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I stopped by Target today and they had lots of Swerves and Cosmoses and some Beast Hunters on clearance. I almost bought an Abominus for $8 but decided against it.
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I'm going to feel like a loving tool if they get bunch of the Swerve/Cosmos wave around here after months of  , only for them to shelfwarm.Then retailers won't order Tailgate and Skrapnel and.....
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May 16, 2014 18:49
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Endless Mike posted:I almost bought an Abominus for $8 but decided against it. The individual pieces are cute little robots, and then they merge to form self-loathing.
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May 16, 2014 18:50
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There's some alternate ways to combine him that look a bit better, I might post the one I'm using later. Basically uses mutually grabbed weapons as an alternate way to attach the arms so that hun-grr's arms are now part of the torso, and the arm components are now contibruting some of their mass to the torso as well.... something Hasbro really should've considered doing. I use two sinnertwins as legs and winrazor as a winged backpack as well. Regardless, combiners are NEVER perfect, something has to get sacrificed and in this case it was definitely NOT the components. Even if Abominus himself is questionable, the terrorcons are awesome individually. Really too little was sacrificed... none of the components except for hun-grr have extra transformation joints for turning into abominus parts. If legends G1 dinobots were made that were half as good as these I would be very pleased.
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May 16, 2014 18:59
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ForeverSmug posted:MPs never count. For such a popular character, Soundwave barely ever gets toys. Regardless of how wrong a statement that is, even if MP Soundwave had been the G1 mold double-sized, the marvels of engineering that are the MP tapes still would have been worth it. I have no real interest in an MP Blaster, but at this point I hope they make one purely so we can see what they do for the Autobot cassettes.
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May 16, 2014 19:35
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Rita Repulsa posted:There's some alternate ways to combine him that look a bit better, I might post the one I'm using later. Basically uses mutually grabbed weapons as an alternate way to attach the arms so that hun-grr's arms are now part of the torso, and the arm components are now contibruting some of their mass to the torso as well.... something Hasbro really should've considered doing. I'd be very interested in seeing this!
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May 16, 2014 19:37
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Rita Repulsa posted:There's some alternate ways to combine him that look a bit better, I might post the one I'm using later. Basically uses mutually grabbed weapons as an alternate way to attach the arms so that hun-grr's arms are now part of the torso, and the arm components are now contibruting some of their mass to the torso as well.... something Hasbro really should've considered doing. The biggest problem with these combiners is that the thighs are always part of the torso, rather than the leg parts splitting in two; it'd be a little harder to engineer, but it'd be a hell of a lot sturdier, since the ball joint of the hip wouldn't have to hold the whole leg, and you wouldn't end up with the weird Megaman proportions the two recent combiners have. I'd like to see them take on Menasor next; he'd be a good test for making a good combiner, since most of his parts are almost identical, and Motormaster's comparative scale would give them a lot of leeway.
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May 16, 2014 20:40
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Bumblebee sucks and I hate him and I'm only getting him so he can be bullied by Dinobots.
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May 16, 2014 20:52
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ForeverSmug posted:Then retailers won't order Tailgate and Skrapnel and..... Don't mind me... Just picked this up today in London. 
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May 16, 2014 20:57
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What is up with that face on the package?
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May 16, 2014 21:03
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SlothfulCobra posted:What is up with that face on the package? You know how they always put angry eyebrows on kirby in american boxart This is basically that. Tailgate cannot be cute, he has to be mean like the other bots to sell to the boys market
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May 16, 2014 21:13
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He's not just mean, he's straight up going for your purse like the old Dreamworks character books. How the hell did they have the perfect picture for Swerve, and then that?
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May 16, 2014 22:19
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People on TFW reporting that Targets they've called are saying they're not putting the AOE stuff out until May 25th. So if you're looking to get AOE stuff tomorrow, TRU and Wal-Mart are probably better first strike options.
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May 16, 2014 22:25
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Attempt to make him cuter: 
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May 16, 2014 22:27
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The_Doctor posted:London I meant in a real country. 
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May 16, 2014 23:02
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ForeverSmug posted:I meant in a real country. Sorry I can't hear you over our free healthcare. 
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Keldroc posted:People on TFW reporting that Targets they've called are saying they're not putting the AOE stuff out until May 25th. So if you're looking to get AOE stuff tomorrow, TRU and Wal-Mart are probably better first strike options.
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May 16, 2014 23:46
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The_Doctor posted:Sorry I can't hear you over our free healthcare. If you have free healthcare you should probably get your ears checked.
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May 17, 2014 00:09
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I found a Scorn and Slug at Wal- Mart today. I was not impressed with these things from their pictures at ALL...but holy goddamn poo poo, they are both just completely fantastic. The colors pop, transformations are fun and not too fiddly, and their head sculpts look like real transformers and not bay-bug monstrosities. Get them get them.
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May 17, 2014 00:36
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Yeah Wave 1 is loving cool. I also got the Leader Prime... Eh. Going back for Crosshairs tomorrow.
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Captain Magic posted:What all is in Wave 2? Hound, Galvatron, Strafe, Drift, Slash, and apparently a Leader Bumblebee. I guess this means Snarl and Slog might be Wave 3.
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May 17, 2014 01:03
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Local TRU had about 4 shelves reserved for TF4 toys and a fairly decent space set aside for the twin pack Grimlocks and MP Grimlock too. Looks like TRU should be stocking all the new TF toys this weekend, according to a TRU employee.
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May 17, 2014 01:28
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You want Redecos? You got Redecos! looks to be: 1. Alpha Trion 2. The Fallen 3. Sunstreaker (Diaclone police car??) 4. Smokescreen (G2,right?) 5. Drift (Deadlock was his Decepticon name,right?) 6. Overdrive 7. Downshift 8. Camshaft 9. Silverbolt! 10. Go Shooter (Maybe this was inspired by the Nightbeat repaint of this mold?)
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May 17, 2014 01:29
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Keldroc posted:Regardless of how wrong a statement that is, even if MP Soundwave had been the G1 mold double-sized, the marvels of engineering that are the MP tapes still would have been worth it. I have no real interest in an MP Blaster, but at this point I hope they make one purely so we can see what they do for the Autobot cassettes. This a thousand times. I love MP Soundwave but the 5 tape dudes that came along with him quantify the word Masterpiece on their own, they're loving brilliant.
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May 17, 2014 01:38
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Silverbolt is a brilliant use of that mold. I'd buy that in a heartbeat.
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May 17, 2014 02:14
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SpikeMcclane posted:We're 7/5/3 years post movies and we've had main, iconic bots take over 2 years from their movie debut to get a classics toy (Jazz) or have no classics toy at all (Devastator), unless you try to count the video games (Soundwave). Devastator got a classics toy, it was the last figure released for OG Classics as a walmart exclusive. It was shortly after the time of the Universe 1.0 Devastator exclusives as well which had the Build Team Devastator and micromaster Devastator. The Taint Reaper fucked around with this message at 02:46 on May 17, 2014 |
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There was a follow up post. That's an energon toy. Edit regarding edit: and none of those are classics. SpikeMcclane fucked around with this message at 02:48 on May 17, 2014 |
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May 17, 2014 02:46
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SpikeMcclane posted:There was a follow up post. That's an energon toy. A good portion of Universe 2.0 was Energon and Cybertron figure repaints. I think those still count as classics figures despite not being original molds. It's also the only time the Decepticons got a proper large beast former with RID Bruticus.
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May 17, 2014 02:48
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The Taint Reaper posted:A good portion of Universe 2.0 was Energon and Cybertron figure repaints. I think those still count as classics figures despite not being original molds. Not on my shelf they don't. All the Energon and Cybertron repaint "Classics" are garbage. And even if someone doesn't think they're garbage, that hardly counts as making a new figure of that character. This did originate with the wish for new G1-style Generations Dinobot molds, after all. Keldroc fucked around with this message at 03:06 on May 17, 2014 |
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May 17, 2014 03:04
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Keldroc posted:Not on my shelf they don't. All the Energon and Cybertron repaint "Classics" are garbage. And even if someone doesn't think they're garbage, Wait, what the hell.
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May 17, 2014 03:25
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I wish Hasbro Australia will stop ignoring the current Generations/Thrilling 30 stuff. Seriously I have not seen any Generations stuff in Australian stores since the wave which had Thundercracker in it
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May 17, 2014 03:40
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Ka0 posted:Wait, what the hell. What's confusing about that? I assume somewhere out there are people who think the Classics repaint of Energon Devastator is just dandy, but even they wouldn't claim that's the same as a new mold set of the Constructicons.
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Just got Scorn, Slug and Crosshairs. I opened Crosshairs first expecting him to be the least cool of the bunch, but he's actually pretty fun. Sure he may be using a car as a carapace but the design somehow makes it work as a trenchcoat look. The green is way, WAY less bright than it appears on pictures and promo shots and has a nice gloss to it. I painted his goggles, plus some tiny detailing on his forearms and abdomen to make them pop. It's been said before but he really should have come with two Tec9 instead of one cool machinegun and two pea shooters, they're way too small. Don't bother "pegging" his trenchcoat rubber parts into his chest, they stay in place just fine without it and he's way more posable this way. Slug is fun even if all his dino spiky bits kinda obstruct each other during transformation. Scorn is easily the best of the bunch and possibly the whole wave (haven't bought BB yet, maybe on discount later), if you're getting just one deluxe, or only the dinobots, get Scorn first. What a fun dino! With all three I feel that they're using more paint again and possibly better plastic, they're all sturdy and well designed, not a single floppy joint. Pretty happy with this toyline so far!
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Dinobot Slash is the perfect base mold for a Generations Transmetal 2 Dinobot if I ever saw one. Like it is honestly the best raptor transformer they have ever made. The beast Mode looks actually organic and not wierldly proportioned either. Just wish they were back at their 10 dollar price point instead of 16. Because between the 5 Deluxes, the Voyager, and whatever the best version of Grimlock is, I'm going to have to get them. This is probably the best Dinobot team in ages. It has all the original members in their proper forms and some new ones. It certainly beats the hell out of the Beast Machines Dinobots, Walmart Dinobots, and the PCC Dinobots. Although there will always be in a place in my heart for T-Wrecks. The Taint Reaper fucked around with this message at 05:02 on May 17, 2014 |
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Keldroc posted:Silverbolt is a brilliant use of that mold. I'd buy that in a heartbeat. Am I the only one who wishes they knew anything about electronics so they could install a little speaker that plays that cheesy fanfare from Beast Wars when you push a button?
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May 17, 2014 05:24
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The_Doctor posted:Attempt to make him cuter: Sorry, but I'm afraid you're going to have to take an X-acto knife to that horn.
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404GoonNotFound posted:Sorry, but I'm afraid you're going to have to take an X-acto knife to that horn. He got it fixed!
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May 17, 2014 06:14
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Welp, I just spent $400 on a Botcon box set. Kill me.
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