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The Rage posted:Rhinox and Double Dealer are up for pre-order on HTS, theres a 20% and free shipping code right now too Family2013 Gotta say despite being a retool, Double Dealer looks really snazzy and the color scheme has it down perfectly.
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The Rage posted:Rhinox and Double Dealer are up for pre-order on HTS, theres a 20% and free shipping code right now too Family2013
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TheDK posted:I think I'm going to spring for the Takara Rhinox, the paint is that much better. Colors are really better, but I can't see spending 3x the price
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WendigoJohnson posted:Gotta say despite being a retool, Double Dealer looks really snazzy and the color scheme has it down perfectly. I'd love to know if they fixed any of the myriad QC problems Blitzwing had, because Doubledealer does look cool as gently caress. I highly doubt it though.
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Bluestreak arrived this morning, another £34 HLJ result! Only had time to take him out the box but he looks fabulous - a gorgeous car mode and all paint apps seem to be nicely done without any problems. Will stick up some pics later. God, I love the 280ZX, such a lovely car.
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The Rage posted:Rhinox and Double Dealer are up for pre-order on HTS, theres a 20% and free shipping code right now too Family2013 Thanks for this! I'm going to hold off on Double Dealer for now, but Rhinox looks awesome. Also, I'll be goddamned, Chaos/Paladin is finally in stock at TFSource. You boys be careful you don't run into any Rapture today.
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Goldskull posted:I'd love to know if they fixed any of the myriad QC problems Blitzwing had, because Doubledealer does look cool as gently caress. I highly doubt it though. I'm sure there will be plenty of canaries early-birding that particular coal mine for us in the fandom. If they did fix the issues there will be plenty of time to pick him up, I think.
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This guy is pure love.   Quite honestly, if I can get the full season one crew out of this line, that'd be me happily done for good.
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If you don't avoid Bumblebee toys (or beast Hunters) out of principle, I'll tell you that Night Shadow Bumblebee (BH BB black repaint) is super cool. Ever since DOTM murderbee I skip the initial yellow version and wait for the dark repaint, and this one does not disappoint. Not only that, it looks like Hasbro found their lost bucket of paint for this guy since he's pretty well painted. Prowl is also pretty neat, better than Smokescreen IMO.
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Blackheart posted:If you don't avoid Bumblebee toys (or beast Hunters) out of principle, I'll tell you that Night Shadow Bumblebee (BH BB black repaint) is super cool. Ever since DOTM murderbee I skip the initial yellow version and wait for the dark repaint, and this one does not disappoint. Not only that, it looks like Hasbro found their lost bucket of paint for this guy since he's pretty well painted. I'm mad that beast hunters got a proper sized and painted Huffer figure before Generations did. 
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Dark Cybertron justifies itself in a single panel. The rest of it is kind of a meandering soup and I hope everyone enjoys a second rehash of the Furman stuff! Oh boy!
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If the rehash is an interesting take on the material, absolutely (disclaimer: I haven't read any of it yet). Furman's ideas weren't bad, it was the execution that was lacking.
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Nov 7, 2013 03:09
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Spiderdrake posted:Dark Cybertron justifies itself in a single panel. What panel? Is it Swerves ring tone?
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WendigoJohnson posted:I'm mad that beast hunters got a proper sized and painted Huffer figure before Generations did.
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Spiderdrake posted:Dark Cybertron justifies itself in a single panel. Furman's initial 80 or so IDW issues are the best TF fiction yet, so I'm down with this.
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Veg posted:What panel? the panel that began with "SIR!"
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Man I thought I was the only person who liked Garnak! But yeah I liked the ring tone, that panel, the Whirl X-man line and Prowl's shot at the dinobots was good. Very mixed bag - The crossover itself seems pointless but the writing around it seems good? Why cookie Rocket posted:Furman's initial 80 or so IDW issues are the best TF fiction yet, so I'm down with this. Also there's a serious plotting problem with Jhiaxus' communication to Shockwave, and the last page reveal is a wet fart on the Furman-scale.
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Knormal posted:The question is, should a proper Generations-sized Huffer be the size of Optimus Prime to make the alt modes to scale, or be small and have the alt mode be out of scale or something different than G1? Altmode slightly smaller than Optimus, but stumpy legs and arms in bot mode, like a dwarf.
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Knormal posted:The question is, should a proper Generations-sized Huffer be the size of Optimus Prime to make the alt modes to scale, or be small and have the alt mode be out of scale or something different than G1? Assuming Huffer is based on an Isuzu box truck (or something very similar) he isn't a vehicle that's as big as a Peterbilt COE. His transformation also gives him even less extra height in bot mode than does Prime's transformation.
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Alright who is it that claims that all their Generations/RTS Jazz molds have the chest lock into place? I want pictures, show me what exactly locks into place, because my Jazz, my G2 Jazz, and my Wheelie do not lock, not a single one. Bust out a camera, show me what I'm missing that locks your chest in place, either pictures or video. Put up or shut up time.
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The Rage posted:Alright who is it that claims that all their Generations/RTS Jazz molds have the chest lock into place? I want pictures, show me what exactly locks into place, because my Jazz, my G2 Jazz, and my Wheelie do not lock, not a single one. Bust out a camera, show me what I'm missing that locks your chest in place, either pictures or video. Put up or shut up time. Paging SpikeMcClain you have a call-out on line one.
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The Rage posted:Alright who is it that claims that all their Generations/RTS Jazz molds have the chest lock into place? I want pictures, show me what exactly locks into place, because my Jazz, my G2 Jazz, and my Wheelie do not lock, not a single one. Bust out a camera, show me what I'm missing that locks your chest in place, either pictures or video. Put up or shut up time. I made a similar challenge both here and at TFW. I'm both backing you up and telling you that as far as I can tell people are filthy liars. edit: you will likely get a "well MY version does it, it reportedly varies so sorry about your bad luck LOL". I've never even seen video of it holding up to arm posing or anything. The fact that Blitzwing gets constant hate and Jazz gets a free pass is completely bewildering to me.
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It doesn't lock. Never said it did. I have... *goes and counts* 8 of the mold, and 7/8 are pretty drat solid. 1 is a bit looser than the others, but has no issues with being posed. I used to have a youtube video of me swinging one around by the arm, but that account got wiped. If you do have a loosey goosey one, when posing, hold place your finger and thumb on the center of the chest/bumper and the middle of the back/roof: should be a pretty natural way of holding it and there's no chance of the chest mechanism moving while you move the arms. Edit: Here's a quick video I just did with the closest one on hand. The original video was with the first version of the mold. And if anyone was wondering which one was looser than the other 7: it's Stepper. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkAtIsDTq8g SpikeMcclane fucked around with this message at 03:40 on Nov 8, 2013 |
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I believe that's what the kids these days are calling "pure ownage."
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Why cookie Rocket posted:The fact that Blitzwing gets constant hate and Jazz gets a free pass is completely bewildering to me.
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SpikeMcclane posted:It doesn't lock. Never said it did. I have... *goes and counts* 8 of the mold, and 7/8 are pretty drat solid. 1 is a bit looser than the others, but has no issues with being posed. I used to have a youtube video of me swinging one around by the arm, but that account got wiped. If you do have a loosey goosey one, when posing, hold place your finger and thumb on the center of the chest/bumper and the middle of the back/roof: should be a pretty natural way of holding it and there's no chance of the chest mechanism moving while you move the arms. Answers my question perfectly. It's not locked, you're holding it, which is exactly how I move the arms on mine. I thought somebody claimed that theirs locked down and could not be moved at all once done. None of mine are loose, that chest just doesn't lock into anything for anyone. 
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Spiderdrake posted:Man I thought I was the only person who liked Garnak! But yeah I liked the ring tone, that panel, the Whirl X-man line and Prowl's shot at the dinobots was good. Man I completely forgot how all that dead universe poo poo wrapped up in the past. Could you remind me just quickly what happened to each of the crew again?
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The whole dead universe thing is just such a....suckhole at the middle of a fantastic last five years of TF fiction. Of all the things to build a crossover event around, they had to pick the absolute worst one.
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Prowl's homicide investigations back on earth were so much more interesting and compelling than Megatron fighting a massive swarm of zombies while prime was trying to stop Galvatron from pooping in Cybertron's water supply, or whatever he was supposed to be doing.
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On the brighter side, the direction they're taking Soundwave is fascinating. Really a good way to rewrite an iconic character that was also a blank slate.
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The worst thing GD is it's been concluded repeatedly and none of this makes any sense. If you wanna use the Dead Universe again, maybe you should actually build a convincing reason that it's being used again? They seriously jammed two or three unrelated plot threads together and walked away from it after going 'good enough'. I genuinely want Barber to explain at some point the relation between the combiner project, using stolen data from Monstructor, the regenesis project, the dead universe, the two separate groups of titan hunters, and how any of this poo poo lines up. And yeah, police action was fantastic. Can we return to special ops "murdering police and leaving cripples in the desert" Jazz and buddy-cop Streetwise with a groaning Prowl as his partner? edit: this isn't sarcasm, Jazz as a dude who can get poo poo done while still being a light-hearted character explicitly defined as for the benefit of others really works for me. I really recommend people dig up the spotlight of him taking on all 5 Predacons with a blind Tracks. LightsGameraAction posted:Man I completely forgot how all that dead universe poo poo wrapped up in the past. Could you remind me just quickly what happened to each of the crew again? Cyclonus - Punched out by Pretenders (seriously! Furman used these! And they were good!) Survived outside the dead universe too long, was melting down crewmembers when 'resurrected' by the dark matrix, fought alongside Galvatron (they're mad at him for invading Kimia with sweeps and slaughtering non-combatants btw) then punched out Galvatron for hurting Cybertron. Re-formatted by Vector Sigma. Was specifically classified as a non-Decepticon by Chaos, but no one remembers this Scourge - Presumed dead on Cybertron at the end of Chaos. No further mention, seems to have been literally the only casualty of the entire event. Nova Prime - Died at the end of Furman's run, killed by Galvatron who appears beside him in this issue. Taunted Galvatron from the Dead Universe during the series no one should read. Resurrected here supposedly (though note Galvatron calls him Nova, when I think he was going by Nemesis previously?) Straxus - Died on Earth from Dead Universe withdrawl syndrome or whatever. Never mentioned again. Grindcore - Same as above. Another great design/name they forget to use. Tailpipe - Melted in a smelting pool or turned into a sweep. No one will ever know your secret, Tailgate! Bludgeon - Somehow had his brain damage from the Pretender process fixed and now works for Jhiaxus Jhiaxus - Killed by Arcee an infinite number of times in Revelation. Somehow got back to Cybertron because the Autobots have serious issues with prisoner policy. He will die at the end of this crossover. Kup - Is in the Dead Universe and will likely come back as old, pre-AHM/pretender Kup. Which is honestly poo poo, gently caress reverting character arcs
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SpikeMcclane posted:...when posing, hold place your finger and thumb on the center of the chest/bumper and the middle of the back/roof: should be a pretty natural way of holding it and there's no chance of the chest mechanism moving while you move the arms. Okay, because this came up again, I seriously gotta chime in; How the hell is this not common sense? For the longest time when people would complain about this I would go to my shelf, grab the figure and never figure out what was wrong with it until a couple of months ago when someone else suggested holding it in the above fashion. The only way I can see this being any issue at all is if you're holding him by the head, crotch or legs. I've always held all my figures by the center of the torso when posing limbs because its usually the most secure feeling spot to me. I guess my counter call out would be where exactly are so many people holding him that its really that big an issue? PriNcessofDarXness fucked around with this message at 07:41 on Nov 8, 2013 |
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When IDW had that Kup Spotlight that ended up with him basically being a sockpuppet for Prowl, that was quite possibly the greatest idea they could have ever thought of that they then completely loving abandoned.
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SOON  I'm glad to see they didn't gently caress up the colors. I hope the other Dinobots are a bit bigger, Swoop being small is fine since he's a pteranodon, but I'd like my dinosaurs to be at least at least close to in scale. If Sludge isn't at least the same size as Grimlock I'm going to have an OCD fit.
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GD_American posted:When IDW had that Kup Spotlight that ended up with him basically being a sockpuppet for Prowl, that was quite possibly the greatest idea they could have ever thought of that they then completely loving abandoned. I don't understand this Dark Cybertron stuff, surprised Roberts put his hand up for going through it all again.
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"You're enjoying your time on MTMTE, Roberts?" "Yessir! It's great fun!" "That's great. Now, we're aware crossovers are a big thing in comics, and we'd like to crossover MTMTE and RID, and we'd like you to help write it." "Ok, sure!" "We're bringing back the dark universe for it, because Furman loved it so much!" "Um. Ok." "You do want to write it, don't you, Roberts? You do want to keep writing MTMTE, don't you?" "Yes..." "Thought so."
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GD_American posted:On the brighter side, the direction they're taking Soundwave is fascinating. Really a good way to rewrite an iconic character that was also a blank slate. Yeah, though part of me feels it's humanised him too much, and given him a nobility that doesn't quite match with the way he's typically described (cunning, malicious, spying on everyone and absolutely despised by all for it). His devotion to the cause seems based in such genuinely decent reasoning that it jars with him being part of an outfit that routinely ravages worlds and mercilessly crushes any who stand against them, long after the hierarchy and system they originally rose up against have been destroyed. On the other hand, it makes for fascinating reading so, eh. As for Dark Cybertron, I simply cannot for a moment believe Shockwave serves or bows before anyone. If he isn't playing an angle, I will be terribly disappointed.
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PriNcessofDarXness posted:Okay, because this came up again, I seriously gotta chime in; How the hell is this not common sense? For the longest time when people would complain about this I would go to my shelf, grab the figure and never figure out what was wrong with it until a couple of months ago when someone else suggested holding it in the above fashion. The only way I can see this being any issue at all is if you're holding him by the head, crotch or legs. I've always held all my figures by the center of the torso when posing limbs because its usually the most secure feeling spot to me. I guess my counter call out would be where exactly are so many people holding him that its really that big an issue? Yeah, while the chest doesn't "click" in or anything, it is held in place when you hold it, and if you fold the car roof correctly on his back it helps too (the windshield fits snugly there). It's completely different from Blitzwing because he needs actual modifying to work correctly. (Just don't file him down or anything, it's not necessary). Do note that I still like Blitzwing a lot, however.
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Spiderdrake posted:The worst thing GD is it's been concluded repeatedly and none of this makes any sense. If you wanna use the Dead Universe again, maybe you should actually build a convincing reason that it's being used again? They seriously jammed two or three unrelated plot threads together and walked away from it after going 'good enough'. I genuinely want Barber to explain at some point the relation between the combiner project, using stolen data from Monstructor, the regenesis project, the dead universe, the two separate groups of titan hunters, and how any of this poo poo lines up. Ah thanks... that's all really confusing. I mean I remembered what happened in the original Chaos event, I forgot how everyone wound up where they are now. Every time the Dead Universe has been brought up I've thought that the end game for it was Unicron. Then instead they had all the Decepticons combine into a big demon thing called D-void except for Megatron because he's overpowered far beyond the point of being interesting anymore in the IDW-verse. Maybe they'll do it this time.
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The Rage posted:Answers my question perfectly. It's not locked, you're holding it, which is exactly how I move the arms on mine. I thought somebody claimed that theirs locked down and could not be moved at all once done. None of mine are loose, that chest just doesn't lock into anything for anyone. Yes, but the point of the video is that I'm only touching the arm and swinging him around trying to make the chest flop open, but there's enough friction in the gearing that it doesn't move.
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