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Arquinsiel posted:Micromasters were cool as gently caress for two reasons: Yeah I loved Micromasters. gently caress Actionmasters though.
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I used to enjoy imagining what the new characters turned into before they were Nucleon'd. The collector's club Krok is exactly what I expected him to be.
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Mar 14, 2018 04:25
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Knormal posted:
Honestly I actually kinda like Action Masters as a concept, they probably would have done better though if they had full GI Joe scale articulation though
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Mar 14, 2018 04:49
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Yeah if the Action Masters actually HAD the articulation of figures of the era, they would have been a bit better off. Also maybe still have real transformers being made alongside them, but maybe that was out of the budget or something I don't know
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Knormal posted:
I guess that makes sense. All the Autobot brothers ended up relying on a lot of free-floating kibble that never felt right whatever you did with it, but the worst was that many-faced predacon who never really looked transformed right no matter what you did with him. It also explains that really anemic self-transforming electrical pair of pants Optimus had in Armada. Wedge in RiD however, was the perfect transformer. Perfectly articulated, interesting mode, I kinda invented a little X-wing mode for him, and I maybe later resented the constructicons for locking up most construction vehicles in the rest of the franchise because of how much potential they had otherwise.
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Micromasters gave us Erector.
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Knormal posted:
Unless you were anywhere other than the US, in which case the Turbomasters (and Predators) were full-assed Transformers that could fire inch-and-a-half long choking hazards all the way across the goddamn living room.
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Phy posted:Unless you were anywhere other than the US, in which case the Turbomasters (and Predators) were full-assed Transformers that could fire inch-and-a-half long choking hazards all the way across the goddamn living room. Were the Lazer Rods from that era too? EDIT: Looked it up, they were firmly in the heart of G2, 1994. I'm kind of surprised about that because the whole elastic band for the waist joint is such an 80s toy design idea Burkion fucked around with this message at 06:08 on Mar 14, 2018 |
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Kaiju transformers you say? Pictured: Gigan, Baragon, and, uh... Beaky Bird Kaiju.
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The_Doctor posted:Ok, I'm feeling extra Can Do tonight, so I'm finally sorting out the TFNation TF Animated graphic novels. Great to hear! Keep in mind I'm in Iceland so bill accordingly, I don't want to rip you off.
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Mar 14, 2018 11:07
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I have so many freaking micromasters buried at the bottom of large plastic containers
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Deceptive Thinker posted:I have so many freaking micromasters buried at the bottom of large plastic containers This is totes a hint of the direction of the next line.
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Rhyno posted:This is totes a hint of the direction of the next line. I can't even post in this thread without speculation anymore
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Deceptive Thinker posted:I can't even post in this thread without speculation anymore Yeah it kind of sucks and we’re all guilty. Lmk if you want me to sponsor a rereg or something.
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Mar 14, 2018 15:33
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I was just kidding! Nobody wants that back!
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Deceptive Thinker posted:I have so many freaking micromasters buried at the bottom of large plastic containers
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Mar 14, 2018 17:27
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Any ebay coupons lately?
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This week's Lost Light is basically a series of well told jokes and character observations used to divert attention that it has only two pages of actual story
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Vaporware posted:Any ebay coupons lately? There was one fairly recently but I am on my Honeymoon and didn't see it until it had expired.
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Oh well. I don't bother with ebay much lately, but it's the only place to track down some of the diaclone reboot stuff. Thanks anyway
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Mar 14, 2018 19:34
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Have you looked at the KOs? By all reports they are incredible.
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Yeah, I picked some up. I didn't get the main fighter guy, but I got the powersuits. They're 90% perfect. Usual KO problems with lovely pins and weird tolerances around the cockpit. Otherwise it's great because the KOs are like a 2pack for $25 and the real thing is a 2pack for $60-80 depending on colorway. And they are crazy small too. Like sub-legends. The driver guys are microscopic. Makes 3rd party TF legends look value priced.
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Deceptive Thinker posted:I can't even post in this thread without speculation anymore
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Our baby arrived so my transformer hunting time has been pretty limited. Still no PotP Wave 2 here but I did pick up one of those Combiner Force 2 robot sets purely on the merit of it being Bisk and some scarab beetle guy. These are generally not great transformers but they totally make good toys.
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So I just finished moving, and unearthed a lot more Transformers I want to get rid of, leftovers from abandoned kitbash plans, sales, or who knows what. Anyone want any of the below, all new-in box? Make me an offer, no reasonable offer will be refused, I'll combine shipping, ship international, blah blah blah. Note that I haven't found my scale yet so I won't be able to do shipping estimates for a bit. FoC Grimlock Another FoC Grimlock FoC Starscream Prime Kup Prime First Edition Optimus Prime Prime Optimus Prime CW white Optimus Prime TR Apeface TR Breakaway TR Hot Rod (damaged card) TR Blaster Hot Soldiers Iron Tin (Ironhide) (opened, transformed once, back to the box) Toyworld Hegemon B-version (no silencer/stock, extra swappable Marvel head) TFSS Circuit (opened, maybe transformed once or twice) TFSS Jackpot (opened, maybe transformed once or twice)
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Knormal posted:Hot Soldiers Iron Tin (Ironhide) (opened, transformed once, back to the box) dibs
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Knormal posted:So I just finished moving, and unearthed a lot more Transformers I want to get rid of, leftovers from abandoned kitbash plans, sales, or who knows what. Anyone want any of the below, all new-in box? Make me an offer, no reasonable offer will be refused, I'll combine shipping, ship international, blah blah blah. Note that I haven't found my scale yet so I won't be able to do shipping estimates for a bit. What do you think is reasonable for Prime FE Optimus? I don't want to insult you.
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:This week's Lost Light is basically a series of well told jokes and character observations used to divert attention that it has only two pages of actual story Does it have story? Does it? Does it? I think Roberts must have gotten pissed about people saying he's too eager to kill, cause that is all he does now.
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Burkion posted:Big T-Rex. Wonderful thing, but a big T-Rex. Trypicon is definitely more Godzilla than he is a T-Rex. He's even charcoal grey \ black and has a few plates on his back, although they're much smaller and less pronounced than Godzilla. A lot of people forget that Godzilla isn't really supposed to be green, except for when he is on rare occasions like in a couple of the millennium movies and that recent anime. There's that, plus Trypticon is enormous and stomps around cities knocking over buildings like Godzilla. And while he was designed in the 80s, people at least know that Tyrannosaurs weren't tail draggers by now. Now if only people could learn to accept feathered dinosaurs... Knormal posted:
I like Action Masters, Micromasters and G2 because I was born a couple years too late and this was all I got.
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man i forgot the commercial intro for action masters tried to justify the lack of transformation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH-E9YFyvxY
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So apparently TRU Canada is still relatively healthy and aren't currently planning to close any of their stores. (Of course, they would say that, right up to the point where they declare their own bankruptcy. Gotta keep shares up.) But the company that makes Bratz is trying to buy them out. I dunno how that squares with our antitrust laws, or if it even has to, but it is kinda weird. Reading articles about it this morning, I was reminded that we do have another toy chain that's doing alright: Mastermind Toys, who kinda veer away from the bikes and action figures end of the market. Lots of Lego and Playmobil and more edutainment-type stuff. Puzzles.
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It is in every toy company's best interest that Toys R Us stays open, so hopefully they do something about it, maybe buy them from that horrific company that owns them. Like, apparently 10% of all of Lego sales come from them. That's INSANE. That is an insane number.
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This could be catastrophic to any and all toy makers. NECA in particular comes to mind. Hoo boy
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Anora posted:Does it have story? Does it? It's just so empty. I went back and re-read all of the Getaway stuff and even though a lot of the decisions made still annoy me, each issue went somewhere. This issue just does nothing. Everyone's dead and characters which were dead are now alive again, and that's it. No progress made whatsoever. I just want this series to end now, it's gone on far too long
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leveraged buyouts should really be illegal but lol who are we kiddin' that ain't happening
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Just found the wave 2 Prime Masters at Kroger. For $1.29 each. loving hell. 
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Phy posted:So apparently TRU Canada is still relatively healthy and aren't currently planning to close any of their stores. (Of course, they would say that, right up to the point where they declare their own bankruptcy. Gotta keep shares up.) I can't believe Mastermind is still chugging along with how expensive everything in that place seemed to be and TRU is the one that's going under.
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Rhyno posted:Just found the wave 2 Prime Masters at Kroger. Well poo poo if you've bought them all can I buy a set off you? I was only able to find one of them anywhere near me.
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Captain Invictus posted:Well poo poo if you've bought them all can I buy a set off you? I was only able to find one of them anywhere near me. I did not buy them since I got them in LA. I might be back that way kater so I will grab them if they are still there. Sounds like it's an internal error, they were supposed to clearance the Titan Masters instead.
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I would also buy any titan masters you can grab for that much, since I missed most of those, and dupes would be welcome
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