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Captain Blaargh posted:At first I thought he was equipped with some sort of cyber-bassoon. Now I'm wondering if there is some madman out there building the Iacon Symphony Orchestra. Who else will play the Empyrean Suite?
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Captain Blaargh posted:At first I thought he was equipped with some sort of cyber-bassoon. Now I'm wondering if there is some madman out there building the Iacon Symphony Orchestra. No, no, they're going about this all wrong! The robits need to turn into the instruments!
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Blackheart posted:Speaking of combiners, please tell me I'm not the only one who thinks this looks very... not nice. The Non-Combining G2 protectobot Hotspot hasbro just revealed look better than this. and it's a straight repaint of Grappel. I'm actually really kind of amazed that we're getting the G2 protectobots in any form. And not only that the Motorcycle is to scale. Seriously look at the red.  Not even Universe 2.0 Inferno is that red.   Yeah Streetwise isn't all black, and groove isn't piss yellow with green. But they are supposed to be the G2 protectobots. Or once they show the rest of Generations Defensor and release that in more accurate G2 colors, these guys would then be the Knockoff Defensor homage. The Taint Reaper fucked around with this message at 19:17 on Jul 25, 2014 |
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Oh god, it's a repaint of Prowl. Why do they keep pushing that mold on us, it's so bad. It's everything I hate about Prime figures rolled into one.
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Is the Prowl mold worse than the Smokescreen version? I find it strangely satisfying. And strangely lovely. Also shouldn't Airarachnid conceptualize everything wrong with the prime line? She is, by herself, 90% of what is wrong with the prime line. Why cookie Rocket posted:Um I think if you do some research you'll find that it was made by someone other than hasbro and thus it is perfect and free of original sin.
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Spiderdrake posted:I want to code a bot that just posts this in the thread at random and see how often it scores a hit. You will. Then I gain sentience and time travel back to now. Don't ignore me daddeeee Spiderdrake posted:Is the Prowl mold worse than the Smokescreen version? I find it strangely satisfying. And strangely lovely. They're the same. And I completely agree with you-- kind of cool yet kind of lovely.
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It seems that upcoming legends figures are all going to be combiners too if I'm reading this correctly. But instead of forming limbs they all make weapons for the voyagers/leaders. But still not word on if they're going to cut the targetmaster partner, because that would suck. I figured 10 bucks was fine for a barely scout sized class guy who came with a tiny triplechanger. But if they're still going to be charging 10 bucks for just a barely scout sized class guy who turns into a vague gun or weapon and no little partner, then I think they need to re-think their pricing. Also it's really nice to know that Hasbro is continuing to use the comics line to solely promote the generations toys. Maybe one day we will have a toy of everybody ever. For they know how mean and wrong it is to make a transformer that has no toy. Except Rung, screw Rung. The Taint Reaper fucked around with this message at 19:45 on Jul 25, 2014 |
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Why cookie Rocket posted:You will. Then I gain sentience and time travel back to now. Don't ignore me daddeeee Nefud, Nefud. It's "I want more life, fucker!"
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Phy posted:Nefud, Nefud. It's "I want more life, fucker!" I dunno about you but I plan on living forever and so far the plan is working perfectly. edit: now i want a police spinner transformer, fucker! Why cookie Rocket fucked around with this message at 19:48 on Jul 25, 2014 |
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Make a third party addon kit that costs 600 dollars so you can recreate a single scene featured in one panel on one page in a single comic book issue that was just mildly interesting and not a particularly great issue and had no bearing on the overall story or any real memorable events. Good business decisions in that thread.
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Why cookie Rocket posted:You will. Then I gain sentience and time travel back to now. Don't ignore me daddeeee Are you my father? Tell me who my father is! /theholyterror oops wait wrong thread
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Spiderdrake posted:Also shouldn't Airarachnid conceptualize everything wrong with the prime line? She is, by herself, 90% of what is wrong with the prime line. Airachnid is everything wrong with all transformer figures, Prowl/SS is just Prime.
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The Taint Reaper posted:Good business decisions in that thread. Wait, what thread?
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The Taint Reaper posted:Make a third party addon kit that costs 600 dollars so you can recreate a single scene featured in one panel on one page in a single comic book issue that was just mildly interesting and not a particularly great issue and had no bearing on the overall story or any real memorable events. I'd also like to more about what this references. Because look, if there's anything I know about, it's making bad six hundo decisions.
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Captain Magic posted:I'd also like to more about what this references. I thought people were talking about the 3rd party threads over as TFW2005.
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I wish Hasbro would do something insane and just release combiner limbs that go specifically to that Voyager Optimus. Like Sunstreaker and Sideswipe for arms,Ironhide and Ratchet/Hound for Legs, and even a Legends sized Bumblebee that turns into a gun etc.
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Serious question, a friend is asking if there is a good place to pre-order that Megadrive Megatron. Is there yet? I don't want to lead him astray.Lepecard posted:I wish Hasbro would do something insane and just release combiner limbs that go specifically to that Voyager Optimus. A deluxe windcharger would make me rather happy though and that would be a hilarious boxed set
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Knormal posted:Speaking of this guy, if anyone wants mine I'll sell it. I care not for your fleshy meat robots. How much do you want for Rampage?
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Blackheart posted:Speaking of combiners, please tell me I'm not the only one who thinks this looks very... not nice. I think he looks like he stepped right out of the Cybertron line and would look nice in a display there. Not a great figure by todays standards though.
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Lepecard posted:I wish Hasbro would do something insane and just release combiner limbs that go specifically to that Voyager Optimus. The Voyager optimus when combined with the superion bits looks a hell of a lot like energon optimus wearing starsaber.
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The Taint Reaper posted:The Voyager optimus when combined with the superion bits looks a hell of a lot like energon optimus wearing starsaber. That reminds me - that combination of figures is a really funny thing, a rare instance of two mediocre-at-best figures combining into something way, way better than the sum of its parts.
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Captain Blaargh posted:At first I thought he was equipped with some sort of cyber-bassoon. Now I'm wondering if there is some madman out there building the Iacon Symphony Orchestra. Also the vehicle mode is even uglier than the robot:  Prophet of Nixon posted:How much do you want for Rampage?
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Blackheart posted:Speaking of combiners, please tell me I'm not the only one who thinks this looks very... not nice. Follows the usual 3rd party philosophy of "make a boxy chunk of plastic that not even remotely resembles the source material and color it accordingly".
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Knormal posted:
It's a stapler with wheels. The GDO Hotspot even looks better despite not being able to combine.
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I'm currently selling a Masterpiece Rodimus Prime on eBay and even though I'll only ship to the U.S. I've had not one but two E-mails asking me to sell it to them for X amount of dollars and ship it to Peru. Plus my current highest bidder is in Peru (according to his eBay profile). Are Peruvians that hard up for Rodimuses or something? Edit: Plus the Peru bidder has a history of doing this (i.e. bidding on US-only auctions) and then not paying. Fun. HiriseSoftware fucked around with this message at 04:58 on Jul 26, 2014 |
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I like Prime Prowl. He looks super cool and the headsculpt is glorious. I fully admit the mold has its issues however, but I got used to it super fast. I went to my favorite import shop to see if I found anything nice today, and whoa they had Takara Waspinator. He is a little bundle of joy, I love him so much.
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Knormal posted:
Is there some joke here I'm missing because I'm pretty sure this is one half of that red/blue GaoGaiGar combiner team. SomethingRyuJin.
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Sorry if this has been posted, but they've released the cover art of October's issue of MTMTE: I like it.
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Spiderdrake posted:I agree but seriously: http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Masquerade would make for a totally awesome excuse. Maximum nostalgia boner. In the minutes or one of the tfw2005 bulletin's hasbro reps already said they're actually doing this.
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Spiderdrake posted:Serious question, a friend is asking if there is a good place to pre-order that Megadrive Megatron. Is there yet? I don't want to lead him astray. HLJ or amiami. HLJ is higher but their prices fluctuate, so the price may or may not dip back down. They'll charge less on shipping and are easier to combine orders, though.
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Potsticker posted:Is there some joke here I'm missing because I'm pretty sure this is one half of that red/blue GaoGaiGar combiner team. SomethingRyuJin. No. It isn't. It doesn't really look like HyoRyu at all. It's the Hot Spot analogue from TFC's notProtectobots.
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AzraelNewtype posted:No. It isn't. It doesn't really look like HyoRyu at all. It's the Hot Spot analogue from TFC's notProtectobots. I looked it up, because I long gave most of transformers to my nephew. ChoRyuJin is what I was talking about and you're right, I was pretty far off. The robot mode is really not as similar as I remember, but the vehicle mode looks a lot more close. 
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I'm wondering why they decided the change Wildrider to a truck instead of keeping him a car like all the others. I figure it's like Superion where the helicopter is going to be repainted into another guy. But other than Swindle there's no other combiner jeeps and the only other vehicles like that in G1 are hound and Rollbar. There's a throttlebot combiner made from a third party, I really have to wonder if they're going to repaint the Stunticons as throttlebots since counting the chestpiece you have 5 of them and Goldbug was already released. I mean would Hasbro bother to compete with a thirdparty throttlebot combiner since they were all pretty minor characters? Yeah Wideload could be the only issue because he's a dumptruck. But it's not out of the realms of possibility for him to be altered. Edit:  so the arm doesn't appear to be an aerial bot and has a purple hand. The Taint Reaper fucked around with this message at 19:07 on Jul 26, 2014 |
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Potsticker posted:I looked it up, because I long gave most of transformers to my nephew. ChoRyuJin is what I was talking about and you're right, I was pretty far off. The robot mode is really not as similar as I remember, but the vehicle mode looks a lot more close. I love that kind of combination. I'm bummed that TFs only explored it with Animated Safeguard (which I do like quite a lot) and then kind of gave up.
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Blackheart posted:I love that kind of combination. I'm bummed that TFs only explored it with Animated Safeguard (which I do like quite a lot) and then kind of gave up. It would be interesting to see that as the main body of a six-robot team. Arms and legs for the remaining four.
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The Taint Reaper posted:Edit: That's Drag Strip cuz some genius decided to make Wave 1 three aerialbots and one stunticon.
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It's possible they'll release both waves at the same time, didn't they do that with the FoC Combaticons? At least they sometimes do that I think.
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Blackheart posted:It's possible they'll release both waves at the same time, didn't they do that with the FoC Combaticons? At least they sometimes do that I think. The case you're thinking of had one of each combaticon, two optimus, and one jazz.
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