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SpikeMcclane posted: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. But it's shot from an angle that obscures that "fact" completely. As far as I can tell one of your fingers is on the chest. I'm not saying you're lying, but I'm definitely saying that I still haven't SEEN this phenomenon at work.
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LightsGameraAction posted: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. The more I think about it the more surprised I am that Dark Cybertron doesn't involve literally anything else. There's so many better threads they could have picked or just began building. Shockwave resurrects a dead titan by combining death and life twisted energon is such an awesome hook, and it's just blown here as like a phone line to another universe? Put your imagination in movie trailer mode, envision a movie trailer or High moon game trailer where Shockwave pulls that off - Imagine a game where you fight against Shockwave forcefully converting Cybertronians into hideous combiners to nullify their personalities and the last fight in the game is Shockwave riding his unliving titan. This is a plot they could have used. Beyond the Roberts laid hook about the galactic council, he specifically referenced that when the evil member of the guiding hand perished that death "died" among Cybertronians. And then talked at length about how Tailgate's cyber crosis might symbolize mortality among them. You know, implying death walked among them again?
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After further review I find that all three of mine do this as well. My chest moves if I have the arms parallel to the chest, like he's pointing the gun at you. If you try to move the arm vertically in this position, the chest moves. Sure if its off to the side, the gearing does a drat good job of keeping the chest from moving, but nobody poses their figures like they're being crucified so thats pointless. What I believe everyone is referring to is the chest does not lock when you want to move the arms in a position that makes sense for arms. Because 99% of my other figures don't require me to swing their arms out to the side to move them to a new position, or hold the chest in place to do the same thing. But all in all I'm glad we were able to solve the mystery of the "my chest doesn't move" story.
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The Rage posted:After further review I find that all three of mine do this as well. My chest moves if I have the arms parallel to the chest, like he's pointing the gun at you. If you try to move the arm vertically in this position, the chest moves. Sure if its off to the side, the gearing does a drat good job of keeping the chest from moving, but nobody poses their figures like they're being crucified so thats pointless. What I believe everyone is referring to is the chest does not lock when you want to move the arms in a position that makes sense for arms. Because 99% of my other figures don't require me to swing their arms out to the side to move them to a new position, or hold the chest in place to do the same thing. I think you put this really well. Spiderdrake posted:Man, I'm no big fan of that Jazz Mold and all its 'oddities' but that's just brutal. Blitzwing can't do anything right, Jazz is a great looking carmode that can't hold it together in robot. At least Blitzwing's issues are fixable with common household tools. I've never seen even a half-assed repair attempt nor shapeways part that fixes Jazz.
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How did you fix the head release latch breaking? Tell me your secretsssss. And/or the paint scrapping in tank mode.
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Man, Maketoys Paladin is finally available on BBTS, but I want to order him with at least one more Mobine! I hope Chaos is available until the others get there too  edit: I just went and picked my Jazz up by his arm (he's in a normal, neutral pose) and his chest stays in place. Y'all being big babies about him I say 
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My RtS Jazz has a floppy unstable chest, but my G2 Generations Jazz is rock solid. No clue how that even works. Maybe the slightly translucent plastic of RtS Jazz has less surface friction?
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  Welcome to the Transformers Megathread Secret Santa!  If you're new to this Secret Santa malarkey, we all throw our names into my hat, receive a random name, and send that person a lovely gift of Transformers goodies, toys, candy, maybe some booze, and all around a big ol' ball of holiday cheer! It's fun, trust me. No really. SIGNING UP: 1) Send an email to  doctorwhosecretsanta [at] gmail [dot] com In the subject, please include the tag [TFSS] as I am running another Secret Santa (the Doctor Who one, duh) and don’t want to confuse the two.Your email should include everything you think your Santa might need to know: • Your forums name (linked to your profile) • Your actual name & address, including postal/zip code. • Whether or not you are willing to ship internationally (a big help, given the international nature of the internet). • Tell your Santa a little about yourself, to get an idea of what kind of gift you might like. Your TF-related interests, what you like to read, your favourite video games, unique hobbies, clothing size if you'd like t-shirts or something like that, etc. 2) Post in this thread! Tell us what kinds of stuff you're into! Once Santas are assigned, we're all going to be trying to figure each other out, so some healthy conversation will help things go smoothly. 3) DEADLINE: The deadline for sign-ups is Saturday, November 23rd! #SAVETHEDAY Assignments should go out shortly thereafter. 4) BUDGET: Somewhere in the $20-$30 (£15-20) range (before shipping). You're welcome to spend more, but that's no guarantee you'll get that much in return. Gag gifts are cool, but please include some kind of actual gift. 5) COLLEGE STUDENTS: Remember that these gifts will likely go out around the holiday break, so be mindful of which address you give me. If you have any concerns about packages being stolen from your doorstep, use the address of your work/friend/parents, just so long as it's cool with them. 4) INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING: If you sign up for this, you are agreeing to the possibility of getting an international address. The USPS international price calculator can be found here. 5) SHIPPING DEADLINES: • International - Friday December 13th (This is the UK to US last shipping date, so I'd imagine the same is true vice versa) • Within the same country - Wednesday December 18th 6) WHEN YOUR GIFT ARRIVES: Show us your loot! You can wait until Christmas morning if you want, but still, show us all the awesome goodies Santa brought you. 7) LATE PACKAGES: If you haven't received your gift by January 1st, let me know so I can look into it. If you haven't SENT your gift by December 18th, let me know so I can contact your recipient. 8) DON'T BE A DEADBEAT: If you sign up, please get your person something. Nobody likes a deadbeat santa. 9) FINALLY: A Merry Christmas to all of you at home!
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The_Doctor posted:
Re: Jazz, mine is kind of floppy, but hardly the type of issue that deserves two youtubes and as much discussion as you nerds have given. 
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Dark Cybertron is whatever, but hopefully it will bring some changes to the cast in both of the series. Springer and Guzzle/Impactor are past due for an appearance, and there's plenty of Decepticons unaccounted for(like Sixshot, who hasn't been seen since that Metroplex Spotlight issue). I'd really like to see an actual Decepticon or two wind up on the Lost Light, too.
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GD_American posted:What's sought after overseas that never got a Euro/Aussie/whatever release? Virtually anything in the Generations line from the last year. They've only been available from specialist shops so far, at inflated prices. I've only got Springer/Blitzwing/Sandstorm because I travel to the US on a semi-regular basis.
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This turd is a Voyager. 22 dollar toy right there. 
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The_Doctor posted:Virtually anything in the Generations line from the last year. They've only been available from specialist shops so far, at inflated prices. I've only got Springer/Blitzwing/Sandstorm because I travel to the US on a semi-regular basis. Well that's not really true, I paid through the nose same time I got Metroplex about 2 months back for Sandstorm but he's currently £20 from Kapow. Wish I'dve waited. Blitzwing was £33, don't have Springer.
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Goldskull posted:Well that's not really true, I paid through the nose same time I got Metroplex about 2 months back for Sandstorm but he's currently £20 from Kapow. Wish I'dve waited. Blitzwing was £33, don't have Springer. That counts as a speciality store, you know.
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OK fair enough it does but gently caress TRU and Forbidden Planet that have next to nothing that I want. It's eBay or Kapow. I'll give you a shout though, I'm in on Secret Santa. poo poo. I had that comic as a kid with the Optimus Santa.
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The Rage posted:After further review I find that all three of mine do this as well. My chest moves if I have the arms parallel to the chest, like he's pointing the gun at you. If you try to move the arm vertically in this position, the chest moves. Sure if its off to the side, the gearing does a drat good job of keeping the chest from moving, but nobody poses their figures like they're being crucified so thats pointless. What I believe everyone is referring to is the chest does not lock when you want to move the arms in a position that makes sense for arms. Because 99% of my other figures don't require me to swing their arms out to the side to move them to a new position, or hold the chest in place to do the same thing. I still have no idea what you're doing with the figure that makes the chest an issue. Jazz is hardly the only TF in existence that requires you to hold him to pose him.
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Joe Fisto posted:This turd is a Voyager. 22 dollar toy right there. It's funny because I personally know someone who hated the first Beast Hunters voyager OP and said "the cyberverse looks much better, why didn't they just upscale that one!?". If I was a jerk I'd be totally  with him now.Now, having seen the interview (was it vangelus? I forget) where they explain these figures I kinda understand why they did it. The packages also make special mention on how few steps they take to transform (at least for the deluxes) and the voyagers have at least been modified a bit and include more articulation than the deluxes that are just upscaled legends with little to no changes. They pretty much explained these were an experiment and that the plan was to make new, simple molds in the future but to keep modern levels of articulation. Generations molds wouldn't be simplified (more) since they're more collector-oriented. Oh and hey I guess the new voyager Predaking looks pretty neat. Secret Santa sounds super awesome but I'll be skipping this one, shipping internationally is a bit troublesome for me for now.
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So, this just got leaked. Linked for possible spoilers: http://i.imgur.com/0yE6d85.jpg TF4 Grimlock being ridden by Optimus
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Spiderdrake posted:How did you fix the head release latch breaking? Tell me your secretsssss. Mine doesn't have those issues, need a video?
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Keldroc posted:I still have no idea what you're doing with the figure that makes the chest an issue. Jazz is hardly the only TF in existence that requires you to hold him to pose him. Grab your Jazz. Put his hand at his hip, arm straight down. Don't touch his chest, hold him by the legs. Move the arm forward as if raising it to point at you. Tell me what happens to his chest. If you say "it never moves, his arm comes up perfectly" you're fuckin' lying. MB13 posted:So, this just got leaked. Linked for possible spoilers: FROLICKING AT THE MOMENT OF CREATION Also super stoked about TFSS, this'll be my first year participating. Corn Glizzy fucked around with this message at 06:59 on Nov 9, 2013 |
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The Rage posted:Grab your Jazz. Put his hand at his hip, arm straight down. Don't touch his chest, hold him by the legs. Move the arm forward as if raising it to point at you. Tell me what happens to his chest. If you say "it never moves, his arm comes up perfectly" you're fuckin' lying. I don't think you quite get what I'm saying. I'm not saying his chest doesn't pop up if you do that, I'm saying who loving cares? In 30 years of TF fandom I have never heard "arms move flawlessy in all directions at a single touch with no user-support of any other body part" as a criterion for a good mold design. The reason I have said my Jazz is fine is because until tonight I never tried to lift the arm up like that without holding the chest in place, not because I was aware it needed holding, but because it's the most obvious way to hold the figure when moving the fairly stiff arms, which are much preferable to floppy loose arms. Consider my mind blown that people have been bitching about this mold for literally years now because of a thing that only happens in a completely solvable situation. Keldroc fucked around with this message at 07:06 on Nov 9, 2013 |
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Joe Fisto posted:This turd is a Voyager. 22 dollar toy right there.
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Knormal posted:I really don't mind them making simpler Transformers for the kiddie lines, it makes a nice sweet spot between Rescue-bot level babby Transformers and the ones for older kids and manchildren, but I have a hard time supporting them charging the same price for them. No way that costs the same to make as something like Blitzwing or Springer. I agree. Also, I didn't know they were making more of the deluxes other than Bumblebee, Twinstrike, and Smokescreen. If I could get a super-sized Abominus out of this I'd actually be down with it.
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LightsGameraAction posted:I agree. Also, I didn't know they were making more of the deluxes other than Bumblebee, Twinstrike, and Smokescreen. If I could get a super-sized Abominus out of this I'd actually be down with it.
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The Rage posted:Grab your Jazz. Put his hand at his hip, arm straight down. Don't touch his chest, hold him by the legs. Move the arm forward as if raising it to point at you. Tell me what happens to his chest. If you say "it never moves, his arm comes up perfectly" you're fuckin' lying. Okay. This is beyond stupid.
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Yeah I'm not going to argue this point anymore, something you're doing, possibly the rotated Jazz head so his chin blocks the hood, or your shoulders joints have loosened up that much, is keeping it down. The chest doesn't lock in place, thats what we were getting at. End of story. Keldroc posted:
You are loving infuriating. You asked repeatedly for clarification, nobody said anything about not liking Jazz or caring that his chest moved, all I wanted to know was if someone seriously thought their Jazz had a chest that locked. Shut the gently caress up with this smug bullshit. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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The_Doctor posted:That counts as a speciality store, you know. They're also out of stock on Sandstorm 
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The Rage posted:possibly the rotated Jazz head so his chin blocks the hood, Ding ding ding! And it's shot from the underside to obscure this fact. This this starting to feel like a bigfoot hunter's forum with all the video "evidence" for a properly locking chest. Keldroc posted:In 30 years of TF fandom I have never heard "arms move flawlessy in all directions at a single touch with no user-support of any other body part" as a criterion for a good mold design. For the same reason you rarely hear the criteria "water should be wet". Why cookie Rocket fucked around with this message at 15:07 on Nov 9, 2013 |
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Why would you grab ANY figure by the legs to pose them  but hey who cares anyway this discussion i beyond idiotic already we all know his chest doesn't "lock" into place (though, at least mine, still holds firmly enough) yet almost nobody here feels it hampers the figure unless for... some reason you wanna hold him by the legs and rotate his arms? Possibly while running through the house making noises?
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Why cookie Rocket posted:Ding ding ding! And it's shot from the underside to obscure this fact. This this starting to feel like a bigfoot hunter's forum with all the video "evidence" for a properly locking chest. I think you're confused as to who the Bigfoot hunters are here, but it's cool that you're repeatedly implying Spike is a liar or somehow trying to fool you in some way. Because God knows we've never encountered variations in quality in a mold before. quote:For the same reason you rarely hear the criteria "water should be wet". Oh give me a break. If you're trying to tell me that there are whole flotillas of collectors out there who only use one finger to pose their TF arms and don't hold them securely to avoid unlatching or unpegging something elsewhere on the figure, you're going to need to provide some actual evidence. I at least need shakycam footage of peaugh in the woods in a gorilla suit posing Blitzwing's arms with a stick.
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So, Dark Cybertron is a mess, and I can't care. It's so busy! And because I'm not reading RiD ( Ramondelli!!) I feel like I'm missing half the story, too. Ugh.
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The_Doctor posted:Virtually anything in the Generations line from the last year. They've only been available from specialist shops so far, at inflated prices. I've only got Springer/Blitzwing/Sandstorm because I travel to the US on a semi-regular basis. What about Metroplex? 
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GD_American posted:What about Metroplex? He didn't want to pay for a second seat on the flight home.
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