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Well yeah, Honkymus Prime was a part of the original toy and Ambus clearly homages that, but the inner robot was never part of the "character" represented by the G1 Magnus Design until Dreamwave came along (and then folded without doing anything interesting with it). I mean, would I have complained if MP Magnus was a retool of MP-10 with a partsforming trailer? HELL NO! I'd have probably been happier. But if it was a choice between that and MP Star Saber getting the full Brain of Courage / Saber / Star Saber (and, hopefully at some point, Victory Saber) treatment, I'd go for Star Saber for sure. It's such a  concept to be wasted on a Late-G1 brick.
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Gammatron 64 posted:Liopleurodon, the badass of the Jurassic Seas. Liopleurodon, Charlie! Chaaarlie! Liopleurodon!
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DoctorWhat posted:Well yeah, Honkymus Prime was a part of the original toy and Ambus clearly homages that, but the inner robot was never part of the "character" represented by the G1 Magnus Design until Dreamwave came along (and then folded without doing anything interesting with it). Hey, some late G1 bricks were cool rear end toys, man. G1 Sixshot, Galvatron, Predaking, God Ginrai, Fortress Maximus, and more are cool as hell. I think articulation is way less important to me than it is the majority of collectors, though.
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So is g1 slog the only buyable slog right now. Where do I go if I just want black and red slog, do I have to wait or did I miss out or what.
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The two platinum sets are BBTS shared exclusives movie accurate autobots(including voyager hound)  movie accurate dinobots 
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You keep saying movie accurate, but optimus never looked like that in the film.
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Accurate or not, both packs look really nice. If only I didn't have most of the molds already...
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Blackheart posted:Accurate or not, both packs look really nice. If only I didn't have most of the molds already... I mean, Darksteel or Sideswipe? Really Hasbro? Same paint budget? Ok. Admittedly I do own a Slug. But then I don't think I really want a Grimlock anyway.
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It's not so much "movie accurate" as it is "good paint jobs that don't look like poo poo." You remember how I said earlier that Hasbro should take the same molds and release them with higher end paint jobs aimed for collectors and call them "Platinum Edition"? And how people said that wasn't feasible and they'd never do it? Welp. 
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does hound have the bullet cigar or am I seeing things? Also mistransformed gun.
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I tried to care about that Lio Convoy TFCC toy but nothing happened.
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Why cookie Rocket posted:I tried to care about that Lio Convoy TFCC toy but nothing happened. I could not find a supply anywhere, I think I'm burned out.
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The Taint Reaper posted:movie accurate dinobots Also, 1. It's Apatosaurus and 2. That is clearly not an Apatosaurus, but some kind of brachiosaur.
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He's OK strangehamster posted:I could not find a supply anywhere, I think I'm burned out. It's my fault.
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Lio Convoy is not only tiny but bears hardly any resemblance to having anything Lion about it. The Universe 2.0 one was better, came in BWII colors, had a prime head, and towered over the others. And also could combine with Cybertron prime and the other Leo prime to make a triple Prime combiner.
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I mean, the Orion Pax mold is crazy fun and underrated but... WHY LIO CONVOY
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Blackheart posted:I mean, the Orion Pax mold is crazy fun and underrated but... WHY LIO CONVOY I'm hoping the answer is "because the Thunderclash repaint is going to be sold at retail."
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Why cookie Rocket posted:I'm hoping the answer is "because the Thunderclash repaint is going to be sold at retail." This is what I was exactly thinking. Throwaway character from beast wars II means we're going to get a better G1 guy for the mass release repaint.
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Blackheart posted:I mean, the Orion Pax mold is crazy fun and underrated but... WHY LIO CONVOY The truck mode has a gold lion mane
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Rita Repulsa posted:The truck mode has a gold lion mane It looks like an Attack Pack vehicle.
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I was just thinking that there's probably a reason there are still only five Constructicons in the comics. scramble city Devastator
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Wasn't there some weird phrasing about Devastator at the convention panels about the new combiners? That they're not doing Devastator "with this system" or something like that?
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An Angry Bug posted:Wasn't there some weird phrasing about Devastator at the convention panels about the new combiners? That they're not doing Devastator "with this system" or something like that? If they did, I'm happy. Third parties did close homages already, now that we're getting an official chug devs there's no reason to not make him like that. And besides scramble cities fine and all that but if this is year of combiner then I'd hope for some other types that get a bit more complicated than that. Bring on three man teams or symmetrical docking or rid/armada prime kinds of deals.
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CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:I was just thinking that there's probably a reason there are still only five Constructicons in the comics. Man you know what would be great? A devastator where they have like, you can use Prowl as the head! You can use Megatron as the head! And then I don't know, some sort of comedy option. Like, I don't know, Soundwave, since his alt mode will be a van or something if they make another deluxe.
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Scramble city is dumb and I hate it. I would rather a dude be an excellent arm, than a good-enough arm and a mediocre leg.
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Eh, being good-enough works for combiners in a way. They're weird fusions/experiments/abominations, so it's not like they'd be flawless. Plus you still need the kibble so it actually looks like a bunch of dudes combining.
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revtoiletduck posted:Scramble city is dumb and I hate it. Back in G1 brick daus thay could be both, because of being a brick. Now that we expect articulation and no parts forming, things got difficult.
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Gauntlet/ironfist is pretty close to perfect if you want an IDW ironfist. The paint-to-color matching is some of the best I've ever seen. The plastic quality is top-notch, it reminds me quite a bit of Cybertron-era toys. The only downside is some odd color choices on the head, and the overall grey color is a bit too blue. Still, highly recommended!
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Why cookie Rocket posted:Gauntlet/ironfist is pretty close to perfect if you want an IDW ironfist. But I'm basically sold, I don't think we're ever going to get an IDW Ironfist out of Hasbro  Been too many years now.
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Spiderdrake posted:Can you pose him with a classics seeker or other well known mold for a size comparing shot? Stolen via GIS:  He's kind of like Cybertron Armorhide or one of the Energon combiner limbs. He's not a deluxe, at all, in any way. But I honestly wouldn't want him any taller. Part of his charm is that he's G1 Bumblebee's gimmick ("I may be small but I can still have an adventure" - Thew) done right.
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CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:I was just thinking that there's probably a reason there are still only five Constructicons in the comics. this was already a thing in OG Classics. They repainted the energon mold. Also I'm surprised they haven't taken any of the Japanese prime molds and made them Ironfist. That armored truck from prime would be the perfect voyager with a new head. The Taint Reaper fucked around with this message at 20:22 on Aug 1, 2014 |
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revtoiletduck posted:Scramble city is dumb and I hate it. You have to admire the level of engineering that goes into making a toy with basically 4 modes. FOC Bruticus was not really the best combiner; but as an engineering nut I admire that they managed to pull it off. Why cookie Rocket posted:Gauntlet/ironfist is pretty close to perfect if you want an IDW ironfist. The paint-to-color matching is some of the best I've ever seen. The plastic quality is top-notch, it reminds me quite a bit of Cybertron-era toys. The only downside is some odd color choices on the head, and the overall grey color is a bit too blue. Still, highly recommended! SOLD! Time to tell BBTS to toss him into my POL. As for the combiners, I am sold. After the super complex 300 dollar plus FP Menasor that just stands on my shelf, I will happily take one that I can mess with on my desk without being terrified that I'm going to put stress marks on a joint or break something like I am with the 3P stuff. Superion looks solid, and I always liked the Aerialbots, so he's also a must buy for me. Now Hasbro; give me a new Computron and Predaking, please!
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The Taint Reaper posted:this was already a thing in OG Classics. They repainted the energon mold. That was an Energon toy, though. I wasn't a fan. Either way, what will be will be, right?
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An Angry Bug posted:Eh, being good-enough works for combiners in a way. They're weird fusions/experiments/abominations, so it's not like they'd be flawless. This is a really dumb line of thinking, fyi.
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Arsenal_12 posted:
We're probably getting a new Defensor. So far people have proven that Superion is using 4 original molds with the helicopter being a Blades repaint. Defensor has a motorcycle as does Computron, so if we get a strangely futuristic bike for the protectobots. I'd wager that's computron.
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Gibe monstructor Hasbro
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ForeverSmug posted:Gibe monstructor Hasbro Or Piranacon. Or a real Abominus.
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ForeverSmug posted:Gibe monstructor Hasbro Reissue Monstructor. 
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Captain Invictus posted:Reissue Monstructor. Golden Plastic y u break?  MinionOfCthulhu posted:Or Piranacon. Or a real Abominus. Those two are the least represented out of all the combiners. Every other combiner team has had at least two stand alone releases of some of their members and/or multiple versions of the same guy(i.e. Hotspot). Abominus only has the one Universe 2.0 Hun-grrr figure which is a legends class guy. The Taint Reaper fucked around with this message at 23:57 on Aug 1, 2014 |
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