FansToys FT-44 Thomas (AKA Astrotrain) 

I’m so excited to get this guy, Thomas looks great, love the toon accuracy but I had the toy as a kid so I’m torn how to display him. For me I think the train mode is the better of the two alt modes. Considering it’s a triple changer they’ve done a great job as usual. I’d be interested to see if they release a toy colour variant, though I’m happy with this version.

He's a train... and he's named Thomas

Very nice and thorough review as always! Many thanks! It's been less than a year since I started collecting G1 MP-scale figures systematically and soon FT-44 drew my attention. I was quickly overwhelmed by how expensive it is, taking into account that I had recently obtained some great figures like TE-01 and DS-01 for a fraction of its price. But then again, I realized that this is the best Astrotrain out there and I decided to go to the next level by ordering it. Let's see!

I love him! Looks awesome!

Hi TMReviews, thanks for the review! I especially liked your solution to bring the backpack over the shoulders and plug it in. A couple of things you didn't realise or demonstrate in your review that you might like to know for the future 1. The trapezius on his shoulders for robot mode which is mistransformed out of the box, you never opened those, 2. the yellow transclearent pieces on his arms you are only meant to have them yellow for the train mode to act as a window for the cab, they rotate away for the other modes, 3. the double jointed knee can move more than 90 degrees, I think you're meant to carefully use the lower (tighter) joint first. 4. The back of the alt modes where the arms form the cab of the train with the backpack piece, you never tabbed them in properly at the end of the transformation for either of the alt modes, 5. and I'm not sure you tabbed the side of the wings in properly for shuttle mode as they're meant to go under the piece above them somewhat. 6. FT Intentionally use metallic eyes for the Decepticons, and matte eyes for the Autobots. Same as Takara. All of this is in Paik's live stream, even though he was in a rush, he still showed all of these points that you might not have realised or known about. Just wanted to share some things that could be useful for everybody to know, which I think are pretty cool features

Yo...Holy Sugar Honey Iced Tea...imagine somebody actually complaining about not being able to fit any of their other MP or even CHUG figures inside this figure when in shuttle mode. And being totally serious about that LMAO

Mine came in today. Can’t wait til I have time to check it out. Awesome review as always!!

Fanstoys outdid themselves with this particular Masterpiece-inspired/styled Astrotrain! Thank you for reviewing this 3rd Party Masterpiece Astrotrain! I may consider buying this myself.

Looks amazing! Can’t wait! Hopefully BlitZwing isn’t too far behind.

Thank you so much! 13:37 trying to get the tail bit in. Took me over half an hour. Trying everything. Was about to look for pliers, a wrench, whatever, when I finally got it. Was close to throwing this thing through a window!!

I finally got this figure to myself. It really looks nice in all forms and I am amazed how cartoon accurate the shuttle mode looks like. Some liberties were clearly taken with the locomotive form's design, but it still looks pretty similar to the cartoon design. So the engineering of this figure is top-notch. The only problem I have with it are its knee joints; because how they have been aligned the robot leans either too much forward or too much backward, and I just cannot get it to stand straight. The lower joints are also stupidly tight which makes the transformation into a shuttle a little frustrating. Nevertheless, it is the best Generation 1 Astrotrain figure ever made, and definitely worth having.

Completely covered in paint which is awesome. Mine is on the way. Great review as always.

Yes yes yes yes *YEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS*

A perfect triple-changer! Great design, great engineering and paint job, just flawless!

Great review, and great transformation walkthrough. Looking forward to getting my copy next week, looks like another solid release. Thanks!

Name: Astrotrain. Faction: Decepticon. Function: military transport. Alt modes: train, space shuttle, and robot. Subgroup: Triplechangers. Motto:” In confusion there is opportunity.”

For me the shuttle and robot looks the best. Wish mine would ship!

Great figure, and a dope review!! I saw Paul’s review, and I understood why he didn’t transform in the order of the instructions, until I saw you perform the transformation. You made it look much less complicated!!

Thanks for the quick down and dirty on this guy and showing the transformation. It actually looks pretty fun which is not always the case with FT...

Thanks man!!! I was having so much problems with the pegs from minute 14:00, and with your tip, I could do it. Greetings from Bolivia.. great review, as always..

Great review. I’ll watch again when mine arrives for guidance. Can’t wait!

Im waiting for mine. Still think back of the lower legs are trash but rest great looking. I wont be transforming this tho. Straight onto a shelf

Mann!! He looks absolutely fantastic!! Wow!! Figure of the Year! Great video review!

Cannot wait for Blitzwing

Jettison some weight, or we'll never make it to Cybertron! TFTM's 36th anniversary is today!

His head looks kinda small compared to megs and motor master...🤔

wow! amazing toy all three modes are beautiful

Great video! Really like the look of all three modes Thomas had. To be honest, I wasn’t into the shuttle mode because of how it looked. But because it is animation accurate, I can let it slide (and it is a triple changer; at least one mode might suffer from that and, thankfully, it’s not so bad). The train mode is definitely a great alt mode. A lot of work was put into it. And Thomas looks really nice, too. Really digging the robot mode. I wish I can get this guy, but he is already sold out and I have other Fans Toys figures on preorder (I just hope Deadend is available for preorder again). On other notes, I do wish he had an ab crunch, but it’s not a big deal breaker. Most of my collection don’t have that feature. And, considering he’s a triple changer, it was expected. The back looks fine. Not that clean, but not a big mess like others I’ve seen. From what see here on how this guy looks and moves, I’m looking forward to how Blitzwing turns out.

Personally, I would have named him Gordon. The big, grumpy Express train seems to fit the personality of Astrotrain, than the small, cheeky and friendly Tank Engine.

This is the first 3rd party MP im really interested in getting absolutely perfect

Great transformation✌

Have had him for about a week now and I think he is nigh perfect. All three modes look really good (shuttle mode being the weakest imo) and once you've transformed him once he's not that bad to flip back and forth really. One of my favorite figures in my collection, right next to Roadking and Quietus T. Can't wait for Berserk after handeling this guy. Thanks for the review, keep going strong!

Txs for the vid and tips TMR, they really made for a smooth transformation, THUMBS UP!!!

I want this Astrotrain toy so bad!

Thanks for the video. I had a hard time with a few parts of the transformation, but got through it eventually. One of those plates that rotates from his chest down over his abs took me almost an hour to get loose. The screw on one of them wouldn't let the panel slide forward/back (10:50). Very frustrating. The figure is pricey, but has good weight and size to it, and looks great on the shelf.

The train mode really is the star of the show. That is so sweet it would probably be what mode I would display him in 3/4 of the time!

Incredible!!

I can't wait for Percy

OK, what is going on? This video was uploaded just an hour ago, so obviously the Thomas figure is very recently released. Yet when I just checked Toy Dojo website for its availability, it reads "Out of stock". How?

You missed bringing out his purple shoulder traps which are a nice touch by his head.

Wow someone actually transformers him in all modes

Well done. Amazing figure.

Looks amazing. Thanks

can not wait for mine tomorrow..

Zero references to the butt flap? Come on! haha

Looking at the thumbnail I thought "who the heck is Thomas Castrotrainj"? 😁

People complaining about the back of the figure. Really, The only complaint I have on this figure. It’s tad small. Wish he was a least as tall as combiner leaders. People don’t need to be slavish to that chart. Added a purple Gun. Toy version. Hopefully there will be a toy color version. Awesome bot still in my mofo opinion.

Peaks review Spoke of schaving pegs for the arms pressing down to the train cockpit. Did you notice that these Peggy’s are to thick?

Great 🎬 come on time to land on my street!

i oddly want this guy for my chug collection rather than the siege one, i’m a fan of astrotrain being a giant compared to the other characters

Astrotrain is shorter than Megatron. It’s the perfect scale

I m surprised you don’t have 44t toy repaint for review as it’s in stock on bbts

ASTRO traiiiiiinnnnnnn yeahhh

I dont know.... Thomas never did it for me and im a huge astrotrain fan. It’s the head sculpt. The back of the legs look a little empty also. I’m going to continue to hold out for something better.

May try to get this. In your opinion,is it worth 450?

Any idea why they name Astrotrain Thomas?

When I first looked at the name Thomas, I was like , “Wow like Thomas the Train 🚂?”.

Man I don't get all the complaining about the back. Some fans are way too damn picky. I'm not a fan of this character but I think FansToys nailed all three modes.

I was Really into this figure, until seeing it is smaller then Megs and Prime. My memories of AT is a bit bigger then Megs. Same issue with Takara Shockwave which I won't buy. Besides the size I believe this figure is really nice, I do agree the Head and Face are a bit off...Nice but NOT current $300 nice, but thats another story. Thanks for the Great Review as always TM.

"Thomas" 🤣🤣🤣

It's been awhile since I had time to check-in... I'm Bbbbbbaaaaacccckkkkkk 😝 lol great review TM I saw Paik4life's live of this. I like the way he looks although the legs should be a bit cleaner and wished they tabbed in better. Can't wait for mine to arrive! Keep up the good work! 💪🏿

video molto bello e informativo io sto aspettando che mi arrivi e sono molto felice , io credo che la FANS TOYS sia la migliore casa dei Transformers ho sempre preso TAKARA TOMMY come punto di riferimento ma la FT per me e' l'eccellenza.

So he has no backward movement on the arms? Can his wings go back?

Atleast this guy is not parts forming like the earthrise. Which i think is a little lazy. Awesome sauce'em brother.

Gonna get this for my chug scale ⚖️ siege/ earthrise/kingdom.. legacy etc.. Astro-train big 😏 replace my DX9 astrotrain .

Did you hear the rumor about fans toys shutting down?🤔

I can't fit Devastator inside the shuttle mode. Fail.

Do you know why Fanstoys has shutdown their website , is there any bad news ?

Wow that's a lot of gray paint

10/10

It's great but 300 bucks on the aftermarket is awful lot

❤️‼️

Choo Choo

Can’t get past step at 13:20. Keep getting a gap.

Face sculpt looks way off to me.

I have qc 34 two away from you!

I loved my Thomas, but what's been going on with scalpers and resellers for the ppl who don't is so disgusting it has made me consider to leave the hobby altogether. Not sure if it's valid but the disgust has also transferred a bit to Fanstoys in a way that I can't see my other figures in the same way

Terrible figure, can't fit TW Constructor in it!

This guy is a huge letdown for me mainly because no ab crunch which ruins the experience for me. Paik's figure broke on him during first transformation. I think I'm just losing interest in the hobby altogether because these companies are too busy making figures wrong to replace them later with higher priced figures. Plus, need to stop paying China anyway.