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>>6163540
Despite taking pride in his ability to transport things, Astrotrain finds it difficult to continue his line of work at Decepticon Tera-Kura Co. now that he's a tiny Headmaster and can barely carry a couple of energon cubes. He demands a transtector, but Megatron explains that with Tarantulas and Devil Z out of the picture, the company can no longer build them. Astrotrain argues how important his function is to the Decepticons, only for Ultra Magnus to offer to transport cargo in his car carrier mode instead, effectively replacing poor Astrotrain. While drowning his sorrows, he runs into Tarantulas, who's escaped prison and is on the run, and agrees to hide him from the law... in exchange for a transtector.

Tarantulas finishes the new body, and is shocked when Astrotrain next orders him to mass-produce it. His plan is to form an Astro Corps by creating his own company and attracting other bodiless Headmasters from both sides by offering them free transtectors. With his new troops, he will then crush both Tera-Kura and Autobot Axalon and build his Astrotrain Empire!

>>6163540
The idea of Solus Prime being in the films as a major, non-human character does appeal to me quite a bit. It would be a nice way to integrate other parts of the franchise into the films and possibly bring Solus into the public eye and opening the door for a toy of her.

______

Grimlock's tunneling as a means of moving around unnoticed makes Galvatron's survival rather miraculous. I'm just imagining Galvatron booking it for the ship Optimus and the Autobots crashed, running through the woods like some sort of slasher victim. :lol It explains his name change, too...

*Galvatron shows up at the ship and grabs the nearest sword, transforming into his Knight form*

*Dinobots show up*

Grimlock: "You Galvatron?"

Galvatron: "No, I'm... Megatron."

Grimlock: "Er, okay. You know where he went?"

Galvatron: "To your mother's house."

"ME GRIMLOCK DESTROY!"

*Dinobots leave*

Galvatron: "... That was close."

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>>6163567
Using his new body, he drops fliers all over the city, attracting the attention of Shūta Gō and Bullhorn, the last Headmaster Juniors who haven't found employment. They show up at the company alongside many others and, despite finding their new boss demanding absolute loyalty and threatening anyone who opposes him with death, accepts the job for the sake of the transtectors. The employees begin transporting cargo far and wide thanks to their shuttle modes allowing them to bypass traffic jams.
However, Shūta and the rest soon find themselves overworked, with Astrotrain refusing to let them rest, eat or go home. He reveals that they're not his employees but his slaves, and activates restraint devices that locks the Headmasters to their bodies. He then turns on Tarantulas and blasts him before sending his slaves to attack the Autobots as the first step towards his conquest of the Legends Universe and creation of his empire. Unfortunately, his plan backfires when the exhausted, starving Headmasters prove unfit for combat and begin collapsing—in fact, their bodies are so low on energy that the restraint devices deactivate! The Headmasters run off, leaving their transtectors crashing into Astrotrain and burying him. With his ambition in ruins, Astrotrain ends up using the last remaining transtector to run a commuting service instead.


Save for that last bit, that guess work I put up was pretty close.

>>6163540
Last few weeks were interesting for Transformers: The Last Knight. Thanks to our wonderful members, we’ve received multiple catalogs and toy info. And now it’s time to share some info from Portugal where the initial line up of TLK figures were officially announced today. We are giving a shout out to our fellow staff member fallen_revenge for translating the info for us.

Most of the stuff you’ve heard before but the news here is Armor Up Changers. The new line is a rename of 3-Step Changers. The “gimmick” for this year is Battle Masks. Sadly, we do not know how the gimmick works as we do not have any images of the line. But, if you stick with TFW2005 in the coming weeks, we’ll treat you to our coverage of New York Toy Fair 2017 where the line will be revealed to the press for the first time (it’s supposedly there at the Nuremberg Toy Fair since yesterday, but we will not see it yet).

The lineup for the country is as follows:

Turbo Changers will have 7 figures.
Armor Up Changers will have 5 figures
Legion Class will have 9 figures
Deluxe Class will have 6 figures
Voyager Class will have 4 figures
Optimus Prime Voice Changer Helmet
Turbo Changers are basically renamed One-Step Changers.

Armor Up Changers are renamed Three-Step Changers. The gimmick this time is Battle Masks.

Legion Class: Each figure is 9.5cm tall in robot mode.

Deluxe Class: Each figure is 12.5cm tall. Convert from Vehicle to Robot and back in 10 Steps.

Voyager Class: Convert from Vehicle to Robot and back in 18 Steps.
Also,those are only for Portugal,there are more listings to come!

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Talking point:
>What's the most recent figure you've gotten?
>What do you like about it?
>What don't you like about it?
>Is this the figure that finally healed the bottomless pit inside you? The one you vainly attempt to fill with toy robots?

I got commander class Megs. I appreciate his complete lack of kibble, but wish his head could turn.

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>>6163540
Jesus Christ this makes me tense

>>6163574
I will get the TLK Megatron.

>>6163577
Have they released any pictures of him yet?

>>6163575
Earth fucked up by The Creators.

>>6163579
more like Cybertron from the looks of it

>>6163578
No,wait for NYTF-18.02.2017
Also,the release of the toys is April.That's the month when is my birthday.

>>6163582
Correction:Earth fucked up by Quintessa.
Better?

The interesting thing is we haven't seen any official Autobot in the two trailers except for Optimus and Bumblebee.

>>6163587
We've seen dinobots and I think Hound in one of the short ones

>>6163589
The yellow one was Warpath I think.We saw Hot Rod in the trailer in car mode the same for Barricade.Maybe we see them in the extended TV Spot that comes out Sunday at The Super Bowl.
That spot will be 55 seconds.

What's the most articulated TR deluxe?

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first custom, how`d i do?

Picked up T30 Windblade.
Can agree that the color is grossly inaccurate but it's not too bad in general as a color scheme.
Really nice design visually aside from the thigh armor getting in the way of the thigh swivel.
Joints were not the best out of the box, tightened them up and it works really nice and holds together in vtol mode..
Did not fill the void but is a decent sealent until i do.

>>6163612
Probably the Blurr mold,

>>6163615
Did you throw coffee on him?
6/10

>>6163615
Well, if your intent was to make the figure look dirty, you succeeded.

>>6163630
that was the point

>>6163638
For what your were going for, it looks fine. No real complaints here.

>>6163643
thanks, just wanted him to look weathered, like in the movie, not squeaky clean

>>6163582
It's the creators fault that it happens, so he's correct, but i'm sure you just felt the need to try and one up him.

>>6163540
I really want to have hope this movie is good, but after 4 films, 1 1/2 decent films together, I'm kinda just ready for explosions and robots and humans.

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>>6163606
>Warpath
You have literally no reason to believe that to be him.

>>6163617
The feet are disappointing. Look at how the RID one works and you'll want to buy another deluxe right away. Maybe you can now wqit for the battlemask version though.

>>6163696
Out of the box, yeah it was kinda garbage.
But once you tighten them with filler or floor polish or something they hold a pose perfectly fine.

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I hope the other 2 are shown at Toy Fair.

>>6163574
I got MP-Exhaust and MP-Loudpedal at the same time.
I was expecting for Loudpedal to be my new favorite but I wound up liking Exhaust way more.
I love pretty much everything about Exhaust except I'm terrified of snapping his little blue wing things off.

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Maaan, this body looks good on Chromedome.

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>>6163574
>>What's the most recent figure you've gotten?

Titans Returns Fort Max.

>>What do you like about it?

It's the biggest Transformer toy ever, and the headmaster Cerebros is great.

>>What don't you like about it?

I paid like $150 Canadian for it, I wish i could have gotten it a lot cheaper.

also i wish he came with a sword.

>>Is this the figure that finally healed the bottomless pit inside you?
The one you vainly attempt to fill with toy robots?

No. Still looking for Triggerhappy, Gnaw and Kickback with no avail.

>>6163574
just bought tr sound wave and hes pretty neat

>>6163722
not really.

>>6163730
>It's the biggest Transformer toy ever,

Nope that would be Metroplex.

>>6163617
I find her heels work slightly better if they're rotated inwards, it makes them stick out slightly further.

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>>6163749

Fort Max is a Metroplex retool numb nuts.

>>6163762
Metroplex is taller and wider, numb nut.

>>6163707
I wonder how they;re gonna hide those two ball joint holes in front of his head

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>>6163777
It likely flips.

>>6163769
No its not??

>>6163574
>What's the most recent figure you've gotten?
Titans Return Hot Rod

>What do you like about it?
He's pretty decent. I don't see why people don't like him.

>What don't you like about it?
That painted spoiler, though.

>Is this the figure that finally healed the bottomless pit inside you? The one you vainly attempt to fill with toy robots?
Nope. Not until Masterpiece Black Convoy.

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>>6163574

Sawback. I like that he's a lil' lion.I don't like that his front legs are fused together, but his back legs aren't. I see no reason for them to be one piece, they shouldn't have been.

And no figure will ever heal the bottomless void. I'd probably need love for that.

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>>6163569
who is this?

>>6163816
I think that's Cab? He's a headmaster jr

>>6163794
Do you own both? if not you can't say shit, I do so I'm in a better position to judge.

>>6163816
>>6163825

Yup that's cab, dressed like a sexy caterer.

Did you know the artist has also drawn yaoi shota porn?

>>6163830
yup. seeing his art of cancer in the lg shockwave comic makes me not surprised at all lol

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>>6163830
Unless you count the shoulder guns, Fort Max is a smidge taller than Metroplex.

>>6163834
Meant for >>6163829

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2007 was a nice year.

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>>6163830
>>6163825
i'm honestly surprised i didn't recognise him.

still, time to wank.

>>6162981
Not every Prime tops over like that. It was an overexaggeration made by the fandom before most people got him. Mine has no trouble posing. He just looks bad some times while doing it.

>>6163834
Well I do count them, so he is taller.

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>>6163654
What about this guy? Who is this? Nobodyhas talked about this fuckerit seems.

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>>6163855
He's a generic made up of Jolt's head and Long Haul's body (seemingly with the wheels removed).

>>6163722
I like it

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>>6163855
>>6163859

Mindset repaint when?

>>6163843
>>6163830
>>6163825
You mean it's a guy? Goddammit Japan.

Why do Japan like little boys so much? They didn't like the one we gave them.

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>>6163841
>>6163876

looking at this, makes me feel old.

>>6163573
Really? 6 deluxe figures for the whole line? That's bullshit.

>>6163894
What's the bet they'll all be Autobots except for nayve 1 if we're lucky?

>>6163894
>Also,those are only for Portugal,there are more listings to come!
Reading is vital.

>>6163876

I don't really miss having them, but I do like that grouping of five figures from the first movie line. They were mostly decent toys, looked nicely varied, and scaled well to each other.

>>6163889
Yeah, Cab looks like a chick, Masterforce wasn't any better about it.

And if anyone's wondering, he's clearly working at the little brother café Armada Starscream was working at.

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Unless anymore sets come out, I think I'm done with CW/UW.

Still might get a Skylynx as just a standalone figure if I find him at a decent price though.

>>6163995

I wish I could find a UW Compy at a decent price.

>>6163998
Keep looking, you might get lucky with some Japanese ebay seller who fucked up the price.

>>6163995
>I can't even make a display like this since I have 14 combiner teams.

I can make an even larger display since I have all of combiner wars.

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>>6163920
I kinda do and don't. They show their age but if we get the first 5 as MP figures I'd be happy to have them.

>>6163995
I miss hidden weapon integration like the CHUG line had.

>>6163540
Anyone else think new Bayformers look far more video-gamey and less photoreal than previous films? The robots in films 1 and 2 took more photoreal to me than in 3. 4 looks like a videogame.

Something to do with the compositing or the lighting?

>>6163722
could make a good idw chromedome with some retooling

>My takara skullcruncher has a white pasty stuff over the clear rubber bits

Fuck

>>6164086
Takara wins again, indeed.

>>6164091
So it's fucked?

>>6164063

I agree. The shot of the Autobots on the observatory thing in TF1 is still great looking. I mean the designs had more car parts on them then so maybe that's it.

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>>6164095
Making the designs more streamlined and clean kinda ruins the robot part of them.

That and I miss seeing car parts.

>>6164093
Depends, its either suppose to happen, or they fucked up the composition and its starting to deteriorate.

>Still haven't seen Megatron, Optimus or Sixshot
>Wave 4 deluxe figures are already showing up in America
>Wave 4 voyagers are showing up in Canada

This distribution is completely fucked.

>>6164153
>not living in America
You have no one to blame but yourself.

>>6164156
I AM in America.

>>6164157
NORTH America?

>>6164160
Yes. I've seen the W3 Legends, and TM in Walmart, the deluxes in TRU once, and nothing for the voyagers and leader. Hell, most stores don't have any tranformers toys.

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>>6164063
Definitely. AoE had way cheaper looking CG to the point where people would remember DOTM more fondly because of it. It doesn't help that in the latter parts, every bot loses its wheel kibbles.

>>6164077

But the current Chromedome makes a good IDW Chromedome.

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>>6164183
I always felt like he was voyager class because of Rewind.

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>>6164097
>Making the designs more streamlined and clean kinda ruins the robot part of them.

But TF designs were originally very streamlined. Only Bayformers was a mess of random shit glued together and called a robot, which is probably the most unrealistic thing. If we ever made truly functional robots, they'd need casings to protect their innards from dirt/water/etc. Shit like Bayformers would never work because they're just flopping bits everywhere.

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>>6164185

Nah, they actually pair up pretty well with Legend/Deluxe.

>>6164093
Come on, anyone know? Information on the net doesn't really help.

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>>6164187
That's because they're aliens. They have different organic structures compared to man-made robots. Some of them even have healing metal.

But in what Anon was saying, the CG effects lost their luster when in the original trilogy, the bots' kibble was shinier and thus looking realistic. In AoE, Crosshairs seemed a bit jelly because of how organic he looked and that Lockdown barely looked like he transforms into anything. It had even worse reception than what the old Bayformers designs had, which was why they decided to revert Bee into his old tried and trusted design. It was also why they made Hot Rod look like shit as well.

Aesthetically, Drift is probably the closest to the older designs, as well as actually being a homage to his original character themes.

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>>6164187
>we will never get a new TF anime with this kind of animation
It hurts.

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>>6164201
>IDW-serious animated series for Toonami never ever

On the side note, was the Machinima Combiner Wars good?

>>6164204
no

>>6164204
>On the side note, was the Machinima Combiner Wars good?

Nope, it was pretty shit for a lot of reasons. But it seems like Machinima is mostly at fault for it being terrible.

>>6164201

I dunno how well Devastation did, but they need to keep Platinum pumping out the TF games. That game was amazing.

>>6164208
I'm sure Devastations did better than the Korra game that was released in the same year.


HighMoon Cybertron games had a bittersweet end. At least we can pretend that after that, the Autobots landed on earth.

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>>6164204
Short answer, no. The animation was off since they were trying to emulate the same framerate as anime but it looked strange with the 3D models. Also most of the voice acting was awful to mediocre. Whoever thought Menasor should speak with autotune should be fired.
>>6164208
Hell yeah it was amazing. I hope they do a sequel but with a Decepticon story too. More locales would be nice too since they reused the city area too much. The ending did tease a sequel of sorts.

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>>6164212
I really hope one day they make a multiplayer where you fight 10v10 and if you have certain characters in your team, they can combine with each other. Body bot controls the movement. Legs bots controls the shields of front and back. Left and Right arm controls the weapons.

>>6164219
Probably won't happen in our lifetime, but that would be pretty great.

>>6164153
I'm in socal and I've never seen wave 3 apart from the first week they came out.

>>6164212
On a side note, how large should a combiner actually be in comparison to the buildings beside it?

>>6164153
I haven't seen ANY deluxes outside of wave 1. I own Megatron and Optimus, purchased out of disappointment for not find Astrotrain.

>>6164249
Well, superion is arguably around 125 ft tall.
So about 13 stories tall.
Defensor is likely shorter, looks like around 100 ft.
So bigger than a lot of buildings, but there's plenty of offices and skyscrapers that are bigger.

>>6163567
>>6163569
This is funny. I appreciate the reference to the trains army.

>>6164219
I'd love it if they could make it so each limb gets a special effect each as arms or legs.
Nothing too complex, just stuff like Vortex working as a shield for Bruticus when he is an arm or Nosecone working as a drill arm or Breakdown shaking the ground to make enemies lose balance when being a leg.

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>>6164304
>It's an "every limb is a shield" combiner
>Breeze through CTF and Point Control matches

>>6164304
Japan sort of did this in a manga, it could work.

>>6164304
I like the idea of each limb component of a combiner having different powers and abilities depending on the configuration.

If Swindle were an arm, he could use his gadgets and freeze foes in place, for instance.

>Grimlock looks to be getting destroyed by the military
Will Michael Bay not be happy until he's killed EVERY Transformer I like?

>>6164320
Vortex: Arm mode has a flamethrower, plus slice shield. Leg mode has a flame kick.
Brawl: Extremely heavy punch or kick.
Blast Off: Extreme accuracy in arm mode, leg mode allows Bruticus to maintain his footing no matter what.
Swindle: Arm mode the surplus weapons from the components coordinates their usage for precision attack. Leg mode disables transformation cogs with a pulse in a 100 meter radius.

>>6164357
>Blastoff
>no flamethrower
nigga did you even play FoC

>>6164346
I hope that scene ends up with the other Dinobots swooping in and destroying the humans

>>6164363
I would've preferred a laser beam, personally.

>>6164357
I would have given Vortex more wind-based attacks and abilities when in limb mode, while BlastOff has slightly more fire attacks (including the lasers).

Everything else seems great!

What of the other combiners? Computron? Menasor? Superion? Defensor?

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>>6164346
Grimlock tunneled through. Seems like he came out of the sewers, or space bridged like Jetfire.

>>6164386
But look at him just drop at the end.

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>Broadside's miniplanes are cast in black plastic, but painted white
but why

>>6164392
Maybe they only knocked him out.

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>>6164395
>no alpha bravo

>>6164395
Huh, it's the Aerial Bots.

>>6164392
he slipped.

No one's firing at him so it's something.

>>6164383
Computron:
-Lightspeed: Arm mode gives mild gravitational control, but it drains Computron. Leg mode allows him to localize that control to the legs, increasing the combiners speed drastically.
-Afterburner: Arm mode creates tornadoes from the protruding wheel, leg mode allows that wheel to act like a buzz saw.
-Strafe: While his weapons work in both modes, but sadly has no special feature, he hates combining so much he's offline every time he's a limb.
-Nosecone: In arm mode, the reinforced drill can replace the hand, with devastating results. Leg mode allows him to fire the drill like a missile, but it has to be reattached after.

Menasor:

-Dragstrip: Arm mode allows him to super charge melee weapons, increasing their cutting power and setting them on fire. Leg mode allows him to deploy his wheels like mines, but screws him over if they have to decombine and he has to retreat in vehicle mode.
-Wildrider: Eliminates pain receptors on his limb, which can be helpful or detrimental depending on the fight.
-Dead End: Arm mode can create blinding flares. Leg mode can create earthquakes.
-Breakdown: Arm mode allows him to increase Menasors rage. Leg mode allows him to calm the combiner to deliver more precise attacks.

>>6164395
In cases like this, its usually because it was easier to paint it and add the pieces to a sprue that was already in use and had space available than to add another sprue of parts

>>6164183
not really

>>6164357

Vortex: Shield as arm, buzzsaw kick as a leg

Brawl: Impact Stake/Impact Knuckle via firing his cannon to turbo boost his fist forward as an arm for MAXIMUM DAMAGE. Leg mode, gives dash via shooting the cannon at the ground.

Blast Off: BURNING FINGAAA punch via superheating his fist with the jet rockets. Gives a double jump or a short controlled floating hoverjump as a leg via firing all thrusts.

Swindle: Rips off enemy armor to later sell for extra money/use for upgrades as an arm. Leg mode, he uses dirty fighting techniques to kick his enemies right in the ball bearings and stun them.

Were the oversized KOs of DOTM deluxes found in AliExpress of good quality?
I found Starscream but one of the reviews on the page says its arms don't hold poses too well.

>>6163575
They look like giant ballsacks... Earth is getting t-bagged.

>>6164473
Are those the TAIKONGZHANSHI ones? Those are cheap and shitty KOs as far as I know.

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>Amazon selling Gnaw for 17 fucking dollars

>>6164593
He has been 9.99 many times online it just sells the quickly.

>>6164210
My headcanon is that Devastation IS a sequel to the High Moon games. It certainly is a better fit than the games being in the same continuity as TF Prime.

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>>6164593
>tfw you have been gifted a Gnaw for Christmas and bought 2 more from local stores back at the start of the year
>tfw you could have brought him at least 8 times over now
>tfw you just saw him at Walmart an hour ago.
US Atlantic coast is a magic place for toy collectors.

>>6164601
the games being in the same continuity as Prime has been retconned anyway. They're just alternate universes now.

>>6164597
I know, but that's Amazon itself, not a third party. What the hell is this? Is it an error or something?

>>6164617
Are you certain because I just check and it's all third party groups. The Prime service offered by the store doesn't mean it's Amazon, just that Amazon is their middle man for their store front.

>>6164620
It was Amazon, the listings gone now, but it was definitely them when I checked.

>>6164622
Thing is you can look them up after they sell out and it shows 9.99.
That said it's a moot point. Supply and demand means anything can cost whatever a business wants.

>>6164473
Weijiang KOs are huge improvements on the molds. All other KOs you just get what you pay for, which is usually not great.

>>6164627
Weijiang and kuBian bao are great, kbb tend to take upgrades and sell them with it. (Dx9 godbomber with die cast evasion optimus and dr wu movie gun and swords, CW megatron in normal and shadow blade colours with the DX9 leg bits and shoulder upgrades, nemesis and magnus versions of evasion optimus, voyager die cast aoe lockdown)

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>>6164665
Fuckin Wei Jiang's given me great faith and respect for the Chinese now.

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So tempting
https://youtu.be/JASzNUTvVKU

>>6164711
>tfw the chinamen ko makers put more effort into their product than the ip holders

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>>6164731
Actually my supplier explained it to me that Chinese still held a lot of the molds or stuff used to make the toys, so when they were making MP01 and MP10, they decided that if they wanted to make money with great toys while making good use of not being subject to infringement laws, they'd do what Hasbro failed in the AoE line, which is to maximize and realize its (the figures) potential. With Evasion, they fixed his back in both robot and truck mode, fixed the wheels for screen accuracy, added a shitton of weapons and an extra face all the while putting some diecast on some parts and rubber tires. For Masterpiece Prime, theyfixed some issues of the original figure making him a big hit on the KO market.

I still see them being sold well in our local toy conventions while I chuckle at the first masterpiece Megatron getting cobwebs and box damage on some of the stalls.

Leader Sky Shadow's vehicles and base modes reminds me of the old Lego Spyrius space sets.

>>6164711
except the die cast can fuck off. It's not needed.

>buy MPP10
>paint chips out of the box

You HAVE to use a high-grade paint on die cast, but no company wants to drop the dime to do so. Just use fucking plastic.

Yo how is asia rerelease mp soundwave? thinking of getting him.

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>>6164807
>use super glossy paint
>use super glossy clear coat over that
>paint still chips off because paint on metal adhesion is shit
Bonus for microscopic holes showing rust out of nowhere if you live in a tropic country

>>6164807
Well they're not completely flawless but they do try. Hopefully in the future we'll see some 3P-tier original molds worth a bit less than your regular 3P figures.

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>>6164212
>Also most of the voice acting was awful to mediocre

I have to agree.

as someone who loves voice acting, it was disappointing.

they cast too many inexperienced novices and it showed.

The only VA's who were veterans were Rodimus and Devastator's. They were the better voices.

Megatron's voice legitimately was my favourite in this series, he basically does a Corey Burton impression and it just works.

Starscream's voice was done by an actual fan, his Freeza esque take is okay, but makes me rather have Chris Ayres instead.

Windblade's voice is decent but her characterization sucks.

Jon Bailey's Optimus is great for parody but to take it seriously....hahahaha no.

and Dashie as Menasor, fuck whoever thought that'd work. Maybe as Jazz or The Battlechargers but that is so not Menasor.

Overall Freddery's parody is way better.

>>6164738
How much for one of those?
And they transform?

*Completely new to the Formers.

>>6164824
Which one hound or prime?

And they both transform, made by a knockoff company in China who outdoes hasbro on the molds.

>>6164829
Prime probably.

Like I said I'm new. They just look much better than what I've seen in stores- I imagine it costs alot more too.

>>6164830
Wei Jiang's Evasion Optimus will probably only run you like 90-100$ depending on where you get it.

3Ps tend to be a lot cheaper than people expect.

>>6164586
I think they are, it's what it says in the box.
I'm not looking for an impressive toy right now desu, I only want an oversized DOTM Starscream without having to pay the faggot scalper prices they got in my country; fucking oversized chingchong fucking KO going for 50 dollars.

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>>6164208
I can't believe some people loved the Machinima crap. Shitty voice acting and shitty animation just kills it for me. It was difficult watching the first episode and the windblade-optimus fight is just hilariously bad.

That Dire Straits music video from the 80s was more entertaining than this stupid shit.

>>6164727
That's awesome, it's cool to see TF go full circle kinda.

>>6164848
I got mine for less than $50 from a friend of mine. Cool thing is that it is compatible with the MPP10 oversized trailer.

>>6164889
I was going to try watching it because I still had no reason to feel disdain for Windblade or how she is handled and wow combiners, but then I watched the first episode where Windblade FUCKING CRUSHES MENASOR BY HERSELF WITH NO HELP FROM ANYONE and I called it quits.
I'll go to fanfiction.net when I want to read fanfiction.

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>>6164665
>>6164711
Ko 3P are fucking BASED af

>>6163906
i should read more.

Guys,Grimlock won't die,he is tuneling,he came out off a hole and he rolled ,he like to sleep,he is like a naughty dog.Grimlock will survive!

>>6164738
Which Wei Jiang Optimus is that? I wanted one of their Optimus, but was upset they alls eemed to use the more toy/G1 esque G1 colors instead of the actual rusted look from the movie. If I want a G1 Prime, I already have plenty. I want rustbucket Prime.

>>6164889
I liked the idea of it, but megatron being a grumpy ol "you don't need me anymore" type was the only fun bit, the rest was energon lebel.... Especially the combiner core spirot form starscream using victorion, devastator, and the corpses of computron and menasor as limbs.

I guess hot rod was ok, but a bit odd seeing him as MP hot rod while it was clearly an idw comics spin off, which was a little better than idw comics.!

>>6164891
Custom or KO? Because i kinda like the colors.

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>>6164891
Man, I really wish we would have gotten Brave Max instead of the boring SDCC one.

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>>6164891
Big Red? I like this alot. It looks Diaclone as fuck. would buy.

New TLK Toy Coming :
http://news.tfw2005.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/Transformers-5-The-Last-Knight-Mission-To-Cybertron-Sheet.jpg

>>6164891

His feet looks so disgruntled.

>>6165007
>I don't need to stand here and take this shit!

>>6164727
The little guys are so cool, but I just can't justify $40 for 8 of them. That's a bit steep.

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>>6163696
>The feet are disappointing

Always a hazard when purchasing a woman.

>>6163749

Fort Max is bigger. Not a lot, obviously.

Help!

Does anyone know what the Titan Master powers of Shuffler and Blunderbuss are?

Any Canuckanons who have bought Broadside in?

>>6165015
Blunderbuss = Mass Shifting.

>>6165017

Is that logical speculation or actual info?

I mean it makes total sense, but....

>>6165018
It's from the bio on the back of the box. Lazy to find pics. google it.

>>6164212
>The animation was off since they were trying to emulate the same framerate as anime but it looked strange with the 3D models.

Te 3D models looked unfinished too. Like they looked great but the textures on them just looked like utter shit. The whole thing is just visually awful to look at. The new RID cartoon looks better than in and it's just sad.

japan can't into 3D animation.

>>6165068
>japan can't into 3D animation

They can if they have money and people who actually care to do it. The Saint Seiya and Harlock movies look really nice.

>>6165019

Man, did I ever try to google it...

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>>6163540
Can someone help? I bought Sixshot but accidentally threw the instructions in the garbage and lost them. Yes, I'm an idiot, I know.

>>6165077

They look nice but the lip-sync and overall facial animation was still terrible even if you watch it in Japanese. Facial animation is one of those things that japan really never managed to get right even in their ultra high budget video game cutscenes and movies.

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>>6165192

Look at this pic. Aren't you going to accept this 30 years old challenge?

>>6165213
Well I suppose it WOULD make messing with him one hell of an experience...

>TFW2005 fags still reeeing over headmasters ruining figures
>yet the same people praise the movie designs and toys
>same people also buy Weijang KOs and regular movie figures
>Yet every single Generations toy is met with scorn and calls to just purchase the 3rd party version

>>6165223
tr has proved that i'm autistic because i have no problem with characters that were originally headmasters in the line, but the idea of characters like hot rod are unconscionable

>>6165192
>>6165217
If you have to, you could check on Youtube for videos on Sixshot.

>>6165223
Are the same people posting about TFW2005 on 4chan?

>>6165236
most of the TFW bitching is some toy customizer who got banned from there for being a bigger faggot than Milo Yiannotwortafuck in a crowd of black men.

>>6165223
But the Weijiang KOs improve on the two good figures from AOE and most of the regular movie figures are good toys.
Not that someone who collects just to create a mausoleum of plastic on their rooms understad that.

>>6165239
Sounds like he is a couple of lightyears closer to being as much of a faggot as Hunter Thompson.

>>6165246
I missed ROTF-2010 figures

>>6165239

Tbf I've yet to meat a regular TFW poster that WASN'T an uber-raging faggot.

>>6165269
Nevermore is the worst. And Starscream91.

>>6164956

I'd rather RID Fort Max.

>>6165272
>Nevermore
>post a new sighting
>"sorry, that was already reported as being seen"
He's not even a mod, just a German twit that needs to keep to his spreadsheets about packaging variations.

>>6164918

At least the comics try to keep shit somewhat "realistic". Most people flip the fuck out and run for cover if a combiner is around.

>>6165343
The comics weren't much better, Bruticus was taken out by a missile, didn't look that special either.

>>6164208
>Platinum pumping out the TF games

There was a rumor that Platinum is going to pump out games for all old 80s franchises but the dire TMNT game killed that notion for good.

Too bad I'd sell my dick for Devastation 2 with Combiners and shit. Altho I don't know how you'd do combiners in a game like that. Maybe like Ultra Moves in Bayonetta when she summons demons?

>>6165345
bruticus also had a comatose limb and literately wasn't all gathered together in the head

>>6165371
>Altho I don't know how you'd do combiners in a game like that.

You could do something similar in vein to the Wonderful 101. Like have parties of 5-6 to play as where you swap leaders for different attack styles and can go combined mode for special attacks/supers.

Also christ the TMNT game was bad.
I managed to enjoy LoK but TMNT was just miserable.

>>6164320
>>6164357
>>6164408
Stop making me want this so bad

>>6164320
Wasn't the the original gimmick of the scramble city line, actually?

>>6165640
Yeah. You could swap limbs. But I don't think think they ever made it a thing for differing powers or abilities depending on limb configurations.

>>6164942
Limited edition release I believe.

>>6165640
The swap limbs thing, yes, but not powers. The scramble city designs actually never saw action before Transformers; they where unproduced designs Takara had that Hasbro had them make in order to fill positions in the US toy line. And since Hasbro was behind most of the fiction before Headmasters, the cartoon followed their guidelines and thus the limb swapping wasn't played up(except the JP exclusive Scramble city episode).

>>6164227
What part of SoCal, cause I managed to find wave 3 several times over

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>>6164738
>It's a KO Hound figure
>Wheels on his feet actually becomes wheels

feelsgoodman

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Alright so I'm new to transformers and I have a few questions. What hasbro lines scale with the Takara lines? Are there any universally hated transformers? Are any of the comics decent? When is Cheetor coming out, that bitch is holding up my January order?

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>>6165674
>The combiner wars comics had rocket fists, rocket limbs, and transformed leg grappling
>all rendered in ramondelli's shitty art

>>6165687
>What hasbro lines scale with the Takara lines?

they're the same thing

>Are any of the comics decent?

TF comics are shit, from Marvel, Dreamwave, to IDW, they've all been awful.

>>6165687
>What hasbro lines scale with the Takara lines?

The weird thing about Transformers compared to other import vs domestic lines is that generally the basic molds are the same, its the paint that is different. think of it how Power rangers used to be up until the last decade.

>Are there any universally hated transformers?

Figurewise? Its hard to truly all it universal, but there's a lot of figures that are mostly ignored by collectors or outdated. The simpler/kiddie lines, for example, are mostly despised for being irrelevant.

>Are any of the comics decent?

This is a can of worms, but generally the modern IDW stuff is decent.

>When is Cheetor coming out, that bitch is holding up my January order?

Delayed til late February, sadly. I'm disappointed, too, the original was my first Transformer and I had hoped to have it sooner.

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>>6165687
>What hasbro lines scale with the Takara lines?
You're better off to just stop caring about precise scale right now. As for Hasbro/Takara, are you talking about lines they do OTHER than Transformers? Because aside from retooling, the molds they both use are the same.
>Are there any universally hated transformers?
Prime deluxe class Airachnid is terrible. You know you're doing something wrong when the smaller, cheaper legends class version of a character outclasses its larger version in every way.
>Are any of the comics decent?
Tons of them, but there's always low points in any comic*. Any particular type of story are you looking for, or do you want to go whole hog on a series?

*Correction: IDW's Transformers vs G.I. Joe is 100% top quality.

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>>6165687
>Scale
Takara and Hasbro molds are the same 98% of the time. Usually it's just paint differences.
>Universally hated Transformers
For toys? Possibly Airachnid deluxe class figure. Maybe a couple more from the older years. If fiction, opinions vary though none of them are completely hated, even Bayformers who still has a fandom despite the vocal dislike.

>Comics decent
It's a hit on /co/ and they discuss it intimately. It's not fantastic but it's far from bad. Better than your Marvel comics but it still has some pretty eye-twitching bad issues and arcs. I do recommend reading it though.

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>>6165687
IDW's main series loves to go in weird, unconventional directions and I love it for doing that

>>6165715
>It's a hit on /co/ and they discuss it intimately. It's not fantastic but it's far from bad. Better than your Marvel comics but it still has some pretty eye-twitching bad issues and arcs. I do recommend reading it though.
The first season of MTMTE was fantastic. The second season, while having some great moments, was a bit lacking.

The current run for MTMTE seems pretty bad right now.

>>6165724
>The current run for MTMTE seems pretty bad right now.
We're only two issues in, m8

>>6165728
The DJD finale left a bad taste in everyone's mouth so if it's something written by James Roberts, it's gonna be a passive-aggressive reading. There's bias, yeah but it's understandable.

>>6165732
>everyone's
I loved it.

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>>6165717
I'm so glad that panel's still relevant after two years.

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>>6165717
>Starscream is finally the big guy in charge
>He hates his job

It never ceases to entertain me.

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>>6165713
>IDW's Transformers vs G.I. Joe is 100% top quality.
NO

MERCY

FROM

PERCY

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>>6165742

>>6165732
The DJD was a horrible horrible concept, basically everything wrong with Drift but worse.

Roberts having them all die like worthless bitches at the hands of a super duper pissed off Megatron and Tarn turning out to be a literal who that died crying like a girl, was the best possible ending we could get given the Villain Sue nature of the team.

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>>6165752
I think it's more of the build up going nowhere with only two casualties in the LL.

>>6165747
This page looks like some Mike Kirkbride shit

>>6165752
>Megs showing edgelord Tarn who's boss
it made me happy inside

>>6165756
Interesting wall of text, except that Tarn was never fucking interesting PERIOD. There was NOTHING redeemable or interesting about him. Again, he was Drift 2.0 but worse in that at least Drift's entire character did not revolve on being an edge lord 24-7

>>6165767
>>6165752

In retrospect, it would have made more fucking sense to just use the Masterforce gang as the DJD. Squeezeplay, Fangry, and Terri-Bull are blank slates IDW-wise and they could have just imported their Masterforce personalities (Squeezeplay is a young 'Con martial artist, Horri-Bull is a thug's thug, Fangry is a conniving gang banger) and they could have brought Darkwind and Dreadwing into the fold via having the three go killing Black Shadow/hassling the Scavengers as part of a plot to bring Wind and Wing back to live.

Furthermore, make them less edgelord murders and more internal affairs type who spy on other 'Cons and leave the killing to Megatron. And they could play up the hero/father figure worship for Squeezeplay in terms of recasting Cancer's paternal relationship with MF Overlord to Megatron.

>>6165767
It's more on the volume 2 and above hyping the DJD, more than Tarn at least. They're just shown to have some form of potential and spent more than 20 issues giving the DJD some depth in characterization, and it's all lost and squandered in the finale. Sure his death seemed pottery and fitting but with how MTMTE was shaped up to be the LL and the DJD's run, the latter half proved to be underwhelming.

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>>6165752

As a concept the DJD was fine though. A group Decepticons who's sole purpose is to hunt down and murderize traitors in the most cruel ways imaginable. It helps that most of the members turned into all manners of torture contraptions. It sort of makes sense in universe that Megs would have come up with boogiemen meant to keep the 'cons in line. The original intent was that they they weren't invincible and regularly replaced members who would pick up the call signs.

Of course that got thrown out the window when their feats involved killing serious heavy hitters with impossible odds and that was explained away by drug abuse. Plus Tarn's 'identity' could have been alluded to in such a clever and subtle way with his addiction and his real powerset and they never touched on it, ever. Going out like bitches would have worked better if it was properly built up.

Also they looked cool and I'm glad they're getting turd party toys.

>>6165780
I want a toy of the oven guy

>>6165747
I unabashedly love this comic. The story is like a kid is playing with his toys.

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>>6165788

soon

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>>6165789
I even want TFs that look like the comic. I doubt even 3P would do that, though But the chunky Jack Kirby aesthetic is so much fun.

>>6165679
Is that weijang hound you have pictured there a custom repaint? It's colors look different from all the other ones I have seen in pictures.

>>6165713
Fucking Airachnid. What a fuckup.
The designers told me at Botcon what went wrong with that figure. Basically she had the same fate as Universe tank Galvatron. She was originally a voyager triple-changed that could do the third 1/2 robot 1/2 spider mode seen in the show and she looked a lot closer to the show model. Fuckin Hasblow bean counters and marketing tell designers to shrink it down because cost-cutting/girl toys don't sell well enough. Arguing ensues internally. Higher ups say fuck you do what bean counters want or you're all fired. Cost cutting toys become norm. Shit gets smaller, more hollow, less paint. Gimmicks diminish. Simpler transformations. Soon after most of the designers either leave the company or move to different toy lines within company.

If Airachnid had been a triple-changing voyager, I would have bought her on the spot. Hasbro meddling hurt that toy bad. My Five Below stores were filled with her deluxe figure for years. Ironically, they also got in her legends class figure and those all sold immediately.

>>6165800
Do the big arms integrate into the vehicle at all? Or is his alt mode just "oven tank with arms?"

>>6165861
>Soon after most of the designers either leave the company or move to different toy lines within company.

I really want the finer details of just what it was that made Aaron Archer leave that certain people alluded to, but this seems to be about it. Now, I wonder if any Hasbro designers jumped ship to any 3rd party TF companies proper(not Play with this too, but actual full blown 3Ps). Or even other local companies. I suspect Playmate's Voltron was handled by some former hasbro employee.

What's so tremendously sad to me is that designing Transforming toys is such a low-demand job that s lot of the people behind some of the most brilliant toys probably aren't making anymore transforming figures anymore. Its sad to think of these guys working on other franchises or companies and wasting their skills making some bland action figures. I bet somebody from the "golden era" of TFs is now doing some 5 PoA star wars figures, because thats how company bureaucracy works.

>>6165886
Eric Siebenaler moved to Star Wars. My heart weeps. He gave us sooo many great toys.

>>6165767
That's literally the point of that post.

>>6165880
Yeah they compact somewhat and sit on the side of the tank.

Don't have a picture of it though.

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>>6165880

They sit at the side but pop out so he can grab people and shove them in his boiler while in vehicle mode. That's what that render was showing.

So why does he have four arms? Is he like a cripple in an exosuit?

>>6165687
>Alright so I'm new to transformers and I have a few questions.

Welcome aboard, man.

>What hasbro lines scale with the Takara lines?

There are two ways that they do scale, currently. The Masterpiece (MP) line has it's own scale. The current measuring stick for the MP line is MP-10, aka Optimus Prime. Everything in the MP line from MP-10 onward, is sized based on their size compared to MP-10. So everything is all sorts of sizes, because it's all based on how big/small everyone else is supposed to be, compared to Optimus. Optimus IIRC is around 9 or 10 inches tall, I forget his exact height. MP's before MP-10 generally do not follow this size. The oldest MP's were much bigger, for example.

The second way they do sizes is divided into size classes: Legends (around 3.5-4 inches), Deluxe (around 5-6 inches), Voyager (around 6-7 inches), and Leader (around 8-9 inches). Heights vary a bit based on the individual.

Both Hasbro and Takara follow these two size guides, and indeed, they use the same figures most of the time, though Takara frequently remolds some parts or has different paint schemes for their releases.

>Are there any universally hated transformers?

Character-wise, a lot of people dislike Hotrod for getting Optimus killed, and Wheelie for being a little shit. Prowl in the IDW comics is a real asshole. And most everyone hates the human characters in everything, because they tend to be annoying and get in the way of everything.

>Are any of the comics decent?

The IDW comics are pretty damn good, though of course, quality can vary depending on issue, much like most comics. The current "everyone hates this" issues were the season finale of MTMTE, which ended with the dramatic equivilent of shitting your pants.

>When is Cheetor coming out, that bitch is holding up my January order?

No idea, sorry man.

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>>6165737

I gotta admit, the IDW comics are a goldmine of reaction shots, and decent dialogue at times.

>>6165998
to avoid this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqjF7HKSaaI

>>6165998

I believe it's simply because he's a walking smelting furnace, and it's just to make it easier to grab more junk and throw it into himself.

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>>6165998
how else are you going to duel wield and rip and tear at the same time

>>6165192
wait, the instructions arent archived somewhere on hasbro's website? time to me to stop throwing them away.

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>>6165998

To make it easier to shove shit in his chest.

The other guy has secondary claws and a conveyor belt to toss stuff in his chest grinder.

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Don't talk to me or my wife's soon ever again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm-8v02xQFs
trailer leak the extra ten seconds didn't add anything

I remember ages ago I had a fairly small transformer that turned into a WW2 German Rocket Me163. (Might have been a 262 but I'm fairly certain it was a 163)

Anyone remember or know this shit?

>>6166135
What colour was it?

>>6166137
Yeah if you remember the color, try using
http://www.tfu.info/ID/index.htm

>>6166130
>these still aren't even on PO yet on US sites

I want manufacturing to come back to the US just so we actually get our toys first like we're supposed to.

>>6165861
>Higher ups say fuck you do what bean counters want or you're all fired.

It honestly seems like they outright stopped trying on her at this point.

No figure would have been better than what actually came out.

>>6166175
Lol stupid American

>>6166180

Given the current state of business in the US is pretty much "sacrifice everything possible to line the company/CEO's pockets even more", I find it easier to believe everything being sabotaged by bean counters trying ever harder to earn their masters another 0.000001 cents on the dollar by saving that fraction of plastic per unit.

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>>6166135
http://tfu.info/1993/Decepticon/Terradive/terradive.htm?

>>6166185
Oh, yeah, that's a given.

But with Airachnid, it really does feel like they just gave up halfway through the design.

I mean, those fucking hands.

>>6166186
>have this guy sitting in my drawer right now

Not the Anon that asked about it, but I was wondering who this guy was myself. Cool.

>>6166134
It added continuity, never before have we had a prior transformers film affect the new one passively, megatron carried injuries from film to film, but no carried places like hoover dam, mission city, detroit or anything.


Now we see the ark destroyed as the moon gets scraped.


This is beginning to seem more and more like movie unicron.

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Convince me to buy your favorite transformer

>>6165898
Name one.

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>>6166009
This is still quite honestly my favorite reaction image.

>>6166227
LG Ginrai is freaking stunning with the vibrant plasic colors, and Takara's remolding from the Hasbro version makes it even more faithful to the original Powermaster Prime/Ginrai toy we all know and love.

Even if you already own the original tooling of the mold, Ultra Magnus, 99% of the parts on Ginrai are brand new. The two basically just share similar engineering and even then, their transformations are somewhat different because of their trailers being different.

He also has a headmaster gimmick, with a fully painted bot that resembles his original powermaster partner, hi-q. But if the gimmick triggers you, you can transform the figure without taking the headmaster off I think. (I don't try that much, I like the gimmick)

He's expensive as fuck compared to the Titans Return Powermaster Prime, but the colors are way better, not to mention he'll be able to combine with Takara's upcoming Godbomber.

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>>6166232

Pretty much everything out of Not-Trump Prime was pure gold.

>>6166237
>Expensive as fuck

I'm not entirely sure how much PM Prime goes in the states, but online his price seems to be between 44-46 (before reductions), and I could get Ginrai for 56 (before shipping).

>>6166243

Leaders are MSRP $45 in the States. Anything other than that is either a sale or price gouging from scalpers.

>>6166237
>you can transform the figure without taking the headmaster off I think

Yeah, you just need to flip the head with the helmet facing backwards.

Does anyone buy loose figures online? Or do you buy new condition only?

>>6166254
I bought a Classics Ramjet off of the cybertron.ca boards and a few G1 weapons I was missing off of 4chan's BST threads, and both went well. I also occasionally find sweet-ass deals at the local Value Village (thrift store). I've got germ anxiety so they all get the same wash treatment.

>>6166254
Honestly, I have more experiences getting shitty conditioned toys from an unopened brand new package than buying them loose online.

>>6165832
I think it's a promo photo, from before they showed Hound's helmet being an accessory

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Oh shit the Ark is back

>>6166291
it got crushed though

>>6166299
I'm surprised they remembered it.

>>6166227
Leader Class Black Shadow is probably the most perfect toy in its size class.
The color scheme is good, the transformation is simple but amusing.
It has ankle rockers so despite the lack of a waist joint, it poses good.

And you can forget that it's a headmaster if the gimmick irks you.

Tank and jet mode are cool. The base mode is also not that bad.

Sure it's an Overlord pretool but as a Leader Class, this guy would look badass standing among Sixshot and Overlord.

>>6166301
it seems someone taught the writing staffs how to write continuity for the whole cinematic universe thingy

maybe we'll see the Cube or jetfire seekers friends

>>6166307
Definitely the seekers. Cube too since it's a movie about the "Creators".

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>>6166241
I fucking love Sentinel DIO Trump and I'm going to be pissed off if he's done with to them.

>>6165679
>Hound figure
More like feelsjohngoodman

>>6164063
>Something to do with the compositing or the lighting?
It's the 3D. You composite things differently for 3D. In 2D you use many layers of subtle shading to make the CG elements fit into the scene and look real. In 3d you (usually) use fewer because the sense of 'real' comes from the left-right views matching... which becomes less effective the more layers of shading and whatnot applied.

The bluray is showing one half of an image which is meant to draw its realism from seeing both views together.

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>>6166316

Well, he fell down a hole.

The chances are that he's actually dead are fucking 0.

[nospoilersontoyyet]I wrote all of these things. I'm shocked anyone saved them. Whoever drew the pic and colored it are great.[/nospoilersontoyyet]

>>6164204
>On the side note, was the Machinima Combiner Wars good?
It looked pretty but it was utterly incoherent, explained nothign while repeating other things incessantly and the ending sucked.

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>>6164063
the CGI getting crappier each sequels

>>6166332
>First movie
Starscream singlehandedly takes down both Ratchet and Ironhide in a short amount of time
>Third movie
Starscream is killed by a single human

Really makes you think

So... apparently a Walmart has a peg price tags that's meant for TR figures, but has Shockave's name on it.

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>>6166338
His mistake is playing with his food. He knows Ironhide and Ratchet are soldiers. He only sees humans as insects. It doesn't help that he didn't know Sam has Cybertronian grapplehook that can crush a metal eye.

Transformers instructions should be flip books.

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>>6166135
Found it, turns out it was Skystalker funny I remember thinking it was an me163 ages ago turns out its modeled off some stealth drone/bomber thing.

Can see why I thought it was one though, pretty much the same silhouette and basic shape.

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>>6166345
I hope it's just going to be a more beefy, more plastic version of this one. I'm not sure how they're going to do the head with the Titan Master, though.

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Are there any good Grimlock toys out? Not a fan of the movies per say but I really like his dino form appearance in them.

The regular toy is largely brown and lacks the numerous pointy teeth.

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>>6166366
>ages ago

>it was skystalker


YE DERN KIDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>>6166377
Get one of the KO black knight options, or you HAVE to go with g1 or FOC style

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>>6166377
https://www.seibertron.com/transformers-toys/gallery/generations-fall-of-cybertron/grimlock/2903/1/
Fall of Cybertron Grimlock is pretty cool. Even has a LED gimmick with the mouth opening. He has a big hollow area in the middle of dino mode but if that bothers you there's a cheap part you can purchas on Shapeways that plugs it up.

>>6166291
This movie looks 8/10.
I can't wait!

>>6166377
Wait until they tackle all five Dinobots.

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>>6166377
Takatomy releasing this repaint of the voyager in end-March.

>>6166377
>>6166386
People complain about the dino stance but I think FOC Grimlock looks really cool. Also helps that I played and enjoyed FOC.

The plastic they used on him feels beyond shitty though. I have the retail version so I dunno if the other releases were better.

>>6166392
how much is that gonna be?

>>6166396
Very expensive especially since preorders are closed.

>>6166395
get planet X Vulcan, he's MUCH better.

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>>6166320
>>6166316

Golden edition boxset when?

>>6166402
Literally only you finds this pic funny.

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>>6166402

>>6166406
>Being this triggered

Kek

>>6166402
Speaking of which did you know chris chan peed on his sentinel prime?
Something about protesting russia or something.

>>6166411
>being so afraid for "muh safe spaces!" that you believe a 4chan /pol/ fanfic to be real and have made your Orange Space Train Prime into "literally robot hitler"

>>6166414
you mean overlord trump kiddo

>>6166414
>Being this triggered by a silly pic on the internet

Go back to your safespace. Kek

I got some old transformers toys at an opportunity shop.
I can't quite figure out their transformations all the way. It's there a way to find out what their name/version is so I can look up photos of how they're suppose to look? I tried google image searching but didn't see anything that looked like them

>>6166431
Can we get a pic?

New >>6166433

>>6166432
Okay I'll post in the new thread, thanks

>>6166421
don't you have to spend momwife's paycheck on cheap Walmart toys, Jin? Not like you earn your own income, bitch.

>>6166529
Fuck off, Walky!
Go get cucked!

>>6166377
Get the Aoe Voyager, It's also a way better figure as a dinosaur than the Foc one is.

>>6166529
Greg or JemAnon?

>>6166232
i quote Megatrons whole "all hail starscream, u must be so proud" speech on some /pol/ like boards