Transformers General /tfg/ "Is this really better" edition

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>Can't enjoy Transformers any more because my personality ha soured too much

>>6411259
What does the souring of your personality even have to do with enjoying giant alien robots?

>>6411263
because he's too salty to find any joy.

Really, he needs to commit Sudoku

>>6411264
Too many debts to kill myself

>>6411245

He looks like he's wearing a fuck bra.

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Terrible posing aside i like menasor the most out of my combiners, though i never got vortex or blast off for bruteman

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>>6411271
But anon that's how you get OUT of debt.

Death is the only way out of anything

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>>6411274
Least he's wearing support anon

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ITT: Transformers characters that remind you of yourself

For me it’s Starscream – intelligent, nihilistic and with a wicked sense of humor.

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>>6411276
>Death is the only way out of anything

Jokes on you, reincarnation is real.

>>6411280
Shortround

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>>6411280
>starscream
>intelligent

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>>6411280
>ITT: Transformers characters that remind you of yourself

Seaspray. Because I too am a fat fuck with a speech impediment.

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>>6411280
>ITT: Transformers characters that remind you of yourself

Wheelie, because I'm an abhorrent mess that should have never existed in the fist place.

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>>6411280
Prowl because I'm jerk even though I mean well.

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>>6411280
>Transformers characters that remind you of yourself
Greatshot, I used to have friends, but then became a self righteos prick that can't enjoy time with stoners.

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>>6411280
Thundercracker. Likes dogs, sometimes aloof and writes fiction too much.

>>6411283
>>6411286
Kek, why are hovercraft character such loosers?

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>>6411275
I know Superion and Computron are better sets, even Bruticus, but Menasor is my favourite too.

>EX nemesis prime

Should I get this or just the normal edition for cheaper?
The normal edition got really cheap paintjob though.

>>6411313
EX is more EXciting tho

>>6411286
At least you'll get a cute mermaid waifu

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>be canadafag
>last knight deluxes are still $30 everywhere I go what the fucking fuck

>>6411280
Ultra Magnus
I'm no fun at parties

Is there anywhere to get a combiner without paying assblast prices?

>>6411336
G2 boxsets on amazon or ebay, also Liokaiser is dirt cheap right now.

>>6411336

At this point, probably not unless you want Liokaiser or G2 sets or something. I think he's still around $100-ish, and G2 sets are probably going for cheap or already tossed into dumpsters because

>G2

>>6411275
>>6411310
Can you say the same thing about CW Menasor without third party upgrades or customizations?

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>>6411340
Yeah, this is my Menasor before i made him the custom waist piece, pretty much all my combiners have add ons or mods/custom parts.

>>6411330
>be russian
>TLK deluxes are $40 and voyagers are $60
>18 fucking dollars for legion class figures

>>6411347
>russian

please anon, get out while you still can.
a lot of shit is about to hit the fan, I pray for your safety.

>>6411313
Get the sdcc one, it'll be cheaper and easier to aquire than the tlk ex as that one requires you to see the movie in japan and scalpers will charge near mp prices, least the sdcc one does the truck mode right

>>6411344

Do you ever feel like you're polishing a turd? Do you feel the effort is worth it?

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>>6411275
I wish there was some type of 3rd party upgrade for Liokaiser, he's really good but just needs a little 'more' to be great.

>>6411330
>>6411347
Have check amazon? here in Mexico TLK deluxes are at 23 usd on retail, but 17 usd on "amazon mexico".

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>>6411352
>Do you ever feel like you're polishing a turd?
I like you the way you are.
>Do you feel the effort is worth it?
yeah.

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>>6411344
I'm glad that UW Menasor is better. But just like the CW mold, you need to upgrade him to make him better, which is somewhat of a shame.

>>6411356
more pics of your bruticus add-on please

>>6411336
Computron is about 90 bucks too i think

>>6411336
I've got cw superion, menasor and a defensor that I'd like to get rid of

>>6411353
Like what?

Outside of the PE Hands and Feet, I don't know what else could improve CW Liokaiser besides entire 3P Leozack and Jallguar figures.

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>>6411359
The cab was movie Bonecrusher, it clips to Onslaught front, becomes a "turret" in botmode and a backpack when combine, the green missile pods are from FAB movie Brawl, they clip on Bruticus thights to give volume, cannons from Silverbolt.

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>>6411359
Heres a recent pic, you can see the missile pods on the legs, no modification needed, they fit in the screwwholes.

>>6411280
Artemis Prime

Because I am strong, smart, and independent. And after my treatment, I'll finally become a girl.

>>6411280
Shockwave
I have asshole friends who I'm stupidly loyal to, stay all the time on a computer, and get bullied by girls

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>>6411280
Hot Rod

I use the finger holes whenever possible

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>>6411280
blades, because I can't take dealing with people, heights, or stress very well, but when pushed, I can do it, mostly.

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>>6411280
>/toy/

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>>6411416
>NO FUN ALLOWED BECAUSE I ONLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE SHITTY TOYS I PAY 30 BUCKS FOR.

>>6411280
Huffer and Gears.

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>>6411280
>>6411416
It's a copypasta, you retard.

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>>6411418
>>6411421
It still doesn't belong here.

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Time to ask some difficult questions

>mp combiner limb intergration
IF/WHEN this happens, would we like...dedicated hands and feet or would we rather them just be integrated into the individual robots?

Regardless I suspect when we have mp combiners the limb bots will have to be all retools of each other to save cost

>What will the next titan class transformer be?
Will we get scorponok to fight our fort max's, omega supreme to fight our devastators, or will star convoy or some other insane concept show up and crush our dreams?

I've forgotten the frequency of titan's we've been having, is it 2 a year or just the one, feels like yesterday when I fort max but that might be old age settling in

>>6411432
Indeed. Now let us continue the engaging discussion on how CW was shit, Classics OP is the best thing ever, TR is the death knell of the brand and Windblade dindu nuffin.

>>6411438
>Now let us continue the engaging discussion on how CW was shit, Classics OP is the best thing ever, TR is the death knell of the brand and Windblade dindu nuffin.
All those points sound pretty fair, to be honest.

>>6411437
Dedicated, separate hands and feet for an MP combiner wouldn't bother me just because I understand how hard that would be to accomplish without just ruining the limb bots, but I'd like the rest to be integrated into the robots.

A lot of 3P combiners partsform so much it and use so much combiner kibble that it starts to feel like you're playing with bionicles or something, I don't want that from an MP.

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>>6411438
i think TR Windblade is the most decent looking to be honest famalamas. now if only i know how to carve hole on the plane nose so i dont have to take her head off.
the plane nose just fold to her back, no?

I don't think I'll ever be able to get over how a remold of Onslaught would have made for a fucking perfect Motormaster.

>>6411459
Idk, her proportions look weird from some angles. She has the prettiest face for sure, but even that is ruined by the ugly TM cube behind.

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>>6411459
>Generations was flimsy but fully articulated for a swordsman
>RiD is more solid but loses the wrists, has a blobby face, and has a big backpack
>TR fixes the face but takes away the waist, has an even bigger backpack, and has ugly swords

It's like one step forward and three steps back each release. Why can't Windblade ever get a truly great figure?

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>>6411482
I think I'm fine with just the generations toy. It looks nice and poses well provided you got it standing, I don't give a shit about Windblade so I don't even play with it enough to care about its issues anyway.

>>6411482
Because she doesn't deserve one.

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>watching optibotimus's leader megatron review
>he tried to copy emgo with the pronouncing of the foreign toy class names

>>6411274

>Cannot unsee

>>6411459

Every Wingblade so far has been a disappointment to me - mainly because of the nosecone-kibble and the fact they don't do anything with her arms.

Third Party better Wingblade when?

>>6411482

Amen.

>>6411512
>he tried to copy emgo

How silly. As if you'd need more to do that than smoke a bowl and down a quart.

>>6411264

He needs to play a number puzzle? Are you sure you don't mean "seppuku"? Because it sounds like you want him to kill himself.

>>6411525
It's an obvious joke.

>>6411271
>Too many debts to kill myself

That's probably the BEST perk of dying

>>6411525
What? No!
He needs to solve a number puzzle instead of posting his stupidity here.

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>>6411525
'tis an old joke, I suspect someone said it instead of seppuku one day and it stuck creating this masterpiece

>>6411530
why not both?

>>6411517
I like the look of Windblade's Generations robot mode, but the giant hole and kind of flimsy feel of her jet mode always turns me off. Also never being able to stand.

I like the look of both her robot and plane modes with TR, in general I've been pretty happy with the line, but the lack of some articulation on figures is always a little sad.

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>>6411482
Wait 30 years, sugartits.

>>6411526
Hoi doi, jokes are supposed to be funny.

>>6411545

Memes need not be.

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Could be better, but to me, its still better than the stickers hasbro tried to use.

That and I used 86 waterslide decals just to make something different, decided to keep the autobot sticker in the end

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>>6411245
Did someone say "kiddy mainline retail ®"?

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>>6411561
Isn't it strange that they sculpted the landing strip details, yet the stickers don't match them?

>>6411562
So that's the POTP Optimus Primal, huh? WOW.

>>6411564
Alot of these toys were co-developed with takara, perhaps they added them in and hasbro just stuck to their idea

>>6411366

Yup. Make them look like they go with the rest of the line, and work with all the other figures. 3P doesn't do enough stuff like that though, we have to have all-new toys that are all bigger than the rest of our collections, and make combiners that are over-complicated and not that great anyway.

>>6411301
You're better off.

>>6411525
Welcome newfriend

>>6411574
That guy is walky

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Weeeeeee-

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>>6411280
>>6411280

>>6411562
What is this yeti bot? I might need him.

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>>6411625
Windchill, it's packed with that Boulder and a human fig under a set called "Arctic Rescue Boulder". Wait for discounts maybe?

Goddamn this courier service, my whole schedule is messed up because of them.

>>6411644
Word, I'll keep an eye out. Thanks famalam.

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>>6411280
intelligent, nihilistic and with a wicked sense of humor.

Finally picked up TR Hot Rod today. While I love the headmaster gimmick being line wide for Titans Return. I still feel like they should've been made in a way that removing head while transforming was optional. Blurr and Hot Rod especially wouldn't have even required additional parts, which makes it strange they decided not to.

>>6411734
Right? I've seen a lot of "de-headmastering" mods and most of the time it just involves dremeling out a square of plastic. They could have just molded them that way.

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>>6411562
>the idea of fucking T-rex Prime was executed in fucking Rescuebots
>missed him plenty of times and the version i want the most goes up to $60
is there any more cool rescuebots toys i dont know about

>>6411541
>30 years to get ONE figure of her
>the first try literally nails it perfectly for it's cost

Have any other characters waited as long as Arcee for a toy and got it absolutely PERFECT the first try like this?

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>>6411733
>posts Arcee for this
>doesn't go with the obvious joke

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TLK Megs is a badass.

The voyager is so much better than the leader. I really hope some turd party company makes a scaled down version of the leader's head so that this guy can also have the face chancing gimmick.

>>6411750

Exhaust went straight to getting an MP for his first toy in 30 years.

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>>6411755
>Exhaust

...Who?

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>>6411747
The boat, Megabot assortment High Tide. They rarely use this altmode for TFs.

Of the rescue bot minicons, I recommend Servo (dog-drill) and Swift (cheetah-hexdriver), they go nice with other construction-themed mainline transformers.

Bonus: Alpha Bravo from CW wave 1 = Blades, Rescue Bot Blades.

>>6411750
Was not the first try the binaltech arcee that is literally a transgender?

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>>6411765
There's also Energon Arcee, Movie1 Arcee and ROTF Arcee.

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>>6411750

>>6411567

No it's Rescue Bots you goddamn retard.

Man, the Legends line is so much fun. I love all the little dudes, with few exceptions.

I've got Brawn, Swerve, Bumblebee, Wheelie, Seaspray, Cosmos, and Tailgate, and a few Gnaws if they count. This scale just lends itself to such simple but cool transformations.

Except for Bee and Tailgate. The former's car transformation is aggravating for some reason (the hood portion just fucking doesn't want to push into place somehow without a lot of force).

Tailgat's hips just WILL NOT stay popped into place, and I cannot figure out why. It's the Takara version so the paint job looks magnitudes better and the car mode is great, but his hips just won't stay in place in robot mode.

Overall though the line is great. Cosmos and Seaspray are my favorites but Brawn and Swerve are great for quick simple fiddling.

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>>6411787
>Tailgat's hips just WILL NOT stay popped into place
TF:Prime reference

>>6411773
That was not a perfect figure and definitely not his first after g1

>>6411802
>nope.gif

>>6411814
It's ".avi" you idiot.

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>>6411814

Can anyone do the "NOPE" better than TR Perceptor?

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Do you think TR Topspin and Twintwist will get any repaints?
I love the molds, but the colors aren't doing it for me at all.

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>>6411831
Does this count?

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I recognize that he's overpriced af, but I was down at Disney and Universal last week and picked evacuation just because. He's a solid little bot with a unique altmode so I'm pleased enough with it.

>>6411855

...Yes, I guess it does. We have a winner.

>>6411867
I've been meaning to go on this ride at some point, might as well grab the figure while I'm at it. How much was it?

>>6411875
$30 or 35, can't remember.

Expect a markup, basically. I think its worth it to get Evac as a little souvenir.

>>6411904
Yeah it was like 29.99 when I got him a couple days ago. High for a deluxe but a nice souvenir; I would have paid the same for a t-shirt from a theme park.

>>6411754
His Altmode alone makes me salivate at the thought of owning him, but he'd never really fit in with my shelf.

I feel the same way about Steelbane and his robot mode. I need a knight mother fucker running around.

>>6411437
I believe hand-feet integration is feasible from Takara engineers but they might need to turn back to their pre-MP36 days to make it work.
Combiner team members outright shat on physics in the G1 cartoon and trying to accomodate that beyond just giving them the G1 aesthetic would compromise everything.

>>6411438
>CW was shit, Classics OP is the best thing ever, TR is the death knell of the brand and Windblade dindu nuffin.
Bizarro Earth IPs should get a permanent range ban.

Optimus Primal Titan Master is not going to be a gorilla. They're repainting Fangry in Bat Optimus colors.

>>6411957
Makes sense considering that Munkyy Primal is already out.

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>>6411831
>>6411855

Delivered

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>>6411957
Could it be?

>>6411976
Somehow when I look at an eagle gorilla it just screams AMERICA to me, especially with that color scheme.

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Just picked up ROTF the fallen for $2 at a toy fair.
Aside from a missing cosmetic panel that is only needed for a complete-looking jet mode, the figure is in pretty good condition. Also, the spring-feet work well as a stand-in for ankle tilts.
If you ever find one for cheap, I recommend you grab 'em

He also looks good next to tf5 megs

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At least it looks good in robot mode.

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I hope someone makes replacement flames. I'd be tempted to repaint one giving enough spare time.

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Well I fell for the Artfire meme and just busted him open today. He is indeed a lot of fun. And that transformation is just so cool.

I may try and give him some more details though, like some fire truck decals and maybe a few extra panels or firetruck accessories.

>>6412014
But I don't like Bionicles.

>>6411867
there is a legion class figure from prime aswell which is nice if you want an evac

>>6411810
Name one other Skids released after 1985 faggot

>>6411841
I doubt it. It's more likely they would get remodded into Ironfist

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>>6412077
Your mom.

>>6412077
Alternators

>>6412081
I think I'm gonna vomit.

>>6412081
Someone call the burn unit.

>>6412081
Alternators is a forgotten scrap heap of garbage, in a scale that doesn't match anything else, that only a handful of faggots ever bought. Other than that one, name another Skids.

>>6412095
>let me just move these goalposts

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>>6412081

This mold was so good. Complete interior including back seats. Fully articlated. $20 at Walmart. Not that annoying to transform.

>>6412095
Alternators was a gem in a heap of garbage in the early-mid UT era. All the engineering learned from it was refined into Classics and MP and the movie lines. Everyone was fucking buying them because everyone was treating it like MP G1, you fucking post-Bay movie casual.

>>6412043
OG Bionicle is godlike

>>6411867
I fucking love Evac. Have him displayed next to a souvenir press penny of himself. I'm a sucker for tourist trap souvenirs, but Evac is incredibly solid, fun to transform too.

The ride was okay but i get bad motion sickness, Universal wasn't kind to me

>>6411976
What the hell is this?

>>6412014
You're supposed to flip those two rubber spikes on his shoulders out

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>>6412135
Older than the internets(seriously, some posters here were probably babies.) fanart from Botcon '98 that got spread online as concept art for alternate Transmetals/Fuzors. Pretty cool.

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>>6411759

From the lost episode where everyone smokes. The one with Rook.

>>6411867

He's got a neat design, I'd say he is overpriced but I'd still pick one up if I were there.

>>6412014

I have the orange redeco version, he's a neat toy. I like his crazy super alien design because it really helps sell him as a really old TF.

>>6412162
Sponsored by Marlboro. Damn, the 80s were a weird time.

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>>6412095

Man the alternators line was amazing, you are an idiot.

Also, another Skids. Checkmate Atheists

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>>6412166

Between Spuds McKenzie and Joe Camel, they really wanted kids to buy bad shit.

Any cool picks of Nitro using Titan masters yet?

>>6412152
Blackarachnia's in "party mode" it seems.

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>>6412095
>in a scale that doesn't match anything else
It still matches with Best Prime, and that's enough for me.

>>6412129
Off topic but I get terrible motion sickness too and dramamine saved my ass at Universal studios. If you haven't tried it before, get some, it works very well.

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What head should I put on Nitro?

>>6412113
It also looks like a pile of shit in robot mode.

>>6412193
I really just cannot stand Hood-formers.

>>6412214
Windblade of course

>>6412214
I've got a few requests:
>Doomshot
>Fangry
>Loudmouth
>Nucleon
>Overboard
If I had to pick one I'd go with Overboard.

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>>6412219
Generally neither can I, but it was a pretty ingenious solution to hide all "separation lines" from the vehicle. The result is near perfect die cast cars that don't even sacrifice the robot aesthetics at all.

>>6412219
Bayformers will never be iconic.

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>the shitty titans return gimmick will end in your lifetime

maybe there is a god after all.

>>6412262
>Hoi doi le salt meme

>>6412262
I can't say I'd miss the Headmasters too much now that I had my fill but whenever engineering allows for it I want all TFs to have cockpits now.

>>6412113
The only problem is you have to slide out the door panels to open the doors.

>>6412152
What is fuzor Megatron supposed to be? Generic bug/Trex? I really like these concepts aside

Maybe make Scorponok red like the Happy Meal toy....

>>6412254
You say that as if you think I like bayformers ugly as shit designs, or that it some how invalidates how uncreative just having the fucking front end of a car as a thorax is.

>>6412262
BUT DUDE SWAPPING HEADS THAT DON'T FIT THE REST OF THE FIGURE AT ALL LMAO

SO FUN

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>>6412168
I'm not the guy, but I wouldn't count imports with name changes for the sake of a name change. It wasn't made to be a Skids in mind. Unlike this guy, who isn't named Skids but is clearly a homage to him.

>>6412322
Except he's not. He's based on the G1 Ironhide/Ratchet design.

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>>6412265
Same here.

>>6412319
It is, also having working cockpits, even if I have to paint the piolts, TR has been really fun.

>>6412095
Just be an adult and admit you were wrong.

>>6412254
t. butthurt geewunner

>>6412333
He's both. The Aaron archer era was a weird time, Wing saber was both an homage to Star saber..and Predaking.

>>6412214
Soundblaster

>>6412026
i just hope it gets a rerelease without the fucking diecast. knowing how monkey paws work tho, if they do that theyll probably drop the flame pinstripes too.

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>>6411280
Doesn't talk much unless he has something significant to say, not very charismatic, loyal to a fault, keeps all his closest friends near to his heart.

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>>6411280
Spike. He's a human instead of a giant metal robot alien.

>>6412214
Could I get a height comparison with him and TR Voy Astrotrain or Blitzwing/Megatron or Voy Black Shadow?

>>6412113
Some of them were a pain to transform.

>>6412319
Yes. Yes it is.

Your tears are delicious.

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>>6411815

>>6411482
Pics of her large backpack?

>>6412319
I like the gimmick of the heads piloting the bot modes like triggerhappy.

>>6412427
Alt modes. Typo.

>>6411831
The one I made of Universe Starscream 10 years ago will always be the one I think is the best.

>>6412438
That's because you're a narcissist.

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>>6412423
Baby got Backpack.

I know it has to fit a Titan Master, but they still made Topspin and Triggerhappy's cockpit work without so much overhang.

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>>6412449
And another angle. Some other anon said her arms should have formed the cockpit, and since they're already so thin and inarticulate, they should have been.

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>>6412042
Artfire is not a meme. Artfire is love. Artfire is life.

Also, wait and see if Ocean designs releases a decal set for him. They do for most MPs, and their shit is top-quality. Ends up looking just like a factory tampo. Pic related, one of their metallic decals.

>>6412449
>>6412455
this looks like shiiiiit, I had no idea it was that bad

>>6412455
>her arms should have formed the cockpit
Then they would have even more kibble, this isn't a real issue, unless you are one of those 3 collectors that display their figures looking at the wall, then again you couldn't hanlde Blurr, Brainstorm, Chromedome, Highbrow or triggerhappy backpacks.

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Also, threadly reminder to buy Artfire.

>received my deluxe Optimus prime evolution 2 pack
>Open box
>Scratched face on both of them

This blows

Well, at least they fix the problem on WFC prime.

>>6412467
I literally said Triggerhappy's backpack was a better design in the post above. Also I've never heard anyone whine about Chromedome's backpack while Blurr and Brainsorm have the option to remove them at least.

I'll give you highbrow though, but that't the least of his mold's problems.

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>>6412484
I think Highbrow's mold gets too much shit. I got the Takara version and It's great. It just feels a bit more finished and has some smarter use of color. It goes a long way.

>>6412479
You already got me once, so you're not going to get me to buy him a second time. A very nice add to my shelf / desk.

>>6412333
The head is decent match for Skids, and the red stripe on the vehicle mode is specifically Skids.

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Made a couple paint changes to Perceptor and he ended up pretty animation perfect. If I'd do any more, it would be painting the top of the shoulders teal.

>>6412530
Just wait for the Takara version. They always do animation-accurate color schemes, for better and for worse. And they use higher quality plastic. I know people think that's a meme and they shout "SAME FACTORIES" but that doesn't mean they use the same materials. I own the Hasbro and Takara versions of all the original Autobot Headmasters, and I know I can tell you which look nicer.

>>6412536
>and I know I can tell you which look nicer.

The Hasbro, because the cartoon deco's for them were straight up trash. They ruined good molds by doing them in those colors, and tossed away perfectly good heads for those animation faces.

Just Got Seaspray. Pretty ok.

>>6412538
I meant in terms of plastic quality. In my opinion, the quality of materials trumps the paint apps. Hasbro's molds often had more variety in color, but the plastic looked like cheap, muddy shit compared to Takara's.

>>6412538
Hasbro doesn't know shit for coloring these figures.

>>6412536
There isn't really much that Takara could actually change to make it more animation accurate than what I did. Maybe cast the elbows in red plastic, and the teal on the shoulders. If they go super Takara on it, they'd adjust the hue on the teal itself and change the black to dark gray.

>>6412541
>but the plastic looked like cheap, muddy shit compared to Takara's

Funny you say that, because Hasbro Hardhead has proper grey and Takara's has that fucking hideous brown that looks like old worn plastic for their Hardhead. Easily the worst color combo of the cartoon deco'd Headmasters.

Of course, some are better. Takara Blur shits all over the Hasbro version, which didn't even go for a toy deco.

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>>6412538
>tossed away perfectly good heads

>that Skullcruncher head
>good

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>>6412547
>Hasbro Hardhead has proper grey and Takara's has that fucking hideous brown
I disagree. Hasbro's gray is still "muddy". You seem to just have an issue with the color itself and not the quality of the color. The brown on Takara's version catches light and shows its sculpted detail better than the Hasbro gray, in my opinion. That goes double for the green they used, SO much better on the Takara version. Even though there are fewer color variations and apps on the figure as a whole, the plastic colors manage to showcase the sculpted details so much more. I find this is true for every Takara bot I bought, besides Chromedome. His Takara color scheme is just too bland in both modes, although I still think his plastic quality is much higher. I ended up just popping his wheels off and swapping his red plastic bits because I felt they both looked better.

But whatevs. Agree to disagree. I own both, and while I like both decos for different reasons, I prefer Takara's. Also, the silver details along the edges of the tank treads make the alt. mode look miles better.

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The only thingsI don't like about this figure (aside from missing a waist swivel and ankle rockers) is the Lugnut-esque lobster tail. Wish it had one more hinge so it could flip up against the back thrusters.

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Kinda into the look of this head (neat too that the wings can unfold for the a more traditional look)

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>>6412536
>they use higher quality plastic

>>6412479
Okay Artfireanon, you got me. Just one thing before I bite the bullet: Can you give me a damage report? How many surfaces are painted? Any scrapes? Chrome wear?

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>>6412571
Did they not? I know people like to shout over and over that the plastic is identical, but holding both versions in hand, it's just not the case. Hasbro's often looks milky, swirly or muddied while Takara's looks more crisply opaque and solid, and shows off the sculpted detail better.

Like I said, even though they may be made in the same factories, that doesn't mean they're made to the same standards.

>>6412575
Here's the kicker; almost every surface on Artfire is painted. It's part of why he looks so good. Even his hands are painted. But I've transformed mine a ton of times, probably more than any other MP I own. The clearances are all good and the paint is durable. I haven't seen a single scratch or chip yet, besides one or two tiny ones in extremely unnoticeable areas. Similarly, the chrome has held up very well. I've only had him for a little over a month, but he's easily one of my most-handled toys. As long as the QC on mine is an indicator of general quality, you have nothing to worry about.

>>6412575
Not that artfire anon, but the only paint wear I have on mine is on the underneath his feet, which are partially painted black. Not terrible noticeable in either mode though.

The mold is really well engineered in terms of clearances. You can transform him back and form without letting a single painted surface touch another.

>>6412479
Do you really need to namefag, you spam this fucking figure every thread we know who you are.

>>6412585
>Hasbro's often looks milky, swirly or muddied while Takara's looks more crisply opaque and solid
That has to do with the color of the plastic, not the type.
>and shows off the sculpted detail better
And that has more to do with how worn-in the mold is, and each figure has multiple molds made. If I had to guess, Takara's set of molds are used less than Hasbro's.
>Like I said, even though they may be made in the same factories, that doesn't mean they're made to the same standards.
I've seen people have two left fists, missing parts, and so on with Takara figures.

Don't be a fanboy.

>>6412596
When people address me as Artfire-Anon, I will identify myself as thus. Plus, it's like my favorite figure of all time, so whatevs. I post plenty of times without the name. I'm sorry it triggers you so much.

>>6412585
>that doesn't mean they're made to the same standards
I can't be sure about the specific plastic mix Hasbro and Takara use, but I do know for a fact that Takara is the one that hires the factories in Asia and thus regulates QC for both Hasbro and Takara.

>>6412599
>That has to do with the color of the plastic, not the type.
Well then Takara chose better colors every time, because their colors show off the detail better.
>And that has more to do with how worn-in the mold is
I kind of doubt that. Sounds like something you made up. My Hardhead was one of the earliest. I bought him almost a year ago when Titans Return was just starting to trickle out, and he still doesn't look that great compared to my Takara, which I bought second-hand so I have no idea when he was made.
>I've seen people have two left fists, missing parts, and so on with Takara figures.
It happens, but it's never happened to me and I buy tons of Takara shit. Besides, I've heard far worse about Hasbro's QC, although I'll admit I've not had many other problems with Hasbro figures besides some loose joints, but any Transformers fan that doesn't keep a bottle of futureshine handy is painfully uninformed.

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>Evolution Pack
>Cloudraker and Wingspan

I don't know whether they are going for the irony point or not. But it is pretty funny packing the TR Kup mold with the WFC Prime together and calling evolution.

>>6411280
Rodimus Prime, cause I'm always second-guessing myself and making insensitive remarks.

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Nothing seriously wrong with the toys.
But I can really wonder why people saying Kup is one of the best TR deluxe mold?
The thing got great transformation yes, but due to its transformation, it is a pain to set its feet properly.

The 2 clones are OK. I wish they use better color. The coloring makes them looking like cheap KO. And no weapons, seriously?

>>6412625
Look how shitty all the new stuff looks compared to WFC Prime.

>>6412594
>but the only paint wear I have on mine is on the underneath his feet, which are partially painted black
Er, yes. I will say this. Thankfully it isn't very noticeable. I tend to slide my figures around on their feet a lot as I pose and position them on my desk, so I imagine if you avoid that, there would be no issue, but the parts that rub aren't really on display in either mode.

>>6411773
As much as I love that thing, it's far from perfect. It can barely stand up, and it can't even move its arms sideways.

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>>6412625
>But I can really wonder why people saying Kup is one of the best TR deluxe mold?

Cool transformation for the legs, good overall mold with no QC shit.

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And my biggest complain about the current day transformers toy.

Is hasbro trying to get people buying Tfer in brick and mortar stores again?

This is like the 3rd time in this month I got a figure with this big of paint QC problem. Who is OKing this in the assembly line?

As for WFC Prime. It is the same old figure. It pretty much got the same problem I had with the Nemesis version. As good as he is in articulation and parts, he is just very clumsy in poses for some reasons.

>>6412637
Go to bed old bot.

>>6412625
>no weapons, seriously?
No TR legends has included a gun, Brawn has a shield only because he need it for its altmode.

>Clones have no paint inside their fists.
Well, thats an upgrade, my Fastlane came with paint inside and it chipped right away.

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>>6412639
>No TR legends has included a gun

One came with a gun.

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>>6412618
I wonder why didn't they just use Orion Pax from T30. He actually does look convincingly like a young, lanky version of WFC prime in both modes , sorta like Chris Evans in Captain America, before and after steroids. Orion's Axe and blaster would also complement the WFC well.

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>>6412629
>Look how shitty all the new stuff looks compared to WFC Prime.

They should really use the FOC Prime instead for the 2 pack.

The general shape fits Kup better.

>>6412642
Thats a pizza box and you know it.

>>6412254
Movie Bumblebee is up there with G1 Optimus Prime as most iconic Transformer ever.

>>6412648
If TMNT taught me anything, it's that a pizza box is always a weapon.

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>>6412602
>Plus, it's like my favorite figure of all time, so whatevs
I've even grown to love his character. Like, the only actual bio he has is:
>"Patient and always puts his companions first. Because of this he is liable to ignore orders"
Which I fucking love. That dude who does his fucking job and is chill and level-headed, but is willing to fuck everything to do what he thinks is right when it matters most.

I kind of hope he gets used in something soon like the comics or whatever. He seems like he'd be a good straight-man in a group of bots.

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>>6412642
>>6412649

Wait, no, make that two. And it's a little missile launcher, obviously.

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>>6412648
Would Seaspray be okay with anchovies on his pizza?

>>6412652
>a pizza box is always a weapon.
Pizzas themselves are a weapon when flung at high velocity from a convoluted, weaponized land-vehicle. Jury is out on the boxes.

>>6412659
The boxes are launchers obviously.

>>6412657
While it's not as iconic, I'd say movie bee is definitely in the top 5 of recognized Transformers.

>>6412647
That one is tiny though

>>6412637
WFC poses badly because he just has way too many moving parts (which are kinda nice if you want the game character feel), and his feet which are pretty fucking limited despite being on ball joints.

>>6412669
I kind of find this is true about a lot of older figures that people want to wank over. They are more complex, but it usually just means there's a ton of shit hanging off them and getting in the way. They may have had more complex engineering, but it certainly wasn't smarter.

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>>6412564
I love this and the Titan Master gimmick but why do they add it though? Never seen him having that in the movie also

>>6412693
Rumors say that Cogman was supposed to rip Nitros head to use his body as a Headmaster, but the scene got cut.

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I think I might replace Sunstreaker with a Smokescreen figure.

>>6412693
It was probably for a scene in a possible movie script. The script was most likely not finalized when they were designing these figures.

>>6412564

>>By the way Enrique, Chad's sleeping with your wife.

>>6411957
>They're repainting Fangry in Bat Optimus colors
but why
Ptero would have made more sense

>>6412239

I miss Alternators. Too bad they'd try to charge $50 for them now.

>>6412761
I'd be happy to pay it if the quality was as good as back then, with better articulation like recent figures.

>>6412610
>Sounds like something you made up.
Same goes for everything you said.

Molds do wear out with use. Putting material into one and taking it back out over and over again will slowly erode the steel mold, eventually making the surfaces a small fraction of a millimeter deeper which makes the edges slightly less sharp as a result.

For example, I compared one of the KO Legends class Brawns with an authentic one recently. Supposedly someone in India or Vietnam sold the digital mold files to a chinese factory, so these weren't recasts. The KO had softer, worn in detailing because the molds they produced were made with a cheaper metal that wears out faster than the authentic steel molds. The plastic quality felt identical.

Now take into account how many toys Hasbro produces versus the more limited runs Takara makes, and it's possible that Takara has their own molds set aside for their own use. Or maybe they still use the same set of molds and one was already worn out and replaced by Hasbro, which Takara immediately used.

>>6411245
So, who's to blame for rushing out MPM Prime causing it not to tab together correctly?

>>6412794
>So, who's to blame for rushing out MPM Prime causing it not to tab together correctly?

Hasbro?

Just look at the latest wave of Titans Returns, one can clearly tell that Hasbro rushed them to get the movie line hence they are full of QC problem.

>>6412794
Hasbro gave it a budget instead of letting takara do what it wants and decide the price when its done.

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>>6412794
I want to like it but it looks fat and shitty from some angles. The chest engineering lacks the magic that MP megatron and artfire does.

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>>6411245
>Have the budget to coat a figure in paint
>use matte grey

Literally MP megatron levels of why.

>>6412805
I've been wondering if MP Megatron could've looked good without all that paint and just being cast in a nice grey plastic.
Takara not taking into account how the paint would affect clearances was pretty fucking stupid on their part.

>>6412809
>being cast in a nice grey plastic
>Nice plastic
>Grey
Hasbro probably told them no.

>>6412812
Silver would have been better looking. The joints and shit shouldn't have been painted regardless it fucks up him transforming bad.

>>6412815
idunno, HasTak's silver plastic is often swirly so it would still need the paint.
Their old grey plastic looked good but its shine/texture is still not up to par with MPs' look.

>>6412618
Ehobby orion pax homage?

>>6412602
Get a load of this faggot.

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>>6412479
Hauler repaint fucking when? I can't wait to pose it with CW Devastator.

I also hope they include Artfire's targetmaster with a matching paint job.

>>6412657
>>6412663
Definitely iconic whether we like him or not. When someone mentions Bumblebee they'll think of a yellow camaro before a yellow volkswagen.

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>>6412704
Makes sense since Barricade got a new head and knuckles prior to getting a CG model.

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>>6412625
>I wish they use better color.

Can't be helped. Those are their original colors.

>>6412637
On one hand we, the consumer shouldn't expect faults like these, on the other hand you do realize you're complaining about something hasbro considers a KIDS toy, one that just so happens to stroke an adults nostalgia boner.

Either buy it in store after checking out the figs carefully or stick to mp/3p's instead, while qc issues still happen least (by the majority) its meant to be an adult collectable....just stay away from the mpm's for the meantime

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This really is stretching the definition of a remold.

>>6412907
So Highbrow and Scourge both have Windblade's child-bearing hips.

>>6411280
Hotrod because I enjoy watching my wife have sex with others.
And I voted Hillary.

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>>6412907

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>>6412912
A TRUE PRIME WOULD NEVER CHOOSE A MANIACAL DESPOT.

that's why I chose Stein.

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>>6412909
I much prefer the thick thighs on a starfighter over this flimsy girly chunk... I feel a third party/3d printed thigh/leg piece would be the way to fix this issue.

>>6412907
She actually looks pretty decent, lack of wrist swivels and weird swords aside.

>>6412907
i think remolding is basically a dead concept for generations stuff and we need to move on from calling every single similar figure a remold. hastak are really clearly developing a library of transformation schemas and related parts that they modify as needed for new figures so that they don't spend time and money reinventing the wheel wave after wave.

>>6412919
Muh dick is diamonds

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>my legends weirdwolf hinge cracked after sitting around untouched, transformed twice, since release

God fucking damnit so much for MUH TAKARA, managed to get a replacement figure (also a legends, got it cheaper than a tr version) seeing how my attempt to repair it failed harder than vietnam's quality control.

So, HOW do I avoid this happening, watched a youtube video explaining boiling the poor thing in hot water and then adding oil to the hinge, any other solutions or did you just leave it alone?

>>6412355
>He's both. The Aaron archer era was a weird time, Wing saber was both an homage to Star saber..and Predaking.

How the fuck does Predaking fit into Wing Saber. I don't see it?

>>6412960
Why even buy a shit mold with problems like that?

>>6412960
Just rely on the rubbery red hinge, it holds up fine on its own

>>6412960
>HOW do I avoid this happening
You can't.

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>>6412772
I'm not saying mold degradation isn't a thing. I'm saying it's not responsible for the low-quality in Hasbro's toys. At least not the low-quality I'm talking about. What I'm seeing is clearly just a shitty mix of plastic that looks swirly and waxy.

Triggerhappy is one of the worst, his gray plastic is abysmal. It almost looks like it would melt at room temperature, or deform if you squeeze it too hard. Meanwhile, the gray plastic on even the G1 version of the toy is more deeply gray in color and seems more opaque, and therefor reflects light and shows detail better.

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>>6412966
And there's no comparison for it, but god dammit, how can you look at TR Megatron and not say Hasbro isn't using the absolute cheapest plastic they can manage while still passing child safety tests?

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>>6412966
Grey plastic is universally garbage. It's the worst plastic color. Anything is better. The only thing that works imo is when it's dark, like TR Trypticon or pic related.

>>6412960
Sometimes you just have to accept that a figure is shit.

>>6412909
Thank god, I thought I was going gay.

>>6412963
>Why even buy a shit mold with problems like that?
Same reason why I'm a seeker collector, I'm a completionist and I have the rest of the crew, at this point I'm dying for a titan scorponok, sad shit I know, just kill me already
>>6412964
Even so its rather unsightly to look at, toy overall is functional, its just weird, I have an mp ramjet, poor as fuck qc all over him, even his nose is chipped and I can tolerate it, this I can't

>>6412965
>You can't
Guess I'm leaving this one in whatever mode he comes in and the other will do the other mode
>>6412969
Well I did accept the mp11 mold is shit, just trying to look after my replacement...btw are you also artfire anon or just a copycat waiting for an mp roadhauler?

>>6412968
>>6412967

I love grey plastic, old G1 figures had a ton of it, like Powermaster Prime for example. It just wasn't A) thin and slightly translucent looking or B) swirly metallic.

Same thing for old Megazords too, really.

>>6412968
tr trypticon could be darker though, tries too hard to homage the toy and comes out drab

>>6412968
There are many grey plastics that look perfectly fine. Hasbro just loves using this murky, translucent looking grey plastic that I really haven't seen in many other toy lines.

>muh plastic
>muh superior japanese plastic folded over 100 gorillion times
It's like I'm really back in 2008

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>there is a gold chrome g1 jazz

Why does it exist and is the box that badly beat up to be 12k yen?

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>>6412907
Makes me wonder why they even bothered with the same thighs seeing how bad they look on Windblade anyway. It's like they were determined to reuse a part, any part. They just had to reuse something somewhere.

>>6412995
Engineer probably had a transformation scheme in mind and the part fit the requirements.

>>6412991
It is not there is any material difference between the plastic used by Hasbro and Takara,

The issue mostly comes down to the tone of the color.
Hasbro just doesn't seem to be willing to give their grey plastic a better tone of grey.

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What is the VERY WORST mold/figure of combiner wars?

>>6413004
I'm going to say either Blastoff.

>>6413004
Prime/motormaster mold.

Words fine as a stand alone figure but the combined mold was terrible.

>>6413006
Eh, works better for strafe and his ruination redeco which rotated the limbs so his tits aren't on display

>>6413004
Alpha Bravo copter molds

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>>6412800
Kinda unfair using a stock badly mistransformed photo.

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I'm thinking of biting the bullet on MP Primal, but I'm still lost on some details. How common are scratches for you guys? Is his robot head clearance really that tight? And most of all, does he have any diecast?

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>>6412972
>are you also artfire anon or just a copycat waiting for an mp roadhauler
The latter. I'm not gonna spam that shit though.

>>6412984
Yeah, I would much rather have had a darker Trypticon.
Would someone please help me decide to get Tryps or not?
Cons
>Hate the color
>Leg fix is a bother
Pros
>It's fucking Trypticon
>Huge Necro fan

>>6413024
>And most of all, does he have any diecast?
Besides screws, nope.

And I've got the normal release, no scratches yet after almost a year.

>>6413024
The head clearance isn't tight if you actually clear the way properly and move the panels right. A lot of people try forcing the head through when they haven't made the proper clearance themselves.

>>6413008
Seconding Motormaster. I tried really hard to get his combiner mode to hold together in a fashion that was fun to play with, but to no avail. Onslaught is my favorite combiner body fig. Like it in all modes.

>>6413004
Worst in terms of design? Motormaster/op, Terrible combined mode.

Worst in terms of issues? Alphabravo/ Blades/Vortex, if left unmodified the foot and hand hole will break.

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>>6413004
Motormaster is alright standaone but his combine mode is the worst, he needs addons/mods.

2nd place to Deadend/Wildrider for its autodestructive issue, I don't know how it happen but sudenly the windshield panel doesn't fit well anymore, it jams and scraps aginst the back corner, I had this happened to me three times.

>>6413011
It isn't the best looking but its far from the worst.

>>6413004
Most of the deluxes, honestly. Skipped the line entirely because the gimmick meant most toys were gimped and really shit looking just to function well as a leg/arm.

>>6413026
The hip issue isn't a common issue, only 2 reports from the reviews out, hes the original cityformer, wait or the Takara if you wat a darker deco, I'm almost 90% sure that we haven't seen Takara Trypt yet, they wouldn't let Necro without any paint, then again they may change their titanmaster sculpt.

>>6413045
>if left unmodified the foot and hand hole will break.
Why would you push the HFG peg into a port thats clearly too small? that breakage is easy to avoid.

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I don't consider my fix job for tr broadside to be any good, namely because my paint jobs are best suited to smaller sections, but thinking of doing small touches to this guy.

Rims are easy, silver leaf rims with a gloss topcoat, but what else?

Because the default toy colors homage star convoy I was thinking yellow for the truck front headlights, what about the bellow button for the spring gimmick should I leave that or should I throw some more color there?

What about his head, could go silver leaf again to make it like the star convoy headcrest or should I leave it, rather undecided but unlike the belly button or truck front it'll be easier to fix if I change my mind.

As for the stickers they can stay for now, the shoulder pylons do their job despite the rubbish plastic used.

>>6413026
Don't count a name as a pro, but the leg fix isn't so bad depending on what method.

I put in plastic inserts between the ratchets so now those very destructive springs are what holds him up via friction rather than the ratchets cranking into oblivion, he holds up well but full support of the tail and keeping the legs straight in SOME poses are a necessity, if worse comes to worse I can take said inserts out as nothing gets physically modified, the biggest bother is not having the assembly fly up in your face because of the springs.

All I used was screw drivers and plastic cups, don't stuff the legs with paper that shit rots

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>>6413066
Its nearly release and the last promo only shown him with full sticker deco and nothing has changed.

The hip issue IS common (can confirm, forum member of the Australian tf boards), its because the springs are too powerful, you can feel the ratchets power as you frank it, and despite nothing IN the ratchets showing otherwise alot of breakages happen making the legs go backwards from full standing straight pose (pic related, trying to make them go back from here is scary), with minimal play we're speculating the ratchets will destroy themselves eventually because of how soft the plastic is used for the ratchet enclosure.

Takara's possible fix could be to factory cut the springs themselves but then you lose necessary friction unless they do something very different, personally the friction mods work better, rather than being limited to the ratchets you get full rotation

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>>6413072
>>6413066
>crank it

I should be asleep, but pic related ratchets wouldn't let me do this before modification, felt alot of resistance and there was nothing there at all.

On one hand you are correct, only a few have broken, but everyone has noted how strong those ratchets are and when they bust its during movement, he's a giant toy, not statue shit

>>6413071
>Rims are easy

Are you doing it by hand?

>>6413077
Yes, I could mask them off and spray but I can't really be bothered doing that, good thing about the rims is they have an "edge" that only a fat hand with a disability could possibly fuck up, paint by numbers essentially

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>>6413076
I said it because thats what I read on late reviews, but anyway it isn't that hard to fix, should be getting mine in a few days.

>I should be asleep
Good night annon.

>>6413066
Oh, I was certain that every figure had fragile hips but only 2 had actually broken.
Might also go Takara for less stickers, and the SMALL chance of them actually fixing the hips. Even if they use the same factories, Takara does seem to have a more strict quality control so far.

>>6413071
>Don't count a name as a pro
Well it's a personal thing. I find a pimp with a dinosaur ride hilarious.

>the leg fix isn't so bad depending on what method
Thanks, but I'm still not sure if it's worth the trouble.

>>6413082
>but anyway it isn't that hard to fix
Its not, but the spring cut method can be detrimental if done incorrectly, would rather non-committal fixes, was gonna stuff them with cardboard initially
>should be getting mine in a few days
Where you from, hope you aren't paying import fees
>Good night annon
kek not yet, night owl, but cheers

>>6413083
>less stickers
The takara promo shots show him with the hasbro factory supplied stickers, at first I thought they painted the eyes but they're on the sticker sheet in chrome
>and the SMALL chance of them actually fixing the hips
I would hope that's the case, uw devastator's arm ratchet change wasn't known until people compared in hand, they could well be taking our feedback and doing something special.
>Takara does seem to have a more strict quality control so far
After mp ramjet I'm not so sure, however seeing how the intended audience of their products is alot smaller and more autistic they would have to closely watch what happens during production, I speculate.
>Well it's a personal thing. I find a pimp with a dinosaur ride hilarious
Good point actually
>Thanks, but I'm still not sure if it's worth the trouble.
Either fix, clogging the ratchets or cutting the springs seems a worry, clogging the ratchets is less trouble as you don't need to measure the springs or worry about adding additional friction afterwards.

But if you want a glimmer of safety for him, no matter what version, DO NOT crank the legs from straight standing position ie backwards, and do each crank CLOSELY one at a time, don't go thrashing those legs around, if he feels tight during movements consider concern

>>6413095
>Where you from, hope you aren't paying import fees
Tacoland, my wallet is used to get fucked by now, got him for 220 usd shipped so it wasn't that bad.

>>6412992
Those tiny dents in the corners is the Mandarake standard for "box completely destroyed beyond repair, included because not even the japanese garbage disposal system wants it polluting their garbage".

>>6413004
Breakdown, always Breakdown.