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ForeverSmug posted:To paraphrase RLM, Smokescreen and Bumblebee should have been combined into one character. Named Bumblebee. Bumblescreen
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I opened Swerve and Cosmos today and Swerve is just great. Simple, sure, but loads of character. I do wish he came with My First Blaster instead of Flanker, though.
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Anybody want an Optimus Prime that turns into a Honestly, that bot mode is pretty rad.
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As someone on TFW pointed out, that was a missed opportunity for Rung. Edit: Also is it just me or is that a really ladylike Prime?
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Rita Repulsa posted:I still contend that Bee was a good character, but he could have been loving fantastic if he spoke. He was one of the best parts of the final movie. I still think Bumblebee would have been better in the films as a sort of compact car, though. Something small and at first glance not very intimating or impressive. It'd go back a bit to him being a little VW. The idea of Bumblebee sort of existing as much larger than the smaller Transformers, but also much smaller than most his vehicular counterparts could have lent itself to him being like a Bruce Lee of the Autobots: Fast, smaller, agile and able to pull off things akin to human martial arts moves and attacks that technically more powerful and larger Transformers couldn't. I honestly think the 'talk through recordings' thing that Bee did in the films would have, on the other hand been maybe a better gimmick for them to save for Soundwave if they were electing to ever really feature him heavily in a movie and not use his cool "electronic voice" effect -- but that's too awesome to get rid of.
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Lepecard posted:Anybody want an Optimus Prime that turns into a Yes. Like a motherfucker.
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May 19, 2014 03:00
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Lepecard posted:Anybody want an Optimus Prime that turns into a Oh poo poo Rung is finally getting a figure!
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An Angry Bug posted:As someone on TFW pointed out, that was a missed opportunity for Rung. Ladylike in the sense he has big hips?
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May 19, 2014 03:24
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If I were rich. http://www.ebay.com/itm/251518238791
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May 19, 2014 03:37
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Endless Mike posted:I opened Swerve and Cosmos today and Swerve is just great. Simple, sure, but loads of character. I do wish he came with My First Blaster instead of Flanker, though.
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May 19, 2014 03:40
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Veg posted:If I were rich. Never spend that much money for a black repaint. Never sped that much money for a black repaint that could easily be done in Generations.
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May 19, 2014 03:41
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An Angry Bug posted:As someone on TFW pointed out, that was a missed opportunity for Rung. Gundamus Prime
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Captain Invictus posted:Gundamus Prime Those Tomino ball bearing hips.
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Veg posted:If I were rich. What is it with malaysian sellers and their stupidly high prices anyway.
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May 19, 2014 04:37
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Man, Evasion Prime is really, really good. I can't stop transforming him. If you're waiting on the two-pack, you can keep waiting; I just didn't like all the chrome and I'm not sure I want that Grimlock. But this is really nice figure.
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Lepecard posted:Anybody want an Optimus Prime that turns into a what's that trailer thing on the other page? Also I had a robot that changed into a pen when I was a kid, the feet each had a pen tip and you could choose between inks by which foot was down more. It was kind of cool, but it dried up fast.
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Anora posted:what's that trailer thing on the other page? I THINK that might be a picture of the upcoming candy toys.
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^^ Yep, it's Kabaya Star Convoy I finally got the first three movie Dinobots. I really like voyager Grimlock more than I thought I would, his fat-bodied tyrannosaurus mode doesn't look nearly as bad in person as I was expecting, and his biting jaw actually manages to do the rare thing of being a play feature that doesn't detract from anything. He sure makes WfC Grimlock seem a lot worse. I'm the most disappointed in Slug, his triceratops mode is decent enough (though I need to take a x-acto knife to those stupid chin horns and tail spikes), but his robot mode suffers from the same problem as the Beast Wars triceratops mold, where there's so much junk around his shoulders it all bumps into each other. I'm also kind of conflicted over his and Scorn's heads, I'm really glad they're not the usual movie clump of shards, but they went a little too far in the other direction for me, they're both just so plain. Looking ahead I'm glad to see the upcoming dinos have more variation. Knormal fucked around with this message at 08:27 on May 19, 2014 |
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I think Scorn and Slug's heads will look better once the full group of seven is all standing together and the knight aesthetic is plainly on display.
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Oh hey, news of a 3rd party Cyclonus, voyager sized apparently, based of the engineering of the Jizai Garage Kit. That sounds neat, I wonder who is making it Oh joy, KFC...
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The movie Dinobot heads are probably the only good movie heads we've ever had. My biggest problem with Slug is those clips on the back of his legs that plug into his backplate in beast mode- if anything moves at all, that plate pops right back off.
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May 19, 2014 14:12
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People seem to like Citizen Stack, so maybe there is hope for their Cyclonus. Speaking of him, anyone own Mania King? Interested to hear opinions on him.
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May 19, 2014 14:22
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Xenomrph posted:I dropped the coin on the third-party My First Blaster, it was totally worth it.
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therealjon_ posted:People seem to like Citizen Stack, so maybe there is hope for their Cyclonus. A lot of people don't like him, but I do. He has gorilla arms which a lot of people hate, but for the poses I put him in, they work. He's not a bad toy, he's just not worth the $115 price tag. If he goes on sale, then he'd probably be worth it.
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Deluxe Crosshairs seems pretty well built for the most part but I feel like I'm gonna break High Octane Bumblebee whenever I transform him. Plus I like the vehicle mode paint jobs and I'd hate to get them all scratched up fiddling with getting the parts to snap together. Is online the only way so far to get wave 2 figures?
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Endless Mike posted:I want to, but it says it's not designed for regular TF hands to hold. 
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therealjon_ posted:People seem to like Citizen Stack, so maybe there is hope for their Cyclonus. I went into the citizen stack thread on tfw some days ago and there was a huge slapfight about a second version or something. Maybe the first issue had some QC issues? I admit I mostly scrolled through the whole thing because for all the talk about "gently caress you hasblo, thank god for 3rd paties saving this hobby!  " that goes in the fandom, the 3rd party subforum has gotta be the whiniest, most childish subsection of that forum.
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Xenomrph posted:I seem to recall seeing video reviews with as Swerve holding it so I dunno. The third party Swerve by the same guys looks 90% like the Hasbro one in robot form. Both the gun and the Swerve (Trash-Talk) are really good quality. Mine are, anyway. Came with a Gears (Cogwheel) so yay Gears? Swerve and Tailgate should be a team, Like Skids and Mudflap from the second Bay movie, only not, you know, moronic racist caricatures. Tailgate wasn't part of the war at all, he's pretty innocent and close to G1 Bumblebee in idealism and underdog-ness. Swerve is basically Hawkeye from M.A.S.H. Lots of good kid-interest hooks there to distract from a more serious main plot.
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CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:Cyclonus and Tailgate should be a team,
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CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:The third party Swerve by the same guys looks 90% like the Hasbro one in robot form. The Tom Paris and Harry Kim of the Transformers world.
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At a 30th Anniversary celebration event in Japan, Takara-Tomy stated that more Destron Masterpieces are finally on the way. Plenty of time for everyone to argue over whether they should do Megatron, Shockwave or Galvatron first. And then it'll turn out to be Ramjet, Dirge and Thrust versions of MP-11 and that's it.
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Keldroc posted:At a 30th Anniversary celebration event in Japan, Takara-Tomy stated that more Destron Masterpieces are finally on the way. Plenty of time for everyone to argue over whether they should do Megatron, Shockwave or Galvatron first. Bravo leaving Skywarp off that list, what a sad (and probably prescient) twist of the knife.
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I want another Megatron. A good one this time.
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Shockwave, Galvatron, and Dirge are acceptable to me.
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May 19, 2014 21:36
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Tailgate has a Wii shoved into his chest. I can't unsee it from the toy. Also I thought he was a girl up until later on in the comics. The Avatars have no bearing because whirl's is some one eyed girl.
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Artum posted:You monster. Cyclonus can be the cool big bro who's pretty metal. 
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ForeverSmug posted:Reflector Each sold separately. Blackheart posted:I want another Megatron. A good one this time. This is what actually needs to happen. The MP-10 of Megatrons.
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