/TFG/ Transformer General: Dab Dab Dab Edition

>>5946166
You could break his hands off the kibble and give him some arm articulation straight out in hug poses without the massive arm kibble. But the joints were floppy and finicky as hell.

>>5946185
>dabbing
Fuck off to Instagram

>le dab meem xd
>/TFG/ not /tfg/
>Shitty blurry photo
OP you faggot do us all a favor and fucking kill yourself

are the RiD weapon-formers already out?
the hammer one, the round one, the backpack one and the triceratops one?

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>>5946185
Why is he so based bros?

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What are your favorite Titan Master head-swaps? I saw a picture of Clobber with his yellow parts switched out for Crashbash's gray ones, and I gotta say, that makes Hardlock and little Grimhead here look absolutely based.

Any other good match-ups? I really wish Hasbro had made some more obvious partners. I love what the Takara releases did. I'm a sucker for a color-coordinated team.

>>5946250
He did combiners and headmasters when Cuckron Cuckcher refused

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>>5946248
Single-packed ones were out since august.

Anyone order a Transformer from an Amazon affiliate? I got Fortress Maximus, but he's missing his shin guns.

I want to know how your situation went (I already read their policy).

>>5946256
I was going to get crash bash for Galvatron but I also had the "second wave seen before the first wave" of titan masters that others did and decided to use Apeface instead and it's perfect.

>>5946185
Oh shit, that was my pic. Thanks for using it.

>>5946250

Because he's one of those responsible for PoC/30th in G.I Joe.

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post cancelled toys

>>5946300
Hasbro Crazybolt never showed up in the west, did it?

>>5946300

I can see why that got canned. War Machine looks okay, but what the fuck is Iron Man's altmode even supposed to be?

I'm so fresh you can suck my nuts

>>5946312
A better Afterburner than the cw mold.

>>5946300
I would love to see some Titans Return crossover figures.

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>>5946300

>>5946256
well both Clobber and Brawn look pretty good on Hardhead, unfortunately Apeface and Skytread don't look all that great on Skullsmasher(who is disappointingly mediocre)

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>>5946300
1/4

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>>5946338
2/4

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>>5946340
3/4

>>5946331
>skullcruncher
>mediocre
Stop posting anytime

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>>5946341
And 4/4

I would love a Platinum boxset of these guys. Especially Pic Related because it's free of GPS.

>>5946347
That looks way better than TR Mindwipe.

>>5946355
I'm assuming your hand is covering the part of the screen that has that thing's legs, right?

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>>5946355
Plus it has a gator mode

>>5946358
Can we petition Hasbro to make Platinums of the Halloween Horrorcons?

>>5946358
Jesus christ that is bad, even by Furry Wars standards

>>5946358
Is it a triple changer or an animal-to-animal transformer?

>>5946366
The Mutants molds were just beast to beast. It's because they started life as Animorphs figures that got repurposed as BW toys who were essentially Fuzors that got screwed up in the formatting of beast modes and lost their robot modes.

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I was thinking of getting a KO bumblebee, is he any good?

>>5946338
>hate Cheetor
>don't like solid white toys because they always yellow so no Tigatron
>Shadow Panther is out of my reach
>no tan mountain lion deco with red robot bits named Cliffjumper

>only deco you like is a canceled figure that will never be released

Suffering.jpg

>>5946344
well at the very least the one I got has a bunch of problems, most in his legs(first Transformer I've bought with loose enough joints that I might actually need to buy some Future to tighten them up), although there's a couple other bits that aren't too great, like his tail(especially how it doesn't stay on too well in beast mode), and his cockpit flap(rubber was a terrible idea), he's not the worst Transformer I've ever owned, but of the TR stuff I've gotten so far(Hardhead, Brawn, Clobber, Skullsmasher, Skytread, and Apeface) he's the worst in that category

>>5946382
>Shadow Panther is out of my reach

MP Shadow Panther when?

>>5946384
So basically all your complaints are related to QC issues then

>>5946391
well the tail one is a legitimate design issue, the peg it attaches onto is too short, so even the slightest nudge up or down makes it pop off, and the hatch issue is less a QC issue and more a materials one

>>5946384

To be fair, Skullcruncher's floppy legs are a well known QC issue that at least can be solved easily.

>>5946384
The main niggling thing for me was the floppy ball joint on the waist and the extremely loose thigh swivel, all the other stuff is not too bad for me.

>>5946396
Mine literally has none of that though. It pegs in securely. That's definitely a QC error.

And the hatch thing functions entirely fine on mine too. It may be soft plastic but it works and functions like it should.

>>5946330
Yo these are sweet what am I looking at

>>5946396
Never heard of anyone having that issue at all.

>>5946427
Concepts for a line/show called Transformers Heroes. It was early development for what eventually became Animated, and that was one of the ways the show would have looked before Derrick J. Wyatt got on board.

>>5946376
I have one. He's pretty good. Never had the original so I can't compare, but nothing wrong with the KO.

>>5946399
true I have heard that Future works well there, anyone got a link to whatever is the correct version of that stuff, cause I might order some off Amazon(maybe get Mindwipe and Weirdwolf while I'm at it as well)

>>5946401
waist joint and arms are fine for me, but yeah the thigh swivels are just as loose as his hip joints are

>>5946435
notably elements of the Hero concept are part of why Animated has such a small main cast for the Autobots, why there's such an emphasis on the unique abilities each Transformer has(and also why no Autobot has a weapon that is purely a weapon besides Prowl), and why they focused so heavily on Human antagonists(and ramped up the power level differences between the Autobots and Decepticons on an individual basis)

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>>5946442

>>5946443
I can't seem to find individual bottles of that for sale on Amazon, only six packs, and I'm not buying that much(especially for the price they're asking)

>>5946446
then just buy a clear nail polish and use that

>>5946448
Nah nail polish ruins plastic since it's acetone based. You're just making the plastic weak and brittle.

>>5946477
>acetone based.
That's nail polish remover, not the polish itself.

>>5946441
I have both.
KO is a good copy in general.
Some issues:
-some parts have exrtra plastic flash and sprues. This leads to some fitting problems
-daniel/spike on the KO have more loose joints
-minor paint mishaps

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>>5946300

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Is AOE Scorn the best movie toy?

>>5946630
Probably one of the best in AOE but as movie toys as a whole? No

>>5946630
He's no Human Alliance Jazz.

>>5946338
Why's his loin cloth screaming?

>>5946637
Because it's self-aware and in pain that it's being used on a shitty toy

>>5946256
How do you switch out the wings on the mini t-rex without feeling like you will break them off?

>>5946442
Do you have more information? I didn't know about that pre-Animated show

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Testing out a mod I'd always wanted to do. He's kind of lanky, but I like it. Looks a bit like semi-current ID Wheeljack.

>>5946364
Those were left-over molds that got released as Beast Wars Mutants, 4 exist.
This blue bat was supposed to be a recolor during the Transformers Universe (first one) subline.

>>5946364
>>5946725
I actually thought Mutants were a cool subline.

I used to have the one that turned from a scorpion into a barracuda and he was legit.

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>>5946732
I'll post the other two.

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>>5946733

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>>5946735

>>5946733
>>5946735
>>5946739
I've always loved these guys. They're just so weird. Aside from GPS on Soundwave, they're all very solid too.

>>5946739
Always liked how the right side form uses the Transmetal Cheetor legs.

>>5946627
I've seen this thing so much over the years but never this pic. I didn't think it still existed. So someone owns it?

>>5946645
Gently, yet firmly. Grab them as close to the base of the ball joint as you can, and pop them out by moving in the direction of the dragon head/t-rex tail

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>>5946734
>Smokescreen's Supercon is uglier and less articulated than his minicon
>Has the worst Happy Meal Toy
>Only way to remedy this is to make a completely new toy
>But it has a different name too, so it may as well just be a new character

Goddamn, being Armada Smokescreen is suffering.

>>5946785
ty based aaron archer

>>5946382
>>don't like solid white toys because they always yellow so no Tigatron
Tigatron is actually a cream colour so he's already pre-yellowed. Buy away

>>5946761
Hasbro has it. This was at Botcon a few years back

>>5946761
It shows up at hasbro cons once in a while

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>>5946700

It's a bit much.

I honestly like Wheeljack being short and stumpy, it gives him more character IMO.

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>>5946185
>shitty OP about a kids meme
>people already trying to incite unnecessary shit

Least most of you are sane this time

>>5946801
Fortunately, except for two little parts I had to take out of his feet and shin areas, it's 100% reversible and doesn't effect the stock transformation.

>>5946785
I love his alt mode though, if it would be easier both him and armada sideswipe would be cool transformers, if you could sufficiently overhaul the robot form (moderate work for smokescreen, but practically a reshelling project for sideswipe.

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>>5946801
I will never not love that gif. It sums up everything you need to know about Wheeljack in 2 seconds.

So, heres a question:

Starting from MP-10 onward, of the MP's that have both US and JPN releases, which regions release is the better one to own in terms of QC, for each character?

>>5947100
Pretty much all of the hasbro releases are inferior in some way, from poorer paint applications, looser joints and mold changes to keep kids from gouging their eyes out on them.

The only thing Hasbro releases offer is a variety in decos, like prime having brighter colors or bumblebee having a much better shade of yellow.

>>5947116
Pretty much this. Hasbro's MP releases are either equal or lesser quality, and with the insane price hike, you're better off going Takara, especially since anything release at TRU will just get hoarded and scalped by jobless neckbeards.

>>5946288
more like fag fag fag edition

>>5947118
the only TRU MP I really wanted was Bumblebee because of his color change, but he's motherfucking 119$

It'd be cheaper to import a Takara MP from Japan with EMS shipping them to buy MP Bumblebee at a Toys R Us

>>5947127
Get the KO, it's $30

>>5947127
>HAHAHA! IT'S BRILLIANT! THE HASBROFAGS WILL BE SO BLINDED BY THEIR OWN NOSTALGIA TO REALIZE HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE JEWING OUT OF THEM

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>>5946300

I rarely buy toys at retail (mostly an a figma/nendo buyer these days) but I went to Target.

>Wave 1 one of Deluxe Titan Masters
>The only Titan Master heads available was a SINGLE Brawn
>1 each of Galvy and Trump Prime.
>Nothing left of Combiner Wars

I picked up Hard Head and Blurr. I'd get Skullsmasher due to nostalgia but the QC in the legs scare me to never pick that guy up.

>>5946376
Do you know where do get one that still says Takara Tomy. The Takasa Tony ones seem less based. Did I miss the boat on TT boxed ones? (probably)

>>5947126
LOL!!! Good one, my dude!

>>5947166
This is a vintage meme.

>>5947166
I thought this was a toy from the generations line.

>>5946376
Everything I've read says he is 99% identical to the original yet only $26 shipped on eBay. I don't know how they do it. I wish they did the larger, more expensive figures like Ultra Magnus, though.

>>5947153
Different anon here. I actually prefer the darker yellow, mostly because I don't give a crap about what the cartoon looked like, I just like my toys to look good, and that deep, rich, golden-yellow is one of my favorite colors.

>>5947187
no R&D costs and such

Just buy a single official product, tear it to bits, reverse engineer it, make a mold out of it and sell it for like 30$ since they only cost like 5$ to make

>>5947189
Beh, meant to reply to >>5947182

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>>5946330
>>5946435
11 years later, it still hurts.

>>5947187
Original guy here. I like either version but if they both cost the same I'd probably get the Hasbro version instead.

>>5946364
>even by Furry Wars standards

This is bad comedy.

>>5947138
I've seen them as low as $26 shipped.

>>5947193
what ugly designs. Like Bayformers.

>>5947189
I think it's a little more involved than that. The reverse engineering seems amazing in itself. They even copied the box. Some say they may have access to the files HasTak uses to design them. I'm also left wondering about those knockoff Human Alliance TF figures that seem to be floating around. They are supposedly so identical it would be difficult to tell they were knockoffs if the sellers didn't tell you. I hear the figures quality is even identical to the real ones and they even say Hasbro on the box. Could they be "extras" that were made on the side once production ceased?

Are they possibly made in the same factories and assembled by the same people/machines?

It's all very mysterious. China's ability to copy is amazing.

>>5947204
Probably.
If it's made in China, they just straight up kept using the official molds and files after production and just make a shit ton of extra "knockoffs" to sell off later for cheaper.

They don't give a fuck in china

I've always wondered. How would one go about getting a job in a TF factory. Are these things even assembled by humans? If they are, they clearly must know how to transform them just to be able to package them. Are some of them fans themselves? So many mysteries... People barely know how they are made an Hasbro doesn't tell much. I've even like to work at a factory making knockoffs.

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>>5947173

Don't let it scare you. All it takes is a drop of futureshine and he's fixed. He's a great figure.

>>5947209
Chinese wageslaves working in plastics manufacturing factories. Nothing that exciting.

>>5947209
>How would one go about getting a job in a TF factory

Be 9-15 years old, chinese, poor, and willing to work 72 hour shifts with only 5min breaks to eat every 12 hours. No bathroom breaks allowed.

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>>5947100
>>5947116
>>5947118
The Hasbro release of MP-11 Starscream, despite lacking the coronation gear, is known to hold together better than Takara's on average.Too bad it barely got on shelves. Hasbro asia reissue when?

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Why are these $80 now? Can someone find a seller on Aliexpress that is still selling them for $9.99? That's about all they cost 10 years ago. I found the Devastator for $16.99

Are there any elemental themed transformers?

>>5947218
Forgot the link:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/G1-Transformers-Combiner-Bruticus-Set-Waqon-Soldier-KO-China-Rare-2001-Bootleg-/321896239107?hash=item4a

>>5947193

Kind of a Transtech vibe.

>>5947218
Thew's copy seemed pretty crappy, which seemed odd to me. So I'd be wary of buying cheaper copies; it could be that other companies have started making a copy of a copy and there's some generation decay.

>>5947218
>Onslaught is part artillery platform and part shuttle carrier
Once I was blind but now I see.

>>5947201
To you, maybe. I liked it; its like Transtech with more traditional elements.

>>5947221

No.

Well... actually I guess Jetstorm and Jetfire from 'Animated' sort of count, since one is ice and the other is fire.

>>5947228
Are you talking about the Devastator?
So you think the ones on Aliexpress may be a newer production run? I got my Baldigus like 10 years ago and it seemed like it was decent quality. It's not HasTak quality but it's playable.

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>>5947221
RID15 had an episode with the minicons Glacius and Swelter.

>>5947221
Autobot twins from animated, Blitzwing as well had his cannons tie to fire and ice beams depending on his mode. Quite a few with pyrotechnical abilities or flamethrowers.

The Fallen of course is the king of self immolation. Marvel had a couple element themed characters. Earthquake springs to mind.

The list is rather short as most of those abilities were just weapons they carried instead of actual powers.

In the toys, there's Cybertron Cryo Scourge and a few other ice themed or camo repaints.

>>5947232
>Transtech
>Good

>>5947194
I've heard some people say the KO is a lighter shade. Can't confirm that myself.

>>5947235
No I mean Kob Bot. Thew did a review of a bunch of KO Bruticus figures, and I was kinda excited to see him go crazy for a KO I loved as a kid, but it was a shit show. glued-together parts everywhere; impossible to combine or even transform some figures.

>>5947194
In all the pictures I'm finding online, the two look exactly the same color.

I don't read comics, why is the new Sentinel Prime called "Trump Prime?"

>>5947264
Teenagers with too much free time on their hands.

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Does anyone have one of these? Are they worth $20? Supposedly this is a knockoff but I find that hard to believe just looking at it. I've seen them in Hasbro boxes before as well. Why even make an identical knockoff of this figure? Does he even go for that much on eBay?

Who the fuck is Thew?

>>5947264
Because apparently Donald Trump is the only political figure that's openly racist and has elitist ideals for his people.

>>5947282
The best transformer reviewer on youtube.

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>>5947276
Heres a Hasbro one. Supposedly also a knockoff based on the price.

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>>5947284
it's common for Republicans, but Trump is a loudmouth senile old fuck that confused rednecks like.

>they willfully ignore his support of Israel, tolerance of gays and transgendered people, the fact he'll back TPP, and his constant flip-flopping on issues and blatant lying because they believe a wall will work, but rednecks are naturally stupid
>they could've had Huckabee, Cruz, Carson or Rubio, all of them hate gays, but I guess conservatives like gay people now so they went with an idiot celebrity

>>5947282
someone Jin hates because Thew is superior.

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>>5947264

Because they're both colored orange and Sentinel runs around screaming about how he wants to make Cybertron great again.

If hillary clinton was a transformer she would be made entirely out of GPS prone plastic and be a repaint from the Armada Line and the Minicon would be George Soros.

>>5947193
Source? I love looking at concept stuff, especially those from Transtech or Heroes. I really hope once RID is done they go to this kind of design language.

>>5947305
If Hillary were a transformer she'd be a disgusting unpainted blob that falls apart while Trump is the Takara version that's overrated by idiots and has too much paint

>>5947309
>hillary is hasbro
you take that back you double nigger

>>5947311
>Hillary
>Hasbro

>Trump
>Takara

It's obvious

>>5947313
>Hillary
>HasTak

>Trump
>3Ps

Ftfy

>>5947313
In this case, I'd like third party. Or Takara.

>>5947318
So does that make Gary Johnson some fly my night Chinese knockoff manufacturer?

Each time I see the unpainted wheels of Astrotrain I think that we need a second Vietnam war so that we can go back there and finally fix this shit.

Got these guys in the mail, and hey! Retards crying about "bloo bloo red blob face Takara" are actually wrong.

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>>5947337
Bloo bloo, I forgot my pic.

>>5947332
>blaming the factories and not Brian Goldner's cheapness

Hasbro dindu nuffin

Also is this a common design flaw. For Fortress maximus the right leg where the little tank snaps into, that whole back blue piece of plastic does not lock in properly. Is there a way to fix it, because i tried trying to get it to lock into place but it doesn't seem to snap in.

>>5947338
How's weirdwolf? I still got mine in my private warehouse so I'd like to know

>>5947338
People just want to complain and draw lines in the sand. It's human nature. It is a stupid complaint though, and I never understood it. Hasbro's Wolfwire has a completely red face, too. It's almost as if the character actually has a completely red face or something.

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>>5947332

A few minutes with a silver sharpie and all your woes are gone.

His actual problem is they decided to paint the part of him that is the bottom of his feet in robot mode. They should've molded the feet in purple and painted on the grey so he wasn't standing on his paint job. Mine already has a scratch on it, and I'm sure in a few years most Astro's feet are gonna look like ass.

Wolfwire pretended to be the spirit animal for a local Cherokee tribe after the great war of Cybertron.

>>5947338
Cool Frenzy.

At this point I just accept that Rumble and Frenzy are the transformers version of the Olsen Twins and they're both interchangeable with each other and nobody notices the difference.

>>5947370
>Rumble and Frenzy are the Olsen Twins
>Buzzsaw and Laserbeak are Statler and Waldorf
I feel like Rumble and Frenzy got a raw deal.

>>5947193
DAT Fembot in the middle. I feel sad now.

>>5947359
Yeah sure a silver sharpie, way to support a company pushing the globalist agenda. Give me world war 3, that's the ticket to fixing the toy woes.

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>>5946300
I fucking loved these little guys

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>>5946300

>>5947359
Thinking of painting the cockpit windows as well?

>>5947235
Whoo, I found a guy selling the knockoff Baldigus for a reasonable price on Aliexpress.

Heres the link if anyone wants one:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/No-retail-box-22cm-tall-G1-Bruticus-figure/32617068992.html?spm=2114.01010208.3.95.1kpyoW&ws_ab_


I'm still looking for Defensor and Landcross.

>>5947429

Nah, I just did the train wheels. Haven't thought of anything else.

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>>5947434
I just noticed that the head of Onslaught is a different color than mine from 2001. It's orange and mine is black. Maybe these are in fact a newer production run.

>>5947384
Statler and Woldorf are better than the Olsen Twins though.

>>5947453
That's why I said Frenzy and Rumble got a raw deal.

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Neat. Japan's packaging is better than ours.

Still considering just selling Scourge and Blurr on ebay. I don't know if I care enough to have spent the money on them.

>>5947473

I like their box set packaging.

And damn I'm jealous. I want a Tak Blurr/Scourge/Computron without my wallet getting sodomized.

Why do places charge $like $150 for Combiner Wars 5 pack giftsets? I did the math and they should only cost $89.95. That is at 14.99 for each Deluxe, 19.99 for the Voyager and 9.99 for the Legends class figure.

I see a set for $91.99 without the box but that still seems like too much.

>>5947473
Japan's overall use of space efficient packaging is objectively superior.

Fucking card packs are awful

>>5947493

Are you looking at the UW sets by mistake? Those go for $130-150. But yeah you can easily find the CW box sets online for $70-80ish on Amazon and shit man.

>>5947473
how much did you pay?

Also, what is that large figure in the box behind the 2 Deluxes?

>>5947338
>PINK BLOB OF J U S T
TAKARAKEKS SINK COSTS AGAIN!
Just kidding, i'm not that retarded.

>>5947338
They certainly make it look like a red blob on literally every render and promotional image I've seen of him though.

It's good the see that the actual face looks good.

No, my local comic shop is charging $150 for a US G2 Superion Combiner Wars giftset.

That's the first time I saw a set in person.

I forgot Victorion was like $70 on amazon and that isn't too bad.

>>5947434
Don't buy it. Knock-off Brutici and Ruinations are invariably awful. The ball-joints in Ro-tor and Movor will break off every time you try to move them, and breakages on the other figures are almost as common. The other G1 combiner kos are usually playable with care, but no such luck with the Combaticons.

>>5947507
I think you just have a case of local sellers vastly overestimating the value of something

>>5947512
I never had a problem with mine. Though, I bought it 10 years ago on eBay. The ball joints are fine too. Perhaps you got a bad one.

>>5947522
Mine was the Waqonsoldier one. There may be other companies which make them better, but I had the exact same issues with the mini version.

>>5947524
I had the same. I don't expect the mini ones to be very good but mine was full size. Are you saying the same company made mini ones and they suck?

>>5947218
This is the one I have.

>>5947499
UW Computron

>>5947532
It's also possible that they've cut production costs. Thew's presumably recent one was much worse than mine from 8 yesrs ago, which is worse than yours from 10 years ago. My other combiner kos are from around the same time, and they're ok with all the G1 joints, but Defensors you buy today are cost-cutted with joints fused in place and shit like that.

>>5947216
>wanting an asia reissue from an overused mold that WILL have QC Issues
>not getting the superior BB7 KO for half the price a reissue would cost.

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Drill hand is best hand.

But man, I do not trust the red plastic on Afterburner. It just feels bad. If I can find a CW one someday I'd probably lying swap it out.

Also his combined mode knees aren't super strong, so I guess Nosecone's and Lightspeed's ratchets need addressing.

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>>5947555
Does anyone here have this knockoff MP Grimlock? It's damn cheap at $37. Quality? It looks pretty decent and I see them going for more on eBay.

>>5947579
Forgot the link:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/In-Stock-Transformation-TF-Masterpiece-MP-08-WB-03F-Grimlock-PVC-Action-Figure-Deformation-Robot

>>5946250
he's color blind

>>5947579
Its probably a legends/scout sized KO.

It doesn't look small. I thought it was even oversized. Is MP Grimlock that simple that he could be scaled down to a Scout sized figure?

>>5946250
>>5946296

Basically this; he's back to basics, which is something TF fans have wanted but have never really gotten. There's no bullshit with "oh we can't have too many of the same alt-modes on shelves or TFs with the same colors; now please buy "GM presents the Autobots vs the grey Decepticons". He seems to hate doing movie lines which is pretty cool.

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Maybe Superion just lends well to good balance but it isn't actually that hard to get a dynamic pose going with handgunfeet.

Still though holy shit why are my PE combiner kits here yet.

>>5947592
It definitely looks undersized.
And yeah MP Grimlock is a surprisingly simple transformation. The only thing even remotely involving is folding all of his tail inside his legs

>>5947592
There's an oversized KO of the Legends class Warbotron Grimlock.

And there's an oversized KO of MP Grimlock.

The picture you posted is the Warbotron mold, but I dunno if it's the OS one or not.

>>5947592
>Is MP Grimlock that simple that he could be scaled down to a Scout sized figure?

Itss barely more complex thn G1 Grimlock transformations wise, which is basically scout sized.

Look at how simple the detailing is. On the legs, arms, etc.

>>5947599
Oh, so that's a third party Grimlock that is being knocked off there?

That isn't MP Grimlock? It's incorrectly labeled?

>>5947604

Yeah, thats the KO (possibly upsized to voyager) of the Legends-sized Warbotron Not-Grimlock model kit.

>>5947604
Correct.

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I just found an awesome God Ginrai knockoff?

Has anyone here ever seen this before? Is this a legit redeco? It seems to have Autobot stickers which the seller has strangely censored. It seems to come with all of his accessories and Godbomber.


https://www.aliexpress.com/item-img/KO-Plastic-ABS-Cars-Deformation-Robot-2-In-1-Super-spirit-Optimus-Prime-Action-figure-Model/32702973321.html?spm=2114.10010108.1000017.2.RSIphH

>>5947495
>takaracucked to the max

>>5947633
Is this a G2 version?

>>5947633
It looks like there is a Thunderclash too:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/KO-Plastic-ABS-Cars-Deformation-Robot-White-Optimus-Prime-Action-figure-Model-Robots-Toys-for-Boys/32695201791.html?spm=2114.10010108.1000013.1.unllPN&scm=1007.13339.33317.0&pvid=5414d23d-466c-408b-878d-727ed4920378&tpp=1

>>5947641
It's got an excessively ugly paintjob so I guess you could say so

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Could these be off hours test shots rather than Knockoffs? They all seem to come with HasTak stickers.

The price seems okay.

On Thunderclashes listing, the seller says "This toy has some ages,not very new,without retail box,made in China."

Also, here is Thunderclash's pic.

Why is Verno such a massive asshole?

>>5947201
>Unused Animated designs
>Looking anything like the movie designs
K

>>5947701
Weird clusterfuck of parts that don't look like anything.

>>5947705
I'm sorry your vision sucks, but your comparison is shit. Are you the same guy that doesn't know what fat monkeys look like?

>>5947633
I remember seeing this on sirtoys. I think they're undersized versions?

>>5947694
Literally who?

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>>5946256
This is like the second thing I did after got Clobbet

>>5947597
>Dynamic
>Looks like he falling the fuck over

okay

>>5947730
A stable falling the fuck over pose still counts as dynamic!

>>5947710
Thanks for the tip! I found it on Sirtoys:
http://sirtoys.com/toys.php?c=1&p=1270&t=God_Ginrai.html

There is even a video review of it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=genVfaFvOGw&rel=0

It doesn't say anything about it being oversized.

Since Mindwipe is a vampire bat, I like to think of him being able to suck enemies dry of their energon.

>>5947757
Hm. If it's normal sized, maybe I should buy one just for a cheap Godbomber

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Whoo, I found a source for all those old knockoff combiners that used to be all over eBay and Big Lots! I hope these aren't the undersized ones but I don't think so. They're $17.85 shipped.

He has Devastator, Landcross, Abonimus with technobot parts, Computron with Abonimus parts, Broadside and Blitzwing 2 pack, Liokaiser, Defensor, Bruticus/Baldigus, Sixbuilder, and some other robots I don't recognize.

All the classics! Man, this guy has thousands. They must have made a ton of these sets.

I hope this helps someone who wants these.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-shipping-High-quality-Plastic-6-in-1-Deformation-Robot-Toys-Cars-Plane-Combine-Transmutative-Robot/32617007287.html?spm=2114.01010208.3.1.qE0xbv&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_2_10056_10065_10055_10068_10067_10054_10069_10059_9915_418_10073_10017_10070_10060_10061_10052_10062_10053_10050_10051,searchweb201603_4&btsid=334ed727-22a6-4c10-9b4a-8b7bc2514046

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>>5947758

He says he uses the power of space magic, while his head calls him out on his bullshit and tells him it's just techology.

>>5947763
Deformation Robot Factory is like my main source of shit I don't need. They're great. Ive been considering picking up their black KO Sideswipe to make a classics Barricade. If only they had KOd the Prowl or Jazz mold too.

>>5947701
the almanac states outright that some of the designs were influenced by the bayformers movies, it's not hard to imagine that heros had a few of those too

>>5947796
The one kind of resembles Protoform Prime (which didn't really look much like a movie figure), the rest I see no resemblance whatsoever. Certainly not a "clusterfuck of parts" like many movie figures.

>>5947763
>KO Landcross

Such heresy! Then again I owned a couple of KO limbs back when I was a kid.

>>5947579
I have this. It's an upsized KO of a legends class.
About voyager size.
Pretty good. Waaay better than FOC grimlock.
You need to tighten some ball joints.
And the plastic used for the tail looks fragile, but overall it's what a CHUG grimlock should be.

>>5947473
I just want my US transformers packaged in vehicle mode again.

So much more satisfying when the first transformation is from alt mode to bot rather than the other way around.

>>5947831
I'm not about to pay full price for a real one.

>>5946306
No, it did, you just had to go to discount stores.

>>5947844
Omg, I thought I was the only one.

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>>5947763
>gaihawk is replaced with some sort of doubledealer lookalike on liokaiser
?

What a fitting captcha I got, too.

>>5947729
I just picked up clobber today
I'm liking him, but gun mode is... Pathetic
Any suggestions?

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>>5946734
I still have the Happy Meal Cyclonus. It was weird to learn about the whole line later, because I remember the Philippines only getting four of the eight US toys.

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>>5947848
I didn't pay full price for mine as well. I was just lucky during TFcon and that show last September to find an MIB Mach-Tackle just because I can and I really like MT as a character.

>>5947216
Asian here. My local TRU still has two of those sitting around with a sale price, next to Hasbro Bluestreak.

>>5947896
I literally never saw an MP at my TRU aside from those god damn YotG Soundwaves

There are like 3 there and there are going to be 3 there forever.

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Fuck me with a cactus. This isn't mine, but the same thing happened to him this morning. Why was it allowed out of the factory like that?

>>5947926
I've bought and returned at least 3 Wreck-Gars that I bought from eBay and broke in the mail.

It's just a super fragile, badly engineered toy. Which is a shame because everything else about the figure is fantastic.

>>5947926

This happened to both my CHUG Wreck-Gar and Junkheap. Was devastating when Wreck-Gar broke, just felt stupid for not looking for a solution with Junkheap.

>>5947926
Mine has some pretty intense stress marks on that plastic as well but thankfully hasn't exploded yet. I barely even turn those when I transform him and I certainly don't turn them all the way and peg them into that inhumanly tight slot (I did that twice and I'm sure that's the only reason the stress marks are there anyway)

It's just a poor design choice on him.

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>>5947926
>>5947929

I believe they fixed that problem on Junkheap.

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>>5947823
i forgot my image

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>>5947926
>tfw you know this feel

Anyone here every buy from Yahobby before? If so how reliable are they?

>>5947926
The quick mod to prevwnt this from happening is slicing the nubs off from the rubber handles

What does CHUG stand for?

>>5948070
Classics
Henkei (?)
Universe
Generations

>>5948070

Classics, Henkei, Universe, Generations.

Catch-all term for the lines that are updated old figures/updated G1.

>>5948070
It's the sound most commonly heard in scene children music

>>5948083
>>5948084
>>5948096
Thanks.

>>5947926
Do the SG Junkions have this problem too? I have them and haven't had any issues like this. Also have the original Wreckgar and never experiences this.

>>5948104
>shattered ass
Back to the >>>/a/llspark

>>5947926
>not realizing it's an intentionally designed action feature

>>5947561
If you shine a light bulb behind your computron you can notice just how shitty the plastic on afterburner is.

>>5948159
What's so bad about it?

>>5946248
I can't remember what order i bought them in, but i bought the Sideswipe and Strongarm minicon sets and the 4 pack about 6 weeks ago at a US Target. I got the backpack guy's 4 pack about 3 months ago at a Wal Mart. Local Wal Marts have a peg tag labeled "minicon weaponizers" but nothing on them, yet.

>>5947863
On such a tiny, simple figure with three modes, one of them is bound to be pathetic. Given that you get a great T-rex and a decent dragon out of it, you're coming out ahead of the game.

When I make him into a gun, however, I tend to point the feet backwards instead of forward, so it's only got the single, square barrel at the front. Still doesn't look great, but it looks less like a cannon with vestigial bird feed on the side.

>>5947180
there was some troll going around at least /tfg/ saying "it got cancelled"

>>5947216
funny thing is that that figure hold much better all is because of the bad QC.

>>5948199

Wait...Bad QC makes it less shitty? How?

>>5948236
Ask anyone who bought UW Bruticus.

[no toyliers on spoy]It doesn't[/no toilets in spoy]

Warrior Bisk is supposed to be out, right? How come I've set to see a single review on him?

>>5948267

Few reviewers cover RiD stuff because not many adult collectors care about RiD.

>>5948267
Follow Baltmatrix. He reviews RID stuff.

>>5948236
the previous incarnation of the mold, the cockpit chest does not stay in robot mode and keeps sliding up as you can't tab into the metal tab and the general chest area is too smooth.

In the latest SS, while the cockpit still can't tab into the metal tab, but the chest area is so messed up in build, the 2 boobs keep caving inward they actually pinch and held the cockpit in place.

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>>5946300
some of this stuff

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>>5946300
I think there was a plan to release magmatron from the AoE scorn mold

>>5948332
That's funny.

>>5948332
>>5948335
Instead we got a blue terrorsaur (strafe) and a purple guildart (slug)

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Any speculation on if Takara's Ginrai will go down in price? I'm debating preordering him but I almost feel like his prime might drop. Has anyone here preordered him yet?

>>5947370

I figured they keep switching to fuck with other 'Cons, and somewhere along the way they lost track.

>>5948343
Most Legends releases might are selling out these days, so I doubt it.

Got a Titan Fortress Maximus today. Is the torso suppose to be so wobbly?

So I just nabbed Alpha Trion today.
Only one in store, buried under a pile of Astrotrains.

Man, those tech specs are just completely nuts. If I used these cards in some kind of TCG-slash-wargame, I wouldn't need any other 'bots.

>>5948398
Where'd you get him from?

>>5948403
Mr. Toys Toyworld in Brisbane (Australia).

First time I've seen that place sell CHUG stuff in years.

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>>5946300

>>never 5evah

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>>5948419
>>5948419
>>5948419

>>5947926
>buy used from ebay
>realize the fucker just superglued the screw back in with the small plastic piece missing
somehow I managed to take a knife to the glue so the handlebar articulates within the glue sheath, but I'm super careful when I transform him

>>5948332

I wouldn't have minded that.

>>5947966
Looks like this design was retooled into generations whirl, based on the transformation scheme

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Bisk is out at retail.

>>5947863
Yeah, keep it in dino mode.

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>>5948421

>>5948580
>whirl
gott that design would have been perfect if there was some way to fold away his rotor blades in robot and gerwalk mode instead of having it swing around like a limp noodle

>>5948595
Fuck. And I thought I was done wasting gas going retail hunting. Although with this not being a Generations release, does that mean I'll actually be able to find it?

>>5948595
man, can't wait to get him

>>5948421
Man, this picture and those unproduced Xevoz always make the saddest. What could have been.

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>>5946300
Interesting story on this. They were going to reprint G1 Megatron for G2 in different colors so it could be more kid friendly.

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>>5946300
This one still depresses me.

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there's next to no chance to get one of these prototypes

>>5948640
I think that was actually from the 2000's reissue series in America, wasn't it? It was gonna be "Lava Bath Megatron"

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Yo how do you open Fortress Maximus' legs?

>>5948691

Doesn't matter, it would look like ass in city mode anyways.

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>>5948580
I doubt it; Energon Bulkhead was from 2004, and the stylized version was just a sketch. They might've taken influence from it, though.

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>>5948691
buy him dinner

Ok, so I know many people weren't exactly happy with how FM was released? How would you have released it to meet fan expectations? Would you have made the gun/sword preorder bonuses?

>>5948691
Is it true Takara glued the legs together on their Fort Max?

>>5948699
That's what I'm thinking now that you've said it, since he's the one I got.

>>5948697
>preorder bonuses?
kys

>>5948697
>Ok, so I know many people weren't exactly happy with how FM was released? How would you have released it to meet fan expectations?

Not being a shitty Metroplex remold that looks like complete garbage in alt mode, for starters.

>>5948697
Aside from more alterations so he doesn't end up looking too much like Metroplex (new arms, and a better transformation, for starters). I would have included the Master Sword, and done the following:

-Add a handle to the tumor on the side of his leg, plus it can open up for a Headmaster to ride in.
-Released a deluxe cog that's a Headmasters, and can transform into a gun.
>>5948691
They open up normally. Just get a nail between the feet crevice, and it should open up

>>5948702
Or maybe not.

Universe acid storm $10

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2008-Transformers-Universe-Acid-Storm-MOSC-/182296914085?hash=item2a71be28a5:g:AjcAAOSwpLNX7TRm

>>5948697
>Would you have made the gun/sword preorder bonuses?
fuck off with that shit.

With no changes to the mold as it is I'd include the gun and the sword in all versions.
If I needed to cut costs to make it happen I'd strip the speaker gimmick on Cerebros instead of FortMax's weapons.

Alternatively, I would be "fine" without having the gun and the sword if the mold were a heavier retool that actually had competent alt modes, but the gun and the sword would need to be sold separately and more available than not at all.

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>>5946300
I believe this is Titanium War Within BumbleBee

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Another question, is there any storage space for the sword?

>>5948697
-New arms
-Extra boxset that includes the gun, sword, Cog, and alternate head for Cerebros that looks like Fortress.

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>tfw Allspark even defends Kim Kardashian
>mfw

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Last question: can the gun thing on his leg connect anywhere else? it has two tabs that look like they connect to something,

>>5948792
It's left over from when it was a part of Metroplex.

>>5948805
He had that? Where did it connect on him?

>>5948807
It's the gun on the side of his head, the one you flip so a legends figure can sit there.

>>5948784
Wtf did the faggots there do now?

Is Warrior the size class RID uses to refer to the Deluxes?

>>5946185
>dab
Are you 16 or retarded?

>>5948822
yessum

>>5948823
How does it feel to be a 13 year old racist family guy?

>>5948823
I would think so since he can't spell Transformers. My catalog filter didn't bring up the thread and had to find it all the way at the bottom.

New >>5948853

>>5947414
These weren't cancelled, only released in Philippines, France, Italy and some other place, along with the BW Tigatron vs Inferno set. The cancelled sets are BM Primal vs Jetstorm, Prowl vs Laserbeak, RID Optimus vs Megatron and Victory Saber vs Deathsaurus.

>>5948846
You tell us.

>>5947473

I'll give you a little more than you payed for Blurr + shipping

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Just ordered an MPP10B. What am I in for?

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>>5949735
fun times my friend

>>5948419
bodyblock and downshift were just repaints, so scrapping those wouldn't have broken my heart BUT since Hasbro/Takara had already sunk money into making Rumble, Frenzy, and Windcharger why not release those 3 as a wave?

>>5948595
who's going to be the first to put an MLG sticker on him?

When are we getting TR Rung?

>>5951058
Hopefully around the 12th of never.