/tfg/ "ITS HAPPENING" edition

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>>6440900

Huh, and here I thought no one else noticed that.

>>6440887
>Can we please stop with the whole delusion that UW Devestator functions as an MP stand-in?
Hasui did say in an interview he wanted it to be mp-like and the fact that each component is voyager sized makes it believable, that said its mp LIKE, not an actual mp, the fact the figures themselves have LESS play (ie hook's crane extension) does hurt.

For me, personally I'll just treat it as a separate figure from my generations or mp's, infact all of my combiners and titans and even my soon to arrive supreme class figures have their own little space

One thing, devvy is 6 bots is he not, then the up coming predaking being only 5...does that mean he'sgonna be smaller than devvy or will they end up being BIG voyagers?

>>6440897
When you have him on a shelf with other Generations figures, he looks just fine. Every time I see him on the shelf with somebody's MPs, it makes my eyes bleed.

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>>6440903

Well, he doesn't have a waist swivel, and the giant microscope on his shoulder can block some head movement, but you can move or remove it, so unless you've got a massive hardon to keep the microscope straight over his shoulder and in absolutely no other positions ever, he'll be able to look anywhere just fine.

>>6440858 #
Yeah but who are you quoting

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Supposedly according to peugh's review only a certain serial number on trypticon batches was affected with bad hips, where do I find out what batches and where is this serial number?

While I have modded mine and he works fine knowing I can reset mine (as mine is a reversible method) would be interesting

Screw Perceptor where's the Magnificent Magnificus repaint with Ga'mede Titan Master

>>6440912
He already sounds/looks good enough for me, I'm not sure why other anons say they're disappointed. Does the microscope stow vertically on the back, like Hardhead/Quake's cannon can? It doesn't have to, I'm sold already but it'd be cool if it could.

>>6440923
e-hobby redeco, hasbro won't do it now, takara legends needs to progress faster

>>6440927
It can

>>6440829
>Get excited about new line
>Find out a beloved character's fate is in peril

DON'T FUCK THIS UP HASBRO WE DONT NEED A NEW ULTRA MAGNUS!

>各位版友, 昨天Power Of Prime 系列的圖,據了解是美國孩之寶公司的商業秘密, 今天收到通知要求刪除, 所以特此公報所有有關的圖都會被刪除, 多謝合作

F for Rodriguez

>>6440904
Well, the only one that really needs to be a larger figure is Razorclaw since the torso is what makes up at least half of the height. I'm guessing he won't be quite as tall as Devs and I'm willing to bet there will be more integrated parts like hands and feet to the limb bots to help distribute some of that mass and balance out proportions a little.

>>6440923
>Magnificus
Who gives a shit? I want a CHUG Scalpel, decepticons have no medics.

>>6440929
>takara legends needs to progress faster
Who is left from TR they need to do anyways?

Blitzwing, Topspin, Twintwist, Overlord, Seaspray, and maybe Windblade?

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>>6440929
>It can
I know what I'm doing tomorrow.

>>6440940
Pretty much unless they want to do skyshadow some justice.

I'm sure they'll skip a few, I mean...do they want a second legends windblade?

Unless they have a new line like legend of the legends or some other weird ass name

>>6440935
At the same time, it would be hilarious if they were still 5mm ports.

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>>6440927
>>6440941

It's on a hinge that's very similar to Hardhead's, yes. He can be a bit back heavy, but you can also fold out his treads for tank mode to give him huge heel spurs if you really need to put him in a post that might see him tumble back.

>>6440941
Hell man you can even shift it over to act like it's his head if you're inclined to do so.

>>6440946
Hard to imagine Takara would want to skip a female mold.

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I'd put Scrapper, Scavenger and Bonecrusher next to some MPs. They're definitely generations quality toys but they're pretty damn good looking for what they are.

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Longhaul, Mixmaster and Hook on the other hand should really never be allowed to be anything other than a dick, left foot and head. (ignore the upgrade kit parts on them)

These bastards are damn ugly and don't pose well at all.

>>6440956
They did end up repurposing the legion class windblade from RiD2015 for that one geisha robot in the Legends comic for Lio Convoy so maybe they'll just work on that angle.

>>6440960
>>6440962
At least you got the Takara one. I'm still stuck with the SDCC one and during TFcon A LOT of people were selling the Takara and yet I didn't buy one cause I didn't feel the rush to own it.

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You have the choice to change the toys lines of transformers forever, but a sacrifice will have to be made.

>Blue box INCREASES the cost of retail transformers by 40%, masterpiece transformers and all of the special takara developed products ie the tie ins like hello kitty and disney x transformers are all gone, but the result shall leave the perfect balance of a transforming, highly articulated figure with the same unified deco between western and eastern version, with ONLY the generations line as all new shows and cast shall have their characters merged in ie legends class figures may feature rescue bot characters voyagers and leaders shall be most wanted characters like optimus prime etc
>all media tie ins continue as normal
>anything larger than a leader that isn't a gestalt will NOT appear

>red box removes all standard retail lines and gimmick tie in lines from both has-tak, but we get masterpieces with perfect proportions, actual book type manuals, and prices go down by 20% apart from "most wanted" characters who go up by 10% but all have a voice box function that does not affect transformations, with no online store exclusives or convention only versions
>all media will be adjusted because has-tak will finally accept the only ones who give the slightest shit are adult collectors who apparently have the money to own
>there WILL be mp city formers, but the cost will be alot higher (naturally) and harder to obtain due to limited production runs

There will be other side effects to other lines due to the shifts, so you could potentially make or break the brand just to please yourself.

Make the choice, or forever cry at how has-tak screws you over

>>6440893
so, is it saying POTP will be cancelled?

>>6440971
Is the SDCC Devastator bad or something?

>>6440972
I pick the purple box, because where the actual fuck is the blue one

>>6440972
>You have the choice to change the toys lines of transformers forever, but a sacrifice will have to be made.

Easy fucking get the people bitching about the toys like you out of this existence and the side effect would be people being happy with playing with toys.

>>6440972

Both choices would kill the brand. Red much faster than blue.

I'll stick with what we've got and go to 3P's if i need something Hastak can't or won't make.

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>>6440937
>Asks for decepticon medic.
>not Flatline.
Whats wrong with you?

>>6440977
It's fine but it has the no elbows Longhaul and Scrapper.

>>6440974
more like the leaks have been plugged, they're too far in production to cancel it all

>>6440977
>no face change gimmick
>stuck with visible eyes and unpainted head crest
>CHROME
>still using hasbro's articulation ie no ratchets like takara's

Depending on preferences it can be better or worse

>>6440977
yes, its basically the hasbro one with different paint. best one to get is takaras. and im not trying to be one of the fags thats praising takara but when u get takaras you get weapons, and scrapers elbows.

>>6440972
Do I want super expensive generations toys with a shitload of caveats or cheaper MP's with barely any downside.

Gee I wonder.

>>6440983
I just have the regular US version of Devastator.

Also does the chrome look that bad in person?

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>>6440972
DID SOMEBODY SAY RED AND BLUE

>>6440972
Just crank the quality back to the standards of 2010, keep Generations as it's going right now, and let the kiddy shows try new things that might be interesting and eventually have a chance at becoming part of Generations.
MP and your brand wars boxes can fall into a ditch for all I care.

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>>6440972
>blue box
>blue

>>6440981
Scalpel resurrected Megatron. What has Flatline done other than being bad guy Ratchet?

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>>6440978
I'm color blind but least you get where I was going

>>6440979
That's alot people to remove from this existence, you aren't god or something, are you?

>>6440980
I respect your opinion

>>6440985
>barely any downside
The downside would be the designs, never did I mention the "perfect portions" meant perfect sculpts, people are quite subjective, take mp36, proportions are great but the sculpt (and design for that matter) leaves people desired, still generations toys at a higher mark up pumped out more often would fill a collector's hole quicker than mp's ever will

>>6440993
nani?

>>6440995
I respect this one, its a shame we're getting...dumber as the years go by

>>6440996
Oh I'm aware, very much aware

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>>6440952
Thanks for the pics and review, anon. Definitely picking him and Quake up tomorrow.

>>6440893
I'm pretty pissed that, given this line is having a combiner titan means we won't get another city bot until 2019 at the earliest, and even then, given that we're getting two titan decepticons in a row, Omega Supreme will almost certainly be the next titan after.
Which means I'm going to have to wait until 2020, maybe 2021 for fucking scorponok.
They should at least give us a fucking leader class of him. It's kind of insane that, after by the end of the prime wars trilogy, we'll have all the city bots, all the combiner groups (except maybe seacons) all of the autobot and decepticon leaders (Except a full body thunderwing, and a straxus) but still no scorponok

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>>6440998

What the fuck is wrong with your power outlet?

>>6440972
if either happened I'd be saving a lot of money from all the transformers I won't be buying anymore. So, maybe not such a bad thing.

>>6440993
Are they gay lovers in IDW yet

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>>6441000

Well, I'm bored and have nothing better to do, least I can do is toss out pics of stuff I own and say stuff about it if people ask, right?

>>6441009
No, they're in the main comic line, which means they're 90% protected.
There's still some gay characters there, but they're almost always referred to as having relationships in the past tense.

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>>6441006

>>6440972
both of those choices suck and have more drawbacks than benefits

>>6441014
Does japan just not have a ground? Also lol what is up with italy.

>>6441004
Actually Omega won't be the next titan afterwards. It's going to be Scorponok and Predaking.

>>6441015
Bu-but cheap MPs!!!11!1
I can only see the red box working when Transformers has lost all of its popularity and only hardcore fans collect them like with Brave, so it'd be more like a remembrance line. Blue box is just shit and only paint obsessed retards would even give it a second thought.

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>>6441010
You're a good anon. Do you have Kroc by chance? I worry that he might suffer the same loose hips as Skullsmasher.

>>6441036
I have him and he does.

>>6441036

Nope, only got Skullcruncher. Not sure if Krok has the same loose hips, I don't remember other Anon's talking about him.

>>6441040
>>6441038
I've never had to bother with the pledge future polish bullshit before, but I feel like I should with Skullsmasher and Krok once I pick up the latter; It works well enough though?

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>>6441044
>It works well enough though?

Yeah, it's like magic. Usually only need 1 application, and a bottle lasts probably for your entire life. Only ever had one toy where it just refused to work-UW Motormaster, mine has a really shitty right elbow pin and it flops. I've futureshine'd it like 4 or 5 times and it still isn't any better.

So what's the new gimmick? Cyber keys again?

>>6441052

Titanmasters without faces that plug into stuff+Combiner Wars+Armor Up gimmick.

>>6441014
>Japan not having grounded outlets
And people have the gall to call them one of the technological leaders of the world...

>>6441014
>>6441057
>2017
>british plugs still aren't the worldwide standard

I'll never get over this

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>>6441062
>American plugs aren't the world standard
What are you lesser nations waiting for?

>>6441057
Hey, it's not their fault italy took all of theirs for their own plug system made exclusively of grounding prongs.

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Now the images got deleted on TFW2005's front page.

Those Hasbro lawyers must be busy today.

>>6441016
>Also lol what is up with italy.
I'm honestly more baffled by the absolute mess that is Israel's plugs.

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>>6441073
AHAHAHAHAHA HOLY SHIT

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>>6441070

America to freedom the shit out of them?

>>6441076
If we didn't know they were real, we do now.

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>>6441076
Hasbro is only making it worse. Now we know for SURE it's real and it's still going to spread like crazy over the internet.

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>>6441076
>>6441073

Well, rejoice everyone. It's real.

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>>6441079
>create harbor of tea
>receive freedom eternal
Freedom indeed, anon. Related, my plan today had been to ride to our neighbortown on bike, getting exercise and checking for new TFs. I knew there was a Broadside sitting on a shelf waiting for me when I left, but wound up finding the latest wave instead. I love Topspin and am going to get Quake and Perceptor, but how good is Broadside? My initial plan had been to check for new figs then get Broadside when there was nothing new, but plans change.
>captcha 1776 camere
FREEDOOOOOOOM

Wow, these leaks being confirmed real actually has me hyped for Hascon now. It's great to see things that are planned for the immediate future really are based on Hasbro listening to the fans more than ever.

>>6441084
Hasn't it been like 10 years since the Streisand Effect has been a known quantity?

>>6441090
Yeah it's funny seeing Hasbro trying to cover it up considering all it's done is made people excited for the line

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>>6441076
Hasbro is melting down holy shit, that guy prolly just left he can't be fired. Hasbro btfo

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I just wanted a Megatron torso bot and Seeker limbs, is that so much to ask Hasbro? Do I really have to half ass my own?

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>>6441088
>but how good is Broadside?

He's honestly not that good. He's not really got any problems (that I know of, my copy was fine), but he's just sort of...There. He's not specifically bad, but he feels like a line filler of sorts. His ship mode is fine, but it's basically just a plastic plank. Which, well, ok, I guess a lot of TF's that aren't wheeled vehicles can be described as that.

His jet mode is raw garbage unless you fanmode it, but the fanmode leaves a gap in the back clean through, despite looking 10x better than the official. Though you don't see it unless you're looking straight down at him, you will see that theres obviously some gap there.

Personally, I like him, but a lot of people don't, and for some solid reasons. Like I said, he's not bad at all, he's just...I guess "average" is the word? Most triple changers do have at least one shit mode though, so I guess in that light he's exactly what you'd expect.

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>>6441090
>>6441095
Fuck Hascon the convention is officially now BLOTCON because BLOT IS BACK

>>6441098
Beg Hasbro or Takara to release the Coneheads, and Seekers in 3 packs.

I want some new MP news already.

Show me some Dinobot and Hauler reveals god damnit!

>>6440962
TFW Longhaul is my favorite but only because he's big stupid chunky bastard. I have to use the elbow adapters though.

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>>6441095
>>6441090

The thing companies never seem to understand is no one ever really likes surprises. They like information. They want to know it all, and then some. By playing coy all they're doing is encouraging leaks and other shit. Look at Japanese companies, they tell you whats coming a few months, to a year or more in advance, which, y'know, is good practice when you've got people hungry to buy certain things.

>>6441022
>It's going to be Scorponok and Predaking.
Nah, the "Scorponok" we're getting is gonna be a hascon exclusive, and it's gonna be a lone head, like Rodimus, Thunderwing, and Ultra Magnus (all are named after regular sized robots, not heads)
Only 1 titan in 2018, and that's gonna be predaking

>>6441076
>This is what we consider good PR

Are they this retarded?

>Seacons are wave 4 in last frame
>Snaptrap is reverse Hung-grrr just like how Onslaught was a reverse Hot Spot. The legs which were formerly hung-grr's heads fold up and to the back of Snaptrap making the shell base.
>We're getting every single combiner outside of monstructor
>But that can't even be ruled out since pretender shells function the same way Monstructor's shells did.

>>6441073
>>6441076
Holy fuck, this is awesome. For both the potential of TLK stuff and that cool new Generations stuff.

>>6441108
There are no hascon exclusives

>>6441116
>There are no hascon exclusives
when did this news break?
based on interviews last week, there were definitely gonna be hascon exclusives

>>6441118
It's supposedly all non-generations stuff. Therefore no hascon exclusives.

>>6441119
>It's supposedly all non-generations stuff. Therefore no hascon exclusives.
what do you mean? What is supposedly all non-generations stuff?

We've seen a blurr/arcee and a UM headmaster. And they said no gift boxes. And they said stay tuned for hascon stuff.

>>6441120
The misquote about Slugfest being the only new toy in his wave was misquoted, they meant the deluce wave not the other size classes. There are also upcoming store exclusives like the twins two pack coming down alongside other toys.

>>6441115
Does anyone have a list of the stuff in the leak? I glanced at it while it was up but can't remember anything besides predaking

>>6441124
>The misquote about Slugfest being the only new toy in his wave was misquoted, they meant the deluce wave not the other size classes.
what does that have to do with anything?
I wasn't talking about slugfest (slugslinger?)

>>6441125
Check the past threads or nyafuu.

>>6441126
The arcee and Ultra Magnus card arts are coming from an "Ultimate Gift Set" type deal where it's two deluxes and two small figures. They're supposed to fit in the same dimensions as the Twin's box from Walgreens. This is not a Hascon exclusive.

>>6441133
What's the source of this info?

The bad batch of Trypticons arose from employees at the Vietnamese factories attempting to make after hours specials so they could personally sell them for profit. Hasbro caught wind of this which was why their engineers were aware of the issue. There is nothing wrong with trypticon it was just poor assembly due to bad employees. Some of them unfortunately did make it out into the open. The spring parts in question were cut wrong.

>>6441144
You got a source?

>>6441133
>The arcee and Ultra Magnus card arts are coming from an "Ultimate Gift Set" type deal where it's two deluxes and two small figures. They're supposed to fit in the same dimensions as the Twin's box from Walgreens. This is not a Hascon exclusive.
This sounds different than anything else stated
gonna have to ask for source

>>6441135
Baykino>>6441141
You won't feel the Baykino anon. No Bayhem for you.

SDCC Already sold out of Primitive Optimus Prime, the Revolution Box Set and Movie prime will be the only Transformer related exclusives up and you maybe have less than 10 primatives that were not claimed by people.

The Hascon Exclusives are being produced in much smaller numbers than the SDCC ones they're being made on an antendee reservation basis for the Joes, My Little Pony, and Littlest Pet Shop. Essentially if something is popular at hascon it will be nearly impossible to get after the convention is over.

I'm hearing/seeing that the Last Knight line is ending at wave 3, is that true?

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>>6441004
Not getting a Leader Scorponok is really fucking weird. It's actually my main grief of TR.
>G1 Scorponok toy had a helmet
>TR Leader class gimmick is helmets
>They also have base modes
>Would scale with PMOP (Marvel reference, which non-japs mostly know Scorponok for)
It would have been so damn perfect. When TR came I actually thought they made Leaders that way specifically with Scorponok in mind.

>>6441108
Yeah, unfortunately. Proof is that the Titan Master is called Scorponok and not Zarak.

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>>6440887
>This is about people trying to say with a straight face that it matches the complexity, plastic quality
I'll have to agree, that's a pretty stupid assumption...

>and overall aesthetic as an MP figure
What? No! That's exactly the one thing, if not the only thing, that CW Devastator succeeds at. Yes, the individual robots are rubbish, the engineering is childish and atrocious, but look at how aesthetically pleasing this motherfucker is! Give it an upgrade kit and a few reprolabels and you basically have something that's genuinely on tier with Masterpieces, at the very least as far as displaying it goes. Personally, I like to keep it on a separate shelf next to Maximus and Trypticon since it's easier to have all those massive figures on a larger display, but I wouldn't mind having him alongside MPs one single bit. He really looks fantastic, a pity everything else sucks about him.

>>6441179
From the waist up, CW Devy is nice, but his legs are really just awful, they're pretty much only good for A-stances.

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The thing that UW Devastator does well is that it actually looks imposing and you can tell it's a fucking giant just by looking at its proportions. By comparison TW Devastator just looks like some lanklet who happened to get upscaled.

>>6441179
>>6441184
>>6441186
Official toys have to pass safety regulations. They're marketed to children too. And not just any children. MURRICAN children. So yeah, it has far more limitations put in place than the knockoffs do before it makes it to the design stage.

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My taobao haul. This is my first experience buying TFs off there, glad I wasn't fucked in any way other than some shoddy alignment on Octone's stickers. The price + shipping is alright, it's about the same as buying off Singapore shelves IF they had them in stock.

>>6441200
>taobao
Congrats, anon. I never figured out how to order from Taobao.

>>6441200
is the only advantage to taobao for TFs is for those who live in markets that don't get them much?
My wife buys stuff off taobao on occasion, but I never have. I didn't even think of buying TFs off it.

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Wasn't there some tabbing issue with this Prime/Octone mold?

>>6441204
Knowing chinese helps

>>6441206
The prices are usually much cheaper too(outside of the US), the reason why my order came close to local retail is because of the TMs. Those 3 are poorly distributed too there so they cost a few dollars more than other TMs. Without the TMs, Octone alone would be 30% cheaper than local retail prices here.

There are risks though
>Packaging will not arrive pristine
>Domestic China batches having poor QC (Happened to CW Legends Shockwave)
>Things can fuck up at the seller, domestic delivery service, forwarding service and local delivery service

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Does anyone know if Hascon will have exclusives?

3 day passes are only $160 but the special vip passes are $600, and that's special toy type money

>>6441251
some of the ones sold at comic con will be there for sale

>>6441251
it's not intended as a "you should buy all 3 days" unless you're a big fan of ALL of hasbro's properties
90% of the programming is repeated all 3 days. It's quite similar to a lot of other toy shows.
Buy a 1 day pass, shop, go to a few panels, have fun

Also, it seems heavily implied that the arcee and UM we got teased will be there. If not exclusive, they'll be "debuting" there.

>>6441251
>Does anyone know if Hascon will have exclusives?
A Nerf dart with Brian Goldner's signature.

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Anyone noticed this? So im guessing its gonna be
2 deluxe with armor
2 deluxe without armor
1 voyager with 2 gauntlets?

I just started collecting transformers and bought at least one in each size up to leader. I haven't owned one since beast machines was on air when I was a kid. Wtf why do I do this? Also what's the best MP available price point and quality wise?

>>6441295
How'd you come to that conclusion? All the deluxes have armor.

>>6441299
>MPs

Get the knockoffs, they're good enough.

>>6441302
Oh, so the voyager gauntlets are not the combiner's feet/hands? How about the deluxes shown in sdcc?

>>6441306

We don't have all the details of how it works yet, but all deluxes come with armor and voyagers come with a pair of gauntlets - from that you're able to form hands and feet for combiners. You may need all the armor/gauntets to form the hands and feet, or you may have some spare parts (that can be attached to the gestalt elsewhere) - Hasbro haven't made it clear yet.

The deluxes and voyagers shown at SDCC didn't have the clip-on armor and gauntlets with them - presumably because it would have made it obvious that they're combiners, and Hasbro is being coy about that until Hascon.

>>6441172
if potp is anything to go by then likely warden will give us Scorponok/Horrorcons/Headmaster Jrs in the toyline after POTP (that is if he isn't fired) like he gave us animal combiners for POTP.

>>6441313
How do we know that the armor will become the hands and feet for the new combiners, were they in some of the previous leaks?

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I didn't know you could mount the gunsled this way. It pops off easily though.

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>>6441316
Jazz's armor kinda looks like a fist.

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>>6441321
>That qualifies as armor

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>>6441324
stomach armor bruh

>>6441088
>how good is broadside
Don't fuck with jet mode and you'll be fine, I really enjoy him

>>6441353
I love that the little jet bits that attach to broadside are the components of Superion. Broadside is easily one of my favourites from the Titans line.

>>6441316
Alongside >>6441321 , people noticed Starscream's official render released after SDCC had two big black pieces of plastic that his null rays mounted onto. They had a glaring unknown peg sticking off them that made them look like Computron/Ruination's hands and feet, and on top of explicitly NOT having these accessories on the show floor, they've gone out of their way to suggest Starscream is hiding something about how he works.

>>6440931
Yeah but if pushbacks eventually see release, and PotP is reusing/retooling, does this mean UT Demolishor could still get a figure??

>>6441384
No.

They reused and released the mold as Inferno rather than do Demolishor or another Con. Pretty clear Hasbro or their market research prefer using Autobots more for their multiple reuse molds.

>>6440904
I don't see Predaking being as big as Devestator. I'm fine with that honestly, so we get things like elbows. Plus giant Dive bomb wings.

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Look what just came in. $150 though.. Glad I was able to get the first release for half that price.

>>6441403
If you already have it then why buy it again?

>>6441408
Looking at the case lot boxes in the back, I'm assuming he's an employee in Hell aka Toys R us

>>6441100
Blot's canon personality is now Chris-chan.
So say we all

>>6441403
I wouldn't mind buying it again if it was Takara colors.

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>Proper Crowbar figure

Is it wrong that that is the thing I want the most out of all the leaks?

It'll be literally years until we see anymore of him if he's part of the tf6 toyline.

>>6441422
>tfw still no Mohawk
>tfw still no Onslaught
>tfw still no Dreadbot

So with the new gimmick for leaders being a deluxe not that combines with a trailer, what are the odds of us finally getting a good figure of Armada Prime? I don't even collect transformers anymore but that was my favorite OP design as a kid and I'd kill to have one with actual articulated legs.

>>6441133

is Eject and Frenzy gonna happen?

>>6441435
Low.
I'd like to see him but I doubt hasbrI would be willing to gave two different Primes in the same line.

>>6441435
We have one that fits thematically, and one that fits mechanically based on the leaks.
>Hot Rod's legs become the shoulders and the arms clip onto there, visually the cab is slotting into place on the trailer, His vehicle mode also has a trailer overhang.
>But at the same time, Optimus Prime.

>>6441438
CW gave us two different Megatrons, though.

>>6441439
I wouldn't be surprised if you could mix and match trailers

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>>6441438
>Leader Powermaster Optimus Prime
>Voyager Optimus Prime
>Magnus Prime
>Laser Prime
???

>>6441440
So you'd like a figure with g1 optimus' body and armada super optimus' head, right.

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>>6441444

something like this would be cool.

>>6441098
I wonder if we'll get a purple repaint of grimlock as bw megs
Then he'll be a combiner (most likely)

>>6441446
Kinda weird they didn't make Predaking a CW-style combiner too. They could've reused the furry bots as BW characters.

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>>6441445
If it means I get to see that sick-ass gold mouthplate, exhaust fins and red eyes again yeah.

>>6441321
>that pic of rodimus
Fucking lul

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>>6441445
>>6441450
when are we going full japan again

>>6441447
Warden doesn't give a shit about BW.

Plus Titans Predaking is meant to be a big ticket item.

>>6441440
>CW gave us two different Megatrons, though.

And Armada Megs was only there to fulfill the necessary quota of using the Leader Mold twice.

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>>6441418
You're not really that far off.

>Univerally disgusted by everyone else
>greasy, unwashed, don't want to touch the last place he was
>does not or CANNOT do anything about his defects
>inferiority complex causes him to lash back
>direct quote: "SOCIALLY INEPT"
>lacks the ability to properly talk back to people who make fun of him

>>6441453
wait, itactually have a 2d footage for the robots ?

I thought Energon/Superlink only have those crappy 3d animations for the robots ?!

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>>6441418
>>6441459
>HI Windblade
>oh we're just going to have so much fun together you and I *chuckle*
>Hun-Gurr and I are going to pick you up at the airport
>hmmmmmmm

>>6441463
Some important scenes had 2d animation

>>6441463
The 3D was so bad that near the end they started using 2D animation for big moments. And that is why we should never go full japan again.

>>6441099
Love his robot and carrier mode. The tiny aerialbot jets are a nice touch. His jet mode is a winged brick and his stickers are some of the worst Ive ever seen on a toy.

In the end he's just sorta average like you said.
I wish he was bigger too.

>>6441480
>And that is why we should never go full japan again.
>I've literally never seen any other robot animu outside of a shitty meme show from 2003
Just don't use shitty CG studios and it'll turn out fine, use Orange or better yet actually do 2D animation.

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>>6440893
I-is that predaking?!

>>6441503
Problem ultimately comes down to budget and how much Hasbro's willing to front. It's why when the pendulum swung back the other way, the US shows we got were Transformers Barely Animated and Transformers: Desert With Three People In It.

>>6441505
Next Titan class, no Scorponok for you!

>>6441507
Prime became damn beautiful with its animation around mid season 2-ish. The cast might not have been expansive, but each member was animated really well. I mean, the robots were.

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>>6440972
>but we get masterpieces with perfect proportions
Perfect according to what? The garbage cartoon? No thanks. I don't enjoy my robots being 75% legs.

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Ok tfg, I need your help.

While I've seen many pics of transformers reconfigured into thrones (such as voyager tlk megatron using the leader class, kek) I have seen a few proper thrones used, and they don't all look like the grimlock throne.

So in short, large mp sized thrones, I want my mp10 or mp36 to sit down for once

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>>6441480
they should

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>>6441523
Here's a transformer toy more your style.

>>6441525
They are like 10 inch tall, ya? Just look for 1/6th stuff.

>>6441319
So, what's painted?

>>6441523
I like Katoki proportions, and even I don't want garbage cartoon toys

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>>6441531
>can't find thrones
>found foldable chairs and park benches

Looks like I'll have to track down a wrestling ring, thank anon

>>6441319
Wait, is that what that clip below the gun is for? Holy shit, why did no one tell me?

>>6441537
It's slathered in paint because it's a retool, like Brainstorm
>Shins are almost fully white on the visible side
>Nosecone/cockpit halves are coated white
>Side pieces of the cab are coated white
>Fist parts are coated purple (includng the insides of the 5mm port)

>>6441529
>Berserk fans sobbing in the distance

>>6441548
Yeah I'm pretty sure that's what the tabs on the gunsled and cockpit door are for, but as mentioned, it pops off with a kiss.

Unless we're getting Scorponok, Octopunch, or Deathsaurus, I don't care :D

>>6441553
Now I'm wondering if Blitzwing/Megatron's seat gun has some extra slot somewhere, since the back of the gun has a peg that goes nowhere.

>>6441558
The peg goes into the barrel of Megatron's fusion cannon. Not sure if it goes anywhere on Blitzwing.

>>6441550
>Nosecone/cockpit halves are coated white
>Side pieces of the cab are coated white

Ah fuck, both are going to scrape off with transformations.

>>6441556

Well, we're getting tiny, baby Pretenders one of which is Octopunch, if that counts. Tiny, baby Pretender Roadblock - never, ever

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>>6440893
Wait, does this mean that without the Prime Masters, combiner hands and feet will have gaping holes in them?

>>6441577
Well if Grimlock's arm armor are a combiner's feet, which they look like they could be, then hole for the Prime Masters are on top which would hopefully be covered up when using them as feet. Or maybe they fold a little? Like the part with the 5mm peg fold down revealing the hole for the PM and up to used as feet and filling in that hole.

I don't know, just wild speculation.

>>6441569
My hands too are made of ham.

>>6441576
see, this is why I stopped buying Transformers. Tired of Hasbro's shit

>>6441591
The side pieces of the cab tab in the other 2 transformations, so that will scrape. The clearance for Prime's cockpit isn't all that great, even if you align it perfectly, a tiny bit of the top or bottom will slightly scrape against the leg (but since the bottom isn't painted, that one is preferable).

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>>6441459
>tfw 99% of the fandom is blot

>>6441576
Roadblock is probably going to be a real figure like Skyshadow.

Gunrunner is going to be a real figure too and they're going to allow mini pretenders to ride them into battle.

>>6441509
Don't worry. They'll never pass up the payday a new Scorponok will bring them.
It's just silly how they're putting it off.

>>6441624
I know. I don't collect Transformers anymore, but Scorponok is one of the few that would be an instant sale for me

>>6441606
The only time I've had paint scrape or rub was on Energon Tow-Line's autobot symbol, which is in a place with zero scrapage.

So the rumor is the Hascon Exclusives are going to be price at 50 dollars at maximum. Meaning they won't exceed 50 dollars but not all exclusives will cost 50 dollars.

This beats Botcon's 500 dollar sets.

>>6441638
I still can't see the appeal of going to a company convention.
A brand convention I get, but one based on a companies assorted properties seems outlandish.

>>6441652
Hascon is just Blizzcon for toys.

>>6441251
>Does anyone know if Hascon will have exclusives?

I heard Tara Strong is gonna marathon BJ everyone with the $600 passes. So you'll get her version of mouth herpes.

>>6441282

He said John Warden, not that Raffi guy you idiot.

>>6441529
>>6441552

90% of a season's budget was in that gif. 800% of a season's budget for an American cartoon.

>>6441696
>always one hand holding a gun up in the air

...Why do so many people do this? Shit, I do this. This isn't just a TF thing either, this is something people do with tons of figures.

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Post/rate clusterfucks. Good guys.

The Prime Masters all have actual faces in core mode. They can be swapped out for headmasters.

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>>6441705

Bad guys.

>>6441701
cause that's how action heroes hold guns, I guess.

Another reason is that a lot of time's the figures aren't poseable enough to hold a two-handed gun properly.

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>>6441701
I do it, it's just a photogenic pose I guess, what else are you supposed to do with a gun if you're holding it for a photo?

>>6441711
>No Megatron
>No Galvatron

what are you trying to pull, Anon?

>>6441726
I don't blame him. Most of their toys are iffy, no matter what toyline. My Decepticon squad has been without a proper-sized leader for many years.

>>6441752
What's wrong with TR Galvatron? (or the Takara Legends one if you prefer one with a better paint job)

I love him. The headmaster gimmick kinda takes away from the whole thing, but it still looks great from the front.

>>6441711
What's up with that yellow Crashbash?

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>>6441755
>Legends one if you prefer one with a better paint job
Opinions, I don't like how bright its lavander is.

My main issue with the mold are the baby fists.

>>6441314
>warden
Who's Warden now...?

>>6441798
I think he was head of design for the Prime Wars toyline trilogy we've been going through.
I believe he used to be head of the GI Joe design team.

>>6441798
Transformers lead designer since "thrilling 30", pretty much responsable for the return of combiners, headmasters and pretenders.

>>6441828
That reminds me. Who was that guy who was in between Archer and Warden that pitched the Metal SDCC boxset?

>>6441813
See, I had no prior attachment to Blot. Now, he's a character I want outside his limb mode.

I dunno what the hell is going on but I went to three toysruses and they had more than a dozen of Chaos on Velocitron box sets at each store. I thought this was supposed to be very hard to find.

Did more shipments come in or something because they were well supplied and had Trypticon.

Currently I'm looking for a Titan master Ramhorn. But he's nowhere to be found.

>>6441866
It's the Siege on Cybertron set that was hard to find. That got mass released in asia last week though so no issue now.

>>6441014
Denmark outlets are the qt3.14est

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>>6441813
>>6441838

Is PotP Blot going to become 'that meme figure that everyone in tfg buys'? Because if I cave to peer pressure and get him, I know I'm going to need the rest of Abominus too

>>6441866
I still want the Velocitron boxset but every Canadian TRU in my area only stocked them once about a month ago and they all sold out instantly.

>>6441895
First it was Rook then Sentinel and now Blot. /tfg/ has some powerful memes

>>6441895
What's your buylist?

How posable do we reckon those new potp combiner feet are? I'm tempted to buy a few voyagers to give new feet to my cw dudes.

>>6441944
Its gonna be like that cw computron feet at the very least

>>6441933
I'm glad Nitro Zeus didn't happen

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>>6441944
>How posable do we reckon those new potp combiner feet are?

They have ankle tilts now, which is great.

>>6441955
My main issue is that the new feet are a bit on the small side, like the old ones.

>>6441945
>>6441955
The new one almost looks like the peg can move back and forth.

How were the third party feet in comparison?

>>6441976
Poseability was about the same, but the 3rd party had rubber bits on the bottom to prevent slipping and could be stowed...sort of. If you didn't think massive gattling guns or rail guns on the side of sports cars or ambulances were out of place, I guess they could be stowed.

>>6441992
It's not just the fact that 3rd party ones had rubber bits, but also the computron ones not having an underside, period, so the difference in traction is even greater.

>>6441828
>since "thrilling 30"
Didn't he come in right after T30 was done (but already on shelfs)

>>6442027
If I remember correctly, he joined right around the time they unveiled the T30 toys in Toyfair.

>>6441933
Man, I can't believe I still haven't bought a Sentinel or a Rook even if I was pro-wall and pro-Hugh Mingus. That one mold only entry autism of mine is something else.

>>6442035
Ok, so that means he joined on in time to begin Combiner Wars

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>>6441403
Better look at the front. And slight correction, it's retailing for $159.99, kind of bs.

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>>6441774
I swapped parts with the other dino so that'd he'd match Hardhead.

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>>6442120

I think he looks better this way, I'm not a fan of the purple/yellow crashbash though.

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>>6441529
I help anytime

>>6441711
What are you using for a handle on Skullsmasher's tail?

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>>6442120
Hardlock and Grimhead are best headswap team.

>>6441955
Jesus, the old combiners didn't even have ankle tilts? I thought they looked like crap to begin with, but that's just pathetic.

>>6442167
The CW hand/foot accessory was made to act as a weapon so it could do something of note with the figure it came with if you didn't have a full four deluxes and a voyager, a reality a lot of kids would probably face for a while. Definitely took a heavy hit in regards to acting as a foot, but they were actually damn good hands.

>>6442180
And the obvious bit, that they didn't want kids limited by buying a character, and that character only having a hand part. Having the piece act as both made things more flexible.

I'm a bit disappointed Hasbro and Takara didn't try to please the older fans by having something like Computron's Hand and Foot pieces for Amazon or HTS/TTM.

>>6441441
Don't tease me anon.

>>6442165

Not sure why they didn't focus on making headmasters compatible color wise with a bunch of the molds. The play pattern would be so much better.

>>6442186
Many people would have preferred if Hasbro released something like blind bags that used the heads (from all toys in the line), and released them in colors that matched.

Takara teased that in their Legends comic but it didn't go anywhere

>the only female Prime has a tentacle monster as her decoy suit

What did Hasbro mean by this?

>>6442120
>>6442124
Hey, that does look surprisingly better, actually. How neat.

>>6442207
Tentacle monsters are about as common in their population as women.

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>>6441838
The other tech specs aren't as interesting, and only Cutthroat shares Blot's "full profile was shown to the public.

>>6440893
>>6440937
Hook is a medic lads

>>6442239
He specializes in precise detail work with the care that a surgeon would have on their patients.

>>6442152
Legos. I'm not at home, but I'll post a pic when I get home if I remember.

>>6442241
He has been known to perform surgery before

>>6442241
The only downside is that he applies that methodology to EVERYTHING, and as a result he tends to take his sweet-ass time with something to do it right.

>>6441776
I seriously have no idea where they even get that color from.

>>6441638
Not a single Botcon boxset cost $500.

>>6442259
Post your face when you realise that the first 3 decepticons at megatron's side after he's dealt the finishing blow by prime in the '86 movie are his 2 battlefield generals, soundwave and starscream, and Hook, who was there to treat his wounds.

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>more combiner limbs

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>>6442265

>>6442296
>>6442297
Can you plug one into the other's butt?

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>>6442304

>>6442304
Yes.

>>6442309
>>6442310
Noice. Wonder what kind of weird shit you can make exploiting this.

>>6442314
With Darkwing? A ton of things, specially if you have multiple Darkwings.

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>>6442314

Why aren't there any good G1 Hound figures?

>>6442183
Honestly they should've integrated the hands and feet into the torso-bots like they seem to be doing in PotP. At least then if a kid had to mix and match limbs it'd still have unified colors for the hands and feet.

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>>6442349
uwot?

>>6442352
isn't that a legends class?

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>>6442355
naw man, it was in Classics 2.0. There was a legends too, if that's what you're thinking of.

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>>6442355
It's a deluxe. And it's one of the best CHUG figures ever made.

>>6442180
>>6442183
I genuinely prefer the HFG's to Computron and Victorion's specialized parts.

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>>6442207
>What did Hasbro mean by this?
Fembots ONLY want tentacled Decepticock
Give up now Autoboi

>>6442361
>>6442359
Wow I missed out.

>>6442363
Same, honestly. I can definitely acknowledge the foot part of the equation has problems, but I loved opening up Alpha Bravo and seeing he came with a fucking twin miniguns.
Plus, they store the neatest on the vehicles due to being weapons rather than power tanks or engines.
It's a real slick way of dealing with the need to sell figures individually without inflating the cost of voyagers to give them all the shit they need.

>>6442372
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Autobot-Hound-Ravage-100-Complete-Deluxe-Universe-2-Transformers-/282579530102?hash=item41cb0d7176:g:iswAAOSw2ZxZcKH5
Seems to be averaging about $30 on ebay when I just checked, so I'd say get one anon. He really is the perfect Hound, you should own him.

>>6442371
Gibe tentacle Decepticon Hasbro. Can probably do something funny like using part of her altmode as a giant hat

>>6442351
They could have done that, but I'm guessing retail wouldn't like that voyagers are suddenly more expensive due to the extra parts.

I'm basically blaming Walmart and maybe Target.

>>6442388
>Local Target charges more than MSRP for everything
I'm sure they wouldn't mind

>>6442361
>>6442359
I'm starting to think Classics was a "you had to be there bro" kind of deal. I find pretty much every figure from that line to be uglier than sin itself.
Only one I think looks good at all is Cyclonus and I never got one out of laziness and not caring enough for the guy alone to buy it without the monkeymen therapists; for all I know it could be barely functional as an action figure like Starscream is. Hound and Ravage look alright, I guess.

>>6442393
It's because it was following like a couple decades of not G1.

>>6440993
I thought they're brothers?

>>6442388
>what is allocation of budget/resources
They wouldn't need to charge more for the voyagers since they'd still just be charging the same for deluxes even though they'd be coming with less.

>>6442393
>I'm starting to think Classics was a "you had to be there bro" kind of deal
Keep in mind the years preceding it were full of hot garbage, Alternators was dead and the movie hadn't happened yet, then suddenly one day you see Hot Rod where yesterday there'd been only Energon trash. Classics was the shot in the arm that got me back into collecting, since it finally appeared that there was a chance at getting modern versions of G1 characters, which hadn't really happened before. We sort of take it for granted, but there was a time when the most accurate Optimus and Bumblebee you could get were the Heroes of Cybertron statues.

>>6442379
Thanks Anon

>>6442405
>Keep in mind the years preceding it were full of hot garbage
This is exactly what I meant in >>6442398
Geewuners were literally incapable of enjoying "not G1"

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>>6442409
>implying

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>>6442405
>Pretty much only the deluxe autobots were contestable as bad
>Energon Trash

>>6441085
Where did you get that iron hide?

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>>6442417
I did not like those years, if you did that's okay.

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Got a Strongarm on eBay for a few bucks. He's a pretty cool little dude. Articulation and stability are good for some dynamic poses.

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>>6442424
He's pretty okay in blue, too.

>>6442405
>Where yesterday there'd been only Energon trash
Nigger the line before classics was Cybertron one of the funnest most diverse toylines in the franchise.

>>6442429
Blue one i actually like better but it was like 2 dollars more and was just trying to buy the the cheapest non shitty looking bot i could find.

>>6442412
>Beatnik motorcycle that has a trumpet-looking weapon

Anime is so weird

>>6442424
>>6442429
Strongarm colored as Strongarm when?

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>>6442432
There's a few figures from the line I have and enjoy but really I just saw no reason to collect during that period and wound up getting the ones I have now on clearance for next to nothing just to have some background/filler bots and cons.
I actually really like Hardtop and Armorhide for that reason, they're great little grunts. But then you have shit like Scattorshot and Backstop, so yeah the line is pretty diverse I suppose.

>>6442439
He's all over eBay

>>6442444
Scattorshot is amazing, what are you talking about?

>>6442405
I'm kind of in a weird place. For most of my childhood I only had Beast Wars KOs because that was all I could afford save for the odd real Kenner figure that would go into becoming a major player by default of needing to be lobbied into my collection with every argument I could muster; however, some of the toys of my favorite characters in the show (Rattrap, Tigatron, Tarantulas, Rampage) were either crazy expensive or just never in stock (no internet either so I could have never known that Tigatron was released one year before my parents bothered to buy me the things), so I ended up preferring fun and solid action figures over good representations because I couldn't afford being too picky and I had to come up with my own line up to which I became more attached to.

>>6442409
To be fair Beast Wars while good it's not for everyone, RID was weird, Armada was terrible for the most part, and Energon was somehow worse than Armada.
I didn't like Cybertron either because of the proportions but it was the best toyline before the movie lines reinvented transformers as toys and it came like 23 years after the original G1.

>>6442352
it bothers me immensely how much better the CHUG cassette ravage is compared to the fucking masterpiece

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>>6442450
This guy? I'd like him if his legs worked right, there's nothing else wrong with him but the lack of knees is tragic.

>>6442453
I grew up with a box of hand-me-down G1 figs added to slowly with G2 then BW stuff over time. When RiD lost my attention and was followed by Armada, I got out of buying TFs again until I started seeing Classics show up. CHUG was specifically something I'd always wanted as a kid.

>>6442393
>I'm starting to think Classics was a "you had to be there bro" kind of deal. I find pretty much every figure from that line to be uglier than sin itself.
I very much disagree but you're welcome to your opinion. I and many others hold the line in high regard because it struck a nice balance of G1 aesthetics with more modern sensibilities. Not every figure aged well but the bulk of them still hold up to this day as good looking, fun, and decently articulated toys.
>for all I know it could be barely functional as an action figure like Starscream is
Definitely not the case. Starscream was a product of re-using a mold that didn't age very well. Still serviceable to look at and the transformation on him was fun but engineering on the CHUG figures had advanced a good amount since that mold was first released and he's not much for posing by comparison.

Cyclonus, however was a great figure. Fun and clever transformation that was simple yet satisfying, looked good in both modes, no real obtrusive kibble, nothing extreme but still pretty poseable... Easily one of the better deluxe CHUG figures we've gotten. TR Triggerhappy actually reminds me of him a little bit just in terms of the creativity in his transformation.

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>>6442460
>tfw despite all the progress in engineering made by HasTak every Generations cassette has consistently been literal garbage compared to Classics Ravage

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>>6441955
Having side tilts is better than nothing, but combiners really some back and forward range on their ankles to really pose in a stable fashion.

>>6442363
I really like the look of HFGs.

I use the perfect effect feet and hands because they're just objectively better in every way, but if someone ever came out with a set of hands and feet that were stylized after HFGs but with finger articulation for the hands and feet that were larger and with ankle articulation, I'd throw my PE sets into the trash where they belong.

>>6442460
But is the CHUG scaled to fit anyone else? Can I get him and have a serviceable replacement or is it a round peg square hole thing?

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>>6442372
You really did, he's a fucking amazing figure. Easily the best Hound ever made, I even prefer him over the also fantastic Alternator / BT. Go get him even if he's loose, anon.

>>6442393
lolwut? The first Classics were a short line of mostly solid figures that are generally praised by fans and Universe had a lot of good stuff, not just Hound and Cyclonus but also Prowl and the Datsun brothers, Sideswipe and the Lambor brothers, the minicar Legends, Hot Shot, Onslaught, Inferno / Grapple, amongst a shitload of other memorable figures. Some others were failed experiments, like Galvatron and Cheetor, but at the very least they tried something new and compensated for their engineering overcomplications with generally solid aesthetics that still made them proper display pieces even if failures at the qualia of being toys. That is not as good as Generations did in the following years with all those near perfect molds being released one after the other but still, it was far better than the mess CW / TR / PotP currently is.

>>6442481
I've seen shapeways kits that are made to work alongside the HFGs rather than just replace them. Not sure what the progress on them has been though.

>>6442492
I don't think so. I don't have one anymore but I think it's slightly larger than a micro-cassette

>>6442492
I heard it can just barely fit in Soundwave/Blaster, but I wouldn't try it myself given the horror story "tight fit" is without being used to preface "old toy"

>>6442492
He's slightly thicker than a g1 cassette. He can fit in double-cassette versions of the soundwave mold and in the MP.

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>>6442473
My issue with Classics Starscream has never been with the mold's degradation or the cartoonishly excessive reuse but with it not being good at posing at all. Of course the only pose it can achieve is the classic standing straight with arms to the side every other transfag uses for their displays so that might have helped it retain some of its popularity.
I got a Robotmasters Starscream by accident (stupid fucking cockpit fell off while trying to transform it) and I feel it's better all around except for the terrible likeness.

>>6442494
>The first Classics were a short line of mostly solid figures that are generally praised by fans
No offense, but I don't care about what the fans think at all.
I have my reasons to dislike most of them, with maybe Onslaught being saved because that mold could never get my interest but I don't see anything bad about it.

>it was far better than the mess CW / TR / PotP currently is.
oh no

>>6442517
>I got a Robotmasters Starscream by accident (stupid fucking cockpit fell off while trying to transform it) and I feel it's better all around
Stopped reading there. Just look at his fucking proportions, anon.

>>6442528
I know it's trash. It's still the better toy.

>>6442517

And lack of knees, restricted hips...

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So, why didn't get this instead of the atrocious leader?

>>6442547
Because cassette functionality.

>>6442547
Because that looks fucking atrocious.

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>>6442547
Mistakes were made.

Into toys.

>>6442265
headmasters anime made galvatron significantly lighter than previous seasons
not quite that light, but it was definitely a pretty big jump from the movie

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More Strongarm. He's small but he's got the heart of a prime.

>>6442393
The big deal for Classics was at the time it was the first Transformer toy line in YEARS where there was no stupid extraenous gimmick, but the toys could just be transformers only

There was even a designer interview in a Japanese magazine where Hasbro themselves were impressed at what the designers had made and how good the toys were, and the designers responded "it's because they're without gimmicks"

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>>6442562
Is green Strongarm still a valid Strongarm? He was my provisory CHUG Hound for a few years until I got the Henkei.

>>6442582
Nice i hadn't seen the green one. I don't see why green wouldn't be valid I'm pretty sure Strongarm is a canon army builder anyway.