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Picked up Bulkhead in Hamlets when showing a family member all the tourist traps. Just wanted to be sure I'd find him. Turns out he was the same price as in Smyths anyway.
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Keldroc posted:Except the robot that results from that in the CW version is complete poo poo, regardless of one's opinion of the Legacy one. Even with the Perfect Effect add-ons, it's still the worst out of the entire lot. Again, disagree. The CW one is awesome and I distinctly remember people praising the poo poo out of all of CW back when it came out. The CW one absolutely blows the new one out of the water IMO.
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The wiki has a laundry list of pretty nasty sounding flaws on the CW one, claiming it's by far the worst of CW.quote:Menasor is considered the least-stable Combiner of the entire Combiner Wars line, due to the various design failures that plague Motormaster's design which will more likely than not cause him to fall apart. Such issues include but are not limited to: bad hip articulation due to poorly-designed ratchet joints which complicates his ability to stand any way other than straight and stiff (further complicated by the lack of ankle articulation necessary to compensate), shoulder mechanisms that come untabbed due to weak lock tolerances if the arms are moved, a problematic waist swivel caused by the skirt flap being attached to the stomach instead of the pelvis, and the inability to keep Blackjack securely attached to the chest due to incorrectly-molded sizing in the tabs.
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Dabir posted:The wiki has a laundry list of pretty nasty sounding flaws on the CW one, claiming it's by far the worst of CW. And yet, despite all those flaws, it’s still miles ahead of the Legacy one by virtue of it being an actual combiner. 
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As an actual CW Menasor-haver, motormaster is an incredibly unfun toy. The kinetic action of attaching the Legacy limbs and having them bisect on the bone is streets ahead of the hosed up hips and nonfunctional blackjack integration on the CW mold.
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Xenomrph posted:And yet, despite all those flaws, it’s still miles ahead of the Legacy one by virtue of it being an actual combiner. Partsforming is okay.
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DoctorWhat posted:As an actual CW Menasor-haver, motormaster is an incredibly unfun toy. The kinetic action of attaching the Legacy limbs and having them bisect on the bone is streets ahead of the hosed up hips and nonfunctional blackjack integration on the CW mold. I have him and I like him  He’s not my favorite CW combiner (G2 deco Bruticus supremacy) but I still like him and am not in a rush to replace him. long-rear end nips Diane posted:Partsforming is okay. Not when it’s meant to be a combiner it’s not. I’m not big on partsforming in general - if I wanted to have to take my toy apart to turn it into something new, I’d go play with my legos. It’s the main reason I was immediately turned off by the WFC weaponizers and fossilizers.
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May 22, 2022 03:27
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Remind me why we've got Menasor-on-Menasor violence?
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With their team dynamic and how combiner mentality works, he's as much a danger to himself as he is to everyone else /s
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Dawgstar posted:Remind me why we've got Menasor-on-Menasor violence? Autobots dressing up as Stunticons?
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War and Pieces posted:Autobots dressing up as Stunticons? Oh, yeah! I remember that episode now.
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May 22, 2022 04:42
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That’s how easy it was to make a combiner. Just dress up as one and combine.
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If anyone still wants fossilizers, my local Forbidden Planet had Wingfinger for £4.99. E: Bulkhead more like Bonehead 
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Burkion posted:I have horrible news Dabir posted:Huh, yeah. In the screenshot the wiki has for his first episode his arms look like they're made of the cars, but in the other screenshots he's, well...   The G1 toy worked either way, so presumably most of us made the correct decision to make the cars point forward.   Also this is an option, if it really bugs you: 
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How tall is the combiner wars menasor next to siege jetfire?
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May 23, 2022 03:23
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I do think its neat that its backwards compatible with Combiner Wars toys apparently
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ruddiger posted:How tall is the combiner wars menasor next to siege jetfire? They're about the same height.
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The legacy shins aren't blank gray slates, they're moving sculpted panels etched to match the undercarriage of the carbots that plug into them. The fan first Friday videos from a month or so back lay this out.
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God, the G1 box ART is mistransformed, look at his arms, he has 4. CW Menasor isn't that bad, he's not 100% perfect, but for what he was at the time, he was still good. The other Torso bots were generally more Solid, but from what I understand later Motormasters fixed the issues the first editions had. Also CW Menasor did something the new one does not do, be a Scramble City toy, where any limb can be swapped with any other limb, it looks like this new one has a set order. Legacy Menasor is a good G1 Cartoon accurate toy, but the CW Menasor is a fairly good spiritual representation of the G1 Toy and it's features.
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Burkion posted:I do think its neat that its backwards compatible with Combiner Wars toys apparently Makes sense to reuse the connector, much like how the "Powerlinx" system still sees use almost 20 years after Armada introduced it, it's a proven method that works(even if it is basically just a standardized version of a series of similar connectors that Hasbro and Takara kept introducing from at least Armada), the fact that it allows cross line compatibility happens to be a nice bonus
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Apparently according to Mark Hasbro, the CW-esque connections are only at the knees and are not toleranced for CW cross-compat, so user experience can and will significantly vary.
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Anora posted:God, the G1 box ART is mistransformed, look at his arms, he has 4. I love how much they cheated to give him a dynamic pose without deviating from the actual bots. Like Wildrider pretending he has a knee.
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Knormal posted:The G1 toy worked either way, so presumably most of us made the correct decision to make the cars point forward.
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'Cars as decoration' on a frame works well from the perspective of toys aimed at children. Motormaster is going to be 85 - 95 quid. If he can't even transform into a giant robot on his own and look halfway convincing, it's less compelling to an adult forking out for that. And if you also have to wait till Q2 2023 till you can form the giant robot when the rest of the limbs are out, it's not exactly going to be a great toy for Christmas. (Can't wait to get Motormaster and the others for my kids, they keep asking for a combiner) Also my kids love Wfc Ironworks, and my four year old proudly tells me he's a Partsformer like Ultra Magnus and Slammer.
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Milotic posted:'Cars as decoration' on a frame works well from the perspective of toys aimed at children. Motormaster is going to be 85 - 95 quid. If he can't even transform into a giant robot on his own and look halfway convincing, it's less compelling to an adult forking out for that. Milotic posted:And if you also have to wait till Q2 2023 till you can form the giant robot when the rest of the limbs are out, it's not exactly going to be a great toy for Christmas.
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I’m talking from the perspective of young fans. I’m sure kids love waiting three years to complete a combiner. A year is a stretch.
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I bet they'll be sold as a box set once they're all out.
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Legacy G2 Menasor confirmed.
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I like that they're doing a repaint of Waspinator in Legacy. My local Forbidden Planet still has two entire stacks of the guy. Customerzzzzzz hate Wazzzzzzpinator.
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He's just not as good as the Thrilling 30 one. I'd maybe buy him if I saw him hit £10 though.
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Sounds like he's due for a Transquito remold.
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we need more non-show appearing BW guys. Where is Claw Jaw, Scavenger, or Ramulus?
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Polar Claw was in the original pitch for Kingdom but when the line got expanded to fill out the s1 roster (a decision that also gave birth to SS86 to give a home to displaced s3/movie characters) he got dropped.
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Scavenger is just Transmetal Inferno.
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Anora posted:we need more non-show appearing BW guys. Where is Claw Jaw, Scavenger, or Ramulus? gently caress that. we need explicit BWII and BWNeo characters
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Scuba rather than Claw Jaw I can get behind. He's great.
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Tako Tank 2.0 confirmed for next Titan
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Nah, it'd be more fitting as a commander class
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I am ambivalent toward new versions of Transmetals characters just because they won't look as cool without the vac metal.
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Counter Point: I just want a Transmetal Megatron. Also we'll never get a new Heinrad cause Hasbro are cowards.
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