Transformers General /tfg/ - What is Quality Control edition

>>6392495
Oh cool it's just like in the Last Knight. Next is the part where he magics himself back together.

>>6392495
At least your collar antennas aren't broken yet. I've seen many people share pictures of their broken ones.

Good thing I never fell for the Takara tricks.

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I like the goofy titan master vehicle modes. Repugnus and Sawback's are particularly silly and endearing.

>>6392518
It's not just some random accessory though, it's the item which allows him to transform.

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>>6392549
No collar breakage yet but glad to know it's something to watch out for. I was repairing a mis-driven(?) pin on his right shoulder. Pic related, at this point it's more or less back together but you can still see the gouge where the machine missed.

At least he was surprisingly easy to get apart to the point I could go at it with a pair of heavy pliers. Left some dings in the desk, but it's all good now.

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So, aside from prices, the tlk line seems to beoff to a somewhat-decent start with figures like megatron, hound, and barricade. We also have a new bumblebee and scorn (?) on the horizon. and as long as dragonstorm doesn't have the same issues as steelbane, along with nitro we should have quite a few more figures to look forward to.
But eventually they will run out of characters to take from the movie, so if they end up doing more bayformers versions of older characters, who do you think deserves the treatment?

How is the $20 TLK Optimus? I need something to hold me over until 3A

>>6392555
Genuine question, what is the Takara one missing? Or what are the differences?

>>6392574
Which one's $20? Voyager retains at 29.99.

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Every image I try to pose says it's corrupt, is there some issue with 4chins?

>>6392573
I want to see 07/ROTF style figures of things that weren't actually transformers in the movie. The TRF walker and the submarine would probably be cool.

>>6392594

And it posted anyway...

I got Valvotron in the mail today, no transformation and he has hips and shoulder swivels.

He definitely has an oil can alt mode, his back has a sculpted/painted lid to go with the bits on his arms.

>>6392574
If you're talking about the Voyager, it's great. It's worth it. Neat transformation and a good Optimus figure.

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>>6392573
Wave 2 is pretty nice. I was disappointed by Prime, and never experienced any version of Grimlock.

Wasn't pleased with Barricade and not really into getting anything else, maybe the remolded Crosshairs and Steelbane for the robot mode.

Are there any fixes for TR Soundwave's gold chest chipping besides buying Reprolabels? I don't want that whole set just for the chest and maybe eye stickers.

>>6392614
Clear acrylic coat right after taking him out of the box.

>>6392618
Any advice if it happens to be too late for that/I don't own any clear coat?

>>6392603
Did you get any confirmation that it shipped? I haven't gotten anything since the "you'll get your figure in 8 weeks pending approval" email. That was 8 weeks ago today.

>>6392640

Nothing, it just showed up. I should mention though I send in a card as part of the "No purchase necessary contest" deal.

>>6392581
Takara one isn't missing anything, they just chose to seal the leg compartments with glue, which is really kind of retarded. Yeah they are just leftovers from Metroplex but why remove them?
At the same time, that is something you can actually fix with minimal effort, where the retail Hasbro one is just lacking the Master Sword.
Takara's also has a different sound chip, spouting a piece of the headmasters opening jingle and a few character appropriate sound bites.

>>6392554
I think TM wave 4 was the sacrificial cow my local Hasbro skipped for the movie toys. We've been stuck on wave 3 for months now. It doesn't help that half the wave are rereleases

>>6392594
He looks like an upscaled minicon.

>>6392621
You could paint it back but it doesn't sound like you have the technical knowledge/skill.

>>6392674

He's the size of a Deluxe, maybe a wee bit larger, but hollower and basically an action master.

>>6387047

They could never do that because the older toys contain way too much plastic. The beancounters would shit themselves in pure, autistic rage.

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>>6392654
I'd actually say the opposite of >>6392663

Double jointed elbows, weapons that don't suffer for their seatgun nature, fun transformation, and a fun chunky aesthetic. Triggerhappy is okay but his arms can be a bithch to pose due to the arm mounted cannons. Kup is okay, but his garish colors and hollow guns really drag him down. The Takara version fixes those issues, but at over three times the cost.

Also have a base mode.

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After seeing that protoform two pack I couldn't remember if I actually had this Prime, so I had to dig it out. He's actually not a bad figure. Simple, but with a fun transformation that does a few clever things. His biggest drawback is just his neck. Plus his alt mode has a really nice paintjob.

>>6392573
Nitro into thunderwing, hotrod repainted in cartoon colors, hotrod repainted to nightbeat, bumblebee repainted as jazz, hound retooled into trailbreaker, megatron repainted into liege maximo, barricade repainted into prowl (but give him his black, white, gold animated colors)

>>6392495
I'm seeing lots of reports that this thing is a real piece of junk. I guess not all the glitters is Goldbug.

>>6392610
Im glad Voyager wave 2 had two nice new molds, it's the only wave I preordered a set.

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>>6392715
>hound retooled into trailbreaker
I'd like to see him turned into someone else. Perfect opportunity for a Flatline.

>>6392717
Wave 3 is up for preorder at place but I'm coming off the movie high. I can wait to find Scorn in stores.
Him and Cogman are really the only two I see myself for sure buying.

Especially after getting the MP movie bots, that was a decent toy budget gone quick.

>>6392723
I would support that

>>6392727
Im skipping Scorn myself, I think the deluxe goes better with the rest of the team, and the AoE dinobots toys really need to stand together as a team to shine.

I find it especially easy to identify my needs and wants for this movie toy line especially when most of them are remolds or repaints of the AoE stuff, which I got for cheap back then.

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>>6392716
He's not a bad figure if you get one with no defects, which is a fucking dice roll at best with modern Hasbro.
Mostly intelligent use of diecast, good transformation, etc.
I was lucky and able to get mine decently repaired a few hours after that work in progress pic. Doesn't transform quiiite right because I tweaked the connector out of alignment [spoiler]FROM VIOLENTLY BEATING IT WITH HEAVY PLIERS FOR SEVERAL HOURS[/spoiler], but he's in better shape than he came in.

Still though, having to fix a piece this expensive straight out of the box is fucking bullshit.

>>6392794
I should just stop trying to phonepost, that's atrocious.

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Best bayformers?

>>6392794
What a shit piece.

>>6392809
Every HFTD new mold Scout.

>>6392809

Needs some Mindwipe, Terradive & Hailstorm

>>6392809
Lockdown

>>6392809
Leader HFTD Starscream, Deluxe DOTM Starscream, Evasion Mode Optimus.

>>6392834
>>6392839
>>6392823
What about rotf skystalker?

>>6392848
Huh, he was under RoTF? Yeah him too. Ransack as well while we're on Scouts.

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Got this hothead at a store for $15, 100% complete, nearly perfect condition. How'd I do?

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>>6392861
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpdscsPV1yE

>>6392857
So every rotf figure?

>>6392861
Excellent. I've wanted him but can't bring myself to pay aftermarket.

>>6392867
Some of the early scouts were kinda average, but more or less yeah. RoTF had a lot of hits, if you liked the Bayverse aesthetic.

Outside of RoTF my favorite probably has to be DoTM Skyhammer.

>>6392809
HfTD Terradive
First Movie Wreckage
HfTD Lockdown

>>6392884
Wreckage would've been damn great if his chest just tabbed in.

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Also, can't say this enough, but voyager megaton is a must-buy

Which Titan master packs make the best weapons? I didn't know until now that they have a built in targetmaster-esque mode.

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>>6392907
All their weapons are pretty questionable. I suppose Sawback being a shield is a bit of a special case.

I like the dino-bird mold just as a shoulder parrot kinda thing.

>>6392907
Flywheels and Grimlock molds.

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Well i'm fucking dying. During Takara's stop motion advertisement they got Leader Class Megatron's mouth.. well you know

>>6392921
>>6392922
Thanks guys, appreciate it.

I plan to turn my TR Mindwipe into a Ratbat, anyone have a recommendation for a Ratbat Titanmaster? Or has anyone done this already?

>>6392926
Link?

>>6392898
>>6392926
Is it only Leader than can do the faceplate thing? Can Voyager have the horns move to cover mouth?

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>>6392921
>Sawback
I use him as Steeljaw, btw Ramhorn not being a casette made me glad of skipping TR Blaster, nice figure, just too big for muh scale.

>>6392933
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nsnHX9f1NU

here I guess. First time trying to send links

>>6392941
So far, no. Only the Leader class can change the faceplate

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>>6392907
I'd say Brawn is up there. His Jeep, gun and hover-bike modes are all very believable. Clobber/Grimlock is worth it for the dino and dragon, even if his gun mode is dumb.

>>6392861
>found inferno among a lot of used beast wars figures
>bought fucking bonecrusher instead of him
I really like Bonecrusher, but what is wrong with me?

>>6392907
Sawback and Shuffler are the best of them.

>>6392926
>>6392949
top kek

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Why is Emgo one of the most popular youtubers. Goddamn the man makes me want to punch a baby.

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>>6392957
Well, Brawn is also an exception. He has his own legends guy to use him.

>>6392967
As annoying as some of his shit is and the way he talks can be a bit grating, he does good, in-depth reviews that I like to occasionally skip through with the right arrow key.

>>6392974
Thats the problem, maybe this fandom just attracts too much autism to the point that no one can beat him in a functional review. He covers everything well, its just his horrendous gimmicks and jokes and memes that he uses every single video that make my skin crawl.

>>6392949
Fuck, now I want Slug even when I know its robot mode is shit.
Stop motion commercials always get me.

>>6392976
Is your skin transclearant

>>6392980
What's wrong with Slug's robot mode?


Also, how is the voyager Grimlock?

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>A voice changer radio got a Masterpiece figure before [your favorite character]

>>6392549
In what way does the collar break on him?

Fuck, I'm still really looking forward to MPM Bee but now I'm getting paranoid

>reports of Wave 2 movie figures showing up around the country (New Zealand)
>literally every store in my area is overstocked with Wave 1 of everything

Why is this allowed?

>>6393043
It articulates on a ball joint at its base. However, the entire piece is also painted with too-thick yellow paint, so the ball joint is much tighter than it should be.

>>6392949
>>6392980
Slug was so adorable in the video.
>>6393023
Grimlock is nearly the same with FoC Grimlock minus the light gimmick

>>6393063
It's a bit better than the FOC one in that its stance isn't nearly as restrictive.

Not a fan of the movie aesthetics though.

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>>6392949
>Bahsaka

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>>6393065
Yeah, the dinobots are too bland for their own good. Slug and Scorn have top-tier deluxe toys though.

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>>6393071
Lucky to get that Scorn Deluxe when it first came out. How's the new mold? Any other figures share the deluxe mold, could of sworn they would use it for a BW megatron

>>6393026
i taste a darc erngon

>>6393078
I think there's a Platinum Dinobot or something from one of the G1-colored sets using that mold, but otherwise it's just the original Scorn toy. They really should have done a BW Megatron rehead of it, but they didn't because the Age of Extinction toyline was nearly all Autobots and so is the Last Knight.

>>6393084
The red on chrome deco is shit though. I'd rather get the black repaints.

>>6393078
>>>/wg/

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Bought my first transformer tonight. I like him

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>>6393104
Black metal band

>>6393118
Welcome to the rabbit hole. That figure is going to be the catalyst that causes your shelves to be colonized by Primes.

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>>6393121
Nah, I just needed something to hold me over until 3A's offering.

>>6393125
That's how we all start.

"Oh I'll just get one Optimus, that's all I need"

Next thing you know the transformers have their own room.

I'm a dumbass and posted in the old thread

As a noob to the entire franchise (g1 was my first exposure to Transformers, and I began watching it to it's entirety back in January) some of the terminologies and acronyms I see tossed around kinda confuses and intimidated me.

I mainly been getting TR figures, avoiding the headmaster ones for some reason. What's up with the same figure apparently being made by different companies? Or am I reading things wrong?

And "redeco," what is that? Like, a figure that recycles most/all of a previous figure's mold?

>>6393125

Oh man, 3A. I bought one figure from them. Never again.

>preorder the $500 Metal Gear REX a year in advance
>payment plan
>card expires, punch in information for new card
>they nearly cancel my order. Apparently only allowed to use a single card
>Fax them information they asked for to set things straight
>release comes, they don't ship it
>2 months later, not shipped yet
>4 months later, still not shipped
>5 months, they finally ship my fucking order valued at half a grand, and they offer NO apology for being nearly half a year late

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>>6393118

Welcome aboard.

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>>6393148
Hasbro is the company that sells transformers worldwide. Takara is the company that sells transformers in japan and some asian countries. People refer to them as Hastak collectively.

Hasbro and Takara will usually release different versions of the same toy, with Hasbro usually leaning to more G1 toy-accurate or original details and Takara leaning more toward being show accurate.

People say "deco" to refer to a toy's paint job/colors. A redeco is a toy that is rereleased in new colors. For example, Hasbro puts out some transformer with a toy-like deco, and when Takara releases their version of it they will have redeco'd it to be more animation accurate.


Nothing too complicated, we just have stupid words for everything. If anything has you confused you can try looking it up on tfwiki, it's surprisingly comprehensive on the various terms used by fans.

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>>6393148
>What's up with the same figure apparently being made by different companies?

3rd party figures are unofficial figures made by companies because there is a market for these figures that Hasbro/Takara is not meeting. Some are exceptionally high quality, some are absolute garbage. Gotta do some research to see which is which.

>And "redeco," what is that? Like, a figure that recycles most/all of a previous figure's mold?

A redeco is taking an existing figure, and just repainting it and calling it a different character. A remold is taking an existing figure and changing some of it's parts to make it into a different character.

Nemesis Prime is frequently a redeco of Prime figures, since he's just a black/red/teal Prime with no changes. TR Highbrow is a remold of TR Scourge, because it's the same basic figure but with heavily remolded parts.

Hey guys, i've been out of the toy game for a number of years, since at least ROTF. I've recently been itching for a new TF to get just to fiddle with, what's a particularly strong Deluxe-class with a nice, complex and satisfying transformation? I'm kinda eyeying Generations Rattrap.

My favorite Transformer is Shockwave if there's any chance of him having a decent fig.

>>6393163
Shockwave has a good legends class figure from the combiner wars line. He's a cool little guy, I have mine sitting on a bottle of scotch.

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>>6393163
>My favorite Transformer is Shockwave if there's any chance of him having a decent fig.

MP Shockwave, Legends CW Shockwave (pic related), and 2 different MP-sized 3P Shockwave's are around currently, all pretty good.

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>>6393148
>And "redeco," what is that?

Take a toy a toy people like, or Classics Starscream, and change the colors. It's pretty much an autism tax. Sometimes it's a nod to a previous incarnation of a character, a new one, or the same one but they are contractually obligated by Paramount to release a set amount of Bumblebee toys in a toyline. Someone needs to post the pic of every version of the Classics seeker.

>>6393163
Rattrap's pretty solid. The bot mode articulation could have been a little better but the transformation is neat and the beast mode is surprisingly poseable.

As for Shockwave, every second you spend not owning CW Shockwave is a second spent suffering.

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>>6393164

Seriously he is probably one of my favorite Legends.

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>>6393141
My collection snowballed horribly back then

>2002
>go to local KB toys because there's a big sign up that says "buy one get one half off everything in the store"
>oh cool these are those Alternators I heard about. Smokescreen and Sideswipe look so cool, I'll get them
>Oh hey, Unicron is on clearance for $25
>friend sees I have three transformers, gives me Armada Superbase Prime and Sparkplug minicon

Pic related: the first ever photo I took of my toy collection on a 35mm disposable camera

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>>6393170
>Someone needs to post the pic of every version of the Classics seeker.

>>6393170
>>6393161
>>6393160

This was shockingly comprehensive. Thank you very much!

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>>6393120
I really want that 3dgy black repaint, but I'm too poor to pay extra just for a fancy paintjob.

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>>6393120
They literally look like a death metal band name.

What set/series are these black repaints from? I want to know how expensive they are to make me stop wanting them.

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>>6393182

No problem. I was in the same boat like 2 years ago since I hadn't bought a TF since G1 was in stores.

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>>6393148
>I mainly been getting TR figures, avoiding the headmaster ones for some reason.

That's a hell of an accomplishment, considering you're limited to legends figures. The swappable heads is a fun gimmick, especially on leaders with helmets that hide mismatching colors.

>>6393186
Takara exclusive and since it's from AoE, it's heck of a lot more expensive than the G1 retools.

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>>6393191
Fuck. I think I might be sexually attracted to a deluxe that'll cost me almost 100 moosebux

>>6393193
The default paint isn't exactly bad. It's like the only visually appealing paintscheme among all of the dinobots.

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>>6393125
I'm not into statueshit or expensive articulated stuff but god Prime Studio and 3A is making me consider draining my disposable income.

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>>6393184
>inb4 Shway Jiang turns its heads to making oversized Bay Dinobots with that sort of color scheme

Now I have something to pose behind my Figma Ryuko besides black evasion.

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>>6393202
Actually not bad, you're right. Still, that edgy black repaint has me feeling like a horny schoolgirl being waved at by her crush, I mean god damn.

I sense a poor financial decision coming.

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>takara always wins
Uhm sweetie, that's not always true.

>>6393207
They already made dinobots, just original color scheme, oversized with no retools. Didn't even replace the rubber bits with plastic.

>>6393215
Yeah but who knows, eventually they'd have to retool either Crosshairs/Drift or move on to the Dinobots or abandon movie to do Masterpiece Megatron, and they already made their own 3P Megs.

>>6392809
lugnut is more a classics/universe design, not a bayverse design

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>>6393211
anon no, think of your future! Strafe will likely never reappear in the future anyway save for her obscure comic book adaptation .

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>>6393213
>says it's not true
>posts a picture where the takara version looks better

>>6393226
no it doesn't, the hasbro version looks waaaaaaaaaaay better

>>6393226
I do love me some unpainted molded detail right? Look at the shoulders

>>6393235
Yet you favor the one with flat unpainted gun and shoulder cannon.

>>6393213
>Sounddave and Soundwave

Yellow visor just looks so bad.

>>6393173
>kuroneko plush

We are friends now anon.

>>6393241
Except the shoulder cannon is painted, the back is painted not the front.

>>6393235
the shoulders and red viosor (i personally dont really like the red visor on this blue bot) bothers me the most about the takara version

>>6393193
Do not spend that kind of money on this mold it's not worth it at all whatsoever
The regular release clearanced for $6 all over the country and I see him at thrift stores for $1 on the regular

Debating buying the new movie bee and thinking two things:

1. Am I the only one that really really wishes they'd have done a more modern version and not the original movie?
1. I reallllly regret selling my human alliance and movie leader figures

>>6393278
I'm pretty much over the new Bee. I hate the extra bit on the door wing.

>>6393278
I'm content with my Battle blade bee. Every other version just looks too shit compared to the price. I wouldn't pay 30 hotdogs for human alliance Bee when he was on shelves, I sure as hell ain't paying scalper prices now.

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>>6393278
If you want a good Bee with a more recent alt mode, hold out for the wave 3 deluxe. This thing looks fucking delicious.

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>>6393295
What about 30 noodle bowls for enhanced Battle Blades?

>>6393304
Is there diecast or rubber?

>>6392907

Brawn and Shuffler, I'd say. Nightbeat isn't bad, but he's more of a tool than a weapon.

>>6392967

He grows on you.

I just wonder whether he seriously is stoned or drunk.

>>6392982

It's almost as bad as 'Rotate it around' aaargggh arraaarrggh aaarrrrrggghhh.

>>6393118

Good choice, I'd say.

In the name of all that is holy, don't just buy everything you like. Be picky.

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>>6393308
Rubber tires, I think diecast on a few parts for weight.

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>someone was nice enough to post mp enemy
>didn't post the rest

I thought we were autist, oh well, I guess I am, here's nightstalker.

I think he looks...ok, I'll get the set just because I like the assortment

>>6392969
Yo man I heard you like brawn. So heres a brawn piloting a brawn, welding a brawn gun.

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>>6393318
>wingthing

If you don't want to buy both soundwave this works just fine, although a pink bootleg might be better than an overpriced orange redeco

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>>6393321
>stripes

Deco is weaker than I had hoped

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>>6393322
So what are people's thoughts on the EVENTUAL mp blaster?

He'll be cartoon accurate as fuck with faceplates, twincast IS confirmed for redeco purposes but nightstalker was his e-hobby pack-in, who's he gonna come with, what make it so you get one humanoid tape and an animal tape with each blaster variant?

I would kill for a toy homage faceplate

>>6393174
Did they really reuse that mold over 20 times. Lol

>>6393326
hasbro retail, takara retail, starscream got released twice by hasbro in different colors, bot con variants of the coneheads before hasbro retail, g2 starscream and g2 ramjet, asia triple pack of original seekers and coneheads, nacalle...

These are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head

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>>6393324
>So what are people's thoughts on the EVENTUAL mp blaster?
>I would kill for a toy homage faceplate
For the love of god I hope it comes with a toy head so something that looks decent. I love blaster but the cartoon head is a fucking abortion. Maybe there was some frame of animation in the the cartoon where they actually drew a good helmet by mistake and Takara can pack in that as an option.

I've started to realize that my reaction to MP announcements are becoming like my reactions to 3P announcements. When I go "Oh wow they're doing THAT Character?" My thoughts aren't "wow it's gonna be great!" anymore, my thoughts are "I wonder what they'll fuck up."

At least I can rest assured that since Nightstalker looks nice as hell, whenever we get Steeljaw then I can count on finally having a perfect lion-bot that turns into a rectangle.

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>>6393324
Twincast is ugly af desu, the color scheme doesn't work at all unlike Soundblaster.

Assuming he gets 5 widely released cassettebuddies like Soundwave, what cassettebots would Blaster get?

I can think of Rewind, Eject, Ramhown and Steeljaw but I can't really think up a 5th one that's particularly notable.

>>6393335
>toy head
>decent

That face is hideous.

>>6393348
Flip Sides seems like a safe guess for the Twincast's tape but Blaster is a bit of a problem. The only other non-new mold cassettebots left after her are Sundor and Rosanna, who don't have much connection to Blaster, and would be more likely to be put in a set with Glit anyway. Maybe they'll give him one of Eject/Rewind and one of the remaining cassettebots will be sold with a Decepticon, still plenty of possible Decepticon tape repaints left.

>>6393041
Sexy, always liked Enemy.

>>6393355
What a pleb.

>>6393118

It's a good Prime.

>>6392495
Let me guess, attempting to peg the side panels in and forcing the chest down too hard?

>>6393336
The yellow face is the problem. Dunno why they decided on that. Should be white like the legs.

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Does anyone have any more pictures of Monster Convoy?

>>6393388
In what universe? Certainly not this one.

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>>6393401
He's a different kind of Prime from a barbarian line of aliens.

>>6393335
It's weird. My very first TF was Blaster, and it was one of my most played with toys. I didn't even watch the cartoon very often. But for some reason my mental image of Blaster is the cartoon head.
That said, that's not a great cartoon head sculpt. Hopefully they would base it off one of the Tracks/Raoul episodes or his movie appearance.

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>>6393408

>>6393141
"I just need a few of the really great and classic Megatron figures".
36 Megatrons later.

>>6393296
I'm gonna hold out for the MP scale KO of that.

>>6393394 #
Careful and deliberate disassembly to redo a friction pin in the wing that got majorly dicked at the factory. At least the pressure on the machine was low enough that it only mangled the top half of the socket, and it's buried deep enough in the figure that the damage isn't visible.

See >>6392572 for image

>>6393401

Ok, it's a good toy of an evil Prime.

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>>6393399
This design reminds me

LEADER CLASS OVERLOAD WHEN
>MP Armada Prime crossplay
DO IT
>retool possibility?
OUT THE ASS
MAKE IT BLUE CALL IT MAGNUS PRIME
MAKE IT SILVER AND RED CALL IT APEX OPTIMUS

I NEED REDUN OVERLOAD

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I kinda hope that the red version comes with a more toy like face over a cartoon one.

>>6393471
That would be a neat Titan Master Prime repaint/tool. That big ass helmet would be perfect on a leader toy.

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>>6393473
Decepticon Diabolos?

>>6393473
I doubt it unless they give it a totally new head because the aesthetic would be disjointed, no easy fix unlike mouth plated characters.

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Is Steelbane really hot garbage like what youtube "reviewers" say?

>>6393480
It might be already tooled. They did a new head with Loudpedal.

>>6393484
No one fucking knows since we can't find him.

>>6393485
If the head is there great (don't forget roadrage as well), but if the head was partially designed with clearance as an obstacle it might be the same as artfire where it'll just be a redeco straight up

>>6393484
The bot mode is where its at, the dragon mode is crap and the joints are loose, had to gum them up myself.

Mine may be his retool skullitron but its a common problem, the looseness and the dragon mode being meh, luckily I bought it for the bot mode, not worth the money though

>>6392723
Decepticons need more medics. The Constructicons can't do everything, you know.

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>>6393408
And then there's weirdos like me, who prefer Marvel Blaster.
I fucking hate TR Quickswitch but right now it's the only way to get a yellow face for it.

>>6393118
See this
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>>6392898

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>>6393497
It really should have been Greatshot for the boxset.

>>6393157
Thanks!
>>6393311
Not going to, don't worry. I have an itch for Megatron but it's just more clutter so I don't need it.
>>6393141
I've already been down that road with Star Wars, sold a lot that I bought for $600 for $200 on eBay a while back just to dump it
>>6393203
>prime
Hahah, never. Shit costs way too much. Articulated expensive stuff is fun though. Much more satisfying than a lot of little pieces.

>>6392495

Prime's vehicle mode is an absolute joke. From reports, none of the cabs can peg in properly. Not only that, it's a kibbly, gappy mess with a shit ton of proportion issues.

>>6393505
>He mentioned something interesting
>Cipher is pursuing new research
>He claims that what they're doing in Africa is 'the missing piece'

>>6393504
how should I imagine a proportion issue?

>>6393525
It may not match his expectations for how a physical representation of how a cgi being should be.

I honestly think the only way for the mpm04 would work is if was scuffed up to have that worn metal look

>>6393324
>So what are people's thoughts on the EVENTUAL mp blaster?
Eh. I'm not excited for MPs anymore. Basically what >>6393335 said. Fuck, I remember when I was always excited for every MP announcement. Now they're just a horrible tease of a toy that could have looked a thousand times better. The best I can hope for at this point is that every figure gets an amazing, Artfire-tier, "literally who" repaint that isn't stupidly beholden to lazy animation from the '80s.

I really think Takara was better off splitting the difference between accuracy, because very few people, if any, had an issue with the deviations from cartoon accuracy that the Hasui MPs had. Geewunners were gonna buy it anyway, and people like myself who dislike the shitty cartoon animation still had incentive to buy because they just plain looked good. Now the Geewunners are still buying, but there are quite a few people who have dropped MPs ever since they've started to become ugly clusterfucks.

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>>6393324
I will likely wait for a superior repaint that isn't gimped by cartoon accuracy. Pic-related will probably be pretty based.

>>6392898
where is the fire from?

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Interview with the lead designer for mpm03, Yuya Onishi

>Before the release of "Transformers / Last Knight King" on August 4th, as for Camaro likes the place where Bumblebee's career is anxious. And better news before the new release. Transformers masterpiece "MPM - 3 Bumblebee" commemorating the 10th anniversary of the movie will be released from TakaraTomy on July 15th.
>This MPM - 3, the world 's topic with the amazingness of making it. As I witnessed the appearance of the standing Bumblebee, I do not think that this is assembled with the parts built into the Camaro scale model.
>"This January, when real items were announced in Hong Kong in the world premiere, it was a pleasure from the fans around the world that I was happy." Transformers designer Hiroya Onishi . In the United States, Hasbro Inc., a toy maker based in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, holds a license for Transformers. In that connection, Mr. Onishi has visited Hasbro headquarters in the US East Coast several times. When entering the United States, passport control declared "Transformers designer" about occupation, and was also deeply impressed by the officer. It is not uncommon to be asked for a sign when participating in an event held in the United States. Even in Hong Kong, again. Transformers designers are very popular worldwide.
(wow, I should become a designer, wonder if the rescue bots designers need any help?)

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>>6393553
>"To faithfully reproduce the image in the play is a mast, it is a masterpiece movie that requires a high degree of completeness as a transformer toy, so I bothered as much as I could breath, and the overseas fans got a weight There was a strong desire to be sensitive to marketing and to have a strong sense of weight.It was severe in terms of cost but this time we adopt die cast parts everywhere to give weight And I made the deformation difficulty degree a setting of 8 years old up.When I touched the transformer toy for the first time, I designed it so that you can enjoy the deformation easily by getting used. "... It will fit properly in the Camaro form It is terrible because it is. If you ask Mr. Onishi, he sometimes aimed for a car designer. "Actually, our company President Toyama was riding in Camaro's Transformers specification limited car released in 2010, and I have also tried it.It is very prominent in Bumblebee color, but also unique to the cockpit There is a view of the world, driving is fun "
>The MPM-3, manufacturer's recommended retail price setting is 10,000 yen (tax excluded). It is a one-make product to be released under the TAKARATOMY brand logo as a universal specification, but although it had significant cost constraints, from the quality it can be said that it is reasonable. Bumblebee is a dream function carried by Camaro. That dream was very realistically reproduced and molded. It is wonderful that Mr. Onishi who likes cars designed it by driving Camaro. Whenever a new work of a movie transformer is made public, "Bamblebee is Speaking of Camaro", it is no longer promised. Mr. Onishi keeps his promise as a designer.
(I knew cost limitations were a part of it)

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>>6393324
Blaster is one of those characters that actually has quite a lot of detail on his cartoon model, so maybe it'll actually turn out good. As long as they include an alternate, toy-accurate face, I'll probably go for it.

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>>6393556
>Also, at the dealer caravan event "Chevrolet Camaro Preview Tour 2017", the Transformers Specification (5th generation) Camaro owned by Takara Tomy and the Bumblebee statue exceeding 2 m in height are also on display. The future will be Chevrolet North Osaka (Minoh City, Osaka Prefecture) on June 24 and 25, Chevrolet Kasugai (Aichi Prefecture Kasugai City) on July 8th and 9th, Chevrolet Tokyo on August 19th and 20th (Tokyo Metropolitan Port Ward) and a caravan. Please check the power and precision of Bumblebee, and the profound charm of Chevrolet Camaro on this occasion.
>Yuya Onishi (Oyunshi Yuya) Born in Higashi Osaka city in 1984, "City of Manufacturing". He is in charge of research and development of next-generation devices at the Panasonic Group. Joined Takara Tomy in 2011. In charge of planning and development of transformers overseas with mechanical engineering, car design / product design as backbone. Coauthored book "Monodzukuri 2.0 Makers' Movement in Japan" (Kadokawa Shoten).
>
On the right side of the photo, the vehicle mode of "TLK-01 Bumblebee" (2,800 yen / tax not included) with the motif of "Bumblebee of Transformers Last Knight" published on August 4. The left is "Vehicle mode of" MPM - 3 Bumblebee "(released on July 15, ¥ 10,000 / tax). Furthermore, the left is "MPM - 3 Bumblebee" robot mode, and "TLK - 01 Bumblebee" robot mode. Package is "MPM - 3 Bumblebee". On the left side, Mr. Onishi changed the vehicle mode from robot mode to robot mode in an instant while answering the interview that day Takara Tomi customer consultation room tel. 0570-041031 (Weekday excluding weekends and holidays 10: 00 - 17: 00

This relates to the second image of the interview.

He seems like a practical designer at least, just cost limitations held back what else he could have done

>>6393501
I would pray for Takara to do Greatshot, but so far Hasbro has been the ones going for the Victory characters.

>>6393540
Wah the post.

>>6393545
The repaint won't be of much help if the sculpt is the same, hell I thought that was twincast for a moment, guess that would be an online exclusive if they decide to do a diaclone repaint

>>6393557
Despite the shift for cartoon accuracy mp's still carry (generally) alot of toy detailing (in most cases), even mp36 megatron has the toy details etched in, just some red and silver paint can fix that, if they don't include a toy face and make it an online exclusive redeco or an amazon throw in I'll be upset

>>6393573
He has the toy details because the show has them.

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>>6393573
>The repaint won't be of much help if the sculpt is the same
Artfire is all the evidence needed that a a simple repaint can fix even the most boring mold.

>>6393553
>>6393556
>>6393566
Preorders when

>>6393580
Hlj, amiami, the usual big guys outside of japan.

Where have you been anon?

>>6393579
But his deco looks like a bad reprolabel set vomited all over him. Grapple and Inferno are the superior versions of that mold.

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>>6393583
I've had mine on order but starting to get a bit pissed. Ordered nearly a month ago, they got a shipment in, but that went out quick. No update on my order on why mine wasn't shipped.

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>>6393586
Color wise, artfire wins, it does help his toy detailing are tampos but I get what you mean.

Inferno is only better in terms of being a competent transformer due to being first off the line I find, my inferno tabs better than grapple, but could be my luck

>>6393592
Mine's not due until August as I've ordered with hlj, could be worse though.

For example I pre-ordered mp32 optimus primal from premium collectables.

He's...still not here and they keep sending me new eta's, please end my suffering

>>6393328
Thundercracker was released twice as well by Hasbro. As a Botcon exclusive during the Classics line and as a retail release in the Generations line (much to the dismay of butthurt Botconners).

>>6393598
>I find, my inferno tabs better than grapple,
I agree (I own Artfire instead of Inferno, though), but Grapple is a bit clumsy in comparison to the fire truck mold. I think I read somewhere that they actually only share 50% of their parts, and when you actually look at them, you realize how much tweaking they had to do to just to make minor changes to Grapple, since his hydraulic boom actually requires a lot of structural differences to be accommodated in both modes.

My Toysrus has Skullitron and deluxe Megatron, so it's too bad Skullitron is a floppy piece of garbage.

>>6392671
>3 Nightbeat, 3 Skytread, 3 Repugnus, and 3 Shuffler Titan Master

I think my local toy retailers put cases of Wave 3 on the floor because i'm still seeing Sawback, Petrio, etc

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>>6393166
IF's Bridge Watcher should be coming out relatively soon, too.

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>>6393598
>Color wise, artfire wins, it does help his toy detailing are tampos but I get what you mean.
My only issue are the ones on his legs, they look weird, but that's only because he doesn't have any sculpted detail on his shins like the original toy had to compliment it, which is Takara's fault for being stupid.

>>6393629
I wanted to like this guy, but it doesn't seem like regular transformers can hold him, just their Bruticus.

>>6393592
I'm guessing the shipment they got was lower than what they were suppose to get, and you got screwed over since your order was one of the last ones placed.

>>6393620
The only new thing mine got was that deluxe pack with Optimus and reentry Optimus. Ridiculously expensive for 2 old deluxes.

>>6393636
I emailed them, got a reply saying mine should be shipped out today. So hopefully I'll have it thurs or fri.

>>6393629
I hope they do more figures with option parts. Hands, faces, ect.

I'm not a Shockwave fan but this hits most of my wants being small, detailed, and option parts

>>6393497

TM's Repugnus and that lion dude have yellow faces though. Much cheaper than buying a damned box set just for a head.

>>6392907
Ptero is pretty good. My favorites are brawn and shuffler

>>6392926
I don't get it.

>>6392982
Transclearant
Second verse, same as the first
Dare I say why not?

Any others?

That TR Seaspray looks like so much fun

>>6393651
Yeah, but those are Deluxe sized. Leader class figures don't look good with them.

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>>6393665
>let's take a look at the packagiiiiiiiiing
>let us _______ okay, shall we? let's
>sad crying pac-man
>he's preciooooooous oh so precioooooooous
>*autistic Churchill garbling*

>>6392957
You want dumb weapon modes?
Get Fangry

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>>6393497
I have always hoped Marvel repaints would become a standard thing, but I guess the fanbase isn't there for it. MP-08X was so stylish. I even like the comic blue-as-black thing that triggered so many people. I would buy the fuck out of a ton of comic repaints. I was never really a fan of the comics, but a lot of the color schemes are way more interesting and dynamic than the cartoon.

>>6393675
I need to get some denatured alchohol for my Grimlock. It's the AoE reissue, and the hips are loose as FUCK, but apparently a good cleaning will fix that.

>>6392949
Fuck. This ad makes me want to buy all the toys! Goddamn why am I hypnotized like an impressionable kid? Those stop motion is way better than the machinima bullshit

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>>6393675
I'm trying to decide whether or not to see if Takara busts out MP Grimlock 2.0, or if I should just buy pic related. Although if Takara does another Grimlock now, it'll look like hot, gray garbage.

>>6393120
These are cool until you find their bicep curl arms.

Got to love TFW. Be a retailer and rip off dozens of members for tens of thousands of dollars? Thread goes on for weeks with no staff involvement whatsoever. Put up a signature that's 10 pixels too wide or 1 KB too big and they're on you within an hour.

>>6393629
He's also almost half price on TFSource right now for anyone not in the know.

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I just found Perceptor Walmart and im kinda happy

In fact, they had a LOT of stock. Normally Transformer stuff is a sold out barren wasteland

>>6393697

>sideways glitch still not fixed

MOOOOOOOOOOOT

>>6393699
you're the problem, forever newfag.

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>>6393683
>if Takara does another Grimlock now, it'll look like hot, gray garbage.
But anon, pic related is the pinnacle of Grimlock! Every other toy is just over-greebled shit. He was always meant to look like a boring, gray chunk of turd, because that's how I remember it while I was eating Captain Crunch in my pajamas in 1984.

Turns out there's 2 different versions of the Last Knight out in theaters, with lines being different or small dialogue being added. Which version did you guys see?

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers:_The_Last_Knight_(film)#Other_editions

>>6393710
Damn fucking straight.

>>6392572
>I was repairing a mis-driven(?) pin on his right shoulder.

This is why I lol anytime someone says that the "Masterpiece" name is indicative of the best. The quality is really no better than a deluxe and still has the same minimum wage Chinese people assembling it.

>>6393399
Never, in my life, have I needed something so much, and never known until I learned about it.

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>>6393710
Honestly if they worked the proportions a bit and added details like some of the better Marvel depictions, it would be money.

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>>6393670

All of the TR heads are the same size regardless of class. If all you want is a yellow face to stick under Blaster's helmet, why not just grab Sawback or Repugnus? It'll be MUCH cheaper than buying a whole box set for a yellow face TM.

>>6393727
Not him, but I have an extra Quickswitch head and I'm willing to trade.

>>6393720
So, while I won't say you're wrong, and the MP line certainly has way more QC issues than it should, especially given the average prices, to say that the quality is "really no better than a deluxe" kind of proves that you're a poorfag who could never even afford one. And to just point at the shit quality of MPM Bee (which is clearly being manufactured to different standards than most MPs) and to ignore the many MP releases that have had little to no major QC issues is a pretty big fallacy.

>>6393727
>TR heads are the same size regardless of class
Not quite. TM heads that come with the leader class figures are all face, while the deluxe ones are face/helmet, meaning that the features are much smaller. That's why the thing in your picture looks like crap.

>>6393711
The version makes sense.
Oh wait, that was my dream when I passed out because of the clusterfuck on screen

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>>6393724
Found pic related that demonstrates my dream Grimlock

>>6393683
I'd honestly like it better if they kept the silver from the FT, but went with a straight up yellow plastic chest like the cartoon version here has >>6393710

I just don't like chrome, shit shows every tiny scuff, scratch, mark, fingerprint, etc, and I like playing with my toys.

>>6393727
Or buy yellowpaint

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>>6393732
Add a hard penis and it will be my dream grimlock as well.

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>>6393711
>By the way, Enrique, Chad's sleeping with your wife!
What did he mean by this?

>>6393733
>straight up yellow plastic chest
Err, I'd prefer a metallic gold paint. I agree about chrome being a bit much, and it can look cheap when used excessively.

>>6393711
I got the alternate version. I remember thinking it was weird that the Nitro Zeus dialogue was different since people never mention the sleeping with your wife part.

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>>6393730

I wouldn't say that. Blaster's helmet just doesn't quite line up properly with the heads if you look closely. They should've put the visor bit down a little more. It doesn't even line up too well with his own head.

>>6393740

Metallic gold paint would also be acceptable.

>>6393742
What? That looks fine. The last thing you posted looked like a tiny head wearing a helmet covered by an even larger helmet.

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>>6393742
Yeah, it lines up well with Quickswitch. Gonna put him on the LG when I can unbox it.

>>6393744

Eyes don't line up so he can actually see out of the helmet. Plus from a distance you don't notice the faceplate being a bit smaller on the Sawback head because the yellow stands out to your eyes and the orange blends with the red of the Blaster helmet. Plus the Sawback head's eyes actually line up with the visor, meaning it can "see" through it, whereas the default head doesn't.

>>6393746

Wow, that actually lines up pretty well. Still, thats a lot of money to be blowing just for a TM head. The guy who suggested to just break out some yellow paint is probably right, if you're unwilling to/don't like using, a cheaper TM head.

Have you guys notice how some of the TM head seem to have imperfections across the entire distribution of that TM? All the Blaster heads I've seen have the same scar on their faces, and all the Nightbeats have a chip on the left side of their forehead crest.

>>6393750
>Scar

Is it on the right of Blaster's face by his nose? Mine has that.

>>6393752
Yep, every Blaster I've seen has it.

>>6393755

Well shit, that bothered me. Bothers me less now that I know they're all like that.

>>6393739
He's saying Enrique is a Takaracuck

So MPM-3 Bumblebee or the Wei Jiang upgraded Battle-Blades bee? I was leaning towards the official but all of the qc horror stories have me worried.

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>>6393761
>tfw nitro zeus posts on /tfg/

I want to make custom weapons for tfs.
Where can i get 5mm pegs?

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>>6393767
ALL HAIL KO COMPANIES

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>>6393556
>admitting to using diecast to pander to the MUH HEFT short bus even if unnecessary
BRAVO ONISHI
If only collectors weren't so fucking retarded to ask for diecast in everything this shit could have an end.

>>6393748
>Eyes don't line up so he can actually see out of the helmet
That's by design on Blaster. The design on his headmaster's forehead is supposed to fill in the visor. That's why his actual eyes are so squinty. It makes more sense on the Takara release. They made his whole head crest blue, so it makes it look like the blue comes through the visor represents his optics.

>>6393779
>all diecast is evil

Does it take effort to be this retarded or does it come naturally?

>>6393711
I got the final version but there was definitely a line in there from Lennox about Optimus not making it to the final battle. I remember because it was really awkwardly delivered and he just blurts it out apropos of nothing. According to tfwiki though, that was only in the alternate version.

>>6393779
Diecast in feet and leg portions in fine for balance purposes, which bee has, and the only other bit of die cast on him is a razor thin bar that connects his body together.

There's a difference between using it when it's needed and having entire torsos molded in diecast for muh heft like some 3Ps.

>>6393566
>just cost limitations held back what else he could have done
He should have worked around the limitations. For example, not waste so much of the parts count on fucking jointed fingers when the rest of the toy still needs so much done.

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>>6393779

Perceived quality increases as weight goes up. This is universal. Higher end bars and restaurants will increase the weight of barstools and chairs to make the customer feel like the item is sturdier. I don't know why the human brain reaches this conclusion, but it does. "Muh heft" is actually something many people capitalize on. A heavier toy feels like a better toy like a heavier barstool feels like a better barstool.

Die cast in the feet, ass, and legs is great for keeping a figure planted and balanced on a table. It has practical function.

Pic related is the most egregious use of die cast in any transforming thing I've ever handled. Most everything purple is die cast, yet he has no stability problems at all and is touted by many people as one of the best 3P figs the company has ever done. You can do die cast and make a good figure.

>>6393777
Why the fuck are they making this? Who wanted a giant Super Ginrai?

>>6393811

The OS market is relevant. People just want big toys because lol why not.

Pic related. Wei Jang is doing a completely new(?) megatron JUST so their OS primes can fight someone. Both are a foot tall or so.

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>>6393798
>>6393809
Why does no one put diecast in hollow spaces rather than molding entire parts in it? Saves on paint, avoids damaging plastic, won't be super obvious when it eventually rusts, and you still get the heft.

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>>6393821

>>6393821
There's big, and there's "let's make this guy 2 feet tall". There's a point were it's a bit excessive.

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>>6393829
>A bit excessive

WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE WHERE WE GOT FUN AND GAMES

I am the only one that thinks Steelbane/Skullitron is a perfect mold to armybuild/customs?

>>6393837
Well, that's pretty much what he is in the film, too bad the mold isn't that great.

>>6393839
He's pretty articulated. Lame dragon mode but he's so generic that he's open to improvements in the hands of a good customizer.

The artwork at Boulder Media WAS just placeholder art, since Boulder hadn't really begun the show when that came out.

From what has been leaking out of Boulder, the show is a totally different continuity from P/RID. I think Rescue Bots Academy might be a new continuity as well, since none of the voice actors are apparently coming back.

There have been rumors floating around that the new show is a full reboot of G1. Ark. Volcano. Teletraan One. Etc. Not just a bunch of new characters using the old names to maintain the copyright. (I.E. More like the IDW - ations books than say, the movieverse or the Unicorn Trilogy.)

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Has Arcee shown up on RID yet? Watched 3 episodes of combiner season before I stopped.

>>6392809
RTS Lugnut, HFTD Sea Spray, ROTF Bludgeon and NEST Lockdown aren't Bayformers. They were included in those waves each for different almost arbitrary reason including the lack of Voyager class in Generations at the time.

>>6393862
Forgot to remove my trip, ffs.

>>6393865
Why would you need to, Ace?

>>6393235
And look at the gun and the chest on the Hasbro version you retard.

Takara's is better because the weapon is actually painted, the red visor, and the chest being actually painted and tinted properly instead of just being a giant clear box. It also has extra yellow detail on the sides Hasbro's doesn't.

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>>6393746
Now THAT'S what I want. Thank you, anon.

Somehow, I never noticed the Autobots had a Scrapper type robot in the junkyard in TLK. He was the one I liked the most, but never got a decent toy.

>>6393687
Not sure why, but BBTS is one of the only retailers that still has him at 39.99. Pretty much everyone else has it for 24.99, which is great, I could really get with $15 cheaper releases from IF.

>>6392594
How big is he in comparison to Deluxes and Voyagers? I've been thinking about getting it for my "generic merchandise shelf" if it isn't too large and therefore visually disruptive.

>>6393650
I totally agree! I recently started working on some booster effect parts for IF's seekers. They're coming in the mail from shapeways and I'll post pics when they arrive

Is it just my imagination, or does G1 reflector get no love?

He kinda vanished from the cartoon super fast, and he doesn't seem to have any good toys that turn into a camera besides the original one.

I just ordered one of the Real Gear transformers, Spy Shot. Looked pretty cool, turns into a camera. Anyone know if any of the others from that series are any good?

>>6393869
Not to mention the chipping on hasbros gold chrome

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>>6393928
Meantime is absolutely amazing and actually scales well if you have a thin wrist.

The binoculars guy's lack of arm swivels bother me a lot.

>>6393936
>not a working watch
I mean, it's cool, kinda funny. But like, for the utterly minimal effort it would have required, I'm kinda surprised.

>>6393936
>Can control time
>Uses it to dick around at skate parks
A+, will buy.

>>6393921
Yeah he's basically on the level of an obscure seeker repaint that only exists in 5 frames of animation in the cartoon. Might as well not exist.

He'd make a cool toy though.

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>>6393928
You're in for some LIGHTPIPING

Also the hips look like you want to put them together for robot mode, but that doesn't lock together at all. The toy was really designed so the hips are separated like this pic, that's where they "click" into place.

>>6393746
G1 comic Blaster. Nice.

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>>6393915
Pretty much as tall as Brawn.

>My Baldigus finally arrived in the mail

It's so good. Great weapons, fantastic paint usage, dedicated hands and feet... Everything feels so right! Why couldn't they release every combiner like Baldigus?

>>6393928
Seconding Meantime. How can you not love a guy who turns into a watch, and is also wearing a watch that looks just like the one he turns in to.

>>6393928
I pretty much got them all, they're all nice but get them cheap, if possible.

>>6393928
Spy Shot 6 is one of my absolute favorite transformers. Meantime, as other people keep mentioning, is a close second for the Real Gear line.

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>>6393994
Budget? no one knows why takara didn't used dedicated parts from the beginning.

At the end I got ko PE kits for almost all of them, and improvised in some... quite happy with my CW collection.

>>6393686
>Be a retailer and rip off dozens of members for tens of thousands of dollars?
...What retailer is this?

>>6393711
What the fuck I got almost 50/50 of those two versions of the film; I got quotes from parts of the finished one and the earlier one.

>>6393711
>http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers:_The_Last_Knight_(film)#Other_editions

I pretty much had the alternate version, everything matches up with my version.

>>6393730
>to say that the quality is "really no better than a deluxe" kind of proves that you're a poorfag who could never even afford one.

It's just the same plastic cheaply put together, except there's more parts. Big deal.

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I can't decide which Primal I want. I think they both look awesome and I'm not attached to the character.

>>6394018
If your not attached to the character, that version just comes with more. I think the other version wins for being super color accurate, but that wouldn't matter to you i suppose.

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>>6394023
It has secksy glossy colors and nice fur, they both looks so nice

>>6394018
Wait for power of primes optimus primal prime to see if its good

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>>6393921
Generations Reflector is pretty neat, but yeah he does need more love.
They should have made that Shockwave retool a regular release.

>>6394006
Premium Collectibles

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>>6394030
>power of primes
>being good

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>>6393928
>>6393969
Ayyy, it's nice to see this obscure but genuinely cool subline being discussed in here. Spy Shot is probably everyone's choice for a CHUG Reflector, although I personally have more of a nostalgic attachment for pic related. Speed Dial 800 is also pretty neat.

Also, little known fact, they were originally supposed to be released in the Cybertron series but ended up being delayed to the 2007 film toyline, hence why their aesthetic looks so different from regular movie figures.

>>6394040
TR Preceptor should be an honorary member of this subline.

>>6394018
>>6394026

Man I miss the sculpted fur. both versions look really cheapo.

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>order shipped
Now I'm kinda worried seeing all the bad feedback on him.

>>6394057
Where from?

I preordered the first batch off amiami and that's only coming in july. I'm feeling impatient as fuck but at least they had him at like 70$ when I ordered.

>>6394057
Should've waited for the Weijiang.
Hopefully the spine won't bend or the joints won't die from it being half-diecast.

>>6394082
I don't get how people can shit on the MPM then praise the Wei Jiang KO. The design is busy as fuck and the backpack looks like a complete disaster compared to the MPM.

I suppose there's the fact that they might have better QC but I'd rather just get the MPM with better QC instead.

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>>6394061
Chosen Prime.

>>6394091
When has Weijiang failed at QC? I've never heard anything like that.

Anyone get their 2017 LG EX Black Convoy? I just want to know a few things if you got it.

>>6394097
I meant that you could probably count on the Wei Jiant Bee not having any QC issues like the MPM is apparently having.

>>6394050
This is what happens when cartoon accuracy takes over.

>>6394101
Oh.
Why get the MPM at all then? Movie Bee looks best when it's kind of busy, the chest in the MPM just looks like a slightly more complex version of the shitty Ultimate Bee's chest.

>>6394097
Hound V1. They recalled three weeks in to rerelease Hound V2.

>>6394109
Wasn't that their very first release?

>>6394109
No, that was the evasion prime.