Transformers General: Funpub is Dead Edition

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just saw this guy in hand
he has a very sexy shade of green and for 30 bucks i'm pretty tempted

>>5553966
God I hate that sight unseen business model. Why can't they try to make 6 relatively strong figures instead of trying to trick us into buying potentially 4 stupid ones by showing 2? It's like we're being held hostage so some walky-type faggot can get his autistic lose figure made.

>>5553993
Go for it.

Funny that when I first saw the figure I mistaken it was from a third party company.

>>5553966
I must say, that Ramjet is very sexy, and the headsculpt may be one of the most decent they ever made.

>>5553738
>full faceplate head

Thank sweet robot monkey Jesus. I never could stand the "lips between faceplates" shit they do in some of the series. It looks like pure shit. Something like >>5553966 isn't so bad because the mouth IS the faceplate, more or less.

Thats pretty much the only thing saving the MP for me, that I can get it with the proper faceplate.

>nb4 that is an exclusive or they just decide not to include that part

>>5553966
Allways had a soft spot for the Pretenders since the were my first Transformers,May get that Optimus if the secondary prices aren't too bad

>>5553966
Nah OP it's cool. just keep forgetting to link to the new thread.

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Got Brawl a little while ago, and I'm honestly really digging him. Maybe it's the almost permanent crotch-thrust.

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Also, while the arms are pretty restricted, I was surprised by just how much leg range he has.

>>5554043

He can do most poses you'd need him to honestly. He's really just missing the "arm sticking straight to the side" pose.

Only downside is the people who got waists that don't tab in right. Mine tabs fine, but floppy ass waists aren't that uncommon.

>>5554047

Shouldn't need to, but I found out the future finish/clear nail polish treatment gives Brawl the clicking waist that stays in place.

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>>5554047
Mine sort of tabs in. Like I can definitely feel the point where it "locks" but it doesn't take much for it to become undone. Doesn't really hinder my enjoyment of him though.

On a side note I can't handle how cute these little guys are.

>>5554051

Only problem i had with my Brawl oddly enough was his one right shoulder joint being a bit floppy. Put some futureshine in there, seemed to fix it for now.

Now if only it would fix my UW Motormaster's right upper elbow joint. I swear I've put half a cup in there over about 5 or 6 attempts at trying to get it to tighten and it just doesn't work for that joint for whatever reason.

>>5554053

What are those? Never seen'em before.

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>>5554060
Q-Transformers made by Takara. They turn into little chibi vehicles.

>>5553966
Ramjet looks nice and I wouldn't mind that Optimus pretender. But fuck funpub I'll never give those assholes anymore money every again.

>>5554053
>>5554062
How common are QTs in Japan? A friend of mine is heading there next week, and I'm hoping that it isn't too much trouble for her to walk into a toy store and pick one up for me.

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>tfw HasTak will never ever make "Classics Gobots"

>>5554116
Bad example, that one got a homage figure repainted from classics Mirage for the first movie line.

>>5554116
that's because the actual designs belong to Bandai.

I suppose that Machine Robo MP-styled line may someday come out but they won't have HB toon heads. For now you have Cocomone, which is an okay modern Crasher, but really overpriced.

could MP-09 be my Rodimus Prime and the new MP just Hot Rod?

>>5554107
Seen people post photos of full pegs of em in TRU Japan.
I think Yodabashi Camera and Bic Camera stock them too.

Got Leader UM today. Not bad. lacking some articulation I'd like and can't hold his guns for shit, but will look great on my shelf with the rest of the LL crew.

>>5554161
I like him, but I wish that Minimus could store in the vehicle modes cab, like can be done with headmasters.

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>>5554161
>tfw $40 Leader has more articulation than $200 MP

>>5554178
How so?

I painted all the gold on battle core prime to blue and dear Lord the colors are so much more pleasant. I'm not that great at painting so it's not perfect, but I just hate the color gold.

>>5554178
It doesn't though. Their articulation is almost the same with MP getting wrist swivels and CW getting a forward and back foot rocker.

>>5554197
pics

>>5554201
It's not pretty. Its gotta be cleaned up and I need a finer brush for the gears on his legs. Give me a bit.

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>>5554197
>>5554201
>>5554204
IT STILL NEEDS A LOT OF WORK

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>>5554218
This is where it gets to where you know a finer brush and some white paint is needed.

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>>5554223
And this is where I've barely touched. Just a basic slap some paint on and fix it up later.

Again. I know a lot more work is needed.

>>5554218
>>5554223
>>5554226
thin your paints brah

>>5554193

CW Leader Magnus actually has good hip and knee range. And arm range.

>>5554234
Yep I know. As I said I'm far from done.

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>>5554234
Still better than this.

>>5554264
Lord have fucking mercy. Will people just put ledger joker on anything?

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>>5554116
WHEN THE FUCK ARE THESE COMING OUT

>>5554013
>I never could stand the "lips between faceplates" shit they do in some of the series.

I thought you fanboys bitched whenever something was even the tiniest bit inaccurate to the TV show

>>5554294
He's not complaining about inaccuracy. He doesn't like a design used in the show.

>>5554289
Probably never, jfc. I just want Cykill and Crasher. I'd get the whole line, but those two /need/ to come out.

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>>5554316
Relatedly

Crasher/Fracture is the best fembot.

>>5554327
Well fuck, I thought for sure I'd seen a gray prototype of crasher too, but apparently not. Fuck nvm.

>>5554294

I just don't like it because it looks like shit. I've got no problem with BW, or any of the other series except for the Bayshit.

Just pointing out I'm happy with the (hopeful) inclusion of closed faceplate Monkimus Primal, because that was one aspect of his design that always looked terrible.

Then again I also think the ultra-smooth face designs like the Prime show look bad too.

>>5554377
what is this?

>>5554384
Alpha Trion

>>5554385

The head doesn't look much like him though. Then again it's blurry, grainy, and in black and white, so it could just be that.

>>5554385
>>5554377
really?
he looks fat!

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>>5554388

>>5554377
I'm excited. Look at that fucking sword! He's probably what I'm looking forward to the most.

>>5554391
Angle sucks, image is blurry, and the colors are hard to distinguish so he may not be as fat as he appears.

>>5554395

Ok, that looks recognizable. The toy's head horns look a bit taller compared to the artwork though.

>>5554377
Putting him next to my cybertron vector prime. Seems very fitting to do so.

>>5554377
I hope he has thigh swivels.

>>5554414

Doesn't look like he does from the pic, unless they're REALLY high up by his leg ball (?) joints.

>>5554417
I see something on his right thigh that could be the socket where the peg would go.

But hey it's a tripleformer that needs a robot vehicle and beast mode. Things might get sacrificed. Still getting him.

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>>5554377
I'm not gonna mince words.
That looks like shit.

>>5554419

Eh, if theres going to be sacrifices, I'd rather it not be in the legs like that. It looks like he might (?) have some wrist swivel. Thats the sort of stuff you can easily sacrifice due to, you know, still being able to pull off plenty of poses with arm/elbow ball joints and swivels, but a leg swivel actually can help with important shit like making a figure stand in dynamic poses.

>>5554395
Looks like Galactus' younger brother who is into furry cosplay shit and embarrasses him every time he goes out in public

>>5554377
>that head horns
that's just.. weird looking
I'm starting to think the retool we'll eventually get will be "the fallen" or "onyx prime"
but if they go leige maximo, I will buy that in a heartbeat.

>>5554440

Galactus doesn't have a brother.

>>5554497
>autism dictates that I dismantle your galactus joke

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9S0pLTcqNzc&ebc=ANyPxKqfjUxD_Mx9B_hwIHGdIPxlVc_RRpV9Zc4RP5tNcc_QXse_lNre0Hn1cs3lerzvvSQ5qwwYV4MCYXLFRJhaokn0-T-Img

Review for Predacus' upper body. Just make sure to mute it since Optibotimus is in full shill mode for this "review".

>>5554289

> No scooter.

They herped when they should've derped.

>>5554510
Not really, Scooter Robo never appeared for more than a quick scene in the Machine Robo anime(which these are based off), unless they're working on a full line of everyone he'd be super low priority

>>5554505
Watched it earlier. All the headsculpts look like shit, but then again I'm not a fan of the source material to begin with.

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>>5553997

>>5554377
Please don't let this be Weirdwolf.

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>>5554264
Kids these days, swear to Ga.

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>>5554505
I like the design of the heads, but the execution makes them look like cake blobs. It's an awful contrast to the sharp angles and flat surfaces of their bodies. Worst of all, the flat unpainted red makes it look a knockoff and seriously obscures the detail.

If these heads came out badly, I fear to see how disastrous Ravage's head looks.

>>5554581
Bravo Funpub.
>"it's the factory's fault."

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>>5554377
>zmultiplier posts grayed-out, inverted, cut-up images
>Starscream just uploads the actual images
Have some IRL product images of Titans Return Legends Wave Two.

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>>5554595
Still no trace of the missing third Legends figure.

..Or if there's a third figure in this wave at all.

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>>5554595
>the Legends-size casettes turn into vehicles for their Leader Class' Headmasters to drive around their little playset mode in

This is amazing
It's all I could ever have wanted

>>5554598
It really is the perfect time to bring out new versions of the audiobots for the mainline.
>boomboxes aren't that ridiculous when you also have robotic bats and alligators
>potential Headmasters cartoon redecos for Soundblaster and Twincast
>playset modes are Titan Master dance parties

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>>5554264

Joker?

>>5554377
>>5554395

Yup that's A3.

Hasbro should rerelease the dinobot combiner from PCC in CW

>>5554377
>>5554395

>Bearmode Techno Viking Unicorn-Wolf Alpha Trion
What the fuck are the designers smoking this time around? I love it.

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>>5554505
>Actually paying 400 bucks for this shit
What the fuck is wrong with people?

>>5554614
Old molds are expensive. Way too many parts for today's "everyone is a repaint" budget.

>>5554620
Beaten housewife syndrome.

>>5554620
>I absoutely have to say?, The best combiner of this wave FunPub gave us, in a way that kinda sorta relates to what Transformers is all about. I knowthe technicals aren't very good, absoulutely. Wether its filling up my truck, or making videos for you guys, I'm always drinking diet coke

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Minicon-mad man here

I just bought the Off-Road Micromaster team off eBay on a whim (it was £10 for the four of them, could I say no?). Did I fuck up or are they fun

Should I buy more

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Did someone say Mini-cons?

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>Concept art for proposed 1991 Off Road Patrol "Micro Commando" retool.

I wish these existed.

>>5554377

Eh. We'll see what he gets remolded into.

>>5554647

>"Commander Ultra Magnus, sir? This gun is bigger than my entire body."
>"Yes, and?"

>>5554648
TakaraTomy will definitely slap a lioconvoy paintjob on it, remolded or not.

>>5554653

Given that they've already show new heads on the Deluxe Headmasters, I wouldn't be surprised if they sculpt a new head for that too.

>>5554654
if they retool the arms to have a lion head on one that'd be mighty impressive

>>5554654
Or they could just use the Powermaster Prime headmaster

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>>5554643
>Arms Microns
Those things make me wish I was collecting during Prime.

>>5554657

That's not a bad idea.

Is that possible between the different size classes?

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>>5554659
They're pretty amazing. Easily one of the best gimmicks TFs have had in years.

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>>5554663
>All those 5mm pegs and holes for endless combinations
They really should've kept that for the RID minicons.

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>>5554662
Yeah, all of the figures Deluxe and up are compatible with the Titan Masters.

They're gonna have to retool the toy anyway, though; Voyagers and Leaders have additional helmets built into the bodies; these flip up and go over the Titan Master in order to keep head size proportional to body size.

>>5554435
Well if you look at the pose if his left leg there is some kind of joint giving it an angle. We'll see.

>>5554668
I'm surprised hasbro didn't get on that train. If they did they'd still be selling arms microns this year. Minicons that turn into functional weapons are my favorite gimmick ever and I'd lcollect every single one.

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>>5554663
Woah, is that an Arms Micron that turns into a drill?

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>>5554707
At least the playskool line and future RID minicon releases have the minicon to weapon functionality.

>>5554707

It surprises me they never thought of making Prime's gimmick this instead of relic hunting.

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>>5554717
Mini-Con hunting?

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>>5554711
man, i love the legends shockwave
i just wish he wasn't made of clear plastic, it makes me nervous when fiddling with him

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>>5554720
I know what you mean; his loose feet are worrying enough.. But then there's the fact that they're connected to the biggest chunks of translucent purple on this guy.

>>5554711
Yep, it's Balo/Baro G. The regular version came with Starscream(?) and a chrome version came with Thundercracker.

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>>5554726
i don't think i' transform him much.
hopefully his repaint will be made of normal plastic.
i'll buy it instantly

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>>5554384
>>5554385

>>5554718

Transformers Prime is in many ways a lot like Armada...though maybe a bit inversed.

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>>5554731
Good luck, anon. I can't help but transform him, that gun mode is too fun.

I wonder how Takara could possibly make this toy look sexier.

>>5554734
Okay that was kind of funny.

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>>5554749
>he ends up in the tfa line
>they'll stick a huge sticker on his chest

Its not so bad when its RiD but when its a legends class...I'm still reeling from the insecticons, such glorious paint jobs ruined by that damn sticker

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>>5554749
goddammit i know!

>>5554752
as long as it ain't made of clear plastic i'll be happy

>>5554752
>tfa line
You mean TAV, the Adventure toyline, right? Someone also said TFA in the last thread (the Tokyo guy), and I'm still not sure if they meant Adventure or Animated.

>>5554752
>such glorious paint jobs ruined by that damn sticker
You mean the ones very easily removed?

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>>5554757
Derp, yeah tav line

>>5554760
>You mean the ones very easily removed?

The insecticons were the worse offender but the main issues were the lack of faction symbol once removed.

That and the remolding just for where the sticker goes, but otherwise you're correct

>>5554770
Yeah the molding is stupid, but faction symbols are easy to get a hold of. I don't just mean like reprolabels. I mean like go to any dollar store and buy a pack of AoE stickers. They work well.

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>>5554774
>tfw australian dollar stores don't have anything other than generic flowers and power battler transformers

>>5554778
That's a bummer. You should Still be able to find them at other places in party sections. I'm lucky enough to have a mom that works with a greeting card company to kill time and when I go to visit her I come back with all kinds of party supplies they were going to throw out and those stickers have worked very well in a pinch.

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Does anyone still have their Mechtech weapons? They make for decent combiner guns.

I can't believe I hadn't tried this before.

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Vote for most underrated Transformer? Mine goes to Human Alliance Tailpipe.

>Poseable
>Clever-but-simple Transformation
>Looks good in both modes, night ops as fuck
>comes with a Targetmaster, Pinpointer
>Targetmaster can fold up on his rear section
>or just flat-out use him as a motorcycle instead of the human partner

and the best part...

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...Tailpipe is a Targetmaster too.

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>>5554434
im gonna mince YOU anon

Seriously though you like touhou and transformers too? wanna talk and be pals anon?

>>5554784
>>5554785

He's pretty great.

I love that he's got four eyes.

>>5554784
Aw man, he's his own Double Targetmaster.

>>5554784
Hunted for this guy so much, now you make me willing to ebay him.

>>5554795
Fun fact: he has a little face moulded below the night ops goggles, but it's unpainted and barely visible. Most think (or choose to believe because it's 100x cooler) that the goggles are his eyes.

>>5554784
I thought about buying this guy to paint into Sideways, but I thought it'd be too small.

>>5554789
Alpha Trion is an old hag

>>5554505

Does he say 'Tremendous' and 'Amazing' a lot?

>>5554828
Alpha Trion is seventeen years old!

>>5554828
>>5554833
Is this a 2hu meme

>>5554835
VA Joke.

Alpha Trion = Yukarin
Optimus = Reimoo
Roddy = Sanae
Unicron = hungry ghost
Rumble = Suika

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>>5553966
Whats good yall, anyone here planning on buying a BorstPlaat for their CW Hotspot?

>>5554841
Honestly Unicron and Suika got alot in common

>Orange
>Horns
>Associated with demons
>One of the most powerful characters in their series
>One is gigantic, one can become gigantic
>One eats alot the other drinks alot

>>5554843
>BorstPlaat
What'd you fucking call me?

>>5554849
Horse fat

>>5554841
Does that make Waspinator Wriggle?

>>5554871
Seems like Waspiantor should be Cirno and Scorponok should be Wriggle.

>all this moeblob anime nonsense being spouted ITT
well at least it isn't Kiss Players I guess

>>5554907
It's quick and simple discussion, which is still somewhat related to TFs.

So much better already.

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Quick! Name your favourite gimmick.

>>5554922
Transformation.

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>>5554922
Mini-Cons!

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>>5554922
Combining!

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>>5554922
Interpretative transformations

>>5554922
5mm pegs and holes.

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>>5554922
Minicons, Targetmasters, Breastmasters, Headmasters, Micromasters... Small bots of any kind.

>>5554943
What is lower left and how is it different from center right?

>>5554950
>What is lower left
Hovercraft
>how is it different from center right?
That's a car.

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>>5554922

>>5554907
>2hu
>anime

Fucking casuals

>>5554922
Mini-Cons
Arms Microns
Light-piping
Translucent plastic

>>5554954
Okay. Sure. That's nice, Megatron.

He tried.

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>>5554956
>Mini-Cons
>Arms Microns
Aren't they all Microns?

>>5554973
Minicons is the north american name. Microns is the Japanese one.

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>>5554922
LIGHT PIPING

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>>5554923
>Transformation.
>"They're Transformers. Wow enough."

>>5554975
I know, but anon separated the Arms Microns from Mini-Cons in general. They're all still Mini-Cons.

>>5554963
Nigga when one hovers and one drives around on wheels you'll damn well NOTICE the difference

>>5554922
well integrated springloaded gimmicks activated by either a minicon or a small key.

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>>5554977
I will never not be amused to see figures with dead light piping (ie. painted over, black plastic, no head room).

>>5554973
Arms Microns have a shitload more 5mm ports and are like mini model kits.

It's like the difference between a Bayformer toy and a Mechtech toy.

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>>5554977
hnnng

>>5554989
I suppose that is true. At this point, Mini-Cons can be separated by era.
>Armada Mini-Cons
>Classics Mini-Cons
>PCC Mini-Cons
>Arms Microns
>FOC Minicons (cassetticons)
>Mini-Con Assault Team??
>RID Minicons
>Rescue Bots Minicons

>>5554998
but which are the best?

armada imo

>>5555012
I prefer the ones that turn into weapons.
>The few in Armada
>PCC minicons
>Arms Microns
>Rescue Bot Minicons.

>>5555012
Definitely Armada.
>diverse alt modes
>wide variety of gimmicks with the teams
>number of molds + amount of redecos = collectible fun

I'd place Arms Microns in second place, with PCC in third.

>>5555012
armada had a great idea in gimmicking the minicons.
you had the sets that combined, then the themed sets, the few that were triplechangers and all of them had pretty nice transformations too.

>>5554998
Are micromasters considered minicons?

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>>5554980
>Wanting stupid gimmicks over well-designed, original transformations

>>5555042
>Not wanting to have blades that pop out of the arms, missiles launchers, and deployable battle masks

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>>5555036
I sure group them in with the Mini-Cons. Officially though, they're kinda different things.

The casseticons are apparently Minicons now, and most every small robot in Prime and RID is called a Mini-con.

Some Targetmasters have been called Mini-Cons in official packaging (like Nightstick), but the Micro/Targetmasters from the T30 two-packs were only called "partner robots".

The -Masters were recently said to all come under the umbrella term "Titan Master", although this announcement was first implemented in a line full of only Headmasters (so far).

Feel free to mix them all together regardless!

>>5555056

I'd rather they focus on making good toys than implimenting shit gimmicks. Autochangers (or whatever they're called) is the type of shit thats not needed.

Head/Targetmasters with on-toy storage are fine. Light up gimmicks aren't because they can get in the way of making a good toy. Any spring loaded "ACTION ARM" shit is usually bad. Etc.

As long as it doesn't impede a good toy or fuck articulation I'm OK with it.

>>5555056

If they are non-intrusive to the transformations and articulation, sure. But most minicon shit from the Armada era was terrible in that regard.

The Animated Prowl or RiD Vehicon leg transformations are more amazing to me than any Armada minicon gimmick or shitty Energon combiner.

>>5554947
Same. Wish they'd go back to making Legends figures with targetmasters. I loved that shit.

>>5555059
>Light up gimmicks aren't because they can get in the way of making a good toy.

No, badly-implemented light-up gimmicks get in the way of making a good toy. Good light-up gimmicks make a good toy great.

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So has there been any reports of this guy crumbling/breaking in odd places? I love the colors, but I'm not blowing out $100 for 1/6 of it to shatter into pieces.

>>5555104
GPS isn't like brittle clear plastic. It takes a long time to manifest.

>>5555104
It's takes years not months for it to manifest
Earliest we might know is late next year

>>5555081
Piss me off when CWs legend scale figures was the same idea they just got rid of the mini fig and ask the same price for it

>>5555104
We'll know in 3 or 4 years, thats how long it taked for my protoform Starscream to crumb.

>>5554620
bu but my collectors items... funpube said they are good figures that everyone wants...

>>5555104
I heard they fixed GPS, but to be honest Transformers plastic quality has been so piss-poor lately that I wouldn't be surprised if it made a comeback.

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TF Animated
>Blackout makes things lose power
>Hot Shot conjures fire for shooting
>Cyclonus has wind abilities
>Ironhide can generate body plating to make him invulnerable

why doesnt Hasbro do this anymore?

>>5555178
okay, thats kinda clever...

>>5555177
It's a potential issue in all plastics with metallic bits in them. That includes Fire Convoy/RID Optimus Prime and GPS hasn't manifested in that yet.

>>5555178
Random superpowers are bullshit.

>>5555178
They have on IDW, even have a subgroup called outliers:

Windcharger, whose arms act as magnets.
"Glitch" render non-sentient objects non-functional by touching them.
Skids, who can quickly perfect any new skill he wants to.
Trailbreaker, who can generate forcefields.
Skywarp, who can teleport.
Soundwave, who has hearing so strong he can pick up thoughts.
Ragnarok, who can bud identical copies of himself.
Carnivac, whose sonic powers can debilitate other Cybertronians.
Tailgate, who suffered a stress related mutation and developed enhanced strength, speed, and durability.
Mindwipe, who has telepathic powers.

this isnt fucking xmen, this is a japanese toyline about knock off gundams

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>>5555188

>>5555193
Well the guy that make their personalities was a Marvelfag.

>>5555195
>comics

oh right, I keep forgetting /co/ faggots think they belong here and not just care about toys like real anons do

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>>5555188
>Random superpowers are bullshit.

>>5555193
>this isnt fucking xmen, this is a japanese toyline about knock off gundams

>What is Brawn's super strength
>What is Trailbreaker's barriers
>What are Frenzy/Rumble's shockwaves/earthquakes
>What is Mirage's invisibility
>What is Skywarp's teleportation

Some transformers had that kind of powers since G1, you morons.

>>5555199
When it carried over to the cartoon where Windcharger would cast magnets and Skywarp would teleport, it is infectious.

>>5555203
Which should not have existed to begin with.

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>>5555193
>>5555199
>>5555199
>>5555207

>>5555211
Transformers already have a bunch of racial superpowers by being living shapeshifting robots.

>>5553966
>funpub is dying
>we never got g1 datsun repaints from the rts jazz mold
Sigh

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>>5554505
Why is Ramhorn's drill backwards? It looks dumb.

So judging from the various repaints in Combiner Wars, is Hasbro getting better with dealing with things like mold degradation? Pretty much all the issues that first releases of a mold had have been corrected in later releases, such as Dead End's hands, Motormaster's hip ratchets, and the shins on Onslaught.

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>>5555252
>>5554505
>Make back of tank mode hollow and shitty looking since no one will look at it
>Make back of tank mode into front of drill mode because cheapass fuckery
>Don't bother remolding back of tank mode
>Drill Tank looks like shit

>>5554784
Neat. I didn't know that movie line targetmasters existed.

>>5554922
-Master figures. Mainly Head and Brainmasters because they can also become a little pilot in the figure's altmode.

>>5555081
I could never really get into the Legends Targetmasters. I guess the whole triple changing aspect at that scale really muddled it up for me. I honestly would've preferred more vanilla guys that simply turn into a dedicated gun.

>>5555178

Because every robot having superpowers makes them all less special. And like >>5555192 shows, they often come up with shit explanations for them to boot.

It'd be totally in theme to have certain bots built with certain rare tech, but it's just plain retarded that they have flat out space magic superpowers.

>>5555203
>What is Brawn's super strength

Powerful servo's in his arms could be an easy explanation.

>What is Trailbreaker's barriers

Forcefield generator.

>What are Frenzy/Rumble's shockwaves/earthquakes

Thats not a superpower, thats having powerful fucking pistons for arms.

>What is Mirage's invisibility

Stealth technology, shit we're developing similar shit IRL.

>What is Skywarp's teleportation

Teleporters are a common thing in sci-fi stuff (which Transformers is).

>>5555279

what should Prowl, Ratchet or Bumblebee's powers be like?

>>5555301
bumblebee just bumbles all the time.

prowl seeks young children

ratchet is a 30 year old crackwhore sucking dicks behind the kfc dumpster for drugmoney.

>>5555301
Electrical weapons, stealth and holograms, EM pulse generator.

>>5555279
A U T I S M

Do you really think it's completely ridiculous for different robots to have different features?

>>5555324

Yeah that was that in Animated.

I should have figured that.

Find then what should Rodimus, Ultra Magnus and the other 86's Bots and Cons powers be?

>>5555327
Springer can jump better than the average Transformer.

>>5555327
Hot Rod/Rodimus should be able to go fast or use flamethrowers
Ultra Magnus is a bit like Optimus Prime. I don't think he'd have any explicitly special traits but is an all-around skilled warrior

>>5555327
>Find then what should Rodimus, Ultra Magnus and the other 86's Bots and Cons powers be?

Hot Rod: Plot armor via using other bots as human shields.

Ultra Magnus: Ability to somehow not die despite being blown apart.

Arcee: Can make you a sandwich at light speed.

Bonus: G1 Japan Arcee has the power to merge unnoticed into the background

Springer: Competence. A far rarer power than you'd think.

Blur: Speedforce.

>>5555366
Well yeah, Ultra Magnus is like 90% Armor, he's just a little guy in there driving it.

>>5555310
>ratchet is a 30 year old crackwhore sucking dicks behind the kfc dumpster for drugmoney.
Lel

Did anybody ever discover a use for that tab and port on CW Groove's legs? Aborted weapon mode?

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Any other assholes who wouldn't mind getting figs of these guy?

>>5555402
The Peg and Port? Interestingly enough,you can fit UW Groove's guns on either side using them.

I still haven't found a good way to translate that into a proper gun mode, but experiments continue.

>>5555377

He said G1, Anon. The actual Ultra Magnus. Not the IDW version where he's literally a Gundam piloted by another 'bot.

>>5554922
Non scramble city combining ie armor-based, Superlink/Duocons/Triocons, Safeguard, the stuff from RID2001, Devastator. Supermodes like Energon Landmine and Bulkhead count too.

>>5555428
I was thinking more along the lines of the movie designs.

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>>5554377

>no ankle tilts
>possibly no wrists or leg swivels.

FUCKING WHY THIS SHIT ACTUALLY LOOKS GOOD

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>>5555366
>Ability to somehow not die despite being blown apart

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>>5554377
What's up with his feet? Roller skates?
Anyway, I really hope they do a Cybertron Snarl repaint.

>>5555438
G1 Magnus was a guy in armor, too (albino prime). Just a less drastic ratio between the armor and the actual bot.

>>5555326
What are you going on about? He was explaining that they aren't powers. Just that they are robots.

It's like how iron man can do all kinds of crazy things. It's not a power. Its just the suit.

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>>5555467
look at the hand holding the sword. its tilted slightly and not parrallel to the elbow joint where as the other hand looks parrallel

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>>5555192
>windcharger
should blast wind, or run fast. Skids too
>carnivac
sounds more like a kirby-like character
>tailgate
i dont know what enhanced abilities has to do with a storage compartment

>>5555483
Toy wise yes. Character wise it's honestly up in the air. Nothing happened in the G1 show to signify he was a bot in Armor. Pretty sure IDW, Hasbro, TakaraTomy and others have decided to more or less retcon that he his just a guy in armor, but it's really unclear G1 story wise.

>>5555279
Exhaust can turn into fucking smoke and sneak through crevices. He's a minor background character who we've never seen in action in comics or a show, but the Masterpiece description says this.

>>5555583
all that matters is that the original toy was a white prime in trailer armor

>>5555588
Exhaust is more G1 than everything IDW has done.

>get Wheeljack and Smokescreen in the mail today
>now aside from Shockwave the long nightmare of Combiner Wars and it's 'collect them all' mentality is finally over for me.

Only interest I have in the box sets is Computron and that's only for the Groove redeco, so probably won't get any of them (unless they hit rock bottom in price at some point).

Still wish there were Scourge/Sweep limbs.

>>5555583
Dreamwave used Albino Prime as well.

>>5555615
I felt like Combiner Wars had mostly an opposite thing going on from "Collect them all"
They actively encouraged you to just fuck around with team layouts based on what looks great so people didn't feel as bad not having full sets. That's why my Sky Reign is going to have two Protectobots and two OP Max limbs.

>>5554685
The main problem with that is that the Powermaster Prime head has a helmet to make it look like Prime. Otherwise its Orion Pax.

>>5555686
I just liked limb collecting, even if the latter waves got stupid in repaints.

So now I have Ultra Prime, Superion (no Quickslinger), Menasor (no Brakeneck), Defensor, Bruticus, Sky Reign, and a Cyclonus wondering where the love is.

Now I need a nice shelf to display them on.

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>>5554922
Headmasters and by extension Brainmasters

>>5555711
>no combiner team with headmaster, powermaster, and targetmaster partners for the torso and each limb.
>no combined mode with every and every part of that team making one robot.

20 robot combiner when?

>>5555686
I disagree. The fact almost every gestalt had a specific dedicated team helped push the completionist feeling on me. But maybe I'm just an autist.

Hell, the only things I think I'm gonna end up skipping are a few Leaders and Legends. I'm planning to eventually obtain nearly every deluxe and voyager except for betatron, regular prime, trailbreaker, and wheeljack.

>>5555715
>disagree.
>But maybe I'm just an autist.

yep

>>5555703
I found a nice 20/25 dollar assemble-it-yourself shelf at walmart that has four shelves to play around with. It's been able to hold everything in my 30+ current collection so far, the top shelf has no ceiling portion so you can put your combiners and titans up there, and its not too tall.

My only problem is that my cat loves it too so I have Bruticus acting as a goddamn bouncer and I can't place anything on the bottom two shelves.

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>>5555714
This was originally one of the concepts they came up with for a combiner.

For things actually getting released, Thunder Mayhem has like two double targetmaster sets and a sixth limb in the form of a CW Impactor, so you can theoretically call it a team of ten.

>>5554647

I wish I could find the concept art for the Cyberjet retools they planned for G2, I think they were armored up versions of 3 molds.

What do you guys think the prices will be like for CW/UW stuff in a few years?

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>>5555729
I miss Puzzler.

Too bad CW is unofficially in its twilight, because I wold have loved to see a series of combiner base body class made of two smaller robots.

>>5555753
Hasbro did file a trademark for a "Combiner Force" branding, so you never know.

>>5555745
Some of them already go for way more than their worth and time will only make those prices rise.

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Did...anyone know hlj is having a sale?

Cause i'm fucking angry at devastator now

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>>5555781
>tracks is on sale too

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>>5555781
You're fucking joking.

Damnit menasor

>get Takara FoC Blaster today
>Steeljaw already won't auto-transform

dumb discs

>>5555781
>>5555788
That sale, as always, is a joke.

TFSource was selling UW Menasor for that much months ago, and you can get Tracks and Road Rage for that same price or cheaper, SHIPPED from eBay or amazon.

>>5555781
Oh crap I needs me a Devastator. I'm that Canuck who still needs to get one.

>>5555820
I can find Tracks about that cheap on ebay but he's never gone that low shipped on Amazon.

>>5555823
I got CW Devy on sale for $70, but now I'm considering getting the UW too. Are the upgrades worth it?

>>5555928
Nope, not particularly. The only advantages you get on UW Devy are individual guns, a few elbows, and a flip down visor.

You could go on ebay and blow $80 on a set of PC-06 and PC-07 and still come out ahead, with the same goods and more, ending up with a far superior figure than either CW or UW out of the box.

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"This world...another ore, another part of the plan..."

>>5555944
Noted. I think I'm gonna pick up the DNA Designs kit, so far it looks like the best upgrade.

Part of me really wants the elbow set, but I kind of don't like the two skinnier elbows (i don't remember who has them). I could probably fashion some custom ones eventually.

>>5555723

Got a photo/name of the shelf? I've been looking for a new shelf to replace my bookshelves that I just haphazardly put my figures on.

>>5555971
Go to the shelves section. It's hard not to find. They have 3 different colors.

>>5555953
I have the kit, it's very simple elbows and wrists to boot. I think the only one who benefits the most from it, at least in my opinion, is Scrapper.
Side elbows action Long Haul just wears fake elbow arms over his hands.

At least they get bonus guns.

I want the DNA kit as well. I can just Dr. Wu a Hook boom.

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I'm a bit new in this toy collector thing and I was wondering... any chance to see again blackarachnia animated?

...maybe from Takara re-release? this guys re-release some old transformers molds? r-right?

>>5556145
You can still find complete ones on ebay.

And Tamara just did a classics remold of it.

>>5556148

yo Tamara fine as fuck

>>5554505
I honestly like to watch optimusbot in his lowest moments.
Reminds me what garbage a reviewer he really is.

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>>5556145
>>5556148
She not hard to find

>>5556181
>yo Tamara fine as fuck

I laughed and hurt my side at this

>>5556195
Gee anon, why do your parents like you have three spiders?

>>5554584
Well, whose else fault would it be?

>tfw I have OG BW BA, TFA BA, and Legends BA

How's BM BA? I kinda want her just for completeness' sake.

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>>5554581
>how do you want your headsculpt family?

>>5556195
in a good price from a non USA guy, yes it is... the ones i found cost me in total like 40 or 50... anny japanese website still have this old toy?

>>5556241
>anny japanese website still have this old toy?

Doubtful. You could always look one mandarake or rakuten.

>>5556238
The cheetor one is actually pretty good. Rest are shit though.

>>5556254
I don't even get how the Overlord one happened. How do you manage to make something that unsymmetrical when the mirror tool exists?

>>5556261
Even if they fixed that its still such a fuck awful boring mold.

>>5556279
I don't mean the body either. Just the head.

>>5555177
>I heard they fixed GPS

Hasbro says lots of shit but I rarely put faith in it. A toy falling apart 4 years after it's left retail isn't their concern.

This is the same hasbro that ed us bullshit "chromed plastic can't be soft" to shorten stacks on reissue and MP Prime US releases, which was a lie because Hasbro themselves sold a 12" Jango Fett with long chromed guns made of soft plastic right when MP-01 was released stateside. Of course mentioning this on Allspark at the time was universally ignored because no one wanted to hear a contradiction to precious Hasbro's PR crap. When Hasbro's action go against their words, and everyone ignores proof otherwise, fuck this company and the fanbase.

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Anyone knows a review/site that shows this guy's articulation?
I want him planting watermelons.

>>5556297
I don't know what planting watermelons is slang for.
To answer your question, any reviewer should do it. Try Peaugh or Baltmatrix. Just search the figure up.

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>>5556209
>why do your parents like you have three spiders?

I have no clue what this is asking.

>>5556303
>I don't know what planting watermelons is slang for.
Uh. Nothing.
I just want him to be comfy.

>>5556305
It's a reference to the "gee, why do you get to have TWO wieners?" meme

>>5556310
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C2-FI5m96k
Sure thing. Get him planting those watermelons, anon.

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>>5556241
There is one on eBay now that is new with Free shipping for $31

>>5556317
Is 75 dollaridadohs a good price for it if it doesn't come with the weapons?

Anyone else dislike chrome on their stuff? It looks good yeah, but fuck, it's going to start flaking eventually and it's a fingerprint and scratch magnet that also usually can't be repaired.

>>5556334
I thought you had him already but now that I think about it for two seconds, you wouldn't be asking about the articulation if you did.

I'd say yeah, probably? Pricing isn't my strong point but that seems pretty good.

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>>5556336
It can be removed

>>5556365
>that panel lining, washed out reprolabels and black paint work
ay yi yi

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>>5556370
I also did it with a sharpie

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One local TF club facebook group erupted with this. Still, take it as pinch of salt.

>>5556406
>no Overlord reissue
WHEN

>>5556392
you should be arrested for abuse

>>5556416
You should be arrested for being a cunt, that actually looks pretty good for a sharpie job.

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>anons posting customs

Heres an update on my cw RoadCaesar.

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>>5556261
I'm guessing it's because they were going for a sort of smirking expression, like this, and either something about the process they used to make it caused it to not quite turn out the way they intended, or they just didn't do a very good job and making what they wanted to convey.

>>5556422
Bretty cool for a Frankenstein.

>>5556421
I thought it was mostly ballpoint pen, so sharpie is a step up. One step up a very long ladder

>>5556422
This one I like a lot

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Still need to find or make some hooks to atach the new chest like the PE add on, hardest part was to turn Scattershot into a buggy, Laster just needed a head swap.

>>5556392
Sharpie is a huge mistake. It may look okay now, but within a year, that permanent ink will bleed into the surrounding porous plastic and discolor it. It's gonna look like shit.

NEVER EVER color or line anything with sharpies. PERIOD.

>>5556447
He looks like he's scratching his head with his shoulder thumb.

>>5555245
Good. Jazz and the Datsuns should be separate.

>>5556291
I honestly hope that, someday, you find something else to direct your autistic rage towards, because seeing you be so salty over something that ceased to be relevant years ago is, honestly, rather sad.

>>5556238
Devcon is a Hasbro head.

>>5556485
No it isn't... Hasbro has a similar head but it's not Devcon

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>>5554922

>>5556406
That's from 2013 dude

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>>5556536
Fartformers?

>>5556545

Classic episode.

>>5556481
>Wanting product to not be shit is autism

OK then.

New thread:

>>5556587
>>5556587
>>5556587

>>5554955

Why didn't anyone tell me he has this!?

>>5555177

They already knew of the problem back when they made fucking Randy, the most atrocious example of all time. That right there says it all.

>>5556608
Not our job.

>>5554782
ooh, good to know

>>5554954
Interpretative ~!

>>5554990
RAD

>>5556609
That was Takara, and that's also one of the last examples of GPS. It's not an issue anymore.