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Dawgstar posted:A buddy snagged me the Energon Universe FCBD special and it certainly points to some interesting stuff coming up. It was great. Poor Brawn, but if his body is in the ARK he can still be rebuilt and recovered. Probably. It's hard to know what a definite kill is at this point. Happy we finally saw what happened during the ARK fight itself and the crash. Starscream causing Megatron to crash to Earth has become a thing. It's tradition at this point. After his escape from Cobra La, Megs was looking rather worse for wear at the end there, unless he has a self repair system that does eyes Megatron is in a bad way. Down both eyes and an arm. We also got Hot Rod! Not Transformers related but a certain someone joining the Joe team was a hell of a surprise.
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The Last Call posted:Not Transformers related but a certain someone joining the Joe team was a hell of a surprise. [/spoiler] And a fun way to introduce two other Joe standbys.
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So I was thinking of buying a Metroplex as a display base for my small collection of core class dudes. So are my only options the original 80s version or the version from 2014 which seems to be stupid expensive?
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Red Rox posted:So I was thinking of buying a Metroplex as a display base for my small collection of core class dudes. Pretty much. I managed to snag a Metroplex on Ebay for like £130 a couple of years back, you CAN get lucky. You might have better luck with an Omega Supreme or Guardian recolour of him. Or even a Black Zarak, those seem to go for better prices than other Titans.
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Nodosaur posted:https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/05/11/legacy-star-raiders-leader-class-thundertron-with-calcitron-and-nightstrike-first-look-511246 The Voyager had those connectors too, no one just put it together until this set got leaked
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Fil5000 posted:Pretty much. I managed to snag a Metroplex on Ebay for like £130 a couple of years back, you CAN get lucky. You might have better luck with an Omega Supreme or Guardian recolour of him. Or even a Black Zarak, those seem to go for better prices than other Titans. Ah wait there seem to be some third party versions - Vladivostok and Utopia? But I guess they’re smaller?
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You could get the Legacy Cybertron Metroplex.
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Red Rox posted:Ah wait there seem to be some third party versions - Vladivostok and Utopia? But I guess they’re smaller? Not familiar with them particularly, Vladivostok looks like he's about six inches shorter than the 2013 one, Utopia similar. Probably not THAT big a deal for core size figures given stuff like deluxe Cliffjumper, Sideswipe and Hound can all fit on the roads/paths that are on the one I have. Dabir posted:You could get the Legacy Cybertron Metroplex. I almost suggested this but he hasn't got a base mode, just the gigantic vehicle mode so I didn't know how that would work for the sort of display Red Rox is talking about.
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The giant vehicle is basically a base. It's essentially a Cybertronian Bagger 288. And it has War for Cybertron Trilogy base connectors in the legs, so I think Hasbro agree.
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Fair enough, I've never seen it in person so wasn't aware of that and didn't want to recommend something I've not had hands on.
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Fil5000 posted:Not familiar with them particularly, Vladivostok looks like he's about six inches shorter than the 2013 one, Utopia similar. Probably not THAT big a deal for core size figures given stuff like deluxe Cliffjumper, Sideswipe and Hound can all fit on the roads/paths that are on the one I have. The cybertron version doesn’t do it for me - you’re right the lack of proper base mode and the different colors put me off. Though I noticed it doesn’t seem to be selling around here so maybe it will start being heavily discounted soon. The third party ones are a reasonable price but yeah a little on the small size. The core class guys look big on him. But maybe I could leave him in bit mode and he could be kneeling in the middle of the action, smashing some Decepticons together or something. Also any idea who these little cuties are? Red Rox fucked around with this message at 14:44 on May 13, 2024 |
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If they're very small, very good and third party, maybe NewAge.
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Fil5000 posted:Pretty much. I managed to snag a Metroplex on Ebay for like £130 a couple of years back, you CAN get lucky. You might have better luck with an Omega Supreme or Guardian recolour of him. Or even a Black Zarak, those seem to go for better prices than other Titans. Yeah, it's not really anything I could have done about because I only got into buying Transformers right after he came out, or thereabouts, but boy do I hate seeing Metroplex go for a mortgage payment. I've got all the others - well, technically, I don't have Fort Max but I supposedly have him on pre-order from BBTS - so Metro stands out.
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Other alternatives to Metroplex:
The newer Armada Megatron doesn't look like he has many minicon base features. I guess in theory you could maybe go to another toy brand, but I don't think I've seen any car playsets lately. Fil5000 posted:I almost suggested this but he hasn't got a base mode, just the gigantic vehicle mode so I didn't know how that would work for the sort of display Red Rox is talking about. Technically those gigantic mining machines do usually have a normal-rear end office built into them, so they're a mid ground between vehicle and building. Red Rox posted:Also any idea who these little cuties are? Those are probably the Jada Toys Nano Metalfigs, which may be technically third party, but they're officially licensed. I've seen packs of them in Target.
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The Jada Toys figures are non-transforming, FYI.
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Red Rox posted:So I was thinking of buying a Metroplex as a display base for my small collection of core class dudes. Also there's rumors that next year's titan is going to be a new version of Metroplex, but nothing concrete. I have no idea if this is a reliable seller or not, this is just an example of what you'd be looking for. https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806587768319.html
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The tiny Dr Wu micromaster size dudes go great with Metroplex, Fortmax, etc
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Picked up a Studio Series 86 Jazz that my local independent shop found in the back today. This is... a very good toy!
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Yeah he's great, as is the Knock Out that's a retool of him. Ss86 has given us some absolute bangers.
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Fil5000 posted:Ss86 has given us some absolute bangers. Hot Rod would probably be one of my all time favorites if Kingdom Rodimus hadn't been along that same year
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Hot Rod and Rodimus figures were both awesome. Being from the time of the originals and to see these, it really makes them come off as even more amazing. We've come a long ways.
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This is most of my mini core crew so far - I also have Hot Rod, Ratchet, Ironhide, and a badly painted custom of Blaster. Might pick up Mirage too, he's cool. I'm thinking it would be badass to have Metroplex down on one knee in the middle, slamming someone down under his foot and picking someone else up. Maybe that would look better than the base mode if the scale is off.
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I do something like that with my core class figures. I wish I had actual decent lighting on this shelf. It's the only place this fits my home. Apologies for the photo quality.  
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Ah nice one! Yeah that's the kind of thing I'm thinking of. Having a big boy in the middle of the chaos makes it a lot more interesting - instead of everyone being on the same shelf level it can be a bit more dynamic.
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I wish it was a bit more Beetley, but it's pretty nice.
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https://x.com/RT_com/status/1790094660997886344 Alright which of you was it
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Oooo Straxus Galvatron remold so his alt mode is super BS
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What a fun way to learn that Elon is censoring Russia Today in the UK.
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MinionOfCthulhu posted:Oooo Straxus https://twitter.com/SixoTF/status/1790406247428022768 Yep, that's an alt mode alright
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I thought the choro-q style second MP was bullshit but I don't mind in the slightest here
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A friend showed me these which look pretty fun, little model kit Transformers. Not sure how good the quality is but. https://blokees.com/products/blokees-figures-transformers-galaxy-version-01-roll-out
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Medullah posted:https://x.com/RT_com/status/1790094660997886344 I'm disappointed they stuck with the partsforming fists of the original toy, but this was what I was hoping we'd get out of the Hot Wheels collab. I have no interest in the cars with a robot face on the bottom. Fil5000 posted:https://twitter.com/SixoTF/status/1790406247428022768 
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Knormal posted:More than meets the eye. Yeah, Straxus was a cannon like that in the comics before Galvatron, surprisingly.
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It's literally decades since I last saw his alt mode but yeah, my feeling on seeing it was "yup, that's Straxus all right". They did a great job considered.
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