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>>11538397first for cyberworld enjoyers
>largest retail transformers assortment available since the 2010s>Not because its popular, but because nearly all of it is shelfwarming>most of the product doesn't even transform
>>11538432It's never been a better time to not buy toys anymore.
For impulse purchase, I say these two are pretty good The transformation is solid. the paint job is decent. It's only too bad that I won't be getting aerial bots for superion- but I might get either the harrier or F4 mold. The only issue I have is with megatronus. For some reasons the pinned hip joints are always loose in the sideway movements with larger figure. Even 86 Optimus prime is like this too. And the tank mode the chassis just way too thin, probably a budget thing. I think with the way it is designed and third party should be able to make a decent tank by adding more thickness. Anyway, I don't know why but when I play with both figures there were a bunch of loose tiny plastic chunks and pieces falling all over the place. And look closely it's like a 90% of the pinned holes still have the leftover pieces attached covering the hole. Are they really in that of a rush to get these out that they cannot even drill and punch the pins properly?
>>11538462out of the two deluxe aerialbot molds, slingshot is probably the better one in terms of transformation and alt mode cleanup. Firefight doesn't have an ugly headsculpt, so I'd wait for him.
Got my paints in. Any recommendation on how percentage to mix them? Here's Megatron's noggin to compare colors.
its over
>>11538504Start with the white and add a drop of gray you only need to mix a tiny bit. Do you have a pallet?
My hasbro pulse Sky-Byte
>>11538534He's so silly.
>>11538508I wonder why Hasbro doesn’t want it?
got vortex todayI dont care if i have problems with work produtivity or with market or with life.Im just glad i will be able to own and afford Bruticus becuase it will be coming out one by one.Have to save up for Onslaught because it will be $100+ toy but it's not a big deal
>>11538513Yep. This was the result. Also went and painted the upper corner of the nose/eyes and the small bits at the sides that were unpainted.
Got a new phone so I figured I'd post a pic. No new toys tho, lol.While I like a good deluxe car-bot, I think Transformers scale gets more fun when cars are micromaster-sized. I feel like it lets the bigger size classes really shine.
Should i invest in SS86 Grimlock reissue?like buy 4 of them and wait for 5 years. pretty sure he will be more expensive when in mint condition.
>>11538558Invest in Ultra Magnus
>>11538397>Sea wins>retards on forums start going DUDE THEY CAN MAKE SHOCKWAVE A DINOSAURWhat part of SEA are they not understanding?
>>11538554I've got the Decepticon repaint of that big Seaspray, that's a good mold. I bet that Armorhide would fit in his vehicle mode bed, RotF Breacher does.
>>11538563Anything goes as long as its aquatic.
>>11538563>What part of SEA are they not understanding?what part of SEA SPINOSAURS _ you _ don't understand???in that latest movie spinos literally were in a sea all the time
People are still having the mindset that this is going to be some ultra creative fanart tier design when really it'll just be Skybyte in purple with a head swap.
>>11538508I swear, if this makes it hard to get Armada Nemesis...
Personally hope for a blue whale Shockwave, you can use those brush teeth they have to make up his chest.
>>11538432One of my local Walmarts had>Slingshot>Bonecrusher>ScavengerBut I didn't feel like chasing the rest of the parts so I just passed on them.
>>11538572>Sharkwave
>>11538565>>11538567Still a land animal.
Did people pick Sea still hoping for a Hearts of Steel Shockwave?
>>11538611No, people wanted a fan made spinosaurus (modern) design that keeps getting posted. Hasbro is aware is aware of it and ouright said they weren't touching fan designs.
>>11538616Spinosaurus is overrated anyway.
>>11538534Got mine yesterday, and I love him! He's a good modern update, though I know some people didn't care for the way the tail looks.He's actually got some room for (unintended) weapon storage in both modes - you can hide his gun in his shark upper jaw in robot mode (the grooves clip in to the notches), and there's a gap behind his robot torso where you can tuck it in under his shark halves in beast mode if you want his mouth clear for biting things.
>>11538622Also, I love that they gave him a neck joint so he can do his goofy upright pose.
>>11538620It isn't even one of the 5 stock dinosaurs.
>>11538622>>11538623I'm a little concerned about his shoulder pads. It feels as is they could easily stress like the center part of SS86's Devastator's chest piece where the wings attach.
>>11538627Blame Jurassic Park for pushing it so bad. In the second worst movie, to boot.Personally I'd go with a plesiosaur.
>>11538622God DAMN I'm a chunky little chungus
>>11538630Paddles is never getting a worthwhile figure, deal with it.
>>11538632I mean for Shockwave, although it doesn't fit him at all.
>>11538550Looks good.
>>11538534Nice of them to finally send it to you. I wonder if they had their employees hunting for it at Walmart
>>11538432My Walmart's shelves are still stocked with nothing but TFOne figures.
>>11538550Good mixing to color match, but you needed to thin your paint more, it's a bit rough looking.
>>11538606https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_reptile
Man, between pre-orders coming in, Wal-Mart and Target pickups, and marketplace deals, I have had a great couple of weeks
>>11538710Lalah Sing is my favorite Decepticon.Also I got Scorponok's rerelease the other day. Feels good, man.
>>11538714Beyond the time, with Vector Prime
>>11538442yeah I can't really complain, I had money when shit was coming out, and now when I have less money, less shit is coming out.
>>11538534ah the ol head-droppin' turtles technology is back!>>11538550I can't tell the difference but awesome>>11538683you really don't need to thin vallejo, it surfactantizes on its own.. as you can see, it has made a surface so smooth that it's shining. which part looks rough exactly? Because to me, his eyes look rough.
>>11538572>another 'does not know how shins work' lightningbolt-legged designit's so wearisome..>>11538567that looks so dumb. i've definitely seen longer legged skeletons than that.
>>11538622er.. his gun going in his mouth is intentional, isn't it? didn't the original toy do that?>>11538630second best* movienot sure how you biffed that..
>>11538683>le thin your paints meme It's not 2010, thinning paints is not a thing any more.
>>11538729>which part looks rough exactly? Because to me, his eyes look rough.
>>11538731>his gun going in his mouth is intentional, isn't it?In Beast Mode, yes, and it still does that. The difference is that it attaches to his lower jaw (which becomes his feet in robot mode), but it also now can slot into his upper jaw on his back while in robot mode to store it, which is new.
>>11538734You do with most brands still. I've never used Vallejo though.
>>115387313 was not good. Only reason its not the worst is Dominion exists.
>>11538730Retard
>>11538683Any tips? >>11538550The og pic.
>>11538730>i've definitely seen longer legged skeletons than that.Those were fake bones added as guesses. We didn't find a Spinosaurus specimen with its legs or tail until quite recently.Everything in pink is all we had of Spinosaurus during its initial discovery; the yellow is stuff that came from related species (Baryonyx and Suchomimus) that was misidentified as Spinosaurus. The stuff in blue is what was found recently as of 2022, and the stuff in white has never been found and is entirely guesswork based on what we know other members of its family looked like. Sadly, this is the reality behind most fossil reconstructions you see in museums - they're mostly guesses based on a few scattered fragments here and there, hence why they're constantly subject to change as new specimens containing previously unknown fragments are discovered.
>>11538765It's hard to give hand painting tips simply because a lot of it is just leaning over time. You probably just had too much paint on the brush and didn't smooth it out because it looks a little like a lump to me. Again, I've not used Vallejo so I can't comment, but it reminds me of just needing your paint thinned a little. Don't take it as a harsh criticism, it probably isn't even visible looking at the figure from any distance other than inspecting it closely.
>>11538734??? ??????? ??
>>11538710Looks like Lalah found herself in the wrong franchise.
>>11538710Oh hey thanks for snagging that G2 Leadfoot for me. My shipping address is-
I'd like to share that I made some simple asses for my Road Rocket and Lasercycle
>>11538734I mean here's the thing about paint, and I learned this the hard wayyou want a huge variety of bright, vibrant colors? you're buying paint meant for ~doing paintings~it's cheap, but it's thick and goopy, and you have to really thin it out to get any kinds of results. The problem? there's very little pigment in there. it's relying on the thick goopy medium to carry it, but once thinned out, it's gonna take a billion coatsvallejo type shit is meant for ~miniatures~Shit where you might only have one chance to get something painted properly, using a cat's whisker to make a pupil, so it has to make the first time count. It's a different -kind- of thick. more like interior house paint. and it has a surfactant that makes it spread out nice and evenly, even as it clings like a motherfucker. You can get most shit done in one or two coats, and that's including priming. but of course all that pigment means it costs a lot more, and it's harder to find the really bright colors.
>>11538739okay fair, though I'm not sure that's a brush mark. it looks almost perfectly circular and perfectly centered.>>11538740oh kickawesome. thanks for the clarific80, m80.
>>11538765wait NOW what's that on his chin?>>11538768bullllshit. i've also seen 9 different mutually exclusive versions of the spine layout. they're making it up as they go. those limbs don't match whatsoever. no animal has such massive foredigits and gracile hind digits. They rely on the same genes to generate in the egg.>2022well i don't know anything that new anyway. I'm talking about before that, obviously.also Baryonyx is fucking cool and should get to be in dinosaur movies.
>>11538849Dude the Vallejo game colors are next to impossible to find. I thank God yellow was stocked up at Hobby Lobby.
>>11538785i was so hoping I could mix cheaper paint with this to get something akin to vallejo's regular stuff. alas, I think it does the opposite.>>11538847BOOTY BUTT BOOTY BUTT BOOTY BUTT CHEEKS!so in the altmode does that become a little mousepad that sits on the passenger's seat for a little.. yknow, stress relief in traffic? er wait, they're motorcycles..
>>11538855I went for the full set. I have so much gold and silver now. Which is good, because I do a lot of "paint a metallic layer down then a clear candy coat of alcohol or lacquer-based paint over that"
I never really did much with the era, but I've been thinking about going back and collecting Armada era minicon combiners. Skyboom Shield, Requim Blaster, Star Saber, you all know the gang. How well do modern figures hold them? How do they look in those hands?And besides Perceptor and the three/four weapon molds, were there any other notable minicon combiners from the era?
>>11538855>>11538857noob question but do either of you sand before you paint? Like just the regular bare plastic?
>>11538861Just wait for the new ones.
>>11538868>eh just wait for this crunchy little kino to slap on out once it's ready for one hell of a cowabunga time to be had
>>11538854>bullllshit.I assure you that's the truth. First thing's first, you've never seen an actual dinosaur bone, not even in a museum - they don't display them. What you've seen are casts, and again, most dinosaur fossils are actually missing close to 70% of their actual skeletons - the rest of what you're seeing are mockups either based on the corresponding parts from other specimens that happened to have the piece in question, or otherwise entirely made-up based on the scientists' best guesses for what they looked like. We had no idea what Spinosaurus' actual legs, hips, and tail looked like until the most recent fossil discovery in 2022 turned them up, so every skeleton on display before then had made-up legs. Same with the sail - we technically don't have a full one yet, though between the initial find and the newest one we're getting close. The only 100% confirmed part of Spinosaurus' arms and hands we have are two finger bones right now 0 the other bits are POSSIBLY Spinosaurus bones, but could also be from a Sucho - not enough bones were found at that site to confirm the species with certainty. This is how Paleontology works (or rather, how Paleontology proceeds to make shit up as it goes, hence why our view of certain dinosaurs is always changing).
>>11538862sanding before painting is for wood or 3d printed shit (the plastic kind, resin doesn't need it)
>>11538901anon, I'm fucking aware of that.in fact it sounds like you agree with meTHINK for a second. do those forelimbs look capable of supporting the body on land whatsoever? Do you actually think bipedal locomotion could work with a body 18 times longer than the legs.. try to imagine it walking around.this is the dumbest shit since that belly ribs bullshit.
>>11538924NTA, but isn't the whole reason why those guys are thought to live in the water is that they don't seem good at walking on land?
>>11538927Those are clearly theropod legs. they sit vertically under the body. How is that compatible with being primarily aquatic? what, does it doggy paddle them while the rest of its body undulates side to side?>fucking dino dachshundsirresponsible breeding.
>>11538928If it has a sail, maybe it floats and lets the wind carry it around.
>>11538927"we don't know how it works so it must have been living in water" is such classic dinosaur thinkin'
>>11538930Okay that's just adorable.
If you don't like Bumper being a the Studio Series mold, the head ball sockets are completely comptable with the Earthrise mold. Useful if you still have the extra Bumblebee from that one four pack that had Fangry.
>>11538928Current theory has them hunting near coastlines, or bodies of water that aren't too deep.
>>11538974Anon, I'm okay with it being roughly a crocodilethe point I'm making is those legs make zero sense, in that shape, on that body, unless there are also forelimbs that he can walk on, quadrupoid style.those classic spike-thumbed spino mitts absolutely would not work, they're theropod arms. Look at the scapular process. Look at the forearms. There's no way he's knucklewalking like an anteater. The legs just do not fit.
>>11538984Don't worry about it. People in the 22nd century will probably think everyone alive now is a retard who doesn't understand anything about the past.
>>11539005they sure as fuck do that now, yeah.. guys, Socrates. Watch Bill and Ted, they sum him up pretty well.that lil guy reminds me of some of those like 2000s-era restorations of Carnotaurus, when he was first hot shit, where they gave him like a double length torso and a stubby tail, so he looked ridiculous and unbalanced.
>>11538710you got THAT amount just over 2 weeks?i got that in 2 years and think i'm buying too many toys.
I got two new, and very different, Megatrons this week
>>11539069You can never transform that BW one, ever. He's pretty much guaranteed to snap in half at the waist for no reason in particular at this point.
>>11539078Seems fine to me
>>11539083You've been warned. He suffers from gps, and it's a known thing that the tension in his torso eventually causes it to snap. The only version of the mold that doesn't have that issue is the Armada Predacon version, who uses a different plastic.
>>11539084The Japanese Megatron is fine too, it's only the US release that has GPS.
>>11538861It's still all 5mm pegs. Only issue I can see is that these weapons can be quite heavy so the Legacy toys with floppy joints like Armada Starscream, Vector Prime may have difficulty holding them up.
>>11539159Also early versions of Star Saber have this shallow and loose connection at the hilt area, so you may want to wait for the new one. You can work around this by attaching the legs of the middle guy to the hilt.
Guys I love Seekers and the TF-1 Starscream is AWESOME!I am going to order x3 and I would everyone seeing this to also get x3 so then Hasbro will feel encouraged to make ALL THE SEEKERS!!>can you help me out?
>>11539083Why did Hasbro skip TM1 Megs when remaking the BW toys? Considering the gPS issue it made more sense than the dragon.
>>11539078>>11539084That's obviously the takara release that uses a different kind of plastic, no gps on that one.
>>11539221Because they had already put out Optimal Optimus.
>>11539005>People in the 22nd century will probably think everyone alive now is a retard who doesn't understand anything about the past.They'll be right, too.
>>11538583Whether or not PulseCon happens, their exclusives are always really easy to get.
>>11538550Nice match. I got away with using a white Gundam Marker and just smearing it till the color matched. I think I'm going to try and find a Tamiya spray or something that matches, maybe matte, and just strip his face and then use that. I don't like the glossy face.
>>11538629I'm gonna be honest, I don't think they will unless you REALLY fuck up by pulling on the joints. I only believe this because I was trying to tighten the joint on my first copy with a pin puncher because it is loose as fuck and I abused the shit out of that area because there's no real flat place to put the anchor end and not even so much as a mark.Ended up just taking one of the plastic ties from his packaging and wrapping it inside of the joint and that held pretty good. Pretty funny that my first copy had loose shoulders and my second copy had really nice shoulder tolerances but the paint on the chest was a little fucked.
>>11539221I think one of the interviews with one of the designers (probably the late John Warden RIP) they specifically mentioned a lot of interest for TM1 Megatron so if we get them at all, I'm sure he is a definite.
>>11539402
>>11539402>Pokémon evolution.jpg
>>11539402I realize that the posing is doing a lot of the legwork for this complaint, but this looks like such a clear downgrade to me. Also I like smol dudes
>>11539403>Father and Son enjoy the weekend together.jpg
>>11539406>It just gets bigger
What Micron is this senpai
>>11539487One of the guys from the Skyboom Shield but I don't recognize that translucent variant.
>>11539487https://www.tfu.info/2006/Mini-Con/Six-Speed/six-speed.htm
>>11539403>>11539402i never understood why people excited for the new watersprayThe legends one is cooler and more interesting looking
>>11539503Because the last one came out 8 years ago.
>>11539513You can still buy it for 15eur + free (freeee) shippingit's piss cheap just like other Legend classes of that timethe new one legit looks like a kids bathroom toy (i guess it fits lol) compared to the smaller but more detailed one
>>11539519And if you search that in North America, the cheapest option is 17+ (not free) shipping. Also it is the western Titans Return version, not the Transformers Legends version depicted in the photo. The whole point of cycling out characters is that people who are new will buy ones.
>>11539522>And if you search that in North America, the cheapest option is 17+ (not free) shippingtop kek>>11539522>The whole point of cycling out characters is that people who are new will buy ones.yeah but they could at least make it...good?it shouldn't have been mogged by a smaller and cheaper toy
>>11539526That's a bootleg.
>>11539527Im sorry you bought a shitty new version anon.
>>11539528I'm already mad I bought a shitty old version.
>>11539503Having had both of them in hand, I vastly prefer the new mold. My only visual problems are that his waist is slightly off-center and he's got some gorilla arms Otherwise he's much more proportional and really isn't lacking in sculped detail, he makes the legends look stumpy and spindly and awkward
>>11539543You think he's going to get a creature from the black lagoon retool to continue the collab series, or is that over?
>>11539503https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_scarcity
>>11539543The new one looks cheap. Like it's a 3rd party transformer. it has that "chinese 3rd party model" feel- big- less details- glossy feel- those 2 fucking peg-holes on his arms- those simple windows on his legs- that head with that empty dark void vizorIt literally just >NEW GOOD OLD BADautism which is common in TF-community.>>11539530please commit sudoku when you are ready <3
Anon really is throwing the entire fishing rod in. Its cute.
I just want a lifesized Browning, because its funny he’s a midget
>>11539570The little Seaspray doesn't even have his shins defined other than a hinge. That is the opposite of mechanical detailing.
>>11539570Chinese third party models look like this.
>>11539487With some modifications that could be the 89 Batmobile.
>>11539592You people think any racecar can become the Batmobile.
>>11539589>Chinese third party models look like this.like spiky overdesigned slop?Yeah that too.It's literally either>oooolook at all those plates and pointy things and ultra details when transformers somewhat look G1 but at the same time have Micheal Bay level of slop-detailsor>Big but undetailed which somehow makes them look cheap despite price
>>11539592That's...not even close
>>11539595Only white people like the later. Ones that aim for actual Chinese people uniformly favor the former.
>>11539084>>11539136it's not GPS, it's the black parts that break, the copper parts (or in the case of japan, rose gold) are fine. it's an engineering issue, one that seems to have just been improved in the japanese and armada versions.
>>11539406>Prikum -> Seemin -> Spuuge -> Mega Spuuge
>>11539596It's the first thing i thought too>>11539594in an ideal world..
You ever have those epiphanies where you suddenly understand how to transform a mold effortlessly? It just happened to me with SS86 Jazz
>>11539642not since the 90s
>>11539628You guys really need to expand your pool of references, that minicon just looks like a generic 24h LeMans racecar. The cockpit(?) is not even in the right position.
>>11539642SS86 Dinobots for me.
>>11539592We already had that.
i like toys that can kick back and relax
>>11539685oh THAT'S.. okay, I wasn't sure what I was looking at, but now that you say that's the cockpit, yeahhh that would need to move back.
>>11539700
>>11539722nice, optimus deserves to take a load off
>>11539697Americans don’t know about turbomasters
>>11539700There there, tell all your problems to Dr. Needlenose.
>>11539737>doc, my legacy figure sucks
>>11539722>Based Optimus making Huffer do the dirty work.Fuck Huffer!
>>11539642Pretty much most transformers figures I own. Except for agent knight. I can't figure out how to transform the arms without the ball joint popping off on the left arm. Oh well.
Why hasn't my studio series '86 Ultra Magnus arrived from BBTS yet? I ordered a few weeks ago.
>>11538397Wait what is this shockwave shit? Where can I vote for this thing?
>>11539805Instagram
>>11539503>i never understood why people excited for the new watersprayI owned the original decades ago and wasn't around for any of the updates until now, so much like the Constructicons and the Dinobots, this is the first opportunity I have to get a modernized version of him without paying aftermarket prices. It's really not that hard to understand.
>>11539825Fair 'nuff, it's why I got Scoop back in T30, I had the original as a kid and wanted a new version. I probably wouldn't even get a newer one if they made it now, unless they did the other double-targetmasters and they didn't look good with T30 Scoop.
>>11539625>it's not GPS, it's the black parts that breakGPS got its name from the metallic swirled gold plastics that were known to crumble, but the term itself isn't restricted to just gold plastic itself. Any toy that's made with faulty plastics that rapidly degrade in a short period of time is said to have GPS, regardless of whether or not the crumbling plastic in question is actually gold.So yes, he suffers from GPS.
>>11539864untrue. GPS is only used to describe swirled plastics. are you saying this black was metallic swirled?There's a similar brittleness issue with some red plastics used in plamo, but that is always called red plastic syndrome. It's suspected to have a different cause, but it might be similar, like there's an excess of pigment powder destabilizing the plastic.
>>11538868>Pulsecon exclusive>Pulsecon cancelledGrim.>>11539083>DestronBased.
>>11539881>Destronthe fitness-minded should always accept when one invites you to your housebecause then you will be Destron guest
>>11539864AIDS used to describe a specific autoimmune disease but now it is used to describe all posts where people just make shit up.Lets get back on topic, whats the worst color of Transformer?
>>11539947Orange.
>>11539947Hasbro White
>>11539957Fuck you, palt. Scoop
>>11539642I don't transform any of my figures all that often, but the one that I've had the easiest time with recently is the Legacy Needlenose/Windsweeper mold. It's a fairly simple one though.
>>11539503I have g1 seaspray, titans return seaspray, and the new one was a day 1 buy for me.The engineering on the legs of tr were definitely needing improvement. Very disjointed, they don't look like proper legs.I also wanted more clearance between his head and his fan frame.>>11539543As you can see here, the fan frame as a whole was greatly improved. The larger scale allowed thinner pieces, not to mention those fancy propellers.
>>11539947burgundy/maroon unless it's a beast mode or Rodimus Primehot rod looks shit unless he's hot pink or at least cherry red and I'll die on this hill
https://x.com/raptron1978/status/1959822978880819415
>>11540009that doesn't embed. wanna give us a hint?
>>11540011NTA, upgrade to 4chan XT.
>>11540012no thanks, 4chan x works fine..
>>11540011Embeds fine for me, and I'm not using any extensions.
>>11539083>DestronOh neat, the Japanese version doesn't have the same issue, so you SHOULD be safe.
>>11540011It also works for me, and I am using an extension.
>>11540016the fuck you say>>11540021well not 4chanx 1.14.22.5 you're not
>>11540013Doesn't sound like it works fine, now does it?
>>11539852Scoop was a huge fucking shelf warmer, so much so that Hasbro killed any further Double Targetmaster figures even though they made a dedicated pair of molds for the Nebulous, resulting in the TF Fanclub having to make them, resulting in those figures costing $300-400 a pop.
Do I want backwards legs Wheeljack?
>>11538630>>11538632>>11538632i rather see shockwave as a mosasaur. maybe even something stranger like an ichthyosaur or liopleurodon
>>11539870>untrue. GPS is only used to describe swirled plastics. are you saying this black was metallic swirled?Not him, but the Hasbro version wasn't black but very dark brown. Takara changed that for black. No visible swirls though, just wanted to clarify that.
Goes back in time, steps on Cyberbug
Next collab
>>11540195I say make him either an Anomalocaris or some other prehistoric arthopod. The creepier, the better.
Man, knowing I'll have to wait weeks for a reply from consumer care, then even wait even longer to get fixes for Omega Prime just blows. I can't back another Haslab, this is just stressful.
>second commander in 2026 is Monstructor, possibly core classSauce Jtprime>>11540264Same and I will buy it in the end. At least Liokaiser might be good qc wise, next one I doubt.
>>11540278>second commander in 2026 is Monstructor, possibly core class>Sauce JtprimeDidn’t the same guy already say that it was Armada Jetfire?
>It's me, evil Optimus Prime.
>>11540302We had GS listings and it's that oneOh I forgot we got two in mainline
>>11540304Season 3 Heavy Iron? Looks cool.
Rev up those photoshops, it's monster time.
>>11540323ehhh monstructor being dinosaurs is kinda gay.
>>11540328They already confirmed Monstructor will be heavily retooled, back in a stream this year.
>>11538397Last round of votes are openSea creature has a strong lead, with submarine in second place
>>11540333Yeah dumbfucks are convinced Sea Creature is somehow going to be a spinosaurus. Just absolute fucking idiots. I hope Sea Creature wins and it’s like an anglerfish just to see people rage
>>11540352i hope it's a beautiful mermaid with tits huge like shockwave's
>>11540352It's gonna be a squid Quintus Prime retool.
>>11540352If I had a nickel for every time beast wars faggots ruined a fan poll, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice
>>11540352>and it’s like an anglerfish just to see people rageDesigners would need to turn their comments off and tfw jannies could not survive it
the issue is that "creature" is so vague every retard is going go vote for it hoping it's the thing they specifically wantthey should have just made two specific aquatic animal options and two specific aquatic vehicle options
>>11540381And provide us with artworks so we know what we vote for
Remember when we voted to have a fembot but John Warden made her Kabuki-themed, which historically had dudes playing female characters?
>>11540384Fan votes where designers have way too much creative freedom are fuckedAnd now I will enjoy my copium on Spinowave
>>11540203Isn't Arcee too adult for Wednesday? Maybe Morticia.
>>11540352Anglerfish are cool. And Beast Wars has shown it is okay to give feminine altmodes to guys.
>>11540352>>11540381I'm voting for sea creature just because it's essentially another wild card option
>>11540384You mean Windblade is actually A-A-A.....
>>11540331Wonder what they'll call the team. They're not Pretenders anymore.
>>11540445Monster Decepticons? Monstructor Six? Core Monsters?
>>11540453Eh, just call the the Monstercons
Just found out my copy of studio series 86 perceptor is missing paint on his left shoulder... so now do I paint it, or just buy another and take it back...
>>11540465Sweatshop kids are getting sloppy lately
>>11540445Box only uses Monstructor and individual names to sidestep the issue.
>>11540471We need a name! Give us a name!
>>11540463THE MONSTROSICONS!
>>11540444Certainly seems that way!
>>11540465If you can get a replacement then definitely do that. Painting the grey wouldn’t be the most difficult thing though, assuming you know what you’re doing.
Air Raid is currently $18.99 on Amazon US.
I'm thinking about making a custom splendid convoy out of the animated optimus mold, 3d printed power master prime armor, and some 3d printed waist/hip extensions (I'd have to whip these up).
>>11540406I said it jokingly but honestly it could be rad, like the light on the stem is somehow Shockwave’s monoeye
>>11540445They'll probably still call them Pretender monsters. The pretender label is used very liberally nowadays.
Primachads...
rate my transformers collection
>>11538542it's the new rules on imports swinging in, a lot will be changing in the coming months
>>11540697....what does that have to do with not doing pulsecon?
>>11540695Very dark
>>11540695Ecclectic, you've assembled ones you like with no clear rhyme or reason beyond your whimsy. 10/10 but turn on a light, anon
>>11540672they're pretending to be Pretenders
>>11539408You can say that about most modern "minibots", Brawn and Warpath are the only legit upgrades so far.
>>11540729>hey wait a sec, these guys are just regular monsters! they're not robots in disguise at all!
>>11540726>you've assembled ones you like with no clear rhyme or reasonThey're all PrimesCode cracked
>>11540197thank you, that does help clarify
>>11540304>Optimus Crime
>>11540749I recognize no Prime but Optimus.
>>11540278Guess providing a metric fuckton of information and pics really saved my ass, because they replied and I already have the replacements on backorder. I really got the shortstop on qc, even my Optimus had yellowing.
>>11540828Nice.I thankfully don’t have problems with Optimus or Magnus but I’m still getting replacements. Hasbro are desperate to make right on this so it doesn’t kill Haslab.
I still haven't opened my Omega Prime, but I also have a second copy (also unopened) which I'm gonna sell.I've no idea what state either is in, so if I sell one and it has QC issues, would my buyer be able to contact Hasbro Pulse for replacement parts? Or would I have to on their behalf, since it was originally my order?Also, is there any kinda deadline for getting replacements from Hasbro?
>>11540695Well that's just primes
>>115406957.5/10 too much darkness
>>11540835Your buyer couldn’t do anything on their own, Hasbro requires you to confirm the order number and original delivery address to get the replacement. I would absolutely recommend contacting Hasbro now and locking in your replacements, even if you have no noticeable defects. I just told them I wanted replacements in case something came up in the future and I’m getting them.And IIRC at one of the recent conventions the Hasbro team did say there was a deadline but didn’t give a date.
>>11540853i hate that we have to do stuff like that now
>>11540835No, you made the original order so he'd be fucked. You either need to open them and check the status on them (and you should since we don't know how long they'll be sending replacements) or tell the buyer to send you pics and do the whole process on his behalf.
>>11540853>>11540857Alright thanks for the advice frends, I'll contact them and ask for replacements later today then :)In that case if I sell it, should I just immediately send my replacement copy so there'd be guaranteed no issues, or send the original purchase (and follow up with the replacement if there is an issue)?
>>11540856At least an anon confirmed they're still sending out confirmation emails for the replacement parts as of today so my recommendation is:-Open everything-Check to see if they're complete-Take pictures of any issues you come across-Take pictures of the numbers stamped on the brown boxes-Take pictures of the product number codes (Ultra Magnus has it behind the backpack, Optimus has his on the buttflap).-Also important, make sure you put your shipping address on the consumer care site. They didn't ask for one when they responded, so the one used on the site will likely be used to ship the items.
>>11540874indeedI actually meant more broadly. it sucks that I have to open everything the moment I get it, because something could always go wrong. And if it does, I need to return it asap. i'll feel like an idiot if I waited even a few hours. But if everything is fine, I'll wish i'd waited. but something goes wrong ALL the time.
>>11540352>I hope Sea Creature wins and it’s like an anglerfish just to see people rageI would love an anglerfish Transformer. But then, I have always preferred beast alt modes to vehicle ones, so I'll be happy with pretty much anything so long as the boring and uninspired Submarine doesn't win.
>>11540991same. i wish we got more fish modes since they have to be easy to engineer, their bodies don't have to move much
>>11540384She's pretty clearly a geisha though.
>>11540445Let's call 'em "Fakers" instead.
>>11538397>>11540352>hope Sea Creature wins and it’s like an anglerfish just to see people rageAn angler fish sounds perfect for soundwave though. The light on the antenna would be like his monoeye. Pick a stupider area creature like a sea cucumber or a gay purple dolphin or something.
>>11540378>Designers would need to turn their comments off and tfw jannies could not survive itWhy would an anglerfish make people mad?
>>11540465Careful - if you take it back, they may swap it for a shelfwarming Que "of equal value" instead. Better off just fixing the problem yourself.
For me its Shockwave Spidercrab. But really there are so many good underwater animals you'd have to actually try here to make it a stupid choice. Like a Tuna or something.
>visit Walmart for the first time in months>shitloads of Red Alerts shelfwarming>Bayformers Ques next to him>5+ rows of kiddie crap >bumblebee drone thing?>Optimus Prime that I don't need/wantIt has never been easier to not buy transformers.
>>11540999>a gay purple dolphinA dolphin would be kino, too, though - not necessarily because it would fit Shockwave, but because it would be one 3D-printed head-swap away from giving us a NAVI-ko at last. Given it's Shockwave we're talking about, the mold would already have a big, noticable bust, so...
>>11541005Logical
>>11541005sadly there's no way to make this a robot, but i want it anyway best you could do is a different member of the spider crab family.
>>11541023And then we have the Lego Soundwave designer saying this. People sure is obsessed with representation.
>>11541033these people are going to feel real fuckin stupid someday
>>11541001This. Never get a replacement from Pulse. Always buy a new one and then return the defect.
>>11541033Like half of Transformers have something that would be irregular among humans. That isn't much of a feat.
>>11541005>Spidercrab Shockwave>It's just Legacy Tarantulas with a monoeye.
>>11541005>>11541032Just use Rampage's transformation scheme.
>>11541033As an autist, I don't think autism representation counts when it's a robot. They're just like that naturally, so it's hard to see them as an outlier.
>>11541061For a token robot in a series about humans that makes sense to not count one, but when everyone is a robot with human-like personalities that is understandable.
>>11541046I just remembered how cool the beta rampage was
>>11541068
>>11541046Stick the robot on the underside of the crab?
>>11541068studio series beast wars concept art when, hasbro??
The paint on optimus is nice and everything is solid but honestly I'm kinda disappointed with his transformation, like they could have done more with the legsSomehow Jazz is my favourite from this set eventhough I wasn't expecting anything at all from him
>>11541130Earthrise OP's biggest strength is how simple his transformation is, honestly. Decent looking in both modes with such a simple transformation..
>>11541068>>11541070much more logical than what we got>>11541046so just a tiny little body wearing a huge crab thenyeah think about that, with the spider crab. the thing that is all legs and barely any body. it'd be like this but worse.
>>11541144I honestly cannot disagree moreHis legs are apretty huge failure point in the design, changed for absolutely no reason when the siege did everything they already needed toThe original trailer hitch is now some vestigial, asymmetrical part that serves no purpose, and his thigh gas tanks are fiddly as hell and are way too small and thus leave a huge gap. They did this for NO reason, the siege legs were perfectly fine! They had everything they needed, and a cool little transformation that filled all the gaps in BOTH modes, and swung the wheels areound for extra flair! They could've just retooled them! But no, let's add a second fucking trailer port, some shitty gas tanks and make his legs do absolutely nothing! Let's fuck his proportions while we're at it
>>11541293YES! YES! YEEEEESSSSS!
>>11541293Man, this is going to be so expensive to import...
>>11541231And then they partially reused those legs and fucked up g2 Prime even harder.
And him?
>>11541399Why my manga backwards?
ratswe're ratswe're the rats
>>11541436Rats off to ya!
>>11538397>Megatron: THE AUTOBOTS ARE PRESSING THE ATTACK! WE MUST RETREAT, DECEPTICONS, BUT WE CANNOT SWIM!>the humble sea alt mode Shockwave:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTt2mEH7vFc
>>11541468>WE MUST RETREAT, DECEPTICONS, BUT WE CANNOT SWIM!Didn't they literally have an entire underwater city they were living in?
what is the best core class figure and why is it iguanus (or bomb burst if you prefer a flying vehicle)
Even if Pulsecon is cancelled we can still get Nemesis Prime from Takara
>>11541501Depends on where you're ordering from. Since it's not from Hasbro, you'll have to import it, and I just got a million emails from various sites warning that shipping to the US is being suspended because they don't want to deal with the de minimus bullshit that goes into effect in three days.
>>11541302>they're doing DCS Skywarp / InsecticonsInstant pre-order.
>>11541293Boy, can't wait to never afford him. Hope everyone else can have fun with him though.>>11541436>pic related>>11541510Hope someone realises this, and buys up a ton. I feel like I'll be paying aftermarket prices.
>>11541534You sure you want it? Aside from ludicrous prices, they're apparently doing a target 3 pack next year.
>>11541559Given how impossible Skywarp is to find at non-rape prices, 9 out of 10 people buying the Takara 4 pack will most likely be buying it simply for him.
Thrust is the one I couldn't get. Reissue but not US-exclusive when?
>>11541569Do people want that Skywarp that badly when they're finally retiring the ER seeker mold and we know they'll do an 86 Skywarp?
>>11541569New mold Skywarp is gonna be a general release. The only thing is you need to wait till next year to get him.>>11541571You may have to until we get the coneheads in the new seeker mold.
>>11541571I’ve seen a few people mention about wanting a Thrust reissue when he is being reissued. Is it a UK only thing?
>legacy strongarm firesaling for $5so there's something fucked up about her specifically, right?
>>11541399Power Buggy?
>>11541573I wonder if a lot a people are really just too tired to start all over again with a new Seeker lineup. It's not like you just buy the one.
>>11541738Where at?
>>11541738nah they package refreshed her far too quickly.
>>11541752I’ll get three. Four if they finally make Sunstorm. I’m quite happy to stick with the ER Coneheads, I like the area of having them on different molds from the main Seekers.
>>11541752I never got a Classics Skywarp and the prospect of buying them all again, then again later just burned me out. Fuck that, the obsession is waning.
>>11541293>>11541399I'm torn on getting this or waiting for diaclone colors. I haven't been going for the anime variations, but I want a blue Powered Buggy to hang out with Arcee.
>>11541537What's Rattrap doing in the back rooms
>>11541501Who are the other guys?
>>11541892star saber trio
Did a test paint on Wheeljack's spoilers to recreate RtS Bee's arm kibble. Wanted to make sure this was doable before messing with the "jetpack".Does hand-painting yellows always suck this much? Took an hour and a half to just do these things.
>>11541784Yeah, I can't do that anymore. my house is full of seeker molds
>>11541942Have you tried using bleachFor mold removal
>>11541914>Does hand-painting yellows always suck this much?Yes, always.
Updated my G1 Autobots display again. Space is getting pretty tight, but I think I did okay.
>>11541914Yellow is the worst color to paint always. You need a good white or pink primer and several coats of yellow.
>>11541573Fans have been burnt so many times with Skywarp being an impossible to find exclusive that they have no intention of dealing with Hasbro's bullshit lies yet again, nor do they care about "mah new mold".
>>11542033This, a true fan is going to spend extra on a 4 pack of entirely dogshit figures just for one subpar redeco, instead of just waiting for the inevitable release of the same deco on a better mold
>>11542146You mean the mold that won't match up with the WfC toys just like the recent 86 commanders? Fuck off. I'm not buying into another rotation.
>>11542147>Needing them to matchThanks for making me laugh. Man, I feel bad for anyone who bought that garbage ER seeker, it's left them mind broken.
>>11541752Sunstorm and the Earth modes for the Rainmakers are the only ones I'll bother with. Also Nacelle if they do him right this time around.
>Bought two Haslab God Fire Convoy's>They both had issues>Will now recieve 2 GodMagnus and 2 Convoy's that may or may not include the super mode partsWhat do I even do with the extras?
Haven’t bought big TF in a long time. I want all the Dinobots, so I started with Grimmy. I’m doing their G2 colors.
>>11542210Sell them for profit 19 years from now.
>>11542224They're already yellowed so not sure if anyone will want them.
>>11540853Uhh, so I sent their consumer care an email basically stating the same thing (concerns over both of them getting issues in the future, wanting replacementa just in case) and I woke up to this message:>"I am pleased to advise that not evey order has a concern. If you have a concern in the future please let us know and we are always happy to help">[If this issue is not resolved to your satisfaction, you may reopen it within the next 90 days.]What should I do now, try calling them? Or writing a new email that claims they've already begun developing issues? Again, haven't opened them yet and would prefer to keep them sealed for the time being, so I don't actually know what state they're in atm. What if they ask for photos?
>>11542234Anon, don't be an idiot. You have to open them and take pics. They won't give you shit if you give them nothing.
>>11542234>"There's nothing wrong with the ones I already have, but give me a second copy of each for free anyway!"Are you absolutely retarded?
>>11542234>What should I do nowWhat you should do is open them, transform them back and forth for a couple of weeks and check if the cracks or other issues appear. If it happens, THEN contact customer support.
>>11542228>They're already yellowed so not sure if anyone will want them.Are you kidding? People will kill for that Haslab Yellow Splendid Convoy in the future anon! You're going to be rich!
if (more like when) hasbro ever does a Haslab Primus, I hope that one of the stretch goals is a gold-painted hot rod/Rodimus prime to reference the old lucky draw figure. Rename it to 'avatar of primus' or something I dunno
>>11541436>The cops are here, it's time to cheese it!
>>11542287Why is this bitch $500. I don't want to spend $500 on her . . .
>>11541998nice[spoiler]but bumblebees placement is a lil funny[/spoiler]
>>11542333>Til ball are gun
>>11542250>>11542271>>11542281>anon says he did X and it worked out>Omgizzles you're stupid, why would you ever think that was something to doIt was the point of me asking before, wasn't it? Don't be rude.Anyways regardless of whether that dude just got lucky with hasbro or it was a troll, I didn't write to hasbro that there was 'nothing wrong'; i intentionally phrased it vaguely, so I can elaborate if i called/wrote again. As I wrote before, I'm hoping to sell one of them so I'd rather keep it sealed if possible. I just want backups in case they get fucked only when Hasbro arbitrarily decides "nah no more replacements lole".If I had to tell them specifics, I could tell them that the issues with the Fire Convoys is the ab section being loose bc of the teeth (as it's not like you can photograph that without opening up the figure of course), but what about Magnus? I take it that the main issue with him is yellowing, does he suffer from anything else?
>>11542218you don't know if they'll do the last two in G2 colors
>>11542155>just keep consooming!!!
>>11542146>instead of just waiting for the inevitable release of the same deco on a better moldand, once again, getting fucked on finding it.
>>11542354Wasn’t it confirmed for 2026?
>>11542366yeah, but Hasbro loves to cancel shit at the last minute
>>11542371True. Well, at least I’ll end up with this. Not my photo.
>>11542373why don't they include a G2 Daniel with Slag? Cheap bastards.
>>11542373These are the original three Dinobots my two brothers and I owned as kids - I had Blue Grimlock, my older brother had Red Snarl, and my younger one had Green Slag. I was thrilled to finally get my official G2 Grimlock when he released, and I'm loving that I'll actually be able to have our entire group together when the other two finally ship.>>11542375>why don't they include a G2 Daniel with Slag?Because they included G2 Snarl instead. They're a 2-pack, so there was no need to include the extra lump of useless plastic to bulk up the pricetag this time. I just wish they had dumped the Wheelie for the G2 release like they've done with every other use of the SS86 mold after the initial one; if they really wanted to give us a G2 Wheelie, they should repaint the Core class toy so he's not a useless statue.
>>11542385Ok
>>11542358Not an issue doe me. I never bought the Siege or the ER seekes, sucks to be a retard that did, lol.
>>11542373>BlulockPisslock is the patrician's choice I'm afraid.
>>11542445Don't buy retailer exclusives. The original was shitcanned for a reason.
>>11542442thank you Hasbroshill
>>11542385>to bulk up the pricetag this timeIt's the price of two leaders, you're not getting money off. You're just getting less stuff.I mean, if they included his sword instead, I'd be happy, but they're just including less and charging a standard price.
>>11542499holy fuck I'm gonna cum
Is 86 Megatron any good? I collect Masterpiece but occasionally make the mistake of finding SS figures in real life and buying them out of temptation. I only have 86 Prime, Megatronus, and 86 Bumblebee at the moment for that scale. Not sure if I should sell them and get another mp scale figure.
>>11542522>picwtf canon megascream yaoi but, uh, aside from the wonky fusion cannon and a somewhat subpar tank mode, 86 Megatron is amazing. He's no gun mode megs, and his accessories are also a bit lacking, but he's worthwhile especially if you have 86 prime. The two of them look perfect together.
>>11542445I already own both.On that note, when's someone gonna make a Greymon helmet for him?
>>11542547SS86 is the best chug Megatron and always will be, right?
>>11542566that is an excellent picture comparison reference.
>>11542566...Honestly, I don't really see anything they could improve on with the robot mode besides the accessories. The robot mode is genuinely so close to perfect. It's probably going to be the best OFFICIAL chug classic g1 Megatron... I'd say for the next 10 years at least. The tank mode is a bit rough and I imagine third parties will upscale the figure to MP size and add die-cast.
>>11542499Can't wait to see all the gimmicks.
random question, how tall is a headmaster compared to a lego minifig?
>>11542499damn this looks nice but I hope its $100 maxAre any of the other missing links good? most reviews just say their overpriced
>>11542598Wouldn't you like to know, Lego boy
>>11542606i would! that's why i asked :]
>>11542598Tiny.
>Was applying some fixes to my Haslab Prime and Magnus.>Realize as I test the accesories that I have no clue if the replacement Magnus will include the grill since it's not attached to the figure by default and the attachment is one way.Man.
>>11542622attachment is one way? sorry why wouldn't the replacement come with everything?
>>11542627The emails specify "figure only". Optimus, thr replacement talk and some emails made it sound like it's just the main body(no accesories), on Magnus it implies the same thing, the main thing is that all the chrome parts on Magnus are packed separately, so there's a chance they could be omitted since they could count them as accesories.
>>11542628are they making you return the old one? because then that would be kinda douchey to not give you back everything you returned
>>11542631They aren't asking for returns, which is the reason I can't attach it. I could fuck myself over if I do.
As much as I love the look of the BLOKEES Devastator, I can't see a reason to get it when I got SS86 In my Pile of Loot waiting for Scavenger and Mixmaster to finnaly release to get the whole team in one order.
>>11542547>wtf canon megascream yaoiG1 Megatron and Starscream really come off like a gay couple that have been trapped in a loveless, abusive marriage for thousands of years and are desperately looking for ways to off each other so they can finally be free. And it's only compounded by the complete lack of G1 female Decepticons.
>>11538397Yes, totally a "submarine". Not an upside down laser pistol.
>>11542662That's clearly the Space Battleship Yamato. It even has the (Shock)Wave Motion Gun on its bow.
>>11542649Blokees are cute but they will never replace an actual transformer in my eyes. I don't even think they compete in the same category, really. They're better as desk toys to fiddle around absentmindedly, so you could get it just for that.
>>11542489Not that guy but you're the one who bought the crappy ER molds, giving Hasbro money for subpar figures. Calling someone with higher standards who doesn't buy the first thing Hasbro shats out a shill is pretty ironic.
>>11542489>forget about the old stuff! That's shit! THE NEW STUFF IS BETTER!Whatever Shill
>>11542612damn thanks
>>11542566Until he turns into a real gun. I can totally see that happening>>11542566
>>11542727see >>11542738
>>11542605>damn this looks nice but I hope its $100 maxWell, ML Optimus was over a hundred dollars even importing him yourself, and Magnus is going to have a similar cab and a trailer that isn't just an empty box, as well as being subject to orange man tariffs, so you should expect to pay well over $100 no matter where you buy it from.>Are any of the other missing links good? most reviews just say their overpricedBecause that's all people care about nowadays. Most collectors don't give a shit about quality—they just want a thing that looks like a thing, and they want it as cheaply as possible in order to maximize how many things their paycheck can buy.Personally, Missing Link Convoy was the best toy I've bought in years, though. I can't speak for everyone, but the QC on mine was immaculate; the plastic looks and feels good, the paint is cleanly applied, the joints are all tight and the ratchets feel fantastic. Even the vac metal seems thicker and more durable as if it were actual chrome. I can't imagine it ever wearing or flaking off. In hand, the sculpted and painted sticker details are quite phenomenal. It's just a gorgeous hunk of plastic and diecast.Also, it's just a damn fine toy. Everything has a place to be stored, and everything is fun to fiddle with—everything does something fun as opposed to just being there for the sake of accuracy. The tranformation is a mildly more complex evolution of the original G1 prime, which is simply a timlelessly good toy concept. It poses extremely well and even the dated elements like the gangly arms don't look bad because this toy defines its own context. It's not trying to be accurate or stylish. It simply is what it is.My only real complaints are the lack of a diaclone microfig equivalent, and the lack of an up/down neck joint. Both seem like they would have been easy to work in, but oh well. 10/10, still.
>>11542499As usual, every announcement lately has me waiting for a superior repaint to get excited.I really hope this happens, and I really hope we get a transforming power buggy with a diaclone driver to go with it. This honestly has the potential to be such a GOAT toy.
Anybody have Legacy Animated Bumblebee, Prowl, or Bulkhead? Do you like them? It seems like an easy subgroup to collect since I just got LA Optimus, but if they really are that bad (and I'm most hesitant about Bulkhead) I may judt sticm with OP.
>>11542773Takara stuff *is* expensiveBut it's the kind of thing you can feel in hand most of the timeLike, the quality of product is different in a way that someone who only buys domestic toys from walmart won't appreciate just from looking at the price tag
>>11542793>contMasterpiece seems like the one line where the price/quality scaling is offThe rest of the T-spark branded stuff looks to be great
>>11542786>diaclone buggy and driverI think this is why I loved Titans Return so much. Even deluxe class figures felt like their own little self-contained playsets, and I love the concept of pilots/drivers and mini-vehicles because they help add a sense of scale to the giant transforming robots, plus they're just fucking fun to play with.>>11542793Everything *is* expensive nowadays. We live in a shareholder economy where every major corporation has promised infinite returns to their top investors, forever. And entire class of people depend on this to fund their way of life. When toys get more expensive, the biggest driving factor isn't that they want to increase quality, and it certainly isn't that they want to pay their workers more—they just want to maximize profit so the corporate payout gets bigger. That's why current retail shit has not only price-hiked, but also untethered size classes from actual size, so they can charge whatever they feel like for however much plastic they want.>But it's the kind of thing you can feel in hand most of the timeThis is the saving grace. Every now and again, there's a nexus of cost and quality that is actually worth it. Most MP and Haslab stuff is still just bloated pricetags for the sake of profit, but ML Convoy actually feels worth it to me. I predict this class of toy is going to get exceedingly rare moving forward as corporations try harder and harder to squeeze money out of plastic, so I'm trying to enjoy them now.
>>11542793>Takara stuff *is* expensiveMSRP in yen for missing link convoy, with the trailer, is in the neighborhood of 100 bucks. That honestly isn't all that expensive in this economy. The $130 price tag most peope saw was Hasbro and import sites charging an extra 30%, presumably for some justified fee and/or service they provided.It's kind of like how people bitched about MP prices even a decade ago when the car bots like Prowl and Wheeljack were 90-100 bucks if you bought from an import site, but only 65-75 bucks if you imported yourself. Yeah, that doesn't include shipping, but shipping shouldn't figure into the value of the product, either since it has nothing to do with development or manufacturing. For 70-ish dollars, those car bots were amazing toys, and I feel the same way about ML Convoy for $100.
>>11542787Yes, I like all of them.
>>11542808>I think this is why I loved Titans Return so much. Even deluxe class figures felt like their own little self-contained playsetsomg so much thisTitans return and Powers of the prime was THE fun time i had with transformers in my life.I swear i didnt have that much time with these toys when i was a kid and in the 90s parents were buying me transformers but- it's still not enough (you cant buy literally anything you want)- articulation is bad- gimmicks are not as creative as these on your photoTR and PotP came during my life crisis and they honestly healed a part of it. i remember posting every day in these threads and being excited for new toys -> working more because i wanted more toys -> improving my life -> getting betterit was so much fun!i have fun these days also because of Junkions and Studio Series 86. (i would have fun with fossilizers but they really fucked up releasing only THREE of them free and the rest was cursed in 2-Packs with random car-garbage i dont care about...i will FOREVER BE MAD that they paywalled a FUCKING MASTODON TRANSFORMER SKELETON behind the two pack that is expensive because of overseas price + shipping...aaaahh)
>>11542445>>11542373I have Swoop and try to get the Grimlock re-release but...honestly - those G2 swoop colors are absolutely bad.Anons do you really like them?These G2 toys look nice because they are smaller, have chrome and metal parts and just neat.But doing exact same wild colors on a huge bigger SS86-tier toys will make that Swoop look like bootleg...
>>11542649>>11542714i'll just get Bruticus blokee when they will release the full team.It's because it's tiny and fun to fiddle with.i can't bring and "fiddle" with huge SS86 Devastator all the time. it requires thought and other transformers to fight and pose and crack those ratched joints.Having a tiny blokee one on your desk to pose and do "pew pew" for a couple of minutes is a nice option.
>>11542787They're the worst mainline subseries
>>11542835>TR and PotP came during my life crisis and they honestly healed a part of it. i remember posting every day in these threads and being excited for new toys -> working more because i wanted more toys -> improving my life -> getting betterThat's cool, anon. We all need to find the things in our life that make it worth living. And sometimes it's dinky little plastic men that ride in transforming robot jets.
>>11542714>I don't even think they compete in the same category, really. They're better as desk toys to fiddle around absentmindedlyIs... is that not what you do with your actual Transformers?
>>11542844wait, do blokees actually transform? I just thought they were more throwaway crossover merch trash.
>>11542868no they just also put little vehicles in the blind boxes too
>>11542868>wait, do blokees actually transform? I just thought they were more throwaway crossover merch trash.blokees are super fun and a big deal at this pointtheir dinobots are very good
>>11542863>not scheduling a date and time with your toys for a business meeting and agreeing on a consensual contract designating where you're allowed to touch them and how long they should be in poses for before being allowed to rest>>11542877I haven't seen any physically, but I would hate this so much if I ordered something online and it was just some dinky vehicle
>>11542867
>>11542867That's some big black wild docking there.
>>11542867>Megatron is that you?>Stop screwing around.
>>11542877That's a little neat, I guess.>Blokees Optimus has the trailer's combat pod/cockpit attached to his 5th wheelOkay, why hasn't any other Optimus been able to do this? This is such a cool feature for a toy. Hasbro designers are too concerned with accuracy and that's why Prime's trailer has the stigma of being a "big empty box" nowadays.I know the Missing Link Optimus' combad pod can come out of the trailer and has little wheels on the bottom, but I don't think it can do this. Maybe it'll be something the upcoming MPG can do, since that seems to be designed as an actual toy with actual toy features to play with.
>>11542863Mine sit on shelves or in bins mostly right now, my job isn't a desk one and I don't spend much time at one until winter.
>>11542897Pretty sure Earthrise and probably 86 can do this
>>11542793>the quality of product is different in a way that someone who only buys domestic toys from walmart won't appreciate just from looking at the price tagA sadly large subset of the fandom, I'm afraid. I've encountered plenty of collectors who think the Missing Link line is "lower quality" than MP just because it has fewer moving parts and less complexity overall.
I can't tell what the Skywarp and Insecticons Dramatic Capture set is referencing.
>>11542901>Pretty sure Earthrise and probably 86 can do thisReally? And I've never seen pics of it? That might have actually convinced me to buy one, lol.I feel like the tooner mentality has completely destroyed the coolness of Optimus' trailer. It's only ever seen as an empty box that exists just to magically disappear when he transforms. It's kind of like how people almost never show off the fact that the battle pod can stick out the top of the trailer even on the G1/ML toy. That's such a cool fucking feature and nobody ever seems to care about it because it's "diaclone" and not "Transformers".
>no retarded screaming face>bombshell and shrapnel don't have cheap looking mismatched limb colors>kino grey bombshellyeah I'm thinking takara won (again)
blokees is literally LEGO-transformers (sort of like kre-o)All of their pegs are the same size so you can build anything you want.I dont know why TF-boomer infested community hates creativity so much. It's always like that - nobody likes Fossilizers/Junkions/Weaponizers.All they want is just another stupid red truck or yellow bug to stand in the most boring pose next to the 900 other red trucks
>>11542808>>11542835I had moved on from modern to G1 by the time TR came out, but as someone who grew up during the Micromaster era of the original, I can relate. Plus after focusing more on the big bots with city modes but only just recently picking up more of the minibot sized toys, I feel like I was missing out by not picking them up earlier.But even as a kid I loved the whole concept of micromaster bases and the ramp system, I only wish I'd had more of them because even then I loved the whole idea of building these big cities that a micromaster could race around on without ever touching the floor.
>>11542867I wish it was easier to get those in Europe and not cyberworld shit.
>>11542887>>11542888Welcome back, Gigatron
>>11542931Why IS Skywarp with the Insecticons? Have they ever really interacted?
>>11542963>dying within close proximity to someone after your friends left you for dead isn't a deep bonding momentLiterally go outside the airlock once in a while and touch gas
>>11542963Wild guess but it probably has something to do with them becoming Scourge, Cyclonus and the Sweeps in the movieEither that it was Thundercracker, one of them got turned into the elusive "armada" who was never seen again
>>11542966I'm not inclined to imagine "deep bonding" moments happening to Decepticons off-screen, especially when what the G1 cartoon does show me is that most Decepticons would happily kill their comrades for personal gain, if not just for lolz. They probably spent what they thought was their last few minutes drifting in space by calling each other names.
>>11542901>Pretty sure Earthrise and probably 86 can do thisi started researching this because I was curious, but it's not particularly well-documented. The 86 repair drone can come out and attach to roller, but it uses two 5mm pegs to do so, and I'm not sure if that would work on the back of Prime's truck mode without modification since there's only one port. No idea at all what Earthrise can do.Can anyone with either of these Primes confirm?
Is Superion worth grabbing?
>>11543017Yes I have fun with him. Just tighten screw on combiner arms
>>11543017>frameslopno
>>11542968probably would've made more sense to have a set with Skywarp, Bombshell, and 2 Cyclonus
>>11542553I made my own. Somebody else on here printed one so there's probly a file out there somewhere
>>11543003The Earthrise drone is removable. It was designed to be able to attach to Prime's back with a 5mm post.However, Roller did not come with the Earthrise trailer. The only Roller available at the time came with the Centurion Weaponizer pack which did have a 5mm post for attaching weapons and so the drone could attach to it.
>>11543043Image of the drone 5mm port
>>11542843I love the G2 colors, not just because they're the ones I grew up with, but because in the Dinobots' case in particular, I feel they fit better than the bland steel grey - dinosaurs were colorful in real life, like modern lizards and birds, and there's no reason that shouldn't apply to them.As for these colors making the new Swoop look like a bootleg...Swoop and Snarl are my least favorite of the SS86 molds anyway because of how stiff they are (how the hell do you design a stegosaurus with virtually no tail to swing around, or a pterosaur with no ability to move its wings?). There were better ways both characters could have been engineered, and the colors wouldn't make them look so cheap if they weren't already so lazily made.
>>11543034>Rumble and Frenzy 2-pack>no indication anywhere which one is which
>>11543056>>Rumble and Frenzy 2-pack>>they're both the same color
>>11543072>2-pack simply labels them as "Casetticons"
>Rumble and Frenzy 2-pack>sold out>reissue is labeled Frenzy and Rumble
>>11543043>>11543046oh neato. Thanks!
>>11543074>>"Those Guys"
>>11543105>"2025 Decepticons You-Know-Who A and B"
rumble (white and gold)frenzy (blue and black)
>>11543167but which is WHICH?
Enemy gets ignored again.
>>11542634so when you say "one-way" what you're saying is "they don't detach, once attached"in that case they MUST offer you new ones
>>11542650only if you're really warpedlike, in at least three distinct ways.
>>11543042whoa, that looks pretty cool
>>11543056>Rumble (Blue) and Frenzy>Literally the same toy with a different package
>>11543056isn't that so you can pick for yourself
>>11542662As funny as this is, the leader version of him with the extra bits makes for a pretty fucking cool space battleship. I still think he was one of my best acquisitions. The modularity might risk losing pieces for the careless but I think it offers some really cool combo options.
>>11543262yeah i wish more transformers were just cool mecha like this, especially if they still turned into something recognizable.
>>11543052>dinosaurs were colorful in real lifehow do you know? do you have any evidence?animals are really not that colorful
>>11543274mammals aren't very colorful, reptiles and birds are thoughever
>>11543274Most your examples are mammals. Shouldn't you use birds which have both positive and negative occur in the same kind like pheasants?
>>11543274Birds, reptiles often have colorful pigmentation.Anyway, google "how do we know dinosaurs were colorful" and there's a Natural History Museum of Utah link and a Smithsonian Magazine article you can read that get the point across.
>>11543277>>11543276>birds>animals (birds are animals so as spiders) that live millions of years after evolition after evolution after dinosaurs died>flying feathered things>compared to giant walking animalsanons i don't really think that T-rex was as flamboyant as your "paleo-artists" show when drawing BLUE or PINK t-rex looking CUTE or FLUFFY.if anything - dinosaurs probably looked similar to crocodiles or comodospredatory dinosaurs didn't need to look super colorful either (why the fuck a giant predator would look colorful when he heeds to hide or just be less noticable by anything)but sure go talk about "FLUFFY BRIGHT CYAN TRICERATOPS :)"Because it's sooooo cutejust like birdies!!!
>>11542867>World Dragunus is immediately up for preorder>Skyreport still isn'tgood guys keep losing
>>11543283shut the fuck up lol
>>11543285
>>11543274the funny thing is, a huuuuge chunk of paleo-dorks read "we found eumelanin and pheomelanin in a fossil feather" andyknow, nevermind that there's no way in hell a tiny pigment molecule can fossilize, and that fossils are replaced, bit by bit, with stone, so the original material is gonethey conclude ALL DINOSAURS ARE WHITE, BLACK, OR ORANGE because of those pigmentsnot.. apparently knowing that those are -the pigments- that exist. All animals have one or both of those two. That was not a 'discovery' in any way, nor does it give you any information. especially with reptile skins and bird feathers using a variety of non-pigment-based methods of reflecting light.
>>11543285>(why the fuck a giant predator would look colorful when he heeds to hide or just be less noticable by anything)I dunno man why is a tiger bright fuckin orange. Lotta prey animals are color blind. And bright colors are often for other animals of the same species.And crocs/gators are almost uniquely bland out of almost any reptile you coulda picked bro. Tons of geckos and lizards have bright colors. There's turtles with brightly colored strips, it's why they're called fuckin painted turtles. Same for box turtles, they've got bright stripes on their shells. And let's assume for a minute the prey animal has perfect human-level color vision, which is laughable. Those colors could blend in well with prehistoric foliage, which was a lot bigger back then. Being dark is only camouflage if you're a flat bastard like a croc. Anything as big as a t-rex does itself no favors being darkly colored in a jungle.
>>11543285>>11543295the male ones are pretty and have big horns and crests and shitthe females ones are drab and have smaller or absent horns and crests and shitit's not complicated
Hasbro hasn't sent my any update emails on the replacement RiD Optimus, am I fucked? Did Hasbro fuck me out of a replacement?
>>11543315Hasbro rep here, yeah we skipped you on purpose because you complain too much lol
>>11542932Too bad the Blokees peg and port sizes don't match the mainline's, unless it's the base or the effect accessories.
>PF skywarp has matte grey instead of silverfucking lmao, imagine spending 100+ burgers just for that
>>11543295that's a chameleonyou know why it's colorful in your pic?and do you know that it's really NOT that colorful actually?fucking paleo-zoomers i swear>>11543304>>11543305>>11543305>the male ones are pretty and have big horns and crests and shit>the females ones are drab and have smaller or absent horns and crests and shit>it's not complicateddid you even read my post?fucking lmao
>>11543339not every reply is an argument, anon. if it agrees with you, i'm adding to what you said.
>>11543339>did you even read my post?I disregarded the stupider points about dinosaurs and birds not being the same class of creature. "Giant walking things" man has clearly never encountered an emu or an ostrich. They didn't need to fly to have feathers.
>>11543056>>11543074>>11543105>>11543167Dramatic Capture is a Japanese focused toyline and Japan simply dubbed the blue one as Frenzy when they got the cartoon.
>>11543287It's OK to admit you lost anon. No one cares here.
>>11543333why is he flexing his pecs like that?
>>11543262I wish Action Master Partners would come back. Shockwave needs Fistfight
>>11543225decide for MYSELF?!!!!!
>>11543366Because he is a breastmaster
>>11543369>Fistfight>Shockwave has one arm that's a gun>Fistfight is a gun he has to hold in his only other hand??????
>>11543366>>11543333CHECK THE PECS, HOO HA HOOMan, I'm pretty
>>11543381SEXWITHSLASH
>>11542963The episode "Traitor" from season 2. It has nothing to do with the movie.
>>11543378
>>11543388I remember that ep. I mean, they were all in it, but nothing other than shooting at each other. Mirage being with the Insecticons would make more sense.
Imagine if Hasbro did a Marvel Legends 2-pack of Death's Head in his Transformers green colours and Circuit Breaker
>>11543426I'm imagining it, and I hate it (I like DH but not Circuit Breaker). Which means Hasbro would likely do it.
>>11543435Plus Death's Head would scale with Transformers toys but Circuit Breaker would not...unless they made her a Titan Master which would be hilarious
>>11543412None of the Dramatic Captures sets have been versus packs.
>>11543462Style Gen continues to look retarded no matter how many new pictures come out.
>>11543462so nice to see rattrapit's funny, seeing him next to his own beast mode.. I'm not hallucinating that the show cheated his robot mode size, right? like, a larger robot stepped out of that rat. it's not simply that the rat parts shrank.. right?
>>11543502I suppose knee joints were a lot to askalso, wait, he's called ultra magnus in japan?
>>11543504Yes.
>>11543504The knee joints are right there, bro
>>11543486
>>11543573well I knew the kibble shrank, but I guess what I meant was more 'does the robot mode actually grow out of what the rat's body cavity could contain' and the answer seems to be yes.so I'm curious where they'll scale this figure. If the beast mode's too big, he won't look right clinging to Boss Monkey's back while he flies. but if the robot mode's too small, he won't be able to go face to face with Choppaface properly.
>>11543486He takes after his great aunt Arcee
>>11543333As if skywarp is gonna be replaced with the new seeker mold anyway
>>11543592kek, yeahi wonder what his parents are like. His dad 100% got super drunk on motor oil and had to be away on business most of the time.
>>11543462>>11543502CHUG Power Buggy when?
>>11543502Magnus has all of the articulation points he should. Shoulders, hips, knees, ankles, ect.
>>11543502Does he have a seperate inner bot? The cab is there but it's hard to see the legs, I get the feeling this is another all-in-one magnus
>>11543656you sure he has knees and ankles?
>>11543679Inner robot is there.>>11543683You can literally see the knees and ankles in >>11543502
>>11543679well'missing' IS in the name
>>11543502Magnus looking good. Wonder why they haven't shown more articulation. Worried the prototype isn't strong enough?Still kind of annoyed that Nemesis Prime will be the only Decepticon ML so far. Why not do ML Soundwave? The original toy is pretty articulated already, all they need to do is add some knee joints.
>>11543683Are you blind?>>11543679The original figure had a white cab, this one is going to have a white cab too. It would be against the entire point of the toyline to give us the figures as close as possible to the originals while adding articulation.
>>11543686i don't see them. not saying they aren't there>>11543697that is a little odd, now that you mention it..man now I am getting a hankering for Nemesis primal.. wish I could get that guy for cheap.>>11543699glasses are taking forever. how long are you supposed to wait for that?
>>11543699>>11543683Forgot the upload the pic
>>11543713Damn, should have leveled his weapons before bumping up the difficulty.
>>11543713>troop builders that sold out right awaySasuga, Hasbro.
>>11543713Looking good. I'm waiting for the their big brother tho.
>>11543854Why not just use Overcharge as an army builder triple changer
>>11542897>Blokees Optimus has the trailer's combat pod/cockpit attached to his 5th wheel>This is such a cool feature for a toyIt's also got little flip out handles so another figure can ride on the back and man the turret. They're doing something similar with Rodimus too. >>11542932>I dont know why TF-boomer infested community hates creativity so much.I'm fairly old and I love them for basically being what I wanted from Action Masters as a kid instead of the elbowless limited articulation we got.. Speaking of which it'd be a crime if they don't do a AM Thundercracker in the Galaxy class at some point.
>>11542932I liked the -izers and junkions (not the rock turds though)I simply do not—and will never—care for transformers that don't transform, I have tons and tons of other toylines if I want non-transforming figures
>>11543913>flaming 80s>your school bully's dad bought him Grimlock and Optimus Prime>your family bought you a Rock Lord>it's just a rock...rock bros...not like this....
>>11543913This. I'm not buying a non-transforming toy from a toyline called "Transformers". Transforming is literally the line's primary gimmick, and what got kids interested in both the toys and the cartoon to begin with.
>>11543504Are you blind?
>>11543968>>11543913you guys are just retardsquit whining holy shit nobody cares. Blokees are awesome
>>11541498While they did remodel their crashed (second) star cruiser into their underwater base, it was air tight. They'd leave through a docking tower elevator that would crest the surface of the ocean, one of the more common stock footage moments in the show. Mind, they still were mostly ok in the water.
Megatron must be stopped..no matter the cause
>>11543864Because he's the wrong color. For Overcharge, and for the Devastation trooper.
>>11543985Imagine defending shitty Funko tier novelty toys
>>11543502Geez he's a big guy.
>>11544134>highly articulated>creative swappable modular robots>you can build combiners using different robots>OMG IT'S JUST FUNKO!!!retarded boomoidtake your pills
>>11543713I love those weapons, love generic Decepticon thugs, and I've been waiting for Devastation toys for literally a decade. It's just a shame they finally happened using molds I find incredibly underwhelming.
>>11544163Its just galidor
>>11544178>you can build devastator/bruticus/etc. usiing different bots>OMG IT'S JUST LIKE GALIDOR LOLpills...now...
>>11543502Now if this guy gets a Delta repaint, and MPG-17 turns out to be pre-tooled as an inner bot like I suspect, we *true* Magnus connoisseurs will finally be eating GOOD.
>>11544183>just take limbs off and swap>OMG we're just like Diaclone!!>no armor, no equipment, no pilots, no hardpoints, no magnetsThere's a reason you guys got laughed off /mrg/
>>11544087COST, PRIME! COST! GET IT RIGHT! LIVES ARE ON THE LINE!
>>11542759The ER mold was always shit dude, stop lying to yourself. The proportions and slab of a torso sucked and that's the reason I didn't buy a single one.At the end of the day you know that's true, and that's the reason you're so mad. If you really found the ER seeker mold better than the new one you won't be so butthurt at the people who have no mixed feelings getting it because they didn't invest a single dollar in the previous one.
>>11544192>no armor, no equipment, no pilots, no hardpoints, no magnetsso...just like literal transformers?PillsNOW
>>11542738>instead of spending like 35 bucks on a mold that we know will be better, let's spend 100+ fucking dollars on FOUR molds that we KNOW aren't good, that'll show hastak! ok, lmao
>>11544203who is talking about better or worse?If you remember way back at the beginning>>11541569>>11541752>>11542147It was people not wanting to have to go through a whole another round of seeker searching for figures they wont find or have molds that won't match.But faggots like you are too busy acting smug to remember that. that's why you're either a shill or just a jerkoff with your "I CAN'T WAIT TO BUY NEW SHIT, FUCK YOU" act
>>11544263>>11544203 shills are awake
>>11544203NTA but whilst the ER Seeker isn't great due to being just an upsized Classics Seeker with some extra joints, the SS86's complete lack of detail is a bummer. Proportionally it looks good and the engineering looks alright but the fact the legs haven't got a single decorative panel line on them is lame. Also grey instead of silver is shit.I'm gonna get Thundercracker and see if I like him enough to overlook the barren surfaces, but if not I'll flip him. I'm fine with the ER mold for the coneheads as they were nobodies anyway, but honestly the perfect Seeker would be the SS86 with the details of the ER. As is, the best official G1 Seeker mold is still Siege, even if it's a Tetrajet and not an F-15.
>>11544273>shills>>11544271That people weren't forced to buy the shitty ER mold and aren't forced to buy the new ones. If it's that much of a trouble or your fine with the ER just pass on it, same way I pass on tons of molds that I don't care about I also had zero troubles getting whatever transformer I want just by preordering online, and the same will happen with the new seekers.And no, just having higher standards and knowing where to buy doesn't make me a shill. I legit think the new seeker mold is the best they ever looked in mainline and blows the old ones out of the water. I don't care if other people buy it or not, just that I'm glad I skipped on these characters until Hasbro actually released something that actually looks good for a change.>>11544296>the SS86's complete lack of detail is a bummer.Now this is a reasonable complaint and perfectly understandable. The cleaner look doesn't bother me but I can understand it's not everybody's cup of tea.
Weird arm flaps aside, Earthrise Trailbreaker is pretty good.
>>11544300>I'm not a shill, I just wanted to act like a smug asshole and for some reason people didn't tell me how awesome I was.Maybe when people were voicing their concerns you could've just minded you own fucking business instead of babbling about how smarter you were than everyone.Don't try to act like you're just having a discussion now when you were pissing this uppity shit >>11542155>>11542442
>>11544320Don't blame me for being a moron.
>>11544322It's not your fault you're a moron. I forgive you.
>>11544319I like him and Hoist better than the T30 ones, at least.
>>11544319I like the mold a lot. Also it's extremely easy to mod him to move the arm flaps onto his shins with a Tamiya saw and some glue. Doesn't need partsforming either.
>>11544423this looks incredible anon he really loks like sentinelThe only problem i have is his chest is a bit to much "dad bot" shaped but other than that hes great
>>11544429Thank you! Full credits to Mavs for designing the kit, I just printed and painted the parts (and did the flap mod of course).
>>11544319>Weird arm flaps asidewymthe original had them too
>>11542662I headcanon the submarine as a Star Wars speeder bike. Shockwave seems like the type who would hate Earth altmodes.
Got Monster Hunter collab guy today. It is really held back by being based on kingdom Airazor. All the new stuff is really nicely molded and the paint work is super super nice but it really makes you wonder why they did this guy the way they did. The whole Rathalos bit just kind of lazily hangs off his back and he looks weird and spindly in robot mode, but he does look nice from some angles. Kind of an underwhelming package all together.
>>11544507yeah not really worth the cost, but after waiting for it to go cheaper, I finally gave in. Really had potential to be greatIN FAIRNESS monster hunter guys have tiny, tiny feet.
>>11544492who said it was a submarine? It's a space ship.
>>11544296>the SS86's complete lack of detail is a bummer.Yeah, this is something that bugs me too, because even SS86 tends to be a little greebly so the toys don't look out of place next to the gens line.As it is, Thundercracker doesn't look like he fits next to even SS86 Megatron.
Ya know I never did see if anybody came up with a good add on kit for Cheetor's gut gun. Anybody know of what that integrates into Beast mode pretty well?
>>11543262Plus the easy use for it as a purist is assembled as a flying hoverboard. I can totally see Shockwave being the kind of asshole to make a personal hoverboard modeled after his own face.
i finally get the hype
but the neck is frustratingly limited
Randomly picked up this Thundercracker today. The gun arm is kinda eehh, but i like the stocky Lil guy. Might try and track down the other 2 seekers.
>>11544423Nice Sentinel, looks suitably punchable. And I actually don't mind them that much after messing around with him a bit.
>>11542662>h̶i̶g̶h̶ h̶e̶e̶l̶s̶ o̶n̶ m̶y̶ t̶i̶p̶p̶i̶e̶s̶>Missle pods on my heelies
>>11544783Once I get him RotB goes to sell.>>11544886This is my love/hate mold. If only his cockpit and chest were smaller.
Loli Prime a cute!
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>>11545010
>>11545011
>>11545009Was she worth 70 bucks? I think she binned in price now but was waiting for pics because I never saw anyone actually build her yet
>>11544783this guy would look much better if like 15% of his mass were shifted from his torso to his legs.
>>11543333>>11543611at this point you're buying it for the Insecticons more now.
>>11538397Well that's thatWhen's the soonest we see this toy?
>>11545130Assuming they already had a design worked out for each category and subcategory, probably a little under a full year if it goes into production immediately. It takes time to design the actual toy components, tool them, etc. Maybe a year and a half if they actually genuinely need to start from scratch instead of having 2 dozen backlog designs to pick from.
>>11545013Lewd
>>11545130So, either Spinosaurus or Kraken?
>>11545130Well done creatards, can't wait for your dumb surprise when you don't get what you wanted and inevitable complaints because you can't read. Oh wait, they can't fucking read.
>>11545240It doesn't matter what is made; many people will be disappointed.
Just got these 2 in. Are they any good?
>>11545248¡oʍꓕ oɹǝZ
>>11545130It literally says on the post
>>11545266This new aquatic alt is shockingly making a lot of waves.
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>>11545242it also doesn't matter what is made, i won't be able to afford it at release
>>11545009They need to release a Lolitron now.
>>11546065would she turn into a derringer?
