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Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong with my Nightbeat? Everything else pegs into place but this part. No matter how I line up the pegs or squeeze it together or tilt this, it won't peg/snap into place. I got the other side pegged in no problem, even with the doors closed. I've tried to keep the doors open for this side but nada, nothing seems to work.
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Sep 30, 2014 19:24
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Captain Invictus posted:Is Masterpiece Grimlock already out of production again? I just paid $100 + shipping on eBay so he drat well better be or I'm gonna be pissed.
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Sep 30, 2014 19:48
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Former people who worked on Transformers toys at Hasbro are now trying to Out-transformer Transformers. http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/3rd-party-unlicensed-41/play-with-this-too-reveals-desolataur-181235/ They already have target masters and a Skullgrin. I might have to actually get these if they're becoming a real toyline.
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Sep 30, 2014 19:55
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The Taint Reaper posted:Former people who worked on Transformers toys at Hasbro are now trying to Out-transformer Transformers. Have they said whether the little robo-guys store inside the shells?
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Sep 30, 2014 20:16
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Iced Cocoa posted:Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong with my Nightbeat? Afraid I've not got it so I can't help but goodness, that's what he looks like? It's so plain! I thought it was one of those leaked grey prototypes you see at toy fairs and the like..!
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Sep 30, 2014 21:51
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Sentinel Red posted:Afraid I've not got it so I can't help but goodness, that's what he looks like? It's so plain! I thought it was one of those leaked grey prototypes you see at toy fairs and the like..! This was taken on a potato quality phone under not so stellar lighting conditions. He is more bright blue in person and has more than okay tampograph on the sides, and has nice yellow highlights. I am a bit biased since I love the character in the comics, but I like the toy aside from the fact it won't peg. Iced Cocoa fucked around with this message at 22:49 on Sep 30, 2014 |
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Sep 30, 2014 22:47
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Iced Cocoa posted:This was taken on a potato quality phone under not so stellar lighting conditions. He is more bright blue in person and has more than okay tampograph on the sides, and has nice yellow highlights. I am a bit biased since I love the character in the comics, but I like the toy aside from the fact it won't peg. I painted all the windows black (painting the inside of the transparent ones) and it's a night and day improvement.
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Sep 30, 2014 22:55
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Also weirdly enough the rear window IS painted blue, but the hue is barely different from his regular color so it was a wasted effort. Iced Cocoa, check for misassembly, or if some shoulder parts are inverted, or a copy of the opposite side. This happened to me once with another TF and it similarly wouldn't close in altmode on that side and it isn't always obvious at a glance.
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Oct 1, 2014 00:21
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Blackheart posted:Also weirdly enough the rear window IS painted blue, but the hue is barely different from his regular color so it was a wasted effort. My bumblebee had two right arms so the doors didn't peg right
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Oct 1, 2014 00:29
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I took a closer look at the joints in the arm. My Nightbeat got two left shoulder joints (the part connecting the swivel joint to the chest) which is causing this problem. I guess I'll find out tomorrow if the store will give me a replacement or not. Thanks for the help.
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Oct 1, 2014 00:45
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Iced Cocoa posted:I took a closer look at the joints in the arm. My Nightbeat got two left shoulder joints (the part connecting the swivel joint to the chest) which is causing this problem. I guess I'll find out tomorrow if the store will give me a replacement or not. I carved a little bit out on mine to fix it, if you can swap him out even better.
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Oct 1, 2014 00:54
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Captain Invictus posted:Is Masterpiece Grimlock already out of production again? The Taint Reaper posted:Former people who worked on Transformers toys at Hasbro are now trying to Out-transformer Transformers.
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Oct 1, 2014 05:01
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Yeah, they look like they're just going to be another "me too!" line of monsters and stuff. Plus one of the heads is literally labelled "Skullfucker". That doesn't engender much confidence.
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Oct 1, 2014 15:47
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There's a real good chance that the hoarders at Tfw2005 have the entire re-release stock of MP Grimlock. Like there's a guy living in a 2 bedroom apartment and the second bedroom is full of just MP Grimlocks. Also Arcee looks Spot on despite being 50% backpack by volume. She is apparently pinker than what the pictures show. Like as orange as Jhaxius is, she's the pink equivalent to that. 
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Oct 1, 2014 16:30
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The Taint Reaper posted:There's a real good chance that the hoarders at Tfw2005 have the entire re-release stock of MP Grimlock. Looks a little more sturdy than Windblade. Her wing assemblies worry me a little. On the other hand, I was talking to one of my friend's kids about Transformers and how totally rad they are and I said they were coming out with a couple of ladybots soon. She looked at me, the way that little kids look at grownups when they know the grownup is full of poo poo and asked me: "Let me guess. Is she pink? Smart kid. 
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Oct 1, 2014 17:49
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The Taint Reaper posted:Like as orange as Jhaxius is, she's the pink equivalent to that. Nobody can embody a color as powerfully as Jhiaxus embodies the color orange! I'm amazed at how something can be SO. ORANGE.
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Oct 1, 2014 18:34
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Loving that zen Arcee pic. Wheeljack arrived today. BOO! The loving delivery guy literally left it outside on the loving doorstep. YAY! On the bright side, no customs charges so that's a smoking hot Lancia that turns into a mad scientist for a princely thirty-five quid, inc postage. As anyone who's seen him knows, he's bloody gorgeous. I was mega extra careful transforming him once it got round to the wing pieces but fortunately while they are stiff, they moved into position with just a tiny bit of carefully placed pressure. I've never had any breakages with any BTs/MPs so I do wonder if sometimes a lot of the breakages are just down to people are just clumsy, ham-handed oafs (certainly, one of the main video guys always gives that me impression).
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Oct 1, 2014 19:42
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So those Protectobot multipacks are available on Amazon for 32 bucks each. Yeah they're strange in the sense that Hotspot is now red and is using the Grapple mold instead of the Inferno mold. Also the only literation of him that's ever been red was the Bootleg Defensor from dollar stores. But that's OK, he will make a perfect Hosehead for Nightbeat. Which I honestly do believe was the original intention for the repaint. I mean he's got the same exact colors and the big rear end gray ladder.
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Oct 1, 2014 22:42
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Saw AoE Voyager Drift today, but passed on him because $30 is too much for a Voyager. He looks pretty good, though, with a respectable amount of paint apps on him for the AoE line and a really nice deep blue. He has a slightly smirky facial expression as a bonus.
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Oct 2, 2014 06:16
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Blackheart posted:Nobody can embody a color as powerfully as Jhiaxus embodies the color orange!
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Oct 2, 2014 06:28
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Xenomrph posted:I got him recently and while he's a good retool of Armada Starscream, I wish his grey bits were green. Is there a reason why he's orange and grey? Every in-fiction depiction I can think of has him orange and green. Because some moron with too much power thought it'd be great to homage the RID toy.
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Oct 2, 2014 13:42
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Why cookie Rocket posted:Because some moron with too much power thought it'd be great to homage the RID toy.
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Oct 2, 2014 15:02
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Xenomrph posted:Wait so this isn't the first Jhiaxus toy we've gotten? http://tfu.info/2003/Decepticon/Jhiaxus/jhiaxus.htm
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Oct 2, 2014 15:09
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Why cookie Rocket posted:Because some moron with too much power thought it'd be great to homage the RID toy. Why would you intentionally reference an obscure toy of a character that's never gotten an actual.representative toy That would be like the new arcee being pink and white motorcycle reference to energon arcee
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Oct 2, 2014 15:18
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I bet they went for orange and grey instead of yellow, green and grey because his body and wings are on the same runner and they didn't want another plastic color or spend the money to paint the entirety of his wings green. For the same reason I'm holding out hope for the Takara one in G2 colors because they don't mind blowing tons of money on paint apps.
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Oct 2, 2014 15:25
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Gammatron 64 posted:I bet they went for orange and grey instead of yellow, green and grey because his body and wings are on the same runner and they didn't want another plastic color or spend the money to paint the entirety of his wings green. Yeah, but he never would've gotten a new body/color scheme in the comics if someone at hasbro wasn't bent on homaging a terrible repaint from over a decade ago. The content of the comic is partially driven by the upcoming toys.
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Oct 2, 2014 15:43
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Why cookie Rocket posted:Because some moron with too much power thought it'd be great to homage the RID toy. Considering that The Wreckers combined form is Ruination(and is colored exactly like RID Ruination), Nemesis Prime is colored as Scourge, and Universe 2.0 had Cybertron Scourge an Ultra Class figure repainted as Bruticus (the 3 headed dog that was a leftover from beast machines released in RID), and we just got a new Sky-Byte....RID has had way more representation in the classics series than most other lines(Beast Wars).
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Oct 2, 2014 16:36
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There's not enough RID representation IMO.
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Oct 2, 2014 17:27
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I want a new Slapper. Even better if it's a Cybertronian mecha.
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Oct 2, 2014 17:57
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The Taint Reaper posted:Considering that The Wreckers combined form is Ruination(and is colored exactly like RID Ruination), Nemesis Prime is colored as Scourge, and Universe 2.0 had Cybertron Scourge an Ultra Class figure repainted as Bruticus (the 3 headed dog that was a leftover from beast machines released in RID), and we just got a new Sky-Byte....RID has had way more representation in the classics series than most other lines(Beast Wars). We now have all the original maximals as classics except primal if you don't count the cybertron toy or its repaint, and sky byte also counts as beast wars representation since he's a predacon and was a repaint of a beast wars guy. rid just has way more representation than one would think, and it's not to the parts anyone wanted except sky byte (train combiner, omega prime, etc)
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Oct 2, 2014 18:01
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The Taint Reaper posted:Considering that The Wreckers combined form is Ruination(and is colored exactly like RID Ruination), Nemesis Prime is colored as Scourge, and Universe 2.0 had Cybertron Scourge an Ultra Class figure repainted as Bruticus (the 3 headed dog that was a leftover from beast machines released in RID), and we just got a new Sky-Byte....RID has had way more representation in the classics series than most other lines(Beast Wars). I have no problem with RID getting some attention but that color scheme on Jhiaxus is like a 3rd tier Botcon toy or something. And it's definitely a downgrade for his looks in the comic. But speaking of love for RID, The MSJ posted:I want a new Slapper. Even better if it's a Cybertronian mecha. I am all the way on board for this. That basically the RTS Lockdown treatment for Spittor/Slapper's appearance in Animated.
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Oct 2, 2014 18:24
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Rita Repulsa posted:We now have all the original maximals as classics except primal if you don't count the cybertron toy or its repaint, and sky byte also counts as beast wars representation since he's a predacon and was a repaint of a beast wars guy. We're still missing Razorbeast. I kinda hope that we get the new Takara Primal in generations though. Supposedly he has the most clickity of joints and went through some internal remolding for that. He's got a show accurate gorilla face though. Why cookie Rocket posted:I have no problem with RID getting some attention but that color scheme on Jhiaxus is like a 3rd tier Botcon toy or something. And it's definitely a downgrade for his looks in the comic. His look in the comic could not be done well with a Deluxe toy. You would need a Voyager or a Leader class. He's hunched and had reverse knees, that would need to have a larger toy to pull that off properly so it wouldn't wind up ungodly small. He's got a fairly complex transformation and would definetly need false kibble like Leader Jetfire. The Taint Reaper fucked around with this message at 18:40 on Oct 2, 2014 |
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Oct 2, 2014 18:33
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Razorbeast was never on the show, I am not counting non show guys. I mean I know the rid homages have some weird toy only references like bruticus and jhiaxus but I would prefer they not do that with beast wars. We only have one or two of the in show predacons. Though they really need to step up their game like they did from cheetor and dinobot to rattrap and rhinox if they do more bugformers. Waspinator has a nice show accurate robot mode but his wasp mode is crap, which is disappointing after the dinobots, sky byte, and aforementioned rattrap and rhinox were so great in both modes.
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Oct 2, 2014 19:04
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The Taint Reaper posted:His look in the comic could not be done well with a Deluxe toy. You would need a Voyager or a Leader class. He's hunched and had reverse knees, that would need to have a larger toy to pull that off properly so it wouldn't wind up ungodly small. He's got a fairly complex transformation and would definetly need false kibble like Leader Jetfire. I don't disagree with you at all, but that's kind of a separate set of issues from his color scheme. Which is bad now. Real bad.
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Oct 2, 2014 19:18
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If there is no generations devastator in 2015 I will be dead or in jail by the next year this is a promise
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Oct 2, 2014 19:33
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ForeverSmug posted:If there is no generations devastator in 2015 I will be dead or in jail by the next year There won't be, at least not in the "combiner wars" line. I just got a decently sized toy haul, with the following: - Generations Sky-Byte an Roadbuster - Generations deluxe wave 4 (Crosscut, Nightbeat, Jhiaxus, Windblade) - Generations Skids - AoE Voyager Slog Very pleased overall! I might give individual impressions on each on later.
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Oct 2, 2014 19:36
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ForeverSmug posted:If there is no generations devastator in 2015 I will be dead or in jail by the next year  Man, I hope generations Devastator never comes out.
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Oct 2, 2014 20:05
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Gammatron 64 posted:Man, I hope generations Devastator never comes out. Why?
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Oct 2, 2014 20:26
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catch22 posted:Why? Monkey paw wish, it will look like 2012 Bruticus
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Maketoys Quantron in stock at BBTS ! Pile of Loot shipped! So very excite
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