums screaming about scratches and broken tabs. Certainly one for the MIB and Detolf collectors.

[@ShinGallon]

Yeah, if I were to buy this figure he'd basically stay in robot mode forever. Sadly if he had an alternate head that looked like the G1 toy's (or better still the Marvel comic) head I'd actually be tempted for that alone.

[@artnandez]

@@ShinGallon I think he does come with the toy/comic head if I’m not mistaken

[@ShinGallon]

@@artnandez I haven't seen anything about that but I'll investigate. If he does, I may break down and get him just for that.

[@transfanstoys365]

Why are you still on here commenting, if you aren't getting the figure? And does someone else's opinion supersede your own personal experience? You do realize this isn't the finished product that will arrive, and just a used sample, to get the video done. Right?

[@ShinGallon]

@@artnandez He does, I just saw. The eyes are still wonky for it, he needs the visor that the Marvel version had for me to truly love it. It might be possible to customize it though.

[@Ansem458]

Honestly they’ve been killing it with these figures, it would be really nice if they could reissue hunk like they did acoustic wave

[@ToyCollector-qz5kp]

I'm never. Ever transforming that thing. Period!!!!!❤❤❤❤

[@gaetanonappino6529]

Why so complicated?!?🙄

[@antonb348]

Why. So. Serious? 🤡

[@shinobuthelazy]

4:57 how do you even fish that part out when going from boombox to 'bot mode? a tool would need to be super thin and I can already see paint chipping on the joints, a tool would just make it worse

[@AnhDonoi]

I love complicated transformations but this was unnecessarily complicated. The man turns into a rectangle box!

[@scottrenfer2735]

Personally, I like complicated transformations, because transforming bots is when I am having the most fun with them so I want that process to last longer (and I enjoy the challenge of the puzzle). Once again, another beautiful masterpiece from the leaders of the MP world. Great job Fans Toys! The kid who transforms these is the luckiest kid in the world. I bet his dad works for Fans Toys or owns it. Seriously, what a lucky kid! Thanks everyone at Fans Toys! I've gotten out of the hobby a little, due to board games taking up more of my money these days, but you guys never disappoint. You are the beating heart of MP. And great job on the innovative hand hiding transformation. It always irked me that every company forever always did the same thing to hide hands on every figure. I love to see the innovative ideas your designers bring to the table. Your bots are always solid in both modes too, which is awesome and always impressive. Keep up the great work! Wishing you all a peaceful and inspiring week!

[@koresoteira447]

I think that the issue here is that the (over complicated) transformation serves little other than to artifically increase the part count, and therefore increase the cost. I also doubt that is a child transforming the bot for the video...

[@scottrenfer2735]

@@koresoteira447 That is a valid point. I guess I like higher part counts too. However, as you said, it is a double-edged sword, since it increases the price. I just assumed it was a kid. I would have loved to be the one in charge of doing the transformations when I was a kid!

[@koresoteira447]

​@@scottrenfer2735 I agree. This would have been my dream job in my youth.

[@ryantheregularravensfan8151]

Man I like FT products but I'm not a slave to them so it's easy for me to pass on this when I already have the DS... I hope that those who nit-pick everything non FT be honest about this... This figure doesn't need this much engineering but when DS made theirs I guess over engineering is the answer??

[@BeerusTVDB]

The younique offset transformation is actually pretty nice

[@capitano7778]

Title of this song? 🔝

[@PSYCHOWORLD]

Best company doing it. This is an adult toy guys if you can’t handle a complex transformation maybe stick to mainline 🤷‍♂️

[@nujevad28]

It has competitors that can do it simpler, so a little comparison is in order.

[@koresoteira447]

Remember that when you break it...

[@transfanstoys365]

My sentiment exactly.

[@thebeetovenrider1246]

Thank you. Collectors like myself Don't want to open the guide and keep it and the card in the plastic.

[@shadowbird]

I’m sure they could make the legs more complicated but I don’t know how !!

[@paperstrawmedia]

The paint seems similar to what they've used for Jive's shins. Hopefully, any mistransformations from out-of-the-box doesn't involve anything with the legs and feet. Just need bot mode to place on a shelf and not touch again.

[@LVLEE]

never interest recorder only soundwave, but after watch FT solid quality as like a real audio device and smart transformation, made me wanna buy now!

[@rogerfranklin83]

The taoe deck part is off center was the toy like that?

[@the_amazing_crappo]

The toy was. Not sure about the cartoon.

[@rogerfranklin83]

@@the_amazing_crappo yeah I wasn't quite sure about that....

[@koresoteira447]

The g1 toy was, but the cartoon varied. It was centred in the movie.

[@transfanstoys365]

For bot and tape deck mode. But the cartoon/movie, he's only off-center/asymmetrical in the tape deck mode, at the lid, and symmetrical in root/robot mode

[@rogerfranklin83]

Yeah you guys are 1000% correct I had to google it and I was like oh wow...

[@1liono]

Hi, fans Toys. I just bought my fanstoys recorder his left leg knee is loose. Is there something wrong with my figure I just took out the box brand new and Recorder left leg knee is loose. Please help me.

[@MisterMeanerOU812]

Imma get it because I collect Fanstoys, but holy shit. That transformation, for it turning into a glorified box is convoluted as anything bayverse related. Not good.

[@dustyyshellz1320]

Acoustic wave on crack

[@rogerfranklin83]

I think I've forgotten the first step😮

[@thediyninja2791]

Wow! What a transformation! Send me mine now!

[@robin2thek]

Looks great byt the leg transformation looks crazy difficult.

[@yeeisme]

Your title image is misspelt. It should be, “TraNSformation oh ALT Mode” Really like this figure!

[@marcusisrealious1255]

BUY DS …. Don’t let FANSTOYS do this… DS IS OFFERING G1 accurate quality figures for half the price…. FT will turn into Hasbro if you allow it

[@alphatrion100]

Ds has better proportions

[@fpow5284]

I’ll stick with DS Blaster

[@PrinceRawD]

Is it me or do these characters which have simple transformations (Cliffjumper, Jazz and now Blaster) have these over complicated and over engineered Transformations with faux parts for absolutely no reason at all? Is this a shift happening. Is parts forming on non-combiners next. I think I may have to cancel this pre-order and hit up Show-Z for Defamation Space

[@marceloleiva3417]

Too bad DS is out of stock

[@PrinceRawD]

@@marceloleiva3417 Checked a couple of minutes ago. EBay tax it is. Hopefully I find a good deal

[@Lazerspike]

Do you actually own any of the mentioned figures or have you just seen reviews on them? Genuine question because Parkour is not actually that complicated to transform but does have QC issues also, if you look at the design compared to mp45, you can see that Parkour is not trying to have a 1/1 accurate alt mode like mp45 but is doing that for the robot mode instead. This means that there is a proportional difference in size between the alt modes cab and his chest* in robot mode so if they didn't use faux parts, it would end up looking like mp21 not mp45. So yes there was a very good reason for Parkour atleast.

[@PrinceRawD]

@@Lazerspike All figures I mentioned I had them on pre-order. I cancelled due to the reasons I mentioned. Like I said, these characters have very simple transformations yet for some odd reason we're here at club over-engineer. This is the same company that worked some very good magic with Motormaster...yet for Cliffjumper, we get a shell former with a faux chest. Jazz with faux side feet and now Blaster with faux speakers...all with over-engineered transformations. No excuse whatsoever. What are you, some FT's shill on a whole level above BSF (even he is crititical of their new direction)? And instead of naming numbers...try giving me the actual names

[@PrinceRawD]

@@marceloleiva3417 Looks like TF Source has him on pre-order. Yay me

[@passionnotparked9099]

Wow...FTs is becoming the New XTBs. Now FTs make Quakewave 2.0, I bet the chest and legs will explode and reverse inside out too.

[@Optimus7591]

This looks pretty good but the legs look very complicated in contrast to acoustic wave which I guess is kind of fitting

[@Xaldarus]

I.....I... thought this one was going to be simple...

[@denozed6554]

Amazing

[@GUNWAVE]

lol this transformation!! im still buying it.

[@LetsGetitBoah]

Definitely getting it, but I ain't ever transforming him. I'll just leave my KFC In Stereo mode and display him in bot mode.

[@poloskier1967]

Overlycomplicatedatron!

[@jaykerprod.2001]

Make Megatron next, so that i can turn him into a gun and shoot myself after Recorders TransFormation....

[@zacchaeuswilson6116]

The cassette is rather subpar for an FT figure. Smh

[@transfanstoys365]

like that cRaphorn? I got with DS-02..wow that thing is substandard junk.

[@andrewgreen3031]

Gotta love them panelformers smh. Gotta make up the pricepoint some how

[@automotiverenderings]

Normally a huge fan of FT, but this is just a mess 😢

[@alphatrion100]

Stick with the deformation space. Alot cheaper and the propotions are better.

[@somarriba333]

Nope! I would have been happy with the G1 figure with modern articulation.

[@MUSEUM-R-TF]

Вау! Удивили!

[@transfanstoys365]

This is the Blaster we've been looking for! Looks so much better than my DS-02..and that cheap so called Ramhorn. I got 3 Recorders lined up to 1 DS...I got on sale for half price. Faaaaannnnnnsssstooooyyyysss! P.S. Stick with your Walmart toys fellas, if the transformation is too tough for you.

[@artnandez]

“We’ve”? Naw I think I’m good with the DS version

[@transfanstoys365]

@@artnandez then don't buy it and go play with your DS-02. Hope it doesn't break on you.

[@koresoteira447]

​@Transfanstoys365 Damn, that's a bitter fans toys fanboy, right there.

[@zacchaeuswilson6116]

​@artnandez . Likewise!!!! Not impressed by this FT version.

[@transfanstoys365]

@@koresoteira447 bitter DS-02 owner...and soon to be FT-55 Recorder x3 owner.🤣

[@DavidEspadas]

The only complicated thing is the legs... but the DS blaster is much better, it's simpler.

[@koresoteira447]

The head also literally folds down and flattens against the side of the body lol. Definitely unique when compared to the usual 'flip into the back'. I dont think I have ever seen that before.

[@DavidEspadas]

@@koresoteira447 I suppose it was done that way, so that there is space to place two cassettes, inside his chest, the DS Blaster only has room for one, so the "flip into the back" is possible, but I understand that fans like a balance between beautiful design and simple transformation.

[@Jermainesutton43]

Let’s goooooo fanstoys you are the best ….

[@jon-580]

WTF is this? Blaster turns into a box, there is no need for a transformation this complicated. The feet alone are a dozen little steps just to get them to fold back into the leg. That could have been done a lot more simply. Overall this seems fiddly with a ton of small and easy to miss steps for robot and rado modes that aren't better than the Deformation Space Blaster that is still selling for $90.

[@siniquezu]

Leave it to ft too over engineer a box

[@optimusdaddy7739]

Pass for now but thanks FT!

[@dare2727]

Looks like a real masterpiece to me

[@noncon21]

Fans toys is typically my go to for my collection, but man that transformation is pretty bad

[@Grimlock1973]

What's up with the music😐?

[@maximusmedia76]

Wow, who thought this was good to produce is crazy. They over complicated it like they did with Jive and Parkour. And the paint chipping is really bad. I don't understand why they don't clear coat those parts for the price they ask. I am so glad I picked up Deformation Space's version. I see the cassette bot suffers the same as their two others offered with RP Acoustic Wave, floppy floppy.

[@tommygeorgejr2931]

Dammmm

[@polarisrustinpeace1797]

Damn. Transformation nightmare. Definitely disappointed.

[@stephenmaximo4017]

Unnecessarily complicated

[@transfanstoys365]

It's an adult collector's, MP-styled figure. We are supposed to be capable of doing and handling complex tasks. TT set the stage for the rest, and FT has to top it. Or they can't be considered the best brand.

[@walkers198]

Beautiful bot. Still way over complicated. We’ll see how this does

[@angersashka]

Wow, amazing ingeneering!

[@mitchimusprime4613]

So keen

[@RadtechCustoms175]

Man 3rd party is killing it. I did like the music, but I agree Not Blaster would not like it. I don’t collect MP scale but I can appreciate the great work. When you look at all the moving parts from 3rd part compared to Hasbro/Takara it’s not even close. All the flaps and folds in the legs, how do you even come up with that? Hmm🤔 I wonder if an Ai could create a transformer?

[@reymed1670]

DS won OK !

[@rleflorejr]

No No No!!!! Terrible figure all the way around?!??!

[@kinja73]

Yikes. The legs are a fold-out panel nightmare. No thanks.

[@MWRogers]

What a trainwreck 😂

[@ShinGallon]

Oh god I can already hear Emgo's comments about this transformation. This is entirely over-engineered and too complicated for a G1 bot who turns into a box. Faux parts to make what could have just been left showing in both modes, forcing parts past other parts, paint on parts that rub together (your demo video has paint scratched off? Really?)...this guy is a festival of poor design choices. Plus the radio mode looks way too simplistic, going for cartoon-accuracy should only apply to the robot modes. The alt modes should have at least *some* real-world details.

[@reymed1670]

DS wins again told you lol

[@TabbyTimeOut]

What an over engineered mess.

[@Thomas_Name]

Not okay. This looks ukrainianshit indisabled ugly. Please release a version with black parts instead of gray and with shiny chrome handle but without golden chest, Fanstoys.