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Dabir posted:Blew my mind that Hot Rod is based on a real thing. G1 and even G2 got real good at being based on super obscure and concept cars and poo poo, it was wild. Like we got a Delorean transformer with Swindler in the Micromaster line, the other Micromasters are largely based on real cars, the G2 Stormtroopers are all concept cars, etc.
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Arquinsiel posted:This worries me. To my knowledge none of the TFTM Autobots' car modes were based on anything real (aside from Magnus's tractor section, of course) but Classics Hot Rod is a Dome Zero   Fun note: the Zero, like so many 70s/80s wedgemobiles including the Countach, had the engine right behind the driver. So who knows what that thing poking out of Rod's hood is. Phy fucked around with this message at 18:43 on Feb 14, 2023 |
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I think Mirage's head is pretty close (at least to the first trailer lol) but how come the panels on his chest aren't tilted?
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Phy posted:To my knowledge none of the TFTM Autobots' car modes were based on anything real (aside from Magnus's tractor section, of course) but Classics Hot Rod is a Dome Zero
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Oh yeah obviously it's that, my point was more that no mechanic or engineer in their right mind would move the engine out front (in front of the wheels no less) if it were an actual car but the toy designers had an image to maintain, because you know that if they'd put the engine block out back there'd have been even more people crapping on Classics HR than already do I can square it with myself by deciding that space aliens aren't always paying the closest attention to detail
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Well, Hot Rod is also from the future - who's to say what those crazy car manufacturers will do in the far off year of 2005.
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Obviously they had to move the engine out the front so that the exhausts would fit after the whole assembly needed to be moved so they could fit the giant spoiler on there.
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Fun fact, Rodimus Prime vehicle mode was based off a real concept, and it was NOT a winnebago as commonly said 1965 GM Bison prototype The back part? That's where the turbine was. Yes it was turbine powered!
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Nodosaur posted:The way people are going on, you'd think Jazz was the only Transformer whoever turned into a porsche. Cliffjumper and Nightbeat who? Also to be fair, Cliffnumber is unrecognizable as a Porsche in either toy or cartoon form.
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The Last Call posted:Fun fact, Rodimus Prime vehicle mode was based off a real concept, and it was NOT a winnebago as commonly said I will be god damned! Got a link to the thread? I checked tfwiki and the guy who designed Rodimus and Hot Rod both is still around and working, so he could probably answer as to whether this thing was a truly a design inspiration, or if he just happened to approach it by accident by sticking the front half of Hot Rod into the back half of a Winnebago But check this out, from here https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/31891-the-gas-turbine-general-motors-%E2%80%9Cbison-iii%E2%80%9D/ :  The turbines are actually in the pod on the top, so having a little car thing undock from the Winnebago has some grounding in reality
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I thought Rodimus was just an extrapolation off Japanese semis. Kup I think reminds me of a Subaru Brat. Very different front though. Also reminds me of one of the few gripes I had with Titans Return was how the realistic vehicles had single middle seats instead of two side by side.  Of the other movie characters, Arcee translates pretty easy to a normal car. Springer doesn't look like any car or helicopter ever made or that will ever be made. Blurr probably would be some kind of non-street-legal racing vehicle, and Wheelie's too small to be a real car.
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SlothfulCobra posted:I thought Rodimus was just an extrapolation off Japanese semis. That top pic is literally thunderclash
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Wheelie is a Renault Twizy, except from 25 years before they were invented.
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SlothfulCobra posted:I thought Rodimus was just an extrapolation off Japanese semis. Wheelie is one of those little single person pedal cars
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SlothfulCobra posted:I thought Rodimus was just an extrapolation off Japanese semis. At this time Transformers was still created in the States with the animation shipped overseas. Designs weren't done in Japan at that time minus the originally created diaclones which then got alterations and redesigns to make them easier to draw/animate or you know, have actual heads.
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Studio Core Class Rumble (Blue) already is out though... unless this is Studio Core Class Rumble (Red)
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There's very clearly some misnaming with some of those, some of those MV6 have to SS86 figures. If so I'm curious how they'll handle SS86 Megatron, I wouldn't mind a non-transforming figure with some nice option parts or maybe removable plating to show him mid reformat
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The MSJ posted:
 drrockso20 posted:Wheelie is one of those little single person pedal cars Wheelie as a Shriner car makes sense, his heads sorta shaped like a fez...
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Yeah what's up with SS86 Rumble not showing up anywhere?
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Other posted:There's very clearly some misnaming with some of those, some of those MV6 have to SS86 figures. If so I'm curious how they'll handle SS86 Megatron, I wouldn't mind a non-transforming figure with some nice option parts or maybe removable plating to show him mid reformat Bumblebee movie Rumble is likely just a Beastbox that fits inside Soundwave so it's doable. There's also concept art of Bumblebee movie Megatron they can use.
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Dabir posted:Yeah what's up with SS86 Rumble not showing up anywhere? Can't have people buy the toys they're looking for.
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I mean, Amazon.co.uk have him at a 50% markup from Amazon themselves, and you can pay like £30 for him on Ebay if you want 
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Yeah, and every other current Core class is on shelves in Forbidden Planet for like £12. What's happened to Rumble that that isn't possible, did they lose another shipping container? Is that where all the R.E.D. Shockwaves are?
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My gut says scalpers. He's going to be the one that literally everyone wants after all.
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For what it's worth I saw a fresh wave in the Seattle area within the last week. So they are still showing up. I'd offer to pick one up for someone but I'm currently out if town. Maybe if Targets in Hawaii have some.
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I finally found core class Ratchet the other day at a Walmart (along with a voyager Scrapheap! this guy owns) but I can't find a core class Rumble (blue) for the life of me. I've spied Wheelie and DotM Laserbeak at stores, along with the sole Ratchet that I scooped up, but not Rumble. And I'm sure as poo poo not paying some scalper something like $25 for one on Amazon or wherever
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Looks like BBTS is expecting get more in, they have him available for preorder. https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/222685
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Got Tarn today, very pleasing figure although the robot mode is kind of flat. As in literally flat, he's almost the same thickness ankle to head. I feel like the chest plate/plow could have been extended to address that, but it still does the job of being a toy of that guy
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BizarroAzrael posted:Got Tarn today, very pleasing figure although the robot mode is kind of flat. As in literally flat, he's almost the same thickness ankle to head. I feel like the chest plate/plow could have been extended to address that, but it still does the job of being a toy of that guy No but that's really cool, it shows how slick and kibble free he is. We got so used to backpacks
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The MSJ posted:
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Sludge, Snarl, and Slug were pretty gapless or close to gapless so I expect Swoop to follow in that pattern.
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Yeah, all of the dinobots have been absolutely rock solid and pretty gapless. Sludge is the only one that comes close, iirc, with the one big gap on the bottom of the front half of his dino mode body, where they put the gun storage, but even then, it's pretty obscured by his body and front legs and is deal-with-able imo.
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Grimlock is missing some teeth and forearm fillers but yeah. They're big voluminous chonky boys.
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Hopefully the dino head issue is just in totally legit copies https://youtu.be/Wbio-AGMEL4
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https://twitter.com/terra810/status/1626462711197609984 Woof, those feet.
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Anora posted:https://twitter.com/terra810/status/1626462711197609984 Special guest designer: Rob Liefeld
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I was going to say energon arcee looked a lot better than that, but then I looked up some pics and no she did not. Still could have done the feet better though
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My wife drew me a grimlock for Valentines 
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