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The_Doctor posted:I’ve been thinking about what if Hasbro did an SS86 Unicron? Take the Haslab one and just scale it down by half or a third or something. We’ve seen them do resizing with the Classics seekers upscaled to ER, so it’s not outside their ken. I figure they'd probably just reuse the old UAC mold again, or rather the remold they did of that one to make it more G1 looking Robot Style posted:I was reminded of those vintage Kenner-style Star Wars figures they're doing for The Mandalorian, and was thinking that might be something cool to do with Transformers - almost like a reverse Studio Series. Like, give me a day-glo tiger striped G2 Nitro Zeus, Scorn as a Beast Wars Transmetal, or G1 Tarn with goofy proportions and two points of articulation. A retro style line would be neat but would probably work best if done in a small scale, as more limited articulation is easier to accept on smaller stuff, well unless doing so allows them to go really cheap in price
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I wish they’d do a re-issue of the HasLab stuff, I didn’t get a chance to buy Unicron nor Star Saber.
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drrockso20 posted:A retro style line would be neat but would probably work best if done in a small scale, as more limited articulation is easier to accept on smaller stuff, well unless doing so allows them to go really cheap in price
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Robot Style posted:I was reminded of those vintage Kenner-style Star Wars figures they're doing for The Mandalorian, and was thinking that might be something cool to do with Transformers - almost like a reverse Studio Series. Like, give me a day-glo tiger striped G2 Nitro Zeus, Scorn as a Beast Wars Transmetal, or G1 Tarn with goofy proportions and two points of articulation. Kind of like Reaction, but recreating other specific toylines instead of just the Kenner mold.
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 Got SG Blaster and it's amazing how much a colour-scheme can change a figure. Had zero interest in the standard figure but absolutely love this guy. Didn't realise how much i'd appreciate the smaller size as well, I really didn't need another blaster as wide as the TR blaster/soundwave mould.
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The_Doctor posted:I’ve been thinking about what if Hasbro did an SS86 Unicron? Take the Haslab one and just scale it down by half or a third or something. We’ve seen them do resizing with the Classics seekers upscaled to ER, so it’s not outside their ken. I’d absolutely love this. I bowed out of haslab because of cost and size.
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Robot Style posted:I was reminded of those vintage Kenner-style Star Wars figures they're doing for The Mandalorian, and was thinking that might be something cool to do with Transformers - almost like a reverse Studio Series. Like, give me a day-glo tiger striped G2 Nitro Zeus, Scorn as a Beast Wars Transmetal, or G1 Tarn with goofy proportions and two points of articulation. They're already doing that right now. There's been a number of non-transforming transformer action figure lines over the years with varying levels of articulation, I kinda liked the little titanium statues back in the day. But of course they're gonna do that with the big names with broader character recognition instead of weird obscure figures that will lack value as both a recognizeable piece of merch or a toy. Although weirdly while Hasbro is doing star wars toy packaging nostalgic of Kenner, most of the new figures they put out with that packaging have full articulation, unlike the ReAction line of figures that is also using the aesthetics of original Kenner packaging to replicate lovely 80s production values in a weird pseudo-nostalgia. So I guess that's worth a thought.
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There's also a Retro line which is new characters with 80s era posability. I've gotten a couple of them because they were both cheap and cute and they complement the vintage stuff that lives on my desk.
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I would really prefer if they kept up using modern engineering for it but I would be down for just bringing back G2 since I have trash taste and like the faction logos and the super soaker color schemes They could call it G3
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Tighclops posted:I would really prefer if they kept up using modern engineering for it but I would be down for just bringing back G2 since I have trash taste and like the faction logos and the super soaker color schemes Might want to skip to G4 Most people don't like G3
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I liked that 3rd party one a couple years back, Glacier Lord or something? A new character done in the G1 combiner style. They released the torso last in a faded Korean box as the original had been discontinued but they “found an unsold box of Korean knock offs.” My buddy bought the set on sale at TFsource and the weird lore they built around the figures was fun
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DrChu posted:I preordered from the Kitz Concept site before I saw this and it was sketchy enough that I would have rather paid a bit extra and went through BBTS.
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Vaporware posted:If I was dying for a fastpack valk, they aren't exactly rare (except in TF colors) Kicking myself a little, Bandai put out preorders today for a Himetal-R VF-1S (Skull colors, but Hikaru version - I guess the difference being it's just got reaction missiles instead of Roy's racks of air-to-air missiles) and they're already at order stop on HLJ and amiami I was going to try to get in on the latter, I even set a reminder in my calendar... apparently didn't set enough of one because I only remembered to check now. Duh. Guess I'll wait to see if it shows up on tfsource or BBTS or the other usual suspects. What I'd really love some day is a VF-1A in grunt brown with FASTpacks - I had a Banpresto one of those, but the kindest thing one could say about the Banpresto VF is that it existed and was cheap.
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How far in advance are pre-orders usually put up on the Hasbro Pulse site? Because I really want that Studio Series Core Class Rumble (Blue)
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The Great Burrito posted:I liked that 3rd party one a couple years back, Glacier Lord or something? A new character done in the G1 combiner style. They released the torso last in a faded Korean box as the original had been discontinued but they “found an unsold box of Korean knock offs.” My buddy bought the set on sale at TFsource and the weird lore they built around the figures was fun I kick myself for not getting him when he went on deep deep discount because now three of his limbs are Uber expensive
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Are those the ones whose boxes didn't develop Black Mold?
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Gavin reviewed Glacialord on TRDQ a while back. Lovely looking thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibtR9OwGiLw
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Glacierlord was great but even on discount seemed like it was a niche product that missed? Maybe it hit harder for the BW fans?Phy posted:Kicking myself a little, Bandai put out preorders today for a Himetal-R VF-1S (Skull colors, but Hikaru version - I guess the difference being it's just got reaction missiles instead of Roy's racks of air-to-air missiles) and they're already at order stop on HLJ and amiami Yeah, maybe there will be a second round after preorders ship? I hate when I forget a drop because it feels like being able to impulse buy something is dead. Agreed about the 1A. There isn't enough colorways of the option packs. It's all skull sqd.
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Other posted:Are those the ones whose boxes didn't develop Black Mold? Say whaaaaat That wasn’t part of the fake backstory behind it?
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https://twitter.com/Vapourware/status/1565687397332967426 anyone have a price check. Ebay doesn't show anything
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Oddly enough Best Buy has a ton of Transformers you can order for store pickup, including Wildrider.
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MinionOfCthulhu posted:Say whaaaaat I don;t think it was intended or Fansprojects fault. A while back TFSource had a sale on Tusker and Razorspike and some people who brought them reported that their boxes were speckled with mold or had it inside https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/fansproject-glacialbot-combiner.304136/page-107#post-17485068 It wasn't too widespread fortunately
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Medullah posted:Oddly enough Best Buy has a ton of Transformers you can order for store pickup, including Wildrider. Thanks! Snagged a couple I couldn't find elsewhere. Now I just need to find Motormaster.
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Core-class Ratchet is on shelves in the UK.
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Medullah posted:Oddly enough Best Buy has a ton of Transformers you can order for store pickup, including Wildrider. Thanks. secured a Wildrider I was worried about missing this way.
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Dabir posted:Core-class Ratchet is on shelves in the UK.
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Dabir posted:Core-class Ratchet is on shelves in the UK. And Wheelie! 
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The_Doctor posted:And Wheelie! I'm aware. Initial review of Ratchet: Seems like a nice figure! I hope this is some kinda preview of the engineering they'll use for the Voyager Ironhide mold. Would be nice if one of his legs didn't keep popping off, guess there's still some slight QC issues there.
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Dawgstar posted:Thanks! Snagged a couple I couldn't find elsewhere. He's in stock at Big Bad Toy Store
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYmAYQu_U1o Interesting new issue with some 3rd party toys, lead paint
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Someone in the comments is saying he hosed up following the instructions.quote:This video is giving false information as those cards are designed to test that the swab is actually working. Meaning after testing the object if it does not come back red you can use the card to confirm the test was working properly by swabbing a circle that will always activate the chemical if the swab was properly prepared (hence the perfect red circles). Unfortunately, creator has proven nothing beyond an inability to read/understand instructions.
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Dabir posted:I'm aware. Various YouTubers have the new Ironhide mold already, you can look up how it transforms
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Had this guy as a kid and I loved it. There was no GoBot discrimination in my house! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apq7UvjfGls
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I am curious, was that actually in the show And was it alive if so
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Yes! Big stompy walking base!
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MinionOfCthulhu posted:I kick myself for not getting him when he went on deep deep discount because now three of his limbs are Uber expensive Same. Gravitas Shortfall posted:How far in advance are pre-orders usually put up on the Hasbro Pulse site? I've observed that Core figures don't seem to be available for preorder though they do seem to carry them at some point (at official street date?)
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So I lucked upon a Cosmos as they were stocking the shelves. I can confirm he is an absolutely delightful chonky boi and it's a crime he's a Walmart exclusive. I hope he'll get a wider release somehow because this mold is too excellent to lock up with Walmart and should be able to be enjoyed by everyone.
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