/tfg/ - Transformers General

>>6513786
So who's the one on the bottom left, hungrr or one of the other dinobots?

Gib Archeopteryx pls

>>6513786
Will the POTP Leaders have Base modes like the TR ones do?

>>6513796
There's a lot of kibble on Rodimus that doesn't seem to do anything in robot mode, so maybe.

>>6513792
I think it might be Slash due to the feet resembling a velociraptors.

>>6513449
You can buy a deluxe and return TR Chromedome since their QPC IDs or something are probably the same in the system

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ME WANT GRIMLOCK NOOOOOW

>>6513814
TWO
WAVES

The teaser images are Grimlock, Elita, Slash, and Swoop.

>>6513820
Unless Elita's card uses completely different art (which is possible with Hasbro shitty track record with that recently), those legs are too skinny for her.

>>6513816
TWO WAVES!?!?!

I, CULL BARE, LEADER OF THE LIBKEKTRONS, WILL STAND FOR THE INSOLENCE OF OPTIMUS DRUMPF NO MORE

ddddddDRUMPPFYYYYYYYYYYYY

Anyone have any tips on painting TM faces and painting small details? I want to Paint Necro's visor, and the doodas on his TM chest.

>>6513821
She's the only vaguely purple fem bot. The alternatives are the other two fembot cars since they're not shown with any finalized design yet.

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>>6513824
AGGGGHHHH DRUMPFY
HOW DARE YOU MAKE ME WAIT TWO WAVES FOR RIPPERSNAPPER
T W O
W A V E S

>>6513814
You'll wait a long ass time for him, since Octane and Optimus will clog shelves for months.

>>6513828
What about Amazon?

Apparently Hascon Arcee is going to be available at the following retailers
BBTS
Entertainment Earth
Amazon
Toysrus
Hasbrotoyshop.com(allthough this may just be post convention only with the others just being the wider release)

The wide release changes nothing from the Hascon version it's still arcee with ultra magnus and Daniel

>>6513829
Amazon is terrible when it comes to voyagers. They could come out early, or not. He could also sell out pretty fast and you'll be left with those third party vampires that sell them above the suggested retail price.

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>>6513831
Wait, who the fuck is this? Grimlock repaint?

>>6513835
That's just regular grimlock

>>6513835
Probably still Grimlock, a repack.

>>6513841
The reprints have the same artwork though, and the name appears to be different

The Grimlock repaint is supposed to be Beast Wars Dinobot repainted as Beast Wars Grimlock, but this time the gold plastic won't shatter into your hands.

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>>6513824
>>6513827
What the fuck am I reading?

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>deluxe dinobots

>>6513846
Speaking of BW Grimlock, what do you think are our chances of getting him out of the MP Dinobot mold? We'll probably get the toy deco of Dinobot, but hopefully both will sell enough to get Grimlock.

>>6513847
The President is not allowed to have that much ice cream, anon.

>>6513852
Probably, they have to get mileage out of these guys, and they won't be getting much out of Primal and Cheetor.

>>6513853
But is he allowed to have dijon mustard?

>>6513855
Cheetor will probably get Tigatron and Ravage remolds

>>6513856
No more than one scoop

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>>6513858
Whatever.

>>6513857
Maybe Ravage, but Tigatron's model was larger, and the beast parts had alterations.

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>As we previously reported, Jason David Frank; very well remembered as the original Green Power Ranger; has got a role as the voice of Emissary (Cerebros’ Headmaster) in the upcoming Machinima’s new web series “Titans Return” which follows the success of the previous “Transformers: Combiner Wars” series.
Neat.
>>6513835
Thankfully it's not this one.

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>Ice cream
You're not fooling me, deceptidorks!

>>6513866
BRING IT ON AUTO-BUTT!

>>6513861
They can upscale the mold and remold certain parts to be beefier, it might be an extensive remold, or might be a new mold with shared engineering.

>>6513865
God, I would totally buy that if it was Legends / Cyberverse scaled, a pity it will probably be an oversized piece of crap instead.

>>6513849
Is anybody against the idea of combining dinobots?

>>6513884
I think it's more that some people wanted most of the Dinobots to be voyagers or Leaders. I'm fine with most of them being deluxe, Sludge is the only one who's too small.

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>>6513865
>JDF as Emissary.
Well, at least they got an actor this time, CW was full of random "youtube personalities".

>>6513897
They're apparently getting actors for pretty much everyone.

Has anyone redone the Transformer openings with the new toys?

>>6513897
He's barely an actor, and he's a terrible voice actor.

>>6513913
Well, that and he's a terrible person.

>>6513884
I am. Making every group into a combiner team is dumb and boring. I'd prefer if they were all the same size and didn't need to have the engineering compromised for combining gimmicks.

Won't be surprised if they make an insecticon combiner next at the rate they're going.

>>6513916
Yep, as someone who has worked as convention staff that's had to deal with him as a guest, he's a shitbag. Him and Johnny Yong Bosch, the other Power Rangers I've met were cool, what's up with green rangers, man?

>>6513929
So would it have Venom as the torso with Shrapnel, Kickback, Bombshell, Chop Shop, Ransack, Barrage, Zaptrap, Shothole, and Salvo as interchangeable arm/leg/weapon modes?

>>6513934
that sucks johnny seems like hed be a cool guy

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>>6513934
They're green with envy.

this new Power of the Primes line is NOT going to have any gimmicks, right?

>>6513950
i mean its already been shown to have a gimmick soo,...

>>6513938
That may be kinda epic.

>>6513951
what's the gimmick?

>>6513950
Yep:

-Titanmasters now hide in shells that resemble Pretender shells.
-Legends are like the TR ones with cockpits
-Deluxes can be limbs for voyagers
-Voygaers can be torso's for deluxes
-Leaders have a small robot form, then combine with something to become a larger robot.

All figures can have the new TM's interact with their armor (this armor works like the hand foot parts of combiner wars). Leaders have a Matrix like accessory to hold the TM in place.

>>6513950
not any terrible ones like TR, no.

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>>6513962
>voyagers and deluxes already shown to have compromised engineering because they have to be combiner components
try again my dude

>>6513966
It's mistransformed, ya dip.

>>6513826
Prime master is possible
That would make each pic a different size class

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>>6513970
Holy shit, this is some hilarious level of denial.

>>6513966
This is hilarious. Even the RID is far better.

>>6513853
He is so brave, unmatched, no other has looked directly into the sun during an eclipse. Brave

>>6513997
Denial of what?

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>>6514030

>>6513997
Hastards amirite? The Takara release won't have this problem.

>>6513997
NO, YOU DON'T GET IT, HIDING THE HEAD WILL TOTALLY FIX THE PROBLEM OF HIM JUST BEING A COMPRESSED ROBOT WITH A JET ON ITS BACK!!

>>6513966
I actually really like the look of that Starscream, it just seems so chunky.

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>>6513796
>>6513799

A few years ago, in the throes of PCC, I suggested a 'hypercombiners' line where deluxes would have four drone combiner limbs, PCC-style, but each deluxe would also have a limb mode to combine with a voyager, and each voyager would have a limb mode to combine with a Leader.

Two years, two voyager-based teams in each half-year (Stunticons/Aerialbots, Protectobots/Combaticons, Technobots/Terrorcons, Dinobots/Predacons), with the leaders (Optimus and Megatron) for Christmas of the second year.

The problem would have been the drones for the deluxes, I guess. What would four drones for, say, Brawl look like?

But otherwise it could have been ganz toll...

Anyway, what if he Leader-kibble for PotP allows them to merge with the Voyagers?

>>6513950
So far we know that all deluxes and voyagers are combining again so expect trash transformations and endless remolds in those size classes, and leaders will have armored mode gimmicks that we really can't be certain if they'll be good or not. TM Vehicles and Legends are staying the same, seemingly.

>>6513884

Me, DESU. I have often dreamt of it (I want Sludge to be the biggest bot, though, and form everything from the waist down) but frankly the idea is anathema. The Dinobots are fiercely independent, even amongst themselves.

PCC Grimstone was a Dinobot in name only.

>>6514046

Of it being a terrible toy, I guess, but I don't know who was denying that.

>>6514160
>TM Vehicles
Nope, now they're prime bodies or whatever the fuck they call pretenders, except they only have two points of articulation and they transform into ""weapon modes"" which look like a robot lying down

>>6514168

Well, they are tiny and they have to contain another little bot and the original Pretenders didn't have more articulation...

Too bad, I was hoping for 'Mega Pretenders'.

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>REEEEEEE STOP PROMOTING ANOTHER CHANNEL ON MY COMMENTS SECTION

LMAO OPTIMUSBOT

So since they're combiners, how likely is it that Grimlock and Rippersnapper will be shit? I have no plans on getting abominus or Dinobot man or whatever

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>>6514181
Lets be honest, if they ever do big fat pretender shells again, it'll just be these with a tiny TF to stick inside their chest.

>>6513934

really?

JYB seems like a good guy?

>>6513911
So far only mp's in stop motion.

>>6514205
retard actually tried to copy him in one video.

>SWIIIIVEL HEEEERRREEE

He deserved it

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>>6514208
if they do though, I would expect third party g1 shells with joints to make them ML quality

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>>6514181
>>6514208
You were saying?

>>6514205
Yeah, he's an asshole. I've seen screens before where he gets mad at people for even mentioning another reviewer.

>>6514227
Which video?

>>6514205
I don't like Jobby but no-one should apologise to Optiblubbermus for anything.

>>6513944
>>6514216
I judge convention guests by how they treat staff/volunteers, JYB threw a total temper tantrum when me and my fellow staffers wouldn't help him do some thing that he needed to ask his guest liaison to get people for. We were in the main ballroom setting up some shit for a panel that started in 10 mins, and he kept telling us we had to help him set up instruments for his band rehearsal, when his concert wasn't even for a few hours. Dude threw a fucking tantrum.

>>6514264
Like he wanted us to haul all of his equipment and instruments onto the stage, and he could rehearse. So we told him that one we weren't the people to do that, and two that there were panels on before him so we couldn't do that, and even suggested that maybe he didn't want his stuff up there because one panel was some dumb nerd improv shit and we didn't want his stuff to get damaged.
He just started screaming about how important he was, this was when all he had ever done of note was like Vash the Stampede and MMPR. Nobody even cared about his band, it was just in his contract that if you wanted him you had to book his band too. Anyway he starts screaming about how important he is, and the guy who owns the con has to come in and talk him down. Dude was like red in the face, teary eyed, pulling some weird fucking shit. Stomping, and flailing his arms, wish I had gotten it on video but this was around 2006 or 07 so I didn't have a phone that could do that.

>>6514264
>>6514266
This is some grade-A pasta material, anon. The guy being a total diva doesn't seem that farfetched, though.

>>6514277
It's not pasta, in fact I've never shared the story anywhere before.

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>>6514234
CW Magnus could've been perfect if he didn't have that oc donut steel green midget. Fuck you Jro.

>>6514299
>not having fun with Minimal Ambulance
Are you allergic to joy

>>6514299
The midget is a completely optional gimmick.

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Took Doubledealer out of storage today, I'd forgotten how much I liked this repaint.

>>6514229
Yeah no, some 3p tried it and its still stuck on kickstarter.

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>>6514319
>>6514301
b-but removing him only makes Magnus feels hollow and empty

>>6514340
Then stick the 3mm hands White Optimus Prime in there

>>6514206
Buy Blot.

>>6514342
Or a lego figure, doesn't matter.

>>6514340
>hollow and empty
Like your life?

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got myself pocket sized deluxe today

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>>6514342
>3mm hands White Optimus Prime
Does a legends class UM even exist?
>>6514350
Rude but[spoiler]yes[/spoiler]

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>>6514354
pretty nimble for his small size

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>>6514360
the alt mode sucked of course

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>>6514364
overall hes alright, fun featureless little meg.

>>6514370
>she didn't even say no, she just laughed at me and patted the top of my head

>>6514206
Not likely. Combiner ports aren't a new challenging thing for the design team anymore.

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>>6514208

I hope you're wrong, I fear you're right.

>>6514229

Well, they did try...

>>6514234

Good point...

>>6514299
>oc donut steel

Don't use phrases you don't understand the meaning of, anon.

>>6514391
Shredder?

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>>6514206
Theres a low chance that Grimlock gets compromised by its combiner ports, but even Motormaster, the worst CW torso had a pretty decent botmode, Rippersnapper should be just fine.

wonder if they'l go full shark or keep the mouse-like face

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>>6514401

Transformers has shit lore, desu

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>>6514420
So does humanity

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>>6514403
accurate

>>6514399

I think it's meant to be Grimlock.

>>6514401

It looks awesome, but I always thought of RipSnap as a predatory amphibian, not a shark.

>>6514420

Duh. Transformers has a megafuckton of lore. Some of it is bound to be shit.

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We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides.

It's been going on for a long time in our country. Sentinel, not Optimus Prime, this has been going on for a long, long time. It has no place in Cybertron.

>>6514532
Shut up

>>6514532
You just know Jhiaxus has been bankrolling the unrest and bussing in agitators to provoke conflict, the greedy nation-wrecking parasite.

>>6514205
Lol.
Jobby is more entertaining and more informative than this coke-swindling white trash piece of shit optibotimus.

>>6514205
Jobby is fucking annoying, but jesus christ, what a cunt. Is it really that hard to ignore the comments?

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Late to the party on CW, picking up the last couple teams I missed and Bruticus arrived today. What was intended for Brawl's waist? I hadn't realized how weird he was until handling him.

>>6514205
what's up with the hate for Optibotimus?

>>6514635
Overblown ego. There was also that one time when he tried to get viewers to donate for something shady, anyone remember the full story?

>>6514618
it doesn't lock into place that well due to some loose hinges

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I miss beast wars toys

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>>6514662
I miss toys that actually had high parts count, proper updated alt modes, and didn't have forced shitty gimmicks.

>>6514639
Wasn't this the guy who spread the rumor that sean long is a pedo because he got jealous that sean long made a video with that minx lady?

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I'm finally opening him...

>>6514635
Optibotimus is just as bad as Emgo.

>>6514684
I believe so. But then again, Sean Long was cancer to Robbits.

>>6514687
Prepare for sticker hell

>>6514682
Look, I love Generations Kup as much as the next guy, but his original head was rubbish. You basically had to buy the igear replacement to make him look respectable. And beyond that, pretty much the entire cab and hood of the truck became kibble. The doors on his forearm were some of the worst I've ever seen.

I've noticed that a lot about older figures with higher parts counts and more complex transformations. Usually, all those parts just end up being fucking kibble. Newer figures may be "playskool" by comparison, but they're much better at putting the alt mode parts to work in robot mode.

>>6514702
>but his original head was rubbish.
better than the shite banana lips hasbro TR toy.

> Newer figures may be "playskool" by comparison, but they're much better at putting the alt mode parts to work in robot mode
What alt mode? You mean the shitty then-futuristic pickup truck that doesn't actually look like anything?

>>6514701
Why? Just too many stickers?

>>6514698
>>6514684

Sean Long and Optibotimus was approached by Hannah Minx for a collaboration video. Optibotimus started badmouthing Sean Long and literally sexually harrassed Minx verbally with cringy alpha male flirting. Minx went with Sean Long because the guy is too wimpy to be a rapist unlike Optibotimus. Optibotimus couldn't take that he lost to Sean Long and started the rumor that Sean Long is a pedophile.

Tl;dr: Optibotimus is a perverted asshole with no morals whatsoever.

>>6514682
>Kup
>updated alt mode

It's shit

>>6514713
>Hannah Minx
she looks cute

>>6514532
>many sides

Why didn't he just say both sides?

>>6514710
Pretty much, the end result looks great but the massive ramp stickers were a bastard to line up perfectly straight with no creases.

>>6514732
>>6514710
plus it will peel off if you fuck up

>>6514708
>You mean the shitty then-futuristic pickup truck that doesn't actually look like anything?

Except it looks like the original toy and the cartoon you flaming fucking Tucker Carlson tier faggot

>>6514727
There are more than two sides.

When the hell will the third parties make shit for Trypticon? Nothing so far despite this being the most hyped Titan release ever, and there's so much shit they could make for it.

>>6514723
>looks
Looked.

>>6514783
What happened? Eyes fell out of their sockets?

>>6514746
>Except it looks like the original toy and the cartoon

The original was based on a 2005 truck. But they didn't know what a 2005 truck would look like because it was the 80s. That's not what a 2005 truck looks like.

>>6514727
Quintessons have five faces.

>>6514804
>it sucks because they didn't accurately predict the future
Weapons grade autism.

>>6514832
That's not what I said.

>>6514834
yes it is

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>>6514732
>>6514736
Turned out pretty well. I went slow in a very bright room and didn't have any major problems. Anywhere to put that cannon on the floor in bot mode? I've got all his other accessories stored in his legs.

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>>6514682
>>6514702
>>6514722
>all these niggas shit-taking the headsculpt and alt mode of one of my favorite figures
Fuck off, I'd rather buy him twice any day over the shite TR version.

>>6514868
Why would you buy a shitpiece?

>>6514687
>>6514853
Oh my, that looks glorious. I presume getting the Encore is probably the cheapest way to get a complete Fortress Maximus as of now? I might go for one too.

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>>6514869
Because it's by far the best portrayal of Kup around. He is quite literally an old man with a cigar and a shotgun, and that is just lovely.

>>6514878
What's the best version of this guy? The United looks really good in metallic painting but it has no cigar and that sort of ruins the best part of the facesculpt.

>>6514853
>Anywhere to put that cannon on the floor in bot mode?

Not really, it's supposed to go in one hand but being a japanese release it also includes the sword, so you must choose between them.

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>>6514869

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>>6514869
>>6514915

Unlike Shitpiece himself, this never gets old.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq1_6D9QS9Y

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>>6514883
>has no cigar and that sort of ruins the best part of the facesculpt.
This >>6514682 was an early Igear add on kit, impossible to track these days, they made it in the Takara unite and Hasbro colors.

The mold is alright but hes IDW Kup, not cartoon Kup, best option is to get both this and the legends headmaster.

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Twinferno has made a friend

>>6514933
Is Igear a 3rd party manufacturer or an official one that makes alternate pieces? I'm not familiar with this company.

>>6514868
>>6514878
>Kup with little cancer hanging off his face

No thanks

>>6514936
3rd party company.

>>6514941
The kit included 2 heads, one without the cigar. >>6514933

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>>6514923
>Published on Jul 17, 2006

>>6514159
I doubt it, voyagers already have to do too much, anything more and they'll be a disaster.

Shockwave but with giant arms and a submarine altmode.

>>6514618
You think it would be the weird waist that I don't like but it's not, it's the fucking pathetic arms

>>6514915
that fuckin takes me back. what was he called...dr. smoov?

>>6515003
yeah
>>6514923

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>>6514934
Awwwweeeee, so it's that time to post TFs with doggos again? :3

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>>6514934
PUT THE GUN DOWN TWINFERNO! THE PUPPER DID NOTHING TO DESERVE THIS!

So, how many here have issues buying certain figures despite the fact they can easily afford them? I can get the new LG Black Convoy no problem, but I cannot see myself spending that much for him, and it's made even worse since his Hasbro counterpart costs 25 dollars.

>>6515073
Thats just being a reasonable human being. Even moreso factoring the Hasbro factor, like you said, and 3P toys.I kinda wanted Botcon Flamewar but I keep thinking, I passed on this as a $5 mold at Five Below, because it was so inferior to the FE version. New paint won't help that much.

>>6515073
TR Krok and most Legends class figures on amazon

Imagine in a few centuries from now the next big civilisation's archaeologists discover Transformers, and treat it like we treat Greek, Roman, and other mythologies.

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>>6515073
It's all down to the mold. I'd buy a triple changer Scourge if he was at Hasbro's price, and I'd buy this one if it had Octone's wings. Something to make it pop moreso than just colors. It's got to be a fucking fantastic mold to part me from my money.

Pic related is the only Straight Takara repaint I bought full price. No regrets.

>>6513913
AYYYY YAAAAHHHH!
ZIGAHHH HIYAAAAA!!

>>6515098
So "Fiction" describes the myriad realms of the divine in our belief system?

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>>6514868
But that's not his headsculpt. This is.

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When it comes to movie Transformers, I'd rather stay away from Voyager class Transformers because they're probably just double changers, but a Bumblebee would be nice. They probably made a Laserbeak from that one movie where he turned into quite a few things, but I have a feeling that they released him as a double changer, but I could be wrong. Too bad Hasbro won't go back to putting out Scout class Transformers. Whatever you do, I'd highly advise hanging on to ones you've got. There's one store I want to check out; but I know how it'll be if I see a TM Optimus Prime or Sandstorm, so I'm gonna stay away from there until a week from Friday at least because if they have either of those and TTC Transformers, I'll buy one and find myself with very little money. I came to the realization that my mom has six great grandkids, not five, so hopefully, I'll get another duplicate because then they can each get a gift from me for Christmas.

>>6515131
And it's still better than the TR toy, which is quite sad.

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>>6515137
>perfection.

>>6515144
Don't put your toys in the microwave man

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>Of course Anode is my new favorite Transformers character. She's a snarky lady asshole who's married to another lady Transformer. I'm pretty sure I write like thirteen varients of this character already. Her very existence makes me suspect at some point I get thrown back in time and become James Roberts.

>Once Titans Return Windblade was announced, I was like, oh, hey, lady jet could maybe be painted into another lady jet (and both use propeller propulsion in some way), and I started making plans. I asked Trent Troop to make an Anode head for his Shapeways store, and I bought one of those (in frosted extreme detail). I prepared paints. And, finally, I got a second Windblade so I could beige her up.

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>>6515157

>I have to say, this ended up looking more like Anode than I'd expected. The translation went pretty well. I mean, she doesn't turn into a space-biplane, and she doesn't transform the same (legs unwrapping into upper wings), but in robot mode she clearly has the right vibes and all the colors can go in the right places.

>>6515131
Man I really hated how pin-headed generations toys were

I'm aware of the "tiny head makes the bot look bigger" rationale but it really doesn't work at all and just makes them look like they have tiny little heads. I'm really glad TR forced a minimum head size for everything above deluxe.

>>6515157
It seems like a decent enough adaptation of the design. However, it is Anode who is just awful and makes everything involving her painful.

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>>6515159

>And so I am pleased.

>And, obviously, I'm gonna make her wife Lug. I've got a second TR Rewind on order, and I'm gonna see if Trent can't make a Shapeways Lug head.

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>>6515157
Hi post-op Dropshot, you keept the googles? cute.

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>>6515167

>this is a 3d print
>in crisp detail
>not a shitty hand sculpting job

>>6515157
>>6515159
>>6515167
That looks pretty cool, actually. The vehicle is basically flawless.

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>>6515176

>walkys favorite character

>>6515169
>Anti-aircraft tank with all the missiles
Why would you want to change from that?

>>6515178
That's not Hot Shot.

>>6515181
To feel pretty?

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>>6515167
>wanting a tranny-bot

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>>6515157
>snarky lady asshole who's married to another lady
Two errors here.

>>6515189
Is it over "lady" having connotations of nobility?

>>6515185

>race of andrygonous robots with no concept of gender or
>meet funky aliens
>decide to adopt certain traits as per individual tastes

Honestly all shit posting aside? This is probably the best explanation for lady and guy robots. Better then forced sex change and disappeared civilization of chicks anyways.

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>>6515193
Peasants have no business aspiring above their station.

>>6515197
I feel like Anode is some kind of bizarre strawman for something.

>>6515185
I'm not really triggered by this because they're robots so they don't have earth biology, so who fucking cares. I know this whole scene was done for SJW brownie points, but it's really more upsetting that they're limiting themselves to do it.

I'd prefer if it was a cybertronian that turned into something distinctly nonhuman, like a giant mouth with spider legs and jet boosters or a crab/squid hybrid looking thing. Why limit yourself to such a simple shape when you could go from any one form to the next? It would have been way better to hear this speech from something that looked like an abomination. Plus I think we should have some kind of explanation for why all the female forms disappeared from or started showing up on Cybertron.

Sadly we'll never get that because that would be exploring the depth of nature and identity, and that doesn't sell toys.

>>6515157
>>6515159
Looks decent but... Isn't Anode based on the Mindwipe mold? I know it's not easy to turn that into a biplane, but that's technically what she is and is based on.

>>6515217
Because ones that look like a spider wouldn't be able to get jobs.

>>6515222
>Implying having eight limbs wouldn't make you more productive worker

Granted they'll need identical sets of fingers, but point still stands. Also they use their altmode for a job.

>>6515217
Sort of related, it didn't help that people already disliked Anode, and most people complained that the cast in the issue didn't make sense. Since when did Nautica care that much about Skids? She clearly cares more about other characters but she acts like his death is the worst thing that's ever happened to her. Then there's the fact that of all the characters, it's Nautica, Velocity, Anode, and Lug. Nautica being here would make sense, but priority should have been given to Swerve in the "revive my friend" plot line since Skids was his best friend (plus the shitty situation he had back in the MTMTE annual, where he was powerless to save someone), Nightbeat (Nautica's friend, came back to life)since this is his jam, and Brainstorm (friend to Nautica, lost someone and put everyone in danger to get him back).

>>6515197
Want a better explanation for lady and guy robots?

Because.

>>6515232
Not to mention Swerve was a metallurgist, they could have tied him in with the architect plot line Anode gets wrapped In.

I also hate that Roberts literally named a new robot Mengele after the Naxi doctor....Froid was pushing it but it was a pun......this just felt lazy. Might As Well have Hitlertron and Stalinbot as names while we're at it.

That said the ending for the issue might get the series back on track.....from what I heard.

>>6515265
Skrapnel used to have a lazy name

>>6515267
Not what I meant, what I meant is literally naming a robot after a real human bean is lazy to me. It's like name a Transformer Washington or Jefferson.

>>6515269
Wasn't there an AI literally named Auntie?

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>>6515269
What's even more amazing is that there's two Transformers named Randy.

>>6515275
Randy also means horny baby.

>>6515265
>>I also hate that Roberts literally named a new robot Mengele
He hasn't done that in the first 8 issues of LL. I know the ninth went up on itunes, but I didn't see any rips, is that in there?

>>6515300
It came out earlier in ITunes, but the name pops up in the previews.

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>>6515275
>What's even more amazing is that there's two Transformers named Randy.

There's only a single Randy, the other one self-destroyed.

>>6515303
https://news.tfw2005.com/2017/09/01/idw-lost-light-9-itunes-preview-347679 I don't see a Mengle, just sucky art.

>>6515317

have a few buddies that are scarred for life from seeing BW Neo Randy used as a roadside bomb while on convoys

>>6514923

My favorite Smoov video is Heavy Metal Fight. 2003-2007 were the golden years of internet humor. Its some of the most pure comedy.

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>>6515324

>>6515324
>>6515300
>Mengel's Workshop
It's at the top, I missed it the first time too

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>>6515335
>>6515339
Well, fuck. Remember when Roberts was good? I miss those days.

>>6515335
Mengel is a corruption of the name, so it isn't as blatant as it could be.

>>6515342
It's literally the name minus the last letter.

>>6515348
It would affect pronunciation.
At least Ratchet/Ratched levels of change.

>>6514354
>>6514360
>>6514364

I absolutely love the Prime Cyberverse figures, hopefully you didn't pay too much for him as they seem to have high asking prices

>>6514878
You're probably not the only one who thinks so. Saw a truck that was a dead ringer for Kup's Generations alt some months back. With an Autobot symbol on the gate, I'm pretty sure the resemblance wasn't a coincidence.

>>6515341
IDW as a whole went down the fucking tubes around the time Hasbro realized they could use it to push the toyline

>>6515386
To be fair, no one knew Hasbro would suddenly want to promote the old G1 characters with new toys. Classics was a one off, then suddenly it came back and IDW was fucked.

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>>6515157
>lady asshole

I, too, love the nuttier aftertaste.

>>6514713
why not go for based emgo instead?

>>6514713
>literally sexually harrassed Minx verbally with cringy alpha male flirting
>any grown man who makes videos about toy robots on youtube
>alpha
Yeah, right.

>>6514159
He combines with Optimus, which is why OP looks so plain.

>>6515386
Nah, even before that
It started when they hired a bunch of new writers and artists. When heart of darkness hit, everyone knew idw was fucking losing it

>>6515275
Wait, two?

>>6514682
>proper updated alt modes
Why is it that Transformers fans seem to be the only fandom that has a group of people who absolutely do not want classic designs to get good modern toys?

>>6515464
http://www.tfu.info/2003/Gobots/Randy/randy.htm

>>6515479
Are you new to the fandom? updated altmodes was all what we were getting since the beggining of classics, even Metroplex had an updated design, the G1 comeback began with Arcee and the Prime wars, people want to have in hand what they saw on tv, update altmodes are nice, but nostalgia is what keep this fandom alive.

>>6515479
modern toy doesn't equate to slavishly copying the alt modes like they've recently been doing.

>>6515485
Huh, never knew
Why does japan love that name

>>6515479
Because in Transformers the only time that happens is G1, and whilst there's nothing wrong with liking undetailed cereal box robots that simplistically transform into wedges on wheels if that's your thing, both airings of the G1 cartoon were so long ago that there are people in the fandom who got into the toyline from less primitive times. The "G1 with better articulation" vision for the line intrinsically means giving up things that were considered the appeal of previous lines like TF2010.

>>6515502
Yeah, that's been turning me off of the series. I got into it during the Unicron Trilogy and went full collector during Classics, so seeing the latter's concept being watered down into G1-articulated disappoints me endlessly. I think I'm going to jump ship after we get the Titans Return sequel line, assuming Cyberverse isn't anywhere near Animated quality.

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who's your pick for classiest alt mode?

>>6515566
hey that's pretty cool, who is that?

>>6515566
Probably AoE drift or DotM soundwave

>>6515578
He's tf animated blurr

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>>6515566

>>6515157
>>6515159
>>6515167

All of this was by David "Flips off flips" Willis.

>>6513950
They are Headmasters and combiner limbs

>>6514052
This. Takara has better paint, better molding, die cast components, and better QC.

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>>6515658
>die cast components

>>6514878
>shotgun
Its a rifle anon

Generations Springer and Sandstorm still hold up pretty great, but when do you guys think we would get Triple-Changer Masterpieces?

>>6515681
Hopefully never. When even the 3P triple changers look like ass you know you have a design that's impossible to make a toy out of.

>>6515684
Post evidence of your claim.

>>6515566

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>>6515341

The last issue i legit loved of his was MTMTE 50.

That whole twist with the mutiny was brilliant, and it punched me in the gut.

shame he hasn't made anything worthwhile in nearly 2 years. It's been long ass arc after arc, and letting me down.

fortunately the mutiners return in the issue after this.

Can't wait to see how that all plays out.

>>6515479
It only triggers Transformers fans, really. You don't see people in threads about the Batman Animated Series toys and go "MAN, I wish these didn't look like the cartoon so much!"

Does /tfg/ have a discord?

>>6515765
Because Batman: The Animated Series didn't look like total fucking ass.

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Dianauts and Titanmasters working together is comfy AF

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>>6515786
Stop it! Stop having fun with le forced shitty unpainted partsforming! REEEEE!!!

>>6515479

Because the majority of people who are into mainline transformers toys NOW didn't even watch the G1 cartoon and don't give a shit about G1.

The ones that do are 50yo menchildren that went either full MP or full 3rd party.

The fans who collect mainline toys are 20 somethings who got into Transformers by BW/Unictron/Animated/IDW. They don't give a lick of fuck about G1 and "iconi" G1 designs they want either cool looking toys or just toys based on something that they are fans of and it's not G1.

I hope that MPM Barricade is still happening. Maybe by the time the Bee movie comes out?

>>6515566
That is a pretty picture.

>>6515781
This. Transformers was created at the tail end of an era where TV animation was an afterthought. Underfunded, half-assed shit with garbage writing that was only meant to sell toys. Batman: The Animated Series happened at the crest of the animation renaissance and generally had impeccable writing and animation quality, and thoughtful character design, and is still lauded as one of the best cartoons ever created.

>>6515566
Who cares? I don't display anything in alt. mode. Fucking waste

>>6515765
Almost like different people want different things, whoa really makes you think.
>>6515849
And you are also wrong with your dipshit opinion

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>>6515847
>Bruce Timm design
>good

>>6515830
>hurrr, I don't like the style
>that means it's poor-quality!
Kill yourself, brainlet.

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>>6515765
Nah, you get the same "they don't look like the cartoon!" even with the new animated series some of the facesculpts and paint aps are way off.

>>6515856
Yeah, he had and still has some of the best heroic designs even incluenced Marvels Earth Mightiest Heroes, btw why did you tilted the characters on that pic?

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>>6515566
>asks for class.
>post random sports car.
Anon please.

>>6515830
Speak for yourself faggot

>>6515875
Yeah, people complain they don't look like the cartoon.

Only in Transformers do you ever hear people bitch that the toys DO look like the cartoon.

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>>6515885
(you)

>>6515885
Thats just a vocal minority that don't like how cartoon accurate the MP line has become.

>>6515885
>Only in Transformers do you ever hear people bitch that the toys DO look like the cartoon.
Because:
A.) being accurate is not an objective measurement of quality
B.) the cartoon looks like shit

>>6515896
>being accurate is not an objective measurement of quality
It is when thats your selling point "as seen on tv" thats the whole Hot Toys gimmick.

>the cartoon looks like shit
Thats subjective, some hate the IDW aesthetic, some hate the movie designs, I can't stand the Animated designs (but I appreciate the characters that came of out of it, Bulkhead, Lugnut and Sipstream).

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>mp21 bumblebee is getting a reissue
>no news about it anywhere
>hlj list it as a September reissue
>amiami says Feb next year

Nani!?

>>6515916
Twinferno recolor?

Does anyone have Misfire or Slugslinger yet? I'm in Oklahoma and we're very slow to get the latest waves, so I'm not sure what's out yet and what isn't and I wanted to know how good they were since they're retools of the Triggerhappy mold(my favorite in the line) and I really want to get the full set of Decepticon Targetmasters

>>6515921
No Slugslinger but I got a Misfire in north Michigan about two weeks ago.

>>6515918
Hung grr and Sludge(Slog?)

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>>6515921
Yes but I'm Australian m8

Ok in terms of transformation they're a step down from triggerhappy, legs do the same, arms do the same, but no torso flipping.

My misfire is a tad loose but not as bad as skullcruncher while slugslinger is perfect joint wise, paint wise both are imperfect and every slugslinger has this weird mouth deformity as if he's wearing a white mask over a white face, I've seen 7 in different shops so far and they all have it.

I found the deco for slugslinger lacking so I added silver to his nipples for more toy accuracy, and while a shame triggerhappy didn't get toy tampo's they work just fine though takara's are a better match deco and color wise, I already had hasbro's triggerhappy so I just continued on as is

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>>6515916
Full image

>>6515901
I find that most people who hate a particular transformer design are just geewunners who are mad that things look different from their childhood. I think there's something to appreciate about almost every style in the franchise. I even like geewun, it's just that making the toys look identical to the designs on the screen is stupid, because the animation of the cartoon was lazy work done by Korean slaves.

>>6515937
All cartoons are lazy work done by Korean slaves.

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>>6515437
>Optibotimus
>Self awareness

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>>6515935
Lots of wasted space on those pics.

>>6515972
I'm just glad that they'll be revealing the Terrorcons at the convention. I was afraid we'd have to wait longer to see how they turned out.

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>>6515918
....

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>>6515987
thats a nice twinferno redeco

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>>6515918
>>6515990
>Twinferno
>not Doublecross

Underage TRfags need to go and stay go.

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>>6515993
ill doublecross you in a minute, don't bad mouth what glorious warden has given us

>>6515994
Shut up Autovolt.

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>>6515999
>tfw they start throwing forum fags names at you

Being called a faggot is less of an insult

>>6516001
Wear it loud and proud.

Hascon will show the complete Abominus and Dino Kaiser.

Wave 1 of the Cyberverse line.

Wave 1 of the Movie Black Series lime.

>>6515972
With how small they'll be wait until you see the wasted space in the packaging.

>>6516001
They delete those posts on the other boards.

>>6515437
That jerk thought he's cool enough to endorse coke. Of course he thought he's a goddamn manly alpha male.

Finally found Sixshot and Octone. I was worried they were lost to me forever.

>>6515494
Easy to write in katakana.

>>6513793

They already did a TF of that.

>>6516039
Do you have the old Classics Octane? I'm curious to see how the two stack up, I love the Classics but I already replaced Astrotrain with the new one and now Octane is a botlet next to the other triple-changers.

>>6515652
I hate how this smug fuck acts holier than thou when he's an unrepentant racist.

>>6516026
What's dino kaiser, the dinobots?

>>6516047
Yep! Cant wait for it

New

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>>6516061
>>6516061
>>6516061

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>>6516044

I have both though I am.at work so they aren't handy. The new one is definitely way better.

Here's a photo from earlier