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That's so cool, good for him. Stopped at Target today, they'd just stocked the TF section with new stuff so I picked up Wildrider. Backpack ahoy but looks pretty great otherwise. Killer alt mode.
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Sep 21, 2022 01:37
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I'm trying to divest myself of parasocial relationships but I definitely agree that it is very cool that someone like Thew, who has made well over a decade's worth of content, is receiving these sorts of opportunities. Just seems like a decent dude who's passionate about transformers making wholesome content. Good on him.
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Sep 21, 2022 02:53
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Rhyno posted:That's so cool, good for him. Wildrider’s backpack is way bigger and more awkward than it feels like it should be.
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Sep 21, 2022 09:36
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DJ Fuckboy Supreme posted:I'm trying to divest myself of parasocial relationships but I definitely agree that it is very cool that someone like Thew, who has made well over a decade's worth of content, is receiving these sorts of opportunities. Just seems like a decent dude who's passionate about transformers making wholesome content. I'm super loving excited for him getting this opportunity, since I started watching him and remember him complaining of his other job, then moving on to being able to do his reviews full time, and now gets to host something like this? that's rad.
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Sep 21, 2022 10:27
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The_Doctor posted:Wildrider’s backpack is way bigger and more awkward than it feels like it should be. It's REALLY weird, why does it have to have those hinges for the wheels?
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Sep 21, 2022 10:40
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I assume it’s part of the Menasor thing?
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Sep 21, 2022 11:09
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I was browsing Amazon transformers and noticed they have Legacy Dragstrip for $19 if anyone needs him still
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Sep 21, 2022 12:12
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Wildrider is definitely weird. It doesn't feel like there were that many Menasor-induced engineering pressures to make his backpack so big to begin with, and then his backpack wound up big, and they didn't have the budget to actually shrink it so they gave you options to display it instead. Or maybe they wanted the "heel" in calf mode to be a certain size, and they couldn't maintain those proportions without making the backpack huge. It's weird that the leg-bot we've seen so far barely transforms to become calf-meat, but his transformation is more severely impacted than the arm guys who need to bisect.
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Sep 21, 2022 13:43
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Eee, Black Zarak for £70 from the Entertainer, I'm really tempted. That's barely a quid per cm of toy...
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Sep 21, 2022 17:51
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Marmaduke! posted:Eee, Black Zarak for £70 from the Entertainer, I'm really tempted. That's barely a quid per cm of toy... If I didn't already have Scorponok I'd be really tempted by that. He's a great toy.
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Sep 21, 2022 20:07
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Wildrider's unfolded backpack is apparently supposed to remind one of an Evel Knievel or other stunt rider's half-cape. Perhaps Elvis, maybe. I can see it, but I also think it's silly, both in a good and bad way.
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Sep 21, 2022 22:21
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Marmaduke! posted:Eee, Black Zarak for £70 from the Entertainer, I'm really tempted. That's barely a quid per cm of toy... Yeah, I couldn’t pass that up. Even if he just sits in storage for a year.
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Sep 21, 2022 22:28
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CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:Wildrider's unfolded backpack is apparently supposed to remind one of an Evel Knievel or other stunt rider's half-cape. Perhaps Elvis, maybe. If so, it's an oddly stylistic move in an era that spends most of its time being almost excruciatingly accurate to source material, rather than reinventing silhouettes (at least when it comes to Sunbow and ILM designs).
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Sep 21, 2022 22:33
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DoctorWhat posted:If so, it's an oddly stylistic move in an era that spends most of its time being almost excruciatingly accurate to source material, rather than reinventing silhouettes (at least when it comes to Sunbow and ILM designs). I could have sworn it was one of the designers on one of Hasbro's livestream reveals that said it.
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Sep 21, 2022 22:53
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Oh I'm not doubting that it's true, just remarking that that kind of "redesign" is a departure from the past 4 years of going out of their way to make screen-faithful designs
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Sep 21, 2022 23:15
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Marmaduke! posted:Eee, Black Zarak for £70 from the Entertainer, I'm really tempted. That's barely a quid per cm of toy... Wow, is he cheap anywhere in the US right now?
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Sep 22, 2022 00:15
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DoctorWhat posted:Oh I'm not doubting that it's true, just remarking that that kind of "redesign" is a departure from the past 4 years of going out of their way to make screen-faithful designs The good news is that you don't have to open up his hood at all, and because of the hinge you can have it be frontwards or backwards. It's kinda neat, actually.
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Sep 22, 2022 00:25
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I'm watching the Kingdom series and man some of this voice acting is hosed. Optimus... fills... every sentence... with so many... dramatic... pauses... Half the characters are pretty good matches for their original voices and then there's distractingly different ones like Tigatron and dumbass bootlicker surfer bro Beast Megatron. But it's all so painfully slow, I'm watching at 1.25x and it barely ever feels sped up. E: Tigatron and Dinobot should be playing each other's characters gdi
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Sep 22, 2022 01:44
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Oh yeah I have Wildrider and I'm plenty happy with him.
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Sep 22, 2022 01:54
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Dabir posted:I'm watching the Kingdom series and man some of this voice acting is hosed. Optimus... fills... every sentence... with so many... dramatic... pauses... Half the characters are pretty good matches for their original voices and then there's distractingly different ones like Tigatron and dumbass bootlicker surfer bro Beast Megatron. But it's all so painfully slow, I'm watching at 1.25x and it barely ever feels sped up. Oh it’s loving awful. Optimus keeps that dumb bullshit Speaking cadence throughout all 3 series and since he’s a main pov character it ruins the entire series.
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Sep 22, 2022 02:10
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The Predacons' lines were definitely written with their original voices in mind, except for the times Megatron sucks up to Megatron. Dinobot and Megatron's VAs are just desperately unsuitable for their parts
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Sep 22, 2022 02:21
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I guess if you want a Peter Cullen performance you gotta pay Peter Cullen money.
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Sep 22, 2022 03:26
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Rhymenoserous posted:I guess if you want a Peter Cullen performance you gotta pay Peter Cullen money. didn't they specifically not want Cullen for these shows? like they used non union cast or something?
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Sep 22, 2022 03:41
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Rhyno posted:didn't they specifically not want Cullen for these shows? like they used non union cast or something? Yeah. This is done by Rooster Teeth which is in Texas and thus a non-union outfit.
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Sep 22, 2022 03:58
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Yeah gently caress them for that too.Rhymenoserous posted:I guess if you want a Peter Cullen performance you gotta pay Peter Cullen money. Still, I could do a better loving job. And the last thing I acted in was my school's production of The Beasts of Saint Bozo's when I was eleven. I was the history teacher.
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Sep 22, 2022 08:22
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Dabir posted:I'm watching the Kingdom series and man some of this voice acting is hosed. Optimus... fills... every sentence... with so many... dramatic... pauses... Half the characters are pretty good matches for their original voices and then there's distractingly different ones like Tigatron and dumbass bootlicker surfer bro Beast Megatron. But it's all so painfully slow, I'm watching at 1.25x and it barely ever feels sped up. The episodes of WFC I did watch, I just put up to 1.5 speed and that was fine. It gave everyone normal speaking cadence.
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Sep 22, 2022 10:07
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Doesn't matter how fast you watch it though, you're still only getting one, maybe two onscreen transformations per episode. I really wish that show had been better.
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Sep 22, 2022 10:18
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 Finishing up my Optimus Prime Shrine.
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Sep 22, 2022 10:22
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Fil5000 posted:Doesn't matter how fast you watch it though, you're still only getting one, maybe two onscreen transformations per episode. Blackarachnia's transformation in episode 5 was so blatantly cheap I had to rewind and watch it over a few times to be sure I'd just seen it. Transformation sound, flash of light, now she's a spider. Quality poo poo.
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Sep 22, 2022 10:34
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Dabir posted:Blackarachnia's transformation in episode 5 was so blatantly cheap I had to rewind and watch it over a few times to be sure I'd just seen it. Transformation sound, flash of light, now she's a spider. Quality poo poo. I liked Scorponok. One mode, falls down a big hole, transformation sound, robot mode jumps out of hole.
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Sep 22, 2022 12:51
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Eyespy posted:
[thew] Optimus... Shprime? [/thew]
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I can’t remember if anyone is in Dublin any more, but Dublin City Comics have got 50% off virtually everything, so I grabbed legacy Skids for €15. They had some really good bits in there, and I could have spent a lot. 😬
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Sep 22, 2022 16:09
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I'm in London now, but I'm kept aware of what DCC is upto. They regularly do great sales.
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Eyespy posted:
It’s not finished until you get one of literally every Optimus Prime piece of merchandise ever made. 
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Sep 22, 2022 22:35
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Eyespy posted:
I genuinely like the MP01 design a lot. I like the extra mechanical things added, and how the proportions make him look like a guy in a robot suit. MP 10 is still the best looking Optimus Masterpiece though.
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Xenomrph posted:It’s not finished until you get one of literally every Optimus Prime piece of merchandise ever made. Don’t threaten me with a good time.
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Burkion posted:I genuinely like the MP01 design a lot. I like the extra mechanical things added, and how the proportions make him look like a guy in a robot suit.
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Dabir posted:I'm watching the Kingdom series and man some of this voice acting is hosed. Optimus... fills... every sentence... with so many... dramatic... pauses... Half the characters are pretty good matches for their original voices and then there's distractingly different ones like Tigatron and dumbass bootlicker surfer bro Beast Megatron. But it's all so painfully slow, I'm watching at 1.25x and it barely ever feels sped up. I love surfer dude Megatron and his penchant for dynamic entries from trees.
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Behold Breakdown:  I'm not surprised he's a Wildrider remold, but I am disappointed he didn't get a new front end. He doesn't look much like a Lambo, and they're going to look almost identical in car mode. Just a different rear window. Lots more pics of him as a heel here: https://news.tfw2005.com/2022/09/23/takara-tomy-hobby-expo-round-up-first-look-at-legacy-wildrider-haslab-victory-saber-and-more-465825
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