/tfg/ Transformers General: FUCKING EVERYTHING Edition

Are we Ladiesman217?

>starting a new thready right as your old one starts to autosage

god, not only can you transfans not stick to your own general, you can't even be courteous and stay in a thread until it autodeletes like literally everyone else on this board?

stupid motherfuckers.

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I really like movie Hot Rod. It's a shame his Deluxe is kind of bleh, but I'd love a movie Masterpiece of him.

I can't fucking wait until the KO companies get started on TLK stuff. I want a upscaled and improved voyager Megatron so bad. The leader is really cool but the bulky cannon, hollow arms and wing cape hold it back.

>>6358128
Oh no, a fashion doll thread that hasn't had a post for 5 days has been deleted as a result of our incessant thread spam. However will we sleep at night?

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>>6358141
Want them to work on the Bonecrusher and DOTM Megs first.

I really want Nitro to be good. I don't want to be tricked like with movie Shockwave.

>>6358131
The worst part is you can see some good design ideas, like the split hood chest, side panel arms, and engine torso. Problem is the detail is so cluttered and poorly defined that you have to go out of your way to notice any of it. I've looked at this poster 10 times and I just realized he's holding a gun. That's all before getting to the human rights violation that is his face.

I also wouldn't get your hoes up for an MPM. New Transformers designs make no attempt to look like they actually transform. Then again, there is that one company that's making a Transforming Movie Lockdown, so maybe it's not a totally lost cause.

Was MP Road Rage actually worth it if you're someone who collects fembots? I want to know if I should be upset that I missed out on her.

>>6358149
Yes. Also you didn't miss out, she's at clearance prices pretty much everywhere.

>>6358149
No.

a) she looked like a dude or just Tracks in drag
b) the mold wasn't very good and received pretty negative reviews all around.

>>6358150
>she's at clearance prices pretty much everywhere

Everywhere = nowhere except on tfsource, where it is sold out.

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>>6358149
I'm one of the few who are very much in favor of that mold. It has some issues but I think they're all very forgivable with how unique and stylish the figure is in both molds.

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>>6358155
>both molds
Both MODES, I mean. I don't have Roadrage, but I got Tracks and Loud Pedal. Liked both a lot.

>>6358154
Oh, I guess putting her on clearance was enough to clear stock.

She's still up on HLJ for like 5500y though.

>>6358149
I got an official one for about $35 and I also bought a tracks KO for $30. The KO mold is better because the official mold has a floppy knee joint (very common on the official). Having paid $35 for it however, I think it's pretty decent. By no means the best, but not a bad figure, just avoid displaying her at 45 degree angles to avoid that weird back/armpit gap and shes fine.

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Does anyone happen to have both Legends and Platinum Leader Magnus? I'm looking into getting the upgrade kit for him, but the only one for sale is the Takara one. To me, the blues look close enough, but I want to know if anyone can do any side-by-sides.

>>6358149

I got a chance to mess with Tracks and he was a let down. Those barely bending arms are completely unacceptable on a masterpiece and I just couldn't get into the proportions. I like Rage's red, but it doesn't do enough to look girly to me. They needed to remold the his and torso, which would have screwed up the altmode, so it couldn't happen.

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>>6358131
>>6358148

It looks like Hot Rod might not just be a Lockdown remold.

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Hope to see his old face in the movie.

>>6358161
Everyone on this board is so quick to spout out "remold" and "retool" lately.

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>>6358164

Lot of similarities though.

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>>6358164
Can you blame them? It hasn't even been over for a year.

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What's your short list of best figures in the $250 range or lower for a child of the early 80s that's just now getting back into Transformers?

I've already discovered Striker Noir and the new Takara Megatron that was just released. Those look absolutely amazing. As better informed longtime collectors, anything else really stand out to you?

>>6358167
Some. But there are some pretty clear fundamental differences, like where the hood and wheels end up.

>>6357928
Source?

>>6358173
Perfect effect beast gorira

Maketoys downbeat

Lots in that range

Somebody last thread mentioned a Sawback?Weirdwolf combination? What does that look like?

Is TLK Barricade worth like 15-16 bucks or should I wait for his inevitable clearance?

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Ok, so we're getting a Black version of the TR PMOP, but it's apparently an exclusive.

But hey, at least the mold is getting a second use.

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>>6358173
Generations Springer is one of the best Transformers ever. 3 great modes, super articulated, great design, and a really intuitive transformation. He's also super abundant, so you can get him for around 20 big macs. He's a must have for Toyfags period.

For me though, my obsessions have been the Beast Wars Masterpieces. They went show accurate out the ass and somehow made it work. I'm super stoked for the toy accurate repaint of Primal. Perfect effect is also making Transforming Optimus/Magnus cabs for their recent Generations toys and they look amazing. If you want something off the shelves, Titans Returns Topspin and Sky Shadow are really nice figures, though they're a little hard to find now.

>>6358160
I don't have comparison pics, but from what I can tell based off the images I've seen the Takara UM has blue plastic about as dark as the platinum UM, but it isn't a metallic blue. That said I don't think the difference in plastic colors would be that jarring.

Where are you buying the upgrade kit off of by the way?

>>6358183
Discount. He's decent, but he looks more stumpy than bulky like the package art. His chest doesn't lock in either and it's a bitch to fold his arms into car mode.

Better than berserker, but not $15 good.

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Some Takara Trypticon pics from Tokyo Toy Show.

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>>6358202

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>>6358204

>>6358196
>berserker
Man, I'm a little mad about it being floppy shit. I was hoping for John Warden to appease bayfags by finally making the Dreads and now the first of them is shit anyways.

>>6358192
I was gonna risk eBay. They can't seem to get rid of the Takara versions in China. I'm 2 for 3 of Chinese sellers, so I'd like a little more info before chancing it.

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>>6358207

>>6358131
His head is absolutely fucking retarded looking

>>6358202
Is that Hasbro Brawn?

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More Artfire love until you like it.

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>>6358191
I still don't fucking own him and I feel bad about it. I can't decide on a version of the mold to buy. My biggest question is if the Takara version's colors are accurate to the pic related.

I love the muted military green, but every other in-hand pic of it makes him look the same as the Hasbro version, and I'm not going to pay extra in that case.

>>6358188
Exclusive where?

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Mohawk looks metal as fuck

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>>6358117
>Primus reissues
Of all the movie's figures, which include a decent number of actually good looking molds, you're excited for a repaint of Primus? It's a nice color scheme, but jesus, the figure was never that good and it's three times his original price.

>>6358247
I like the blue clear plastic but dislike everything else.
Silver, gun metal, and clear blue. Boring but that's what I would buy.

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>>6358247
I'll get it the same way I got Fortress Max, Platinum Autobot Heroes, and the G2 Combiner boxsets: wait half a year for it to be less than half off.

>Toys R Us exclusive
Well fuck

>>6358173
With that budget, it depends on who your favorite characters are really. You can get anywhere from 1 to 3+ Masterpieces for that.

MP-10 Optimus Prime & MP-36 Megatron would give you the two leaders/main characters.

If you're not into high end stuff, and you want to support the current line, you can go for Combiner Wars figures. If there's any more still around, they'll likely be on clearance. So you can get a whole bunch for cheap. Or Titans Return toys. It really depends on which characters you like. There's a renaissance of classic characters right now. So much so that they're finally getting to characters at the bottom of the obscurity barrel.

>>6358227
>10 years later and still no art book on character designs

>>6358213
>His head is absolutely fucking retarded looking
Had you not included a pic, I'd have no idea which Bayformer you were referring to.

>>6358202
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHyhd1Dtt84

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>>6358247
Powermasters are the worst gimmick.

>>6358173
You could get an UW combiner for about that price if you're looking for toys.
I really hope your favorite isn't Menasor, though.

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>>6358278
Pretty sure pretenders or action masters are worse.

>>6358183
>>6358196
What, I thought everyone loved the figure

>>6358188
The irregular gold lines make it look like a KO or custom.

>>6358177
>>6358191
>>6358264
>>6358279
Thanks a lot for the recommendations, I'll definitely check them out.
I don't have a preference for more or less expensive toys, I just love really fun to pose figures and cool looking robots.

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>>6358281
Pretenders and Action Masters could be great if HasTak could compromise with the concepts to the fullest.
Even then, though, Action Masters would still end up being kind of fragile and Pretenders would be stupid expensive for the line.

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Still my favorite Magnus after all these years

Decided I might finally bite the bullet on the Chaos on Velocitron box set only to find out its sold out and being scalped on eBay. Is there any chance it'll get reissued? I'll have to jump on the other box set as soon as it's available.

>>6358183
I think he's worth the $15, he's a really fun little figure with nice accessories.

>>6358290
Maybe a bunch do, but I don't. I like my figures to have nice designs, solid engineering, and plenty of articulation. Barricade just didn't hit the first two for me, and those directly hurt the last, so I can't recommend him.

Also, some people just want a figure to have a character represented. I'll never understand this, but if you can't get the Human Alliance, then TLK is the second best.

>>6358304
How bad is the backpack? It seems gigantic

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>>6358301
>Toys R Us only

Unless some divine force intervenes, you better get start saving up.

>>6358300
What other ones do you own? He looks awesome, but I love MP Magnus, and Combiner Wars Magnus looks cool as fuck. The Takara version, anyway.

>>6358173

Maketoys Despotron, Striker Manus/Noir
MMC's Carnifex, their Not-Predacons, Hexatron
Just about anything Iron Factory if you like Legends sized stuff.

>>6358227
Is that a fucking frog with a mohawk that turns into a motorcycle? Sweet Jesus...

>>6358335
I'm not even sure it's getting a toy. Seriously, the Decepticons are getting screwed.

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>>6358339
Shame. I'd settle for this in green with a rubber mohawk added on.

>>6358161

Lockdown was a remold of DotM Roadbuster anyway.

>>6358247
I never owned the original since I thought the colors were very plain. The second repaint didn't help. I think this color scheme matches the unusual colors of Armada Unicron a bit more. Not happy about the price though. Should be like 2/3rds that.

>>6358312
Oh well, I only REALLY wanted it for G2 Prime and Nautica, and I didn't particularly like her toy either.

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>>6358344
My nigga. Brimstone is one of my favorite Scout class figures to come out of that line just because of how unique he is. I'd gladly add another chopperbot to my collection if it's anything like him.

Finally found Kickback today. He came with a Gnaw card.

>>6358308
Its not bad at all but it also doesn't bother me so it's difficult for me to tell you since that's a personal deal. On the plus side though you can easily pop it off to use as a riot shield for him.

>>6358352
the G2 Prime may be color-accurate to the actual G2 toy, but the robot colors are boring. From the shoulders to knees it's mostly a block of gray. The standard version looks better.

>>6358202
Gigastorm version when?

>>6358404
Never.

>>6358352
You should have kept and eye out on Ebay, he easily sold for 28-30 (with free shipping) when the boxset was coming out.

>>6357867

What is this from? TLK related?

>>6358299
What robot inside a robot inside a robot is that?

>>6358167
He looks like an extremely heavy reshell of Lockdown with several remolded elements, but it just begs the question: why not just make a new mold at that point? Why reuse Lockdown's...lower legs, specifically?

>>6358428
Baikanvu or sometimes V-Kung-Fu from Machine Robo

>>6358431
Upper arms and shoulders too

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>>6358431
He's Lockdown's half brother.

>>6358452
Axor's gonna be pissed

Eyyyyy, is there a combined mode for Sawback and Wolfwire to give him a lion head?

>>6358147
I'm already disappointed by the plane mode, it's the same "plane-on-box" design all CW jets use.

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>>6358418
TLK promotional comic.

>>6358499
you knoe who needs?

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New short trailer
twitter.com/transformers/status/871260491833720834

>>6358509
Billman?

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BDSM smile tho

>>6358164
Combiner Wars fucked our heads up.

>>6358173
Trypticon, my nigga. It's a giant ass robot dinosaur with a shit ton of playability.

>>6358486
Not really. There is a combined mode for onslaught and blastoff where they both give head.

>>6358149
She's going for $30 on TFSource this weekend if you're still looking to get her. Tracks for $40 as well.

>>6358521
...the omega lock?

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>sorted according to character.

>>6358561
My eyes burn!


>>6358227
I want a toy of him. Too bad,the Premier Edition revealed all the stuff for this one,maybe next year we get him under the Bumblebee movie line. The ome steps weren't all revealed though.

>>6358561
Besides that stray Kup in the bottom right.

>>6358582
first thing I noticed too

>>6358582
Yeah fuck Kup. THANKS Hasbro.

>>6358278
The worst gimmick is fembots.

>>6358117
>Dragon Duocons
You don't know how Duocons work, do you OP?

And no, it's not worth it. Most of the repaints of old moulds don't even make any fucking sense.

>>6358604
Enjoy your gay combaticons you faggot.

>>6358561
I would eat my own hand for this selection

The secret history of the Transformers.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=WYJPe2WB07s

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How's Revoltech Megatron? I know he's a non-transforming figure but I like how he looks.

>>6358623
I don't like gay Combaticons any more than I liked Windblade, which is to say not at all, faggot.

>>6358634
I can't speak for Megatron but I have Rodimus and he's okay. The wrist on mine broke a while back though - some of the interchangeable hands and heads and such can be awfully tight to take off and put on, so I recommend being very careful with them. I had no other problems with Rodimus though, and he works pretty well given that he's a Revoltech figure.

>>6358149
Do you require her arms to bend more than a 45º angle or not?

>>6358549
That's where its sold out.

>>6358247
Now we know where all the unsold Takara Primus' ended up.

>>6358278
How weak are you where you actually had to use this stupid thing?

>>6358634
Get him. It's actually my favorite Megatron toy of all time. The sculpt is fantastic and it looks amazing in dynamic action poses. The silver paint is really nice too. I have sold a lot of my older Revos off over the years, but I will never sell Megatron.

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>>6358642
But the Tracks mold like almost all Autobot cars has a 90 degree elbow.

>>6358662
It's more like 80ish degress. And it's also on a soft ratchet that has about 4 possible positions. They're really bad elbows.

How does mp megatron look with the other mps? anyone got pics?

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>>6358665
Nah, it's an incredibly rare collector's item that nobody bought. There are zero pictures of Masterpiece Megatron online, and none of him standing next to other Masterpiece toys because there are so few in the world nobody wants to risking removing them from box.

>>6358671
Wow, really? Since you seem to have some can you post some more?

>>6358149
As others have said, she's still all over the place. HLJ, Mandarake, etc. for Japanese stuff, for example. Easy to get.

As someone who even managed to find enjoyment in MP-05 (and would not recommend him), I really didn't enjoy Tracks because of the backpack and the loose knees (the latter of which is fixable, but it shouldn't have to be fixed in the first place).

But if you can look past the fidgety backpack and the loose knees (or you fix the knees), it's a decent enough figure. For what Road Rage costs right now, I'd say she's worth it for a Masterpiece.

>>6358191
Seriously? That mould is so AVERAGE. The legs in particular are absolute garbage, and the way the weapon tabs into the helicopter mode is just a joke if you want to sit him on a flat surface.

If you're going to pay $20 for something, there are far better toys for that money.

>>6358671
He looks really out of place alongside the older MPs. I really hope they come up with a toy version already.

>>6358681
Are you blind? He really doesn't. Starscream POSSIBLY, but that's because he's a retool of the second Masterpiece mould ever made, so that's kind of an unfair comparison.

I'm still wanting to grab MP-11 but I was going to hold out for a third version, but since it's unlikely they'll make a brand new seeker mould any time soon, I should just stop waiting and go for it after all.

>>6358681
Nah, he looks like he always belonged there. Because he's Megatron and not MIKORU-CHANGEY GUNNA LOBO

>>6358662
see >>6358664
The elbows on Tracks/Road Rage/Loud Pedal suck ass in comparison to the other Autobot cars.

>>6358672
Can't you do a basic search on any of the dozen fan sites or, you know, GOOGLE?

>>6358649
What if he's already overpowered but just wants to prove to you that he still has more untapped powered, thus undoubtedly making you his little bitch?

>>6358689
I thought they were hard to find like >>6358671
said?

>>6358219
I like it. I'm just not a big fan of the price but more importantly, I don't have the money for it right now and wish I did. Fuck you anon, I'm jealous. He's so pretty.

I just bought Inferno and Grapple last week though. Late to the game, I know. Money issues and such. I'm a massive poorfag and still spend all my extra cash on Transformers and shit.

>>6358692
On the off-chance you're not just baiting for a response, you need to get your head checked out.

No, scratch that, get your head checked out even if you're not being serious.

>>6358684
>>6358686
I'm mainly looking at the head sculpts. Megatron's face looks kind of doughy compared to Soundwave and Starscream's mode angular and defined faces.

And I'm still not a fan of replacing silver with grey. MP36 alongside the older MPs isn't close to being a garish mismatch, don't get me wrong, but everything's just a bit off.

>>6358696
What? this is irrelavent to the discussion.

>>6358694
If its any consolation I doubt Artfire is gonna be selling out any time soon. It's a great and fun toy but I think people had their fill with Inferno and Grapple.

>>6358698
It's really not though, and he has interchangeable faces.

Plus the grey is not only more cartoon-accurate but looks FANTASTIC in person. They made it metallic and it looks really good. Sure, the silver on MP-05 is debatably better, but the grey really pops in person, which it just doesn't do in even the best pictures.

>>6358700
Oh, I agree, though he's sold out on HLJ and AmiAmi, which are my usual go-tos since I'm in New Zealand so importing from Japan is far cheaper for me than importing from the US or what have you (or buying from a local importer who marks the price up by double or triple because they're assholes).

Hobby Search probably still has him in-stock though, and there's always Mandarake if I miss out, which is also where I grabbed Inferno from.

Grapple came in-stock on HLJ for a moment a couple of weeks back. I got lucky and snagged it (I assume there was just one left from a Private Warehouse return or something). I need to ship it out this week but I have to wait until pay day for shipping money, unfortunately.

They better not have oversold it or I'll be pissed (though I COULD do with the money back, but that's besides the point).

Actually, I got a 25% off coupon because I ordered an old issue of CoroCoro that they didn't have a copy of for me when they went to package it, so that's a bonus.

Fuck me, I'm rambling. I'm gonna go see if those Haps have put up the panel from TTS with the MP Dinobot prototype yet. Probably not.

>>6358699
Are you saying that you completely missed the sarcasm of that other anon? That it seriously went right over your head? I honestly can't believe anyone is THAT stupid.

>>6358702
Laughing face is face of the year, all years.

>>6358702
Honestly I always thought and still think he's completely silver in the cartoon. Shiny metallic colors convey horribly in traditional animation but just looking at the way they shaded him in the cartoon (when they'd actually bother to shade anything) screams silver to me.

And while I don't mind MP36's colors on its own (it does look nice), comparing it to anything nearby that's silver just makes me wish he came in silver.

Still, this is all a matter of opinion, I don't like MP36's paint and I'll shut up when/if I ever get a toy deco version that comes in silver.

>>6358710
I still can't get over how perfectly they nailed that laughing face. It's great.

>>6358247
Fun fact: The Omega Lock is in the movie.
Quintessa needs it to unlock the Battle mode of Cybertron.

>>6358227
Neat. Now the question is:
Why no toy of him,Onslaught,Dreadbot and Nitro Zeus????

>>6358131
He is Rodimus Prime???

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>>6358713
Nitro Zeus has a toy. It's just "Nitro" though.

>>6358716
Spoilers:


He gets killed by Cogman.

>>6358710
It's pretty great, yeah. I think people have already said this a million times over but the first time I saw it, I immediately thought of Hentai Woody.

>>6358711
Intended colour doesn't matter here though. Whether it was intended to be silver or not, he's still coloured with greys.

And I don't know if you actually have MP-36 but again, it looks far better in person because it's actually a metallic grey, which I didn't even realise was possible.

>>6358714
He's Hot Rod. Why would you think he's Rodimus Prime...?

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Titans Return Cyclonus.

>>6358724
You should Titans Return that to wherever the fuck you bought it.

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>>6358725
kk it's the RID Legion. The vehicle mode reminds me of TFP aerial Vehicons.

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>>6358728
TM saddle is real though thanks to the wonders of the metric system.

>>6358728
I know what it is. I was making a shitty pun.

In all serious though, I actually really enjoyed the RID toys (I was importing them from Japan because it was cheaper), but then had to bow out of collecting them before Bisk, Windblade and Ratchet came out, and the regular Warriors aside, the whole toyline seems to have completely gone downhill, especially with those awful Combiner Force toys.

Oh, and Warrior Steeljaw is fucking trash. Such a shame that he never got a GOOD toy.

>>6358191
>He's also super abundant, so you can get him for around 20 big macs.
A lot more in the UK. Did he even fucking show up over here?

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>>6358694
>Massive poorfag
>Bought Inferno and Grapple last week
How long did it take you to save up for them?

>>6358700
Even if Artfire does sell out, there's probably a Hauler version coming up.

>>6358752
Oh, it's not that I could only just afford them now, but that I've bought other stuff in the meantime too. For a bunch of reasons, I've had to slim down all my collections including Transformers, so as I sell stuff, I can buy new stuff.

Kind of ironic, I know, but selling off things like movie collections or Prime stuff that I'm not as attached to as, say, original RID or Masterpiece means I can buy two or three Masterpieces to replace each set, therefore taking up a lot less space but also giving me something I'd prefer.

So the short answer is that I can basically buy new Masterpieces whenever I manage to sell enough stuff. I'm still undecided on whether or not I should sell the rest of my Animated collection though.

Eventually when I own my own house and actually have a bit more money, I'll buy back a lot of the toys (primarily the Transformers) that I've sold over the years, but right now, I need the money and the space (especially the space).

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>>6358732
>Two big middle fingers
Here's Hasbro's answer.

>>6358760
Yep, pretty much.

>>6358634
Depends. If you NEED a G1 Megatron but you're not willing to pay top dollar for the MP or a 3rd party and you don't want the Combiner Wars/Titans Return Megatrons because they're not totally G1 accurate... then Revoltech Megatron is okay.

It's more or less a typical Revoltech. He'll look good in a dynamic pose but is otherwise severely limited when compared to competitors/alternatives.

Seriously though, you're better off getting a bootleg 3rd party Megatron if you NEED a highly G1 Megs for cheap. Unless you're one of those dudes who insist on getting official merch.

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>mp10 onwards
>fusion of toy and cartoon aesthetics
>minimal kibble, proportions affected somewhat
>come mp27
>drastic shift to anime accuracy at ALL cost
>kibble becoming common place for that perfect front/side heavy robot

Guys I'm worried, look at sunstreaker, mp ultra magnus was a warning.

Sunstreaker is gonna be a hunchback

>>6358774
>fusion of toy and cartoon aeshetics

But that's bullshit since it never happened.

>>6358296
Up until Cybertron/early Classics/1st Baymovie, how good or bad Transformers were, could vary from figure to figure. Nowadays, with some exceptions, generally, you can get any Deluxe or Voyager and they'll generally be pretty good.

In the old days, you'd often have figures which would be hamstrung by their kibble or be perfect if only they had a thigh or bicep swivel. Nowadays, most Transformers have the full compliment of points of articulation and are not as hampered by kibble.

Of course, there can still be duds and exceptions. But generally speaking, one figure's the same as another.

>>6358717
>gets killed by Cogman
>head can be removed and has a Titan Master slot
>a Titan Master cockpit in alt mode
>Cogman's toy is a deluxe body with Titan Master

That is brutal and I love it.

>>6358713
Shut up, Lazerwave.

>>6358774
Weren't for the ears and Jay Leno chin, I'd be totally ok with this release

>>6358785
No you shut up ... tazzer face

>>6358681
Looks perfectly fine to me. I wouldn't mind seeing how it'd look in silver though.

>>6358774
>MP-39 is revealed
>HOLY SHIT
>look at Sunsurge
>Sunsurge suddenly looks like shit
>"I'll never be able to sell it now that MP-39 has been revealed, I'll list it on eBay just in case bu-"
>Your item has been sold
>feelsgoodman.jpg

>>6358796
Glad for you, anon

I'm looking at so many of the Universe toys like Silverbolt and Powerglide and just wondering if I should even bother.

>>6358785
He hasn't killed himself yet?

New trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYwIiqeCzPI

>>6358752

why was there no United Hauler from the mold?

>>6358796
I'm on the other side of that coin. MP Sunstreaker looks like toon-flavored ass to me. It's only cemented my desire to get Sunsurge even more.

>>6358848
>more than one nazi-murder bee
jesus christ, Raimi

>>6358716
No Onslaught toy? :(
I really want that Onslaught figure!

>>6358883
Lazerwave,please stop.

Is the Barricade figure good? I found it at 16$ and Voyager Prime at 20$. I want Berserker too,but I'm not sure if he is in the movie.

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I wouldn't say the paint makes it better, though the double sided claws are nifty

But the head is an interesting subject, lets take a look at why I may buy a second sixshot

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>>6358909
As suspected, the head is entirely new, did anyone else like the kanji on hasbro's?

But wait, there's more

>>6358908
plz post moar

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>>6358912
And the titan master, rather than being based on a guy sixshot has killed, is now a mini version of himself.

Overall, more detail, in both helmet and titan master, but do we like it?

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>>6358914
He also spots tampographed faction logos on his wings, and that's it.

Overall the paint changes while numerous are insignificant and not detrimental, I'm torn between my kanji headed sixshot and this new one, though I must say this new head works as a stand alone head over the current one

>>6358908
>no phone
>no video
>a room full of asians
>camera recording the panel

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>>6358916
Here is another interesting one.

Why in the fuck did they decide to make him a target master, I know his guns were rubbish but is this better

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>>6358919
Again the clear section is retooled to hold the target master, can't say I'm pleased due to durability concerns (especially after my lg weirdwolf's hindge just broke but that's unrelated)

But the paint on the titan master, they went above what they needed to do, not that I plan on buying this again

>>6358786
Me too....head just doesn't look right.
shame, I love Sideswipe and Lamborghini's

>>6358922
>even both heads are amazed at the effort Takara puts in their products

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>>6358922
In this case being a slave to the g1 show has hindered the potential of this figure, only good thing is the head (got a feeling the hasbro will remain from the demo product that was shown at the australian event).

Still, head color good or bad the overall figure is bland on takara's part

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>>6358926
Even worse here

>>6358926
So was the original toy.

>>6358924
>even both heads are amazed that Takara charges 4000 yen for just paint
ftfy takaracuck

>>6358922
>>6358919
That figure was such trash. There's nothing they could do that would convince me to buy it again. All of the TR beastformers have been pretty shit actually.

>>6358932
So have the cars, jets and tanks.

>>6358932
Fuck off Aaron Archer

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>>6358929
Now this is an oddity.

He does include the repugnus accessory to replace his missing axe it seems, and a few other necessary changes like the gun being solid, or painted...can't tell

>>6358930
Hasbro's version adds the toy tech detail markings which helps, problem is their triggerhappy didn't, mis-matched

>>6358931
And a slight retool with a new accessory, if you're gonna insult him do it right please, its funnier that way

>>6358932
He was meh and is still shelf warming hard here, even worse is we got the revision wave so now the shelf warmers are least 8x doublecross's

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>>6358935
Can't fix this shitty mode, but they wings are solid with painted details.

THAT helps, a little

>>6358876
Maybe you shouldn't be collecting a toy line dedicated to making figures look like the cartoon then.

>>6358933
Says you. Triggerhappy and Hardhead are absolute gems.

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>>6358937
Well the good news they added more paint to the runway to help it stand out.

Bad news, they're willing to paint titan masters in 3 colors but only use 2 lines of paint for the runway, why they didn't use black and blob the lines with yellow I have no clue.

What a shame, oh well I still want it because I don't have the hasbro one

>>6358939
Truth has been spoken

>>6358848
>this time with added knights and stuff
It looks so freaking boring and generic I'm amazed. The first movies weren't good but that's a new low.

>>6358919
I guess they are banking more on Blurr's targetmaster and seeing if folks will buy the set just for that.

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>>6358941
And just for shits and giggles, here is the upside down gun mode.

I 100% bet the legends comic will address this and the 7th mode

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>>6358938
Uh, I said I was buying Sunsurge. Just like I bought Backdraft and the Fanstoy insecticons. No one says I have to buy hastak to get MP figures I like.

I prefer the ones that continue the masterpiece "homage to the toy with a nod to the cartoon" aesthetic instead of this bizarro slavishly toon accuracy tangent Takara is going on.

>>6358941
Ah, the little planes are included and molded in grey plastics it seems.

>>6358945
>I 100% bet the legends comic will address this and the 7th mode
I can't wait to see how Sakamoto triggers the allspark.

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While I hate the backpack I love cars!

Dengeki hobby pictures

>>6358950
What have the last set of comics done to trigger them, I forgot

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>>6358951

>>6358935
>Tactical hiding of Gunsled hollow.

>>6358951
Sideboob.

>>6358797
I sold all my CHUG/whatever figures 4 years ago IIRC and even back then some where hard to move.
I'm currently having the same issue with some old SHF.
I don't remember having such a hard time selling things back in 2010 and before. It feels like there's less and less money in this hobby as the time goes by.

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>>6358954
Now this is beautiful, looks like the spoiler is chromed

Also too many interesting pics, so I'll let you guys take a look and a read, might find something interesting we don't know of

http://hobby.dengeki.com/news/392904/

>>6358956
Ah I remember now, what an age we live in

>>6358947
What homage to the toy and MAYBE cartoon details MP toys are there?

Are you from the Bloodstain Bears universe?

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>>6358961
Also, here is anime+ sideswipe.

I...see little with the car and yet it feels fresh, also kek at the "badge", how does lamborghini let them get away with that

http://hobby.dengeki.com/news/392903/

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>>6358961
I'll pick up the inevitable $30 KO for shits and giggles. The engineering is great but I hate the bot mode, especially the head.

TF5 Turbo Changer Sqweeks
TF5 Turbo Changer Mohawk
TF5 Turbo Changer Onslaught
TF5 Turbo Changer Dreadbot
TF5 Turbo Changer Lockdown
TF5 Turbo Changer Cogman
TF5 Turbo Changer Steelbane

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>>6358966
>By buying "MP-39 Sunstory Car" of the selling separately (released at the same time) as brothers, you can enjoy the car chase between the countercars and posing which imagined the wild active scene in the robot mode . Also, in order to reproduce the aerial killing method performed in a stunning combination with the sun stream car in the animation play, as the Lambor, it is equipped with a joint hole for the optional stand stand on the back for the first time.

>he got retooled for flight stand compatibility

Should I be mad?

>>6358968
Only thing I like about the current takara mp is it has character, wish the smile/laugh was better though

>>6358968
wow. anime accuracy was a mistake

>>6358966
>(C) The trademarks copyrights and design rights in and associated with Lamborghini, Lamborghini with Bull and Shield Device, are used under license from Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A.
Prototype paintjob, while the released fig will have a Lambo badge?

>>6358970
>TF5 Turbo Changer Lockdown
Ma boy is back

>>6358970
>TF5 Turbo Changer Onslaught
Lazerwave off suicide watch. For now.

>>6358973
Yeah, not a single one is toy accurate.

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>>6358972
>In addition to the animation setting compliant race car style, it is possible to perfectly deform to the Lamborghini countercap LP 500 S mode of ordinary (actual car design) without replacing the parts as well!

>no parts forming to change between supercharger mode and normal

Wow, is this why he has the backpack?

>>6358974
Seems odd, worse is while sunstreaker has the badge placement raised these shots don't have it.

Late addition or there to remind it its meant to have a badge?

>>6358973
yeah 3P finally aint so bad now huh

>>6358970

>TF5 Turbo Changer Mohawk
>TF5 Turbo Changer Onslaught
>TF5 Turbo Changer Dreadbot
>TF5 Turbo Changer Lockdown
They make Turbo Changers for these characters but no Deluxes and Voyagers,what's wrong with Hasbro?

>>6358982
"Decepticons don't sell."

>>6358950
They now have gay combaticons to counter-trigger you fags.

>>6358981
Yup. I haven't even touched MP but all the recent releases have turned me away from it.

TF5 Allspark Tech Bumblebee
TF5 Allspark Tech Barricade
TF5 Allspark Tech Drift
TF5 Allspark Tech Hound
TF5 Allspark Tech Megatron
TF5 Allspark Tech Optimus Prime Starter Pack
TF5 Allspark Tech Shadow Spark Optimus Prime Starter Pack
TF5 Allspark Tech Sqweeks Starter Pack

>>6358988
>this toyline that doesn't appeal to me still doesn't appeal to me

Do you go to threads about those Bruce Timm Batman toys and complain about how they look too?

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>>6358965
That's like saying "Yeah, but which Baskin-Robbins flavors AREN'T chocolate!"

I'm not going to waste my time systematically categorizing every Hastak MP release just to please your petulant autism.

>>6358970
>Turbo Changer Onslaught
I wish I could see Lazerwave's face when he reads this.

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Amiami has the new legends and mp's going up.

Yes mp's, unlike red alert mp anime+ sideswipe is a REGULAR release, 6480yen.

Sunstreaker is 9140yen, begin to commit wallet rape

>>6358982
Half their lineup for non-gimmick stuff (cyberverse, deluxe, voyager, leaders) are repaints or retools of earlier toys...

>>6358970
>>6358989
Movie crap. Hate this movies. The Unicron Trilogy is still the beast.

>>6359004
HahahahHahahahah

>>6359004
?

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>>6358980
>no parts forming to change between supercharger mode and normal
>Wow, is this why he has the backpack?

That's my theory, they had to work in so many vehicle gimmicks to satisfy Lamborghini that the robot mode was slightly compromised. Not terrible, but after Inferno I assumed every subsequent MP would be this black magic kibble-less thing of perfection.

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>>6358999
>9140 yen + shipping
Takasa Tony here I come.

>>6358983
>>6358954
>>6358951
good fucking god that backpack makes Tracks blush.

14 ideas were mentioned, but those ideas are combined with others to make a singular movie.

In this case only the following are planned;

- TF5
- Bumblebee Movie
- TF6
- Transformers One
- Beast Wars Movie
- G.I.Joe Crossover
-TFs in Rome

>TLK is the reboot pf the franchise,Quintessa destroys every important place in the movies to wipe out the continuity and make room for new ideas and designs.
TLK is indeed the last one.
"The end and the new beginning"
Also,TF Universe Bumblebee is directed by Travis Knight.

>>6358908
Dinobot is the beast wars MP I've been wanting/looking forward to most, but I'm honestly a little worried. Primal was a really fun toy and solid as fuck overall, but it helped that he could afford to be simple. Going from gorilla>humanoid isn't a stretch like cheetah>humanoid is, it felt like a lot of his transformation steps were flourishes rather than necessary engineering.

Cheetor definitely suffered because of how complex his transformation had to be, though, and Dinobot looks like he's going to be more of that.

>>6359004
Agree and given how short the AoE line was, it shouldn't be a surprise TF5's line isn't going to be much longer.

I mean, AoE was only two or three waves across all price points and that shit shelfwarmed for years. This is a problem for Hasbro's/Paramount's projected plan of having a new film every year, because then unsold crap from the previous film will block room for the new film crap.

>>6359008
>vehicle gimmicks to satisfy lamborghini

I doubt that considering lambor had none other than a badge, the main compromise is the bonnet being an ass skirt.

Thing with the fuso mold is they're virtually kibble free, sunstreaker's back is too fucking big, he's supposed to be slim but he has a hunchback to him

>>6359009
I found tracks acceptable, sunstreaker is gonna remain in carmode

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>>6358281
Action Master gimmick was terrible, I agree.
But the figures themselves were awesome from an action figure point of view, at the time.

Pretenders though. I threw the shells in a box and played with the robots. Might be the worst G1 gimmick.

>>6358991
Everything pre-Tracks has a nice aesthetic.

>>6358908
Looks like another case of robot first beast last.

I kinda like this beast wars mp approach, I do prefer the robot modes more, who's the lead designer?

>>6359011
TF1-2007
TF2-2009
TF3-2011
TF4-2014
TF5-2017
TF Bumblebee-2018
TF6-2019
TF:ONE-2020 aka the final reboot
TF BW-2021
TF/G.I Joe-2022

>>6359025
Time flies.Good era for us,Movie fans.
Any good TLK customs?

>>6359026
>Good era dor us,Movie fans.
Anon,please. Geewunners get a lot of MPs,Generations,designs,apps,games,etc. They do better than us. Also,next year there is a G1 reboot cartoon :(

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>>6359022
i bet its the same guy that did Megatron

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>>6359030
IT BETTER NOT

>>6359015
Autobot Burnout, pls.

>>6359025
>TF/G.I Joe-2022
Based on Tom Scioli's series?

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>>6359033
well its looks very complicated compared to primal and cheetor, its one of those inside out transformation

>>6358919
>Why in the fuck did they decide to make him a target master, I know his guns were rubbish but is this better
Yes. Targetmasters are always better.

>>6358926
I don't think it's so bad. The extra painted detail on the chest vents and shoulders is nice, and while it doesn't have the white detail around his badge like the Hasbro one, it has the white paint at the waist which breaks up the figure better.

>>6359060
We can't really judge though, seeing as how the USA one hasn't been shown in final colors yet. The black painted head is gonna be the clincher.

> the white paint at the waist
you mean the belly shirt?

>>6359064
While we shouldn't have to if worse comes to worse its easy to repaint the head, blob the main face in sticky tack, spray/hand paint around, topcoat and away you go, AFTER unscrewing the faceplate off using a phillips head.

I have little attachment to the target masters which are really, the only good things about them, show and toy accuracy, the price and primary deco are what I want, plus I own hasbro trigger happy already

Why is Nevermore such a sperg?

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>>6358922
I just realized, that's suppose to be Haywire to have Blurr join Hot Rod and Kup as Targetmasters.

>>6358926
>>6358929

Yeah, not good enough for that price, I have Kup and Rod on preorder, Kup was improved but had to admit preordering Rod was a hype mistake.

Not a fan of the new targetmasters transformation either.

>>6359038
What's wrong? Maybe because I came up with some facts? The movie are terrible.

TLK will premiere first in China on 13th June.

>>6359103

lol this is obviously because Paramount has no fucking confidence in the domestic box office. Going for the foreign numbers first will boost the numbers so the inevitable crash domestically isn't as obvious at a glance.

>>6359105
Not it's not. Most summer movies open earlier overseas. Guardians of the Galaxy 2 opened overseas first.

>>6359106
Out of curiosity, why do they open overseas first?

>>6358909
>>6358912
>>6358914
>>6358916
>>6358919
>>6358922
>>6358926
>>6358929
>>6358935
>>6358937
>>6358941
All of these look better than the Hasbro ones. Takara wins again.

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>>6358922
>Titanmaster cockpit is actually transparent instead of nearly opaque like the hasbro one

this alone makes it better. The headmaster gimmick is pointless if you can't even see it in alt mode.

Also packing in Blurr's targetmaster is a genius move.

>>6358919
>>6358922

Holy shit he is way too dark. Was he that dark in the cartoon or something? Because his original figure was nowhere near that color. Hasbro nailed the grey of him perfectly.

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>>6358937

A little fanmoding does wonders.

>>6359121
>packing in Blurr's targetmaster is a genius move.

Should have included Doblecross twin guns too.

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TAKARA
WINS
AGAIN

HOLY FUGGGG

>>6359008

Inferno and Grapple were only that way because they're big, fat bastards with a nice, hollow chest that could store all of that stuff. The lambo's are sleek tiny cars, I'm sure Sunstreaker would compress down to 0 kibble too if he were a big fat dumptruck instead of a lambo.

>>6359131
I think the dark looks better. Fuck accuracy.

>>6359116
Cash in on trends. Americans watch movies in the Summer, Europeans watch them in the Winter, and China's Holidays are typically when they open there.

That and Americans are dropping theaters like single mothers. Every Transformers movie does worse in America, and I suspect it will get exponentially worse with the yearly movie format since that requires big returns on each installment. With 200+ million dollars blown just on production, I don't think that's gonna last unless the international market really picks up the slack.

>>6359150
>That and Americans are dropping theaters like single mothers

Kinda happy about this. Theaters have been shit or a long time, and overpriced as a motherfucker. Why pay $20 for a ticket, $10 for some stale-ass popcorn, and have to deal with shitheads making noise and sticky floors, when you can just get a big screen TV which are cheap as fuck nowadays, a good sound setup, and make some fresh fucking popcorn with real butter and enjoy shit on the couch without any noise and bullshit?

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bruh, this comic sucks so bad

>>6359134
I can't wait for "muh honor" dino

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>>6359156
>Onslaught
>tactical fucking genius
>like 8-10 Int on his stat cards for the toys since forever
>fucking full on retard in Bayformers

I will never cease being amazed at just how no fucks are given in respect to the source material in Bayformers. They shouldn't even have gotten the license, they could've just named the films Mighty Fightin' Morphoborgs, changed the names, and it'd be the same shit.

>>6359155
I used to think this, until most of my local theaters renovated to have the leather recliners. They do a good job keeping clean, and I live in a mostly white neighborhood, so I don't get nignogs screaming and shit during the movie. Worst I have to worry about is kids, but I'll usually just catch late showing. Even the nicest home theater setup isn't the same as an actual cinema. Some movies, especially the Transformers ones, are all about the spectacle on the big screen. I've never enjoyed watching them at home.

>>6359165
Bay never wanted to do these films, Brian Goldner probably had his rich buddies force him to direct because Goldner had some weird man-crush on Bay.

Now Bay is stuck with these films and their shredded metal aesthetic. He's either forced to do them by the higher ups, or stuck doing them because if someone like del Toro took over the franchise, they'd do a better job and suddenly "but they had to be shredded, it's how REAL robots would look" gets disproven when Weta does G1-based designs. Bay hates being upstaged at his own game, he's insanely arrogant(see his pissy anger when Hugo Weaving said "I voiced Megatron for the paycheck and never even watched the film").

>>6359116
Film piracy.
If they play it in the US first, bootleg copies reach asia. So when the real thing opens in asian theaters nobody watches it because the pirated copies are sold in the streets

>>6359172

But isn't it the chinese making the bootlegs in the first place? China is basically theft central, everything stolen or bootlegged comes outta there.

>>6359118
t. delusional takaracuck

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>>6359171
>del Toro TF's

All of my money holy shit, that guy really respects source material, the Hellboy movies were amazing.

>>6359166
This guy gets it.

There's nothing that compares to watching stuff in the theater. I don't know what kind of assholes go to the theaters most people've been to, but I don't ever seem to have any of these issues. People are generally polite and quiet through the theater, or at least sit far enough apart that you can't hear them whisper. It's cozy and cool. If I were at home I'd be too distracted by other shit, and it's way more expensive.

And don't give me that "bluuuh theaters are expensive" shit either, it's like 8 bucks to see a movie. You don't have to buy any of their damn food.

>>6359180
>There's nothing that compares to watching stuff in the theater

Someones never had a truly good surround sound system and a bigass TV before.

>>6359165
G1 sucks anyway, so I'm glad they're not respecting it

>>6359180
But what if you need to pee?

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>>6359165
>mfw most people will never care about tech specs as much as I do

>>6359189

To be fair no one ever seems to pay attention to them. Not to mention so many 'bots have max stats in shit that it becomes superfluous at times when everyone is walking around with some kind of super special snowflake stats.

>>6359165
It wouldn't annoy me if this Onslaught isn't a genius in Bayformers, but his fucking bio says he is. If he's not a genius, don't fucking say he is.

>>6359171
Ego is not why Bay keeps doing the films, as Paramount would probably shelf the movie series indefinitely if Bay said "fuck it" and walked away.

They force Bay to do the Transformers films by threatening to blackball him and refusing to greenlight any future films by Bay.

Case in point: For years Bay wanted to make "Pain and Gain" and got Paramount to secure the rights to the book about the whole sordid real life event the movie is based upon. Bay was ready to leave the Transformer films, to the relief of EVERYONE Bay included, when Paramount told him point blank: "No fucking way are you leaving the Transformers franchise! If you don't do Transformers 3, you'll never get to make Pain and Gain EVER!"

And they did the same thing with Transformers 4; at which point Bay was at least about to convince Paramount to let him cast P&G star Mark Walberg as the new male lead, so that he'd have at least someone on set that would remind him that he has to make the film in order to do films he gives a shit about.

until Paramount told him "fuck you, you'll going to do Tras

>>6359165
>Onslaught
>tactical fucking genius
Anon,did you see what happened yesterday? TRF files??? Onslaught file???

>>6359165
>gets turned into an idiot in the movie comics
>gets turned into a faggot in the g1 comics

This is not onslaught's year.

I'm the only one who likes Michael Bay and the movies? And excited for the TFCU?

>>6359199

We need someone to make a pic of Onslaught passed out drunk and crying after reading this shit online. Too bad I don't have any toy beer bottles or I'd do it myself.

>>6359201

No, you're not, but they traditionally very divisive because a lot of people hate on mindless popcorn flicks when they're starring some old franchise because more often than not they're shitty cash in's on nostalgia. See: Ghostbusters (which was raw shit), Transformers (ditto), new MMPR (once again, badly done)...

>>6359134
>barely anyone talking about this
>meanwhile people continue to post bayformer shit

Glad to get a confirmation this general is made up of underage poorfags.

>>6359223

Don't mistake people not caring about BW for people being poor.

Also liking BW is a sign of being underage.

>>6359223
Sad anon very sad. G1/BW sucks! Bayformers is cool and fun and beautiful! And has great music! And awesome fights! And a new team of writers! So shut up!

>tfw decide to pick up IDW after so many years out of the loop
>tfw I realize Arcee had a sex change operation since female Cybertronians stopped existing on Cybertron centuries ago

What the actual fuck!?

Was this part of the SJW agenda or what?

>>6359086
He has a measurable attention span.

Ya know, this might feel like "more of the same " for many, which is a given because Bay is at the helm of this yet again...but if there's ONE thing that's evident from all the tv spots and trailers we've gotten, is that they're really delving into TF lore in this one...as in going really deep. Almost everything in the movie has something heavily to do with TF involvement. This is a VAST improvement on the first trilogy usually having Sam and the transformers stories be completely separate only for Sam to bullshit his way into their business.

Something AOE got so right I'm so happy to see be greatly improved on in this flick is that the transformers are officially not in the background anymore. Hard to say for the decepticons but it seems any new robot is gonna get a good bit of screen time and characterization. And there's still a lot more we don't know. And the marketing team has been on. Point. For the first time in a LONG time when it comes to movies in general i don't feel like I have to shade myself from all the media we have coming be it tv spots or posters because they're keeping a lot of stuff under wraps. They seem to be feeding us the stuff we might need to know now and keeping anything else as a surprise for when this movie drops in a few weeks.

All that said, I have to say I'm thoroughly impressed already by the differences between the last films to this one going all the way down to marketing. These films might not be perfect but this one really feels like it has a high level of fan service (at least the movie fans) in giving way more robot screen time and focusing the storyline on being as TF related as possible. None of this college/trying to find a job pointlessness.

>>6359243
It seems that way, but the actual reason is that Simon Furman is a sperg that doesn't believe that giant space robots shouldn't have females - as if gender is the most contrived thing about the Transformers.

So when they were mandated to put Arcee in, they had to think of an equally contrived reason. Eventually, when they needed to put even more female characters in, they relented and used the same story hook as Green Lantern's guardians - all the women fucked off millions of years ago to form another colony.

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>>6359260
doesn't believe that giant space robots should have females*

I need to proofread.

>>6359195

Oh come on anon, they do this shit all the time. Onslaught in the movie is going to be another fucking growling grunt with 0 personality and 0 dialogue. They didn't even bother to give him a new design for fuck's sake. They just slapped the old character's tech specs on there for some flavor text.

Fucking hell, it's been 10 goddamn years, how have people not realised this yet?

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>>6359225

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I wish he came with a less smushy cartoon looking head, but god damn this dude is nice looking.

Backpack is a bit much, but im 100% on the expressiveness of his hands, and that new Sideswipe deco looks fantastic

>>6359258
Except bay and his writers are once again slapping known names on unknown concepts just to try and milk fanwank.

NOTHING in the bayformers franchise looks or acts anything like any transformers media before it, it's all just sort of half-assed, contrived hollywood bullshit sold on name recognition.

Like someone drunkenly explained the base concepts of the franchise and the screenwriters are working from a hazy memory of what they remember, drizzled with Summer Blockbuster pap.

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>>6359264
>>6359258
I promise you, 80% of the robot scenes we've seen are everything that's in the trailers. Once again it'll be 20 minutes of special effects shots and 2 hours of humans arguing and explosions. They're gonna try to bait you into thinking there's more robot screen time, and robot character development, then it's gonna be all cultural stereotype jokes and people running away from things.
Fool me once, shame on you.
Fool me twice, chicken soup with rice.

>>6359243
>Was this part of the SJW agenda or what?

No, this was from Simon Furman, who literally threw an autistic fit until he got his way, because he believes robot girls are dumb and bad. So when he was forced to put just about the only robot girl in all of TF-dom into his comics, he made her into a forced tranny.

Unfortunately, the editor at the time didn't slap the limey cunt upside his crooked toothed head, and tell him this was fucking retarded. They've since devoted more time and pages to retconning this autistic spergout than it took for said spergout to even happen in the first place.

>>6359225
>BW
>over 20 years ago

>Bayformer shit
>10 years ago

lol nope

And yes it is safe to assume that the drooling retards who like the bayformer clusterfuck designs and cheapo toys with crappy paint apps are poorfags

>>6359268
>I wish he came with a less smushy cartoon looking head

Yeah I mean the rest of his body isn't really that cartoony looking, the head looks kind of weird here.

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>>6359295
Well if nothing else you can be sure that someone will make alternate heads for him on shapeways. I'd like a head like the generations figure.

>>6359268
oh god that chest tampo. I can already see how it's gonna end up crooked and off-center for most of the figures. They can't do a fucking straight, centered tampo right even on their highest end figures.

>>6359171
>Del Toro

That is not someone you hire if you want a franchise.

He was doing crap like DreamWorks Troll Hunters for a reason

>>6359302
>shapeways
But he wants a BETTER looking head...

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>>6359268
It's a little clunky, but I honestly wish they had used the real car roof as his chest. I hate fake-out parts in bot mode. Fucking cartoon accuracy.

>>6359318
You're collecting the wrong line, pal.

>>6359320
Well, until they make a high-end line of toys that isn't shackled down by the model sheets of a shitty old cartoon, I'm kind of stuck.

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>have to pull cheetor's head forward to unlock his neck joint
>pulling it forward also removes his head
>ok i'll just put it back on
>that pushes the joint back in
Holy fuck who designed this? It's like one of those chinese finger traps or something.

>>6359323
Collect the G1 toys, then.

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>>6359318
Is that the shitty one thats arms fall off?

>>6359323
It's weird they didn't include toy/better detailed parts like the did with inferno and grapple, atleast that's help justify the fact he's double the price of the other car bots for seemingly no reason.

>>6359260
That's downright retarded. So Furman is just a sack of shit autist then?

>>6359332
Inferno and Grapple don't come with any "toy" parts.

>>6359343
The "better detailed" covered that retort, sweetie.

>>6359350
You mean the truck grill for the license vehicle mode that has nothing to do with his shitty toy? Sunstreaker already has one of those.

Just another shitpost by the usual G1 hating anon.

>Get into argument with someone about transformers
>they said the Beast Era killed Transformers
>And that the g1 transforming toys were better

I dunno, I personally think G1 toys are more brick then toy, you just unfold either the back or front of said vehicle, and what ever you don't unfold becomes their chest.

>>6359086
Someone report something that was already sighted again?

>>6358690
Mission accomplished. Color me impressed.

>>6359086
Verno is worse. I don't bother browsing any BW threads because of him.

>>6359352
Well I'd be more specifically talking about the two helmets that inferno has. The chrome cannon hand is also a clear reference to the toy, so, yes, they do have toy based parts.

>>6358681
Nah only Starscream is fucked, they just need better posing.

>>6359375
Inferno's helmet is from the cartoon.