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The Prime mold is being reused, but as Motormaster. I think the upcoming Magnus will be a new mold, considering it's supposed to be in the Leader sizeclass.
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catch22 posted:RID Grimlock is really good. Outside of the MP I can't think of another Grimlock this good other than maybe Animated. If a Voyager size version comes out it's gonna be an instant buy. It's movieverse but I think Voyager Grimlock is a solid T-rex.
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I know "Transformers Armada" isn't the most popular series, but I went back and noticed this wasn't commented upon so I wanted to at least share it. http://karyuudofansubs.blogspot.com/2014/12/transformers-legends-of-microns.html "Micron Legend" has been subbed finally, after 12 years. I imagine it won't drastically change most people's opinions, but... well, Armada wasn't my first series, but when I was a kid, for better or worse, it was what led me to come back and stay a Transfan. Call it what you will, but it's important to me. And now there's a version that's translated competently without the american version's hackneyed or incoherent dialogue or unfinished animation. They also did an alternate sub track with some of the English names (ala "Optimus Prime" rather than "Convoy"), and resynced the dub audio to the Japanese footage. So there's multiple ways to watch it if you care about that sort of thing. so. yeah.
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Man, TFW. They're always the most reactionary part of the fandom, to be honest. Especially in their capacity to pump up unlicensed products and assail official ones. I recall when they released that third party Omega Supreme a while back, and he came out with a "face glass" that was entirely opaque. In short order, the people making it (Planet X I believe) revealed an add-on that not only had a transparent mask, but a sculpted head underneath. The time between the release of the main toy and the add on was so narrow, I pointed out that this was especially moneygrubbing, that they intended for people to buy the main figure and then the add on both. Everyone got really angry at that, and the idea that a third party company wasn't purely "doing it for the fans".
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Dec 24, 2014 19:50
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The Taint Reaper posted:No it's another Voyager Hotspot. The figure is in reference to the Japanese G1 Guard City set. someone forgot about Universe 1.0 and its host of BW, BM, UT and even G1 repaints.
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Has anyone gotten any RID toys? I got some as I was heading home from the doctor today and I opened Strongarm and Grimlock in the car. Those two at least are just... really solid. Everything pegs and lines up great, Grimlock especially. Strongarm also has a lot of heft to her, and even if their transformations are simple they're not so watered down to be completely boring. It reminds me of Cybertron-era toys, to be honest.
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so. um. there's a new Decepticon that got revealed for the RID cartoon. He's Chop Shop. He's freaking terrifying. 
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Man, why do One Step Transformers get such a bad rap? I bought Underbite because it looks like he won't be getting a bigger toy, and he's incredibly fun to mess with. These are great for younger kids.
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Jan 4, 2015 21:17
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Considering how many Generations we've gotten over the last year, I don't think that's really a valid concern.
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Jan 4, 2015 21:47
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I'm just saying. Something like Combiner Wars is a big push, especially when there's no show or movie to promote it.
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Jan 4, 2015 21:58
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"Shelfwarming" is rarely a reliable metric only when it causes a particular figure to be stuck on shelves with excessive frequency, ala the various Mudflaps. But as far as personal anecdotes, I've seen Generations toys linger just as often in my neck of the woods. So. Le shrug.
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Acne Rain posted:Walky did not invent the jaaam comic, though he might have helped spread it. The guy who did used to post here. I know this is going to get me mocked, but the JaAm comic is rather offensive to disabled people. Just. Putting that out there. (for the record, I -am- disabled myself)
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Uh, he's not supposed to look like RiD Scourge. He's supposed to look like this guy. It's based on the fact that CW Optimus has a lot of updated details from Energon Optimus.
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Apr 26, 2015 22:08
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I am at the point where reading MTMTE is upsetting me on a monthly basis. Getaway and Tailgate's whole business reminding me way too much of an unpleasant experience in college is the straw that broke the camel's back. I think I'm dropping the book.
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Apr 29, 2015 20:15
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as cool as getting knockout would be, if they go to Velocitron and we see HIM and not Override, I will be highly annoyed.
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May 17, 2015 20:29
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Groove is much less interesting to me than this: My favorite Megatron in more faithful colors AND Scourge, who I never had a chance to get through the TFSS? Sign me up.
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May 21, 2015 12:11
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 Fact: Saberhorn is the best TF character introduced in years.
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just. I dunno who came up with evil robot rhinoceros beetle errol flynn with a lethal pompador, but they deserve a drat medal
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Mar 7, 2016 05:46
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remember when everyone said the point of third party toys was that Hasbro would never do these things themselves, not in a million years?
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The DJD are awful characters, so I'm pretty okay with never getting toys of them. Their concept was more entertaining when they were a blue condor and a panther and their name was the Cobalt Sentries.
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I'm just trying to think of how much creepier things would have been if Roberts had used the cobalt sentries instead of the sledgehammer brutality of the DJD. There's a lot to play with there; the abuse and control of information, using Garboil and Howlback's respective abilities, the fact that they're ANIMALS has horror potential. But that's an issue I have with Roberts' attempts at horror in general. It's always loud angry freaks and ludicrous gibs. Sunder ended up more laughable than terrifying, like a dime store Carnage. The "empurata" concept is scary enough, but... I dunno. I'd much rather have the non-humanoid Transformers be nonhumanoid because that's the way they are.
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I'm not saying that it isn't creepy. Compared to all the other ludicrous stuff Roberts tries to pass off as scary, it is. But I'd sacrifice how creepy it is for Shockwave and Whirl to just go back to being an example of how diverse Transformers could be if I could because I think that adds more to the TF mythos in the end.
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:Preview for MtMtE 51 is out, but it's on iTunes so therefore staggeringly impossible to read. A few things to note: the DJD have the ability to block or slowdown communication signals, hence why the signal from the start of 50 took three weeks to arrive; Swerve does metallurgy; Magnus swears (sort of) and it looks like we might get some sort of insight into how Megatron shaped the DJD Why is a Lugnut a part of a group trying to kill Megatron?
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Mar 19, 2016 22:46
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I'm just saying they should be a bit more careful about where they place these extras.
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Mar 19, 2016 23:15
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I'd argue Lugnut always seemed to be more about Megatron himself than the Decepticon ideal, but fair enough.
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Mar 19, 2016 23:22
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That struck me as odd too.
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Mar 19, 2016 23:53
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And then future covers keep referencing it like it's their joke.
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Mar 20, 2016 07:18
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Thrust has always been the superior conehead.
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Mar 21, 2016 05:44
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The newest episode of RID gives us a transforming robot Dr. Zaius who shoots out more tiny transforming monkeys. RID is the best Transformers show ever made.
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personally, I think MTMTE completely loses itself after Remain in Light, but to each his own.
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Mar 27, 2016 23:31
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Keldroc posted:Dark Cybertron derails things a bit, but the time travel story is great. I enjoyed Dark Cybertron a lot more than season 2, to be honest. I kind of treat it like its own story than part of both main books.
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Mar 28, 2016 01:00
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The Scavengers completely lost me during the controversy over Roberts' treatment of Grimlock. In the interest of not opening a can of worms, I'll leave it at that.
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Generally these days, they try to keep the names separate. Like, Shockblast used to be their second choice when they couldn't get the trademark to Shockwave back, but now they're pretty adamant that Shockwave is a Transformer and Shockwave is a G.I. Joe. In the past, there used to be a lot of crossover. For Roadblock, he's been no less than three different characters - a Pretender in G1, an Autoroller in G2, and Inferno's upgraded form in Energon. But they don't do that anymore. The shift in focus happened right along the time Hasbro tried to rebrand themselves as a source of unique intellectual property and entetainment rather than simply as a toy company who sometimes licenses cartoons. That meant Transformers had to stand apart from G.I. Joe and vice versa. Funny how that worked out.
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Mar 28, 2016 03:11
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 and the Hall of Fame leaves me cold for another year. seriously, how does a guy who barely even know his song was gonna be IN the movie (or that the movie even existed) get on the ballot over the people who composed the original hugging Transformers theme?
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Mar 29, 2016 20:32
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I presume fire truck Inferno.
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Mar 29, 2016 21:05
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Uh..? He scored four TF movies. Say what you will about the movies but that's not an insignificant effort. If the category were for voice actors, Weird Al might be deserving, but this is about the music.
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The custom class figure(s) for 2016 are... four Ratchets and a Medix: http://www.allspark.com/2016/04/allspark-gallery-of-botcon-2016-custom-class-figure-ratchetmedix/ http://www.allspark.com/2016/04/botcon-2016-custom-class-figure-ratchetmedix/     
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Apr 6, 2016 19:44
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quote:Well yet again a good and reasonably priced Ratchet is proven to be an unattainable dream. The guy's a marquee character. There'll be a new toy of him before long.
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Apr 6, 2016 20:00
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Prime and Animated Ratchet had some pretty good toys. Movie Ratchet's were usually pretty decent.
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so anyway those exclusives are pretty neat.
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