Transformers General: Shockwave Edition

>When you don't really like Transformers anymore
Having money to buy children's toys was a mistake

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Any customs you keep in your collection tfg?

>>6234171
that's kinda adorable
but it makes me want an overlord remold into Omega Supreme.

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Was EM OP ever actually produced in this deco? The closest I guess is the one from 5 pack right?

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>>6234189
Lefto to right.

* Regular Hasbro release
* Takara release
* Platinum (chromed and faceplate) version with Grimlock
* Japan TRU Rusty version
* Evolution 2-pack version
* Farmegaddeon (sp) Rusty version
* Platinum United 5-pack version

>>6234167
ugh tell me about it

i went through that phase of 'alright i think i'm done with transformers' and sold off a loooot of my rarer figures for college pocket money

here i am 5 years later and i just randomly started collecting again

will i sell everything i just bought

will i die happy

>>6234201
Mmm, so the 5 pack is definitely the best. But to get the actual best I would need to buy several of those and parts swap, heh. But oh well. Maybe I'll do some light repainting.

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How many notMegatrons do you own?
How many notOptimi?
Which one is your favorite?

>>6234201
>grey feet
>silver smokestacks and shoulder pylons
>painted hips and those blue things on his abdomen
Besides the open-mouth head, I'd say Takara's first release is the one to get.

Is the Movie The Best version improved in any way?

Two separate questions: I live in LA, and I was wondering if any of you bought import items from stores in the area? If so, where do you recommend to go?

Because I've never bought toys online, I want to get recommendations of which online places are the best to import stuff. The two items in question are Masterpiece Cheetor and the Takara Movie Soundwave. My first Masterpiece was Optimus Primal which I bought when I went to Stan Lee's Comic Con last year. I paid $130 which was fair I think for not importing it, but I forgot who the retailer was. Any help?

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>KCA preview has the new guy in it
>But he doesn't say a fucking word or even get a name drop in it

>>6234369
Canopy? btw that clip need some extra work, the "walker" drone disapeared and the kids could've used another take or 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axvNQWIW67g

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>>6234238
Just get the oversized Wei Jiang.

>>6234374
eh who gives a shit about the humans? specially the kids.

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>>6234374
>dose delicious chest kibble

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>>6234388
Fuck me that looks fantastic, I've only bought their hound but I think I might just shell for black OP

Megatron looks badass,when he took Squeeks he was like:What the fuck are you?
Also,that Megatron shot has more emotion than Meg in the all 4 movies,it took them 10 years to do this.I can't wait to hear Welker's voice coming from that beast.

>>6234201
For some reason I keep thinking of disco fever with this pic.

>>6234425
For me his greatest emotion in the whole trilogy was him bumming in an alley looking at Cybertron while Splendid berates him like the brain-damaged fuck that he is.

Is just me or I heard Cade saying "Grimlock,take that off of your mouth".He actually mentioned him,wow. Also,the yellow robot is Canopy,she says"Canopy! No! Get up!"
I also liked when she said "I'm not afraid of you!" oh and we see Mohawk! He has a mohawk and Onslaught! And Barricade! In car mode! I'm so hyped for this movie! And,no,I'm not a G1 fan and I don't want to argue with anyone,I like those movies,but thise feels good.

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>>6234432
Still keeping a cautious look. I like my robots but if the camera focuses too much on the humans being the heroes then it wouldn't be worth the hype.

Other than that, Megatron looking good. Onslaught, not so much.

>>6234432
Nobody cares about those shit movies.

>>6234434
Human beings that exist today clearly say otherwise.

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>>6234436
Movies are shit but they're good with marketing. Why else would shit video games get bought, and then get top rants at the internet?

Looking at you Watch Dogs.

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>>6234434

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>>6234438
I'm just mostly into movies for the ROTF toys and any succeeding decent molds.

>>6234437
How is WD2?

>>6234440
Slight improvement but the driving is still shite. Still has a lot of internet meme references and I didn't like the theme of WD2 so bias for that.

Basically if you loved WD1, you'll probably like WD2. The protagonist makes a cameo in the latter as one of the help missions.

>>6234218
I made a rule for myself ever since I sold my Genesis and regretted it immensely that I never get rid of my hobby stuff.

Now I'm basically a hoarder but at least I don't regret selling off anything because I never sell it to begin with.

>>6234434
Tell that to the Box Office.
You know who doesn't care about G1 ,me.I don't give a fuck on what a fat nerd like you will tell me,you are jealous.

Anyway,I never like the transformers,I watch them for the humans. Who cares about dumb robots.

>>6234451
He didn't even mention G1 nigga, these movies are genuine shit.
They look sort of decent, the CG is impressive but the acting, writing and '''comedy''' are absolute shit.

>>6234451
I didn't even mention G1 lol. Bay fags are so defensive.

>>6234454
I agree with you anon. A lot of the designs I actually dig, and not counting AOE it's always impressive to see the bots moving across the screen. But the rest of the content in the movies is just laughable.

Although I do have hopes for TLK, I also wonder what they fucked up this time.

>>6234459
Just the one guy.

>>6234459
>Bay fags are so defensive.
They're still not half as bad as the G1ers, who piss and moan because their Bumblebee is a headmaster and the wrong shade of yellow.

>>6234468
When has Bumblebee ever been a headmaster?

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>>6234468
Please don't start another subfandom war.

We just discuss toys here and the occasional fiction it comes with.

>>6234471
>fandom
>>>/t/umblr

>>6234468
bee got a headmaster figure?

>>6234474
>implying /toy/ doesn't use terms
next you're gonna point me to the other TF sites.

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>tfw just buy random TF toys because I like how they look
>don't even remember what happened in the cartoons that I watched as a little boy

I can't be alone in this, right?

>>6234478
Same. I pretty much never gave a shit about any of the media except for S1 of BW and the first Bayformers.

I just like the toys.

>>6234478
Same for me but for Gundams.

For TFs I started off with team-collecting but then I realized that it was way better if I bought the molds I actually wanted.

>>6234478
>rewatched the G1 cartoon in 2013
>still barely remember what happened in it

most episodes pre-movie are just 'Decepticons are stealing energy! Autobots roll out! Maybe some new character or 'invention'? Decepticons, retreat!' anyway.

Sure it helps if a character had memorable moments in one of the shows/comics. I doubt I would have gotten Breakaway if I didn't enjoy Getaway in the comics, but I have many more toys where I really don't know/care about the character.

>>6234478
>buying cw remolds

no you just have shit tastes

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>>6234519
The cartoon was just dumb fun.
Didn't help that there were so many animation errors too.
That being said, rewatching G1 but in nips' voices was kinda amusing, especially pre-movie
>optimus sounds like he's tired of megatron's shit, screams everytime he's tripped, exploded or startled
>jazz sounds like a cool handsome high school senior
>bumblebee is like those blunt kids with nasty choice of words
>soundwave sounds excited everytime he ejects a cassette
>megatron sounds like a grumpy, whiny 50-something manchild
>starscream was less screechy and more seductive
Also Spike sounds like a subdued Kamille Bidan, despite having a different voice actor. (Show Hayami IIRC)

>>6234478
I can only recal a few and it was because they were pants on hard ridiculous.
Triple takeover. Blitzwing takes a high school football coach play advice and it actaully works. Astrotrain makes stupid minions that break a single watermain and drown the city with it.
AutoBop. Blaster and Tracks deal with a mind control dance club.
Web world. Galvatron gets psychiatric help.
B.O.T. worse episode
Carnage in C minor. Worse episode the sequel.

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>>6234549
Everyone point and laugh at the bitter anon

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>>6234550
Exploding Prime and that "WHOAAAA" scream are subject to a lot of jokes in Japan.

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>>6234189
>>6234201
Now you need to add movie the best to that

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Just curious here.

Anyone here upset about the size differences between lank man and stubosaur?

Or the fact stubby and the combiner-who-shouldn't-be-a-titan are the same size?

>>6234581
Why do people keep saying he isn't the same height as Metroplex? Sure he clearly comes up to his head in that shot with his legs bent but he's still going to be taller than Devy

>>6234478
This picture reminded me the other day when some anon said that CW Hound was about as good as Classics Hound.

Holy shit, they were wrong. That looks like trash.

>>6234581
I'll need to see a basic standing side by side picture to decide how I fell about it.

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>>6234583
Metroplex is 60cm, takara's outright confirmed their height.

The pic from tf_pr is just a flattering angle

>>6234587
I'm waiting on this myself.

I still plan on getting trypticon, but once I see a proper shot I'll know if I should go takara or wait on a sale with the hasbro version, not gonna ruin my wallet again on a titan unless its really worth it (and considering I got my metroplex for more than half of what I paid for fort max years later I need to be careful with my choice)

>>6234550

'Camiel'. It's Belgian.

https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camiel_Eurlings

>All these people on youtube bitching about the trailer being more for kids

They do realize this was shown at the fucking Kids Choice Awards right?

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>>6234640
MUH G1 IS NOT FER KIDS

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>>6234581

I WISH G1 Metroplex was 45 centimeters.

>>6234590
>Metroplex is 60cm

Metroplex is 56 cm from the top of his head.

I assume some people would measure from the tips of his extended shoulder cannons. Those people are twats.

TR Fortress Maximus might actually be 60 or 61 cm tall, in which case he would actually live up to the age-old claim of 'being two foot tall'. Does anyone have Fort Max?

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>>6234650
Huh, to be honest I'm just going by the proclamation of what the box says, if what google's conversion says is correct 2ft=60.96cm, which is what I'm going from.

I have both but unfortunately my fort max (and metro) are currently acting as a table for 8 combiner boxes, I...could measure the head since I keep that aside as a room decoration if that's any help?

>>6234658

Nope.

Eight combiner boxes... put them aside, whip out Fort Max and measure him. Then we will have certainty.

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>>6234650
Also to clarify I used different text colors to show a difference between the blurbs, coulda left out the titan/g1 bits I guess.

But essentially that's the size of devastator using takara and hasbro's advertising materials which basically make trypticon the same height as devastator

>>6234639
>'Camiel'
Isn't that a girl's name?

>>6234640
Remember, the TF fanbase is incredibly autistic
>wtf this kids' show isn't mature enough
>wtf this adults' comic isn't kid-friendly enough
>wtf this kids' toyline isn't complex enough
>well of course [transformer] has [flaw] it's a retail release for kids duh
>[pays double for that same transformer mentioned above] based takara looking out for adult collectors

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>>6234661
Well the other problem is its 4am, window is open because its warm and the ratchets will wake up other residents in my house.

Greetings from Australia, I could do it tomorrow unless another kind anon beats me to it because I am due for sleep, was checking the status of the last 2 UW sets which are going right on top of those boxes.

Its a stable tower to say the least, helps the carpet floor prevents their wheels from rolling

>>6234672
Is this a Gundam reference?

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>>6234677

>>6234650
Yep, just checked my Metro and that's his height.

Checking on my FM, he's about 57/58.

Neither reach 2 feet (even with the horns/antenna)

>>6234662

I was of course hoping Trypticon would be able to look Metroplex in the eye, but I suppose I understand why he can't.

Well have to weigh them though when Trypticon's out, to see whether he's lighter...

>>6234672
>Isn't that a girl's name?

It can be. It's unisex.

>>6234673

Ah, well. Sleep in peace, Ozanon.

>>6234692

Oh, thanks!

Huh, I would have thought Fort Max had at least four centimeters on Metro.

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helicopter Prowl.

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>>6234317
I guess I'm the only one.

>>6234828
I kind of recognize the rest, but who iss hood-tits in the middle?

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>>6234836
Blowout, the guy who is LITERALLY go-bot Megatron but with clear plastic instead of silver.

Optimus had a similar doppelganger named Firecracker.

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>>6234201
Nearly 3 years and still one of my favorite movie toys.

>Clean movie paint never

>>6234828
leaping forward? G2 Gobot megatron

>>6234317
over the years? 19.
G2, 3 Beast Wars, RiD, Armada, Energon, Cybertron, Classic,Henkei, the 4 leader movie ones, 2 voyager ones, the trilling 30 legends one, CW, and TR.
On hand atm? 4.
I own property in a few states and I keep most of my collection in my VA office.

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Anyone own this guy?
How is he?

>>6234896
Looks really cool as you can see. Kibble can get in the way of posing.

>>6234896
visually fun and transformation is noteworthy. Not much else to say however.

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GENTLEMEN, BEHOLD!

>>6234650
haha holy shit I'm retarded
I had no idea max's guns detached to be handheld

>>6234957
Looks like that one injin god.

>>6234957
Mech Shiva

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>>6234957
GENTLEMEN...
I have created. THIS THING!

>>6234578
ctrl+c

>>6234662
I typed up this whole response to your pic until I finally realized the mistake.
"G1" and "Titan" were your labelling of the pics ABOVE the text
The blue sizes are you attempting to explain the size of devastator, and the red is commentary on his height comparison.

That's a terribly confusing picture.
It's also incorrect.
that 45 cm is the height of the highest part, so much like Metro's antennae, it's Devy's shoulderscoop. Height is closer to 42 cm.
Whereas on trypticon, since he's crouching and cannot stand up straight, he's actually overall as big, if not bigger than metroplex, it's simply his tallest tip goes up to that height.
With his skyscraper guns down, not up.

>>6234584
These people who claim that are just skinflints who don't want to pony up the money for a Classics Hound.

Why is YoungPrime so autistic?

>>6235110
Better question: Why should we care?

>>6235110
Fuck off. No one cares.

>>6235140
Not soon enough.

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when will the shitty TR gimmick end?

>>6235144
After wave 8
Some of the size class will have the next linewide gimmick in their wave 8 releases though

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Does anyone happen to have the WFC model sheets for Optimus Prime, Jazz and Megatron? The ones that show the robots from front, side and rear?

>>6235110
oh good I thought I was the only one stalking the sites for movie trailers.

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>>6235228
All I got is Megs.

>>6235144
>Was gonna buy Galvatron and Hotrod
>tfw too autistic about their heads looking shite on the side and back

Well at least Sixshot looks decent because he's all white around the scalp.

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>>6235228
I remember downloading a couple of Cybertron/Dark Spark/DOTM models for Garry's Mod to fuck around in, but no Jazz or Megatron. Just WFC Optimus.

>>6235144
Soon. Next year is PotP

>>6235144
It's running a little shorter than CW. It only
Feels longer becuase they announced TR almost a year in advance and they launch it in the fall rather than the start of the year.

>>6235144
>>6235149
>>6235259
Hopefully PotP is just a mix of CW and TR figures so we can get the missing combiners and the rest of the headmaster/powermasters plus whoever they want to stick into the line like the prime votes candidates, gimmick or no.

>>6235271
Nah, the mixed gimmicks is the post Prime Wars line

>>6235293
Post Prime Wars is going to be Beast Wars reboot tho

>>6235297
Not with John "Furicide" Warden as the boss

>>6235297
I wish, but I doubt that will happen. Ideally a BW reboot for me would be like what Armada/Energon/Cybertron was to G1, but consistently good. Some core characters but a lot of remixed concepts and new characters. WE need more exciting beast choices like mid-late BW, not the same wolves/big cats/ t.rexes/ winged insects. Lets get some sealife, prehistoric mammals, and other niche creatures.

>>6235305
>Anemone transformer

>>6234418
>tfw the little swing arms were broken in the package and the retailer never got around to replacing them
;_;

>>6234438
I lost my shit when Starscream said that to Knockout.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIb0jx1O5WA

Is there anywhere I can view a full list of 3rd party legends figures?

>>6235330
Check the 3rd party thread

>>6235302
Warden is leaving after prime wars

>>6235341
Sauce: your ass.

>>6235315
is yours the first batch?
mine is from the second and i;ve heard nothing about breakage in the 2nd batch yet

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>>6235092
Was going by what both hasbro and takara have used in past advertising rather than actual measurements

>>6235306
>Cityformer that becomes a sea lab, spaceship and giant jellyfish

>>6235374
>Off-brand Biolante

>>6235345
No, my dad works for Hasbro, he confirmed this

>>6235346
Yeah, probably first batch.

>>6235271
It was stated PotP has it's own gimmick. Most assume power up/armor gimmick since they copyrighted "Apex gear" and "Matrix armor"

>>6235422
Also, the name.

>>6235422
I'm guessing it'll be like Beast Hunters Shockwave with snap on armor bits.

>>6235427

"Armor up" figures usually are some of the worst. They tend to look poor without the armor because arms/legs/whatever is molded smaller to account for the armor, and then the armor often ends up killing any articulation it had to boot.

Really hope that isn't the path they take, especially given CW and TR have turned out so good. CW gave us good, functional combiners, and TR brought great updates to a long forgotten gimmick.

>>6235433
On the upside, transformers don't have to actually "wear" the armor. Look at PMOP, or the Armada leaders. Sure, those were bricks, but it was a different time. Everything in Armada was a brick.

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Messing around, hoping Dinobot will be MP Ironhide/Ratchet height.

Also, still wishing that this repaint would happen with MP Ratchet.

>>6235422
I'm hoping it's just some kind of universal minicon or powermaster gimmick

like just make some minicons that peg into a toys chest or arm or something

>>6234478
same. alt forms that are accurate to real vehicles + they feel like 3d jigsaw puzzles + who doesn't like well articulated robots?

I didn't even watch the cartoons where I grew up, just the animated movie. I never cared for the story anyway, always thought optimus 'le chosen one' prime was the gayest most mary sue faggot ever

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>>6235448
>like just make some minicons that peg into a toys chest or arm or something

>>6235442
I kind of wonder if this mold didn't do well or something, because that right there really seems like a no-brainer mall exclusive repaint.

If people didn't like MP hipskirts in white I guess they figured they wouldn't like him in neon green

>>6235463
I want a KO in movie green.

>>6235422
>Yfw instead of godbomber we get an apex gear set that attaches using 5mm pegs
>Any leader class can equip it
>Retroactively get apex optimus, but also apex overlord, apex sixshot, apex blaster, etc.

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>>6235442
MP Dinobot should wind up being eyelevel to these guys.

And the beast mode would probably wind up as big as MP Grimlock's beastmode, which would be interesting to see.

>>6235489
God I really make a bad habit out of uploading the blurriest pictures possible

>>6234639
>>6234695
>Correcting shit you clearly know nothing about
>Seriously answering a joke/referene
Are you autistic?
Also fuck off.

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>>6234780
These guys are upcoming Transformers right?
I don't see a symbol...

>>6235489
Nah, i bet he's a head taller than primal at best.
Also, beast mode will be smaller than you think. His transformation is basically standing on his hands, like grimlock, but his legs fold up to form the chest where grimlock has a whole backpack devoted to his chest and head.

>>6235493
Pretty sure they're a different line, people just associate them with Transformers because some of them do have that kind of look to them.

>>6234369
>>6234374
That new robit looks to be Long Haul with a new head.

And that walker has ED-209's legs on backwards.

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>>6235490

No one expects a pic to be perfect Anon, just have fun with your stuff.

>>6234896
Looks neat, transforms okay, weapons/gimmick is okay compared to others in the line. Head's always looking down if I recall. Otherwise, decent to pretty good, but not exceptional/great. Notable for not being as trash looking as some of the other movie toys/designs, it's a shame he hasn't been re-used more outside of... I wanna say, a Bludgeon repaint?

>>6234896
THEY EXPECT ONE OF US IN THE WRECKAGE BROTHER

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How did they fuck this up so badly?

I just realized they don't even need to add any extra parts / joints to make his arm work.

All they needed to do was make the elbow joint able to swing "back" as well as forward (see: CW Offroad / First Aid mold), then you can just swivel it 180 degrees at the shoulder and get the dragon heads right-side up.

If only they bothered putting in effort.

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>>6235660
>Effort
>Hasbro

Many keks

I feel ya mang.

>>6235660
I just noticed he's the shelf warmer of the wave, and I was so happy when I first got him.

Shame he felt a bit meh

>>6235660
Eh, I just tab his cannons into his shoulders and make him do fire-shooting/bracing against recoil poses

>>6235677
It's hard to completely write him off. His colors look cool and his headmaster is awesome.

If I didn't know RID Twinferno was coming, there's no way I'd have passed on the TR one.

So Megatronia is the first CW/UW combiner I've bought that hasn't fallen to bits as soon as I opened it. In fact she's remarkably solid and well built. Goddamnit I love her- the individual bots are so much fun and the combined mode looks better than I expected. I wish the combiner hands had the 5mm ports in the actual "grip" of the hands though rather than her wrist.

But yeah, she's fantastic. Though she needs a chest cycle IMO. Maybe I should buy one of those shelfwarming Legends Grooves in my local Entertainer, repaint it and have it as a new character? IIRC it's possible to finagle that figure into a "handgun" mode, so maybe she could be called Sexpistol?

>>6235700
Well yeah compare the plastic from Megatronia to the CW stuff and you will notice that the Takara feels more grainy, matted, and denser than the Hasbro ones. That's the difference of plastic they use on some of their stuff that was much more pronounced on the CW/UW line.

>>6235705
Yeah, the plastic does feel better- it feels better compared to my UW Computron too. He has some seriously nasty plastic, especially Scattershot's wings.

>>6235700
People say Takara Vortex has reinforced combiner slots. Do the copter twins have them too?

>>6235729
Yes, they do actually. They're much thicker and sturdier feeling than the ones on my Alpha Bravo.

>>6235660

>make the elbow joint able to swing "back" as well as forward

Wouldn't that look odd? I'm not sure I see what you mean.

>>6235735
He's nagging about an aesthetic preference.

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>>6235660
just add swivels and la-di-da voila

seriously every figure in CW and TR can be miraculously fixed simply by adding more swivels

>>6235741
But that would have added to parts count, which in turn would have priced them out of the American market. Walmart wants minimal effort for 3/4th the price.

>>6235752
honestly I wouldn't be surprised if we see a massive downscaling in average figure size for Transformers in the next couple of years, it's pretty much the only way quality can be maintained while also dealing with rising prices(heck if Cyberverse had done better during Prime I bet it would have happened already)

>>6235741
jobby calm down about those damn things

>>6235732
Man that sounds nice. But I still don't see myself getting that set unless I get a pay raise.

>>6235760
Is Jobby the new Thew or something?

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>>6235110

This is the guy that coined the term Shrekformers to describe Transformers: Prime.

I shit you not.

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>>6235790
Why Shrekformers? Is it the nose or because of the broad shoulders?

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>>6235442
>Also, still wishing that this repaint would happen with MP Ratchet.

It could happen.

They can market this as Oil Slick.

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Oil_Slick_(G1)

>>6235793

because it's CGI.

Not even kidding.

The Prime forum in 2012 was an absolute mad house, like the movies forums are nowadays.

>>6235800
Movie forums are mostly alive preproduction and pre-release. It never garners enough discussion outside of waiting for trailers.

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>have cw ultra magnus because he was being sold cheaper than a voyager
>tempted to buy the mp despite owning delta magnus

Am I going insane, I can justify my seeker cravings but not this, should I sell off my cw and get the mp, whats a good price range?

>MB-11 prime is due this month
>there is supposedly an mp of movie prime coming
>kinda want my jetfire to gattai

They wouldn't make an mp movie jetfire would they now, can I justify this?

So many choices to make, all with trypticon(s) approaching, this year is gonna be a tough one

I need to finally make a choice, quit the retail collection and stick to mp's only or just quit, my wallet and my obessions cannot co-exist

>>6235878
You could learn to control your impulses and wallet, you know?

>>6235752
It would, but the amount of plastic used would be about the same

>>6235771
Kind of?

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>>6234780
By the way, the upcoming anime version of "White Hope" has an extra gurl head-car.

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>wave 4 not even out
>assholes already finding wave 5 overseas

>>6235940
Thanks, Walmart.

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>>6235144
I don't want it to ever end. Haven't had this much fun with TF's in forever.

>>6235940
>wave 4 was already out overseas
>naturally wave 5 will follow

I got what I needed from a holiday (thank you based Philippines) but my own country is lagging, we had a small lot of sixshots come recently, an equally as tiny lot of blackshadows, and such a tiny spatter of wave 3 and 4 voyagers you wouldn't of believed they hit if not for photographic evidence.

Right now stores here are flooding with wave 3 deluxes, I sense more sales are due but I also sense they're gearing up for the movie figures to flood the shelves once they're gone.

At this rate whatever I miss here will be more money unnecessarily spent on takara versions, shits not helping yo

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>>6235422
No, the leaked rumors have said the gimmick will be "toys to life" and some sort of web-interactive game.

>>6235938
>White Hope

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Two down, one to go. Sadly that one has gotten expensive thanks to Kickback being released.

Bombshell's not great unfortunately, bug legs really ruin things in robot mode.

>>6235952
God, Kickback looks great, especially with that clear plastic chestpiece. Shrapnel looks 2nd best. Bombshell a shit. Well, his bug mode is cute I guess.

>>6235952
I wish I'd gotten the Hasbro Bombshell vs the Takara one. I liked his silver head more, but Hasbro's colors match better.

>>6235955
Shrapnel doesn't look that good in-hand due to the shoddy paintwork.

>>6235959
Skrapnel - bad colors
Bombshell - shoddy mold, cheese-yellow
Kickback - thighs don't lock in bug mode

Kickback is definitely the best among the three.

>>6235952
>shrapnel is smaller than his 2 counterparts
>bombshell's design is hampered by his bug legs and the aborted attempts at a combiner weapon mode
>kickback's aesthetic not only clashes with his brothers due to use of clear plastic but even goes to the extent of PAINTING OVER some to create his chest

We have legends insecticons now but at what cost

>>6235957
The takara ones look amazing and they fucked it up by RETOOLING their chest just to hold a stupid sticker.

I wanted those and ended up going all hasbro just so they would match, then kickback ruins it, least the takara collectors will feel the pain too since their kickback won't have the sticker since they're doing legend class figures for their legends line

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>>6235957
Really? The silver head is actually my least favorite part of it, it sticks out so apparently and looks like it was pasted from a different toy. I also don't dig the reduced amount of purple, sickly-pale gold, and that hideous chest emblem. Hasbro won this fight hands down.

>>6235964
Just buy the Rhodium box-set version in 2020.

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>>6235952
>one to go
nah

>>6235968
>Two grasshoppers

>>6235968
Eh.

I'd only get FOC Sharpshot, but no brothers really takes the fun out of that.

>>6235968
Why did they make one deluxe foc insecticon?

Have that not realized some collectors have ocd?!

I myself am kicking myself for waiting on mp11 based seekers, I want my fucking hasbro skywarp!

>>6235968
What the FUCK is that on the left, and is it a good figure? I'm crossing my fucking fingers that it is, that gangly aesthetic is so cool.

>>6235975
some RiD jackoff

>>6235972
They didnt make many Foc toys.

Ironically they made the one that would end up as a playable character in Rise of the Dark Spark.

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>>6235972
>Have that not realized some collectors have ocd?!
Depends on the team.
My Targetmasters OCD might get sated in the future, but I wish Quake can have his friends soon.

>>6235975
RID Scorponok.

I heard it's good.

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>>6235975
RID Paralon. It's okay. I mean, it's an RID toy and you know how lightweight those are. But the transformation is interesting and the silhouettes of both modes are unique. It's also a reference to BW Scorponok.

This deco is a TRU-exclusive so it may be hard to find depending on where you are.

>>6235975
RiD paralon, a head-retool of scorponok, meant to homage beast wars scorponok.

Its an ok figure with extendable legs, problem is the pincers are just hollow shells that just clip over the arms and make shoulder pads.

So no nippy claw action, but its ok, get it cheap (might not be possible with paralon, its a TRU exclusive but scorponok you can, be aware the hasbro one looks like shit and the takara version sold like it was the end of the world)

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>>6235968
I remember trying to make purple and gold/yellow/orange boatformers trio out of thunderblast, mirage and sharkticon, but i missed out on sharkticon.
oh well, i guess thunderblast was content with a gay bestie.

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>>6235980
He's very poseable though, and definitely top percentage of the rid line.

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>>6235977
Well holy shit, they planned triggerhappy's buddies from the start
>g1 figure doesn't have leg fins
>TR figure does
>allows for his buddies to also acquire them

I'm more and more amazed seeing these guys, its a pity we won't complete the set until after wave 6 since they decided to split the remaining 2

>>6235977
>triggerhappy gives zero fuck about accuracy
>misfire can't into accuracy
slugslinger is the only targetmaster 'cons that makes sense

>>6235990
>Well holy shit, they planned triggerhappy's buddies from the start
no fucking shit, sherlock, they don't just wing it wave to wave.

>>6235990
So what's so fantastic about Triggerhappy anyway?

Can't find one for myself.

>>6234558
>Blitzwing takes a high school football coach play advice and it actaully works.

If the upcoming blitzwing did not have coach as the headmaster hasbro missed a good opportunity

>>6236004
Explain krok and quake, some laziness right there

>>6236008
lazy =/= unplanned
git gud at logic

>>6236008
Krok-Croc-Skullsmasher, obviously trying to be witty and find a way to sell a character whose very gimmick is the fact he can't transform.

No idea who Quake is.

>>6236005
His transformation while relatively easy has a few surprises such as his torso spinning AND a separate section entirely spinning around.

Someone needs to post the triggerhappy gif, that's a level of niftiness you don't see too often.

Also he makes for a damn nice shot em up jet

>>6236008
Krok is a great use of the mold, what are you talking about

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I honestly don't mind Krok at all, short of BW Megatron I don't know who else they'd even redo Skullcruncher into. Plus that mold looks pretty good in those colors

>>6236011
He's a tank targetmaster. I like the HH mold quite a bit so this is good enough for me.

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>>6236012

>>6235940
>local walmart stocked up on wave 1 before christmas
>that stock is still fucking there
>tfw shelves full of Blurr and Skullcruncher with more stacked on the top of aisle for when pegs run low
I'm never gonna see Triggerhappy in the wild.

>>6236011
>Krok-Croc-Skullsmasher, obviously trying to be witty and find a way to sell a character whose very gimmick is the fact he can't transform
Witty yes, can't transform, yes, thing is his action master self was based around some sort of aircraft, they chose what he was based on his name only.

Quake I'm a bit more forgiving with, its the fact the tank mods are unchanged seeing how hardhead was a cybertronian tank while quake was an older human tank, a leopard 2 MBT to be exact.

I mean shit man least change the tank turret

>>6236013
Color wise he's amazing, witty way to use the name sure, mold um...considering TR so far has been g1 faithful he's just outright OC

>>6236018
Blurr and Scourge shelfwarmed hard.

Guess nobody was really into Sweeps.

>>6236021
Not shitty, blue, blue, blue ones.

>>6236021
I'd say its the bland colors, for blurr trying to move some of that lighter shade of blue from the vehicle may of saved him.

And giving scourge white/almost-white-but-actually-blue thighs may of helped him out, the neck issues are also a pain despite easily being fixed.

I'm glad I bought the last 2 so my legends scourge has an entourage, my local stores have been stocking well once the blurrs and scourges went

>>6236021
nobody's into monocromatic toys
>>6236019
Krok's a croc because a)he didn't HAVE an alt-mode before, and b) he had a croc partner

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>>6236026
Fuck, been looking at mine and now that you mention it I forgotten about that accessory

Must of lost it during my move, shit

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>>6236026
>a)he didn't HAVE an alt-mode before

>>6236029
If only he weren't so tiny.

>>6236029
Don't people hate this mold? Don't own it myself.

>>6235977
>but I wish Quake can have his friends soon.
what are they going to make needlenose and spinister from?
but screw em, autobots targetmasters when?

>>6236019
> TR so far has been g1 faithful
lol no
>he's just outright OC
a new alt mode does not a new character make

>>6236038
Spinister from Highbrow seems the obvious choice imo, not perfect, but good enough. Needlenose is a bit less so, there's no standard jet mold for him to use right now.

>>6236038
As soon as the Headmaster Jrs get proper bodies, so never.

>>6236038
>needlenose and spinister from?
The answer is Triggerhappy and Highbrow.

>>6236043
In some ways it has been.

The actual Headmaster characters, obviously excluding Brainstorm, are pretty much just updated renditions of their G1 toys.

>>6235771
Well I mean since Thew stopped making videos and Jobby is still going and funny...kinda?

>>6236054
Thew's been sick and dealing with moving issues.

>>6236054
>Well I mean since Thew stopped making videos
it's only been a month, chill out

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>>6236038
>needlenose and spinister from?
Sup. Spinister can get Highbrow.
And Needlenose is a twink anyway.

>>6236070
I can't believe they still haven't figured out how to make a good windblade yet

>>6236070
>don't even remold it
>Needlenose has tits now

I'm oddly alright with this.

>>6236070
oh god this looks even worse than the first version

>>6236070
>this was retooled from highbrow
really? is her neck fucked then?

>>6235980

I managed to find him before Scorponok, I'm glad I got Paralon.

Love the BW Scorponok homage, and I thought he was cool in the cartoon (Paralon I mean)

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>>6236070

Those thunderthighs, damn.

>>6236073

They've made exactly 1 good female TF figure in their entire history, T30 Arcee. And that was designed by someone who literally wanted an Arcee so badly he made a waifu garage kit of her. So Windblade looking pretty imperfect is par for the course.

>>6236089
>They've made exactly 1 good female TF figure in their entire history,

That's bullshit and even you know it.

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Would you have retooled a different figure for Nautica?

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>>6236097
Yes.

Test

>>6236089
Lies. Both Prime Arcees are great toys.

>>6236108
Generations Chromia is better than her retool base.

>>6236108

We have different definitions of good and female, in this case. Prime Arcee is one of those weird, lanky, no nose designs. They're not bad, but they're not what I'd call "good" either.

It's just a difference in taste.

can you turn voyager prime into a gun with his wings as a handle?
just curious

>>6236056
>dealing with moving issues.

Christ, he should buckle down and buy a caravan already, then when he moves for the sixth time in a year, he won't need to unpack anything.

>>6236089
>They've made exactly 1 good female TF figure in their entire history, T30 Arcee.

Both Prime Arcees and Animated Arcee.

>>6236097
No. Give her an original mold.

>>6236115
You're criticizing the design here, not the toy. The fact is, both of them are well-sculpted, fun to transform, and pose pretty well to boot. They're good toys. Whether the Prime Arcee design matches your own personal tastes is irrelevant to that fact.

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>Hasbro is capable of making clever transformations and designs even after the post-TF:Prime First Edition era, where transformations are really dumbed down due to parents complaining, as shown by Triggerhappy
>we won't see them go all out with their extensive design experience to make us the perfect TF toy

It hurts to live.

>>6236136

A better question is why they don't seem to learn from their past. Every so often you get this one, outstandingly designed figure that would be great to adopt and adapt to the whole line from then on, and use as a basis for improving everything.

And then the next 20 figures are just meh and don't bother to use the engineering tricks they clearly had up their sleeve.

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>>6236136
everything i know and love always gets ruined by normies

there must be a way to stop them

there must be a way

>>6236097
I would have made her a correct head for one thing. the fan placement is unfortunate but the wrong head design is inexcusable.

>>6236136
>>6236145
Much as I love a good complex transformation, I will admit there were a few at the tail end of that era that just made me sigh heavily upon looking at them. Transforming them had become a CHORE.

I hope Hasbro finds a good middleground soon. Titans Return is fun and simple to transform, but usually laughably simple and predictable. I like a little bit of surprise or things that make me smile, like Soundwave up there. Just...punch up the complexity a little bit and we'll be good.

>>6236145
>complains about normies
>posts webm showing something that spawned from exactly what he complained about

Bayformers is the most normal person thing in the whole franchise. It's literally designed to cater to them. Thats why the movies are human romance stories featuring Not-Transformers with fart jokes, thugbots, and Devastator's swinging balls.

>>6236145
ROTF-2010-DOTM era has some good toys
Granted it's bayshit, but you can get cool shit like the scouts, Tomahawk, Hailstorm and Skyhammer

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>>6236152
>Transforming them had become a CHORE.

Hello there. Did you call me?

>>6236159
leader op is easy, i don't understand how people find it difficult.

>>6236159
That's the most complex bayformers?

>>6236159
jesus FUCK

why is it so hard to find Striker Optimus

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>>6236152
>TRANSFORMers
>Transforming them had become a CHORE

fucking unreal

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>>6235660
> only
> all they had to do

You can swap the elbows around faggot, but the problem is the forearms are designed so you can't do a full 90 degree bend. They would have had to mould the forearms differently.

Even then this doesn't even look good, it's better the way it is

>>6236159
I wish someone had a ko of just his cannon.

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>>6236186
Just get the RID when it comes out.

>>6236186

I have this head canon where Twinferno is a clumsy oaf who wants to become a doctor but he can't because of his dragon head hands and also his need to talk to the heads as if they were real.

>INB4 Faggot and Cool Story Bro.

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>>6235660
>>6236186
>>6236198

Personally I love Doublecross. Got no problem with his elbows either. Kinda sad people see him as the weak one in the wave, that seems more like Hotrod.

Can't wait for his beefmaster 3P version thats coming out soon-ish.

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>>6236186
>>6235660
wait, y'all are mad because the dragon head hands are UPSIDEDOWN?

that's not the problem with the heads, the problem is that they're aligned 90 degrees away from the normal hand position

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>>6236220
good for flexing i guess?

>>6236220
The dreaded curling iron elbows.

>>6236207
>head canon
No need to, in the Headmasters anime his heads have diferent personalities and are clumsy AF, they tried to extinguish a fire by spiting water into it, but forgot they only spit fire.

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>>6236207

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>>6236207
I'm glad I made these; they keep being relevant.

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>>6236241
Love DC, but damn I can't unsee his sad crotch parasite.

>>6236220
I personally have never had much of a problem with arms like this, though I have a friend who literally will not buy a toy that has these

They aren't ideal but as long as they're not on every figure it's fine, especially if it's for something like this guy who obviously works better with the heads this way

>>6235950
Toys to life is RID's gimmick with those poker chip stickers

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>>6236246
>I can't unsee his sad crotch parasite.

You'd be scared too if your life consisted of toothy, fire breathing dragon heads holding your energon drain tube.

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>>6236249

Well, guess what? Some intern misquoted how many stickers we needed to the factory, so now Power of the Primes gimmick is that too.

>>6236212
Anyone who doesn't like Doublecross (or his awesome updated name: Twinferno) probably doesn't like fun.

I'm being hyperbolic, of course, but he has a sweet ass dragon mode and definitely my favorite of the wave. Literally his only downside is his elbows and those don't really bother me like most curling arms do.

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>>6236259
I like mechanical beasties but I find his dragon mode too boxy. It just looks weird beside all the organic-looking shapes attached to it.

>>6236212
Breakaway is by far the weakest.

>>6236152
A lot of RotF and DotM movie toys just tended to have really fiddly transformations with lots of minor steps to achieve that scrap heap aesthetic.

If overly complex toys were an issue and they're going for simpler, G1 looks, there's really no excuse not to approach MP levels of engineering. Most of them aren't any more complex than a T30 toy, their transformations are just afforded more steps because they aren't marketed to ADD babies who refuse to read instructions and then tell their parents to make scathing amazon reviews.

>>6236266
That's fair. But I don't know, it works for me. His dragon is almost a consistent mess, Like:

> "I hate my boxy generic car mode...what if i slap on some organic monster limbs!"
Doublecross, what are you doing?
> "And wings! Bat wings!"
Doublecross, no.
> "And twin dragon heads instead of arms!"
What? No...why?
> "Even in bot mode! They don't transform! Just dragon heads!"

>>6236266

Well, it's an update to a G1 toy. It was always like that.

>>6236275
>"And my head turns into a pirate lion from a different toy line!"

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>>6236252
>>6236246
better than an angry crotch parasite

I hope arm replacements are made by someone for Doublecross to give him wrist (neck?) swivels.

I also would not be opposed to a new crotchplate that isn't crying.

>>6236279
Someone was scratching his crotch aye.

>>6236283

Unfortunately, those paint chips were like that right out of the package for me.

>>6236275
>> "And twin dragon heads instead of arms!"
>What? No...why?
>> "Even in bot mode! They don't transform! Just dragon heads!"

>implying that isn't like 99% of the appeal to Doublecross

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>>6236288
Main reason why I keept searching for the upscaled Sinnertwin.

>>6236288
I'm not implying that at all. That was an imaginary conversation between him an unspecified commentator, not my own responses. That was unclear.

>>6236297
I considered getting the 3P Ordin figure of just him. He was always my favorite as a kid too. Never had an entire abominus, just him and the bird one, but I loved them.

>>6236275
The Monsterbots were created in an accident, so the deformities weren't a choice for them.
The Dinobots being dumb on the other hand..

>>6236276
>Well, it's an update to a G1 toy. It was always like that.
I hear this line so much in Titans Return discussion, and it just makes me go ??? Like, cool, reference the past all you like, I like nostalgia too. But when you run across something that was shitty or a limitation of the times, PLEASE fucking change it Hasbro. At that point it just feels like either stubbornness, or laziness.

I wonder if Hasbro saves some change on engineers now that a lot of the figures are pretty much straight-up using their exact transformations from G1.

>>6236317
>The Dinobots being dumb on the other hand..
it'safeature

>>6236330
Didn't they attack autobots in a fight in their episode because they couldn't figure out who was a con and who was a bot?

>>6236327

But in this case it isn't a limitation of the times. It was an intentional design choice. They did other robot animals and stuff before, and these were specifically made differently.

They're monsterbots, they're not supposed to be entirely coherent in all aspects. Thats part of their charm.

If they're shitty to you or not, well, thats personal preference there. I love'em. I'm also really hyped for the next Fanshobby release too, I really want the beefy Not-Doublecross.

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>can't find proper 1980's space diorama for CHUG
>wind up purchasing Legos and getting a bunch of M-Tron, Ice Planet and Blacktron pieces to construct what i want
>now spent all my money on legos and don't have enough for transformers.

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I just got back from my trip to an alternate universe and picked up their version of Brainstorm, what do you guys think?

>>6236398
I actually prefer the bot mode on the one we got; I like lither, slimmer Brainstorm. I just wish his alt mode wasn't so car-with-wings looking.

>>6236128
>Lit'rul who from a comic who has 5 fans
>new mold
Yeah, what a great idea.

>>6236402
>implying Trasfags aren't so desperate to have more female characters that they'll take them where they can get them

>>6236248
At least your friend has standards.

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>>6236401
>I just wish his alt mode wasn't so car-with-wings looking.

Use the fanmode.

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How pathetic can one person be?

>>6236419
It just seems like a dude running a local Transformers fan convention

>>6236398
thin your paints and lay off the sodas.

>>6236419
Yeah, you're just triggered someone is doing a robot convention.

>>6236426
>dude

it's the same guy who ran botcon into the ground: pete sinclair.

>>6236431
>the old "thin your paints" meme

>soda
wut

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>>6236440
Look on the bright side: no more shitty headsculpts

Just picked up Triggerhappy and he looks almost purple, is this normal?

>>6236450
How purple are we talking?
Got any pics?

>>6236220
>Sudden urge for First Edition Prime Prime/Bulkhead
>tons of black repaints of the FE Prime for around $50 while show colors is $130+
Did the black one get a KO or something and I missed hearing about it?

>>6236089
>put the entire vehicle mode on her back because we can't figure out how to make her feminine figure turn into a car
>good

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>>6236448

fuck me that is abysmal

>>6236460
>hating arcee

how does it feel to be an assmuncher?

>>6236466
>liking a car with a murderous tranny glued under it

>>6236469
>tranny

Not this version of Arcee.

>>6236469
>caring about IDW

This is why the Legends Arcee is better, she is a sweet hot aunt that cares for her nephew a lot.

>>6236419
>>6236433
I think it's more of the issue that's a selling feature for the convention. Show cases with rare stuff is nothing new.

>>6236271

Yeah, he's not even as good as the Walmart exclusive TF Cybertron Hot Shot repaint from almost 10 years ago.

Maybe Takara will at least do a Hot Rod redeco with the new Getaway head.

>>6236477
Yeah but it doesn't have to be new to be interesting.

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>>6236457
I'd say noticeably compared to Prime who I thought would be a colour match

>>6236483
Look 'ight.

>>6236159
This guy is the poster child of the overly complex engineering RotF toys were known for (though nowhere near the most egregious example), but god help me I fucking love him.

He's probably my favorite TF ever. I'd have to take a sweep of my collection to really know for sure (MP10 Prime MIGHT edge him out, depending on the time of day), but he's top 3 for me, for damn sure. I love him to bits.

It's honestly still a little surprising to me that there are people out there that DON'T like complex transformations. Like, ever since I was a wee lad, I always thought that that was the main draw of the entire line. Like, if you have a dude that turns into a truck, and it's not immediately apparent how he gets from one form to the other without "cheating", then that's magic to me.

>>6236489
>It's honestly still a little surprising to me that there are people out there that DON'T like complex transformations

People are fucking dumb. If their little shit, God forbid, comes crying to mommy and daddy that he can't immeadiately transform his new toy they bought to shut him the fuck up, this envokes an impotent rage, especially when they've already no doubt discarded the packaging in the parking lot of the Walmart they bought it in, and with it, the instructions.

>>6236482
which that fails at as well. A display of old G2 toys that have high quality photos all over the net isn't a strong feature.

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>>6236487
The paint on the figure isn't blue at all though, it might be that screwing with my eyes and making the whole thing look purple.

>>6236483
Looking at pictures on the internet isn't the same experience, basement man.

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>>6236419
This made me remember that CW Motormaster lacks a trailer. Not complaining myself, but I'm pretty surprised that people didn't seem to care at all.