(Femme-Bot Friday #82)
Way back in 2016, a 3D printed figure based on the TransFormers Prime character Airachnid turned up on my
Facebook feed, courtesy of (seemingly former) YouTuber Daimchoc. Given
that Hasbro's own
Deluxe class toy
was an absolute travesty, any new figure based on that character didn't
exactly have a high bar to clear, but this looked to be phenomenal,
even in its grey/white prototype form. A painted sample appeared not long afterward, looking incredible and, from the moment I first clapped eyes on it, it has been
on my Want List, even though obtaining it seemed unlikely given its provenance. Then again, stranger things have happened...
Imagine my surprise, then, when APC Toys revealed images of their latest
TransFormers Prime figure earlier in the year and, rather than being
just another minor upgrade to an official TF Prime toy, it was that very 3D
printed custom figure, fully painted and very much on the way to a full
production run. The moment it became available, I put in my order... And,
precisely 30 days later, it arrived, straight from China.
Is this new, Third Party take on the other alluring Femme-Bot Fatale
actually any better than Hasbro's? Let's take a look...
