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The MSJ posted:Speaking of Star Saber, this is how big the Saber part of Masterpiece Star Saber is going to be: I think I need to be alone for a while. 
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The MSJ posted:Speaking of Star Saber, this is how big the Saber part of Masterpiece Star Saber is going to be: According to posters on Seibertron, Star Saber in fiction is Gestalt sized, but the toy is a little taller than MP Ultra Magnus. So basically still huge but not necessarily in scale, but who cares, these guys have to have a size limit at some point.
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Aug 8, 2014 16:50
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Star Saber always seemed way more Gundam like than Transformers like. The Entire victory line I'd say really looks drastically different compared to everything else. You had nobody colored maroon, hot pink, aqua blue, or deep purple either.
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Aug 8, 2014 16:58
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Do Gestalts even have a reliable scale at any point in the fiction?The Goon posted:Then again it was almost worth it just to see Dinobots tearing poo poo up on the big screen. Then Poochie flew away and I looked over at my friend who just looked defeated by the insanity of it.
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Aug 8, 2014 17:07
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I think the biggest problem with Trans4mers was that the drat thing was 3 hours long. If you cut out like, an hour and a half I might have actually enjoyed it.
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Aug 8, 2014 17:10
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This bodes well for that MP FortMax they were talking about possibly doing.
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Aug 8, 2014 17:46
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Wait. Is the domestic release of Prowl MORE EXPENSIVE than the import Takara one at BBTS?
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Aug 8, 2014 20:00
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CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:Wait. Is the domestic release of Prowl MORE EXPENSIVE than the import Takara one at BBTS? It depends on your tax rate? It's uncomfortably close.
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Aug 8, 2014 20:05
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CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:Wait. Is the domestic release of Prowl MORE EXPENSIVE than the import Takara one at BBTS? I really don't know why they'd stock something they obviously aren't allowed to order from Hasbro but I'm sure there's some TF fan out there who hates buying TT releases or something. strangehamster posted:It depends on your tax rate? It's uncomfortably close.
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Aug 8, 2014 20:23
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Dang BBTS, still no Roadbuster and Skybyte huh? You're breaking my heart here dammit 
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Spiderdrake posted:Yeah, and it is $30 more than Prowl is in TRU stores or off the website. Yeah except this is $69.99 directly from TRU? http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=32714646&cp=&parentPage=search
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Aug 8, 2014 20:31
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The_Doctor posted:This bodes well for that MP FortMax they were talking about possibly doing. MP Fort Max would be like a thousand dollars. The reissue was $350, and if you made him in scale with Optimus, Star Saber and the gang, he'd be even bigger. Plus be fully painted and articulated. On a recent MP poll, I think he was at the bottom, because while he's a popular character, few people have the space and expendable income for such a thing. Especially in Japan where homes are small and Transformers is more niche. Star Saber ranked high on that poll because he's not only popular but is also actually feasible. I think Armada Prime ranked pretty high as well. Primal was disappointingly low. Beast Wars didn't go over so well in the land of the rising sun. I'd really want them to make Megatron ver. 2.0, Jazz, Ironhide, Ratchet, Tracks and Galvatron, and I certainly wouldn't mind seeing the rest of the '86 movie cast getting the MP treatment, too. I could go for a Kup or Springer.
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Aug 8, 2014 21:21
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MP Fort Max takes up 0 room inside your house because it is your house.
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Aug 8, 2014 23:22
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EthanSteele posted:MP Fort Max takes up 0 room inside your house because it is your house. Comes with a Cerebros suit, so you can truly be the head of your household.
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Aug 8, 2014 23:45
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Meh, I better save my money to buy some plots of land to display my MP Unicron.
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Blackheart posted:Dang BBTS, still no Roadbuster and Skybyte huh? You're breaking my heart here dammit Mine shipped last week. What's the holdup?
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EthanSteele posted:MP Fort Max takes up 0 room inside your house because it is your house. Phy posted:Comes with a Cerebros suit, so you can truly be the head of your household. Blackheart posted:Meh, I better save my money to buy some plots of land to display my MP Unicron.  Well done, you three.
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Joe Fisto posted:Mine shipped last week. What's the holdup? No idea, I know a bunch of people got theirs some days ago, and others like me still see them as "preorder". I suspect they got an smaller early shipment and just gave priority to the first preorders. I only preordered in July. To those people who just want to get a few AoE figures, I can totally recommend AoE deluxe Drift: he's by far the best figure in wave 2, the lack of wrist rotation (he DOES have wrist movement though) doesn't hinder his sword-posing, transformation is fun and simple and he's an all around enjoyable lil' Samurai robot. Or wait for the platinum autobot pack or whatever.
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Blackheart posted:Dang BBTS, still no Roadbuster and Skybyte huh? You're breaking my heart here dammit I have seen at least two roadbusters at every target I have been to for the last two days (like three of them), so try there. No Skybytes though. Gammatron 64 posted:Gammatron saying stuff, or whatever, about MP fort Once again: Anora posted:And you don't have a crane and several technicians on hand for that sort of project? though you do want an MP Kup, so we're cool. Man I want a sweet Kup figure, as Gen Kup is kinda bogged down by arm issues, that kinda gently caress up vehicle mode, and I never found a Prime Kup.
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Anora posted:... I never found a Prime Kup. The better for you. I view that as one of my worst TF-buying decisions, and I buy all kinds of dumb poo poo.
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I want an MP Astrotrain. I will put my deluxe sized decepticons in him.
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Captain Magic posted:The better for you. I view that as one of my worst TF-buying decisions, and I buy all kinds of dumb poo poo. on a scale of Prime Airachnid to Generations Bumblebee/Gold bug/Nightbeat where are we looking?
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Anora posted:on a scale of Prime Airachnid to Generations Bumblebee/Gold bug/Nightbeat where are we looking? (I am totally hoping to buy a Nightbeat actually) Also Kup is on clearance at BBTS!
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Anora posted:on a scale of Prime Airachnid to Generations Bumblebee/Gold bug/Nightbeat where are we looking?
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I feel like Prime Bumblebee was a very good toy, but I think I have the FE version. At any rate, Generations Kup is superior in every way you could think of. If he doesn't do the trick for you, Prime Kup won't either. Honestly I transformed him one time and then gave it away as soon as I could.
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Spiderdrake posted:a wet fart in a movie theater... Thanks for reminding me of LotR: Return of the King... You do not understand how long the ending of that movie goes on until you are not your ride home. Was prime Kup just a scaled up version of the Ironhide/Huffer mold? I know there were some differences, but if I remember right the Legion Kup was just a repaint of Ironhide, and was retooled into Huffer (who I have). And I do like Gen Kup, but man those arms just terrify me, and the wheels never seem to fit.
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The Goon posted:I was just at the Transformers Expo in Tokyo, and look who I saw: So I just looked up that Optimus and it appears to be a promotional item for the Japanese clothing brand called "BAPE"(Bathing Ape). It seems this isn't the first Bape Optimus either. I'm more interested in finding out why Cybertron(Galaxy Force) Optimus is also on that display!
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Lepecard posted:So I just looked up that Optimus and it appears to be a promotional item for the Japanese clothing brand called "BAPE"(Bathing Ape).
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Lepecard posted:I'm more interested in finding out why Cybertron(Galaxy Force) Optimus is also on that display! That looks like THS-01 Hybrid Style Galaxy Convoy. At least the size is comparable.
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Lepecard posted:So I just looked up that Optimus and it appears to be a promotional item for the Japanese clothing brand called "BAPE"(Bathing Ape).
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Woah, I know he's closer to the camera than the others but even so, Star Sabre looks *huuuuuge*...
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I may be alone here but that star saber alt mode is funny looking. I'm also not familiar with the character outside of his recent appearance in the comics, so I feel I can safely avoid that purchase. Also I'm kind of interested in Prime Kup (or Ironhide) now so thanks, guys.
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drat, I'll be back, guys. Got to go sell a kidney so I can pre-order this sucker. Generations Kup talk: I love him. I think both modes look good great. Yelling old guy face, orthopedic clown shoe feet, hipster vintage pick-up truck mode, the musket becoming part of the dual exhaust, etc. Mind you, those door panels on the forearms are utter sadness inducing bullshit, but I haven't had any trouble with the wheels or anything on mine, at least. I am totally welcoming to an MP Kup too. The world always needs more grumpy old bots on the shelves. Edit: ...We Really should. Also the severed Megatron head. VVVVVVVVVVV Captain Blaargh fucked around with this message at 15:49 on Aug 9, 2014 |
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And is that some kind of voyager-class Torca?!?
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Those are all examples of prototypes from throughout the years. Presumably at one point they intended to make flocked Primal, maybe it was even the proposed original version of his figure. Torca is likely made at a higher scale(see that Beast Wars Megatron Head in the top right) and intended to be downscaled for production, though it's also possible they intended to make Mega or even Ultra classed Fuzors and he was one of them before being downsized but I doubt it. Also if you look on the bottom of the picture you can see a very early proto for Sixshot, so blocky.
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