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Transformers Cloud seems to be "Hey, let's take whatever recent figures we've made and repaint them into the main characters who already have a million toys." Blitzwing\Doubledealer has a cockpit chest? Starscream! Whirl has a monoeye? Shockwave! Springer, uh... has like a head crest kinda thing? Rodimus! Like some of them look okay but I already have those molds and better representations of those characters so there's like zero point to these, other than the novelty of having characters transform into things they're not supposed to, like a tank Starscream or a helicopter Shockwave.
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Apr 6, 2014 05:26
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Heli Shockwave is no weirder than his FoC jet mode. He is like Megs and Soundwave, his original alt mode was a giant laser gun. He did kinda settled into being mobile artillery lately.
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Apr 6, 2014 06:28
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The Cloud series is odd but it's not like we're missing out on anything because of it. A shame that the Blitzwing mold is Starscream and not a Skywarp/Megatron figure--it could even have a head that's Skywarp on one side and Megatron on the other.
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Plus the fact they charge x4 the price for those Cloud figures.
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Apr 6, 2014 12:39
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Video review of Evasion Mode Optimus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig_4FCJw5kA
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Apr 6, 2014 13:38
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The MSJ posted:Video review of Evasion Mode Optimus. That's quite a transformation. Not really interested in the dinos (I might get a Grimlock) but I'm very excited for the vehicles.
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The MSJ posted:Video review of Evasion Mode Optimus. God that thing looks cheap as hell. :I Although that is a pretty novel transformation. With some more paint and a better head he'd be pretty cool! MinionOfCthulhu fucked around with this message at 19:48 on Apr 6, 2014 |
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Apr 6, 2014 19:45
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MinionOfCthulhu posted:God that thing looks cheap as hell. :I Well, you are in... uh... luck then? - Platinum Optimus & Grimlock. He even has a faceplate! Someone in Hasbro has gone crazy with chrome lately.
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Apr 6, 2014 19:51
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Blackheart posted:Well, you are in... uh... luck then? - Platinum Optimus & Grimlock. He even has a faceplate! That is definitely an improvement.
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Apr 6, 2014 19:59
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The contrast between Hound's concept art and toy reminds me of those muscular Luke Skywalker figures: 
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Apr 6, 2014 22:54
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The MSJ posted:The contrast between Hound's concept art and toy reminds me of those muscular Luke Skywalker figures: Why isn't he bulkhead
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Apr 6, 2014 23:02
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Rita Repulsa posted:Why isn't he bulkhead Cause half the characters in the live action movies have random names that have next to nothing to do with their G1 namesakes. Though if you mean strictly from a marketing perspective Bulkhead would still make more sense since he's been featured in the last two recent shows. Calling a Generations Bulkhead Upgrade kit now.
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Apr 6, 2014 23:16
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Hasbro probably thought there were already two versions of Bulkhead in two animated series, and the Prime one had plenty of toys.
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Apr 6, 2014 23:37
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I really do like that voyager though I feel like once again I want to see if they repaint it. A new headsculpt would make for a really awesome looking Bulkhead indeed. On the other hand, that Hound looks basically like my father as a robot, which is sort of awesome for making my sister crack up. This toyline just looks so much better than the DOTM one it is incredible.
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Apr 6, 2014 23:43
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Probably using Hounds name to keep its trademark.
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Apr 7, 2014 00:12
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Didn't they say the inspiration for Hound's head was this dude?
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Apr 7, 2014 00:32
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Wasn't he also like the lead military guy on Medal of Honor? That dude gets around.
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Apr 7, 2014 01:33
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Hound looks like a badass toy, he'd make a great Onslaught remold.
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Apr 7, 2014 02:54
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Those ammo belt wrists look amazing on the concept art, not so much on the figure...
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Apr 7, 2014 03:07
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Vangelus reviews Scorn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogD2FMlNjtk
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The MSJ posted:Hasbro probably thought there were already two versions of Bulkhead in two animated series, and the Prime one had plenty of toys. Then why make a huge fat green stubby limbed autobot with something on his chin (guard/beard) that turns into a truck in the first place
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Apr 7, 2014 04:41
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Such is the mystery of Hasbro. Oh look, Vangelus also has Slug. The end of the video also reveals that he's going to post Bumblebee and Crosshairs videos soon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-pyE_Yc4Fg
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I've just noticed
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The MSJ posted:Such is the mystery of Hasbro. Toronto and surrounding areas got AOE poo poo early. I'm just south of the GTA and I've been scouring stores for days now waiting for a few dinosaurs to come my way.
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Haven't tried it but FRIENDS14 should get you 20% off on HTS
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catch22 posted:Haven't tried it but FRIENDS14 should get you 20% off on HTS It works an all that, there is simply nothing new to buy until the TF4 toys official release.
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Rita Repulsa posted:Then why make a huge fat green stubby limbed autobot with something on his chin (guard/beard) that turns into a truck in the first place Because Ironhide is dead, you MONSTER. EDIT: The archetype must be fulfilled. In much the same way as Crosshairs is no doubt the specialist as Jazz/Sideswipe/ Kup would have been a better match from the looks of Hound, but Bay's gonna Bay. CAPT. Rainbowbeard fucked around with this message at 20:11 on Apr 7, 2014 |
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Apr 7, 2014 20:06
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CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:Bay's gonna Bay. It's fairly remarkable how the Bay crew is almost actively trying to provoke fans. It's not like it matters, though. Honest to god I have a hard time telling how many different characters are in a scene in those movies- everything looks identical, and the colors and way characters are constructed make their silhouettes blend into one another.
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All they need to do to make a Lost Light TV show is just take Deep Space Nine and make everything robots. This will work why won't they do this? Instead we get chin Bumblebee with headlight pecs. I'm not really going to bother with the movie, at least hound will have a distinctive shape compared to everything else.
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Almost every character design revealed for the new movie look unique to me. Crosshairs have a trenchcoat, Drift is a samurai, Grimlock looks like a knight with giant shoulders, and Galvatron is silver with an arc reactor thing on its chest. The character designs for the 3rd movie also made at least the Autobots easier to tell from one another, a lot of it probably thanks to each of them being a different color. Maybe that's one reason Ironhide gets killed off, his mostly black paint job doesn't fit in with the rest of the Autobots.
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The Autobots in the movies have always had varied colors, but the problem has always been the Decepticons, who are all malformed insectoid things with green/grey/brown coloring and no character development. Adding in tons of clones to pad out Megatron's armies of cannon fodder with no explanation whatsoever didn't help.
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The Taint Reaper posted:All they need to do to make a Lost Light TV show is just take Deep Space Nine and make everything robots. As much as I love MTMTE I'm pretty sure that the dialogue would be Whedon-level embarrassing if ever delivered out loud.
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Whedon writes great dialogue, regardless of the too-cool-for-school internet backlash of recent years, so that sounds pretty good to me.
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Keldroc posted:Whedon writes great dialogue, regardless of the too-cool-for-school internet backlash of recent years, so that sounds pretty good to me. Nah gotta disagree the guy is great at concepts and stories and all that. Credit where it's due. But all his characters have the same "voice" and it's distractingly bad if dialogue is your bread and butter.
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Keldroc posted:Whedon writes great dialogue, regardless of the too-cool-for-school internet backlash of recent years, so that sounds pretty good to me. Whedon is terrible. Please don't hurt my heart Keldroc.
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Ka0 posted:Whedon is terrible. Please don't hurt my heart Keldroc. I was gonna say "but Firefly is great!" but then again I haven't seen in several years and tastes change. As much as I like MTMTE it does bug me how similar the dialogue is from character to character (not all, but a lot), like they all have the exact same sense of quippy humor.
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If you're going to pick something of Whedon's to hate there's no better choice than Firefly.
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Ka0 posted:Whedon is terrible. Please don't hurt my heart Keldroc. No, Goyer is terrible. Goldsman is terrible. Loeb is terrible. Whedon ranges from acceptable to great depending on the subject and characters. I know he's the cool guy to hate on because the fans of his work are incredibly annoying (Firefly is never coming back, "Browncoats." Get over it.), but some perspective please.
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I am being 100% fair, everything Whedon-inspired reads exactly as the same snappy, quip, punky dialogue. It is so out of character to read Megatron snapping back to Overlord like Tony Stark in last stand of the wreckers. I understand if you like his series, movies, etc. but please don't presume to convince me his writing style is this wonderfully varied John Huston/Ingmar Bergman fountain of golden prose.
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