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I think the Combiner Wars gestalts are so good not because they're necessarily good combiners(though they are), but because there's such a degree of "moddability" to them that lets you tweak their design a bit and still have something that looks good and is stable, if not improved from the base design to begin with. The Blackjack alternate chestplate idea is a perfect example, even if I can't really get it to work well on mine.
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Asphyxious posted:Am I missing something or has thew not reviewed superion despite being way into combiners? I'm sure he'll get there. He put Superion in the latest KO Beatdown, so he definitely has him. But he's also had Metroplex for a couple of months and hasn't done him yet either. To be fair, Beatdown 4 was 40 minutes long and took him forever to put together judging by his fb/Twitter updates, so I'm guessing that took all the time away. Normal service will resume shortly.
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The_Doctor posted:I'm sure he'll get there. He put Superion in the latest KO Beatdown, so he definitely has him. But he's also had Metroplex for a couple of months and hasn't done him yet either. To be fair, Beatdown 4 was 40 minutes long and took him forever to put together judging by his fb/Twitter updates, so I'm guessing that took all the time away. Normal service will resume shortly. On the other hand, while he did review Silverbolt, he also said in the KO Beatdown that he didn't like the other Combiner War figures, soooo...I dunno!
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Apr 19, 2015 13:56
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DoctorWhat posted:why aren't you getting Superion? Superion owns. It's just jets, like way too many samey jets. I have a ton of jets already too, like three starscreams, Thundercracker, Sharkticon Megatron, Jetfire, Prime Soundwave; plus like 4 helicopters. I have basically no cars though, like a few 4 wheel guys, but the only "car" cars I have are Goldfire/bug, AoE Hot Shot/Tracks, Prime Dead End, and Tailgate. And let's face it, all but one of those are hindered by something.
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All the components of Superion aside from Powerglide are cool planes with robits sort of hanging on the bottom. They all look good from the top, but on the underside they're all Silverbolt. The robits and Superion are great, though. Superion is super duper good. Probably similar to how the new Devastator is gonna be, greater than the sum of his parts. Menasor's chest is too chafe-y for good arm articulation, and his hips are... Not the best. He's better as his components. I'll have to see Defensor for myself, but I think he's going to be the best one.
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MinionOfCthulhu posted:On the other hand, while he did review Silverbolt, he also said in the KO Beatdown that he didn't like the other Combiner War figures, soooo...I dunno! Thew is fickle at heart.
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Apr 19, 2015 22:34
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Thew doesnt get paid to do these, its all in his own time. gently caress the complainers.
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Apr 19, 2015 22:39
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He doesn't monetize his videos? He really should he gets enough views.
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One optibotimus is enough for poor planet earth.
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He's been getting a fair few freebies from Kapow and Transbridge Omegalock of late. Pre-production samples of 3P stuff like KFC Transistor and Guttur.
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therealjon_ posted:He doesn't monetize his videos? He really should he gets enough views. Probably does, but I cant imagine its enough to even out the hours spent making them compared to if he worked those hours at his job irl.
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Veg posted:Thew doesnt get paid to do these, its all in his own time. gently caress the complainers. Literally no one here is complaining.
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Found these bad motherfuckers at the ToyArena booth at Star Wars Celebration, but they wanted $200 for the set, so I laughed and left. They also had Cyclonus but he didn't fit in the shot.
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Doing spring cleaning and sorted through a bunch of my G1 stuff trying to separate what's salvageable from what's ruined. My Silverbolt and a few of the other pieces of Superion are pretty hosed (thanks me from 25 years ago) but I found everything for Menasor and put him on the shelf, now I need the rest of the W2 deluxes to have the old and new stand side by side Anyone know a good place to figure out which toy certain parts go to? I was using TFU to match the guns/accessories based on the toy, but is there a good place to do it the other way around? It might help me narrow down the various sets I'm mysteriously missing.
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That boxart on Rook is terrifying.  "I am here to help, citizen. STOP RESISTING."
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Deceptive Thinker posted:Doing spring cleaning and sorted through a bunch of my G1 stuff trying to separate what's salvageable from what's ruined. My Silverbolt and a few of the other pieces of Superion are pretty hosed (thanks me from 25 years ago) but I found everything for Menasor and put him on the shelf, now I need the rest of the W2 deluxes to have the old and new stand side by side You could just post pictures here. I guarantee between all of us we'll know every single G1 TF accessory ever made.
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Deceptive Thinker posted:Doing spring cleaning and sorted through a bunch of my G1 stuff trying to separate what's salvageable from what's ruined. My Silverbolt and a few of the other pieces of Superion are pretty hosed (thanks me from 25 years ago) but I found everything for Menasor and put him on the shelf, now I need the rest of the W2 deluxes to have the old and new stand side by side http://www.transformerland.com/identify-transformers.html
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The_Doctor posted:That boxart on Rook is terrifying. I am a hero, comrade. There are some extra pictures up on TFND with Groove as the chest. Looks good from the front, kinda derpy from the side. 
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Captain Invictus posted:I think the Combiner Wars gestalts are so good not because they're necessarily good combiners(though they are), but because there's such a degree of "moddability" to them that lets you tweak their design a bit and still have something that looks good and is stable, if not improved from the base design to begin with. The Blackjack alternate chestplate idea is a perfect example, even if I can't really get it to work well on mine. Besides what you mentioned I also love that you can combine, uncombine and switch around any of them in under 10 minutes. So much play value. On other news they're making this guy possibly this century:  I dunno isn't his chin supposed to be pointier? maybe they can't replicate the decepticon emblem 100%
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Blackheart posted:Besides what you mentioned I also love that you can combine, uncombine and switch around any of them in under 10 minutes. So much play value. It's possible they want to avoid Trouble but given the render which shows the rest of the figure(which is like six months old but it matches the zoomed in teaser) it's possibly just Cassy Sark dropping the ball as per usual.
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Other posted:It's possible they want to avoid Trouble but given the render which shows the rest of the figure(which is like six months old but it matches the zoomed in teaser) it's possibly just Cassy Sark dropping the ball as per usual. You're right, now that I see the whole body it does look off. Wonder if the finished product will look better.  There's also a second "upgrade" kit for CW megatron! As you can see it incorporates seamlessly into the figure and uh   huh.
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That's pretty daft looking. The other one was far more interesting.
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Blackheart posted:I dunno isn't his chin supposed to be pointier? maybe they can't replicate the decepticon emblem 100% It looks like they forgot it's a mask and not his actual face, judging by the intakes on his cheeks. EDIT: Case in point, only his mask is purple, not his entire skull 
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Blackheart posted:
Now that Megatron has his boots on he can go play outside in the mud with the other kids!
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It does give him ankle tilts which he really could have used.
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Hasbro Confirms The Transformers Cinematic Universe It's both sad and highly amusing to watch all these suits at various companies and studios scrambling to create a _______ Cinematic Universe on the back of the MCU's success, while not understanding a single thing about that success.
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Disney owns around 30% of Hasbro, while not a controlling share they do have some significant amount of input. So hasbro copying Marvel's thing probably was not without council. Mind you Hasbro puts out the Marvel toys themselves.
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The Taint Reaper posted:Disney owns around 30% of Hasbro, while not a controlling share they do have some significant amount of input. So hasbro copying Marvel's thing probably was not without council. What the hell? Disney does not own any of Hasbro. They have no input on what Hasbro does, they're simply Hasbro's largest license partner. About 30% of Hasbro's output is Disney licensed product, but Disney does not own any part of the company. A possible merger was discussed a few years ago but nothing came of it.
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Keldroc posted:Hasbro Confirms The Transformers Cinematic Universe Tomorrow I'm going to ask the Transformers team if the Jem movie will be part of the Transformers cinematic universe
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Keldroc posted:What the hell? Disney does not own any of Hasbro. They have no input on what Hasbro does, they're simply Hasbro's largest license partner. About 30% of Hasbro's output is Disney licensed product, but Disney does not own any part of the company. A possible merger was discussed a few years ago but nothing came of it. You are correct. However, Disney wants to change that. Hasbro has been on their radar longer than Marvel was.
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Deceptive Thinker posted:Tomorrow I'm going to ask the Transformers team if the Jem movie will be part of the Transformers cinematic universe Remind them that the G1 cartoon shared a universe with Jem thanks to Hector Ramirez. Rhyno posted:You are correct. However, Disney wants to change that. Hasbro has been on their radar longer than Marvel was. If they really wanted to change that, the merger would have happened. Many believe Disney only started that process in an effort to derail Hasbro's move to purchase Dreamworks Animation.
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Deceptive Thinker posted:Tomorrow I'm going to ask the Transformers team if the Jem movie will be part of the Transformers cinematic universe That would be outrageous. Truly, truly, truly outrageous. I'm sorry, I had to do it.
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Synergy and Teletran fanfic forthcoming.
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Keldroc posted:What the hell? Disney does not own any of Hasbro. They have no input on what Hasbro does, they're simply Hasbro's largest license partner. About 30% of Hasbro's output is Disney licensed product, but Disney does not own any part of the company. A possible merger was discussed a few years ago but nothing came of it. Disney was able to torpedo the Dreamworks deal because of just how much stock they own in hasbro. I mean they're pretty invested in the company since Hasbro are the ones who will be the sole producer of all Marvel and Star Wars stuff. Not only that they used giving Hasbro the Frozen and Disney princess stuff as leverage. They've been pretty interested in hasbro for years and it's not of a case if Disney will buy up hasbro, it's more of a question of when. By the time Episode 8 comes out Arcee will be one of the Disney princesses. The Taint Reaper fucked around with this message at 23:35 on Apr 20, 2015 |
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Keldroc posted:Remind them that the G1 cartoon shared a universe with Jem thanks to Hector Ramirez. And GI Joe, due to Cobra Commander showing up in both shows (as "Old Snake" in G1)
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Silhouette posted:And GI Joe, due to Cobra Commander showing up in both shows (as "Old Snake" in G1) Actually GI Joe never existed and was just a fever dream made as a ruse by Hideo Kojima that will be used as the ending to metal Gear 6. Both universes used pop-stars with cathcy songs and advanced war machines to bring about the end of the world The Taint Reaper fucked around with this message at 23:39 on Apr 20, 2015 |
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Got this dude in today and he's really pretty!
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The Taint Reaper posted:Disney was able to torpedo the Dreamworks deal because of just how much stock they own in hasbro. I mean they're pretty invested in the company since Hasbro are the ones who will be the sole producer of all Marvel and Star Wars stuff. Not only that they used giving Hasbro the Frozen and Disney princess stuff as leverage. They've been pretty interested in hasbro for years and it's not of a case if Disney will buy up hasbro, it's more of a question of when. They do not own any stock in Hasbro. Silhouette posted:And GI Joe, due to Cobra Commander showing up in both shows (as "Old Snake" in G1) You don't even need that. Hector Ramirez connects all three shows, plus Inhumanoids. Keldroc fucked around with this message at 01:14 on Apr 21, 2015 |
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Besides it not being Disney, the largest stockholder of Hasbro only owns around 10%. In Verai's defense, it's not bullshit he made up. TFW posted a story months back that made the 30% Disney claim. SpikeMcclane fucked around with this message at 01:32 on Apr 21, 2015 |
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