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Keldroc posted:Who's the gigantic Armada Jetfire looking guy in the third row? The best part of this quote is how it says, "Not Jetfire," on the pic in it's toy article. Picked up movie Barricade from my local Wal-mart, cause it was on sale. really wish the instructions told you you had to ratchet the shoulder back, spent like ten minutes loving with them to get him to transform.
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Lepecard posted:Oh man, I can't get over that minotaur/dinosaur guy with club in the bottom left second to last row. That’s Trypticon.
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Feb 22, 2018 14:51
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https://twitter.com/tfwiki/status/966683016264404992
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Even more than the waist, third parties need to make an add-on part to give Predaking a bigger lion head chest/mane.
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Feb 22, 2018 15:48
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Maybe they think Predaking should be slim now since he is an athletic beastial bot, instead of a swole construction guy like Devastator. Like, maybe if they make the other Combiners titan-sized, Abominus would be a hunchbacked freak like Bayformers Devastator while Computron is a stick thin nerd with huge glasses.
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Feb 22, 2018 16:12
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The MSJ posted:Maybe they think Predaking should be slim now since he is an athletic beastial bot, instead of a swole construction guy like Devastator. Like, maybe if they make the other Combiners titan-sized, Abominus would be a hunchbacked freak like Bayformers Devastator while Computron is a stick thin nerd with huge glasses. I could gently caress with that. Movie Devastator rules.
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Feb 22, 2018 17:18
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DoctorWhat posted:I could gently caress with that. Movie Devastator rules. Now I know you're trolling us.
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Feb 22, 2018 17:21
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He never got toys good enough to suit his design but the concept of combination being this horrifying, animalistic process that produces a shambling, mindless horror is a solid one. And the Diaclone-style color distribution rules.
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Feb 22, 2018 17:25
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Okay I see what you mean, I thought you meant that horrible toy we got was good.
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Feb 22, 2018 17:35
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Rhyno posted:Okay I see what you mean, I thought you meant that horrible toy we got was good. Absolutely no one would ever think that
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Feb 22, 2018 17:38
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The Legends Devastator is good for what it is. EDIT - and I wish they'd actually used this design 
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Feb 22, 2018 17:40
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Burkion posted:Absolutely no one would ever think that Have you met DoctorWhat?
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Feb 22, 2018 17:43
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Supreme Movie Devastator is a big dumb idiot brick for morons. The legends version is cute and fun though.
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Feb 22, 2018 18:04
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Nodosaur posted:The Legends Devastator is good for what it is. They just had to make sure there was a bipedal crotch to do the testicles joke.
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Feb 22, 2018 18:19
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Rhyno posted:Have you met DoctorWhat? Look he's not that bad. Legends Dev is a neat little thing that is categorically superior to the giant gently caress off one I just will never associate anything good with Movie Dev on base reaction just because of the scrotum jokes. We should absolutely get more combiners LIKE him though, that become these huge monstrous things. It's kind of ridiculous that all of these combiners come together and just make a big boring dude. Like, you'd think Abominus, made up of MONSTERS and poo poo, would be this freaky giant monster bot- nope, he's just a generic handsome-ish bland bloke that's tall. It's one thing I adore about a Non Transformers Combining Robot series, GranSazer There the individual robits are a whale, a falcon, a lion and a rhinobeetle that all transform into humanoid forms, and there's a fifth robot that's just a big gently caress off armored dude who doesn't even have an animal form They all combine into a giant dinosaur kaiju with a lion and whale arm and double cannons on its back and it's great. Absolutely no humanoid combination at all, just a big gently caress off super kaiju combiner that punches people with whales. Why can't we have that in Transformers
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Now you're just reminding me of Linkbots, the subline of Z-Bots that combined into weird, kinda vehicular lumps. Look at these dorks: Kinda dumb, right? Except I played with these guys a bunch and combined them a ton as a kid, whereas I also had the G2 Constructicons and Aerialbots as a kid, and I'm not sure I combined them at all. I think on the few occasions I tried to combine the transformers, there were always pieces missing. Whereas these little robot-lumps were simple, and even a part-way combination is kinda cool. They're great. RIP Galoob, man.
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SlothfulCobra posted:Now you're just reminding me of Linkbots, the subline of Z-Bots that combined into weird, kinda vehicular lumps. Look at these dorks:
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Feb 22, 2018 19:09
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I miss my z-bots. you know what was neat about them is that each one was insanely original. There were some homages here and there or things with obvious inspirations but each had a lot of their own special sauce. Kind of wish Transformers had a line left with originality. RID tried, I guess, but didn't work for me for whatever reason.
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Feb 22, 2018 19:21
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Hemingway To Go! posted:I miss my z-bots. you know what was neat about them is that each one was insanely original. There were some homages here and there or things with obvious inspirations but each had a lot of their own special sauce.  Galoob really was great though. The new Micro Machines just don't compare, even if the casting quality is way better.
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That's corporate agglomeration at work there, companies buy up each other until there's only a few big ones left in the industry, and they're less inclined to offer as much variety. I don't know what official metrics to check to confirm it, but it sure seems like the bulk of the toy aisles are just 3 companies. I don't know if that's just the oppression of aggressive corporate expansionism, the economies of scale keeping out little companies, or just the power of branding.
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SlothfulCobra posted:That's corporate agglomeration at work there, companies buy up each other until there's only a few big ones left in the industry, and they're less inclined to offer as much variety. I don't know what official metrics to check to confirm it, but it sure seems like the bulk of the toy aisles are just 3 companies. In five more years it's just going be entirely POPs.
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Feb 22, 2018 20:43
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I feel like the Japanese toy markets a little different. Like bandai of Japan makes completely new designs for Kamen rider and super sentai every year, and the poo poo they come up with can be pretty left field. Do Google image searches for Kamen rider Ichigo (the 1970's design) then Google for Kamen rider ex-aid or Kamen rider build. They expect those designs to represent the franchise for a year at a time. Except Lego, I don't think there's something over here that reinvents itself every year like that.
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Feb 22, 2018 20:49
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SlothfulCobra posted:They just had to make sure there was a bipedal crotch to do the testicles joke. Even though I'm pretty sure none of the Constructicons shown actually had a wrecking ball until that scene, let alone two. RotF is such utter garbage, even by the standards of the Bay movies.
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All of the Dinobots are now listed on the Toys R Us UK website, and all are listed as "Not Available for Delivery, Not available for Click & Collect, Not Sold in stores" except Grimlock who is apparently only available in stores. gently caress sake
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Feb 22, 2018 21:46
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Kinda funny that Z-Bots are pretty much the only Hasbro or Takara-Tomy owned robot franchise that hasn't gotten acknowledgement in TF fiction at some point, which is kinda amazing as even stuff like Robotics has gotten that kind of reference in the fiction at this point
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:All of the Dinobots are now listed on the Toys R Us UK website, and all are listed as "Not Available for Delivery, Not available for Click & Collect, Not Sold in stores" except Grimlock who is apparently only available in stores. gently caress sake They put them up on the US Hasbro site weeks before they are usually available.
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Well I know they're coming now, so I won't have to deal with the frankly ridiculous mark-up some of them have on Amazon
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:All of the Dinobots are now listed on the Toys R Us UK website, and all are listed as "Not Available for Delivery, Not available for Click & Collect, Not Sold in stores" except Grimlock who is apparently only available in stores. gently caress sake ETA: SlothfulCobra posted:That's corporate agglomeration at work there, companies buy up each other until there's only a few big ones left in the industry, and they're less inclined to offer as much variety. I don't know what official metrics to check to confirm it, but it sure seems like the bulk of the toy aisles are just 3 companies. Arquinsiel fucked around with this message at 22:16 on Feb 22, 2018 |
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:Well I know they're coming now, so I won't have to deal with the frankly ridiculous mark-up some of them have on Amazon The marketplace is a terrible thing.
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Keldroc posted:Even though I'm pretty sure none of the Constructicons shown actually had a wrecking ball until that scene, let alone two. Hightower had one at the concept art stage.
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drrockso20 posted:Kinda funny that Z-Bots are pretty much the only Hasbro or Takara-Tomy owned robot franchise that hasn't gotten acknowledgement in TF fiction at some point, which is kinda amazing as even stuff like Robotics has gotten that kind of reference in the fiction at this point the reason why is because they are a 90's toy and not an 80's toy. we still hear about Go-Bots in 2018 because it's all about 1984 with the fans.
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Arquinsiel posted:Try Smyths to see if you get lucky. They had them all here but got a pretty sharp destocking as nerds panicked. Or, worst case scenario, you're in the greater London area/commuter belt, right? I'll be heading over again for the weekend after this and I might be able to pick them up for you. alas no, Portsmouth is probably a bit too far. Still, there are plenty of Toys R Us and Smyths near some of the busier towns I do work in, so I can keep checking, then use Amazon to fill out the gaps. In comic news: new Optimus Prime, the Optimus Prime annual and the next Lost Light are all out next week and yeah, the Scavengers aren't dead. I'm also not spoilering that because it's revealed in the second page of the preview that's floating around
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:alas no, Portsmouth is probably a bit too far. Still, there are plenty of Toys R Us and Smyths near some of the busier towns I do work in, so I can keep checking, then use Amazon to fill out the gaps.
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Hemingway To Go! posted:the reason why is because they are a 90's toy and not an 80's toy. Truth. The franchise is being devoured by a collective midlife crisis and it's tiring. Beast Wars barely gets anything while even the most obscure uncharacterized G1 offshoots get fan service. We all love Optimus Prime and Megatron, but Peter Cullen and Frank Welker are going to die eventually. Let the franchise move on, for god's sake.
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Feb 22, 2018 22:52
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We're rapidly approaching late 90s Nostalgia, so don't you worry. Beast Wars time is coming, if we want it to or not
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A lovely Reporter posted:Beast Wars barely gets anything while even the most obscure uncharacterized G1 offshoots get fan service. Beast Wars honestly has it the best out of any of the non-G1 material that isn't the movie. Waspinator, Rattrap, Rhinox, et all are all pretty recent, there have been/will be three Beast Wars MPs (four if you count Shadow Panther), and Primal is on the way. Compared to most everything else that isn't G1, BW has it extremely good.
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Hemingway To Go! posted:Except Lego, I don't think there's something over here that reinvents itself every year like that. Lego seems like it's slowing down it's roll a bit and Mega Contrux/Bloks is picking up, as far as creativity goes, some of the current MC/B sets are crazy detailed, and I've noticed that lego seems to be making pieces based on ones MC/B has had out for awhile.
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A lovely Reporter posted:Truth. The franchise is being devoured by a collective midlife crisis and it's tiring. Beast Wars barely gets anything while even the most obscure uncharacterized G1 offshoots get fan service. We all love Optimus Prime and Megatron, but Peter Cullen and Frank Welker are going to die eventually. Let the franchise move on, for god's sake. Gary Chalk is the one true Prime.
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I picked up all the wave 2 deluxes except for Moonracer today and now that I have Volcanicus together I quite like it. Putting the spare fists on either side of his lower chest really bulks him out, so the only really thin part is his thighs, which I guess is for posing reasons. He really does need a sword, though.
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long-rear end nips Diane posted:I picked up all the wave 2 deluxes except for Moonracer today and now that I have Volcanicus together I quite like it. Putting the spare fists on either side of his lower chest really bulks him out, so the only really thin part is his thighs, which I guess is for posing reasons. Wonder how well the FOC Grimlock weapons would fit on Volcanicus?
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