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I wonder if there's some weird budget issues going on. Hasbro said they were inspired by the Star Wars Black Series Gaming Greats subline, and that was basically a bunch of repaints with one or two new accessories until very recently. Maybe they were alotted similar sorts of retool budgets but couldn't make magic in the same way they did with stuff like Cosmos and Override.
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CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:I haven't really had a need to try it out yet since I got it but my a third party addon for core class Volcanius arrived and part of Swoop's new wrist and Snarl's new ankle are kinda loose. Well, the joints seem to be holding up fine so far. Apart from it going on a bit more watery and taking a little longer to cure, it seems as effective as Future Shine.
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Robot Style posted:I wonder if there's some weird budget issues going on. Hasbro said they were inspired by the Star Wars Black Series Gaming Greats subline, and that was basically a bunch of repaints with one or two new accessories until very recently. Maybe they were alotted similar sorts of retool budgets but couldn't make magic in the same way they did with stuff like Cosmos and Override. People fixate on parts count and paint for budgets, but r&d matters a lot too. We know for a fact that hasbro's team for gamer edition wasn't able to directly extract the character models from the High Moon games in a time efficient way. I wouldn't be surprised if the flaws on these guys is attributable to a time crunch.
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Oct 28, 2023 05:23
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https://twitter.com/SixoTF/status/1718224022792540308
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Oct 28, 2023 12:14
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nnnnnnoooo thank you
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Oct 28, 2023 12:16
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Live action movie cassettes are Cybertronian Beastboxes
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Oct 28, 2023 12:31
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it almost looks like it turns into a torso for a tiny robot. that would have been cool tbh
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Oct 28, 2023 12:45
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The most important factor for me there is not that he's blue, but that he looks like poo poo.Captain Invictus posted:it almost looks like it turns into a torso for a tiny robot. that would have been cool tbh Yeah! A mugenbine/monstructor funny little man made of cubes would have been cool!
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Oct 28, 2023 14:12
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That's ugly as gently caress, why is it a thing?
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Oct 28, 2023 15:21
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The WFC Seeker design is pretty naff, honestly
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Oct 28, 2023 15:31
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Concept Art Megatron https://twitter.com/sixotf/status/1718225822224441524?s=46&t=2Vl5mZOAuXyv2LbW1v-6cQ
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Oct 28, 2023 15:57
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Fil5000 posted:That's ugly as gently caress, why is it a thing? and the robot mode looks to be wildly articulated, like, for a core class he's got shoulders, shoulder swivels, elbows, waist swivel, hip joints, and knees. for a core class that seems ridiculous to me. like I have core class nemesis prime sitting right here and he's got good articulation but not nearly that much, and his feet are bricks. I'll probably get that rumble to fiddle with and pose, I can't really tell from the picture but it almost looks like he has some sort of joint in the feet as well, possibly just a swivel, maybe a balljoint. if it's a balljoint then that little dude is going to be godlike for posing doing stuff
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Oct 28, 2023 16:16
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Joe Fisto posted:Concept Art Megatron The full figure was shown, it’s a triple changer! Tank and plane.
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Oct 28, 2023 16:31
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That legit looks good for a little dude that morphs into a poo poo box (by necessity) that you stuff into the chest of Bumblebee movie Soundwave. I actually really liked Ravage from a while back. Sure, he turns into nothing, but he still folds up real nice and is well articulated for a robot panther
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Oct 28, 2023 16:35
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MinionOfCthulhu posted:The full figure was shown, it’s a triple changer! Tank and plane. An instant buy!
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Oct 28, 2023 17:22
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Captain Invictus posted:I don't think the robot mode looks bad, but the altmode is an impressive lump of Nothing He's like a Stikfa that turns into a cube of junkyard scrap
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I'm disheartened by what I am reading about that Rumble. Just because he doesn't transform into something "useful" he shouldn't exist? His usefulness isn't for you to judge. This sounds a lot like roboeugenics from a fascist Cybertronian government. Do better goons.
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Oct 28, 2023 18:12
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These concept art guys are exciting! I felt that some of the Bumblebee Prologue figures were absolutely fantastic, and the freedom offered by new designs without licensed altmodes is really exciting. That Megatron looks like a lot of fun.
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Silhouette posted:Stikfa
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Christ, yeah. Every so often I’ll find the big robot one with the segmented arms in a box at home. They were weird but good.
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I know I am late to the party, but I just opened the Ross-bought Autobot Ark and he is pretty drat awesome. My son is having a blast with him, he has named him Stacky (???) and he and the friend he came with, Big Computer, are building together. I have never heard ratchet joints this loud. My goodness gracious. He’s a lot of fun though, but Mainframe is too fiddle for me. Kinda tempted to open up my long-boxed Trypticon now though… maybe tomorrow…
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MinionOfCthulhu posted:I know I am late to the party, but I just opened the Ross-bought Autobot Ark and he is pretty drat awesome. My son is having a blast with him, he has named him Stacky (???) and he and the friend he came with, Big Computer, are building together. Release him from his cardboard prison
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Oct 28, 2023 22:37
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Rumble kinda looks like Bruticus. Am I the only one seeing it? The alt mode, it's so siblings fighting can throw it at one another easier.
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if they are going to do a bunch of concept art transformers, we better get some transtech ones
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not a transformer, but a very, very, very cool robot you should absolutely consider picking up if you like sturdy figures to fiddle with on your desk. reposting from the action figure thread:Captain Invictus posted:hello. are you someone who enjoys reasonably-priced hyperarticulated figures, combined with extremely high quality construction, to ensure your fiddlin' figure can survive your meaty mitts manhandling it into poses? do I have the toyline for you: ASTROBOTS
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They remind me of Real Steel robots. Very cool.
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There is (or is gonna be, not sure on the timeline here) a comic about those guys written by Simon Furman. I personally think Furman kinda sucks so I'm not gonna read it but it might be of interest to some of the people here.
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Apollo looks like roided up Grey Fox
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Droyer posted:There is (or is gonna be, not sure on the timeline here) a comic about those guys written by Simon Furman. Was!  There were 5 issues, the final one came out mid-September-ish. I haven't got around to reading them yet, but the art looks good.
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Non Compos Mentis posted:if they are going to do a bunch of concept art transformers, we better get some transtech ones I know it's utterly impossible but I wish they would somehow release toys based on the prototypes that got leaked years ago
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What, were they non-Euclidean or something?
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Dabir posted:What, were they non-Euclidean or something? To know them is to fear them. 
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drat, I think I actually really like New Video Game Prime https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/10/30/reactivate-rise-optimus-prime-figure-first-look-496607 I'm sure eventually people will get up in arms about the grey fists and lack of fifth wheel, but otherwise he looks like a pretty great take on Optimus
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Phy posted:drat, I think I actually really like New Video Game Prime He'll make for a fine Nemesis
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welp, dad was on a trip and a package got delivered to his doorstep. he asked me to pick it up for him while he was away. it had ROBOSEN emblazoned on it. 
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Oh no, I’m sorry. Maybe he can resell it at some point to recoup the costs.
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I'm pretty sure it's a christmas present for me since he knows I like transformers. so I can resell it, but, yeah. I wonder if I should just sit down and talk with him this weekend and be like "look I know you mean well, but I absolutely do not want this thing, can you see if you can return it before the return window closes" he has a lot of money but is of the sort of "I will spend it how I want, unless you have a very good life or death reason do not ask me for money, however I may arbitrarily spend an inordinate amount on something for you out of nowhere unasked" which is extremely obnoxious when I, say, want to get a new front step but he spends the cost of said new front step on a robosen transformer like so instead of asking me what sorts of things I'd like I get wanting to get people a gift that they don't know is coming, but I also have expenses and home improvement needs that I would prefer putting gift money towards rather than getting, like, this robot or the stupid huge lego millenium falcon or whatever
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Captain Invictus posted:I'm pretty sure it's a christmas present for me since he knows I like transformers. so I can resell it, but, yeah. As someone with a mom that used to do pretty much this exact thing I found it usually worked best if I turned around and sold the thing if it was something I truly didn't want. Any time I tried to actually deter her from buying stuff it just made her upset with no upside. Even though I brought it up to here a couple times she never really stopped till she was finally retired and started needing to be more money concious. Not to say this is how it would be in your situation!
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Phy posted:drat, I think I actually really like New Video Game Prime Aside from some schmutz on the bumper, he's also missing the same sort of all-black post-apocalyptic/battle-damage deco that Bumblebee and Starscream had. I wonder if that was just for the 2-pack and their individual releases will be cleaner?
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Robot Style posted:Aside from some schmutz on the bumper, he's also missing the same sort of all-black post-apocalyptic/battle-damage deco that Bumblebee and Starscream had. I wonder if that was just for the 2-pack and their individual releases will be cleaner? Huh. I went back and looked at those two bozos and the black is asymmetrical in spots. You might be on to something there.
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