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DoctorWhat posted:Name some G1 toys that have shoulders, elbows, hips, and knees that are actually useful and we'll talk. Ratchets are useless if they don't aid posability. Also this - Hun-Grr as mentioned before, Snapdragon, Scattershot.
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So AoE toys are out in the UK. To a toy, they are all the quick change one flip ones. Oh well, I didn't want to look at good toys anyway. In other news, I picked up Skrapnel. He is now doing double duty as Bob for Sunstreaker. 
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May 28, 2014 00:55
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I'm just going to be disappointed that if by year's end we still do not have a Generations Huffer yet a billion ugly gray primes and mispainted abominations. Huffer is the last 1984 guy to need a classicsverse dude. I would take an orange Swerve at this point just so there could be a Huffer.
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May 28, 2014 01:43
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The Taint Reaper posted:I'm just going to be disappointed that if by year's end we still do not have a Generations Huffer yet a billion ugly gray primes and mispainted abominations. What's wrong with the Botcon one again?
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May 28, 2014 01:56
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Why cookie Rocket posted:What's wrong with the Botcon one again? It's a Botcon exclusive and therefore not "real", in the sense that it's unreasonably expensive and rare.
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May 28, 2014 01:57
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DoctorWhat posted:It's a Botcon exclusive and therefore not "real", in the sense that it's unreasonably expensive and rare. This, also it doesn't go with any of the upgraded minibot molds. Like Cosmos, Bumblebee, and Swerve all can do poo poo the Cybertron scouts can't. The other guys are either Ultras or Deluxes and in many cases entirely unique molds for that specific line. I've got the PCC Huffer and there's the Cyberverse Prime Huffer. But when we're getting a brand new Brawn and Outback for Legends as well as guys like Gnaw and Skrapnel, it really begs the question of why not huffer?
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May 28, 2014 02:12
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DoctorWhat posted:It's a Botcon exclusive and therefore not "real", in the sense that it's unreasonably expensive and rare. I realize that we have our own budgets but on the TF price scale $60 for such a niche character is kind of a bargain. I mean considering what you'd have to pay for a halfway decent version of much more popular characters (Galvatron, Ratchet).
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May 28, 2014 02:34
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Why cookie Rocket posted:I realize that we have our own budgets but on the TF price scale $60 for such a niche character is kind of a bargain. I mean considering what you'd have to pay for a halfway decent version of much more popular characters (Galvatron, Ratchet). Look, as far as I'm concerned BotCon toys are just sanctioned customs - hell, some BotCon toys are LITERALLY sanctioned customs. They're not worth considering as part of any actual toylines and I'd rather they not try to be.
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May 28, 2014 02:37
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DoctorWhat posted:Look, as far as I'm concerned BotCon toys are just sanctioned customs - hell, some BotCon toys are LITERALLY sanctioned customs. They're not worth considering as part of any actual toylines and I'd rather they not try to be. Pretty much this. I mean are you satisfied with the Botcon Scorpinok who is just a measly retooled Ultra figure and stands(literally) in the shadow of the G1 figure. I'd rather have a Titan class duder for him that towers over lesser incarnations.
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May 28, 2014 02:39
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The_Doctor posted:So AoE toys are out in the UK. To a toy, they are all the quick change one flip ones. Oh well, I didn't want to look at good toys anyway. In the UK the generations figures are apparently store exclusives, Argos iirc
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May 28, 2014 03:46
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The Taint Reaper posted:This, also it doesn't go with any of the upgraded minibot molds. Like Cosmos, Bumblebee, and Swerve all can do poo poo the Cybertron scouts can't. What can they do that Armorhide can't? DoctorWhat posted:Look, as far as I'm concerned BotCon toys are just sanctioned customs - hell, some BotCon toys are LITERALLY sanctioned customs. They're not worth considering as part of any actual toylines and I'd rather they not try to be. If you can't afford them, that's fine. If you're annoyed because they should be more widely available, I get that. But a lot of them are fantastic recolors/retools, and it seems weird to try to pretend they are somehow inherently flawed because they're Botcon exclusives.
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May 28, 2014 04:04
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Why cookie Rocket posted:What can they do that Armorhide can't? The second thing. I don't see the drat point of them. They infuriate me just by existing. Maybe that's weird dumb baby garbage but it's hard enough getting ahold of retail figures in the current climate, much less convention exclusives.
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May 28, 2014 04:08
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I understand that frustration. On the other hand, Botcon Octopunch is so goddam awesome. You're taking a lot of "throw the baby out with the bathwater" stances lately, DoctorWhat. Open up, this is a safe place, what's really bothering you?
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May 28, 2014 04:12
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Gammatron 64 posted:
Thank god I wasn't the only one who broke one of those things off.
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May 28, 2014 04:13
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Why cookie Rocket posted:I understand that frustration. On the other hand, Botcon Octopunch is so goddam awesome. You're taking a lot of "throw the baby out with the bathwater" stances lately, DoctorWhat. Open up, this is a safe place, what's really bothering you? I just said what's really bothering me: THERE ARE TOYS COMING OUT AT RETAIL THAT I CAN'T FIND AND IT MAKES ME ANGRY! AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGHHHH! I'm a nervous wreck because TRU Times Square is never gonna have MP Grimlock, or if it does they'll get cleaned out while I'm in Britain and I don't have a chance to get it or something, and I'M FURIOUS ABOUT IT!!!
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May 28, 2014 04:14
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I'm really anxious about MP Grimlock, especially since TRU has already raised his price $20 since he came out 
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May 28, 2014 04:33
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DoctorWhat posted:I just said what's really bothering me: Let us all agree to clean out the motherfuckin' TRU exclusive Masterpiece Grimlocks if spotted online or in retail.
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May 28, 2014 04:34
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strangehamster posted:Let us all agree to clean out the motherfuckin' TRU exclusive Masterpiece Grimlocks if spotted online or in retail. That just makes it someone else's problem! 
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May 28, 2014 04:34
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DoctorWhat posted:That just makes it someone else's problem! If it makes you feel any better you can have unlimited access to year of the horsey platinum starscream.
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May 28, 2014 04:37
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DoctorWhat posted:I don't like any of the G1 molds because they're ugly, unposable, simplistic 30 year old piles of plastic and metal, what does that make me? It makes you me. Pretty much all the G1 toys I like are the ones that were not designed by Takara (I'm lumping Predaking in there because of the lawsuit and all). The Taint Reaper posted:Why do they keep putting classics molds with movie guys? They're making me buy movie guys to get the classics molds. This is a heinous crime.
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May 28, 2014 05:17
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DoctorWhat posted:I just said what's really bothering me: I'm with you Brother, except replace Grimlock with Generations Cosmos and Kre-o Menasor and Computron. Also to whomever wanted to know about super articulated G1 figures: Jetfire (with elbow, neck, shoulders, hips, knees and wings; and totally counts  ), the cassette bots, shockwave (sorta), and perceptor.
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May 28, 2014 05:33
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Anora posted:Jetfire (with elbow, neck, shoulders, hips, knees and wings; and totally counts Of course it counts, the Takatoku VF-1 was the gold standard for perfect transformation Valkyries for years, only finally having the crown snatched from it by the near-perfect Yamato 1/48 in 2003. And even then, one could make the argument that the "chunky munky" VF-1 was still a superior toy in terms of just play factor.
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May 28, 2014 05:48
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The original Optimus Prime has pretty good articulation, too. Knees, legs (backward only), wrists (technically), elbow joint, elbow swivel, shoulder rotation, shoulder hinge back. Much better than his Powermaster successor.
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May 28, 2014 05:48
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I used my G1 Prime's leg articulation to make him do M. Bison's Scissor Kick. it was Prime's super special secret move 
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May 28, 2014 06:01
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I know it is a cheat, but G1 Jetfire had articulation in spades
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May 28, 2014 06:13
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Garry Chalk was in the new Godzilla movie! Neat. I wonder if their filming in Vancouver had anything to do with that...
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May 28, 2014 06:14
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His name is Sludge and he can spin, and when he spins he spins like this: What now, motherfucker?! 
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May 28, 2014 06:23
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that horrified anime figure really makes that picture.
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May 28, 2014 06:59
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I like how I can grab the shittiest beast wars figure and have it pull off the best poses because of their ball joints. It's one of the reasons I like beasties first.
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May 28, 2014 07:00
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Got Tailgate and Skrapnel in the mail today, these guys have some deceptively complicated transformations. I thought Tailgate in particular was going to just go the "just tug on the limbs a bit until it turns into a robot" route like with Swerve, but the little guy is surprisingly fiddly.
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May 28, 2014 07:03
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3 posted:Got Tailgate and Skrapnel in the mail today, these guys have some deceptively complicated transformations. I thought Tailgate in particular was going to just go the "just tug on the limbs a bit until it turns into a robot" route like with Swerve, but the little guy is surprisingly fiddly. It's a shame Tailgate's roof impedes him at both ends. Have it up, you can't turn his head or move his shoulders without it in the way. Have it down and it gets in the way of his legs. It should have folded in half behind him.
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May 28, 2014 08:05
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Ka0 posted:I like how I can grab the shittiest beast wars figure and have it pull off the best poses because of their ball joints. It's one of the reasons I like beasties first. I like how I can grab almost any G1 figure and it will actually have hands instead of a tailarm or a mouthfist or clamping insect legs or some bullshit. None of the lines are flawless, but they all owe their existence to G1. Experience, lad, you should learn to appreciate it. That said, the people who pay $1000 for stuff like Star Saber and Overlord are still nuts.
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May 28, 2014 08:09
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MP Grimlock's up, 80 bucks http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=31372196
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May 28, 2014 10:25
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Keldroc posted:I like how I can grab almost any G1 figure and it will actually have hands instead of a tailarm or a mouthfist or clamping insect legs or some bullshit. Beast Wars Neo is all shellformers. Armada is playschool pokeformers. DOTM toys are composed of 100% pure unpainted grey plastic. TFP is all hollow limbs. Energon is all transparent neon. I don't know what has gotten into this thread but I'm hoping this post will help us burn through all the dumb stereotypes about each line of TFs so we can move on.
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May 28, 2014 12:41
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Other posted:MP Grimlock's up, 80 bucks Wow, mine was 60. I suppose it makes sense to raise it, that fucker Acid Storm was still shelfwarming at 75. CAPT. Rainbowbeard fucked around with this message at 12:51 on May 28, 2014 |
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May 28, 2014 12:48
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CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:Wow, mine was 60. I suppose it makes sense to raise it, that fucker Acid Storm was still shelfwarming at 75. They did the same for MP Soundwave, didn't they? Raised it by $20 after a few days?
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May 28, 2014 12:52
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TRU does it with anything that moves. They are scum.
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May 28, 2014 13:02
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Why cookie Rocket posted:DOTM toys are composed of 100% pure unpainted grey plastic.
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May 28, 2014 13:45
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Spiderdrake posted:Unrelated but I wish I had archives so I could compare the reaction to DOTM toys to the reaction to AOE toys. I have this feeling everything about AOE is going to be better and then it is going to somehow do worse at the box office. This is my feelings as well. Like they finally made a good transformers movie and nobody saw it. therealjon_ posted:TRU does it with anything that moves. They are scum. Ask me about paying 25 dollars MSRP for Generations Deluxes.
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The_Doctor posted:They did the same for MP Soundwave, didn't they? Raised it by $20 after a few days? I don't recall. I found my MP Soundwave at a Toysers for $120.
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