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SS Wreck Gar could be a CyKill if you squint
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Sentinel Red posted:Oooooh, the animation vintage Hot Rod is tempting, got a Starscream and Prime in similar styles. We got Bug Bite and Road Ranger a bit ago
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Oct 6, 2022 17:16
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Who would win in a fight, Scooter or Wheelie
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Oct 6, 2022 17:22
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ruddiger posted:Who would win in a fight, Scooter or Wheelie Armada Perceptor.
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Oct 6, 2022 17:29
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DoctorWhat posted:There are more racecars to redeco Crasher from than there are appropriate jets or bikes, mainly. Most Transformers jets and bikes are very specific, accurate molds that can't easily be mistaken for anyone else; spray painting Starscream a dull gray is just going to look like a boring Starscream, not an authentic Leader-1. I guess there was a comic that drew Leader-1 as a remold of CW Air Raid? Honestly not a bad choice considering his general silhouette in bot mode, his original plane mode, and they have almost identical chest vents. I wouldn't mind seeing Maverick remolded into L1 either, especially if they ditched the translucent plastic and hog-waller tampo.
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Oct 6, 2022 19:42
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You could also get a serviceable Cy-Kill out of the Legacy Arcee / Road Rocket mold. It's at least got some form of representation for his massive shoulder wheels.
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Oct 6, 2022 20:07
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Earthspark deluxes are also up for preorder on Hasbro Pulse.
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Oct 6, 2022 20:35
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Is Cosmos the shortpack out of the Velocitron stuff?
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Dawgstar posted:Is Cosmos the shortpack out of the Velocitron stuff? Yeah, which sucks because he's awesome and everyone should have one.
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Oct 7, 2022 00:31
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hopefully they'll do a refresh on the short packed figures, no idea why IDW Blurr was so overpacked, as those are shelf warming like crazy out here.
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Oct 7, 2022 01:03
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What happened with Cosmos was that he was originally a pretty cheap retool of Origins Bee, so not a definitive take. But the engineers squeezed an entire toy into the tooling budget for just the replacement parts from the retool plan, so we wound up with a mini-masterpiece as a shortpacked exclusive.
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Oct 7, 2022 02:29
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Silhouette posted:Goddamn armada jetfire is cool Prime+Overload+Jetfire in vehicle mode is peak transformers
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Oct 7, 2022 02:48
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DoctorWhat posted:What happened with Cosmos was that he was originally a pretty cheap retool of Origins Bee, so not a definitive take. But the engineers squeezed an entire toy into the tooling budget for just the replacement parts from the retool plan, so we wound up with a mini-masterpiece as a shortpacked exclusive. Override's in the same camp - originally just going to be a Hot Rod retool until they found a cost-effective way to do a new figure.
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Oct 7, 2022 02:53
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War and Pieces posted:Prime+Overload+Jetfire in vehicle mode is peak transformers I do need to offload a bunch of old Armada figures, but I can't bear to give up that combo. I like having them all tow each other. Target has a 20% off sale on Transformers this weekend. My local one just has a crazy amount of Red Cogs... and a Sludge....
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Oct 7, 2022 03:50
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DoctorWhat posted:And for the more retro inclined I want a modern pink Hot Rod though
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Oct 7, 2022 06:59
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Sesq posted:I do need to offload a bunch of old Armada figures, but I can't bear to give up that combo. I like having them all tow each other. I hope I find a Sludge later. He doesn’t show up in the Target app/site so I can’t see if he’s in any stores.
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Oct 7, 2022 07:59
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Pulse delivered my SS86 Ironhide today and honestly i'm a bit disappointed. Mine at least seems to be a fiddly mess to transform - all the top bus panels are a pile of tabs that require (at least on mine) too much force to lock in and too little force to pop out I did think that this was gonna be a heavy retool of the seige ironhide mold, maybe because I haven't been paying attention but I guess it's almost all new, it's a different size totally
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Oct 7, 2022 10:23
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It's 1000% a brand new mold.
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Oct 7, 2022 19:31
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I'm not sure why anyone thought a Voyager would be some kind of retool of a Deluxe in the first place. The almost universal distrust of Ironhide/Ratchet molds is weird. I realize we were all traumatized by Classics Ironhide but it's been 15 years, they're not all gonna be like that.
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Oct 7, 2022 19:40
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Rhymenoserous posted:I feel that parasocial relationships on social media vis-a-vis toy robots have gotten out of hand, and this post is exhibit a-z. But sure what you mean by this. I'm just describing the etiquette that I had to figure out the hard way. I was interested in knowing more about diaclone, but all the promo and literature is in Japanese and on Twitter. It's not like I invented any of this
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Oct 7, 2022 19:42
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I don't think anyone is claiming you're some kind of etiquette nerd or anything, I get the sense that 'the rules' of the group are more than some are willing to absorb and adhere to. Any group has norms and mores, just like the posters here. I feel like this is a chill group and who's to say diaclone Twitter isn't, I just get the sense that what you've outlined is a bit much for some. Our maybe I'm wrong, iunno
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Oct 7, 2022 20:18
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Keldroc posted:I'm not sure why anyone thought a Voyager would be some kind of retool of a Deluxe in the first place. The almost universal distrust of Ironhide/Ratchet molds is weird. I realize we were all traumatized by Classics Ironhide but it's been 15 years, they're not all gonna be like that. Transformers fans are obsessed with accusing new toys of being retools and also with begging Hasbro to make elaborate retools instead of new molds.
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Oct 7, 2022 21:08
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Good toy is good toy
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Oct 7, 2022 21:10
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I agree!
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Oct 7, 2022 21:13
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DJ Fuckboy Supreme posted:I don't think anyone is claiming you're some kind of etiquette nerd or anything, I get the sense that 'the rules' of the group are more than some are willing to absorb and adhere to. I was turned off when I couldnt' just jump in and say "hey guys cool toys amirite?". I was politely blocked for no reason I could tell. I still have vivid memories of having to buy anime magazines to get the latest news or begging comic shops to have mecha meetups 30 years ago. I never learned much japanese, so the idea of having live mostly-translated conversations with nerds of the same age is still really exciting. They grew up with totally different experiences from the same toys and time, so the perspective shift is fun. like when you found out the old dinobots had cockpits for little dudes to ride in them. I feel like I get to learn all kinds of nuggets like that all the time. There are online basically "play with toys" sessions called bundodo where you put up a couple pictures of your dudes fighting the other dudes and my kids thought it was hilarious because we had the lego stormtroopers fighting the diaclone, hello kitty, and TFs. And they stil talk about it because they got a few dozen likes from nerds on the other side of the planet who wanted to play toys too.
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Oct 7, 2022 22:03
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Keldroc posted:I'm not sure why anyone thought a Voyager would be some kind of retool of a Deluxe in the first place. The almost universal distrust of Ironhide/Ratchet molds is weird. I realize we were all traumatized by Classics Ironhide but it's been 15 years, they're not all gonna be like that. They're pretty similar in size and transformation if you discount the panel wrangling on the SS86, it doesn't feel like a massive jump in logic. For the record I actually don't mind the siege mold, at least the earth-ish version v0v   
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Oct 7, 2022 22:32
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Zephirus posted:They're pretty similar in size and transformation if you discount the panel wrangling on the SS86, it doesn't feel like a massive jump in logic. For the record I actually don't mind the siege mold, at least the earth-ish version v0v An obvious retaint
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Oct 7, 2022 23:17
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Irrespective of the what, I believe we are all united, here, in our love of indulging our inner child, playing with cool toys 
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Oct 8, 2022 00:25
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Has anyone actually been able to order Crasher off Walmart?
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Oct 8, 2022 01:36
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Well my copy of the HISS Tank Megatron set arrived today and while he has some issues for a figure of his size and price, he's still pretty neat, not entirely sure if I'll keep him long term though so for the moment Baroness is staying carded(cute touch packing her carded like a standard GI Joe figure) Still confirms my thoughts that if they ever do a proper full scale Transformers/GI Joe line(and not just the two sets they're doing as part of the Collaborative line) that they should go for a smaller scale than the classic "A Real American Hero" 3.75 inch scale for the Joe side of things, would need a lot less compromises on the Transformers side if the GI Joe/Cobra figures are around the 1.25 inch scale Titan Masters/Prime Masters use(so about 3 times smaller) plus it increases the pool of GI Joe/Cobra vehicles that could be used(the HISS Tank could be done as a small Deluxe for example rather than about Leader Class sized like it did here)
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Oct 8, 2022 05:12
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Human Alliance was kind of a spiritual crossover and worked pretty well, though the human figures weren't that great by themselves.
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Oct 8, 2022 06:14
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Titan masters was a fun gimmick, shame is lasted 1 toyline. Prime Masters weren't the same Are there any like small scale playset figures that are like the old Micromachines or Mighty Max left? I feel bad for kids that don't get to experience that.
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Oct 8, 2022 06:20
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Micro Machines seem to still be chugging along and they brought Polly Pocket back, so they still exist in some form. And while the scale of the figures isn't as small as that (being slightly larger than Titan Masters), Lego's pretty unstoppable as far as small-scale toylines go.
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Oct 8, 2022 06:43
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There's also Jazzwares Star Wars Micro Galaxy Squadron line
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Oct 8, 2022 06:44
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Power of the Primes needed to calm down and decide what it wanted to be. It was the Energon of its trilogy, following up a consistent, extremely solid play pattern with a confused, scattershot mess that at best adhered to a vague theme.
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It yea def wanted to be both combiner wars and titans return and...well Abominus was cool atleast?
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Oct 8, 2022 14:28
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Even though the hand/feet in Combiner wars weren't the best, they were better then the option in PotP, especially since it robbed the torsos of guns.
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Oct 8, 2022 14:42
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Other posted:There's also Jazzwares Star Wars Micro Galaxy Squadron line These are spectacular vehicles with incredible molding, but I havent seen the larger ones yet. Do they have playset modes? The paint apps on the blindboxed ones were really basic for $6 or 7 each. I would say the Lightyear hyperspeed figures are really good. Generic Spaceships with decent miniature figures. Generally available for $11 on amazon, but more expensive in stores.
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Oct 8, 2022 15:20
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Vaporware posted:These are spectacular vehicles with incredible molding, but I havent seen the larger ones yet. Do they have playset modes? The Falcon has a removable top panel revealing a full interior, including the lounge with the dejarik table which is hella neat.
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I got one of the Lightyear spaceships just cause it looks like the Vic Viper from Gradius and it's a neat little thing. Looks to be about Titan Master scaled, incidentally, the pilot figure is about that height. The cockpit is too slim to accommodate one of course.
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