Transformers General /tfg/ "JUST" edition

>>5929181
>TF_Yuki
Didn't he tweet that he can't post TF-related stuff anymore just a while back?

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>>5929187
Pretty much, but he does share the tf post the other tf related account post.

Which is nice because that page in question post all of the other things takara tomy makes and floods the fuck out of your twitter feed, it just means no post of prototype painted figures

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Hatmasters?

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Who here gonna astroforce?

I literally JUST got SDCC sentinel prime, oh boy they weren't kidding about the QC with the leg ratchets, though the peg holes on the flaps that connect his wings better accept the pegs from the guns than astrotrain, and unlike astrotrain his molding is actually crisp (but so was retail sentinel prime), yes I like shitty clear plastic, I know about durability, I just like the look.

I now await the legends astrotrain to come in the mail, he'll be the real astrotrain, followed by a drone and some crazy guy obsessed with walls and making cybertron great again

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>>5929203
The only complaint about the deco is that paint on the face doesn't allow for mass light piping, which doesn't work with the wings down anyway.

Tempted to scrub off the facepaint since the TM is clear, but I fear I might lose the head in drabness

Since I've never ordered from HTS, I want to ask how they deal with missing parts since that seems to happen shocking often when I order online. Do they send new parts, give me a refund for the figure and sending it back, or do nothing?

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New youheidx video of best combiner out of nowhere!

>opinion subject to personal taste, your mileage may vary depending on preferences

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzISZd3ITEk

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>>5929219
>rook makes a cameo
BASED

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>>5929219
He knows what we like to see, also g2 bruticus is the next video, surely he'll pit the UW one against it

>>5929181
>its clear the head is not meant to be shown on its own

Because Blaster is not a fucking Headmaster and nobody should be giving a shit about the gimmick showing this off.

It literally does ZERO for making the toy a more fun experience in consideration of the character.

>>5929203
so would you recommend the titan force set, because the brainstorm looks nice and the sentinel prime will replace the hideous retail version

>>5929181
If anything, the color layout makes the toy work even MORE as Blaster in SPITE of those dumb, stupid forced gimmick,

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>>5929252
I actually bought him standalone since I'm getting the legends headmaster crew and wasn't a fan of grey windblade.

If you like each of the figures and the deco why not, sentinel is floppy but his paint apps are nice and despite the flops he poses just as fine as my actual astrotrain (the range of motion isn't that great, he just has a bit of give at the knee's), brainstorm is based off blur and the deco isn't toy nor anime accurate (think its closer to idw) but I heard no issues, only praise.

And from people here rid windblade ain't bad, its the deco that may help you choose

>>5929259
thanks I might buy the set on payday

>>5929209
If you can actually prove you got fucked over, they might even go as far as sending a replacement figure... though it's not guaranteed to be the figure you ordered, instead just another figure from the line they happen to have in stock.

megatronia comic in english

http://imgur.com/a/WqIA9

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>>5929259
When you mount that Tricerashot minicon like that, it reminds me of multi-gun turrets on board warships.

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So what could this be?
What are the odds of an Armada Sideways retool of Deluxe Groove?

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I finally remembered what Sentinel's headsculpt reminded me of - it's Gridman!

>>5929301
That always was my favorite Gundam.

>>5929181
Where did you get the pictures?

I am getting LG Blaster to go with the MP Soundwave.
Which of the cassette bot is worth buying or all 3 of them?

>>5929340
I think Rewind/etc. surely works, but I need convincing myself for the bird and cat/dog molds.

>>5929286
The unused Demolishor head for Onslaught finally making its appearance?

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Gotta love Sentinel Trump.

MCGA.

>>5929376
Why does he look so much like Predaking?

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>>5929259
I hope you didn't pay full price for that DNF collectors edition anon.

>>5929340
All 3

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>>5929286
I want a deluxe that turns into Unicron's floating head.

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>>5929391
Only paid same price as retail sentinel prime+shipping, I didn't want all 3 anyway.

The use of ebay auctions is a must

>>5929270
Its also the only way to mount it sadly, the peg of his really needs regular fist to hold it

>>5929333
Their facebook page, I don't shop with them but they post their own product reviews

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>>5929412
It's possible. Unicron gets weird toys.

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Ah, edgimus prime always comes out gloriously.

Tell me though, why does takara restrict themselves to using just the warrior class mold to just nemesis prime, where's hasbro did 2 (white tru version and regular version) and its predecessor more? (blizzard strike, TRU version and regular)

Do they only want to give their market only BIG prime toys over there?

>>5929266
Can you actually do the "use two other limbs as big arms" thing?

>>5929422
Looking at the images, she's jammed her hands inbetween the cavity of he combiner peg.

But that's ALOT of weight so regardless if its a snug fit or not you'll need some extra assistance holding either one up

>>5929427
Flowspade STRONK

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>>5929207

Clear Plastic was a mistake.

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>>5929226

Chests Out For Optimus Primal.

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>This comic is still causing anal devastation on the TF forums

>>5929446
proofs?

>>5929446
I know, isn't it great? TFW is in damage control mode, Allspark is hiding in their safe place.

>>5929446
I'd thought they'd be lapping up the whole girl power shit

>>5929449

Just go on any of the forums.

Someone on TFW is trying to attach it to pedophilia now? I guess 'cause Sakamoto used to draw shota doujins.

>>5929455
Nah. They still hate it because too many people with penises like it. Their excuse though is "it's straw feminism".

Talk about using meaningless buzzwords.

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Daily reminder

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>>5929456
>any

Not octa, we Aussies are chill as fuck, or least seems to be.

Someone posted the comic in the only thread about them few days ago but people have already moved on topic wise, either they don't understand it, lost interest, or they're keeping their opinions to themselves which is also respectable

>>5929458
Christ almighty, while they're sorta right must they get so butthurt, its harmless fun?

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>>5929460
>looking at import tf's from bbts

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Well gee, in the right lighting legends wheelie's 2 oranges are infact pretty distinct from each other.

Can't deny he's a blog of orange, coulda helped if they painted his fist but that won't help compared to hasbro's use of the grey arms and thighs which broke it up more

>>5929466
That's your average takaracuck though.

>>5929469
>average

Wouldn't a smarter one buy from direct sources, amiami and hlj aren't that hard to use.

They can't mostly be that stupid...could they, might as well go on ebay and pay their prices

>>5929473
That would imply takaracucks even have common sense

>>5929466

I did that with the Slipstream and Nightbird figures last year but i also took that bundle of Arcee/Chromia and T30 Brainstorm as well.

>>5929468
If you bought both you could make the best looking one. But I don't care about Wheelie that much.

>>5929460
reminder of what
retards enjoy this hobby?
That they have opinions?
That's nothing new

>>5929491
He'd be easy enough to paint, to better match anime accuracy painted fist is virtually all you need

>>5929494
Reminder that Chris-chan is your average takaracuck

>>5929506
Remember, only other fags care about chris-chan, takfags, or hasfags.

>>5929515
Remember, only takaracucks get triggered by that image

>>5929506
There's nothing average about chris

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>>5929525
Reminder for everyone regarding differences in opinion, everyone

>>5929527
I didn't say he was average, I said that he's your average takaracuck

>>5929531
Reminder that takaracucks think they're superior for paying overpriced turds when in reality they're as autistic as CWC

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>>5929534
Why are hasbro and takara fans fighting, we should be hating copyright infringing 3p's who barely look like the characters we love, why should budget conscious hasbro fans and cashed up takara fans hate each other for liking what is essentially the same product?

Is this the same shitty mentality the same reasons why people don't like different colors of skin despite being the same creature, are we humans doomed to destroy each other?

I'm glad I cherry pick from both, diehards from either camp are both fucking morons

>>5929538
But 3Ps are obvjectively superior to HasTak turds

>>5929420
Man, they didn't try at all to hide all the robot bits. A few more shells would have been fine.

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>>5929540
Only the improved KO variants anon

>>5929538
Because "mine is better than yours" mindsets. There are always extreme manchilds in this manchild boards.

>>5929540
Too dumb to spell "objectively" correctly, so I'm going to assume you also don't know what it means.

How much can you improve Menasor with mods and 3P accessories?

I know he's a turd but I still kind of like the character

>>5929543
>even KOs are better than HasTak
top kek

>>5929546
>oh no, he made a grammar mistake! that means I'm completely right!
gg no re

>>5929548
New head, hands and feet, turning his thighs sideways so he stands tall rather than a bow legged ogre

>>5929446
Link for a full comic, plz?

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>>5929550
To be fair, its unfair how they do it, mp's still have a retail model to follow despite being less restricted than hasbro retail releases, all their cost and engineering account into that.

Then we get 3p's that come along and just "build up" on the existing subject, the corvette mold getting rubber tires, that's nifty though makes me wonder how durable the tires are since they can rot overtime, upscale toys like the mpp10 just make the figure bigger, reinforcing it as required, without the R&D steps and cost takara would of done to begin with meaning they can do shit like that without restraint.

Then we get straight up knockoffs that match or even beat takara retail figures like the takasa tony ones which sell for less as they only need to cover the plastic and profits.

KO's can be better, but ko's can die if the real thing ends up being killed off, better off buying ko's of discontinued products, which is why I'm getting black mpp10 when I get the chance

>>5929554
Its already in the thread, translated, have a gander anon, you'll find it

>hint:ctrl f "megatronia comic in english"

You looked hungry so i provided a spoon

>>5929558
I was able to find it on TFWiki.

Thanx, though.

Should I buy CW Computron at 25% off or will he get clearanced harder?

>>5929567

I imagine harder.

>>5929567
Wait longer

>>5929567
Where?

>>5929582

Ontario TRU

aight, knock off masterpiece guys, absolute shit or no different from the real?

>>5929590
Wait, in the TRU? I've never seen those combiner stocked at my TRU, only sold online.

>>5929540
No they're not

I have a bunch of 3P toys and a lot of them are overfiddly or fragile bullshit that doesn't even look like the character that much. I'm thinking about just quitting buying 3P figures altogether at this point.

>>5929591
You'll have people swear up and down the aisle that they're better than the real things. Anyone who says otherwise is called a shill.

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Twin headed dragon transformation for Scourge in the Legends Blaster comic. Apparently he did get his hands on Zodiac he mentioned in his own Legends comic.

>>5929591
Early ko's are bad but they're progressively getting better, my advice is get the "branded" ko's, like the bb7/bbq seekers, takasa tony, and so forth, AVOID THE ONES THAT TRY TO MATCH THE ACTUAL BOXES as those are made to disappoint, the first ko starscream was worse than the hasbro version and considering its apparent mold degradation that's a bad thing making it even floppier and even more visible nub marks.

If its from china and its listed itself as a ko but the box doesn't have a "unique" brand or doesn't even tell you its a ko despite being mega cheap avoid unless an anon can specifically vouch for it and the seller


That said qc is just like the real deal, heaps of minor imperfections or "perfect"

>>5929591
Slight differences but nothing major
QC is weaker but you are paying less then half what the official cost so many see that as a fair trade off

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>>5929602

>>5929538
You have to understand that shitposting is always a thing here we have some very damaged anons here that post for the (you)s and not much else
Perhaps to "win" an argument as well but end of the day it's just a good amount of anons with brain promblems that post here
Hell I feel like I'm on r9k every time I visit

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>>5929602
>>5929605
>Come up with this fan mode a few days ago
>It shows up in a comic

>>5929611
That comic would of taken more than a few days to complete.

I suspect you and them just had good mutual taste

>>5929599
aight.

>>5929603
well im trying to get a thundercracker, so i should try to find one of those bb whatevers?

>>5929604
seems to be closer to 1/3rd of the price on ebay.

>Amazon pre-order FM went down to 130, and it's stayed at 130 for 16 days.

Fuck, I thought it would go lower by now.

>>5929616
The skywarp one is impressive, I'm tempted to get that as a backup if hasbro doesn't release their version in the next year or so, when they do a thundercracker Id go for it

There is another coming from...kunonbaio or something which includes the coronation set but they actually changed the back rear fuselage and made it longer which sticks up behind the head which I find strange, otherwise quality between them isn't much different, benscollectables on youtube covered bb7/bbq and the other one I mentioned.

Only thing to note is no decepticon logos on the wings so if stickers aren't your thing there is that to worry about, just avoid straight mp's from china

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>>5929620
>mfw theres prices lower than $130 for FM on Amazon already

>>5929621
ive got kind of a thundercracker collection going on, so im trying to keep that going, and i want that mp seeker mold, so thundercracker seems like the logical choice.

so where can i find those decent KOs?

>>5929623
Still too expensive, I want lower. Like 115, or 90.

>>5929597
Then stop buying shit figures
3P market is as free as it should get.
Product is shit? Either improve or die.
HasTak releases a glorified turd?
Lol who cares, fans will buy it anyways.

>>5929595

Yep, in the physical store. Toronto, to be exact. Sometimes they're in the R Zone, sometimes they're with the other TFs. I've seen every combiner set at least a few times.

>>5929635
>Then stop buying shit figures

I have. By not buying 3P figures.

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>>5929633

CW Devy hit 90-ish last year. It's possible FM might. I'm hoping it gets around that level myself. I'll deal with having little space in my tiny apartment if I can nab an FM for just $90-100 bux.

Can that old rts legion optimus fit in leader powermaster prime?

>>5929629
Ebay is one place, I mean who'd knock off a knockoff?

Here is a listing that's apparently a pre-order for this september, I'm not sure if robotkingdom or the like stock these

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Show-Z-Store-BBQ-BB7-YM-Transformers-MP11T-MP-11T-Thundercracker-/152250823946?hash=item2372db350a:g:bAEAAOSwLF1X43lB

Picture of course isn't the actual product, best of waiting for some reviews, but the price seems about right

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Speaking of ko's, I knew ko starscreams were on ebay but thundercrackers?

What sucks is the only pic of the thing in the clamshell is a small pic so I can't spot qc flaws, typical.

Anyone recommend a cheap plastic sword for Fortress Maximus to wield?

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Think we'll ever see true Masterpiece movie toys and not just repainted leader toys?

>>5929629
tf direct stocks the bb7 skywarp, watch them to see if they get the thundercracker.

There is apparently a "YES MODEL" branded ko, no idea about that one

>>5929684
>That broken wrist.
Don't think so, they tried with MP Screamer and it didn't sell well enough, maybe in another 10 years when the Bayverse kids have grown with nostalgia for those designs.

>>5929684
I don't think the market is really there, not the mention that they don't always treat the movie character very well in the films (if they get characterization at all) and so people have a harder time getting attached.

All the same, we didn't have Masterpiece G1 in the 80s, that didn't happen until that generation of fans grew up, so maybe in 2030 we'll have a glorious movie revival nostalgia line.

It's worth noting that some third parties and knock off companies are making some cool movie toys. The Wei Jiang Evasion Prime KO/mod/upscale is a really nice piece. I'd argue it's Masterpiece quality.

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>>5929678
Cheap? how cheap, print this 2 times in laminate paper and then glue the halfs cheap?

>>5929648
But most 3P figures are miles better than a HasTak turd

>>5929692
Mp sceam was a leader repaint

Even then no chance even a proper mp could do the bay designs justice, either it transforms or 3a

>>5929672
i was looking at the 70-80€ knockoffs.
but if spending 20€ more gets me the good stuff, i might go for that.

>>5929685
ill keep that in mind.

>>5929697
I meant like a cheap toy sword or something

>>5929704
It would be something you'd get in one of those cheap chinese flea market stalls

>>5929700
To be fair, both Starscream and Prime have "masterpiece engineering" as did HA Jazz, the retail versions just needed premium paint.

>>5929704
Theres no way to know what cheap knock offs are on your area, go hunt for them, but the printed Mastersword seems to be de best proxy unless you get the money to buy the perfect effect sword.

>>5929633
>>5929652
It's got a good chance
QC issue are raining down everywhere and according to a Hasbro rep I had to talk to (my FM was missing the Emasary head) he is their biggest QC issue atm with most of their calls being him

I wouldn't be shock if he gets closer to 80 right around the holiday

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What's the hardest transformer to transform for you? Pic probably not related

>>5929698
lol

>>5929719
Those issue are?

>>5929722
RotF Voyager class Mixmaster, I won't even look for a picture of that pile of joints.

>>5929722
DOTM/ROTF Jetwing Optimus or DOTM Sentinel Prime, simply because there's something about mine where their ratchet joints don't let them align in certain ways to allow everything to peg together.

>>5929722
Overall, RID2001 Sideburn

MP10's front wheels will always get a special mention from me though because no matter how I do it it always feels like I'm doing it wrong.

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>>5929722
You don't know people anon, I had someone return a one step transformer because it was "broken" but it worked fine when I messed with it

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>>5929719

Jesus, how could a remold have such QC issues? Whats been going wrong with him other than the SDCC version being made out of shit tier plastic?

>>5929734
Simple, they're rushing production to meet retailer demands.

The mold was perfected in china but they're made in Vietnam now, and soon things will get worse

>>5929722
In terms of tedious, I'd say ROTF Leader Prime. The hardest to transform (I lost these figures over a decade ago) was the RID Ultra Magnus.

>>5929717
>you get the money to buy the perfect effect sword.

I'd probably get that if it weren't so ugly. I hate how PE always has to add their own flair to things, and most of the time, it looks worse.

>>5929730
>Overall, RID2001 Sideburn

How? I could do it easily when I was 9.Its not like its some panel ridden mess like the ROTF figures, its just kibbly.

>>5929731
likely they lied because they thought saying "This was just a pos and not worth what I paid for it" would make you refuse the return
I know many people that return "broken" items that were fine.

Any sites exist where I can find fan modes for Titans return figures?

>>5929739
Poor Trypticon.

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>>5929757

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>>5929753
They were apparently a mother with a child who returned this, I didn't see them but the supervisor who took it I believe was trustworthy.

We usually test things here, my supervisor just lapsed because she knew nothing about transformers, to show my point I made all the other cashiers operate it.

Now if its to do with toy refunds they come to me, which is annoying because I only know about transformers and diecast cars (had a guy asking what a 5 pack of matchbox cars were made off for his 2yr son, it blew his mind when I told him they were a mix of metal and plastic, blew his mind MORE when I said there was an age rating in which his son didn't meet)

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>Takara Fort Max has multiple lines from the anime as well as the theme song
>Hasbro Fort Max can only say his name

>Hasbrocucks will think Takara didn't win

>>5929757
Anywhere with a transformers forum and a "creativity" section

>>5929764
>>Hasbro Fort Max can only say his name

No fucking way that's the only thing he can say. Making Cerebro huge just to fit in a voice box with a single line would be extremely retarded.

>Five Scourge's so far

Oh man, they actually look pretty great in flight formation. Now I need to learn how to paint these guys so I can add a bit of white to them.

>>5929767
I am Optimus Prime!

>>5929726
She didn't say. I just shared the numbers she said something to the lines of "another Fortress Maximus today" when I ask if he was having issues everywhere she just stated that since mid September they have been getting a lot of calls and he was already their biggest call in at the help center this year and then she switch to asking me what the issues with mine were.

I assume it's the ones I have seen and read where the thin blue and red plastic parts stress mark easy and the blue frames on the back legs fall of and break rather easily. His head visor is thin and has crack for some people. Also people have broke his arm joint that you have to install out of the box.

>>5929734
take what >>5929739 said and add to the fact they simply have hit a rock in a hard place with sales
Demand for toys is there but they can't raise it to prices that would eliminate the issues they are having because the market won't pay the price. If they made a good FM they likely have to charge $200+ and most of the market that would still pay that would just go third party then. Never mind all the distributors that just wouldn't take the product. The Combiner War gift packs are not most online on purpose, they can't convince Walmart or Target to give up what little toy space they have to giant $100 toy sets that have no real TV show or movie tied to them.

It's the loaded gun of it all, raise the price and you lose your market drop the price and you lose your market slowly.

>>5929775
>I assume it's the ones I have seen and read where the thin blue and red plastic parts stress mark easy and the blue frames on the back legs fall of and break rather easily. His head visor is thin and has crack for some people. Also people have broke his arm joint that you have to install out of the box.

Shit, that's definitely making me reconsider getting him.

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>>5929763
wait so you are saying you actually refuse returns if nothing is wrong with toys?
Where do you work?

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>>5929764
Fort max himself is a failure in many regards, qc issues of both sdcc and retail max, the fact his "city" mode is based on a failed transformation in a catalog tells me they were limited by the toy they retooled him from.

SDCC's have thinner plastic, and as an owner of that one the face on cerebros is not up to par with the legends one you've posted (its exactly what people complained about, its gummy, even that pic you posted is crisp).

And while legends fort max has a nicer overall deco package the head's deco is kinda bland, while the fortress deco as you posted while anime accurate is a snooze fest, almost akin to hasbro's blurr (and before you think I'm picking sides, sdcc's is accurate to fucking nothing and doesn't pop further than the retail one other than purple shins).

The voice clips are nicer on the legends fort max ill give it that, they just loaded the hasbro one with shitty sound effects and "CEREBROS" and "FORTRESS MAXIMUS" and so forth, what memorable lines from g1 could they of used, that raspy "FORTRESSSS, MAXIMUSSS", fuck no, and the sdcc's tf jingle is less than steller.

Really, if you want a fort max you have choices, but none are perfect, the main point stands, he fails as a retool based on a shitty compromise for a city mode.

>>5929767
Watch some reviews anon, between the 2 I will give the legends has a nicer selection of clips over the generic ones the hasbro versions have

>>5929775
>It's the loaded gun of it all, raise the price and you lose your market drop the price and you lose your market slowly.

No, theres one clear answer. Increase the quality and eat the fucking cost of it. Thats right, eat the cost of it, and sell for the same price as ever.

You can't produce shit forever and make shit products and expect people to buy them. At some point you have to buckle down, and just make your product better. You'll eat the cost for it, but you'll create repeat customers once people realize you've stopped being cheap fucks.

>>5929775
Shit, I'll skip him then. I can't buy a toy that expensive with so many issues right out of the box.

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>>5929780
A supermarket, Australian specifically, won't say which though but they all have similar return polices.

But it can depend, we can't just outright refuse just because it works (though they can be happier they got educated, prevented a few returned flash lights they thought were broken), we can have people change their mind, in which (depending on the packaging) we either put back on display, or mark it down for clearance.

I noticed though my crew is getting lazier though, I found 2 hotwheels cars loose, left them with the supervisors saying I was gonna find those boxes, found one burred in the customer bin, the other down another aisle (dunno how that happened, should be the toy down there not the box), when I brought the boxes back to "repair" them my department manager threw them in the bin, like she almost did with the one step.

My customers are stupid and my co-workers are getting worse, and they wonder why I insist on doing work task alone

>>5929722
Hardest to figure out: ROTF Mixmaster
Hardest to get everything to align just perfectly: DOTM Leader Sentinel Prime (honorable mention to ROTF Leader Jetfire's panels)
Hardest Clearance issues: ROTF Leader Prime
Makes my hands hurt: Fansproject's Stunticons (I gave up on them after the first two make my hands sore to transform, plus I wanted a G2 Menasor anyway)

I actually love all of the toys I mentioned, but the Transformation is not their high point.

>>5929456
I give zero fucks about the current drama but Sakamoto does still do the shoto porn doujins, which he does as a hobby and publishes himself. Man really loves little boys I guess.

>>5929817
Just shota, or do we get hot older women mixed in?

>>5929822
From the most recent one I was looking through on pixiv it was very young girly looking boys and older adult men.

>>5929825
l-link!

>>5929764
and why would I want to pay extra for a slightly different paint scheme and extra sounds?

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>>5929829
Why do any of us, I asked myself this question alot recently.

Ended up cancelling legends blaster and grabbing the TR version but grabbing Legends wheelie over TR in the process, such is life

Also not extra sounds, just less generic blasting noises and more actual lines from the show in their place

>>5929828
I found it on his pixiv, but Im im my phone atm and dont have the link. Just search for his pixiv, its all in Japanese but you csn find it.

>>5929829
Because it's better.

Not all of us are poorfags anon. It's quite easy to save money when you don't buy all the RID trash shitting on the Walmart shelves.

>>5929839
Not him, but that's still playing over 140 bucks more on Takara FM.

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>>5929829
For me the colours are a world of difference, I perceive the hasbro one as just a big generic robot, but with how Takara has laid its colours out, it screams FM to me, it's weird.

>>5929840
No it isn't. Hasbro Fort Max is expensive as fuck here.

>>5929836
Can you describe what's there? I found a pixiv with his name, but there isn't much there and it's all robots rather than humans.

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>>5929757
Here's one I just came up with, I guess it's a bug-kaiju creature with a mandible mouth.

Maybe someone could make a google docs or imgur where all the fan mode pictures that get frequently posted here can be easily accessible. And then a link to said collection would be included in the first post of every general?

>>5929843
But I don't know where "here" is, so don't get angry over something we don't know.

>>5929844
Thats the public one thats easy to find, theres a second one with the covers to all his douiins and a few teaser images from each. I think its like his porfolio of personal work?

>>5929848
You're the one being presumptuous, Hasbrocuck.

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>>5929847
Pick of the back in case anyone wants to replicate it.

>>5929849
So how do we find the hard to find one?

>>5929847
>my skull cruncher had loose hips
>glued the hips a bit

Wew. Didnt expect to like this guy so much

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>mfw going into the tfw2005 megatronia thread

>>5929858
More like Megalovania

>>5929858
Dude. Link it

>>5929854
I stumbled upon it when someone in the tfg on /co/ posted a link to it like maybe a month ago? They posted it to piss off the /co/mblr there but no one really reacted and I think its because everyone was too busy fapping. Anyway Ill try to remember to just post the link here when I get back, pretty sure I still have it.

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>>5929181
The idea was nice, but it didn't turn out that well.

I'm just gonna get LG Broadcast and slap on the Sawback head for a (hopefully) decent Marvel Blaster.

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Anyone have DMK 03? I've heard a lot of bad things about it but still thinking about getting it.

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>>5929757

>>5929913
I would inquire where you purchased these, how much they were and how impressed thou art?

>>5929920
What are the two in the background?

>>5929940

Looks like Chromedome and Highbrow.

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>>5929929
I've only got DotM Prime, he's alright. It's a snap together articulated kit. A little bit of glue would help him, but he's pretty good. The only weapons he has is his swords which mount in his hand sockets or on his arms like in the movies.

AoE Prime gets a lot of flak because his flames are not applied, the only paint work he has is his head, and his hands are not articulated like DotM Prime.

>TR Deluxes wave 1
>Scourge has a loose head port, hollow forearms, hollow shins
>Skullsmasher has loose hips, hollow forearms, hollow shins
>Hardhead has hollow forearms, hollow shins
>Blurr is okay but could use some paint apps

>TR Deluxes wave 2
>Chromedome has hollow forearms, hollow shins
>Highbrow has hollow forearms, hollow shins
>Windwipe has rubber that will probably rot in a few years
>Wolfwire has tolerance issues

HasTak really aren't making this easy.

>>5929947
>he thinks hollow is an error

Better pony up $85+ per figure for 3P stuff if you think hollow is a problem, Anon, because you're not pointing out actual problems by whining about holes parts fit into for transformation on toys made for kids.

>>5929947
>hollow forearms, hollow shins

Most of those like that for the sake of the transformation, had you said something like "they should have covers that go over the hollow bits", then I'd agree.

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>>5929911
I thought it was Metro Titan but they went a little bit deeper

>>5929953
>They're made for kids so it's okay that they're shitty!

Do you use that same logic to dismiss complaints about the absence of paint apps.

>>5929954
>"they should have covers that go over the hollow bits"

That's what I meant. Hollow is fine as long as it doesn't look like it.

>>5929842
I like the fact it looks like a huge generic robot

>>5929911
>>5929961
>DIA-KROOOOOOOOOONE

>>5929964
>Hollow is fine as long as it doesn't look like it.

Ok, so instead of whining here, go bother HasTak to spend more money on plastic. You ain't gonna change shit here, bro. HasTak ain't here.

>>5929964
they save covers for voyagers (galvatron's back legs) leaders and mp anon, not the kid friendly deluxes and legends

>>5929972
It has a appeal on that front, if you think of it like the titans in the idw series, but it doesn't work for me as FM.

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From the TFWIKI, a summary of the Legends Fortress Maximus comic.

Fortress looks back on his past as a non-transforming weapons engineer who left Cybertron with his comrades four million years ago, crash-landing on the inhospitable planet Master. As they did their best to survive, they witnessed another starship crash nearby: studying unknown technology from the wreckage, Fortress was able to develop Headmasters. He went on to construct the battleship Maximus, which was lost in the blackball incident, so now he's rebuilding it in the form of their company HQ.

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>>5930003
Unfortunately, the construction costs were so high they had sell off their old HQ, Metroplex, to the Decepticon Tera-Kura Co. While Metroplex accepts this, asking the other Autobots to return home on the Maximus, Ultra Magnus, Chromia and Alpha Trion refuse to leave him behind and instead join the Decepticon company. Tarantulas would rather have Maximus than a sentient office building, however, and plots to steal it by using the Master Sword.

Chromedome has had enough of the Decepticons' encroaching and asks Fortress to wipe them out, calling him a coward when he argues for a peaceful solution, only for Fortress to collapse mid-conversation.

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>>5930006

As he lies bedridden, he tells Chromedome the story of why he's ill, starting with the origin of the Headmasters when he discovered the remains of the original "Headmaster system" in the crashed ship. While adopting this technology let the people of Master use large and powerful bodies, they still had to train extensively to develop a type of telekinesis needed to control them, but his Maximus is different, requiring a perfect balance of both physical telekinesis and mental telepathy to control. Attaining such a synchronization drains his life force, which is why he avoided becoming Fortress Maximus until the very last minute during buridanka incident. In tears, Fortress acknowledges that he's a coward who only thinks of his own safety and asks Chromedome to laugh at him, but Chromedome tells him to cut it out: to him, Fortress is the greatest of commanders, having saved his troops many times since then and only kept this secret so that they wouldn't worry about him.

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>>5930008
Meanwhile, Weirdwolf has taken over Fortress's transtector and tries to transform Maximus with the Master Sword, but is ill prepared for the sensation and is knocked out. While Fortress recovers and takes his body back, Tarantulas goes for plan B: deactivating Metroplex's consciousness and using the city-bot to take Maximus by force!

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>>5930012
Fortress transforms the base into battleship mode and it takes flight, but is interrupted in grabbing the Master Sword by Chromedome, who offers to take his place and save him from further loss of life force. He refuses, as Chromedome would fail just like Weirdwolf, but assures his soldier that he will not die.

>>5930006
I can't help but feel that this whole thing is some sort of joke about how Fort Max is a Metroplex remold.

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>>5930018

He completes the transformation into Fortress Maximus and fires on Metroplex with his many weapons before using the Master Sword to stab him with such precision as to destroy Tarantulas's control device without injuring his fellow Autobot. He warns Tarantulas that Metroplex may be theirs for now, but next time he tries something like this, he'll find himself cut down by the blade of justice. As he's arrested and taken away, Tarantulas mutters that with Fortress's condition, there may not be a "next time".

In the aftermath, Chromedome asks Fortress if he's okay, and he responds that he's feeling much better after getting his secret of his chest and is satisfied as long as he can protect the Legends world.

>>5930020
It's more of a "we don't have any toy for FM to fight, so let's just use Metroplex".

>>5930057
Yeah, that does make sense. Although, I guess he could have fraught Devastator.

>>5930082
At least they'll have Dinobase. I wonder if it's going to be a completely new one, or a revived Trypticon (since he died, along with Predaking back in Zone).

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>>5930086
>or a revived Trypticon (since he died, along with Predaking back in Zone).
What about Gigastorm?

>>5930097
I guess a he'd be a special Takara-Tomy release or Tokyo Toy Show exclusive. I'd be weird if they went with him for a normal release, specially when Trypticon is more popular.

>>5930104
They could just do him in Trypticon's colors and add an attachable horn to give you the option which you want.

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Anon in the last thread asked if PMOP can be a simple car carrier base like the TAV Prime with Chromedome that was posted.

The answer: Mostly!

>>5930112
Close enough, Ginrai should have no problem doing this as well. Do Legend cars fit with the arms transformed normally?

>>5929858
Asshole mods took away all the good stuff.

>>5930086
Forgot that King Poseidon (Piranacon) also died.

>>5930114
>let me text in bright red because I'm a self-important mod

>>5930116
Isn't basically every Decpticon combiner dead by the end of zone?

>>5930113
The car in there now is RID2001 Super Side Burn. He's an old Deluxe, in vehicle mode he's a little smaller than some recent deluxe vehicles but there's clearly room to move around in there. PMOP is based on Ultra Magnus who was a car carrier anyway and could easily carry a deluxe in him or a pair of Legends.

>>5930124
Nope, the only one's we see killed in the animated adaptaion are King Poseidon, Trypticon, and Predaking. Devastator was assumed to be killed, years later, he was confirmed as heavily injured, but alive (considering how he died, he had the perfect out).

>>5930135
Oh, and while the canon on the whole thing is queationable, most people (and some canon) seem to give the anime episode priority over a few things in the comic, since the events in the comic are also canon.

>>5930117
I need a Link!!

Got TR Weirdwolf at Walgreen's today. What am I in for?

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>>5930023
I love these manga

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>>5930113
Sorry, I misread the post. Yes, even Deluxes should fit. There's a lot of headroom because the part at the back is very hollow from how the arm ramp parts unfold. Even Deluxes can ride in the undercarriage.

Magnus has a lot of untapped playability in vehicle mode, I never even saw anyone using his car carrier mode

>>5930023
So they just randomly bring up Fortress is dying? Wonder were that's going.

>>5929597
I do tons of research before drops wads of dough on 3p stuff. One bad purchase and your stuck with an overpriced broken piece of plastic. Fanstoys and dx9 have never done me wrong and are on par or better than official products in some cases.

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>>5929895
>Marvel Blaster.
Has anyone tried to put FoC Blaster head into the TR body? like pluging it on the helmet arm to remove the gimmick and get a better looking head.

>>5930161
They havent been tested and therefore not worthy of sitting around in my pocket while I roam the streets

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>>5930154

I use my Magnus for it.

>>5930172
>racecar bigger than truck cab
Triggers my 'tism somethin fierce.

>>5930142
>What am I in for?
Some filing.

>>5930165
Sounds interesting, but I think the head might look too small.

>>5930178
The CW cars are really too big to scale well. Earlier Generations or even RID/Armada/Energon/Cybertron cars scale better.

>>5930183
I've got some metal files. What do I need to file down?

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>>5930178

Well, he does scale best in terms of the cab, with Legends. However, Legends are too small for the carrying section, so if you're autistic over scale, CW UM is probably going to make you want to lay down in the middle of the road with Motormaster.

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>>5930187
Couldn't find any pictures of FoC and TR together, but heres a shop using the G1 as reference, it is small but kinda works.

>>5929767
I think they MIGHT have planned it to say more, but someone decided "what about OTHER REGION?" so they just left it as simple words that don't need multi language translations.

So this means Cerebros/Fort Max can only shout their names randomly like pokemon, or the occasional AUTOBOT and DECEPTICON thrown in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVc9htkiy1w

>>5930230
Still better thaN -I´M OPTIMUS PRIME-I´M OPTIMUS PRIME-I´M OPTIMUS PRIME- and -JETFIRE IS MY NAME-JETFIRE IS MY NAME-JETFIRE IS MY NAME-

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SAKAMOTO CAN'T STOP-- WON'T STOP

THE TRIGGERING NEVER ENDS

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>>5930244

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>>5930245
Road Rage's energon goodies bonus.

>>5930244
>that no-face Galvatron
kekles

>>5930245
>dat Arcee ass
Nice.

>>5930244
>>5930245
Honestly Im surprised Takara is allowing this, it is in pretty poor taste. But how pissed off it will make certain people is even better.

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>>5930247
>So I told him to reference Binaltech Asterisk
>and Sakamoto did it, the absolute madman!

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>>5930247
>Road Rage has cleavage

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>>5930255
Scourge is now a triplechanger.

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>>5930258
But it was all a dream...

>>5930252
>it is in pretty poor taste.
Oh fuck off, in what way?

>>5930252
Japan has a different culture than that of the prudish west, this is nothing.

>>5930258
>little headmaster dude carries body as boom-box
The physics of that are just fucking amazing.

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>>5930262

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>>5930267
>HE'S Nightbeat, HE'S Nightbeat, YOU'RE Nightbeat, I'M Nightbeat!! Are there any more Nightbeats I should know about?!

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>>5930273
And finally... a tale of a lost puppy.

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>>5930274

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Sakamoto: Best TF artist ever, or BESTEST TF artist ever?

A line with so much potential, ruined by cost-cutting Hasbro execs and lazy Vietnamese factory workers...

Imagine if they just upped the price of deluxes to $20 and gave us better quality toys. Look at how many people paid extra to buy wave 2 from Walgreens/online retailers just so they don't have to wait a few weeks for Walmart to stock them. And then look at how many people pay almost double the price just for a Takara paintjob. I'm pretty sure the vast majority of the fans would gladly pay an extra $5 to avoid things like Skullcruncher's shitty legs.

>>5930280
I like that he gives no fucks and puts the characters in the most absurd situations for nothing but shits and giggles

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>>5930258
>character named scourge that turns into a multi headed dragon
Pic related. Genius- I don't even care that they call him Flame Convoy in Japan

Out of curiosity, is there a best version of Menasor?

>>5930337
As in the g1 combiner? I think your best bet is the Takara Unite Warriors set with Perfect Effect upgrades for the head, shoulders, and pelvis.

I hear the unofficial fansproject one is a nightmare to transform and the only other unofficial menasor just has wildrider out for now iirc.

>>5930337
The Cybertron one.

>>5930265
Japan definitely has it's prudish side too, it's just different.

>>5930367
True, so what's offensive to them is different to what offends americans, obviously.

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>>5930343
Motherfuckin' Moledive is a awesome toy.

>>5930343
Stop shitposting, comus.

>>5930378
>Turns from robot to robot laying on its face and back!

>>5930388
Yeah, but in fiction I accept that they are building-sized construction machines with no need to disguise, so I can give it a pass. But I don't begrudge anyone who can't get into it.

The new Weirdwolf's pretty good. Mine has a little crack on the cockpit hinge though. I can't see what would be causing it through transformation, though.

>>5930406
It's pretty normal lately to have things that get damaged in the assembly process. For one other anon the piece broke off cleanly so I imagine whatever they used to mold that part was probably faulty.

>>5929301
well one of the robots in Gridman was basically Optimus in appearance so that's not surprising

>>5930264
Panty shots in transformers? Really?

>>5930439
Panty shots in japanese manga? What'd you expect?

>>5929920
>>5929847
tried doing the Hardhead one(as I got him today), but I can't get him to balance properly, am I missing something?

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>>5930172
>>5930210
He scales well with others lines too.

>>5930280
His art makes me want to go buy toys more then the tv show.

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So, /tfg/ I was thinking...what's the golden age of Transformers engineering?

I personally think that the Thrilling 30 line was top tier.

>>5930461
Thrilling 30 was both the top and the bottom. It gave us Springer and Sandstorm. But it also gave us Windblade, Sky-Byte and Blitzwing.

If a 3p could do up a Megatronia that looked as good as the comic Id buy in a heartbeat

>>5930461
As far as engineering, ROTF was the highlight of it. however, they where fucking ugly designs and who cares about complexity or paint apps when the ultimate result is unappealing?

2010 was also a good year for it, but full of nobody characters and some bizarre decisions. The best of them, though, like Jazz and Inferno, really are great, though. So overall I'd say 2010.

>>5930283

The thing is, the shit QC is why Skullcruncher's legs are fucked. It's not a design flaw, it's them moving their factories. And they'd have moved them whether Deluxes cost $5 more or not.

Now, would people pay more for higher quality figures? Yeah, I think they would. Honestly, I wouldn't mind a semi-collector line that averaged $30-60 like Japan does with their waifu figure lines.

>>5930475
I proposed a few years back that they should do an MP AllStars line meant to be sort of a TF version of Robot Damashii/SRC or similar JP figures. Or even what Marvel Legends/DC Icons is steering towards. a line based on a variety of TF lines and designs, not necessarily tied to MP's line direction, but more like taking influence from toys, animation, comic designs, etc. MP engineering and attention to detail, but at a smaller scale, and maybe introducing things like accessories and swappable hands.

>>5930484

Funny part is 3P stuff is slowly steering towards Japanese-style accessories. Quite a few releases are including extra faceplates nowadays. It's nice.

I wish Hasbro would do it for TF. They do it for their Marvel stuff. Then again, that line is also 90% mold re-use and the only actual difference is usually faces and paint because of the way superhero's work from a design standpoint..

>>5930461
I personally think classics/henkai

Does TR Mindwipe's bat mode have a hinged mouth?

>>5930502
No

>>5930508
>>5930502

Yes it does?

>>5930449

Oooooooooooooooooooo...

>Almost ALL the Legends comics this month reference Kiss Players

The absolute Madman!

>>5930521
Kiss Players reboot drawn by sakamoto and repurposing titan masters as the humans when?

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>>5930502

Yes, the bottom jaw has a hinge. It can open/close.

>>5930523

Hell, for all we know all those KP references might be for a KP reboot. Not the first time something referenced in these comics has come back...

>>5930525
Just got him in the mail today. He's great, but I did not expect his head to be full rubber. Wtf is that about?

>>5930531

No idea. Only Weirdwolf of the 3 original HM 'cons has missed the weird rubbery bits.

>>5930531

So his ears don't break.

>>5930532
Nope, he has them on his teeth, and cockpit windows, and is about as hard as Skullcruncher's. Mindwipe's the odd guy out with really squishy rubbery bits which annoy me to no end since he'll eventually transform into a box with wings (and he's my favorite figures from this line so far...).

>>5930526
Imagine the tard rage that'd erupt out of the tf community over that. It'd be glorious.

>>5930255
>>5930258
>>5930262
Rosanna confirmed. Getting my wallet ready.

>>5930267
So Rattrap is Nightbeat in this world huh? Ok that works so they can give Minerva a proper body.

>>5930537

Does this stuff really degrade that much? And are we sure it's not that weird rubbery plastic they use sometimes?

>>5930521
I'll start listing the one's I got:

Teletran 15 (essentially a side story connected to Kiss Players through few characters):

-Wheelie's skirt flipping (I don't remember him doing this anywhere else)
-Glit, Sundor, and Rosanna (they also show up Kiss Players Position, but don't do much)

Kiss Players Position:

-Brave Maximus being used to create Headmasters tech (they even redid a panel from it)

>>5930544
It depends on how hard it is, Mindwipe's is REALLY squishy, so I don't see him lasting long. Hasbro learned it's lesson after the RID figures and the later one's last longer (I currenly have the Bludgedon from ROTF and the rubber bits are still there).

And it's not rubbery plastic, Mindwipe definitely has rubber.

>>5929848
>responding to bait

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So I was trying to see if I can do that Megatronia pose on the Hotspot mold and it actually works. My Pyra Magna is on the shelf so I tested it on my Onslaught instead.

>>5930543
Well, they show all of Blasters cassettes with new bodies, it's up to Takara to release them. I hope they aren't TTM exclusives.

>>5930559
But doesn't rubber tend to crack and stuff when it's put under stress, like on things like fire convoy's rubber tires?

>>5930565
Yes, and when it's that soft, it tends to come apart, disintegrating.

>>5930564
Well you know how Takara works, they love their fembots so I guess that is also a big reason they didn't use Minerva as Nightbeat Minerva so they can give the proper Minerva a body.

>>5930255
Can YOU guess which cassetebot isn't getting a figure?

>>5930566
Fuck, and I really want mindwipe, too.

Someone should make plastic repros of the parts that we can switch out.

>>5930572
You can still get him, just don't expect him to have a bat mode after 4-5 years.

>Six Scourge's

It's time.

>>5930531
>>5930537
>>5930544
>>5930559
>>5930565
>>5930566
>>5930572
yeah someone should make a plastic version of his head due to that

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>>5930571
A new Rosanna? :^)

>>5930583
Wrong, it was Ramhorn. He's not there.

>>5930583
I hope its Rosanna.

>>5930247
Someone should translate this, it seems like they're actually talking about Flip Sides being an undercover agent, with Blaster getting blamed for it or something.

>>5930562
>blow job, sir?

>>5930587
I hope too as well.

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>>5930387
(not me btw)

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>>5930592
If only Megatronia would, but she would probably edge you then give you blue balls.

>>5930562
>those unpainted blue shoulders
J U S T
U
S
T

>>5930574
Yeah, but it'd really suck to not be able to revisit TR in a few years because of things like that.

>>5930581
I need to buy two, and take the rubber parts off one to make resin casts or something. Is there plastic you can pour into molds and cast? Resin is annoying and a bitch to sand

>>5930562
Shit, and to think I actually sort of liked UW Onslaught

So much fucking swirly unpainted plastic

>>5930601
By the way if you're gonna be mentioning that, UW Onslaught as the same color as the TR Blurr but the plastic on UW Slaught is smoother and looks much more pure.

>>5930610
>that
>smoother and looks more pure
As someone who owns TR Blurr, yeah no. All those swirls are fucking cancer

You know, we could probably get a pretty good Rotorstorm out of TR Highbrow with the Flywheels head mold. New rotors would be preferable as well but I'm fine with him being an osprey helicopter

>>5930615
I said looks more pure I didn't say it is. I also own a TR Blurr.

>>5930601
Why would the shoulders need paint? That's what Onslaught's shoulders look like.

At least they actually fucking bothered to paint the wheels and the guns unlike Hasbro's.

>>5930622
It looks worse arguably. My copy doesn't have as much swirl issues other than on the back of the legs/back of the car, even then that's minimal.

>>5930631
Mr. Sunk Cost is back!

Gee, I dunno, because it looks like one giant swath of unpainted swirly plastic?

Onslaught has very broad shoulders, he should at least have something to make sure his torso doesn't blend into his spess muhrine shoulders.

Who cares if they bothered to paint minor things if they couldn't get the basic parts right?

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>>5930631
>>At least they actually fucking bothered to paint the wheels and the guns unlike Hasbro's.

A silver sharpie is a damn good investment.

>>5930650
Or silver paint markers. Silver sharpies actually gets smudged with mine and I just end up taking it off.

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>>5930660

What would be a good silver paint marker? I know sharpies smudge if you get handsy with a figure, but they're cheap, easy to find, and long as you're putting it on stuff that won't be touched like hubcaps, it'll almost never need any touchup.

>>5930274
>>5930276
>Chromedome still inside Skullcruncher's Target Master animal

Can't wait to get my hands on my own Chromedome to do this.

>>5930660
On that note, I actually took a paint pen to my TR Scourge with a deco to mimic the Takara release, and it's held up surprisingly well so far. Doesn't look superb, but the way the paint's layed out there's like no collision/chipping issues so that's pretty cool.

>>5930665
I think you'd probably want something acrylic based. There's these acrylic "painter's pens"- that's literally what they're called that you can find at walmart that might work. I have a purple one I bought for my TR Galvatron's shapeways parts.

>>5930665
People always say get the gundam or tamiya ones because those are proven to be used on toys, but it should be acrylic based from what I know so it doesn't ruin the plastic. Then spray paint on an acrylic sealant(?) as well to seal the paint so it doesn't chip off after a while.

>>5930669
Yeah, I need to buy them still since I keep putting it off. I got a lot of stuff I could repair with that silver paint marker as well.

Did Japan change the way they name their figures? The figures keep their Takara names in Japanese, but have their Hasbro names in English.

For example, Blaster in Japan is called Broadcast, then Twincast, but the instructions have his name as Blaster in English.

>>5930679
Gundam markers only ruin soft abs based plastics if I remember correctly, but generally the stuff is meant to be a harmless alternative for those who can't "paint".

I do prefer acrylics topcoated though over gundam markers

>>5930688
I need to research this more since my customizer buddies are kinda vague every time I ask them about what paint to use.

>>5930682
Yeah. "Computicon" does this too.

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Can we take a moment to talk about how surprising it was that Takara dusted off and retooled the Animated Blackarachnia mold last year?

Think we'll ever get something like this again?

>>5930701
Not in the Legends line since they're using that as their Nu-G1 line.

>>5930665
Gundam markers