Who has never gotten a new toy with the colors of an old toy, that you would like to see?>Upcoming Transformershttps://pastebin.com/KiWRnsPm >Leaks and Rumorshttps://pastebin.com/2B58i4iZ >Online Stores for TFshttps://pastebin.com/3raSp3ZY >Where to watch TF shows:https://pastebin.com/xiX5Q7SE >Transformers General Archives:https://archive.palanq.win/toy/search/subject/%2Ftfg%2F%20-%20Transformers%20General/>New thread on page 9 or 10 or image limit. Any thread that doesn't say this and does not adhere to it or lacks the pastebins is not a legit /tfg/ threadPreviously on /tfg/ : >>11034337
I mourn for core class.
>>11041558I want my Cryotek
>>11041563may it come back slightly larger.>>11041566you n' me both, pal. I fear we may be in for a beast drought.
I got Crankcase and I love him! Very cool figure
>>11041572Maybe they can replace that stupid $15 warrior class.
>>11041572As it is now they probably won't bother to give him the ice blast we wanted to use with him and Megatron since effect parts don't seem to be a thing much now.
>>11041573looks pretty nice. nice beefy shoulders. forearms could stand to be bigger but he's good.>>11041578it's part of the mold, not an effect part. also what, doesn't magmatron come with a bunch of them? they've always been really haphazardly given out.
>>11041573He's okhttps://files.catbox.moe/7xcb7s.jpg
I just found out Buzzworthy 4-pack Movie Airazor has her upper arms swapped by mistake.. easily fixed, and at first i wasn't going to bother, since it turns what looks more like a natural robot joint into an action figure 'cut joint' that interrupts continuous detail. But given the sorta technorganic aesthetic in that movie, I should get it right.
>>11041583>>11041585I also really love his vehicle mode, I would like to drive this
>>11041598big ass SUV with a big ol hood for a big engine, i'm down for it. but it needs bigger tires.
>>11041598Skids looked comfy and something fun to drive, maybe race a bit, due to its Initial D vibes, but Crankcase looks like he and his passengers straight up murder people, that is to say yes the car looks very fun
>>11041605>Crankcase looks like he and his passengers straight up murder peopleKek it would be great if he could pop out the shoulder cannons in vehicle mode too
>>11041605especially considering that his passengers as seen through the windows are a couple very explosive-looking cylinders
Well, I got those supplies for the knee mod but it turns out I can't cut the acrylic rods in small piece accurate enough so instead of acrylic I will be using those bean thingies for art and craft as anchors. To be fair, I have worked the springs over night. Just dry run of turning the knee, it is rather smooth. So I guess the design does work even if it a shoddy one. The next step will be applying the putty
Here goes nothingHow long do I have to wait until clay like this dry?
>>11041609The shoulder cannons looked a bit dinky, the chest looked weird, and I was already pleased with Skids so I didn't get him, but yeah it'd be nice for him to be fearsome in vehicle mode as well. Regarding the dinkiness, you can pretend it's one of those stocky cannons that pack a huge punch, seems like they're lasers anyway>>11041616They are his killmasters, Hurt and Pain
>>11041572may it come back way cheaper*
Got the deluxe Insecticons, and man, the deco and new heads save these molds, barely, the cartoon based bug modes don't work for them.
>>11041640>>11041655Great idea, still I might wait for DNA kit for him.
>>11041655Air dry clay?? That shrinks when it dries.
>>11041675>Air dry clayI really don't know what they called it in English but we called it lights clay I did played with a store sample. When it dried, it is hard but light. I guess people can use epoxy glue but that thing is liquid would get every where. All I need is something hard to support the dividers. The clay should do the job even if it's shrinks. >DNA add onWell, it is either this or waiting for DNA for god knows how long. This should do the job even if DNA does nothing the end. And I think I can took out the clay. It is not like the clay has any bonding power to the plastic
>>11041670I still can't be bothered to hunt down a Ransack.
And a fun discoveryThe plastic is not all the way fill in one of the inner wall for the legs This is like the first time I have seen this with Hasbro toys
>>11041682>All I need is something hard to support the dividers. The clay should do the job even if it's shrinks.It won't work, the shrinkage will be quite large and there will be visible gaps all around. The clay pieces won't be in contact with the surrounding to support anything.>I guess people can use epoxy glue but that thing is liquid would get every where.There's a clay-like version called Epoxy Putty. I thought you were going to just slap a bunch of that down there last thread.
Ready for the night
The best Scourge money can buy.
>>11041764RID is one of my favorite toylines for just how off the wall it is, I'd definitely love to go back and get more of the original releases
>>11041764Gee anon, how come mom let you have two truck faces
>perfectly happy with Kingdom Galvy>suddenly now obsessed with the toy deco version for no reason at allI'm getting Straxus, I don't fucking need a third toy of this mould.
>>11041785Slaanesh is disappointed.
>>11041764>The best Scourge money can buy.Disagree, the original is still unsurpased.
>>11041764>>11041813>implying fans of Scourge would pay money instead of loot and rape
>>11041826That's another way of showing your love for Miku Prime, sure.
>>11041785I opted for the GS version over Kingdom because solid purple is a boring color scheme I'd expect a Decepticon goon to have, not their leader. Plus he looks really good next to Miner and DCS Megs.
>>11041573>>11041598I'm so sick of the mold I didn't mess around with him much when I got crankcase but I agree he's probably the best looking one
>>11041563Don't fret Anon. they'll bring back Bravo Class :)
I've been thinking about the lack of transformers games lately, and also the mysterious absence of playable transformers mods outside of san andreas, and while what i really just want is for someone to port the game characters into gmod or whatever, I ended up writing an autism piece outlining a transformers movieverse pvp game. For anyone who would care to readpastebin com/TxZ53jeD
>>11041906You'd think having a protagonist who can turn into a vehicle at any point would lend itself perfectly to some kind of open-world game.
>>11041916>>11041906The 2007 tie-in game is the perfect formula for an open world Transformers game that they just decided never to touch again
>>11041916>>11041920I think Universe (the Prime MMO) was also open world. I think it would be awesome, although I prefer more structured, intentional levels rather than big open spaces with things scattered about.
>>11041785>I don't fucking need a third toy of this mould.Are you sure? Really, really sure?
I don't like Legacy Windblade so I got the Legends headmaster release off of Mandarake instead. Much happier since I like her overall form and design so much more than the newer one.Also got the Autobot Clones but no one really cares about them.
>>11042005>Autobot ClonesYou kidding? I loved the TR Legends-class stuff. Pounce and Wingspan are still my favorites.
>picked up SS brawn>robot mode is super cool>vehicle mode is literally not even close to a car and makes me feel like I’m damaging the toy when i transform itThey were so close. Is Gears basically the same?
I want reissues of Tigatron and Best Wars Grimlock that won't yellow in a week!
>>11041692Aves apoxie sculpt would work amazingly well, no shrink, super tough material that you can sand and carve into if needed
>>11042034>Is Gears basically the same?Worse, Brawn at least hides all his robot parts, has right size wheels and cabin.
>>11041692>Shrinkage I don't knowThe stuff have been in a hot location for almost 10 hours now. I am not seeing anything serious in term of shrinking. I will let it cook for few days- hopefully soon because I got another trip to Vietnam next week and I just got back from india. I really want play tidal wave. Originally I was thinking using some epoxy putty like magic sculpt, but damn the shipping is expensive these days. Decided against using anything too strong because I think people will come up with some proper parts and I can't take out epoxy or glue once it settles.
New roadbuster when T30 don’t cut it anymore, never did in the first place.
>>11042131Gimme Windcharger too. POTP one had major paint scraphong issues for me
>>11042131Whirl kinda sucked too. He was trying to be Geewun and idw at the same time but fails at both.
>>11041572>>11041666like it won't come back the same size but more expensive.
>$200 toy has fragile knees, must be user-fixed to maybe function at an extra cost>the Has-bros will suck off the company & defend this shit
>>11042130You really don't see the shrinkage with your pics side by side? The clay has dipped below the top and is starting to pull away from the sides. I'm not sure if the clay deep inside can even harden, it dries by evaporation.>Originally I was thinking using some epoxy putty like magic sculpt, but damn the shipping is expensive these days. If you can't get the modelling version, there are plumbing-use epoxy putty that can be easily found in hardware stores for cheap. You don't need to fill the whole cavity either since epoxy is tough AF, small blobs around the tabs will be enough.
>>11042182Anyone who was still ride-or-die with Hasbro after they put a 250$ price tag on a commander class figure (and made it limitied release) absolutely deserves whatever they get, in all fairnessI just lurk here in the off chance they make something good or I see something older that i want to hunt down
>>11042182>Has-brosJust say hascucks stop trying to make this a thing
>>11042218'Hasfags' rolls off the tongue better.
>>11042222But there are fags that hate Hasbro.
>>11041685you mean to say an actual molding error? can you point it out?>>11041692is epoxy putty good for resculpting parts? i'm not okay with using anything that doesn't dry to something hard enough to feel like it belongs on the toy.. else i'd probably use air dry clay for stuff like lio convoy's lion face.
>>11041854his legs are like that so while you're fellating him you can store your beer and snacks.
>>11041916i dunno, maybe not TOO open. those tend to be too empty, and imagine the scale necessary for it to be satisfying for transformersI guess something like Xenoblade X was really satisfying once you got your mech, but I can't pretend I used the altmodes very often. they were mostly the worst kind of H-tank, one comprised entirely of kibble
>>11042048>Tigatronis the Takara version yellowing?>Beast Grimlockwould be nice to get him in proper toy colors, but I don't see that happening. I wouldn't even be mad, i'd just paint a new clear color over my existing repainted grimlock. maybe turn his ass orange like Talon from Primal Rage.
Barrage and Chop Shop arrived today. Ransack's happy his bros are here, even if we're still missing their neurotic boss.
>>11042130oof, your immune system must be working overdrive.
>>11042316where did you order yours from?
>>11042218... Hasbronies?
>>11042316Wonder how they'll do Venom? New mold? Can imagine who he'd be remolded from
>>11042320Amazon. They updated a while ago to push them back to August, then updated again to say "nah they're coming now lmao". The other set is still set for August, though.
>>11042327why haven't I gotten mine yet?
>>11042329lul git gud
>>11042327>>11042329Aw hell yea
Buying Legacy Quake for his targetmasters. Will throw the figure itself in the trash.
>>11042337Couldn't you resell him to cover some of the cost?
Speaking of Insecticons, I wonder when or how the Diaclone insecticons will be released.
>>11042337Legacy Targetmasters are total trash and you're planning to pay $25+ for two. Just buy some older ones secondhand.
speaking of moolti-packs, anyone want to split this 4-pack with me?
>>11042346>collecting the Diaclone tribute toys>fucking hate the Diaclone Insecticon colorsThat's going to be a painful decision no matter what I do
>>11042351yeah I'll take the top 2 and you get the bottom
>>11042326He's listed for retail wave 3 next year so pretty good chances for a new mold.
>>11042351I wanted squeezeplay for years and this shit totally deflated my hype for him.
>>11042218>>11042222HasMAGA they're into deranged cult worship over complete garbage.
>>11042308Mine is not yet yellowing but it may be too "new" to tell for the long term.
>>11042376nuuu that is not the split I want!>>11042381yeah.. but i'm hoping.
>>11042385>nuuu that is not the split I want!Too bad
>>11042390here I was going to be generous and offer to take tarn in addition to tarantulas.he's one upgrade kit away from being really awesome.
>>11042351No shit, if I get that Squeezeplay and Tarn I absolutely would.
>>11042407deal
>>11042420Deal, i'll just sell cliffjumper to somebody else>>11042423also deal. Shit, how do we solve thisalso is it still available or is it a closed pre-order now. target exclusives always throw me off.
>>11042305Mm, problem is you need a large map to make vehicles feel worthwhile. At least, large enough that travelling across it on foot is a chore. You could have it be an open-ended war scenario where the game constantly populates available space with dynamically generated allies and enemies.
>>11042429preorders sold out
>>11042434it's coming out later like normal though, right?
>>11042429>Deal, i'll just sell cliffjumper to somebody elseEmail me if ur serious
>>11042441I mean if this works outIt sounds like none of us can get ahold of it right now, though. Is it even on Target shelves?
>>11041578If they don't give him an ice breath effect, they'd better do what they did with Thundertron and pack in a blue Laserbeak cassette for Chro.
>>11041655>Filling his legs full of clay instead of a few drops of crazy glue..Autism.
>>11042499oh that'd be cutethey'd better do BOTH. i want him to have his lil buddy.
>>11042091>non Gears owner detectedYou forgot excellent articulation, smooth fun transformation, and amazing screen / toy accuracy. Im starting to be able to sniff out your posts from everyone elses. All you do is talk shit on toys you dont own. Im not even a fan of the characyer. He is simply one of the better transformers ever made. I
>>11042447Next month it'll hit shelves. I'll keep an eye out at my local Targets.
>>11042586crazy glue isn't sane glue, be very careful with it. it melts the plastic and then adds new plastic on top of it. you gotta do it just right>>11042597ahhh okay. i'll keep an eye on mine too. It sounds like we need to buy a minimum of two between the three of us. I'm just glad to know someone else wants part of it. That's all I need to hear. Worked out fine with splitting up the Dilophocon set.
Anyone here have nu Cybertron Hot Shot yet?I had him in my hand today but didn't pull the trigger
>>11041558Give me your best Prime Vs Prime impression
>>11042616This Legacy Universe [X] looks sick. Now for the pose test. Here are some comparison shots.
>>11042616i dont watch that guy, is he the one with the lil bionicle dude talking in the foamy the squirrel voice
>>11042620No.
>>11042624oh okay. who is that guy?
>>11042619pretty good
>>11042625Emgo.
>>11042630thank you, I will try to remember that.I prefer Jorby anyway
>>11042616Wot's up guys! Tuday werr taking a luk at the Hasbro Transformers Generations Legacy United Deluxe Class Cybertron Universe Hotshot!
>>11042633You even got his accent. Amazing.
>>11042633>>11042636lmfaoWhat part of the UK is his accent from? Idk anything about british "people"
>>11042637sounds afrikaans from how anon typed it. lemme look up a video of the guy..
>>11042638OhI don't know what to call that accent, it's like.. extremely lazy RP. It's the equivalent of a guy trying to sound like Mr. Magoo and failing hard because he's from the ghetto.
>>11042590Now if only they FUCKING stocked himI still remember the day he went up on amazon and I missed him by minutes. Now hes like 30 bucks
He's gonna shelfwarm so hard.
>>11042644this is incredible for a g1 triple changer, hot diggity. i mean big packpack sure but ... I think it's good enough to be made today with a few tweaks, almost unchanged.
>>11042644what's the mold? Recolored Blitzwing?
>>11042645You'd think that but Blitzwing has a pretty bad track record somehow despite just needing more joints.
>>11042645>>11042646Overcharge is G1 Blitzwing's repaint, he's coming in the last wave of Legacy. I still see Blitzwings around, this guy isn't going to move at all.
>>11042648>>11042645I'd be interested in him but not the Legacy mold. TR would be better
>>11042652Based
>>11042653Yeah I was floored by how much I liked the TR mold. I got it cheap just out of curiosity and wanting to have a Blitzwing and then I immediately loved it
Anyone know any TFs with Mafia/organized crime mentioned in their bios or lore? Looking to put together a famiglia
>>11042657i thought thunderhoof was some kind of big cool mine fork vehicle.. he was a tractor?
>>11042659I like it desu. It's unique
>>11042660It IS unique! It's just not what I expected. and I could have sworn I knew this character pretty well, kind of the standout from this entry in the franchise. I love animalistic robot modes.. Though the hooves needed more paint.
>>11042645Of the six main g1 triple changers Blitzwing might be the best oneThough I say that without having any hands on time with half of them
>>11042657Cryotek. The blue dragon guy, not the Visionary.
>>11042659like, a john deere tractorthunderhoofget it?
>>11042678I don't think the Visionary is anyone's first thought
>>11042681"We see John Deere has come out with this year's line of rototillers. Surprise, surprise... They're green! I say it's time to send John Deere a Dear John.""AH HA HA HA! Oh, that's classic!""You don't have to patronize me."
>>11042648okay, but what if they replace the giant hands with literally anything else?
>>11042685Giant feet
>>11042683Well, after that crappy IDW comic ya never know.
>>11042685Minicon just to make you buy the package
>>11042590>No context reader detected.The subject was the awful altmode, hes an ok actionamster. >All you do is talk shit on toys you dont own.Bitch, I do own a copy, you must be blind if you can't see the shitty altmode.
>>11042697Is that T30 Gears?
>>11042657Black ShadowI also like to imagine swindle does a lot of weird backdoor Mafia shenanigans.
>>11042685Understood, we will be replacing the feet with reused blast effects.
>>11042601Yeah, I'll post about it next month when it releases if I see anything.
>>11042703Yeah Swindle's an obvious one although IMO he's TOO selfish even for gangsters. Just can't be trusted to hold to anything
>>11042699The small one is a 3P by MFT.
>>11042710What is that little blue dog...robot...thing?
>>11042711Diaclone Reboot power suit KO. MFT really liked doing that for some reason.
>>11042681.. oh that's good.i wonder if they considered making him green and then pulled back.
>>110427111: bootleg diaclone exo suits, they randomly included them with their Gears, Swerve, Pipes and Huffer. No pilots included tho.
Diana, clear my schedule. I'll be transforming Legacy Menasor into his combiner mode and back.
>>11042684I had a whole The Critic reply before I remembered this is from the episode where Homer becomes a food critic.>>11042697it just feels wrong to break treads up in quite that way. especially since you're supposed to pretend that is largely negative space, and it on'y isn't because ... actually help me out guys, they love making hollow parts, why aren't tank treads on guys like this more hollow like the real thing?
>>11042720neat idea. love toys referencing toys.
Got the new Darkism Trashbin head which came with some extra pieces not advertised and really help complete his look. I'm pretty damn satisfied with how this turned out.
>>11042740pretty close to dead on. he's just lost some gut and some head fat
Our world's become a cesspool. Autobots and Decepticons, fraternising. A terrorist in charge of the Capital. And the streets...! The streets are swarming with mongrel Cybertronians - colonists, cogsnatchers, halfbreeds... Conjunx Endurae swap fuel in public. Monoformers parade their deformity. The planet reeks of concession. It's time to wipe the slate clean. Tear down, so that we might rebuild.>I miss him
>>11042752>OUR WORLD IS IN DANGER
>>11042809How do we save it?
>>11042824Destroy the universe and try again.
>>11042005yeah TR windblade was a sleeper hit for me. i pre-ordered the whole wave on discount with intention to sell her off, but she was basically free and still have her
>>11042828Kala, you've been on and on about this ever since Ravannavar freed you.
>>11042644i am so mad the only overcharge we ever get will be a repaint of the gigturd legashit blitzy. if you ever want proof accuracyfags are cancer look no further>>11042740very nice pastel colours anoni always liked united wreck-gar for the same reason
If I wanted to make a girl Wing Saber from the recent Windblade, at minimum I would need to make a new head, hands, and replacement for the fans that have flaps to use as swords. Naturally I haven't used materials like modelling clay since middle school and the experience I had with 3D modelling was in a software I don't feel like paying money for I used like 6 years ago and never got good at. A lot of work for something that is just a shitpost over somewhat similar names.
>>11042881>girl Wing Saberfor what purpose?
>>11042590This is the Trainbot Anon and he's STILL coping with other shitYou should all know by now he's retarded
>>11042883hey sometimes you wanna make a new character variant..
I am just now realizing how much better Bumblebee, in all incarnations, would have been as a girl. including Cheetorjust a dorky bumbling screwup, learning lessons, not being quite grown up yet, letting Sam and Mikaela make out on her hood, becoming a sabertooth weretiger... uh... befriending Raf...
>>11042883A shitpost over somewhat similar names.
>>11042887Why would a red-blooded teenager like Spike have a girl robot as his best friend?
>>11042889because that's awesome?who the fuck is better than a cool older chick to show you where all the cool parties are and shit like that? well i guess this one isn't cool, if she's rule 63 bumblebee she'll still be dorky, but... well they'd still be friends. best friends!
>>11042892>Gets pulled over for driving while too young for driving>Bumblebeatrix turns into robot mode>Cop goes HE'S 14 YOU SICK FUCK
>>11042895not in the 80s
>>11042889>>11042895Pretty sure Skybound Spike is the only time he's been a teenagerG1 Spike was introduced already working on an oil rig and IDW Spike was a military guy
>>11042900Working on the rig was likely illegal and because of his father. Later episodes have him stated to not be old enough to drive.
>>11041558so when are we getting this easy repaint to go with magmatron?
>>11042930that's a full retool, and not a good one. a pachy has little in common with a weird wide-hipped chameleon-footed raptor body. If anything, it'd be a dilophocon retool.
>>11042642Honestly I feel really bad for anyone interested in getting into this line right now. The backlog is starting to get really expensive and new releases are hard as hell to find. I got my Gears on sheer luck. Only had 1 free day to hunt for him at retail and found him at my last stop.
>>11042951dude it's just a retooled raptor head lmao
>>11042954The original was, but Hasbro don't do unrealistic organic beast modes anymore. A raptor with a dome head doesn't cut it as a pachycephalosaur anymore.
>>11042888Can you 3d print?
>>11042960They do under the collab line, this movie monster wasn't realistic even back then in the 90s.
>>11042992This thing is a turd and atrociousWhy you people are so fucking bent on convincing others it's somehow good is unreal to me
>>11042740Nice. I do hope Hasbro keep going with the SS86 Junkions, they're some of the best toys Hasbro have put out in recent years. Most of the limbs needed for the others are done at this point, just need new heads and torsos.Rubbish - new head and torso with Scrapheap arms and legsRe-Cycle - new head and shoulders with Scrapheap chest, arms and legsTrashbin - new head and chest with Scrapheap arms and legsHAZMAT - new head with Junkyard arms (no shields), chest and legsAshtray - new head with Junkyard arms (no shields), head and chestWasteoid Gamma - new head and chest with Junkyard arms (no shields) and legsGreasestain - new head and arms with Junkyard chest and legs
So I've been burned out of collecting gundam figures cause of ever declining quality and dumb decisions on bandai's part, and I've been thinking of branching out into some transformers.What are some toy lines that I should check. I'd love toys that can actually be played with and aren't just display figures.
>>11043027Studio Series - movie, game figuresLegacy/WFC - G1 and other continuitiesMPM/MP expensive and more accurate toys.
>>11043027>So I've been burned out of collecting gundam figures cause of ever declining quality and dumb decisions on bandai's part, and I've been thinking of branching out into some transformers.Well oh boy, aren't you in for... more of the same.
>>11042930probably as a 2 pack with another g1 jazz
>>11043027Buckle up because it only gets worse from here.>I'd love toys that can actually be played with and aren't just display figuresThe nice thing is other than to the transparent plastic most of the main Generations lines are pretty good at this.
>>11043027>cause of ever declining quality and dumb decisions on bandai's part, and I've been thinking of branching out into some transformers.These past couple of years have been rough from Hasbro as well. I would recommend the WfC trilogy line (Siege, Earthrise, Kingdom). There's some duds, but a LOT of really good, updated molds. Bit of everything for everyone.Be sure to read up on the character's toy over tfwiki first before purchasing. If there's something like a manufacturing defect or an easily snapable peg it'll usually say.
What modern, mainline Hasbro Transformer has the very best articulation? My first thought is Kingdom Rodimus. Does anyone beat him?
>>11043281Tarn and SS ROTB Optimus are the first two that come to mind.
>>11043281>>11043286Concept Megatron
>>11043281Studio Series BBM Megatron or Legacy Cybertron Starscream.
Ok, now without movie figures.>Re: Cybertron StarscreamHis articulation is great but still slightly inferior to Rodimus(Rodimus beats him for a neck joint and wrist hinges)Also, who has the best ab crunch? I’m thinking its Impactor.
>>11042935>If anything, it'd be a dilophocon retool.Or an (extensive) Vertebreak/Dracodon retool, considering they're already Pachys (Dracorex is more or less confirmed to be a juvenile Pachycephalosaurus at this point rather than a new, distinct species).
>>11042984>It could've been goodAw come on, what the FUCK
>>11042984oh wow, that chest design works really well to balance out the width of the shoulders, looks much more natural than the default
>>11043281Siege seeker mold
>>11042034Gears is much easier (and more fun) to transform. I have both; I like Brawn too but his conversion takes some getting used to.
>>11043350that wouldn't be a retool then. that would be a 100% new mold.>more or less confirmedi'm not even touching that.
>>11043001it's fantastic, except for weird color separation, and a tiny beast mode head which everyone gets nowit is a fine dilophosaur that just has a fun speculative addition, which is meant to fold down out of the way anyway so it can be ignored. they just wanted to have fun with 'another big thing that bites you'
>>11043443Cyberverse version looks cool too but it could use more detail, theres also a lyzack version. https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/cyberverse-slipstream-conversion-kit-for-legacy-windblade.1264224/
>>11042644Never heard of this guy.
>>11043281SS86 Wreck-gar is very underrated, his transformation scheme gives him fully articulated ankles, hands that can move down as well as swivel and an ab crunch. All he's missing are butterfly joints.
>>11042752Fuck off, Sentinel, you fascist prick
>>11043516these require you to print them. The nonnef kit will be cast plastic, so I'd wait on that one and see how it turns out first.
So we're getting a second wave of Star Seekers. That should be fun, trying to find them.https://news.tfw2005.com/2024/06/23/possible-first-look-at-legacy-star-rider-road-pig-513990
>>11043606i will say i've had good results with a 3d printing service, but it aint cheap
>>11043553It also has really good head range and you can untransform the shoulders for some backwards butterfly, the most limiting thing is the limbs only bending 90°86 wreck-gar in general is just a really good mold with retools that put the seekers to shame, I really hope we get shattered glass redecos eventually
>>11043616You also have to paint them though, whereas nonnef's will be color matched. I'm just saying, people might not want to jump on this one just yet until we see what else comes down the pipeline.
>>11043619ah yeah that's true. hell sometimes even the chinese kits molded/printed in color are off. There are two options for gap-fillers for magmatron, and one is WAY better than the other (and has a sword extender)
>>11043619>nonnef's will be color matched.Yeah, but what if you want harem of female seekers in different colors?
>>11043606>>11043616>>11043619Reminded me to go check in on the progress of that kit, its up on his storehttps://www.nonnef.com/collections/upgrades/products/windblade>Just a wing gap filler and new swordWell fuck man... I was really hoping for more, the pic of her chest and backpack removed had me hoping for for those being replaced too, ah well wings are still worth it i suppose
>>11043640>The image of Slipstream has her mostly covered by Shadow Striker's armcursed
>>11043641it's a cool sword.upgrade kits are never as much as I wish they were.
>>11043641the chest kit is for slipstream. This is just for windblade
>>11043657Ah i see, well ill be interested in seeing how that turns out, might make me get slipstream if its good enough
>>11043662Hopefully better than his roller and Paddles.
>>11043615Nah, Roadpig's a part of the regular assortment. They just haven't revealed him for reasons, same for Thundertron.
>>11043686Hm. Any other Voyagers or Leaders they haven't shown yet?
>>11043688Don't think so.
>>11043281Rodimus is that good? I skipped him because SS86 Hot Rod was already damn-near perfect.
>>11043688Mayhem Bludgeon and Ruckus.
>>11042907Early episodes of stuff usually have things about them that latter episodes changed.Sopranos episode 1 had Tony assault a guy in front of 50 witnesses. Later on he'd be smart enough to not be seen doing it because it made more sense. Typical stuff for that first episode of any series to do.
>>11043727i'm reading the Venture Bros making-of book and they talked about how they kept lucking out, because writers who were not consulting each other would end up writing the exact right stuff, or they would bullshit something that ended up working perfectly latermost things aren't that lucky.
>>11043732Do you have any specific examples?
anyone order the Windsweeper set?
>>11043734The whole 'he swallowed his twin in the womb' thing was, at first, just screwy imagery they put in just for fun. like haha what if he's having a nightmare where he's in the wombbut that's not really an example of 'early installment weirdness' as it's called, I'm having trouble thinking of how they deftly avoided that, but i definitely recall reading something where keeping continuity with previous randomness actually helped
>>11043737Skeletor & Cobra Commander openly talked about owning slaves which they forced to work for them & tortured on screen in early episodes, but that didn't equal "lovable character" so they both got turned into Yosemite Sam to be more kid-friendly & sell toys, with their underlings becoming comedy caricatures with dumb plans.TF had the Autobots flying early on, but then only Sideswipe had a jetpack(in the same story), then none of them could fly. Oh and the "Megatron reprogrammed the Constructicons" followed by "but the Constructicons built Megatron in the first place" thing.
>>11043742yeah softening-up ruins most "kids' " franchises.and a lot of "adults' " franchises do the opposite and go too gritty and become unpleasant.
>>11043737They said many times that they made it up as they went along, and would flesh out what started as one-off gags. Like the Guild of Calamitous Intent: it was only made to explain why villains could be at Rusty's yard sale and nothing more. Only later did they turn it into this huge organization.They also never planned on how Jonas Venture died or who did it until season 6 or 7.
>>11043763Pokemon is probably one of the more drastic I've seen, both for games and anime.
>>11043767yeah but that's not really what we're discussin here.just the fact that in most shows, they throw out ideas that work fine in isolation, but later the show develops in a way that now that stuff would never happenand that VB more or less dodged that by sheer luck, because they always seemed to write compatible shit>>11043769pokemon didn't get that much softer did it? it just got blander.instead of a perfectly soft adventure, it was a perfectly soft handshake with a guest character and standing around talking
>>11043791Nintendo made sure Pokemon stayed soft, but the head writer had bigger, darker plans. Just read through this:https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/PocketMonstersTheAnimation
>>11043802Shudo only handled the adaptations. Personally I think he's the only guy who really "got" Pokemon but it wasn't his baby. TPC has a lot more to do with making Pokemon for babies
Why does Missing Link Convoy even have a "cartoon" deco? Are these mentally ill fucks such a big special interest group they have to be pandered to? It's not like it will ever be "cartoon accurate" anyway so why?
>>11043808the only thing I can think of is that's a "what if the toy you had looked like the cartoon you watched" thing but it's such a huge niche. I'm very surprised they packed the axe in with the toy version at all though considering it's not "toy accurate."
>>11043808You're a grown man trying to moderate how people handle their toys. Get a grip.
>>11043816It's a totally valid question though? It doesn't make any sense to have two decos like that. Though the fact that the toon deco has no trailer is interesting since it's definitely targeting a more casual audience
>>11043820It's a modernized G1 Optimus Prime toy. The deco is probably meant to be a step further by making his colors "modern" too.
>>11043808I figured it was an homage to the cartoon-colored New Year's Convoy release which had the original Matrix accessory
>>11043823>>11043820I think they just wanna give buyers more than one option.
>>11043806oh yeah "nintendo" of america started going over and hassling japan ahead of time, around when console games went region-freethat should have been a massive outrage and been made illegal, but oh well. everything good has to be ruined and everyone thinks i'm insane for noticing it.
>>11043838Nah. NoA's pitch for localization that got scrapped made it less cute. The appeal to cute is on the Japanese side since it means more marketable things to sell plushes of and female audience.
>>11043843whether it was involved in this case, the thing I said still happenedalso they made them not have gambling anymore, I remember that.
>>11043851Thats Europe's fault. They can't have gambling in games.
>>11043852whaaat. europe has never had a problem with it, only america does. that puritan background.this isn't like games where you gamble with real money from your parents' credit card, europe got a bug up their butt about that, but that was later.
>>11043856You stupid fuck. The release of Platinum version even has the Game corner in the US version while not in the EU version because of Europe's anti-gambling laws implemented at the time.
>>11043863thousands of people lied to me then
>>11043868No, you just lack basic reading ability.
>>11043814People shit and cum themselves over toon accuracy, I have no idea what you mean by "huge niche" Third party especially is dominated by it, there are whole threads on other sites of people shitting and pissing themselves over the color of prime's thighs and rereleases in slightly more accurate toon colors (I'm talking literally just a few shades different)
>>11043869then thousands of A grades in school lied to me. or i've recently suffered head trauma and not realized it, which i believe happens sometimes.
>>11043882Head trauma sounds plausible.
>>11043892fuckalright i'm seein a doctor soon. thanks for the heads up, anon.
>>11043856It's literally european law that you can't have gambling in games of any kind, even simulated
>>11043897whyonly puritanism has ever been anti-gambling. no other philosophies worldwide have thatI'm sure you're confusing this with the ban on manipulative phone games that are ACTUAL gambling. Which is a lot more recent, for obvious reasons.
>>11043901https://www.gamesradar.com/european-pokemon-platinums-missing-game-corner-explained/>"In Pokémon Platinum Version, the slot machines in the Game Corner cannot be operated by the player, to comply with PEGI guidelines concerning gambling. Players can still get coins to exchange for items, simply by checking the slot machines or from the Game Corner counter."It used to be that any game with Gambling was automatically bumped up to PEGI 12, which meant Pokemon would not be rated for young kids. Since 2020 it's now automatically PEGI 18.
>>11043791A lot of things established early on just dissapear or are just completely forgotten. Among them:-Pokemon only started showing up relatively recently (Last 100 years or so)-Regular animals still exist alongside pokemon.-Hunting, and eating Pokemon was a thing.-The setting taking place in a planet similar to ours (Surge was from America) with some events and holidays from the real world also happening there. And other thingd.
>>11043905right right, it's a "for kids" thing>>11043910yeah pokemon has fucktons of retconsI wish they would just roll with that, instead of autistically sticking to like "if an old pokemon has a new evolution, we have to make sure to explain how it's not possible to do in those old games"as if we would cry and throw fits if we can't use a moon stone to evolve Eevee in red and blue, if they had made that how you get Blacky. Which they obviously intended to.I suppose they'll retcon Matisse to be from the .. whatever gen's region is supposed to be america. that's Switch gen, rightso yeah no huge shock transformers had elements like that. I'm pretty sure even just concepts like energon are totally different in earlier episodes than how it works later.
>>11043914They already did that in Sword and Shield. Pokémon that evolved by location changed to stone evolutions and changed the breeding group of some species among other things. But Umbreon was never going to be a Moon Stone evolution. Originally it was designed for a new Poison-type evolution item, and then shifted to take advantage of the Day/Night cycle.
>>1104290715 year olds worked all sorts of jobs in the 70s and 80s
>>11043922they 'already did that' in gen 2 or 3, is my point. the retconned evolutions all acted like we would lose our minds if they required things that would have been possible in previous gens>poisonplausible, but come on, every kid made evolutions based on the three remaining stones, it can't be a coincidence that we got one with a moon on its head and then next time, a leaf one..
>>11041563bring back old core class... It's currently my largest collection
>>11043940It isn't really a "moon" symbol which is a crescent, you are just working backwards from being associated with a nocturnal creature. Teddiursa depicts an actual moon symbol on it.
>>11043914>as if we would cry and throw fits if we can't use a moon stone to evolve Eevee in red and blue, if they had made that how you get Blacky.wrong. It was a Poison Stone (hence why Umbreon's dex entry talks about poison.) Espeon was the Sun Stone.
>>11043956which i assume is a gag on 'sun bear'
>>11043989there.. wasn't a poison stone though? poison types used moon stone. so maybe same idea, "someone meant for moon stone"
>>11043991The two poison-types that evolve with a Moon Stone are also rabbits, so they have confounding aspects as to what it means.
>>11043808Got to milk a re-use out of the mold somehow!
Speaking of Pokemon, Pokemon Transformers crossover when?
>>11043991Spaceworld Beta has a Poison Stone in it. Weepinbel also evolved with it as a counterpart to Bellosom.
>>11043997Depends on if they bother with ML UM or not, but Nemesis Prime also seems free.
>>11044002faskinatin. i learn new shit about beta pokemon stuff every fuckin week. god those were the days>>11044001yeah, that'll get us back on topic! and for once, I would have the opposite desire I had for smash bros (where they should have really stuck to upright guys with long limbs) and suggest they should be as far from humanoid as possible. i want a Saihorn transformer super badly.
>>11044001Someone at Hasbro in an interview last year said that as something she would like to do for a future crossover and Pokemon is popular so it should sell well even if it is a $50 deluxe because of licensing. So it depends on if they would approve of it at TPC.
>>11042992everything aside from the frill and the venom was. and the size. and a female having th- look, it's realistic>>11043001Just spotted a herd of them in Mushoku Tensei, I guess it really resonated with people. I find it hard to imagine a more accurate dilophosaurus would have.
>>11044011The recent Rhinox turned out poorly, but maybe if they are not trying to copy a CG model for the robot it would be okay.
>>11044001It should be a Gen4 Pokemon, to meld with the mechanical TF look better. Like Metagross. He rocks.
>>11044032What, you don't want the PotP beast guys lightly retooled into Golem, Garchomp, Aerodactyl, Zweilous, and Charizard?
>>11044041
>>11044035yeah exactly. the basic idea is still sound.just don't make the upper limbs spindly and then the lower limbs a big chunk of the thick animal. that's tempting, a lot of g1 guys did that with big chunks of car part on a spindly thigh, but don't.>>11044043>g1 dinobots stylethat would not be good!!
>>11044041>pick the H-tank monsteryou're havin' a go, aren't you. You're taking the piss. Passing the mickey. Havin' a laugh at our expense.buuut you've gotten me thinking.. what if instead of the obvious, instead they were robotic pokemon and they were the robot mode? so they get an altmode of something else.
>>11044041Metagross is Gen 3>>11044001
>>11044049Could make that from the Vintage mold.
>>11044047Golurk and Genesect confirmed. They already have "alt modes".
>>11044054man if something transformed into 'metamewtwo' i'd piss myself.>>11044049kek. reminds me of how he looked in that one manga. he actually kinda looked like the old football-shaped pikachu
I finally watched ROTB and this noah diaz toy still doesn't make sense. Why didn't they directly make it a GI Joe figure? They even did the whole not-Nick-Fury cinematic universe teaser thing at the end (a decade late).
>>11044098The GI Joe line now is 6", so he would be way too big.
>>11044098Toys take a long ass time to get done, so that figure could be based on pre eliminar art for a sequence that got cut from the script, or maybe was filmed and was cut during edition, who knows.
>>11044100So even before they killed Core Class, they killed 3.75" figs, the size Joes were known for?
>>11044113They killed those at least since ARAH aired. Classified is their main product line currently with 3.75" being pretty much exclusively reissues.
>>11044120*killed those multiple timesSorry, I made an error
>>11044098Pretty sure they just didn't want to pay the actor for his likeness, hence why the toy has a helmet that doesn't even match the cover art let alone the movie.
>>11044126it's just 5 pesos
>>11044126oh wow it really didn't haha
>>11044110the wiki says 'because they couldn't get the likeness, ... they used the beta helmet design'which ... makes no sense. i imagine it used to say "it doesn't include a removable mask" in the middle there, before starting a new subject.
POs opening soonhttps://twitter.com/tspark_official/status/1805080912155062482
>>11044150hot fuckin rod
>>11044161that is allowed to transform
>>11044163i'll be curious to see how that aspect turns out
>>11044182only pic atm
>>11044190damn... that's pretty radthough I must say, even as a bayfan, I think the spoiler is too busy. It's a sleek swept-back fin, it shouldn't have THIS many lines on it, or so many angular chunks sticking out.. They could have pulled it off with just a slight modification, in my eyes.
Should I drop about $140-$150 shipped for a complete gobots command center with box?
>>11044240No, get yourself the machine robo playset >search in Japanese > マシンãƒãƒœãƒ—レイセット
>>11044258It’s much cooler and I’ve seen it on buyee go anywhere from like 60-150 complete
>>11044258>>11044260It's not an at at with a cafeteria and brainwashing section. What other features does it have?
>>11044264Firing missiles, launching ramps, elevator, helipad, fold out guns, radar dishes, looking cooler and less Hanna barbera goofy
>>11044266looked around yja and mercari and can't find it anyways
>>11044267There’s also the machine robo rescue playset, get ready for conveyor belt launching action
>>11044049Did people fall for this? Surely Rattata would have been more believable. At least as far as maybe a BWxPKMN line would have been believable.>>11044041I suppose in the current year and the format for Crossovers at the moment... It'd be fucking Pikachu wouldn't it -.-
If earthspark is kill, when can I expect this trailer to be cleared at $3.50?
>>11044273you really think it would be more believable for it not to be the most consistently shilled and merchandised pokemon in the series? really?
>>11044324>3.50That's when I noticed this toy two stories tall and a creature from the cretaceous period!
>finally get a proper deluxe choppu shoppu>disgusting trampstampguess you gotta do what you gotta do...
Is the TMNT collab the price of a Commander class in your region too?
>>11044190Holy fuck that's disgusting. Is he a Rock Lord? Why does he look like crumpled up paper?
>>11043802>Relying on TVtropesMy guy, these people can't even get the plot of most manga or gameplay mechanics of videogames right, what makes you think they'd have reputable info?
>>11044346Really baffling why someone felt like they just had to stick that shit there.Especially since Ransack dosent have one. Definitely one of those faggy USA designers faggy oc. They probably wanted it dead center on their chests, thank God someone stopped them
>>11044362>be genius Takara designer >spend weeks of hard work lovingly retooling the bugs, making their decos perfect>some absolute faggot slaps that ugly ass shit on there right before release That being said the buggus are sick af. They feel like a Takara premium release. Two color paint apps on Barrage’s toes are really the chefs kiss
>>11044362oh it was 100% mark doddling a little tag and getting high off his own fartsglad that fuck is a goner, legacy was ultiately a waste of time lacking all semblance of cohesion
>>11044366And Venom will be part of a 5 pack with recolors
>"WELCOOOOMMMMME.....FRiendS....."
>>11044382Isn't he supposed to be Wave 1 2025?
>>11044389>"Blindfolds Down.">"Pull the Shade, boys.">"let's deliver the package.">"aye captain, deck command: we are go."
>>11044353Nope, preordered it for 65 bucks. Probably still too much for what it is.
>>11044395>"Catapult firing in 3...2...1..">"Package is away."
>>11044391supposedlyi can't imagine who'll they repaint him as to recoup the mold costs
>>11044401>*THOOMP*
>>11044389Mephisto?
>>11044406>"let's get to work."
>>11044404A new character in G1 Insecticon colors seems like the obvious choice
>>11044404>>11044426They could do T30 Venin colors.
I think my black zarak got lost in transit...
Stole someone's Black Zarak from the Post Office...
>>11044426>>11044404Has the sekrit club confirmed it's a new mold? They could just need to add insect wings and legs to a brick, so it could be another siege Reflector retool
>>11044362>>11044346I don't understand the fascination this team has with alternate faction symbols. I don't want Wreckers symbols or Mercenary symbols or Star Seeker symbols or whatever the fuck this is. I want Autobot, Decepticon, Predacon, Maximal, and the G2 symbols. I don't even fucking like the Shattered Glass symbols. I'd rather the SG Autobots just be Deceptions and visa versa so they can work on a shelf together.
>>11044551I think the most embarrassing of their faction fetishism was putting the TFP Predcon symbol on Transmetal 2 Megaron's box (though fortunately not the figure).
Shout out to the anon who recommended this big beefy lady a long time ago, i had bookmarked a search for her intending to look into getting one at the time and then completely forgot until months (maybe over a year idr) laterAnyway i was cleaning out my bookmarks and came across it again. Ebay prices on this figure are ridiculous, 18 on mercari was much betterImmediate impression was surprise at how big and hefty she is, was expecting cheap feeling and hollow plastic but its closer to an old armada toyDelightful chunky wheels that roll beautifully and a great size presence
>>11044566I can perfectly picture her drum having a minicon or planet key flip out feature, she really does feel from that era in a way though not as angular or with as much sculpted detail
>>11044571Robot mode is pretty limited and has some mixed issues.The head can rotate but only has about 45 in each direction before bumping in to the collarThe shoulders have a three click range outward (straight down, 45, and straight out) as well as a rotation joint but the rotation is above the shoulder click and clashes with thr backpack in many spots No biceps but 90 elbow and full wrist on a really tight ratchet as well as opening hand.
>>11044590Full waist although its supposed to be locked by the backpack but you dont have to.Outward on the hips can go full splits but the static hipskirt prevents going past 45, but the previous owner snapped the left one on mine so i could kick if shed stay upShe has no thigh rotation, barely 45 knee bend and feet in a permanent a-stance, all that combined with how heavy the backpack is and how little resistance the hip ratchets can handle means shes pretty much only good for the animated style legs back hero pose
>>11044593The limitations in posing are a shame but her massive stature makes her the perfect back row brute figure to fill out a crowd (call this team clearance since i passed on all these initially then got lured in by sales) and look intimidating, as if strika had a bright pink baby with mixmasterAbsolutely not worth whatever insane markups you see from shitty import resellers but if you can find her for under 20 id say shes worth that just for pure mass and the fun of having a huge beefy industrial vehicle fembot with cute kitty ears
>>11044590I've seen so many korean robot toys that look pretty cool but then get ruined because most of their total mass is just dedicated to their shins
I need to contact someone about Athena.
What would be cool vehicles for an OC combiner?
>>11044556I think that was just a mistake.
>>11044737A big 'ol cargo ship for the torsoA tugboat for the headAnd then the limbs could be like a commercial fishing boat, a riverboat with the big paddle wheel, a yacht, and the fucking Mayflower.It'd just be cool to see a whole team of non-military ships I think
>>11044273Of course not. When a magazine makes an April Fool's article, it makes sure to be not realistic unless it is planned for making a real version later.
Got Target Prime; I apologize in advance for the poor lighting. Not a whole lot to say here, so just enjoy the pics.His box art is kinda cool, if cartoon-y.
>>11044785Truck mode. Same Laser Prime alt mode, now with the ER trailer. His dog (the Target mascot), Bullseye, turns into a 'bubble mailer envelope' (just Ravage's casette mode). Like ravage, he has a flip-out peg on hsi back, so you can stick him wherever (or plug him into one of the trailer's interior peg holes so he doesn't rattle around when not deployed). The black, red and white colors look kinda nice and pretty crisp. His windows are made of solid black plastic now, and that applies to his fake chest windows as well.
>>11044786Same Laser Prime robot mode, just new colors and none of Laser Prime's weapons. Instead you can equip the ER trailer's drone and door shield piece; at least he still has his shoulder rockets. Prime's new black head and red eyes make him look a little...evil. There's something pleasingly aesthetic about the pure-white trailer; it looks pristine, and can almost pass as a medical bay.The Siege Ravage mold definitely makes for a better dog than it did a panther; sadly, he still has no tail. Also, same old Matrix, now with new colors. Not sure what this one's supposed to be - the Matrix of Retail?
>>11044787Last one. It's too bad they didn't pack a little ball in there for Prime to play fetch with Bullseye like what his artwork shows. Not that he's very good at bending or kneeling, anyway.While I don't normally care for 'corporation-themed merchandise', and I've never been a huge fan of the Legacy Laser Prime mold, I do really like his color scheme for much the same reason I loved RedWing - black, red and white go together really well.
https://x.com/koihime421/status/1805192097676558559>PowermanletNo wonder he switched to human girls
>>11044789I like that the color scheme seems to be referencing Galaxy Force Optimus
>>11044823It isn't intentional.
Would anyone be interested in kentan99/athenas current escapades?
>>11044850No.
>>11044496Uhh based, I’ve been committing mail fraud for years to take others transformers. I check everything from Craigslist to eBay just to get my fix, been doing this grift for years now
>>11044566What is this called?
>>11044861Miniforce X Lucy, one of the many Miniforce Lucys
>>11044823Definitely not intentional - this is a 'crossover' with Target, so he's using the company's official color scheme.
>>11044614Love that design, especially since we need more bulky fembots but you weren't kidding about those markups, fuck me
>>11044273I wish companies thought like you, and valued appropriate choices over "the big popular guys over and over"if pokemon did a transformers crossover, not only would it be pikachu, it would be optimus prime. MAYBE bumblebee.
>>11044551are the characters not supposed to have those when they give them them?
>>11044421ahh the ol link in a barrel technique. very nice.>>11044590fascinating.. a cement mixer girl.. she's actually not bad, decently feminine. plus the sexual connotations of being a cement mixer can't be ignored.
>>11044737a monster truck as the torso, SUVs for arms, limousines for legs. call him Classmaster.
>>11044892Bumblebee already is a Pikachu.
>>11044789kek, yeah, the iconic cement balls outside target are a huge part of their lore.just like the toys should have been popcorn-scented.
>>11044902Fiction is for retards. You just buy them to put on a shelf. Mismatching symbols bad.
>>11044899???
>>11044876>>11044827i think that's why anon said 'seems to be'
>>11044566how much did you pay in mercari's new fees
>>11044908new autism just dropped>>11044910the characters represented by the toys, do they not have the faction symbols the toys have? it seems like a very odd thing to add in otherwise. and it sounds like anon agrees they 'belong' there, and doesn't want them anyway.
>>11044916In the case of the Mayhem Attack Squad, they certainly did not. For starters Chop Shop wasn't even in the version that logo is referencing, much less was that something they were actually wearing.
>>11044916No. For instance, G2 Leadfood had a Wrecker symbol stuck on him. The toy only had a G2 Autobot logo. Likewise, Bug Bite and Exhaust had the Mercenaries symbols on them.
>>11044919okay but in the fiction that the toy was made for...
>>11044850Who?
>>11044923It wasn't made for any fiction.
>>11044930then in what way is he a Wrecker?
>>11044931He was released in the Amazon Wreckers subline
>>11044566Lucy's latest mech form is this which is a tribute to her season 1 form, what a downgrade :(
>>11044850>>11044695nigger
Found a pretty big spider in the garden today
>>11044953The West African Fatty Tarantula Said to be able to eat its own weight in mammals every day, but also has incredibly complex plans that cannot be understood by others. It's purple color scheme is said to help it see in the dark somehow.
>>11044934whaaaaaaat>>11044938>Seasonwait what is she from?
>>11044905This is the best Bumblebee design
>>11044963I'd disagree, but the one I like better had a dubious execution as a toy so I'll go along with that.
>>11044974>the one I like better had a dubious execution as a toy so I'll go along with that.Don't be shy.
>>11044979Animated. It got a recent toy in Legacy and turned out worse than the Studio Series Bumblebee.
>>11044823>Galaxy Force OptimusKinda regret skipping those movie "combiner armors".
>>11044960>wait what is she from?NTA, but shes a mech from the miniforce show, a chinese cooler looking version of rescuebots.
>Amazon has a random preorder on fucking Legacy Strongarm.Of all things.
>>11045003PR?
>>11044999sorry, so this is 100% not transformers then?
>Ransack on the scalper market>almost as much on his own as the complete set
>>11044983I disagree, I have legacy Bee and I like him. He is small and cute and the vehicle mode looks way better in hand
>>11044737Space shuttle, satellite/space probe, small rocket (think the top-part of Saturn V as a standalone vehicle), moon rover, space telescope (ala Hubble).
>>11045139
>>11045139Not the best quality, but it isn't expensive either.
>>11045146>>11045149Nice! Do the vehicles have robot modes on their own?
>>11044324Isn't that the same trailer from Cyberverse?
>>11044258>>11044260I love playsets. We need more if TF
>>11045153Yes.
>>11045155Yes.
>>11045157For transformers it is inconvenient outside of Micromasters or the old Cyberverse style.
>>11045162Hell yeah, those look cool. I dig that the shuttle guy is very obviously Astrotrain.
>>11045166we need more Micromasters
>>11044850fuck it, what's he up to
>>11045101>tfw there was a moment in time where he was worth less than $20 shipped The Transformers game do get crazy sometimes
>>11045203Team completion is a hell of a drug.
>>11045101I learned the hard way to snap up any figure i might even remotely want as soon as it becomes available. I've been burned too many times when I decided a wanted a figure later.
>>11044737My idea for an OC combiner isn't fleshed out but>6 part combiner with a frame>Body/frame is a train engine and a train car, which turns into a battle base>Limb bots' gimmick is that they all have engines for the vehicle mode that become guns for the robot, like Pointblank. One of them is a car, but I don't know what the other 3 are. >The torso/head consists of two robots, each with a beast mode. Either beast component can become the chest or the head, and each has a unique face and configuration. Was thinking one could be a bat and one maybe something like a gorilla. Maybe there could even be 3 of them and you could mix and match I was also thinking that the actual heads of the combined form could be removable from the interior of the robot and turn into a big blaster, kind of like a conjunction between Pretenders, Headmasters, and Targetmasters.
>>11045208>>11045101>>11045203Yep never wait to buy a figure because prices will never go down. Sales are so rare and inconsistent that they might as well not exist. I've seen countless people burnt by saying "I'll wait till it goes on sale" for a figure that never even hits retail shelves.
>>11045216NZ didn't even get the 4-pack and international shipping from ebay is way worse than it used to be.
Is Rhinox the most consistent shelf warmer in recent years? His SS toy, mainline toy, and Kingdom toys all did bad. Unrelated but my local Walmart is finally putting out their ROTB stock. I saw mainline Primal for the first time ever instead of piles of Rhinox
>>11045216I've also noticed that>I'll wait for a new one to come out to drop prices on the old oneNever actually happens.
>>11045216sometimes prices go down, but it's usually on figures I wasn't planning on buying at all and I finally give in because they're a deal. But a guy I really want I never wait on because I know I'm gonna get fucked.
>>11045221Arcee probably still has him beat
>>11045230That's not true. I buy up all the spare Arcees and sleep on a big pile of them.
:)
>How come all the chicks are Autobots? >20% success rate because the rest are either awful molds to begin with or incredibly quarter-assed retoolsI regret thinking
>>11045101I didn't care about the insecticons until I ordered the two pack, and now I'm reeling over it
>>11045247There was more work put into the beetles than Ransack got, so understandable.
>>11045247a sad, often told tale.
>>11045250Plus he was packed with 3 shit molds
nominate me some good cheap gobots/renegades to grab.
>>11045253sometimes you gotta take the hit. Hasbro demands it.
>>11045264Dive-Dive
Someone on Twitter has whistleblown that there's a discord server of scalpers who have been buying up the Sam's Club RID Primes to drive resell price up over $1000 a pop so they can cash out. Hasbro doing RID Prime as a Haslab basically means they'll never have competition and can keep going unless by some miracle a 3P steps in.
>>110452783 or 4 levels of artificial scarcity.
>>11045146>china aerospacethere's two words I never wanted to see togetherfuckin cool robot though
>>11045278Ebay continues to be shit, big whoop
>>11045278Yellow Optimus is cool but I feel like the vast majority of hype for it is trannies obsessing over every female character because of the manga.
>>11045292>trannies out of nowhere coomers have always paid a premium for female characters. Don't try and insert your fetish into this.
>>11045294Only when the supply is really low. At standard retail girls tend to flop.
>>11045286sounds about right
>>11045305How come when Gundam is a girl, it has a bunch of mechanical parts like armor, but when Transformers is a girl it has just clothing?
>>11045294>coomersLike figures that actually look like women e.g. the furai kits>tranniesCry over the above and clap over removing femininity like with Legacy Windblade or nameslap female recolors like with Universe Optimus.
>>11045278Hey bud.
>>11045316he's right to say it.
>>11045308because the kotobukiya line has mech girl or whatever in clothing.
>>11045278It feels funny that Aaron Archer mentioned he didn't like that redeco since it felt too far off for an Optimus Prime when he came from a toyline that had Batman in a million different colors.
Frankly I'd be happy with a yellow KO of power of the primes Inferno if I wanted a Splendid Convoy
>>11045292I just want to put together the Primus Vanguard
>>11045371>White Optimus Prime recolor that goes "neither" between Ultra Magnus or Nova PrimeHow silly
>>11045373There's still room out there for original ideas
>>11045376He as no original idea. He's still Optimus Prime.
>>11045371those are cool as fuck swords, those aren't what he comes with normally right?also i love purpleprime's high-up but very generous ass tires.
eh? eh?
>>11045391gorgeous as usual for MPsscale it down and price it at leader prices or lower and i'd buy it.
>>11045371Kinda want that Blue mammoth, but he looks like an unfinished prototype.>>11045373Don't forget the random Star Convoy crest, I'd like to ask the designer what the fuck was the theme, did they really needed to milk the mold that bad?
>>11045408he does kinda look like a prototype, doesn't heit's the dark tusks that throw me off. the rest i'm super down for, but man tusks are tusk-colored. they can't change.. I know real mammoths aren't blue, but somehow that feels more acceptable. Teeth don't come in that. even LIGHT blue would have been a lot better.
Got a cheap leader Sandstorm and I don't get the waist swivel. It feels intentional to move it all the way back for the vehicle modes, then forward for robot mode, but moving it more dificult than you'd expect and if you don't move it forward for robot mode, the waist swivel is almost useless.
>The next Transformers-themed Hot Wheels releases are movie guys, but they still use the stock "Evergreen" guys on the packaging Weird-ass thing. You'd think they make guys like G1 Sideswipe and Jazz first.
>>11045421Why the fuck are they still marketing these movie literal whos despite nobody even knowing these things had names in the movie
>>11045427Because they are being sold as toy cars. The Corvette C7.R looks cool.
>>11045421i said the same thing when these were first posted, it's bizarrei remember having a really strangely long argument because others thought that was not strange at all
>>11045427i mean, they're not? there's no character name on here at all.
>>11045197I just got treadbolt today in the mail today, just one for my master civilization or micromasters and Minicons and minirobots
Mirage is getting a clear Japan exclusive in November.Anybody getting?
>>11045501No.
>>11045388>those are cool as fuck swords, those aren't what he comes with normally right?I don't recall Thundertron having them, but they come with Gou Convoy
>>11045519who?
>>11045534Wapanese overcorrection of Go Prime.
custom so close to completion.. feels good man. This gif has been incredibly useful at showing all the colors of all the parts...
>>11045542man i'm king of the weebs and even i don't make up new names for characters.. hell in this case, it actually is go prime in japan and it's a japan-original character isn't it? so changing it is actually the non-weeb thing to do. like when anime dubs change an english word to a different english word/name.anyway i see, the swords came with a guy called kenzan.. fascinating. Go is such a weird line.
is that one guy who did stopmotion transformations for all the beast wars guys still around?
>>11044914List price was 2666 yen, i used buyee which added a 300 yen fee, but i used a coupon that shaved off 399 yenAs for shipping i cant really estimate as she was part of a larger package
>>11045622ah you used mercari japan. that's a whole different pot of goo.
>>11045501That mold sucks...
>>11045634yeah, but now it's CLEAR!
Someone who actually bought blokees wtf are these faction logo pieces for?
Looks like I forgot to update this before now
>>11045651
>>11045011It's basically "What if Korea decided to mix Hello Kitty with Power Rangers". Surprisingly not bootleggish until the team combines their robots into their own Megazord equivalent and the head is just Classics Optimus Prime
>>11044787They should have named him Sureshot, even if he doesn't have the Combat Hero colors it's a perfect name for a Target Prime.
got bored and browsed for gobots that I might wanna grab in the future. Would like to hear your input about who's an absolute must to grab. I'm gonna get dive-dive and man o war for sure because fuck yeah boats. Road Ranger and Crasher also look pretty good and not as beat up as the others.I have a handful of the Wendys ones, some rocklords, Tux, super Spay-C and Cy-Kill buried somewhere, and Pathfinder.Also ordered Spoons, Leader-1, and the Space Adventure Cobra car.
>>11045738>Tux, super Spay-CThose are the two I was going to recommend
>>11045501>>11045634>>11045642There's also this weird colored Optimus for a collab with a racetrack company...
>>11045738Forget the figures and get the dog-looking Command Center. I played the crap out of that when I was a kid. You push down on the forehead and eyes light up and probably made noise!!
You think Hasbro is going to try and do something with Gobots now that the show's reruns are airing on MeTV Toons?
>>11045825They are banking on a Titan class Rocklord next year.
>>11045826That would be one of their boulder gambles. Here's hoping they don't charge >$160 this time. I don't wanna shale out that much for a titan class.
>>11045651they can hold them. That's about it. I initially thought there would be holes on the stands for them but... no
>>11045408>Kinda want that Blue mammoth, but he looks like an unfinished prototype.Do it, he's great.
>>11045403Stop being poor.
>>11045813Cafeteria
>>11045391Where is the guy who is obsessed with Rhinox selling poorly? Fucking shit this thing looks nice
>>11045391The only part I'm not in love with is the back of the hands where the robot hands and rhino feet should be meeting
>>11044665>ruined because most of their total mass is just dedicated to their shinsDon't kink shame an entire country
I wish more Bayformers bots like Blackout and Nitro Zeus got carried over to the CHUG lineup like Barricade did.
>>11046031>Barricade didAnd he didn't even look like him
>>11045956It's an MP. It'll be plagued with breakage and paint chipping issues the second it releases
>>11046078Well yeah he actually looks like a robot now instead of a scrapheap
>>11045501always wanted a transformer that turned into a translucent blue hand grenade
>>11046031Nitro Zeus
>>11045837Athena, we get it. You're mad you got called out in Twitter for doxxing people and being a sex pest. Go back to your hawker stalls Mr. Tan.
>>11045837Why the fuck did you quote me? I was talking about a toy released by Hasbro.
>>11046078I'm surprised nobody came out with an upgrade kit for him considering how piss easy it is to remove the datsun chest.
>>11046114It is a filler recolor. No reason to bother with changing it.
>>11046106>AthenaTransformers X SNK confirmed????
>>11046120God I wish, I know that Metal Slug TF was 3rd party, but I think it'd be kickass to get like a metal slug combiner with all the vehicles
>>11045829I chuckled
>>11046098That looks great not gonna lie
>>11045278I'm said twitter user, and it's really less of them buying them all up, and more watching how crazy these Ebay auctions get. Sure some of the guys have like 5-6 Splendids, and they don't plan to sell them over 1000, but rather seeing what the market is willing to pay. Personally I think it's ridiculous that these figures are going for 1000+, but that's the market for you. Not saying it's right to scalp, but when people are willing to pay a certain price, might as well sell and reap the benefits. Just crazy seeing as a figure that went for under 100 years ago shot up thanks to Sakamoto's comic, but I guess that's not uncommon.
Black zarak comes today. Supposedly.
>>11046213He's great, have fun.
>>11046213Based, truly great figure and in city mode just place decepticon throne in the middle and you now have great throne room.
>>11045919pay me to draw you transformers?
>>11045988i guess the only way to make it cling would be if the robot wrist joint provided all the movement for the rhino hand...
>>11046120man we need to bring back the bikini warrior genre
>>11046128that's the funny thing about crossovers, nobody owns 'transforming' so you can easily bypass a lot of licensing and just make a transformer of the other part of the crossover.it's just.. when Marvel did that back in the day, they didn't know how.
>>11045829you're full of schist
Finally!
>>11046315Very nice, hope you enjoy him. Scorp is one of the best titan molds and I think Black Zarak is an incredible deco improvement.
>>11046315Nice - hope you like him as much as I like mine; BZ is one of my favorite WfC Titans alongside Nemesis.Of course, now you need to get pic related to 'complete' him.
>>11046195you do know it's real. Its not a custom. You could probably still get it somewhere
>>11046315Get him some stickers (on sale) to really complete the look.
>>11046350But he's 70 bucks
got my magmatron gap fillersnow i just gotta wait for magmatron to get discounted...
>>11046357You will buy him NOW, MISTER!
>>11046355Never understood the claw shield. This is a guy with two giant ass claws and needs yet another claw?
>>11046370it's for things that are just slightly too close for him to reach with his arms fully outstretched, and slightly above his claw, clawbviously.
Do not leave a window open near your figures. It was windy last night and Menasor ate shit. Thankfully there's no damage and it only broje where it's supposed to but if this were one of my gunpla it would have been blown to smithereens
>>11046391the sun is also bad for figuresthank god for intentionally removable parts
>>11043027>tfw largely switched to Gunpla due to rising costs for disappointing TransformersWell well
>>11046318Probably THE best Titan mold desu
>>11046445How the ∀s have turned...
>>11046445I'm doing the same (after having built a couple about a decade ago) and desu I think that anon's full of shit. The models from recent years are leaps and bounds better than they used to be pretty much across the board.
>>11046468Heh>>11046475I don't know what specific Gundams anon likes though, because P-Bandai is still pretty bullshit. I guess that's what it stands for, Pretty Bullshit!
>>11046357Don't get him. He sucks. He makes a piss-poor "spear" or whatever, has a literal nothing alt mode, and he doesn't even look the same color as his pictures. In hand he's mostly brownish. It sucks because having a shiny gold robot was the only reason I bought him in the first place.
>>11044789>>11044787>>11044786>>11044785Still no Amazon Prime
>>11046377OF CLAWSE
>>11046482Even Jeff Bezos realized that was retarded.
>>11044997Aw shit, didn't think about that!
>>11046548i still love the lil accidental fat eagle shoulder
>>11046098I cannot accept any work that Mark turned in. Please, Jesus, I just want them to make this but with some 5mm ports and a bit more modern articulation.
>>11046548Needs a cat head on his chest like predakings.
>>11046572hehehehe
I'm waiting on some Beast Wars guys to arrive from ebay. Grabbed pic related from walmart to tide me over. The vehicle mode is bullshit, but at least the robot mode looks good.
>>11046606that is definitely a solid robot. if i'm building some kind of take-over-the-world army, i'm getting one of those for sure.
>>11046609>some kind of take-over-the-world army Thats the only kind I like :^)
>>11046318I'm very tempted by ER Scorponok but I can't find him any cheaper than 400 Canadian. Is there any word on a reissue?
Ami-chan sent me package todayA marked down Megatron and a pre-loved Starscream
>>11046572>PredakingAlso, I don't have the components of that fan-mode. I'll have to dig in my storage unit for them. Expect a post by Thursday night.
>got the Ransack 4 pack for roughly NZ retailI mean I really didn't want the other 4 (Goldbug is OK I guess and Skywasp will go well with Nightprowler if I can find any of him still around), but I'll take it. Venom had better be good.
>>11046606him and concept megs look great together
>>11046652Was thinking on this brave meme, also add a ravage as hat for silly points.
>>11046606>>11046609there's supposed to be an upgrade kit coming at some point that adds bicep swivels
>>11046669Amen, I love having Megs along side all the BB Decepticons as it should have been.
>>11046669I'm slowly rebuilding my collection, having gotten rid of all of my childhood toys many years ago. What I'm really into is anything aquatic themed, so I'm going after all of the water based Beast Wars guys first. I will need to pick up Megs sooner or later on principle if nothing else so I appreciate your suggestion, bro. I'll keep an eye out for him. I have BW Depth Charge, transmetal Cyber Shark, the Cyber Shark reissue from a couple years ago, and Claw Jaw on the way. I have this headcanon concept of a Maximal black-ops/privateer squad attacking decepticon/predacon interests. I want to try to do some dioramas of that concept, we'll see how it goes. Will probably take me some time to put it all together in a decent looking way. Might devolve into pure nonsense anyway (which it already is). >>11046679I'm glad you mention that because the lack of a bicep swivel is the first thing I noticed once I really started fucking around with poses.
>>11046690are you as curious as I am about Shard whether she could be rearranged into more of a weird fish creature
>>11046690You may want to get megs sooner than later he's hard to find and third party is already over 100 bucks
>>11046706speaking of, I just bought magmatron at retail. i feel dirty, but there were a few circumstances re: shipping and other timing so I really couldn't wait too much longer.but that's the last time I buy a big guy full price, that's for sure.
>>11046704Shard definitely has that look but I wouldn't know where to start on modifying the existing figure. I would love to see more aquatic themed transformers in general. There are not very many. >>11046706Yeah you're probably right.
>>11046722well she's plug-and-play, see, you could rearrange her partsi'm just curious just HOW rearrangable they are, and how convincing a fishy creature you could make.i've already seen one that makes her a decent bug
>>11046728Thats very interesting. As is her robot form would look great beside Depth Charge and Rampage imho. Maybe it wouldn't be much of a stretch for her helicopter form to pass for some kind of cybertronian submarine?
The only way MARK can redeem himself is to make a titan class Rescue Bot High Tide.
Titan class cyberverse Astro Train please?
>>11046731sure if you're into that, but I really wanna tell myself it's an animal..
>>11046741Walmart Overlords hates trains because they don't spill oil like the big boats do.
>>11046742I'd have to at least see a video of how she's put together. At a glance, you could maybe pull of some kind of lionfish if there were more rotor blades and you could change the orientation of them somehow. Just how "plug and play" is she? >>11046743Have you heard of East Palestine, Ohio?
>>11046747that's exactly what I wanna know. i'm waiting for someone else to take the 25 dollar hit for me.
>>11046753Take the plunge, are you a coward?
>>11046757naw i'm just on limited income and have started taking on more responsibilities and bills, while also giving more to charity, and there's not really enough left for "i just wanna buy more stuff"I have to go back to "only the stuff i'm sure i love"
>>11046758I hear you, I have a kid on the way. Thats another reason I want to (mostly) restrict my collecting to aquatic themed transformers. Sets a nice limit for me.
>>11046761perfect!yeah we both need to wait for someone else to confirm that she belongs
>>11046741Chuga chuga
>>11046738Hes out, we got "full teams and lieral whos getting dedicated tooling-Warden" back.
>>11046512Not different from target prime, an orange and grey optimus could look awesome, maybe even used as earthmode sentinel prime.
How about, a home depot transformer?What vehicle is their alt?I assume they transform into the mascot guy.
>>11046775Either a flatbed truck or a tractor with various attachments. But they don't sell Transformers there.
>>11046775>What vehicle is their alt?Forklift
>>11046784ROTF had an orange forklift in one of the 2-packs with a Movie Beachcomber.
The Ballymore electronic life feels like the most iconic Home Depot thing. There is usually one in use or left in the middle of one of the isles every time I go there.
>>11046785how did it transform when a forklift is made of like, 80% empty space and 10% irreducible parts like forks.
>>11046785Deadlift, an homage to Gobot Spoons, I've been looking for one for years.
>>11046791well it's not hard to tell how the gobot transforms, but that is one really clever transformation, especially for its day
The new Gobots might increase his second hand price.
>>11046793alright, the halves of the roll cage being so ungainly is not ideal, but this is overall a pretty great transformation. I am impressed. Has a lil Car Robots style to him. I would have maybe had those cage-halves go flush against the body.. and I'm not sure if it's even possible to put away all that forklift-track-meat on his arms, but at least he can still lift shit.
>>11046791>>11046793I remember seeing this guy in stores back then. Damn I should had made my parents buy it lol
>>11046795>Has a lil Car Robots style to himIts the molded seat and steering wheel, aand balljointed ankles.The forklifts on his arms work as pokiing tonfas/blades in botmode.
>>11046793I wish Deadlift wasn't so fuck expensive.
Looking for the length of SS Mirage and Hot Rod if anyone has themAlso, I would appreciate any of the lengths of the original RiD/Car Robot vehiclesAs of now I have the scales of 259 figures catalogued
>>11046859>As of now I have the scales of 259 figures cataloguedAre you the lazy eyebrow reviewer? if not, you should visit his site, hes a scale weirdo like you and has a list of figures by altmode scale: https://www.thelazyeyebrow.com/pages/scale-info
>>11046864Was watching his alternators ranking yesterday because I found it on youtube by chance and did not realize he went that in-depth with his reviews, thanksUnfortunately he is missing the two I listed
>>11046864So this is the power of weaponized autism>Warpath hidden behind Huffer's armDude wasn't paying attention to his layers.
>>11046859SS 86 Hot Rod? If so then he 13.5 cm long in vehicle mode and 14.5 cm tall in robot mode (up to the head not counting the spoiler)
>>11046878Sorry, forgot to specify I'm looking for the ROTB SS Mirage and TLK SS Hotrod
>>11046882Oh ok
>>11046884However, if you assume SS86 Hot Rod is supposed to be a Dome Zero concept car, or at least the same size as one, he is 1/29 scale
hnnnngg
>>11046978Based and Bugpilled. Can't wait for mine to come in.
>>11046790>>11046792>>11046795There's something to seeing babby collectors reacting to classic, well regarded, toys
>>11046568Ditto, can't care about most of the items that are coming out this and next year. Fortunately this means I can save up and splash it on non rape victim toys like MPs 3P and vintage stuff (aka non Maher induced toys).
>priced so damn high that local TRU has to put them on 50% clearance to sell themI don't know if I got a good deal or not with this being the price of a deluxe now. I do like the figure. But damn it is small and wish all the extra would plug onto his robot modeDon't know why all the retro reissue are so expensive though. This was listed as like a full price voyager and the seekers and perceptor were near leader price (all being discounted right now)Are the old seekers any good?
>>11046997The seekers are a mess (lots of pieces that partsform but they don't need to outside of the fists), but they do have a ton of charm, plus diaclone pilot cockpit is always kino. Got my Takara book collection Starscream for 20 bucks a year ago and I like him.
>>11046978think the mini solus prime dude is a hint/confirmation next year will be themed after the thirteen primes?
>>11046999I think over half of them being in the leaks is confirmation enough of that
>>11046997>Are the old seekers any good?G1 seeker is an absolute stinker of a toy, maybe the worst of '84
>>11046875Is this scale without mass-shifting? Cos the BW guys don't mass-shit.
This will sound like a stupid question but how do you secure the nosecone/torso of the G1 Seeker mold? Ever since I was a kid mine has just flopped around.
>>11046817>>11046797I didn't realize he'd become rare, I love this lil guy
>>11047049It would have to be, since the sizes of these characters aren't accurate to their on-screen appearances. This is if they were forced into the real life equivalent size of their alt mode.
>>11047057You don't
And methods to give this guy a staff worth a damn?
>>11046793Even the KO is hard to find
>>11046791>>11046793>>11047130I've got the Dirt Boss repaint of this mold. Fun lil' fella with fork-arm-swords
>>11047211
>>11047017I dunno I love them, there’s such a charm in them as a mech, I think that if you’re comparing them to modern figures you’ll be disappointed but given the engineering back then they’re totally super cute and fun >>11046997Get them
>>11047130I blame the fact it came in a stupid Walmart multipack.>>11047191There was a ko?>>11047211hover forklift.
>>11047211Well shit, thanks anons, never knew this guy existed and then couldn’t find Deadlift, but just bought the Dirtboss decoWhy were so many of these little movie guys so good?
Opinion/ theory:Hasbro could raise prices 4x more and people would still buy. I believe 5x is where everyone would stop. For reference; Deluxe $100 Voyager $200 Leader $350 Commander $500People would still buy their most favorite characters (only) at these prices. Im just curious at what price do you think sales would completely grind to a halt, not people get more picky, like zero sales. I bet its even higher than I think. With this in mind I try to be very thankful Hasbro isnt jewing us even harder than they already do. They need to make more sales than hiking the prices like this would ever allow, thank God. >pic very related, many people paid almost $100 for this figure and I would have too if I hadnt found him at retail (and many deluxes are even going over $100 aftermarket)
>>11047299That doesn't seem viable for selling in store unless there is a MASSIVE inflation the likes United States has never seen before. If Hasbro used an online store only method and made each Transformer unique instead of relying on retooling, might work.
TR Quake and Blurr, worth getting for 23$ each?
>>11047349No
>>11047349They were like 17.
>>11047277The RotF/HftD scout class were basically all bangers
>>11047349Quake sureBlurr shop around, maybe you'll find the Takara version
>>11047277The scout line for ROTF/RTS had some pretty good bangers like Breacher, Hubcap, Windcharger, Rumble (if it ever fucking got released under the line), Depthcharge, Ransack, Knockout, and the Red Bull truck whose name slips me.>>11047349shipped would be good. I think TR Quake prices will probably skyrocket once others see how much the new one kinda sucks. He lacks his ICONIC lightning bolts.
>>11047349Quake is great, I'd consider $23 reasonable. Blurr is okay, but there have been better Blurrs since.
>>11047277RotF was a hell of a time >>11047385You're thinking of Rollbar
>>11047299If the current size class prices were shifted, (Deluxe is now Voyager Price, Voyager is now Leader price, etc.) that alone would be enough to kill my interest. People are only willing to pay exorbitant prices when distribution and rarity make the figure elusive, and these inflated prices are set by individuals, not retailers. If Hasbro suddenly decided to charge $100 for a deluxe and we weren't in a worldwide plastic shortage or economic crisis, they'd have to be the most retarded company alive.
>>11047363Yes>>11047367Well late tax and inmy currency that's not the worst.>>11047379I don't mind hasbro deco that much but once I hunt for Kup or few others then I will look out for TT versions.>>11047385I saw what happened with WFC deluxe Megatron. I should have listened to weird voices againg.Also to whole scout class talk, anyone remembers Knockout? (Should redo some photos and make more pictures of him) Still I feel like this is the best class that should return same with ultra which suits modern leaders more.
>>11047432I remember Knockout's bio saying something about him volunteering for a combiner team.
>>11047299Not with 3p getting cheaper and easier to get.
>>11047349Quake absolutely. Blurr nah, the base mold is great but the Hasbro deco is garbage.
>>11047299i think my absolute limit would be around $30 for a deluxe, $40 for a voyager, $75 for a leaderI can say for certain i would never pay $45+ for a deluxe because there have been deluxes that were super rare and ebay scalpers where trying to sell them for $45+ that i just said fuck it, not worth itAt the current quality they're already over priced in my opinion which causes me to skip toys that don't look really fun or are of characters I particularly likeIf there was a bigger market of 3p toys at generations scale i would buy even less mainline, I already buy about 70/30 and I've considered abandoning generations and going full 3p legends multiple times.At least with 3p youre getting quality for your money most of the time, just about every hasbro release i buy has at least some small qc issue like loose joints or paint smear, I almost never see that with 3p.Cosmos for instance, its insane to me that people were willing to pay as much as they where for it when there where multiple much nicer 3p options going for cheaper
>>11045101Im glad this pack shelfwarmed
raw
>>11046632Ooooh, do post pics of that Starscream if you can, I've been wondering how he looks in natural light
>>11047299Nahhh, too insane to considerMost ppl that are into Chug is because they find Mps expensive, it was WILD when MP-44 was priced by BBTS & TFSource (as if they didn't inflated on their own but go figure)Maybe I can see ppl spending 100 bucks on Deluxes, but no way for Voyagers & above at these prices
>>11046875Geez, how tiny would Soundwave be in this? Or Megatron with his gun alt mode? Are they already in the pic but just too small for me to find?
>>11047548Look at dragstrip's feet
>>11047550Holy cow! Thanks for pointing 'em out!
>>11047550They're so small that they just look like artifacting from compression
>>11047548>>11047550>>11047552>>11047557The site anon got that picture from (here >>11046864 ) has a picture of all the small guys, you realize?
>>11047598Aren't gorillas bigger than humans?
>>11047602Nope
>>11047603Humans weigh like 180 pounds as an adult.
>>11047598what scale is this using, it seems random and nonsensical.>>11047602absolutely, but that's not even the point here, why is dinobot so tiny? why is rhinox so huge?
>>11047606first of all, 200secondly, most animals have much more dense bodies than we do. That's why the swimming ones have to have a lot of fat to stay afloat. so that's more mass, but not more sizehowever, gorillas fully standing up are indeed the size of tall men, and Primal is even a little taller since his legs extend out of his belly area.
>>11047598The site anon got that picture from (here >>11046864 ) has a picture of all the small guys, you realize?I did not, I just went off the image posted here. >>11047602Gorillas look smaller because of how they walk, but they get up to about 5.5 feet in height and weigh like 500 pounds. Humans are just not as dense.
>>11047607If he is a Velociraptor that should be right. I think he is supposed to be a Utahraptor though.
>>11047602
>>11047607Velociraptors are the size of a medium sized dog, and rhinos reach like 15 feet from head to ass. Rhinox basically flips upward to transform so he'd be pretty huge compared to a dude.
>>11047614Officially he's a velociraptor. Jurassic Park still had them scaled at the size of deinonychus because the book came out before the distinction was made so they went with a similar look, but in-universe he's just a big guy. Same reason why Scorpinok and Waspinator were still normal sized.
>>11047615Is that achievable natty?
>>11047618The JP monsters are mutant hybrids, they embraced the "these aren't real dinos thing" with their apple Irex
>>11047614i mean he could be any dromaeosaur, i don't think they ever mention his species once.. unless maybe there was some joke from Rattrap about havin raptor-kebabsI believe he'd be too small to be a utahraptor, but a decently-sized deinonychus. There's a fucklot of those things, reptiles and fish both love to just be the size that's useful at the moment.
>>11047616ehh rhinox folds at the neck to transform, his limbs become his limbs. Yeah he'd be tall, and he is in the show, but he wouldn't be more than 10 feet tall or so. Which....huh.. I guess they did make him a little short. but it feels like his torso also truncates during transformation.I recall the tfwiki article on scale saying that Rhinox is on the smaller end for a rhino, but still realistic.tyrannos are way bigger than megatron, but they're not "a human comes up to my fucking ankle" huge. They're "A human fits neatly in my mouth" huge, which actually comes to the biggest issue trying to do scale with recent kingdom/legacy figures: the beast modes almost universally have bad proportions.
>>11047626Yeah but that's now, back in 1994 or whenever they started the Beast Wars line Michael Crichton was working off of relatively realistic interpretations that were available at the time. At his actual size he's bigger than any raptor we've found, closer to an Albertasaurus or any of the smaller T-Rex-likes>>11047628He's called a Velociraptor on his box
>>11047626>apple irexkek
>>11047635 The legs folding down would probably make up a bit for the lost muzzle length. I never put much faith in the franchise keeping a realistic or reasonable interpretation of how things should scale because, as this strange internet autism man has shown, it gets really goofy really quickly. Fun little discussion piece.
>>11047642Actually it was Verizon
>>11047639>Velociraptor on the boxfair, but... cmon. box canon.>at his actual sizelook at him compared to Primal and tell me a utahraptor wouldn't be way bigger>>11047645I guess it seems to me if you beheaded a rhino and stood it on its hind legs, that'd be about his height. Which yeah, bull rhinos get wayy bigger than that. But there are also some his size.in any case, Beast Wars was clearly working on "some of them are to scale, and get to be confused with the animals they scanned, others, not so much" rules. Like some chose to nab one the right size for them... though Tigatron was just really lucky I guess, since that tiger was probably the only thing in range.
>>11047651Rattrap threatens him with, "you want me to show you just how velociraptors got extinct!?" at one point.
>>11047665seriously? okay then that is pretty explicit. i guess he scanned and upscaled the fossil. But you can't pull that thread too hard because he also ended up with hips so wide they would make the Hasbro version of Ultrasaurus blush (with its little LED light).Either way it's safe to say they invented the meat that they put on the bones, totally from scratch, like we do. Educated guesses. Among other things, if the purpose of your disguise is 'protect us from energon' you need to use the meat-type of LIVING animals. dead ones might suggest the energon killed them.
>>11047651>ummm actually muh realistic dino sizesIts fucking Beast Wars, dude. Dinobot's alt mode is a velociraptor in a 90s computer animated universe. It doesn't make sense it doesn't have to make sense. Plus side is, he can be whatever mormon dino you want him to be when you're swinging him around making swoosh noises in your room.
>>11047635Rhinox was a head taller than Primal in botmode, the camera is at a weird angle on that screenshot.
>>11047684i thought that might be the case, i remember him being taller and way thicker.. like to the point that the rhino limbs actually look too thick now but hten you look at the jaw and you're like "oh right">>11047682I usually hate this unimaginative bullshit, but in this case it does kinda make sense. transformers has never been real life, or anything resembling it.
I'm really surprised they didn't cheat his beast mode narrower hips, and just have them shapeshift into broad robot shoulders. after all, they were comfortable doing that for Cheetor. I guess they just wanted him more like his toy..
>>11047700and of course Megs was this exact size so they could do this exact moment
oh look at that, image limithere you go, new thread >>11047705
>>11047651Bro Rattrap is a fucking giant rat, get over it
