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>>11660527>The only thing I can decided on is that I don't want both. So I've ended up with neither.That was me with Convoy, I wanted toy deco but didn't want another trailer
>>11660532thank you for an insightful and thorough answer.it does kinda seem like every body part of old toys was at least two parts, so you could press their two hollow sides together, and then glue.. but then again, articulation was way worse, so meh
>>11660530>What are /tfg/'s picks for best transforming robot toys of 2025?I don't about my top top pick, but Megatronus is up thereHe really impressed me when I first got him in hand. The way he looks and moves is just really cool
>>11660530adding more articulation to these body proportions actually starts to become a little uncanny.like a silly straight-pegs robot leg is something we're just used to, but you add knees and ankles to it and now like whaaaat.the head has a plate behind it but it can still pose...
>>11660538>the head has a plate behind it but it can still pose...Same with Cordon and Sunstreaker - the plate is attached to the back of the head like on the original toy, but the head itself uses a ball joint now instead of a simple hinge, so the head (with plate attached) can now turn and even look up and down a bit.
>>11660546yeah. it's just... I'm glad it exists, and it's a ton of people's thing, but to me it's downright weiiird.At least when like, when they did high-end high-detail posable kits of old zoids, they still kinda did some upgrading, so it wasn't just the same old spindly weird robot parts but now with joints.
>>11660554Well, the whole point of Missing Link is "What if the original 80's toys had modern articulation?". It wasn't about making the old toys look better - we have modern figures for that - it was about keeping the looks of the original toys while making them into less of a brick. This is ultimately a nostalgia line - the head plates, spindly limbs, and overall janky proportions are there because that's what the now-40-year-old toys looked like when they first hit toy shelves way back when. All that's been changed is that they now have modern articulation.
>>11660559indeed. I get it. It's just weird.I can't wait til they get to missing links of beast wars guys, because I have strong attachments to those toys and I feel like they hold up a lot better
>>11660566Why bother with remakes if the original holds up?.
>>11660530>What are /tfg/'s picks for best transforming robot toys of 2025?My #1 transforming robot this year wasn’t a Transformer *cough*Metal Cardbot*cough* but the best Transformer I bought was definitely Haslab Deathsaurus. In fact he's the best Transformer I've bought in years, probably since MP Inferno.
>>11660568>>11660530My top 10 is:1. Haslab Deathsaurus2. AOTP The Fallen3. SS86 Megatron4. AOTP Star Convoy5. SS86 Long Haul6. AOTP Venom7. SS86 Galvatron8. T-Spark Lio Convoy9. SDCC Jetfire10. AOTP Sky-Byte
>>11660567they still have a few missing joints that hold them backit'd be nice if inferno had wrist swivels (or even better, ball joints) and wasn't always 'cmawwwwn ova heah' with his hands. and also could aim the ant head gun properlyBonecrusher and Jetstorm would be a lot cooler if you could more manually position their kibble, instead of being stuck in one awkward orientation.Spittor would be improved by being able to actually position his frog legs as convincing arms, etc.
>>11660571>Bonecrusher and Jetstorm>Non-show BW guysI feel like the line would be kaput before that.
>>11660584well yeah but this is obviously cloud talk. Nothing's gonna happen.. nothing good anyway
>>11660530>What are /tfg/'s picks for best transforming robot toys of 2025?The only new bot I picked up all year was Seaspray. He's okay, I guess.
>>11660627His feet are the silliest feeling thing to me. He has boatshoes that compress into boatshoes.
>>11660534Anime Edition doesn't come with a trailer, anon.
>>11660675My bad, anon!>Reading comprehension
>>11660676in fairness, if I hear 'i don't need another trailer' I don't assume that to mean anything but 'because i have one of the same mold already'otherwise if I was into optimus, I would absolutely want at least one moldmate per mold to have it
I like how every Haslab release is plagued with something that breaks and people STILL pay regardless.You get what you tolerate and deserve I guess.
>>11660700I really hope Hasbro starts switching to more MTOs in the future instead of Haslabs. It makes it easier to reissue, doesn’t have to build up support, and doesn’t require Hasbro to add a bunch of random exclusive tiers
>>11660704Won't it still be more expensive because they make less?
>>11660705You're paying for quality
>>11660530We already have a thread bitch tits
>>11660729Put /tfg/ in the title or filters can't pick it up
>>11660729wasn't linked in the old thread nor did it have the right title. Also no limits of any kind were reached yet. Spam the other one by all means however, it won't matter after a week or two and we will all be on to the next thing.
>>11660700Come on now, only 50% of Haslab have had major issues.>>11660704I’ll be surprised if we don’t start seeing MTO’s. The seem to be doing alright for Marvel Legends.
>>11660705It’d be more expensive than a regular figure, but it’d probably be less than the current Haslabs. The MTO Arctic HISS tank is $100 less than the Haslab HISS tank>>11660781It seems that there’s a more positive reception overall to the MTOs from what I’ve seen
>>11660801>The MTO Arctic HISS tank is $100 less than the Haslab HISS tankI think it also has the electronics stripped out
>>11660801>>11660802That and it's 3 figures less.
Finally, the gang's all here
>>11660568>My #1 transforming robot this year wasn’t a Transformeryeah, given how unappealing I found most retail TFs to be this year, picrel probably would have been my favorite, but he got delayed 'til February. I was going to say Missing Link Prime, but I forgot he was already well over a year ago, christ.
>>11660853Action Toys? Can't say I'm familiarSpeaking of Brave, I've now opened Toyrise Exkaiser.He's a pretty solid deluxe, if on the smaller end. As the comparison with AotP deluxes should showI'd say perfectly doable as a Hasbro release but there might be a few too many paint apps and screws
>>11660836Airazor?
>>11660889Who?
>>11660802>>11660830I think that’s a somewhat fair trade for $100 less and not having to worry about it hitting a certain number of backers>>11660889No MP toy yet
>>11660853>how unappealing I found most retail TFs to be this yearYeah, most of the 13 primes look way too generic and boing, even the centaur one has a shitty deco, only the partsforming guy and megatronus look cool
>>11660888I'd get Exkaiser if importing it didn't cost so much. Tariffs just fucked his prices.
>>11660627Probably onyx or star convoy Ss86 mega alt mode is so ass it ruins the rest of the figure
>>11660888>Action Toys? Can't say I'm familiarThe listing itself says "Action Gokin". I don't have much experience, but I've only heard good stuff about "Gokin" adjacent toys. The main complaints seem to be that they're expensive as shit, but most collectors seem to think they're worth it. With mainline TF prices on the rise, and them getting cheeky and charging $40+ for any heap of yellowing plastic they feel like calling a "voyager", suddenly paying $100-200 for a gokin or a missing link starts to seem less ridiuclous.Anyway, I hope Delta Magnus is good. He's the only official TF purchase I'm planning on over the next year. I'd love to get a nice smattering of carbots to load his trailer up with. I wonder how deep they're planning to go with Missing Link.
>>11660901Thankfully I'm not a burger so I don't get slapped quite as hard by extra feesBut its titan price for a commander toy>>11660922Okay neatML I've been very... cagey(?) aboutI don't really want ones I've already got G1 versions of, so I've skipped everything so far except Arcee The ML rumor mill is something I'm keeping a bit of an eye on.If things like Grimlock or Wheeljack are coming I'll jump on those in a second
>>11660853>>11660568>My #1 transforming robot this year wasn’t a TransformerSame, but that's mostly because this is my favorite robot design ever. As far as fun to handle toys go, S86 Devastator or SS86 Megatron are better.
>>11660922>but I've only heard good stuff about "Gokin" adjacent toys.It's the Japanese term for diecast toys, multiple companies use it for their branding. Doesn't really mean anything. Action Toys, though is an ex-3P TF company (Fansproject/Maketoys) so they tend to be veer closer to TF design-sense, like making fully transforming toys instead of relying on substitute parts for fixing the proportions.
>>11660924>I don't really want ones I've already got G1 versions of, so I've skipped everything so far except ArceeThat's a respectable take. I never really owned a lot of G1 so this is a good opportunity for me. All I have so far is Prime himself, but goddamn his overall quality is just fantastic, and he's a good toy to play with because the original G1 was a good toy to play with. If they can maintain QC at this standard, I'll happily buy more in the future.
How well do you think Arcee fits in with the other season three abominations?
>>11660933>It's the Japanese term for diecast toys, multiple companies use it for their branding. Ah, well that's good to know, thanks.>like making fully transforming toys instead of relying on substitute parts for fixing the proportionsYeah, that was what attracted me to J Decker. It seems to include optional parts for a cleaner, more model-like appearance, but everything can transform and combine without them, too. They've already got a Duke Fire in the works for the inevitable Fire J-Decker combo.
What manner of autism is this?
>>11660942Perfecly fine. You can tell she was designed back them, has the same level of weirdness and jank.
>>11660942It's crazy how simple Hot Rod is yet he ends being the best of that whole bunch by no small margin
>>11660530Star Convoy, AotP Trypticon and AoE SS PrimeI would say Fallen but hip issues and few loose joints put him down for me and Onyx with poop deco is mid.Which faggot designed new captcha?
>>11660948I've seen it joked that the only thing she's missing is the obnoxious chromed thigh stickers
>>11660530idk, my big buy this year was Star Convoy but I found the cross-play with Micromasters lacking and still annoyed by them upscaling Hotrod. I had more fun with the G1 Black Zarak KO.
>>11660998That can be fixed with toyhax, they're experts at doing tacky shiny stickers with nonsensical tech detail.The funny thing is, in this case it actually matches the old school style of the toy.
>>11660836super jelly, anon. looks great.man i forget, when Primal flew, did he have his arms forward in superman pose? because if so, those shoulder pads were adding a ton of drag
>>11660897metallic brown is a shitty deco? I thought he looked pretty cool, he just needs a fucking horse torso (horso) or none of his modes make sense.
>>11660947god dammit. well now i have no choice, because SOMEBODY is gonna post in that one
>>11661012oh fuck, it's all super trolly stuff too
>>11661000I honestly don’t mind Hot Rod being a bit upscaled because his last Core was a bit disappointing and I like to headcanon him as the leader of the Micromasters, so he’s bigger than the rest of them. Also, that picture is more proof to me that HasTak really should have made Core class retro Minibots
>>11660942She fits far better than Igor - I mean, Wheelie.
>>11661011>metallic brown is a shitty deco?Yes, when is more than 50% of the figure deco, he needs more contrast
>>11661076Not too shill too hard but Toyhax did a decent job breaking it up, adding in more slivers and reds
Is 86 blaster known for having weak back screws or joining? Just got mine and om transforming back to bot mode he threw a shoulder blade screw out, and there's zero grip on trying to screw it back in. Also seems the shoulder rotating and head/neck panel flipping back forces the back and body apart on the right top side
>>11660947This thread was made by a faggot who was pissy someone beat him to the punch
>>11661128This thread was made a by a faggot that didn't know another faggot made a different thread
>>11661100Which version did you get? The Target release is rock solid, as far as I've heard.
>>11661032I always forget Wheelie even got a toy back in G1. I always think he’s an animation exclusive character, like Kranix or the Allicons>>11661128We have basically one rule in these threads and it’s “do not make a new thread until image limit” and the other thread couldn’t be bothered to follow that simple rule
I don't know how to explain this and I'm probably going to sound crazy butI think transformers has a cassette problem. There's only two deployers, blaster and soundwave. There's a lot of cassettes but they need to be pack-ins or exclusives because they can't be sold normally in the toyline because they can only be used in two figures.I think this series needs more characters capable of storing cassettes. ER Doubledealer could.
>>11661076You know what? That's super valid. Now that you mention it, I wholly agree. He needed more.Especially since he's designed to have both metallic and furry parts. I realize no non-MP beast wars toy ever colors those differently, because it'd be a pain, but... this time, it would have helped.
>>11661148at image limit or page 9 or 10. it wouldn't be fair to have a thread drop off because it hadn't hit image limit.but that's pretty rare these days. and people can always just post more images once that happens, to bump us up.>>11661157I could have sworn there were 3 or 4. You're super right, anon.I mean if cassetteformers are a thing AT ALL then they should be at least a tenth as common as carformers.
>>11661161there is technically soundblaster who counts as a separate character in some continuities; but that's boring and retarded since he's just soundwave again.I would also like to see variety in deployers. Give us a bomber deployer again.
>>11661161>I could have sworn there were 3 or 4. You're super right, anon.You could be thinking of Twincast and Soundblaster, but that's technicality at bestFunny enough Rid15 had original characters for its cassette alikes
>>11661166a clone is a legit new character, a rebuilt new body isn't, but it's still a good excuse to make new toys.
>>11661174>a clone is a legit new character, a rebuilt new body isn't,And Soundblaster exists as a clone and not a rebuilt Soundwave in some continuities. You don't even have to say he's a clone, he can just be another bot in the same body style no different from the seekers, datsuns, lambos etc. The same could presumably go for Twincast as well.But even if no fiction exists to support it, there's absolutely nothing stopping anyone from just headcanoning these guys as separate people on their own. I'm always kind of appalled by the lack of imagination a lot of TF fans seem to have.
>>11661100That's the first I've heard of any problems with SS86. Generally that seems to be the most solid version of the lot.
>>11661146Re-issue, uk one that came out recently, this month I believe.>>11661212Yeah, this has been my first issue really and unsure if it was me or just inevitable bad luck. Not the worst thing to happen but bothersome, will have to keep an eye out if anyone has the same problem or general bot issues for a fix.
I literally just did a review on my ML Arcees yesterday, but Airachnid showed up unexpectedly today - she was supposed to arrive with my Quickstrike and Quintus last week, but was split from their order for some reason. Whatever the case, spider-girl is here. I never saw TFOne, so I'm not familiar with how she's portrayed in the movie, but her toy is actually quite fun. First of all, she uses balljoints for most of her limbs (including the bases of her "spider legs", so she's very flexible and easy to pose. It's pretty easy to swing her extra limbs around and make her do her signature "spider walk", and her lower spider legs can be used to help prop her up when putting her in various poses. Sadly, she has no hip rotation, wrist rotation, or ankle tilts, but she doesn't really need them regardless. She comes with two blasters that are compatible with blast effects, and can either be held in her hands or mounted to the backs of her arms.
>>11661237Her transformation is a bit more complex than I was expecting, which I actually enjoyed, though the little hook that connects to the back of her head in alt mode concerns me a bit, since it latches into place and has to be carefully angled down again when turning her back. Rather than becoming a helicopter, this time she turns into some kind of Cybertronian hover drone thing that vaguely reminds me of a Hunter-Killer from the first Terminator movie with the rear turbine of a Half-Life 2 Combine Gunship slapped on; it's pretty neat, and all six of her cannons can fit blast effects. Sadly, she has no peg holes to stick a pose stand into (fortunately, I have plenty with grabber attachments that can hold her).
>>11661238Overall, she's a solid purchase. I hadn't bought any other characters from One, so I went in not expecting much, but I was pleasantly surprised.Also, she pulls off the best spider walk of any of her previous toys.
>>11661190true, i often do that kind of headcanoning. I just want more cool characters.>>11661237DAMN those are huge ball joints for the figure's size.>>11661238>gunshipyeah I thought that immediately.>>11661239Those are not the most satisfying spider legs for a couple reasons, but i'm glad they tried.
>>11661246>Those are not the most satisfying spider legs for a couple reasons, but i'm glad they tried.Yeah, they're not that pretty to look at (especially the big front ones), but at least they're long enough and flexible enough to allow her to actually swing them forward so she can walk on them, plus they're strong enough to support her body so she can lift her back legs off the ground; you can even fold her robot legs up into their vehicle mode configuration to somewhat mimic her 'spider abdomen' from Prime. All of her previous toys, where her legs were her helicopter propellers, were too stumpy and limited in how they could be positioned due to them being fixed to the rotor in the center of her back, so the best you could do was have her lie completely flat on her face and kinda-sorta have the tips of the props touch the ground (unless you owned two versions of her original Deluxe toy and cheated by attaching the rotors from both figures to the holes on her sides instead, like pic related).
>>11661258maybe if they'd just make bigger fucking props.. i swear..
Super Stunning Studio Series Soundwave (or S.S.S.S.S.) arrived today.
>>11661285Okay, but I'm waiting for the Marvel Soundwave in 2027.
Not worth $85
>>11661387Cannon worth $23 thoNot a bad pair but definitely underwhelming as hell on Star Convoy
>>11661190Kinda seems worthless when the 2 were created to be upgraded forms, they got the same functions all around as their previous selves (tho Twincast acted as a spy on occasions in The Headmasters)Siege & Cyberverse Soundblasters while being their own individuals from Soundwave, they are still Soundwave2It isn't the case with the Datsuns, Lamborghinis or most of the Seekers, since these characters were always distincts from each others personality wiseIt's closer to using the Super 3 car robot brothers (Speedbreaker, Wildride, Mach Alert) or those Powerlinx/Super Mode recolors as separate ppl, but it's dumb Hasbro did that for Armada Thundercracker & most Energon recolors, it was retarded af
What are the chances of a Nightstalker + Stripes pack? The wings and rockets are on 3mm pegs so you can swap them like the encore toys. If SS86 Ravage is good for something, it'll be this.
>>11661480I’m guessing this is going to happen since both of them are designed with their tails as part of their weapons. It would also allow us to finally get a new Enemy from the SS86 Frumble mold
>>11661471>since these characters were always distincts from each others personality wiseAnd as I said, it's within your own power and ability to make up your own personality for any Soundblaster or Twincast figure on your shelf to build up your own internal world for the Transformers...and you're choosing not to. You proved my point exactly.>nooo I can't use my imagination and think of a personality or backstory for these guys without Daddy Hasbro telling me what to do!Kind of cucked when you think about it.
>>11661480That won't work for Stripes, Ss86 Ravage's tail doesn't connect via the peg, he can't wear Steeljaw's tail.
>>11661393I still don't get this Megatron. Why are his shins blue? Why is his diaper brown? Isn't the whole point of SS86 to be screen-accurate?
>>11661508You can swap just the rockets and wings, keep their respective tails on.
>>11661517Neat, didn't know that. Is there enough clearence for Ravage's missiles on Steeljaw, though?
>>11661518Probably, but I don't have SS86 Ravage to try it out.
>>11661514>Why are his shins blue?He's cold.>Why is his diaper brown?He needs someone to change it for him.
Quintus actually looks pretty cool once you get him out of the box.
>>11661667His pineapple is also neat.
frenzy is red, rumble is purple
>browse youtube>see thisNow i understand why i always found Patriot Prime handsome/hot. he has that old-fashioned "american HERO-dad" look.
>>11661514I wanted the Silver from the JP Toy Show to be realAnd it's not brown, it's more black but an off black
>>11661689Go be a faggot somewhere else.
>>11661689Go be a fag somewhere else man
>>11661689Go be the fag you were meant to be, go be free in the bountiful lands where your forefathers tilled and toilled
>>11661696>>11661699>>11661704thanks for triple (you) combo, whiny polfag, but no - Transformers has always been a gay franchise.You might not realize it within this mini-community, but you have no idea how many gay Transformers fans there are.Ultimately, this cartoon is about "masculine guys from outer space who are absolutely all men (except for that one Barbie-like pink girl you've seen a couple of times whose action figure no one buys)."
>"Euhhm erm ackshulkly the series is gay so here's why me lusting over a fag and publicly broadcasting it is actually on topic"
>>11661514>Why are his shins blue?Same reason why they keep making figures with flat baby blue windows. They want the colours to be 1:1 matches for what's shown on screen, ignoring factors like the lighting of the scenes they're referencing or limitations of 2D animation.
>>11661719Or in other words, autism. Not so much of the designers but the fans who demand it.That's the same reason why what is clearly his lightsaber-like weapon in the movie has become a purple glowstick for some reason. They could have sculpted it to reflect its nature as an energy weapon (think of Legacy Windblade's sword) but they were trying to prevent a spergout.
>>11661695What's his 40th anniversary repaint going to be? Proper colours? Battle damaged? Clear purple to pair with the Gen Selects Galvatron? Comic/toy colours is an unlikely counterpart for the dead Optimus but could be an online exclusive.
>>11661714>Transformers has always been a gay franchise.Go back to resetera
>>11661714>You might not realize it within this mini-community, but you have no idea how many gay Transformers fans there are.How does that make the franchise itself gay you worm-ridden faggot?
>>11661667Once I get him he will get torn by AoE Optimus as a stand in for Quintessa.>>11661718tfw2005 be like when they see Hasbro China using hot babes.
>>11661725I want Cel Shaded like the Siege Voyagers we gotSkybound would be cool missing the arm and with the Wires thru the Head and Laserbeak
>>11661725Definitely battle damaged. To pair with new seeker mold Starscream using the smirk for the head sculpt.
>>11661667this is just the 90s kid in me, who had lego 'insectoids', but I'm loving that neon green yellow. and I could even tolerate the whatthefuckisthat accessoryI'm not fond of the sculpted looped tentacles with 5mm gap because that feels a bit silly, but eh.He's definitely like 80% of the way to being a great transmetal Claw Jaw
>>11661689that is indeed a handsome man.A real man recognizes good looks in other men, and sees them as good potential mates for his potential daughters/sisters. Something that would go well with some of your genes, and strengthen your family.
>>11661726>>11661727SUCK MY DICK>>11661728>weeb-blade/chinese titty figuresonly like 3 virgin-weebs buying these
>>11661728>>11661728woo wee ha booba bo ooba gooba goo goo baby unggg mommy milky milky
>>11661747shut up faggot
>>11661759>glug glug slurpfaster
>>11661762...shut up faggot
>>11661735Insectoids were cool, but Lego UFO was the cooler use of green plastic. He does have that vibe though, I kept thinking about how much he looks like a Bionicle while I was unboxing him. And I don't care much for the tentacles either, but at least you can get them out of the way fairly easily for poseability purposes.
>>11661491>>11661480that makes too much sense and people would want this so, of course, hasbro won't do it.
>>11661772yeah i missed out on the really cool classic space sets, but I got a LOT of christmas money when insectoids were out so I just went all in. They were really surprisingly limited in what you could make out of their parts.. all the insect legs were immobile..
>>11661735>definitely like 80% of the way to being a great transmetal Claw JawI just remembered we actually got the most halfassed transmetal ever for Clawjaw. The McDonald toys were all unique molds and designs at least.
>>11661772>>11661822Funnily enough we almost got a proper Transmetal Claw Jaw (sorta). One of the Takara designers pitched a Transmetal Scuba toy for BWII due to the character’s popularity, but it ended up scrapped
>>11661825Damn I had no idea this existed. Are least the other Japanese squid got that massive tako tank. I loved Transmetals so much I always wish they appeared more. I think Armada and RiD were some of the only other major times and usually whenever Tarantulas gets in a new thing for some reason. And my stupid ass missed out on those Armada toys and the TakoTank. I know third party exists and they're amazing but I don't really like masterpiece sized toys for space reasons. And they sadly don't do non show characters.
>>11661714Just going to throw my helmet into the ring and say you're a fag, not because you expressed interest in a man, but because you expressed interest in a human. This is the gay ROBOT franchise
>>11661822the fake transmetals were pretty stupid but at least this one makes sense as a bioluminescent squidthe metallic-gold-markings frog, less so, but if we can go by fractyl and pack rat, it's er um.. energon armor?
>>11661830yeah I would have bought the fuck out of all the redecos of claw jaw if they hadn't been europe and japan onlythe tako tank is cool, fuck anyone who says otherwise. You could easily see Ikard with his friends Claw Jaw and.... just make up a new name for the 'transmetal' one.. swimming together, then the tako tank comes in and the two motorcycles pop out for his friends, Ikard getting into the pilot seat...
>>11661480>>11661491It took us years to even get buzzsaw, What makes you think these guys are on the radar?
>>11661849Speaking of the “Transmetal” Spittor, it’s always been weird to me that he and Goosher basically share the same color scheme. Really strange coincidence >>11661856The reason it took years is because the Earthrise Laserbeak was gangmolded with Ravage and the entire mold (along with Soundwave) was Walmart exclusive for several years. We got Wingthing from Ratbat almost immediately. Not sure why we never got Enemy though, maybe the death of Core class and Gen Selects focusing on bigger ticket items.
>>11660537He's got great poseability
>>11661860>Not sure why we never got EnemyBecause enemy is a redeco thats almost never seen
>>11661480It's also good for being better than Seige Ravage
>>11661907>why do we never see this redeco?>well simple, because we never see this redecoNTA but thanks for the sterling contribution there anon, very illuminating.
>>11661860I'm assuming we got Wingthing quickly because he was part of the Rumble mold. Frenzy/Ratbat, Rumble/Wingthing, Knok/Scar. they would've needed another remold of Ratbat for Enemy.They could've used the SS Rumble mold but by then the core class was on its way out.
>>11661932I not impressed with new Ravage. look at those jowls
>>11661946I mean its also a redeco of a nothingburger of a character that also doesnt look particulary good
>Armada Jetfire will be $100>Monstructor will be $100>G2 Motormaster will be $100This is Hell.
>>11661980>doesnt look particulary goodShit taste.
>>11661982I just need to get Jetboots for my Prime and then I’m bowing out of buying from Hasbro.
>>11661982Dinoking was a boxset, not a Commander, it could still be $80.>>11661983I really like Enemy's colors. I think it’s a nice combination of colors and I’m a sucker for any pre-Transformers references
>>11660942Seeing them together like this just makes me think they made the right call back in the 80s. The cancelled Arcee toy is novel in hindsight but fucking nobody would have bought a toy that looks like that back then.
>>11661988I would've
>>11661860>>11661953On the topic of gangmolding, Ratbat's new backpack is gangmolded with the newer Perceptor and Ramhorn so it may be excluded if there's a new Wingthing, which makes it the same as the old Wingthing repaint.
>>11661860god i love that hunched posture. i hope they remake him next to go with sky-byte.
>>11661955he looks like a bulldogthe other one looks like a greyhound with huge saddlebags, like someone took 'they're like little horses' too literally.it's sad we never get black redecos of tigatron anymore, only cheetor. yeah he makes a passable black leopard, but a black jaguar is wayyy cooler and obviously what the ORIGINAL black cat recolor (back when cheetor and tigatron shared a mold) was meant to evoke
>>11661983>>11661986i do not have a (tiny or otherwise) horse in this race but I must agree, excellent colors
I bought a ton of Cybertron toys this year. I really like Sonic Wing Mode.
>>11662059that is pretty fuckin rad I cannot lie. definitely deserves a missing link with ankle tilts and wrist joints that I assume this doesn't have
>>11662059Rad as fuck
Opened up Analog Prime or whoever today. Pieces come off way too easily.
>>11661982Better start saving up this new year, anon.
>>11662067Hasbro and Takara seem to really want to make a new Galaxy/Cybertron Optimus, so here's hoping it actually happens.
>>11661982>And none will be worth it
>>11662136which is really the worst part of allI'd be okay feelin like "alright, I just have to buy less stuff, only get the best, they're worth the price" but they aren't at all.Like imagine if prices were rising because, across the board, they decided to load everything with a million extra joints and panels and supremely detailed paint apps. It'd be a WEIRD choice, but it wouldn't feel like this feels. I feel like I'm loading my shelf with garbage. it's like i opened a bag of spinach past its date, and have to pick out the few fresh leaves from the slimy ones because I really wanted some in my pasta (the secret is: make vegetarian pasta, then add meat)
I’m sure someone’s posted this before, but this guy not being named Bluebolts feels like the most obvious missed opportunity to me
>>11662140>Everything>MUST>reference ANOTHER thing!!Go back to bed FunPub
>>11662140>Japanese YouTuber already got a sample from Takara >You can literally see the scratched paint on the die cast shoulder pieces I don't understand Do they not prime the metal parts when they are painting over them?
>>11662140I know he's just an accessory that comes with a bigger figure but does he have to look like absolute fucking garbage? He didn't even come with the set that this missing link is portraying, he's a newer addition, there's absolutely no reason to make it look like a dollar store knockoff. The absolute state of Transformers in 2026.
>>11662158His shoulders weren't diecast?The only diecast was white primes chest
>>11662161They made it because it's part of the mold so that they can make a complete Powered Convoy
>>11662161Missing Link is not for you
>>11662181It's funny how many people have been complaining about how "janky" and "garbage" the ML figures look. Like, they can't wrap their heads around the fact that these aren't supposed to look like the comics or cartoons - they're based on either the original toys but with added joints, or concept art of unproduced toys and accessories that never saw the light of day. They look the way they do because they're all 40+ year old designs and ideas; that's literally the whole point, and you're supposed to go into the line knowing that in advance, so...why are people complaining? It's not like the mainline toys have been discontinued or replaced - there's always a shiny new Optimus, Megatron, or Bee of some sort every few years - so why don't they just stick to those instead of bitching about the way these things look if it's not to their tastes and they clearly weren't planning on buying them to begin with?
>>11662200>this much cope You're buying overpriced nostalgia bait for boomers. Rationalize it however you like.
ooooooh i wanna fug optimis soooooooooooooo badddddddddddd
>>11662214Sir, do not fist the robot.
>>11662214Who doesn't? >massive tits and slutty little waist
>RID minicon weapons have extra long handles>Micronus armor has shallow hand holesSucks.
>>11662147This is the same toyline that referenced Powerdrive, Giza, and Dillo of all characters. If any toyline should reference the brand as much as possible, it’s this one
>>11662205How is that cope?> You're buying overpriced nostalgia bait for boomers.Yes mate, that’s the fucking point
>>11662200Can’t wait to see the malding over Megatron
>>11661860i definitely headcanon that as a pre-Transmetal Spittor.
>>11661980It shoudn't be a criteria be considered as we go towards 2026, we got a shit ton of nothingburger characters made in CHUG as redecoes & retools>>11662140Hell no, Bluebolt exists already in G1 as God Magnus' weapon
>>11662306I’m really curious what redecoes they’ll do for Megatron. Megaplex is obvious, especially since he already has a G1 toy. I guess the other option is the black Megatron that doesn’t have a proper name yet. Maybe he’ll be an Autobot to match Nemesis finally. >>11662311It’s too bad we don’t have non-Transmetal skunk and flying squirrel Transformers because then we could do every Transmetal from CR/RID
>>11662200While I'd probably be considered a tooner by most here because I just want stuff that looks like the G1 and Beast Wars cartoons, I don't see anything wrong with the Missing Link figures. I've been reading scans of the Marvel UK comics over the last year that have all the old toy ads and they've really made me appreciate the G1 toy aesthetic. While a lot of them barely resemble the characters they're meant to represent, those designs do have their unique appeal. I've been thinking of picking up ML Optimus in toy colors (since I've already got SS86 for G1 cartoon accuracy), but it's hard to justify spending 120 bucks on a nostalgia toy I have no real nostalgia for.
>>11662314Given God Magnus is basically a Beast Era character, I think it’s fine since a ton of Beast characters share their names with G1 characters already
>>11662314Bluebolt exists in G1 as Dark Amber Lio Convoy's friend
>>11662324Ehh, I inclined to see them are their own characters & put respect on JP hailing characters, instead of acknowledging them only as "namesake" because of localisation stuffThat Bat/Croco mutant being dunked on because he shares Soundwave's name instead of his own problems>>11662340That too
>>11662442*Conveniently uses English dubs instead of American
>>11662442>That Bat/Croco mutant being dunked on because he shares Soundwave's name instead of his own problemsThat poor bastard's name is the absolute least of his problems
>>11662319>Beast Wars cartoonsI have a lot of love for 1990s CGI shows like ReBoot, Beast Wars, and Shadow Raiders but I would prefer the toy designs. There was just a lot of cool details that were changed and the designs didn't age well as something like Reboot. Fur detail becomes textures and shit like that too. No mutant masks. I'd even go a step further and say I want toys based off of the box art with insane amount of detail like something out of Guyver and animal parts that look like a high end model kit or something.
>>11662442What was the name of that G2 guy who was a really common G1 guy so Japan actually made him the same character? It was an purple and blue jet and I think it was Sidesweep but I looked it up and can't find shit.
>>11662497Wait never mind I found it. There was a contest on Japan to make a bunch of toys real where GoShooter won but this is one of the entries. Smokescreen in G2 Smokescreen colors. I don't know if its just Japanese headcanon or some deep lore but I love shit like this. Probably because I grew up with weird name reuses in Beast Wars. Like Magnaboss and TM2 Prowl Grimlock and Twrecks. Which was cool because Ravage made it plausible.
>>11662486well yeah cause the dubs for Japanese G1 were done in Hong Kong (and they're legitmately shiiiiiiiiiiiit) hilarious but also godawful. its like they tried to learn more about it but got a lot wrong like Grand Galvatron they wanted to call Unicron but ended up calling it Unicorn instead or defaulting to the US toy names of characters like Minerva is now Nightbeat.
>>11662493>like something out of Guyverthat is literally the big influence on the BW toy designs.
>>11662493>>11662514Just look at this concept art.
>>11662508First a headcannon from one of the guys at Takara, Hirofumi Ichikawa, from when he did doujenshi in the 90s, before he worked on the brandhttps://www.zonebase.org/2020/10/that-time-smokescreen-became-decepticon.htmlBut when doing the contest in 2014 & the story associated with it, Yuki Ohshima was on the illustrations(As a coincidence, he did the same for G1 Skyfire as G2 Jetfire in a 15 Go! Go! strip on his own)Otherwise for G-2 in Japan, they were all new guys siding with Optimus Prime or Megatron (before these retcons)
>>11662512The worst of it is Hasbro forced Shout Factory to follow their restrictions so when they finally subbed those shows for official American releases they were made to do the same exact thing and you're hit with "use the name of the American toy NOW". on a similar note, Viz's release of the Japanese manga does this to such an extent that they wind up naming BOTH of the Targetmasters "Nightstick" because one had an official Hasbro name and the other didn't.
>>11662577Man, I hate when stuff like that happens because it just makes things more confusing. I think Hasbro is way too obsessed with name consistency even when it’s not correct. Stepper is one example but one that I’ve talked about before is the renaming of Lio Convoy to Leo Prime, which has caused a ton of confusion over the Beast Era naming conventions. Lio, Big, and Fire are not Primes, if anything they are Primals, just like Optimus Primal. They are not the leaders of the Maximals and while they are the Supreme Commanders, that title does not make someone a Prime, as shown with Fortress, Ginrai, Star Saber, and Diatlas, all of whom aren’t Primes or Convoys.
>>11662616You are probably putting more thought into this than they did.
>>11662623Don’t worry, I know. I’m just obsessed with translations and localizations. I love tinkering and trying to figure out the best way something can be translated to make more sense to another language. A couple of friends and I like debating back and forth on how some of the JPBW and CR characters should be named
>>11662200I mean all I was saying earlier is it's weird how incongruous those old limbs look with new joints. it kinda makes the old design aspects you tolerated look weirder than they used to.
>>11662284doesnt look like you'd lose anything by drilling those holes clean through
Last purchases of the year
>>11662317all the more reason I've been saying, motherfuckin' make some original Beast guy molds! Give us pre-transmetal versions of TM2-only guys from the old toyline! there's no reason they HAD to be TM2-ified straight out of their pods. though they were probably TM1-ified. seems like that first shockwave either transmetalized you or fuzor'd you. it was a real 'clean break in the toyline' wave.
>>11662493I'm with you, at least most of the way. at the VERY least, this is the aesthetic Beast Machines should have gone for, to show off their new better graphics.>>11662514>>11662522yeah this is what I like best. the BW concept art stuff. where plausibility of transformation is tossed RIGHT out the window in favor of awesome, dynamical, superheroic proportions
>>11662616an even bigger confusion is that Lio already looks like "Oh, it's leo but it's Japan so they rendered the spelling differently to make the pronunciation more clear"except it's not. it's Lio as in lio. so he's Laio Convoy. if they were so dead set on 'fixing' that, the 'correct' fix was 'Lio Primal'
>>11662626putting thought into things is what makes being a nerd a legit thing, DAD!
>>11662672Lio as in lion*fucked that up pretty hard nyaa~
>>11662626My take on the names is, keep the names the same if they're shortened versions of the western name, but change then if their Japanese counterparts are very different characters and or have different paint jobs. Example:-Most Headmasters characters should keep their western names, the only major exception is Megazarak, because he later becomes Black Zarak. Meanwhile, everyone in Masterforce should keep their Japanese names, with the season names being interchangeable depending on the owners preference since the way they work is completely different to their western versions. -Car Robots should also be the Japanese names because most of the unique names come from here.
>>11662684see i almost think the opposite. if it's just a shortened version of the western name, that's a good time to use the western name. if it's completely different, run with that. enjoy it. explore the space.
>>11661689Realizing that you didn't get the approval of your dad and so you seek out other men to fill the void is the first step to realizing you're not gay, you're just traumatized.God's speed on your journey back to heteronormativity
>>11662684I tend to be the same, though sometimes I like to experiment with CR characters just for fun. Like Apex Magnus to match Apex Bomber, Oxhide instead of Ox/Ironhide, Gilshark/Sharkbyte for Gelshark/Sky-Byte
>>11662672Leo sounds cool to an American English ear than Lio.
>>11662317I thought his name was GunroboI bought the 3P version of him, it’s a really great colour scheme
>>11662720>I thought his name was GunroboBecause it is? That pic is in Italian, not Japanese. There's a slight difference.
>>11662709I can understand why they went with Leo since that tends to be more common in English, but I don’t think there’s anything wrong with Lio either. Honestly the thing that bothers me the most is all the wordplay that English fans miss, like Scuba should really be spelled Squba since his name is a pun on Squid and Scuba. Same with Scylla/Squlla>>11662720Gunrobo is the Micro Change name, like how Blaster was the Radi-Cassette Robo. I think a Super7 toy made him just another version of Megatron
>>11662727No, I mean his “proper name”
>>11662706boy aint that the fuckin truthfunny how for girls that has the same effect. going after shitty men who are mean to you, and being a sloot.>>11662709I'll grant you that.
>>11662720Where'd you get him from, anyway? Is he still available for non-rape prices?
>>11662735Sounds like LordKnightmon kind of problems. Wordplay is a pain.
>>11662780I like writing it as RhodoKnightmon myself.
>>11662707One thing I realized I like doing is translating characters whose names are fully Japanese, like the Dinoforce>Goryu - Strongsaur>Doryu - Groundsaur>Gairyu - Armorsaur>Kakuryu - Hornsaur>Rairyu - WingsaurAlso, this is less about translation, but I’ve always hated that the title King is used twice for combiners, King Poseidon and Dinoking, so I changed them to Dinotsar instead. >>11662780The closest I can think is Templarmon, due to the Templar rose association, but that’s about it
>>11662823Whoops, mixed up two of them>Rairyu - Thundersaur>Yokuryu - Wingsaur
>>11662823>TemplarmonThat completely kills the pun.
>>11662823Crusadermon was the old dub name.
>>11662828I came up with it in like 10 minutes, it’s not going to be perfect >>11662836I tried making a pun with that name, but I couldn’t think of any
>>11662826>>11662823wait are those actually right? I definitely know different words for those but I know they always have more than one>Dinotsarhahaha. it's a pun even! even better if you make it Dinoczar since people tend to say that with more of a Z and less of a TS
>>11662845Lord Knight is because it also sounds like Rhodonite, a mineral that is pink.
I've got the big guy together now
>>11662751I think it was from showz for about 90 bucks
>>11662911He looks like shit.
>>11661982Monstructor is an easy skip because he's core class, but I will be buying the other two.
>>11662919Do you have something against core class, or do you just think Monstructor should be bigger?
>>11662917Cope and seethe
>>11662921Cope and seethe? I think I will code and sneed instead.
>>11662911For you
>>11662911>midreavisFREE HER
>>11662920Having them be core class makes sense if you look at the original toys, but the character is supposed to be a lot bigger. I'd rather wait until it's his turn to be a deluxe combiner team.
>>11662917What if I put him next to a far superior toy?>>11662932She did the crimes, she can do the times
>>11662981Ich bin der Eggs Kaiser
>>11662981Do you have Siege Jetfire? I'd like to see comparisons for their robot and jet modes if you don't mind.
>>11662866god i love those nihonpuns>Blue Three
>>11662911>>11662981I have barely touched him since completing itIt may genuinely be one of the worst Superion's
>>11663041More like Inferion amirite?
>>11663047Heh
>>11661239thank you very much anon, I came here to ask about her since I've seen her pop up yesterday on my amazon feed. Wasn't sure if she looks good or not but now I have to actually consider buying her.
>>11662915He's Newage Remus, right? Doesn't look like he's available anymore.Got any pics of his alt mode? I know Newage's stuff is generally smaller scaled than the mainline, but is his gun mode a decent enough size? What about their Shockwave?
>>11663093I don't have a pic sorry, though I'd say it's almost 1:1 with the real gun size though he's a hair too short to scale with SS86 PrimeThe shockwave is what they call legend scale which is close to core class, but he does look pretty great
>>11663041>I have barely touched him since completing itAnd yet you still took the time to pose him in one of your trademark weird creepy crotch-thrusting poses. A picture I've seen posted here many times by the way.
>>11662616>>11662672>>11662709we're basically stuck with Leo Prime cause that is how the western retail market were introduced to the character back in 2007 at a time when heavy localization and trademarking made more sense. Since Big Convoy has never had another original toy or homage until now, he has always been called Big Convoy since his debut in 1999 worldwide. i'm really grateful because Big Prime would sound retarded. I think one reason we don't see the localization anymore is cause the Japanese names are actually easier to trademark now, who the fuck else in the US toy industry is gonna use a name like Goryu or Black Roritichi? the only reason Hellbat got renamed for the HasLab is cause DC has their own Hellbat character now.
>>11661772>ankle is already cracking
>>11663024Yeah sure
>>11663165Damn you for making me check. I think it's actually just a scratch though.
>>11661237>I never saw TFOne, so I'm not familiar with how she's portrayed in the movie,you should give it a shot. the movie is ok but all her scenes are great.
>>11663176That looks like stressed plastic after they inserted the pin. It's more visible on clear plastic.Remember when transformers didn't have stress marks around the pins or just by using weapon attachment ports? Good times.
>>11663171Is there a trick to ripping Superion's arms off? They get stuck on there really well
>>11662305Keep on copin'
>>11663192You're the one bothered about people enjoying things you don't like, though. You're the one who needs to cope with that fact.
>>11663180why do you even buy the new toys? At this point you should own at least 1 version of every character.
Happy new year /tfg/
Got my hands on the Hearts Of Steel Optimus and Starscream pack. Really really cool, and looks fantastic. But Optimus feels cheap for some reason. In fact his plastic feels like Studio Series TF:O Optimus did, and if I recall it was on his kegs too. I wonder if thats just how the Blue plastic turns out sometimes when thin? Almost concerned we'll see a newly coined BPS in the future. I've had many Generations figures since I've started collecting and only a couple of them have had this cheap feeling. Otherwise though hes cool as hell.
>>11663191ive found that pushing on the yellow tab in superion's armpit helps. you gotta push it at a weird angle tho
>>11663191>>11663220Just tilt the black connector piece on the shoulder a little so the yellow catch on Silverbolt's feet has space to slide under it. It's extremely easy to remove compared to Menasor's, pretty sure most people don't even click those in place because they didn't even notice they go further down.
>>11663219I think the whole set of four is pretty coolWorth the slightly premium price
Anyone here got this jawsome toy? I wonder if his fins are strong enough to keep his body proped up or if they become loose fast?
>>11663279He can, but the fins themselves are easy to pop out of the sockets when moving them.
>>11663279>>11663280I own the original and the fins have never fallen off, and you can prop him up by positioning the fins diagonally (I mean diagonally when looking from the sides, they obviously have to be in a diagonal from the front).Granted I don't know how the tolerances are on the reissue.
>>11663281Hamhanding might also be an issue. A healthy person with good hand-eye coordination should work well.
>>11663147>one of your trademark weird creepy crotch-thrusting posesI unironically have only ever done that with himThese are the two singular pics I've ever taken of that poseAnon take your meds
>>11663279Yeah but I got it second hand and the dude lost his ficking find so I can't tell you
>>11663313why would you buy it like this? Now he can only swim in circles.
>>11663305>These are the two singular pics I've ever taken of that poseAnd you've posted them repeatedly. They're terrible especially that first one.
>>11663343>Not recognizing an Obari pelvic thrustGo back.
>>11663343Anon you may have a mental disabilityHab you got dain bwamage?
I thought the gun in the middle went to Magneous and couldn't figure out where it pegged on so I checked videos and apparently it's not his. Any idea who it goes to?
>>11663162>back in 2007i keep forgetting that, but that to me just.. doesn't count. and they've never held themselves to past precedent before.>>11663180desu actually even in the 90s that still happened, but the toy stayed together, dammit.
>>11662981>one of the few guys from combiner wars I finished>he's superior to his modern versionman I really lucked out here, huh
>>11663484None of them.
>>11663279I got him!!the pectoral fins are not really for that, but...
>>11663497Any chance you recognize who it goes to?
>>11663484I think that's a Gamer Edition gun?
>>11663507I think it’s either Barricade's or Decepticon Soldier's, but I need a closer look
>>11663305>frameslop
Is it me or do the target runs (More Than Meetd The Eye Collection) of Gamer Optimus and Megatron have very slightly different colors? The Megatron seems dsrker than mine was.
>>11663524Optimus has some battle damage decos
>>11663522>Fanboy
>>11663522Yes and it's dogshitKeep up Anon
>>11663484It definitely doesn't belong to any of the rock people. Almost looks like 86 Scavenger's gun but I don't think it's that either.
>>11663484Ge barricade or the Decepticon trooper
>>11663484>>11663508 has it right. It's most likely from the Decepticon Soldier.
>>11663041I decided to skip on this in favor of my Unite Warriors Superion with Perfect Effect hands feet and chest/head.I still feel comfortable with my decision.
>>11663524Yes, they have slightly different decos. The TFWiki outlines the differences on the toys listings.>Released in the Target-exclusive "MTMTE Collection", this redeco of the above Optimus Prime features additional paint applications: his chest windows are a more accurate black with red lines, the sides of his legs have filled in with red, "battle scars" have been added to his chest and shoulders, and his axe head is more thouroughly painted over in metallic orange. >Released in the Target-exclusive "MTMTE Collection", this redeco of the above Megatron features black plastic in place of the dark gray and additional paint applications: the sides of his chest have filled in with purple, his shoulder spike has been painted black, and "battle scars" have been added to his chest and shoulders. The purple paint is more metallic and the head of the mace is completely painted over.
>>11663589>>11663586>skipped Barricade, even when it was on sale, because I read about what a shit figure it was.>decided to get some of the other SS WFC figures, now feel like I need Barricade because autism.>sold out everywhere except for rape prices.>every time. I hate my stupid brain.
>>11663604Honestly I hope they retool Barricade a bit if they reissue him using some of the parts created for Decepticon Soldier, because his original GE toy was severely lacking
>>11663592Smart decision
>>11662200I find Missing Link quite interesting. I don't own any of it because it's too expensive for me. However, I like the concept behind those toys. I have modern G1 toys fatigue because I've seen the 1984 casts done too many times, whether by official HasTak or third parties.
>>11663671Same here but I'm super tempted to get prototype Arcee. Its crazy they finally made that thing. I'd love it if they made deep cuts like the ladybug girl but otherwise I probably won't buy anything from it.
>>11663671>>11663677I've only got the Arcee but I'm definitely keeping an eye on Missing Link. Keen to see where the line goes
I finished up building Flame Toys Megs today! All I have left now is to put on the stickers. I really like what they did with his tail-arm. It's a nice change and it makes for a very cool weapon. His head is a little small, but I suppose it fits the aesthetic.
>>11663705damn that IS cool.so he has alternate arms instead of the head and tail weapons?
>>11663705Obviously, I don't have anything factual to back this up, but I think it has to be demoralizing to be a toy designer for a Transformers character but not be able to make it transform. I can just see myself being annoyed at placing a door or a tire on a figure when I know it doesn't actually do anything lol
>>11663705>>11663736If some of flame toys design is popular, Takara Tomy will make a transformable version of it.
Damn I just found out that Sky-Byte exist which seems to be an upgrade in everything but robot face and color to cybershark. I mean he got articulation in shark mode! even real shark toys don't offer that. but damn 40 bucks is rough.
>>11663748it is a bit rough. i'm waiting for the price to drop.i also think they really could have put a simple pair of folding panels that cover his tail-arm, but I guess those would interfere with the articulation.
>>11663748actually they are gettin pretty amazing with the motorized animal toys these days. i know a guy who's obsessed
>>11663754i guess if they slid out from behind the previous body panels, each one could slide to make room for the tail as it swung that way, but.. that.. wouldn't look great
>>11663754Don't shame his claspers, bro. That's not cool.
>>11663775nono I like that part. I mean above that. the big obvious metal cylinder that does not look like a shark tail. the original had something to cover there, but obviously that gets in the way of tail articulation
>>11663754Obviously it would be too thick, but I wonder if having his exposed robot arm part molded to look like part of a skeleton would improve the disguise.
>>11663748Yeah, you can tell that someone on the current design team loves Sky-Byte, he’s a fantastic update to the original and Thrilling 30 figures
>>11663790kek, i'd be okay with a transmetal II having something like that. particularly since fish bones are super coolof course for sharks, those bones are cartilage, but they still look really cool. like serrated weapons.
>>11663792i wish I was more excited about a potential tm2 cybershark repaint, but that snot-green and silver with electric-salmon-orange-pink detailing is NOT my favorite flavor of colors. . The body chrome being positively iridescent is neat, but then it's on such a limited area. Either the green or the silver needed to change, and he would have been amazing.
>>11663705God that headsculpt is so good
>>11663797I hope they do Cybershark though, since it would be his first new toy since Beast Wars. I’m curious if they’ll do Hellwarp or not
>>11663640This thing looks awful. What the fuck are those proportions? lol
A friend and I were talking about other Hasbro toylines and it made me wonder if Transformers should copy them and stop doing the semi-yearly rebrands and just do a pure Generations line again without a central gimmick. I don’t know if it would improve variety or not>>11663809That’s Combiner Wars for you
>>11663809You'll find a lot of contrarians here
>>11663705>>11663800I love how it keeps his TMNT like scowl from the toy.
>>11663809[disclaimer: the following opinion comes from a fan of AOTP Superion. Please feel free to let that influence your judgement.]CW figures have weird proportions simply due to the limitations of making deluxes quadruple changers and having to fit four ports onto a Voyager figure. The combined mode then suffers from the awkward voyager port placement. I think that a modern combiner wars franchise would work best as deluxe+ figures (30$ in exchange for extra budget) and then a leader. Or, y'know, you could just look at wild king.
>>11663802okay THAT i would buy.. I was not aware of this recolor.cybershark I'd want to see how repaintable he was, and since the answer would probably be 'not easily' I'd sadly leave him on the store shelfthen one year he'd moan at me pitifully from the clearance rack like Sandstorm, and I'd pick him up...
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>>11663802Hope to see the trio in shark mode: Hellscream, Hellwarp and Hellcracker.
>>11663848do you really think it looks as good as Megas?LMAO
>>11663850all it needs is the bumped-out chest, and a minicon car to swap out for the headwhich, why haven't we gotten that as a cool crossover yet? oh right, show killed for tax writeoffs.
>>11663833Remember when RID15 did its own Combiner War tie-in and decided to keep the toy proportions in animation?
>>11663852these fit the stylization that rid2015 was going for, and they kept the toy proportions of the tie-in toys, not the CW toys. It doesn't mean it's good, but y'know, art style clashing isn't a thing at least.
>>11663847>I was not aware of this recolor.Because it doesn't exist. Hellscream started off as a purple and black jet (which is where that color scheme is from), but his shark form looked like pic related, which is a total clusterfuck and was colored completely differently from that.
>>11663854The purple shark isn't Hellscream, it's Hellwarp.
>>11663854>Hellscream started off as a purple and black jet (which is where that color scheme is from), but his shark form looked like pic related, which is a total clusterfuck and was colored completely differently from that.That's Transformers Cloud Hellwarp. It's a reference to Hellscream but they're different characters. They even are shown together in the pack in comic. And the colourscheme is obviously from Skywarp.https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hellwarp
>>11663856>>11663864NTA but Hellscream did start out as a black and purple jet. That anon was just pointing out that Hellscream looks nothing like his original body (Beast Wars Second Starscream) and that his original colors before he was mutated into Hellscream influenced Hellwarp.
>>11663856So is there a Hellcracker?
>>11663889>So is there a Hellcracker?
There's an insecticon set in September?Is it like a boxset or just the 3 separate deluxes wrapped together?
>>11663348NTA but that's not how Obari's poses work. His mecha don't look like they're doing a pelvic thrust despite the crotch being forward of the midriff
>>11663748Surely he’s got to be getting clearanced by now? He was down to £13 in a few places over here.
>>11663854>which is a total clusterfuckI think you mean totally fucking awesome
>>11663852This design needs a new toy
>>11663909Fair enough, though IMO the influence is quite obvious. Superion-anon was clearly aping the "mecha pelvic thrust"/forced perspective...thing rather than whatever the other guy thought it was.>>11663940Agreed. Honestly it's one of the coolest Menasor designs we've ever got.
Fuck, I just did it. I ordered Sky-Byte just for the shark mode.
>>11663557>>11663508>>11663586>>11663589THANK YOU, yea it's deception trooper/soldier
>>11663896chances are it'll be a battle damage pack as they got ejected out of Astrotrain in the movie.
>>11663909I'm the anon who called him out and needs to "go back" apparently, and yeah this pic looks nothing like that. Look how the bot is posed...the crotch is angled forward but so are the knees and upper body, and the whole picture has a sense of dynamism and movement to it.Anon's Superion pic on the other hand >>11663041 is standing stock still, with his legs and upper body perfectly straight and the crotch angled not only forwards but upwards, in an extremely forced unnatural angle for the figure to make, presumably for no other reason than that anon enjoying men's crotches thrusting towards his face.>>>11663992>Superion-anon was clearly aping the "mecha pelvic thrust"/forced perspectiveOk, so why? And if that's what he was going for he did a really shitty job. One that he's strangely proud of too for some reason because as I've said, I've seen that shitty pic posted here many times.
>>11664072>Ok, so why?Because it looks cool.
I'm just having a lot of fun with this thingTreat yourselves anons
>>11662200I think the jank and kitsch factors are a bonus, but what I find most appealing about Missing Link is that we're getting figures with the alt mode prioritized over the bot mode again. The whole thing with Diaclone (and thus, Transformers) was realistic toy vehicles that turned into robots in the most effective way possible, and, to me, that's a far more enjoyable toy concept than whatever the fuck we've been getting in mainline or MP for the past several years.
>>11663792>>11663797>>11663802I can see potential for a retool into an organic beast mode for something like a Jaws crossover figure or maybe an Orca transformer to reference that micro base set.
So how often do you actually transform your transformers?
>>11664073It doesn't though, it looks fucking retarded at best and really gay at worst.But I think we've identified our disconnect here anon.
>>11664115Some I don't think have been transformed since 2022.
>>11663754I can't think of a simple way to do it that wouldn't compromise the shark mode. I think they would have had to design the forearm with a panel on a spring that would pop out when the fist was pulled out of it (similar to how the backs of Siege Starscream's legs pop out when the legs are straightened out)
>>11664055If they retain the clear plastic, I'll buy it.
>>11664095I'm already collecting the GGG ones. Also I don't like how that one cheats with the original power armor setup for King Exkaiser, even if I understand why they did it that way.
>>11664115I at least try to transform them semi regularly as sort of a fidget toy when I’m bored. I mostly stick to my Deluxes or Voyagers, Leaders and Commanders tend to be too difficult to take off the shelf and Titans are too big to fidget with well, though Battlestar Optimus and Hot Rod are ironically my go to's right now
>>11664149You lose an amount of zazz without the proper armor up gimmick, but I already own MP King Exkaiser who does thatAnd the solidness and playability are not even in the same realm of comparison
is there a guide for all the differnt toylines and classes within them?
>>11664168>some big some smallthat's about it
>>11664174what would you say is the best size to get into transformers?
>>11664189Deluxes and Voyagers ($20-40 range) is typically what I recommend people start with. They’re what I’d consider the closest to the “generic action figure size” of Transformers, with Deluxes being around 5-6 inches tall and Voyagers being around 6-7 inches tall. TFWiki typically has pages covering every toyline and what sizes certain characters are
I miss the 2013 era for Legends class like that Starscream with Waspinator. Such a good value at that time.
>>11664212>forced meme waspDisgusting
>>11663854drat
>>11664096I do remember noticing once how beast wars reversed that. the old vehicle guys had to look like a vehicle first, then you made a robot OUT of vehicle parts, whatever ones you hadbeast guys that doesn't work so well, so they came up with a transformation first, and if it made a kinda goofy animal, meh.
>>11664101>orcai think shockwhale has more potential there but yeah!>>11664115i need a better table setup, where I have more room and lighting to have something near me and fuck around with it while I sit here doing other things..instead i sit here in the dark, sort of swaying side to side in drowsiness, until I eventually get a little drawing done, then go to bed and repeat.
>>11664204I must concur hereunless you really love playing around with huge bots and having them smash each other, start with the hand-sized guys.
>>11664168>>11664189What characters do you like?
>>11664250As other anons have pointed out, that's Hellwarp, not Hellscream. Different character, but draws inspiration from the latter. He WAS a real thing, but only existed as an e-Hobby exclusive.
>>11664212I’m shocked that Hasbro hasn’t brought back Core class given the whole reason they got rid of it was for the price not justifying the molds, which shouldn’t be the case any more with the higher prices>>11664261I also meant to mention that Deluxe and Voyager tend to cover a pretty wide margin of characters. The only characters you’d miss out on are intentionally bigger characters like Ultra Magnus who wouldn’t really work at those sizes
>>11664309double drat!
First purchase of 202699% certain baby me had the actual hot wheel
>>11664319>which shouldn’t be the case any more with the higher pricesIt will always be the case. Hasbro scrapped Core class because the tooling costs were negligibly different to Deluxe. It made no business sense spend the same on manufacturing as a Deluxe but sell it at half the price, and it never will.
>>11664351Hot Wheels are 4+ so you have bad parents
>>11664351He's giving me Sideburn vibes. Looks awesome though, do let us know how he is.
>>11664351that sucker looks real familiar, I might have had it as well.>>11664358how you gonna eat a hot wheel? by the time your mouth is big enough, you have brains enough to know not to
>>11664351I haven't bought anything yet this year but I did open Big Convoy today and I really like him. He's surprisingly heavy for his size, heavier than quite a few other modern Leaders, including Razorclaw.
>>11664364This is the best Matrix ever. Appropriately scaled to the figure for once and due to the design he can actually hold it without looking like he’s scared to break it.
>>11664366Hilariously this is about the limit to how much you can pose beast mode.
>>11664368Solid start to the year IMO.
>>11663888I need a flowchart to understand transformer references sometimes. I remember reading about how Dillo from Beast Machines got a toy in Missing Link because his bio referenced Sentinel Prime or something. And sentinel prime is based on like 1 frame of a truck from G1? Transformer autism is crazy and this is not an insult.
>>11664387That’s just what happens when you put the mad mind of Hirofumi Ichikawa on bio duties (complementary). Dillo's original bio talked about how he was trained by an ancient Autobot to use a chained mace, which was a deep callback to one of the ancient Autobots shown in flashbacks who had the same weapon. This Autobot was shown to be the Prime before Optimus so, of course, he was retconned by Ask Vector Prime into being the G1 cartoon version of Sentinel. Ichikawa-san then took these disparate details and combined them when tasked with giving Sentinel his own Roller for Missing Link's figure. Funnily enough, Dillo isn’t even the only Deployer with connections like this, Rav is implied to have worked with Beta of all characters.
>>11664351Both of these guys are pretty cool. I'm looking forward to the other ones that we're supposed to be getting - but the purple one had better be a Decepticon this time (and a fembot, just because).
>>11664351>>11664361It's called the Twin Mill, you can still get them with new decos in stores
>>11663896Are ppl really going to buy a box set for just one of the figures?
>>11664428“Oh no, I have multiple copies of the Insecticons! If only there was an in-universe explanation for this!”
>>11664437What?
>>11664358I bet your parent's didn't even sponsor your underage drinking>>11664360Putting him next to Sideburn was near the top of the to-do list>>11664369/tfg/ harps on Big Convoy a lot, but he comes alive with just the suggestion of posing
>>11664448The Insecticons have the ability to clone themselves. I’m making a joke saying someone who wants a gray chested Bombshell wouldn’t mind buying a box set because they either don’t have the others yet or they’d just say the repeat toys are clones
>>11664364Got him on preorder for next week, hope the 3d printed add on files go public
>>11664449it's sad. parents like that are just alcoholism factories. mine provided beer, said it was okay, and i never developed so much as a taste for drinking, let alone an addiction.>>11664457you say that like you have specific ones in mind, yet if they aren't public, I don't understand how you would.
They make his shoulders wider and legs longer, also add joints to the kibble and give him bigger battons
>>11664460Tits!! Glad to hear it. Makes me more confident about buying a theoretical recolor
>>11664458>you say that like you have specific ones in mindSaw these pics on a fb news group, but I haven't seen the files posted or the prints for sale
>>11664463it probably won't be much longer. we'll see proper injection molded versions too. and maybe gap fillers for the ridiculous trunk, though ideally it'd be replaced entirely by one with ball jointsand it can still transform with these, right?
>>11664464I think so, well there were beast mode pics included in the post, didn't look much different
>>11664458I'm not much of a drinker either, didn't even have one on new years
>>11664404>Dillo isn’t even the only Deployer with connections like this, Rav is implied to have worked with Beta of all charactersOh shit that's awesome. Beast Machines could have had so many more connections to G1 stuff. It makes me tempted to want to hunt down the toys.
>>11664473It’s especially wild considering that the Deployers weren’t even made by the main Transformers team, so one of Hasbro's copywriters must have been a massive fan to make those connections. I’d like to imagine they went the extra mile because they were designed in 1999, the brand's 15th anniversary.
>>11664472hell i forgot to have sparkling grape juicethe flu'll do that
I know that this year we're supposed to be getting SS TLK Megatron. But I just thought that they could do much wilder by giving him another Concept Art figure.
>>11664500You can tell that the artists of these movies hated toy designers“How does he transform?”“IDK”
>>11664503in fairness, there had been FOUR movies by this point that showed the impossible is totally possible, so
>>11664503Hey, at least they gave them a design to work with. There is literally no concept art of the actual jet mode we got in both the final movie and the toys - it seems that they were so late into production by the time they decided to turn Megatron's alt into Dragonstorm that they literally made his replacement alt mode up on the spot.
>>11664072You may genuinely be retarded AnonIt's not meant to be anything other than a goofy pose. You're severely autistic
>>11664351>>11664360>They could make this>But actual RID Sideburn is a total brick and utter dogshitWow what a surprise Hasbro
>>11664538Eh, it's not as cool as it looks. It has ridiculous parts forming and the legs are distractingly hollow.
>>11664503>hated toy designersYou mean they hate engineers
>>11663147bold of you to assume they are his photos
>>11664704This is some high copium and delusionFor what purpose?
>>11664464>and it can still transform with these, right?I can’t see how it could.The shoulders being wider means the arms will sit higher on the back in beast mode, so they won’t be able to peg into the back. The wider shoulder pads will mean the head halves can’t peg together. The platform shoes absolutely will need to be removed as they’re a single piece that blocks the transformation joints in the foot and could never fit inside the leg.>>11664465Post the picture please. I'm happy to be proven wrong.
>>11664725You're right, maker's description says they have to removed for transformation.https://m.intl.taobao.com/detail/detail.html?id=1008063093762
>>11664704If they're not his photos the whole thing becomes even more baffling. But everything I said would still apply to the original photographer as well.
>>11664533I've said it before, but there are one or several anons in these generals who repeatedly use "autism" to describe the exact opposite of autism, for some reason.Now it's meant to be a goofy pose? Before I thought it was supposed to be "cool" for some reason. Pick a lane.
Wheeljack's on sale at Target for $12 plus tip. Snagged two while I was there. Feelsgoodman, he's always been my favorite Autobot.
>>11664884Good for you if you like him that much, but why two?
>>11663748He's probably the best figure I got in 2025, or close. I got him in a shipment with like 5 others, and it's the one I haven't put down yet.
>>11663748He's friggin' amazing. My brother got him for me as a present and I love him so much. His weapon integration's cool, you can tab the guns onto the bottom of his mouth like his original toy, but it can also tab into the top and it doesn't obstruct it from closing at all. We really need more Car Robots releases, I'd kill for a Gigatron.>>11664901I dunno, just cuz. He was cheap enough, so why not? I'll keep one to go with the rest of my guys and one for my desk/playing with/carrying around/whatever. Might get an upgrade kit for that one too.
>>11664922>We really need more Car Robots releases, I'd kill for a Gigatron.For me, it would be Build King.
>>11664884You can have one in robot mode and the other in alt mode.
>>11664884Nice, I really like the Devastation Wheeljack. Looks sharp in both modes, a much nicer shade of white than the old Earthrise version and more colorful and detailed than the 5-pack version.
>>11663797>potential tm2 cybershark repaintdon't hold your breath, despite being the most obvious repaint there's never been a new Sky-byte toy that's gotten a. Cybershark redeco. Very strange in a franchise that constantly breaks even with redecoes.
>>11664404>>11664473>>11664482Marv Wolfman who was one of the G1 story editors and cartoon writers also was the guy that came up with the original pitch for Beast Machines, its probably why there's a lot more callbacks to G1 than you would think in BM. Bob Skir and Marty Isenberg loved the BM treatment Marv wrote that they decided to work on the show instead of the Avengers cartoon they were trying to get off the ground (that show became United They Stand). Skir decided to hire Wolfman as one of the writers cause he kind of felt bad for taking over his concept and wanted to at least repay him back. now i don't know if Wolfman worked on the toy bios but its still interesting how G1 snuck itself back in to Beast Machines.
>>11664101thats what i love about the Beast era. there's a lot of potential in retooling the same molds as different animals. i wish we got a hippo retool out of Rhinox or a Possum Rattrap and so on.
>>11664995T30 didn't have much time for an outlet for it to be done by FunPub they were on their way out and Takara didn't have TM2 Cybershark, Sky-Byte (Gelshark) was how they got the mold instead. granted Hasbro usually tries to get one repaint out if possible, at this point there's only like a few molds like Apeface, Snapdragon and Doubledealer from WFC Trilogy without any sort of repaint still.
>>11664816>I've said it before, but there are one or several anons in these generals who repeatedly use "autism" to describe the exact opposite of autism, for some reason.Oh, I remember you, no, you DEFINITELY have autism.
>>11664291I really like >Airachnid >starscream>Megatron but only the dino version>Dinobot>Rhinox>Slipstream>Quickstrike
AOTP Brawl is good. He feels better than the average Voyager. Maybe because he's smaller there was room in the budget for denser plastic?
>>11665136Transformation is fun and he's got one of the best tank modes since Kingdom Warpath.It's unfortunate he's not compatible with blast effects but if you have a bunch of Marvel Legends Iron Man effects, he can make use of those.
>>11664816You're definitely autistic as shit
>you don't like my incredibly autistic, dorky animes and try to pose your toys to look like them?>that means you're autistic!! you!!
>>11664816Genuine autism moment.
>>11665088The unfortunate thing is Hasbro isn't looking into doing new characters from existing figures like they did with the 2003 Universe repaints like Razorclaw. We would be lucky if they do more fossilizer retools.
>>11664995They never retooled BW Neo Hardhead from the Classics Dinobot and still have yet to do so for the Kingdom figure. That plus BW2 Thrustor and Dirgegun.
>>11665090>>11665183I always wondered if there’s like an upper limit to the redecoes/retools that HasTak are willing to do. It seems like if a character only existed in one part of the world, HasTak hesitates to do them, like Cybershark not being known in Japan or Hardhead not being known in America. I assume that’s not the case based on some of the obscure characters we’ve gotten, but it just seems strange that it happens so randomly
>>11664729unfortunate, but difficult to avoid>>11664725ohhh yeah you're probably right. though sometimes it can still work, like the scorponok upgrade, where now it's just a LITTLE more awkward but the leg still basically fits in its old slot>>11665088K-9 from Wolfang was fascinating because they redid the entire mold only for it to barely look different.
>>11665138>he's not compatible with blast effectsWhat, why?
>>11665187It seems so cause the Universe repaints appear to be their lowest priority, which sucks cause thats where a lot of notable Beast War repaints come from. We only recently got to doing just two updated Universe decos made and one of them was from a canceled figure.
>>11665215Correction. That's not entirely true. His rifle is blast effect compatible but the three cannons have 3mm hole instead of the standard 5mm hole or 3mm peg.
>>11665219It's kind of amazing that they still haven't done Universe Primal.
>>11665227I can understand them not doing him specifically because he’s not a separate character like Toxitron and Razorclaw are
>>11660530Apparently these guys still have the breakage issue of the first versions.
>>11665235I hadn't heard anything about Missing Link having breakage issues.
>>11665236Well you must not have heard anything regarding Cliff and Bee, they both have very easily cracked ankles.
>>11665227Shit decos best left forgotten in the past
>>11665227just looks so silly.
>>11665208>>11665293I think both of you have a very warped idea of what autism is and should stop posting about it in a Transformers toy thread because of how someone poses their toys >>11665297I think it looks alright, though I think Nemesis Primal is the better alt deco
>>11665280>>11665297Virgins
>>11665314Yeah? Well, so was Jesus.
>>11665306>should stop posting about it in a Transformers toy threadBut they can't stop themselves, due to the crippling levels of autism, see
>>11665227This is a cool deco. I think this could be rename as Apelinq.
>>11665350Its already been reused for Shattered Glass Optimus Primal and in Universe continuity it actually is Primal after Beast Machines which Ape Linq was part of I actually love his deco. He's supposed to be irradiated and mutated by the energy from Unicron. So the fucked up colors make sense in a weird way. they even kind of match. (Universe had tons if yellow
>>11665219>We only recently got to doing just two updated Universe decos made and one of them was from a canceled figure.I think there were 4 recent ones.Cancelled Nightprowler (Grey Cheetor)Cancelled Halloween Horrorcon Waspinator (Purple Waspinator)Toxitron was actually a cancelled Universe toy not anything to do with G2 ironically despite being released in a G2 sublineAnd RazorclawThe only other one I can think of is Ramjet from the Thrilling 30 days.
>>11665088Holy shit I actually found a possum Rattrap custom the other day. The guy had tons of customs like this but I didnt save then all
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>>11665368
>>11665362Horrorcon Waspinator also got a T30 toy. Here’s hoping we get Nemesis Prime (Big Convoy) and Spacewarp (Armada Jetfire) soon. I also wouldn’t mind a Horrorcon Blackarachnia or Armada Smokescreen>>11665365>>11665368Dang, these look really good.>>11665372His colors kind of make him look like Magnaboss to me
>>11665306what if you have the warped viewI didn't bring it up, I just agreed with the guy venting about something we see constantly, everywhere, because it's trendy. Trendy things are open for mockery, even if they're right.>>11665329oh yeah. That does make me feel betterthen again he only had to save his virginity for what, 20 years. I'm coming up on 30 years since it started working, and at this point it's more a 'how long will it still work / how many days a week is it working'depressing. easier when you're the son of god and know you need to die anyway, and it'd be kinda fucked to lay with one of your childrens.
>>11665365adorable and DEAD on accurate.. Perfect name, too.>>11665368unfortunate hands, but...
>>11664505Except for AoE where ILM just gave up and made Hasbro figure it out
>>11665329Actually, it’s never stated that Jesus was a virgin, just that he was a virgin birth. >>11665381>what if you have the warped view?Hmm, let’s see, random anons in a /tfg/ thread, or the DSM-5, which is backed up by thousands of psychologists and psychiatrists>>11665389Transformium was such a dumb concept, literally taking all the intrigue out of transforming
>>11665389i hate everything about aoe except for the one small fact that I want to motorboat aoe Prime's pecs
>>11665390yeah but it's fair to assume. the wife would have been mentioned.it was certainly WEIRD to have an unmarried rabbi at the time, but>dsm-5ahAHahahaha. anon. you're fucking with us, right?That thing literally changes its mind to call its previous statements of fact now psychotically wrong, every couple years.
>>11665389I maintain that was a meta joke on how people act like the movieformers are just shards of random metal. they were BAD and clearly not meant to be cool to the audience.
I want to buy the 3 sparkbots because somehow in the 90s I had Microchange robot versions of these things. Maybe a bootleg. But my country is fucked up and I'm afraid they'll jail me lmao.
>>11665410
I hope Newage does a upscale of Romulus because god knows Hasbro is never going to satisfy me with a G1 Megatron again.
>>11665410i'll make a cool island somewhere the moment they have islands that aren't fucking miserably hot.
>>11665422I hope newage does an accessory-less version of Romulus and sells it for normal leader price
A-list Bumblebee and Orion Pax were found at retail in Taiwan
>>11665329He was almost certainly married. He was a Jew; it was unacceptable for an adult Jewish man to NOT be married back then.
>>11665362Don't forget cancelled Halloween Horrorcon Blackarachnia.
>>11665437it's always been weird, and i'm sure everyone was throwing their daughter at himthen wondering why he said "it wouldn't be right. she's my daughter, too" just scratching their heads as he goes off with this entourage like a king but like the king of scruffy fishermen.
>>11665438They never made a Kingdoms repaint of her though
>>11665444This thread went in weird places today
>>11665451Transformers is a very religiony show! Even before you get into Primus and Unicron (But.. not nearly as much as after you get into Primus and Unicron)Quintessons, let my people roll out!
>>11665466Oh yeah I guess Prime keeps dying and coming back. And Primal felt like a cult leader in Beast Machines
>>11665557Really the only difference between cult leader and religious leader is how many people you scam
>>11665365>>11665368>>11665372yeah that's what i was talking about. Beast Wars has so much retool potential into more species even with the same molds on hand.
>>11665187if you're talking about Neo Hardhead, that tooling did make it over here in the west as Dinotron. so there's no reason not to do it.
>>11665187Its probably just money man. X character sold Y amount for Z profit.
>>11665368>Star Upper never everSad
>>11665644*tips fedora*
>>11665921Hey you're the one who saw God literally speak to Optimus and said "hmm looks like a cult leader to me"
look what I found at Wlamart today
>>11665996What is the point of a drink without sugar?
>>11666001to not get diabetes
>>11666001>this confuses the american
i have no idea what im doing....
Weird question but someone brought up Beast Machines and it made me think of weird shit. When Primal reformatted the entire planet did all the transformers become techno organic too? I mean I know they didnt in the universe comic but in the show was that the intent? Because what the fuck would a technoorganic car look like?
>>11666060>Horse ass
If Liege Maximo turns into a tank then I bet the Unicron Soldier is a retool of him as Cybertron Unicron.
>>11666077I think the implication is that they were, since Thrust was turned into a technorganic wasp. >Because what the fuck would a technoorganic car look like?TransTech, duh
Was away for the holidays, came back home to this guy. Clunky, near-unposeable 50-pound slab of plastic. I love him so much.
>>11665996>>11666053>>11666054>>11666060Based>>11666001To get moreF L A V O R
>>11666158Him Grimlock?
And now, something that hadn't been leaked.
>>11666173Another new line in addition to Overgear?Though this might just be them rerebranding their Generation releases since that's clearly their Lio Convoy they just released
>>11666158Finally, Missing Link Grimlock. Given they've been doing two releases of each character, what are the odds we're getting the original colors and the G2 (blue) colors for him?
>>11666191They'll be wringing something out of that mold, so the question is, did his cartoon deco have enough noticeably different from the G1 toy to have toy/cartoon decos like Optimus started the line with?
>>11666192In terms of the actual color layout? not particularly. In terms of sticker detail? yeah.I imagine we will get a cartoon version with flat colors and painted over detail.My question is.. who will they make into the diaclone pilot? They've already done Spike with sunstreaker and Danny with Ultra Magnus. Maybe sparkplug?
>>11666077>I mean I know they didnt in the universe comic but in the show was that the intent?I'm pretty sure that's what was intended, yes. We're told early on that Vector Sigma/The Oracle had decided that going Technorganic (NOT fully organic, like Primal had initially believed) was the only way for their species to advance. Having organic bits meant Cybertronians could now accept a far greater range of fuel sources other than bring reliant on solely Energeon, injuries could regenerate on their own instead of needing to be patched or replaced with spare parts, and reproduction no longer required searching for a Spark from a hotspot or needing a factory and raw materials to build a body to house it (or whatever the canon was at the time BM was made). The mechanical components would make them more durable, while the organic ones would give them more flexibility, this making it the logical next step in their evolution, and it's reasonable to believe Vector Sigma would have reformatted every lifeform on the planet to "upgrade" them rather than just stopping at the planet itself.
>>11666199>My question is.. who will they make into the diaclone pilot? They've already done Spike with sunstreaker and Danny with Ultra Magnus. Maybe sparkplug?Could just be a random Dianaut, like who they ended up partnering with Cordon.
>>11666192Off the top of my head I think the only difference would be sticker detail and red eyes vs blue eyes
>>11666204imagine if they make it a caveman
>>11666173>Transformers New Legends>New LegendsTakara Bros we are so back
>>11666092I like how in Japan they changed it so was Unicorn fused with the Ark and made Axalon from Beast wars out if Energon Sharkticon to go with him.
>>11666219Or they can do a weird inversion and make him a reverse-Pretender, modeling the dude after his old shell so that it pilots him this time.
>>11666158I hope we get the orange striped G2 Grimlock from this. But a blue one would be cool too.
>>11666225Who’s ready for more retcons from Sakamoto-san?
>>11666229They could also go with the super-rare light blue/turquoise one that was a late running change for his G2 toy, rather than the more common dark blue one that everyone is familiar with. It's now the only version of his original mold that hasn't received a modern toy.
>>11666157So RotF/DotM swappable one?>>11666158WEARESOFUCKINGBACK>>11666172Okay waitThis BETTER be a new mold and good cause so far every MPG Release has been dog>>11666173Huh?
>>11666158Would be cool to see a Diaclone blue deco version
>>11666172Not another Hot Rod again.
>>11666173Green lio convoy confirmed
>>11666256Maybe Flash Lio Convoy
>>11666252>Diaclone blue deco versionWhat? The silver one was the diaclone version?
>>11666259They’re talking about the original Diaclone deco, which had blue instead of the red of G1 Grimlock
>>11666257Maybe Galva Convoy
>>11666158When are we gonna get some Decepticons in Missing Link? And no, Nemesis Prime doesn't count, since he's just an easy repaint of ML Optimus.
>>11666241No they've been rat. Beast Wars almost had a dog but it was cheaper to turn Cheetor's model into another guy
>>11666157Hopefully they will release Skids and Mudflap
>>11666274You mean how Tigatron's whole role, personality and character slot were supposed to be Wolfang? Yeah, that sucked - especially since his whole lone wolf personality would have made more sense on an actual wolf character.
>>11666279To be fair, Tigatron's bio still work pretty well for the cartoon portrayal of the character. It’s just a shame that Wolfang's design never got to appear on tv (Telemocha and Max-B don’t count)
>>11666280I mean most year one Beast Wars bios are just >SLOTHLOR may be slow but he gives his foes REAL NIGHTMARES! CYBERTRONIAN SLASH SABER CLAWS can shred metal like paper, and hidden MISSILE LAUNCHERS make sure whatever is left of his enemies isn't HANGING AROUND for long! The rolling stone gathers no moss, and neither does this killer sloth!
>>11665423Will it have blackjack and hookers?
>>11666279>Airazor was supposed to be taking a knot instead of barbs
>>11666286Don’t forget>This is still totally the same Optimus and Megatron fighting the same war on Earth and these Beasts are GIGANTIC and regularly interact with humans.>>11666295I don’t know, Wolfhawk just doesn’t sound as good as Tigerhawk
>>11666299>Wolfhawk just doesn’t sound as good as TigerhawkYeah, but that wouldn't have happened, anyway - Silverbolt was already a thing by the time Tigerhawk (or 'wolfhawk') would have appeared, rendering him redundant.
>>11666303I wonder if they would have used a different Fuzor in that case so they didn’t have two wolves (I vote Bantor. Get it, since he’s the tiger Fuzor).
They will always be chickencat and dogduck for me.
>>11666308Would probably have been Torca to make sure that there was still a Deluxe-priced Fuzor in the show.
>>11666308>I vote Bantor.I vote Airhammer. Nothing cooler than a flying shark. It would have been great.
>>11666173>>11666225Big Convoy is definitely getting an improved release in this.
>"So we all know what were doing? Im on artillery, obviously."
I have an idea for an all beast convoys combiner using the base design of Magnaboss.- Lio Convoy: retool of Lio Jr/Prowl- Big Convoy: retool of Santon/Inronhide- Convobat: retool of Skywarp/SilverboltAnd the combined name could be Magna Convoy or Convoboss.
>>11666368>"I was gonna use my pterodactyl feet to maul them and then hit em with the ol Steve Irwin.">"nice."this new capcha is making me feel retarded
>>11666369There could also be a dark recolor version of this using:- Dark Amber Leo Prime- Black Big Convoy- Onyx Primal
>>11666372>"I was gonna use my horrifying appearance to stun them and then use tentacl-"
>>11666369>>11666374Takara already did Lio Jr in these colors.
>>11666382>"I was gonna pat 'em.">"what?">"you know, really pat 'em up!"
>>11666172Is this supposed to be Gen Style? That greebling on the spoiler doesn't look very toon accurate.
>>11666389very cute, I bet he gives great massages.
>>11666389>"ok...but whats that going to-">"I call this one the 'General Pattin!'"re-capcha: i got it now. maybe i am retarded. "a pair of what?"
>>11666172This looks like it's straight up an upscaled 86 roddy
>>11666419Yep, they’re doing OSS86 figures now
>>11666406>The water around Skalor's moist, lithe forefins begins to swirl and crackle. Unseen forces converge in a flash of light.>"Goddamnit you opened up a sea-time rift with your stupid, sexy hands!">"Fuck what are we gonna do?!">"Skalor, you fucking idiot!">"It's not SILVER, it's not GOLD, we gon' be straight 'PATTIN'EM!">"....*sigh*...alright. Everybody in."
>>11666434>"The Seacons are going on an adventure....through time!"Tbc
>>11666230Count me in>>11666280Better not look at the stats
>>11666400I imagine it sounds like a slice of bologna slapping a raw chicken.
>>11666368>>11666372>>11666382>>11666389>>11666406>>11666434>>11666438This is retarded. Please continue, I am looking forward to their continued adventures.
>>11666369>TR Alpha Trion>TR Apeface>TR ShufflerThat's my All-beasts Convoy
>>11666422I'm totally fine with this.
>>11666241>so far every MPG Release has been dogOne of them is not dog but rat. Only MPG I own and he's great.
>Can get some figures on discount.>Everything's so expensive now that it barely matters.I can't buy anything, I feel like I'll hate myself if I do. I can afford it, but these figures are not worth those prices.
Got some stuff for these two
Quintus is using 30MM Witchcraft weapon set, 2 of them. It's more like an expansion pack for his tentacles.
Micronus' a 3D-printed stand + effect part... a little pricey. I suppose you could also use them as an energy shield and a holder for the magic blue disc.
>>11666702That looks pretty sickAlso chuckling at the heap of Amalgamous parts just shoved to the side
>>11666730Yeah idk what to do with amogus. It's just not very fun compared to other partsformers.
>>11666702I might try some 30mm kits, blokees kit started something in me.
>>11666745Is attaching him to a bigger guy viable?
>>11666556The exceptionI wanted him and an Anon just made me want him moreI STILL have a Optimus Primal and never got ahold of anybody else>>11666663>>11666702>>11666707Fuck that's goodQuintus has Mushroom Peg hand and I want 3P Hinged hands for him really badlyI want that Micronus set
>>11666702>>11666707Pose Idea with Amalgamous and The Fallen?
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>>11666776>Fucked it againHow is it so hard to just continue a good clean OP? How are you slugs incapable of the most basic shit?
>>11666781Because all of them want to rush so they’ll be the first to post the new thread
>>11666781It's intentional, if you haven't figured it out by now.
>>11666781Who gives a shit.
What the fuck?!>"Masterpiece Movie," the top brand for Transformers films, is relaunching as "Masterpiece Movie Next"!><Pre-orders start on Wednesday, January 14, 2026!>>■ Masterpiece Movie Next MPMN-01 Sideswipe>■ Masterpiece Movie Next MPMN-02 Sideswipe G1 Red
>>11664538They made a figure that doubled as Side Burn and Shadow Striker, but the alt mode looks nothing like either of them. No idea what they were thinking.
>>11664500I dare a third party company to make a Dragonstorm that's actually made up of twelve figures.
>>11666092I've got a feeling they're working on Cybertron Unicron already, whether he's a Liege Maximo retool or not. They mentioned doing a Unicron that wasn't the traditional giant planet.
>>11667250Am I the only one that just doesnt give a shit about movie Sideswipe?
>>11668318Nope
