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>>11715466Kranix is my kinda goon slop though.
>>11715466Skywarp and MAYBE Shockwave, not sure about getting more dinobots beside Grimlock but reissue feels nice.
>>11715466Already ordered the glowing ball with handles, I'm also getting Kranix and Skywarp. Probably Shockwave too but I wish it was a brand new toy. As for Astrotrain it really looks fun to transform with pretty nice alt modes but that robot mode is just too ugly, feels like a garage kit from twenty years ago. Maybe if it gets a huge discount in the future.
>three threads in a row where she's desperately tried to push "slop" for toys people are excited forWhy did you come to /toy/, it's clear that you belong on /v/.
>>11715466>onions face
>>11715518>onions*
>>11715519S.O.Y
>>11715466>Unc slop
>Newest comic showed a Lio Jr colored Lio Convoy. Very interesting.
>>11715522It is Borderline Grunc slop at this point. Most unc slop came over a decade later.
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>>11715529It's nice that Legends is back
>>11715529Hellscream got depowered...
>>11715520$0¥
>>11715534I'll laugh if this is how we learn of a new BWII Starscream and BB.
>>11715529Leo Junior grew up!
>>11715518>>11715519>>11715520>>11715522Fucking newfags
>>11715524>>11715542What would an older Lio Junior be called? Would he still be Lio Junior>>11715534I honestly prefer his and BB's original forms so this is a plus to me>>11715540It’s especially suspicious given Dirgegun and Thrustor weren’t depowered
>>11715466Literally just Skywarp, I'll only get Shockwave if he goes on clearance. Didn't even pre-order anything in the last round of figures either, I'll get Liege if he goes on clearance (he looks weird enough, so here's hoping.
>>11715552Unironically? He'd just be called Lio Convoy since his dad goes by Leo Prime by this point. Big had it even easier since his dad was Blue Big Convoy, so he just called himself Big Convoy later.
>>11715568That’s what I was thinking, especially since in JP continuity Lio Convoy becomes Great Lio Convoy at the end of Neo, I’m just curious how they’ll label the toy if they make one. Funnily enough, it’s kind of the opposite of one of Junior's old toys
Skimming new lg comic, it seems the 13 Primes in the JG1 universe are all actually from the late G1 era, replacing the Great Convoy system... except for the Fallen, who came from an alt universe and tried invading it originally.
>>11715599Oh, and even funnier, it turns out that the Prime Predacons from the Japanese toyline are all actually late JG1 characters. Don't tell the wiki.
The Matrix went up yesterday already.
>>11715337I think it's been stated the Maximo's alt mode is based on the Decepticon warships in Dark of the Moon, and I can see there is a resemblance.
>>11715607>I think it's been statedno, that was one anon's comment that it reminded him of it.Mark has no idea what he's doing when it comes to the fallen. He specifically mentioned the maximos "darts" from a piece of artwork where there were 3 ships, so small because Maximo is fuckhuge.and he talked about how he "didn't realize the red part on his face wasn't a mouth"it was a mouth.Someone, possibly the takara guy that wouldn't know much about G2 at all, steered him in the wrong direction.
The next Legends manga is about the Speedia 500, does that give us a clue on what the next toy will be?
>>11715611No clue if it will follow up organically, it could just be a reference since both Lio Convoy and Black Lio Convoy (eating rocks like Dark Amber) are seen in Speedia art with other Legacy toys (though, that comic was taking place during JG1's G2 period).
>>11715610>the fallendang, had that legends comic on the brainI meant maximo, hence why I switched mid way
>>11715610>he "didn't realize the red part on his face wasn't a mouth">it was a mouth.No, Mark had it right, the red piece was clearly a chin strap, same as Jhiaxus. You can literally the cables that strap it around his face in the art. Unless you think Liege also has cat whiskers.
>>11715599Where are you reading this?
>>11715610I still think the biggest fuckup was somehow misinterpreting where his horns were coming from. How is it not immediately apparent from every single image of the dude that they're part of his head?
>>11715610>He specifically mentioned the maximos "darts" from a piece of artwork where there were 3 shipsThe darts are his artifact from the covenant, Mark didn't invent. They were based them on the ships from that one image so they'd fit thematically, and Mark just assumed that's what the covenant was referencing which is probably true.
Hasbro running a little late on their next Haslab reveal. don't they usually have it going by now?
>>11715625>immediately apparent from every single image of the dudeAnon, there was exactly ONE image of him originally in the G2 comic, this one >>11715622Everything else that came later, like the Loki Maximo bot from IDW, is a retcon. The new toy is not a "misinterpretation", it as at worst an ALTERNATE interpretation from what you always assumed and is at least as valid as anything from IDW that came out *decades* later.
>>11715629I dread the reveal at this point.
>>11715632I think Hasbro does as well.
>>11715600How does that even work?! Say what you will about American fans, Japanese fans are obsessed with trying to tie everything back to G1 >>11715629They’re probably debating whether to do a HasLab or a MtO instead, like with the Arctic HISS
>>11715631>Anon, there was exactly ONE image of him originally in the G2 comic, this oneAnd you can't tell that those horns are part of his head? Because they very clearly are, even in that crop.
>>11715640>And you can't tell that those horns are part of his head?That's one, perfectly valid interpretation, sure.So is the new toy we're getting though.
>>11715639Go Prime splintered the Prime timeline to prevent some awful shit from happening(guess as a way to explain the inconsistencies between the shows, toy bios, etc... ). When Leo Prime when there (the beast hunters toyline portion of it) he's told to leave since his presence could make things worse, cue the Predacons using his alt universe traveling portal to get there.
>>11715639How much was that MTO toy, anyway? I assume they jacked up the price big time?
>>11715639They can do both after a few months, that Artic Hiss got announce almost right after that Artic vehicle Haslab ended.
>>11715644I guess that makes enough sense, just seems a bit complicated, especially since the Go Predacons were said to be made by Shockwave. Is it G1 Shockwave now?>>11715645It was $200 compared to the original HasLab price of $300, with the trade-off of no electronics or extra figures
>>11715657So a made to order Unicron would be...400. Bleh, still too much.
>>11715659What would Unicron even omit to get his price down? He was $575 when he was new and doesn't even have electronics to gut.
>>11715657Pretty sure anon is just fucking with us, the page suggests the Predacons saw the portal and made a mad dash towards it, with a few getting through and shown captured on the next page.
>>11715653I think the Artic HISS was only that way because they already had the mold for it, so it wasn’t as difficult as doing a wholly original mold like the MtO Sentinel>>11715661I think a made to order Star Saber would be their best bet if they were to redo an old HasLab. They could do a non-chromed, basic version for $120ish and I think people would get it. They’d probably complain about the price, but they do that anyways
I want to get that new Windcharger, but the new price tag and his lack of heels make it very difficult.
>>11715671Nah, they'd probably do a repaint of Star Saber, likely his black repaint from Robot Masters. I don't expect it to be any cheaper or fix any of the problems the original had.
Order placed. Astrotrain, Kranix, Skywarp, Shockwave, and Cobra-lalalalalalalalalalalala Royal Guard.
>>11715642The damage control is real.
>>11715642That interpretation is just going out of the way to see things in the most contrived way possible, if you believe there's a significant amount of people that interpreted that last G2 panel as the horns being part of an awkward protusion behind Liege's head you're out of your mind. It's pretty clear what the intention was. And at the end of the day the problem is that the toy design suffers from that absurd take. There's no way in hell it wouldn't have looked way cooler with the horns coming out if his head.
>>11715676Assuming they use the same mold, that wouldn’t be that bad of a deal in my opinion. I don’t remember Victory Saber having that many major QC issues, and the ones it had were (somewhat) fixed with the reissues sent out, meaning they’d be fixed on the mold anyways
>>11715625Agree, I would prefer it they were part of his head, thats how I always saw it. But oh well, I'm still glad this exist. They won't make another one for 50 years now.
>>11715682>>11715683>this isn't objectively wrong but it's not how I always imagined it>THAT MEANS ITS BADEvery time with you fags lol
>>11715678Only bothered with Kranix and Shockwave, and the latter only because the only version of him that I owned up to this point was his black repaint from Siege.
>>11715676Oh, and to state my reasoning:-The way the molds are set up would require new molds to separate several parts for costs, like the sword from the stand.-A number of Victory Leo parts share molds with Star Saber.The best I can see, they'll make a smaller mold that omits the stand, and just release it as a black repaint. Even Yellow Spendid convoy brought up retooling, likely because they'll have to make at least 2 molds for the white parts, so they might as well change a few things to make her look a bit more feminine.The only toy I see just being a cheaper release is Deathsaurus, since you could omit his throne, and extra weapons (so he'd only keep his sword and cannon).
>>11715690Ok Mark.
>>11715700>what, you like how this looks?>THAT MEANS YOU DESIGNED ITThere's no point in arguing with you retards, you literally think like children.
>>11715685His biggest fuck up where the knees on Star Saber. The ratchet tooth used stronger plastic than the grooves on the legs, so the tooth just deformed the grooves after a few poses and makes the Victory Saber configuration more unstable.It doesn't really affect Star Saber since he's not that big and tightening his knee is pretty easy, but this doesn't work for thr combination.
My hopes for the future: unreleased prototypes. I would kill for season 4 Animated Megatron.
>>11715690No, it's bad because it looks like shit.
>>11715709Same. Wild how good that design looks to me considering it's basically Beast Machines Megs with a G1 body.
>>11715529What a coincidence that the three Cyber Beasts that weren’t depowered just so happen to be the three with possible modern remolds (Kingdom Waspinator, Dinobot and TR/AotP Trypticon)
>>11715683I myself would have made them horns too, but I kind of see what the toy designers were going for, interpreting them as a sort of spiked collar.Based on the position of his eyes, Liege's face is so recessed into his head in that one comic panel that he would have been a huge pinhead if it were translated directly to 3D.
>>11715714In your opinion. I think it looks cool.But these threads are always full of these hyperbolic, attention-whoring>this is bad because it's badcaliber posts.
>>11715717I'm not sure Takara would gamble and make new toys for two or them, and their crowdfunded Titan barely made it to production.
>>11715703Bro, you are literally the ONLY person who has ever advocated for the horns not being on his head. Every single other person who read that comic saw the same thing - except for you and Mark, apparently.
>>11715731Is that why Liege is sold out for pre-orders on both BBTS and Pulse? Because I was the only one besides Mark who likes it?
Trains n stuff
>>11715622>clearly a chin strapThere's no "clearly" about it. A chin strap is certainly one interpretation, but frankly, cat whiskers is 100% just as legitimate of an interpretation. There is absolutely nothing in that picture to definitively say it's a chin strap. If you're basing this off the idea that whiskers would be dumb, then people who disagree with you could base their interpretation off the idea that the thing that looks just like a mouth turning out to not be a mouth is also dumb. If you really want to know what that drawing was intended to portray, there's one surefire way to do that: ask Geoff Senior, the guy who drew it. He also drew Liege Maximo in Simon Furman's unofficial Alignment story which Hasbro apparently considered authoritative enough to use as a reference when designing the liegian darts for the new toy. But considering the haphazard way Hasbro has been making their creative decisions lately, I can't help but doubt they consulted him.
>>11715743I don't know about the mouth guard but for what it's worth, the horns clearly look to me like they're behind the head and not part of it in this picture.
>>11715738No. He sold out because despite how utterly fucked up he is, he's the only toy of the character in existence, and people want to complete their collections. There's no real reason to make another toy of the dude in the future, so this is likely it for him - people are just settling.
>>11715751>how utterly fucked up he isExcept he actually looks like a Transformer and not some weird green demon thing. That would have been a lot more "fucked up".
>>11715748That picture was made years later, by a different artist. You can't use that as a reliable reference when it's not the source material.
>>11715751They can always do IDW Loki knock off in the future.
>>11715743>There's no "clearly" about it.Anon, in that very same image you posted, you can clearly see the straps going into the side of his face and a hint of the outline of his chin piece. The supposed "teeth" in his "mouth" aren't even connected to anything.What the fuck would that be if not a red chinstrap like Jhiaxus'?
>>11715753That's one interpretation.
The unofficial cover art for Alignment is where you can make the best argument that the horns sat behind Liege's head. He's got a big spiky head and the horns seem to be a crown of sorts.
>>11715779Looks to me like they're growing out of the back of his head and curling over the front. It does indeed look like he's wearing some kind of crown, though - the spike in the middle of his head and the two smaller ones under his horns are a different color from the rest of him.
Either way the spikes on his head in every piece of art are very clearly part of a headband and not a shitty little skullcap. Which would also imply something obviously would above that band, you know something like big ol' demon horns.
>>11715793Never mind that every OTHER design of Liege has also made the character have huge head horns. It's only this toy that went in its own weird direction.
>>11715622>he red piece was clearly a chin strapYou're retarded, that's his mouth.
>AARON ARCHER NO DON'T DO IT--
>>11715786>Looks to me like they're growing out of the back of his head and curling over the frontThat's how I interpreted it all this time.
>>11715809>Never mind that every OTHER design of LiegeAgain, what is with this every "other" stuff? IDW and anything that came later DOES NOT COUNT, it's G2 comic here or nothing for the purposes of the argument here. IDW is just as much an alternate interpretation of the original as this new toy is, if not much more so.
>>11715779I always thought the red part with the wires was a mouth in the shape of a respirator and going by that pic it's clear there's no way in hell it can be the chin, there's no space for a nose and mouth there.Between that and the horns it just feels like they tried to do the opposite of how people always interpreted that design just to mess with them.
Got MPG Nucleon Quest Super Convoy. I paid about 180 for it. Felt a bit pricey, but it is a pretty solid figure. Pros:-An almost satin black paint covers a good chunk of the figure. Looks phenomenal in hand.-Everything tabs in pretty well-Several weapons with tabs and peg compatibility-Super Convoy is way more articulated than I expected. He even has ankles hidden there, with two clicks even!-core robot is so much fun to mess around with, it's hands are compatible with a smaller set of guns and they're 5mm compatible.Cons:-Apparently, retail for this guy is $270, which is too much for what you get.-Transforming it can be a bit nerve wrecking since you have to be careful to avoid damaging the paint, worst bit is inserting Convoy into the Super Convoy chest, the clearance is just right, so the paint will eventually start rubbing off at the sides.-Chrome looks nice, but always goes bad, and fast. Not to mention you have to avoid touching it.-HiQ is a letdown. The minifig version has a much nicer paint job, the connection to Super Convoy is terrible (the grill section is spring loaded and you have to insert him there, but he's held there by two small tabs) to the point he could fly across the room if you're not careful. To top it off, you have to put pressure on the chrome grill for the transformation.-The hips on both convoys are comically strong, I'm scared they'll break every timr I move them.I still think it's worth getting, but some of the issues could easily be avoided:-The grill could be painted metallic grey.-The grill section could flip around to reveal a section that secures HiQ in place via a slot for the head and the side tabs.-Slightly more clearance for the Super Convoy mode-Less stupidly strong hip ratchets.
>>11715427>55 years and countingcute>>11715521the fuck? mobile devices cost -hundreds- of dollars.>friendsthat's not okay to have, it means you fit in.
>>11715466goofy facial expressions designed to attract the facial recognition software of 2-generations-back algorithms are the 'mouth stretching out like an anteater in a hentai blowjob' of web video
>>11715529Dig it. Love me a realcolored lion.
>>11715830>it just feels like they tried to do the opposite of how people always interpreted that design just to mess with them.Probably, but this is also a good thing. Many TF fans are huge fags (as these threads routinely prove) so anything that messes with them is extremely based imo.
>>11715834I should also point out that recent comments by Hasbro designers brought up that we might get a Super Ginrai in the recent future (the masterforce anniversary). How they'll go about it is a mystery.
>>11715844I don’t see why he could be anything other than a Commander class without it feeling strange
>Missed out on Skywarp and ShockwaveDamn... Also wish I didn't buy the previous Wheeljack and Sunstreaker since they both have issues and these new ones look a bit more detailed.
>>11715622Why would they color a chinstrap red?
>>11715842I can't imagine being this much if a spiteful fatass.
>>11715847I say this without irony, they could also make him a titan and justify it with budget (Super Ginrai has longer proportions and the cab doesn't form most of the torso, regular Ginrai mighr end up too small with and commander budget is a joke these days).That or a haslab with Godbomber.
I was going to preorder Shockwave, but I noticed it has this awful tab on his chest now. Is that for the Bruticus cannon thing?
>>11715867Not the slot on his abdomen, the tab right below his boob. I literally have Siege Shockwave on my desk and he doesn't have that tab.
>>11715723Attention whoring is exactly what you're doing.
>>11715862Yes it is. It goes into Bruticus' shoulder.
>>11715850To match Jhiaxus.
>13 show up in the legends comics>Mostly guys who were appointed that position and only came to be after BW Neo.>They make it seem like most of them are corrupt.Seeing them get their shit wrecked was pretty funny.
Been playing Fumes lately (absolutely kino) and the Junkion Anon last thread got me messing with my Scraphook moreTest fit some various Weapons I got and really liking some of these combosAnd the "Exhaust/Luggage" from CrashbarThe Hydraulic parts from Junkmaster is pretty good too
https://news.tfw2005.com/2026/02/17/transformers-toy-fair-reveals-astrotrain-sunstreaker-shockwave-more-pos-live-557692FYI there’s like 70-80 new stock photos on various shopping platforms. I’m just straight up not posting all that.Entertainment earth has the most complete gallery. And ThreeAndUp has the highest resolution.Still waiting for someone to post the 360 turnaround renders.
>>11715622It’s a breather like Darth Vader anon
>>11715917Also for an official photo of the back of Leige’s box.
>>11715902If the 13 are just random fags elected to government, then what was the deal with Blue Bolts using their sigils to revive Lio Convoy?
>>11715922Why would they be so cruel, and make his heels from clear plastic?
>>11715917This shit is so ass.
>>11715917Interesting, you can have the wing chest for Astrotrain.
>>11715931Yup, my Siege Astrotrain is not going anywhere.
>>11715931His chest is huge but the rest of him is lanky as hell.
MUST... CONSOOM... MUH G1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>11715944Could finally give us new Octane and Broadside. But nooooo.Also after this Astrotrain, I'm affraid for new Octane and Broadside.
>>11715932Love the gigantic hole it leaves on the body.
>>11715944Siege was that bad people still consider this a step up.
Can someone explain to me the lore behind Liege Maximo and why people are excited for him getting a toy?
>>11715975Said no one ever.
>>11715954"Inferno, Stop lubricating the man"
>>11715976Liege Maximo started out as a vague term Jhiaxus mentioned that was implied to be a base where the G2 Decepticons operated out of with Jhiaxus as their supreme leader. Then the final issue of Gen2 and the very last Marvel TF comic came out and ended with the cliffhanger reveal that LM was an actual person who was a giant demonic transformer the size of Metroplex. Who also claimed to be related to Megatron, who at the end of the Marvel series, had finally agreed to a truce between the Autobots and Decepticons.Since then he alternates between being the Loki of the 13 Primes, Space Satan (until the Fallen took that role from him) and the secret father and creator of the Decepticon movement with Megatron as his unwitting or willing pupil
>>11715975Siege literally has the objectively better robot mode.
>>11715951I think I'm finally over asking for better versions of bad figures. I just don't think they're talented enough to deliver.
>>11715982>>11715996Siege Astrotrain was always a great toy with amazing vehicle modes
Any good KOs of legacy Armada Optimus or the legacy stunticons? Or really, any KOs at all?
>>11715757My head canon was that the remaining primes attacked Liege after his deception in retaliation and disfigured him like darth vader,
Is there a line of little poseable guys that would fit in the new Thundercracker's cockpit? I remember having one when I was really young but I cannot think of the name. It just had really simple arm and leg joints, and maybe little magnets in the feet?
>>11715998I don't get the meme here. The actual toy has a good robot mode, an incomplete shuttle mode, and a WTF train mode. The budget wasted on the coal car could've easily fixed the shuttle's problems. But a smarter designer was needed to fix the train.
>>11716004diaclone pilots.They might be able to fit in 86 thundercracker, pretty sure they can. I'm kinda pissed hasbro didn't make it titan master sized though.
>>11715944gas g1ers
My only issue I have with Siege Astrotrain is that it's tiny and I can't pose it with TR Bliztwing and Octane, with which I'm pretty happy with.
>>11715976For decades this page was the only fiction he had. It's a pretty fucking impactful page in that context.
>>11716012Thanks, I can probably snag some bootleg chinese knockoffs on aliexpress. Did we get diaclone in the US/Canada? I don't remember seeing it but this was when I was like, still in kindergarten.
>>11715998>>11716006The meme is revisionism. I don't agree with the 'it was always a great toy' line since it was always a great toy, but yeah.. the vehicle modes were a bit rough and people on twitter talking about how the vehicle modes on the new one are rough and siege was fine or whateverpersonally, I think that while the robot mode does look like complete dogshit; the vehicle modes are movie accurate, AND Astrotrain's two big scenes in the movie (the escape and the shuttle fight) were both vehicle-mode focused scenes. I'm not going to pick astrotrain up for full price, but he's definitely on the clearance list. I love the fact the train connected wheel thingies work, it's cool. Or if they make a g1 toy colors redeco.. which they do seem to be going for.
>>11715773Again with this "clearly" stuff? Just because you interpret it one way doesn't mean that's what it's "clearly" supposed to be. Just look at how what you call "straps" just taper off to a point and vanish rather than wrapping around the head. If anything, a strong argument could be made that this makes them look MORE like whiskers and LESS like a mouthguard. You yourself even admitted they don't even connect to anything. I'm not saying the chin strap interpretation is impossible, nor am I saying that seeing these features as whiskers or some other thing (heck, they might just be more tubes or tentacles running along the side of his face like the ones dangling from his body) is necessarily correct either. What I am saying is that acting like your interpretation is "clearly" the only possible correct one is nonsense.
>>11716019Diaclone's pilots were probably in some import toyline. Maybe micronauts? idk.
why do you faggots write so much lmao
>>11715923No idea, maybe they have another meaning here? The Planet Beast guys had their wise men use Prime Master bodies so maybe they represent powerful beings in the Cosmos. Sort of related, the comic had Grimwing and Laserback using the portal Leo Prime used to invade the G1 world. They seem to be the only Predacons that made it through before Leo came back and afe both killed. What makes this pretty funny, is that their original pack in fiction had them be be friends who didn't want to be savages and wreck shit, and even seemed to consider being allies to the Autobots so they could defeat the other Predacons. Since these guys don't exist in the Japanese Go! Line, you can guess why they where killed off.
>>11716004Try star wars the rebel pilots look regular enough to work
I think the biggest issue is the lack of color. Maybe it will be better in white if we ever get a repaint.
>>11716016>EVIL IS INFINITE!
>>11716030the biggest issue to me is a chest sitting higher than the shoulders
>>11716024
>>11716030unpaintable plastic. Please understand. No we're not going to give you stickers or maybe even redesign the chest so it can be painted. No we will not add paintable plastic inserts. Please understand.Oh and btw we are going to fix this in a premium/future release. Fuck you. Pay another 60 piggy.I can't believe this was made by the same person that did bw cheetor and thunderclash
>>11715985He's called Inferno because it burns when he lubricates.
>Of all characters, Dai Atlas, Blast Off, Cosmos, all the Stunticons and an Guardian Robot (of all things) are still alive by the very end of the Jg1 universe.Doesn't seem that special to talk about characters like Primal or Optimus like heroes who died long ago and barely know much about them when guys who served even before that are just... around.
>>11716056Also, of all things, referencing the POTP show was not something I saw coming.
>>11716019We got some as kronoform. Most notably the multiforce.
>>11716015Siege Astrotrain is tiny? I thought he was Voyager sized.
>>11715944all three modes look like ass.
>>11715917all those fucking gaps
>>11716163how. how'd'n't I notice that before?
>>11715917should at least come with a tiny Starscream tossing out a tiny Megatron
>>11715944I just don't get what happened. The original Astrotrain was so solid. It was just a tube with panels. Why is this one so broken up in all his modes?
>>11716156Maybe TR Astrotrain is a lanklet but this is how it scales against it.
>>11715944I'm honestly shocked. The Siege one was pretty good, only the back of the shuttle was bad. Here, only the train looks passable, and the shuttle back somehow looks even worse, while the robot looks terrible. Seriously, who approved this? It clearly needed another pass, so I'm wondering if this is another ER Starscream situation.
>>11716004Diaclone pilots are too small to fit normally. Most smaller figure lines would essentially fit standing up, the only mini pilots that almost work are the rmz zoid pilots, but they're a tad too small and you'd need to glue them in place.
Hey still trying to sell figures before i kick the bucket ( i have chronic kidney disease, 6 months left to live lol), trying to get some stuff sold here quickly this time for an event sunday so im flexible on prices, please only email if interested!will take paypal and cashapp and venmo ** Pics:** https://imgbox.com/g/t7F6aDCJSXC=Complete so i dont hit any character limits86 Bumblebee (Missing Gun)- 17$AOTP Megatronus (c, can ship with og box flattened) - 55$AOTP Amaglonus prime (have og box) C-45$AOTP Prima Prime C- 35$AOTP Quintus Prime c- 20$AOTP Micronus Prime C- 20$AOTP Alchemist Prime C- 30$AOTP Waspinator C- 18$TFO Studio Series Bumblebee C- 15$TFO Studio Series Megatron/d16 C- 25$Core class g2 megatron- 8$Core Class Galvatron Legacy Loose- 8$Core Class Galvatron Legacy Boxed damaged-12$SS 86 Damaged Iron Hide- 20$AOTP devestation Side swipe C- 20$Mainlife TFONE Quintession- 8$Studio Series 86 Arcee C- 15$Transformers Studio Series gamer iron hide c- 25$Transformers Studio Series gamer megatron c-20$40Th Anniversary Optimus Prime CIB-65$Legacy United Vector Prime C- 30$AOTP G2 Grimlock (No Wheelie)-35$WFC Siege(?) WheelJack C- 25$Siege 35th Anniversary Optimus Prime (not sure if complete)-40$SS 86 Sweeps C- 40$SS 86 Blurr C- 30$G1 Pullback Goldbug C- 35$G1 Pullback Fullload (not sure his name) C- 18$Hot Wheels Collab Bone Shaker C- 28$G1 2002 Hot Rod C- 25$Dramatic Capture Optimus Prime and Jazz C- 60$ 45 for just optimus 25 for jazzAOTP Barricade Deluxe Bayverse C- 25$Titans Return Seaspray deluxe C- 20$Weird earthspark human deluxe- 8$Earthspark deluxe Shockwave C- 10$AOTP Slingshot C- 20$
>>11716195p2ALL THE ONES BELOW ARE MISSING PIECES/PARTS/DAMAGED, WILLING TO OFFER A BUNDLE DEAL ON THESE TO GET THEM OUTAOTP Solus (Missing a leg )- 15$G1 Skylinx (missing roller, and a plate on the back)-15$G2 Dinosaur (forgot his name, was it slag? sludge?) has 3d printed replacement horn, no weapons- 20$G1 Warpath- 13$G2 Optimus Prime, No accessories limbs very loose- 10$Authentics Skyfire, Missing pieces-10$Nascar 88 DOTM Figure Missing pieces- 10$SS86 brawn (missing original gun)- 18$G1 insecticons (Very loose feeling and floppy, missing pieces) All 3- 15$ (Not separating)G1 Bonecrusher x2 Missing Weapons/stickers- 15$ROTB Gator thing (missing his face bayverse optimus stole it) - 3$ (only shipping with 20$ or more purchase)Mainline TFO Optimus Deluxe (Chest piece doesnt wanna peg in, missing weapon)- 8$incomplete Blokees Wheeljack- 2$Legacy United g1 universe Optimus Prime(missing accessories -15$AOTP Devastation optimus prime (missing one smoke stack)- 12$WFC (not sure what one) Megatron (has accessories just yellowed kinda bad)- 18$Animated Optimus Prime that lights up (not sure what it came with)- 15$G1 Galvatron (missing all accessories, electronics untested)- 15$G1 Optimus Prime (damaged, no accessories/hands)- 12$Mystery Shock wave (idk what hes from, missing a hand)- 12$Titan Returns Preceptor (missing accessories)- 14$86 Bumblebee (not sure if gun is one it came with)- 15$86 Slag/Slash (Missing a transformation part for dino mode, weapon)-20$G1 Inferno (Basically missing everything, missing an arm- 5$ (Will only sell if buying atleast 20$)OTHER: Manual Lot (can add onto complete figures, otherwise whole lot 30$) CIB Walmart 40th Bombshell Ramhorn (Box damaged)- 25$Walmart 40th Bombshell Ramhorn No box figures still in plastic- 20$
>>11715927Because God, and Hasbro, but mostly God, hates you specifically.
>>11716203Also Hasbro knows what you did that summer.Yes, that thing. You know damn well what I’m referring to. You should be ashamed.
>>11716211Unrelatedly, anyone notice his ship-mode looks like a sort of fucked-up Yoda from the back?
>>11716185huh? never realized Seige was so short. do you have a pic of him next to Blitzwing?
>>11716215Well, NOW I do
>>11716221After potp, all figures got smaller, it was pretty much the major complaint at the time, but people put up with it since it gave us much better figure... until ER fucked things up.
>>11716215I got these in gif form for Nexus, Swerve, Ratchet, Powerglide, Smokescreen, from the previous release video, and also for the new SS Hot Rod, the person-scale Matrix, And whichever Optimus this is, if anyone wants to see one of those.
>>11716227Is this a repaint of the recent deluxe? There’s so many god-damned G1 Optimuses I genuinely can’t keep track.
>>11716203>>11716211>>11716215>>11716227>>11716229There is no point in posting such tiny, shitty gifs, you imbecile.
>>11716227got excited thinking this was a tooner shaded ss86, pass
>>11716230Nihilist much?
>>11716175Because it was a tube with panels and no joints.
>>11716056The Guardian Robot I can buy because they’ve been on Cybertron arguably longer than even Alpha Trion, so it doesn’t surprise me that if they could survive to the modern day, they’d easily be able to survive the thousands of years until JPBW
>>11716233adding joints to the limbs fucks up things that badly?
>>11716195>>11716196Anon there's a BST threadBut also damn if real that sucks manI'm eyeing 2 but don't see any info on the Hot Rod
>>11716215Why did you make me see this???
>>11716244Its the 2001 commemorative series hot rod, where is the BST thread?
DNA Kit 70 was part of my BBTS pileIt's nice gap fillers, new forearms and a new Hinge for BonecrusherHowever the pin for Bonecrushed absolutely refuses to budge even with extensive softening and heatingI started to get concerned that I was going to hurt it and yet STILL wouldn't budge so I guess I don't get to use thatBut alsoBURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
>>11716250Nvm got it
>>11716252you need one of these tools
>>11716258Yea it came with a little tool KINDA like it but not as nice as thatIt just won't move so I think i'll try again later when i'm better set
>>11716056BTW, all these characters are leaving Cybertron to find energy sources that can help the universe from ending. Dai Atlas being by himself implies his buddies might be gone by this point. Now, the Stunticons took the Nemesis into a black hole, apparently to see if they find something in an alt universe. No clue if that is a set up for the G2 repaints.
>>11716195RIP anon :(
I just got 86 Thundercracker and for some reason, they seem to have made the null ray pegs smaller than normal. They fit fine on 86 Thundercracker, but I can't plug them into any other figures so far.
>>11716252>However the pin for Bonecrushed absolutely refuses to budge even with extensive softening and heatingAre you pushing it out from the right direction?
>>11716315I also just got TC and I love him, I think I'm in for the other two. Unless Starscream is some dumb exclusive that won't be available in my country. Other than that, and I'm usually super lenient with Transformers, but I'm kinda appalled at how bad Astrotrain turned out. Like, at some point one of the designers should have stopped and said "nope, we can't release this"
>>11716321Yeah, I'm just getting Skywarp from the recent reveals. Statscream is target Exclusive and I'm in Puerto Rico, so I'm boned. Even if they ship it here, the piranah's will gobble up the preorders before I wake up.
>>11716221It's not my picture, I haven't gotten Siege Astrotrain yet.I was actually debating on whether to get Kingdom T-Wrecks or not. The mold seems solid and I wasn't planning on getting the Megatron.
>>11716346He's completely covered in rubbery skin. While I haven't seen any major issues on it, the Megatron release had several qc issues, some pretty serious.
>>11716328I fucking hate living in a country that doesn't have Target because of this shit. Exclusivity deals should not apply outside of the sales country, let Walmart have this shit in Canada.
>>11716319Yea tried both sides while it was heated and softer
So, what's the over/under on an upgrade, probably from DNA, for Astrotrain? I'd worry that bulkier arms and a better chest/wing assembly would fuck up the transformation, but I've seen some clever improvisations from the 3Ps.
>>11716315>>11716321I picked up Thundercracker at Wal-Mart and really hope they put out Skywarp!!!FACT!!!
>>11716378Those scrawny thighs and hole in his stomach look terrible, anywho, any chance we'll FINALLY get a cartoon accurate Unicron in robot mode on par with the Auldey figures of other characters? Blokees put out a version of him in planet mode and he's beautiful, now all I want is a robot equivalent!I accidentally bought the Studio Cell version when I was drunk and couldn't get a refund and although the Haslab one is somewhat more accurate, it's way too big and expensive.!!!FACT!!!
>>11716193Boy that's kind of a range. Diaclone guys are what, 1:60? RMZ is 1:100, and so far I wanna say a lot of them are like, bisected. you don't even get the entire guy?Standard zoids guys are 1:72, that sure looks like the right size for the few transformers I've seen with cockpitsI think you meant too large, btw.
>>11716378A 3P should just go full fansproject and give him an extra coal car that splits apart into a bunch of pieces to fix the proportions and chest
>>11716195Chronic kidney disease is a bitch, my daughter is likely staring that in the face someday. I'd nab some of those off of you, but you don't have ones I want. Good luck man. I know I hope my shit will go to someone appreciative when I kip off.
>someone brings up an old comment Inafune made about a Megaman game>it's a mistranslation that says the exact opposite of what he meant>entrenched itself and refuses to die and people still circulate it as gospel>fuck, where did this even come from>find the source in archive.org>It was M SipherSON OF A BITCH
>>11716428Even though it isn't about Transformers, now I'm curious, what was the claim about Megaman?
>>11716428Of course. What was the quote and the mistranslation?
>>11715923Oh, cool - I didn't know there was a Jawbreaker redeco out there.
>>11716433>>11716435On the addition of the character Alia to the series, Inafune remarked he felt he didn't see much of a reason to add a girl character because it was a kid's game series. He then goes on to say>でも、現実問題、女性の方が冷静に判断が出来るかな?と思い、ナビゲータは女性という結果に落ち着いたのですが。M Sipher's attempt at translating this:>However, I felt the real problem was, could a female make cool decisions? So I settled on the result of a female navigator. The correct translation however:>But really, aren't women more capable of making calm decisions? So I decided the navigator would be a woman.
>>11716442http://web.archive.org/web/20010405045728/bbs.capcom.com/messages/355/16284.htmlAnd the original post M Sipher posted this up at.
>>11716428it's like that in Zelda too. the worst is when they come back later and 'confirm' that's what they meant>>11716442in fairness, nihongo is a confusing as fuck language to translate. The subject in a sentence is fucking optional.
>>11716016Looking at this image in full, I can see three things: One, Maximo's head is turned slightly to the left side of the page and down, looking directly at Rook below. Two, the horns appear to be turned with him at roughly the same angle, implying they are indeed supposed to be part of his head. Three, the red thing - and the tubes coming off of it - is NOT turned with the head and horns and is more or less situated directly in front, implying it's not a mouth, respirator, OR chin strap; it appears to be some sort of collar and is attached to his chest, and is facing the same direction as his pectorals.
>>11716448Not to mention that several kanji can mean different things based on how they are pronounced, meaning it’s really difficult to determine a sentence by writing alone
>>11716442Thanks for the explanation! I suppose it's possible it was an honest mistake, but I also feel like some people on the internet crave the chance to show off how good and righteous they are, and the only way they know how to do it is by tearing down someone else to create a contrast between themselves and the "bad" people.
>>11716449Interesting interpretation, but I dunno about all of that. The red thing on the front (mouth, chin, mask, or whatever) is slightly to the left (Liege Maximo's right) instead of centered above his collarbone and below the eyes, so if his head is indeed tuned to our left, then the red thing is turning with it. Or maybe it's just imperfections in the art and is meant to be looking straight forward? Who knows?
>>11716454It's sad. In my day, people tore others down to build themselves up, not because they genuinely thought others deserved it.>>11716459good eye, you put it better than I could have.
>>11716229Yeah, it's from that production three-pack they're doing. One of the weirdest ideas they've ever had, if you ask me
>>11716460>people tore others down to build themselves up, not because they genuinely thought others deserved itAren’t both of those bad though? You shouldn’t have to tear someone down just to build yourself up and you shouldn’t do it out of malcontent either
>>11716390I hope Blokees will also do Cybertron at some point.
>>11716463I just don't understand the point of this. Who does this appeal to, exactly? This seems more like self-fellation on the designers' behalf - nobody cares about the design process enough to want to buy and display three of the same figure in various stages of completion. Just sell the completed figure (for a normal price) and be done with it.
>>11716464I was joking, anon. One of those jokes where you tell the truth and then everyone laughs at how sad it is. because back then, we hoped things would change completely, and they did. But it turns out you can change completely and still be shit.
>>11716474It ain't Hasbro without adding a bunch of bullshit to the figure (or in some cases, accessories for that figure) you actually want. Yes, I hate it too
>>11716463This pack would have been infinitely better, might even have been buyable if they had gone wild with the prototype color version. Like give him bright green and burgundy or black and red or something wacky, not just the normal version underpainted.
>>11716459Whatever the case of the "mouth piece", I think we can all agree that if the horns are turned to the same angle as the head in that image like they appear to be, then they MUST be attached to it and not coming from his back, otherwise they'd be fixed in place and still pointing forward while his head turned independently from them.
>>11716493Yeah, like how the test shot SS Swoop was purple with certain bits white. It looked so fucking cool.
>>11716500I'll trust you guys on the turned angle of the horns and face since I'm having a hard time seeing it, but either way, the contour at the top of his forehead where it goes into shadow matches the exact same contour of the horns, which would seem to suggest the horns are indeed on the top of his head and are what's causing the shadow just above his forehead.
>>11716510>I'll trust you guys on the turned angle of the horns and face since I'm having a hard time seeing it,NTA, but here's a quick and shitty photoshop of what they're talking about. Liege Maximo has a convenient straight groove up the middle of his pectorals that can be used to indicate where his torso is facing, and since it's pointed at the viewer here, it can be used to project a line of symmetry (pink). Looking at both sides of the line, you'd expect his eyes and horns to be equidistant from the pink line if he were looking straight forward, but you can clearly see that's not the case here (and, as you can see from the blue lines, it's because he's focusing on Rook in the bottom of the shot, not the viewer). You'll also notice the spike in the center of his head is also being seen from a slight angle rather than head-on, and as you pointed out, the shadows on his forehead indicate that he's not sitting perfectly still under the light source. Just one glance at those horns makes it immediately apparent that they're not facing straight forward, either - even when accounting for slight imperfections in the artist's drawing style, it's immediately obvious that there's some forced perspective going on, with the closer horn on the right hanging slightly lower while the horn on the left looks higher because his head is turned away and angled (again, towards Rook). The weird red respirator thing is off-center, too (by a LOT), but it also doesn't completely line up with the way the head is angles, so I'm not entirely sure about what to make of that.
>>11716524yeah, you can see slightly more of the inside edge of his right horn than his left, so his head is turned very slightly.. But like you pointed out, the horns are also two very different thicknesses. This was kind of improvised and I can tell because I do the same fucking thing constantly, with this kind of detailed art.
>>11716463Literally one of the worst Studio Series releases and they make a meme 3 pack that nobody buys lmao
Man Kranix really hits the spot for me. I love the weird and unique robot design, with its big head / long neck and combination of curvy / blocky shapes. Almost no hollowness aside from the waffle thighs which honestly aren’t egregious. And the alt mode captures that specific retro-future vibe that I love in G1 Cybertronian vehicles, although admittedly the back end just looks like a pile of legs.
>>11716538Flying south for the winterI’m repeating myself, but it was obvious to me that this figure would be a home run. Nobody was expecting / asking for it, so it must have been someone at HasTak’s passion project.
>>11716538>>11716540He looks fantastic. I'm petty excited for him too, even if it means I'll finally have to buy a pair of Gnaws to restrain him for purposes of mock justice.
>>11716538>>11716540He looks too weird for me, but I might spring if he goes on sale.
>>11716538>>11716540Alt. mode is kinda iffy so no preorder, but I'll probably buy him if I find him in person.
>>11716540I just don’t get why they’re half assing engineering so much nowAnd no, it’s not “tooner” problems, the Chinese are doing it better at smaller scale
>>11716570>I just don’t get why they’re half assing engineering so much nowMinimum effort in exchange for maximum returns. They've learned that they can do the bare minimum, charge whatever insane price they want, and put it on a shelf, and idiots will still buy it up even if they complain about it. They pay for less engineering, use cheaper materials, and still make massive profits off of it. It's the same reason why they keep regurgitating the same G1 characters over and over instead of creating entire casts of new characters like they used to once upon a time - new ideas require money and effort, but they have no motivation for that because they know they're guaranteed sales by catering to their lobotomized drones who have been conditioned to buy up every single version of Optimus Prime and Bumblebee they shit out instead for far less.
>>11716589>keep regurgitating the same G1 characters over and over instead of creating entire casts of new characters like they used to once upon a timeThis is pointless though, as I already stated, 3P is doing that and it is doing well and making great toys
>>11716454Sipher just couldn't sell Inafune an Overlord and was salty
>>11716589you mean like Kranix and Liege and all their earlier toys?
They should really have all the toys boxes show their death scenes like they did with Wheeljack.
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>>11715998I think "amazing" is a stretch but given he's meant to be his Cybertronian form anyway I think they're fine. And whilst SS86 has better vehicle modes than Siege, they're not as much better than Siege's robot mode is compared to the trainwreck that is SS86. Also the tender is cool.
>>11716195Good luck to you homie.
>>11716637Cool, Deathcobra can do the arm rotor thing.
>>11716643>SS86 has better vehicle modesthat shuttle looks like total shit. the train looks passable.Fuck, even TR Broadside got two decent modes
>>11716661>even TR Broadside got two decent modesIs this bait?
>>11716670what's wrong with his other two modes? Just the jet sucks
>>11716638prime wars looking ass bots
I don't really collect Transformers anymore but I did pick up Kingdom Sideswipe when he came out a few years ago and have been wanting a Sunstreaker that doesn't have mismatched paint or isn't locked in a 5 pack to go with him since then so this 86 repack makes me happy :)
>>11716570>the Chinese are doing it better at smaller scaleand how much do they cost, anon?
>>11716638>>11716637Amazing enginering.
>>11716697Greatly variedThey’re not made at the scale that Hasbro produces
>>11716636>>11716637>>11716638Sweet. Can’t wait for mine.
>>11715466what Key & Peele sketch is this from?
>>11716630Skywarp gets the moment prior to getting tossed out of Astrotrain to his death, if that helps.
>>11716742>have the box mention he gets turned into Cyclonus just to piss off half the fandom.
>>11716747Funnily enough, Kingdom Cyclonus's blurb keeps it intentionally vague who he was reformatted from
>>11716637Still looks like shit. Cool boxart though.
I want an Optimus that goes with the other Primes. Star Convoy is way too large to fit with the group. Would Earthrise or S86 be work better?
>>11716869Well, theres the old Gen Selects Star Convoy.
>>11716869I like putting Devastation Prime with the group. He just feels like the right size in my head
>>11716636>Deathcobra reacting with disgust at Killbison getting ready to flip him off
A question for anyone who owns the Blokees Tarn or Yolopark one, but how poseable is Tarn's cute blue nugget friend Nickel?
I just realized something about the New Legends manga. So it’s established that Lio Convoy becomes Leo Prime and combines the Cybertron and Destron factions into one “Maximal” faction. It’s also shown that Bluebolts comes from a time period after these events, meaning the Car Robots Autobots really were Maximals in disguise all along
>>11716589ah, the pokémon principle
>>11715600>>11715644It's in reverse, TFP Predacons hails from the TFP universe, just as Leo Prime came for the last time in this universe, his portal was open so that some Predacons went in it, to the G1 Universe, but got apprehended by the Primal Vanguard (Delta Magnus & his powerdrives)Also seem coming from space to earth seems to be taken from a promotional GO! video https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Triple_Combination:_Transformers_Go!_(franchise)#Overviewhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiPEiBfFru0>>11715639>Japanese fans are obsessed with trying to tie everything back to G1Yeah & it works, it rules>>11715742Notice how all of them, except one, hasn't got their torsos made of "unpaintable plastic"On god, Hasbro is the king of shit ideas>>11716939Ehh, Bluebolt (the weapon) could exist at the same time he was still Lio Convoy, if not earlierFire Convoy & God Magnus are (twins?) brothers born by Vector Sigma + there's a HUGE amount of time since the ten thousands of years (10 000) from BWII & BWNeo, up to the hundred thousand of years (100 000) he was revived as Dark Amber Leo Prime
>>11716939>meaning the Car Robots Autobots really were Maximals in disguise all alongThis has been basically know for a while, for whatever reason the tfwiki crowd tried to deny it or chalk it up to Japan being loose with continuity, when these sort of not-reboots aren't uncommon
>>11715639it's funny because the american stuff is what keeps changing names for g1 synergy, but also we treat sentai like these guys treat transformers.
>>11716056Not that unusual. In the 3H comics, Sideswipe, Sunstreaker and Trailbreaker survived up to post-Beast Machines too.
>>11716939>>11716975They are not even different things over there per say. Destrons vs. Cybertrons is the catch all for Robot Lifeform and Beast Wars. Unless that got reworked like Convoy being changed to Optimus Prime thanks to the Bay films the Maximals and Predicons were just named their type of Autobots and Decpticons.
>>11716056You are overthinking something made to sell toys and merc in general.
>>11716995terrible attitude that leads to terrible media
>>11716973>Yeah & it works, it rulesIt’s also super confusing trying to figure out how everything fits together>>11716975I don’t think the TFWiki crowd tries to deny it, heck, a big part of RID's page is spent explaining how CR isn’t a reboot and continues on from Metals/Neo>>11716993I know, I was mostly just making a meta joke about the CR cast's time of origin
>>11716982I know, but it still seems weird, at least in the case of Dai Atlas, he went off on excursions like this for long stretches of time.
>>11716638I like the chunky helicopter mode
>>11716975Oddly I thought this was true. Like Mack Alert is Mack Kick, Speedbreaker was Break.
>>11716636>>11716637>>11716638People will see this and unironically reddit soiface in excitementForgetting entirely what a total shitshow it is and how Haslab Omega Prime was basically a total scam
>>11717015They’re separate characters, they’re just disguising themselves as Autobots in the modern day to not arise suspicion >>11717020Man, just let me be excited about a new Liokaiser
>>11717034He's like this every HasLab, anon. Just ignore it.>it's a scam>they lied about the numbers>it could have been sold at retail>nobody wants this>you got scammed
>>11716869Earthrise is solidToon wise yea SS86I think the G2 Optimus isn't so bad but the shoulders can be killerThe VNR or w/e is a better version of that moldOr go APC for the TF Prime OptimusAvoid that Siege Galaxy PrimeIt's so utter ass
>>11717034Oink oink must consoom>>11717036Keep sucking them off Haslab has gotten worse and worseHow many times do you have to fall for a fucking $200+ "Crowd funded" release then get slapped with QC and a shitshow before you wise up?
>>11715622>>11715743>>11715773>>11715815>>11716016Omfg I can't believe we're still confused about this 30 years later.Yaniger, senior, and galan, the 3 artist for g2, were chosen specifically because their sloppy, stylized aesthetic allowed them to produce the comic faster. They make a FUCKTON of mistakes, cause they are speed demons.Hence why jhiaxus' leg missiles fucking disappear half the time.So no, claiming that yaniger "slightly turned the head, which means this part is connected and this isn't" won't really cut it when he's about as precise as AKOMSecond, this is the description given by furman"It was huge, perhapstechno-organic in nature, with long, curled horns andprotrusions masking its bestial face. Eyes, as old the universe,burned from the darkness, its mouth seethed with molten fury,dribbling over dagger-like teeth. One arm was truncated,ending in a cannon fuelled, it seemed to them, by a small sun."Leaves no room for doubt
>>11717064i always hate when cannon arms are truncated. cannon arms should always be LONGER than the normal arm would be, with the muzzle going beyond where the hand would.
>>11717047>fucking $200+this isn't a lot of money these days.
>>11717064>So no, claiming that yaniger "slightly turned the headThe only small correction I have is that I think this page was by Senior, not Yaniger (despite Rook's large chin). I could be mistaken though. Other than that very minor note, your point absolutely stands. I'd never read Furman's actual description before, but the whole bit about, "its mouth seethed with molten fury, dribbling over dagger-like teeth," certainly seems it make it pretty certain that it is indeed intended to be his mouth. Thanks for the clarification.
>>11717046They were really handed a remake of Cybertron Prime on a silver platter and a Magnus retool was the best they could do, huh. At least they didn't cheap out on Armada Prime (for the most part)
>>11717074I made the same mistake at first, but yaniger is credited for book 4, senior worked on the earlier pages, where g2 combat prime shows upAlso, here's the original, non colored version of the alignment art.Alignment makes it very obvious those are ships, furman talks a LOT about ships every time liege makes an appearance.
>>11717078I should point out, THIS art is seniorHe signed itSo senior clearly thought it was a mouth with whiskers too.Also, look at yanigers non tf work and... Yeah, he has some common design elements
Anyone have any size comparisons of the Hot Rod that comes with Star Optimus and the Kingdom Core Class one? All the video reviews I watched never thought to compare the two and im curious how they scale
My ShowZ Blokees Bruticus set finally showed upHe's nicer than I thought and had extensively more parts than the DevastatorI'm hoping the next one is a Superion
>>11717160they're basically the exact same size. CC hot rod is kibblier though
>>11716636Why the fuck did God Fire Convoy get such ass box art compared to the other Jap characters.
>>11717160Mark Maher post a direct comparison in his Star Convoy post>>11717195Because he’s the only one whose original appearance was brought over to the States
>>11717034Omega Prime was a legit shitshow, it has to be said. On the other hand hopefully that means somebody at the factory responsible got verbally eviscerated by Hasbro corporate and will try extra hard to make Liokaizer exceed expectations so Hasbro don't change factories. So there is some precedent for being excited about Liokaizer.
>>11717205I believe IF there was QC it's too far into production during Omega Prime so it more than likely won't be fixed and the NEXT Haslab (Probably Grandus or new Dai Atlas) will either be free of QC or have straggler shit
I feel like 75% of the Studio Series stuff I've been buying the past 2 years have had some kind of issue like parts not fitting in properly or a leg/arm being too loose. But mostly parts not fitting properly when in vehicle mode.
>>11717197How has there not been a good core class/legends figure of Hot Rod? The core class is very finiky and hollow, while the Star Convoy one has the spoiler on the knees which looks weird, and im not paying $150 for a mini hot rod.
>>11717264The mft one seems nice
>>11717238Hasbro need to chuck the current factories and go back to the old ones we used to have when QC issues were bad luck and not a given.
>>11717269Moving to Vietnam seems like it's been a blunder all around
>>11717264>Star Convoy one has the spoiler on the knees which looks weirdthat's how it looked on the original Star Convoy
this side profile, lmao
>>11717278There is just no good angle to look at this guy from.
>>11717281the side of the box where you can't see him
>>11717278Holy shit this is the worst image so far.
>>11717274the spoiler here sits flush unlike the new one... makes me wish the spoiler had a hinge on the new one to wrap around the leg. Would it be inaccurate? Yeah, a little, but it'd make the design cleaner..
>>11717269>>11717271Hasbro needs to recognize that living in a global economy when your product is made internationally means anything between countries can disrupt supply chains, and start using region based factories.Using one set of factories for north, central, and south America, another for Asia, another for Europe and Africa.That way if there's problems in one country they can shift production to one of their others.Tons of international companies do that (car companies for instance)
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>>11717278were they just totally coked out of their minds when they designed this? what the fuck?
>>11717278ohoh wow they have been VERY careful about promo shots thus far.
>>11717290anon you foolhis picture's on the backno fun bio or anything though because we have to make room for warning labels in 90 languages.>>11717297how does a manga this old have smafones
>>11717301yes I know the pictures on the back there's four whole sides of the box that aren't the front or the back one of them has to be empty
>>11717301>manga this oldIs it?
>>11717278Are you sure he isn't a quad changer? He must have some sort of secret turtle mode somehow...
>>11717304I mean, it must not be, but the art style looks verrrry pre-2005. Manga and anime took a hard swerve when everything went digital, and just stopped looking like this. stopped having the same style and soul. (some of that has come back in the last like 5 years, but at the cost of a complete collapse of writing)I'll grant you she does have the tiny dot nose, but.. this looks pretty late 90s to maybe 2002 to me.
This is Convoy. She would never buy or sell a transformer at a markup. That's how real Autobots roll
>>11717296Apparently almost all Transformers toys that are designed by both companies are made in factories owned by Takara, so it’d be up to them rather than Hasbro, unless Hasbro managed to convince them to move shop
>>11717238I've had these problems across all lines. It's honestly frustrating having to fix or return a good chunk of my purchases.
>>11717315It's a shame she's dead.
>>11717314This panel came out 3 weeks ago
>>11717338Not everyone can Samus>>11717341oh.. god, they were trying back then, but good lord.>>11717342huh, maybe the good times are returningif this is recent though, why is that approximately a 2010 phone?
>>11717278Ejima-san never misses! Another wonderful toy!
>>11717278SOULLESS>>11717341SOVL
>>11717317There *has* to be more to the situation than that, and I think TFwiki's interpretation of Siebenaler's comment might be misleading. He's referring to toys "jointly developed." Prior to Siege, this probably covered very little because Takara always did their own versions of TF figures. That's why when Hasbro's markets got stuff like Combiner Wars and Titans Return, Takara released their own variations with different paint apps and sometimes even new tooling for Unite Warriors and Legends. But then Hasbro demanded that they both start selling the same versions from Siege onward. So yes, if a Hasbro figure has problems, the Takara release will too because they're the same thing. But for the Takara exclusive figures, other than design flaws (like for MP Super Ginrai) which aren't the factories' fault, the ones I've bought have rarely had anything more than minor problems. Meanwhile, it can be like pulling teeth to find a Hasbro figure without noticeable problems with things like paint being significantly splotchy, scratched, or scuffed up at least somewhere on the toy. And heck, when Takara actually *did* have a major factory screw-up recently with 40th Anniversary Lio Convoy's misassembly, they postponed shipments to manually fix every figure. Compare this to when Hasbro has serious misassembly issues, and the best you can hope for is a running change, so people who bought early are screwed unless they exchange their figure (and even then there's no guarantee they'll get a fixed copy), while late buyers simply have to hope they find one from after the change. I don't know if maybe it's because Takara has a higher rejection rate for factory copies of figures exclusively made for their market that don't look good enough to sell, or whatever other reason it could be, but what I do know is I buy from both Hasbro and Takara all the time, and Takara exclusives have rarely had much more than minor problems compared to purchases from Hasbro.
>>11717205Worked on my machine. Maybe try luck maxxing?
>>11717278>needed 86 astrotrain to complete my coronation set>everytime we get photos it looks worse and worseI havent been bothered much by kibble and other stuff in other toys than were criticised harshly, but im finding it hard to justify this one, the robot mode just looks like a hideous afterthought that pales to previous incarnations and third party. I've liked the 86 stuff so far and own a great deal of it, but this one just looks like a total dud that needs to go back to the drawing board.
>>11717468Sticking with my Siege boys thank you very much. No regrets.
>>11717471I deeply regret passing on the triple takeover bundle now, might browse ebay for an astrotrain I like the look of or hope people start selling theirs off for 86 like with other bots, though I feel this blunder might drive up the price of after market astros
>>11717473Yeah, I definitely will be keeping Astro and Shockwave as is. I was really hoping to upgrade them but whatever I guess. Saves me money. I hate Shockwave's grey backpack, it just bugs me.
Man, fuck all other toys. I've never had a Transformer fall over or shelf dive on me even once.
>>11717496The only time that’s happened to me is when I accidentally bumped my shelf trying to move stuff and Nightstick decided to go tumbling down
>>11716463Why is the finished version not accurate to the actual finished version, a retail figure would never have that amount of detail.
>>11717496I have carpet flooring so it's not so dangerous
>>11717501>>11717505It actually did happen to me with both Legacy Needlenose and BW Silverbolt now that I'm thinking about it. I still feel like that's nothing compared how many times it's happened with everything else I collect, but maybe I'm just an idiot who needs to put his toys in stable poses and stop bumping shelves.
So is SS86 Blitzwing just going to be a legacy redeco?
>>11717515More than likely, just like Cyclonus will probably be a Kingdom redeco.
>>11717517I hope they at least fix Blitzwing's legs.
Do I dare buy Gooncee? Is she the girlfriend I've been waiting for?
>>11717471>>11717478Just never transform Astrotrain
>>11716742I guess I have to buy this one if I want to complete my G1 seekers huh?>CHUG Thundercracker>SS Coronation Screamer>SS86 Skywarp>>11717574$90 + tax + shipping + tip is cheaper than most gfs so
Got this very tiny Soundwave at a dollar store. It's cute.
>>11716229>>11717278>>11716230Wah, wah wah.Look man, there’s only so high quality you can get from free YouTube and Facebook gif convertersDo it yourself if you’re dissatisfied.
>>11717666These are from the Insta “Black_Convoy” BTW.
>>11717668I almost wish the videos ended with a fade-out as well, just so the loop would be less jarring.
>>11716171I really got to sort my saved images more. This gif took for-fucking-ever to find.
>>11717574is that IDW's transcee?
>>11717715Anything is IDW transcee if you want it to be hard enough anon.
>>11717715No. It's Furai Action Arcee Action FigureIn fact, it's like the models Frank blew his stack about way back
>>11717666This is just sad. The robot mode looks terrible, and it turns out it has a giant backpack. They couldn't have the backpack contain the rest of the torso to bulk it up?
>>11717278The backpack is weirdly fitting, but this along with the chest piece strangely make it look more like a toy-style Astrotrain you'd see in mainline rather than a Studios Series release.Makes me wonder if it got moved around or something.
Finally
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>>11717837>idw head Ruined it
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>>11717841It looks like Sinistar, so I'm okay with it.
>>11717839>>11717843They look like shit-ass homemade Halloween costumesKinda love 'em
>>11717841the idw head is an upgrade
>>11717837If they ever revive Core class they need to make a Devastator/Sixbuilder counterpart to this mold
>>11717468>>11717808It's definitely visual whiplash going from other 86 releases where they took care to make the robot modes look really nice.
>>11717837>>11717839>>11717840>>11717843Couldn't stand the Dinobot Original Version, This doesn't quite sell me on it eitherAnd you KNOW it's a Pulse only or some shit and like a $80+ set>>11717863>3P 10 years ago dived into Legends scale>Hasbro decided the best answer was Scout during CW-PotP that they dropped quick>Then Core Class that's been a messHasbro truly is retardedGood Legends scale stuff would sell so well if they actually gave a shit again
>>11717853>It looks like SinistarNow I can't stop imagining Monstructor roaring and saying "RUN COWARD" and "I HUNGER".
>>11717837>>11717839>>11717840>>11717843Is it good? Not reallyWill I buy it? Probably
>>11717843I like that they tried to incorporate elements of the shells wherever possible. Like Wildfly and Bristleback's monster heads.
>>11717666this looks AI-generated from a 2d image so it didn't know how to handle the depth.
Is Laser Prime a good toy or is he still ass
>>11717278Worst TF toy in years.Just amazingly shit.
>>11717904worse than earthrise prime in terms of the main robot, but the trailer is much more fun. Not worth leader price.. but he's heavily discounted almost everywhere. You can find him at ross for deluxe price.
>>11717837He's cool, but he's not going to be worth whatever price he is. I had to wait two years for pulse to knock Dinoking down to $60, but I don't expect Monstructor to linger for as long.
>>11717839>>11717843>Mom says it's my turn on the X-Box
>>11717837Well at least we can say this is the best Monstructor has ever looked
>>11717878My main issue with hasbro and 3p legends is.. holy shit do anything other than g1 show characters. I want core class versions of the beast wars cast that aren't fucking 50 dollars (robot toys cheetor COUGH COUGH). I want that goddamn legacy core class dinobot. My favorite core class figures are iguanus, rotb arcee, and BM cheetor. Fucking BM Cheetor.I would kill for core class powermaster Optimus prime that stood at deluxe height in combined form. I would love to see armada designs tackled with static little slug figure vehicle mode only minicons that still plugged in.And above all else: I want these figures to be toys first. Not trying to be show accurate. Take those designs and put a spin on them, and don't give me panelforming on a core sized figure like you're going to upscale to masterpiece.. ..But third party companies want to make money so they only do things they'll know are successful. Another four hundred legends scale Optimus primes and make sure to only make 50 Megatrons to go with the primes for some reason.It's a shame.Speaking of powermasters though, Wasn't there a powermaster in the leaked listings for 2026 aotp? The buggy one?
>>11717931>do anything other than g1 show characters>I want these figures to be toys first. Not trying to be show accurateI’m honestly shocked no one’s ever tried to make retro style Mini-bots like ML Bumble and Cliff. Feels like a super obvious way to make G1 Core figures without repeating the same design as the bigger figures>Wasn't there a powermaster in the leaked listings for 2026 aotp?Yes, Joyride was in the leaks and the current guess is that he’s going to be a Sureshot retool. I’m curious to see how they handle his Powermaster though. He’ll probably just be a redeco of Spoilsport, but I’m hoping they try an actual Powermaster
>>11717913Well he's 32 USD on amazon.ca, is that good or bad
>>11717950voyager price for a voyager sized figure + a trailer is never bad. I highly recommend laser prime unless you already have earthrise prime in your collection
>>11717946Joyride is 100% a retool of sureshot looking at the two of them now.. and considering sureshot has a LOT of space on the hood.. yeah, I think they'll be able to get the powermaster gimmick in, although I don't think he'll unlock anything for transformation.
>>11717666I like this more than the Siege because this is smooth and doesn't have all the grible. The paint on the Siege was also bad. I think it's fine. Not great but fine.
I hate to try and defend astrotrain. The robot mode is entirely unacceptably shit. But.. SS86 is all about MOVIE accuracy. And Astrotrain's two iconic moments in the movie were chugging out of autobot city in train mode (with the door opening) and then blasting off into space, where the fight for leadership took place. Both of those were in vehicle mode, so the vehicle modes being prioritized makes sense..It doesn't explain why the vehicle modes also kinda still suck though. But the train wheels functioning is cool.. I guess..this is totally a predeco of a retro Astrotrain though.
>>11717961A transformer is more than its robot mode, and in the old days a toy would prioritize the vehicle modes. Siege ignored the vehicle modes and focused only on the robot mode, and this Astotrain is a rarity in that it focused on making the alt modes better at the cost of the robot mode suffering. Unpaintable plastic in the one robot mode spot that needs paint? That's just pants on head retarded that could only come from an alt mode focus.
>>11717839>>11717840>>11717843Honesty surprised they retooled them at all.
>>11717957>although I don't think he'll unlock anything for transformation.I expect that, even MPG Ginrai took that away. My only worry is that Joyride just so happens to have a double barrel gun that vaguely looks like Spoilsport's alt mode>>11717966Why wouldn’t they, we already got two dino combiners, they have to change it to get people to buy it again
>>11717971>Why wouldn’t they, we already got two dino combiners, they have to change it to get people to buy it againyou give Hasbro too much credit. I honestly expected, at most, new beast heads. this is just squeezing a few last bucks out of the molds
>>11717574This and the Windblade model are excellent, very fun builds and great poseability. I mean yeah, they're gooner-ish but they're only as goonie as you make them.
>>11717574Is this a reissue of the model kit or an improved one?
>>11717931>i want core class versions of the guys who need the most complicated parts to actually look good on both modeswhy? how is being small an advantage?>so then they can look good next to my G1 guys andTHEY STILL WON'T. they'd have to be the size of like, coins. But more importantly if they're all core, they won't look right next to each other.>only do things they'll know are successfuluh, right now they only do things they know will lose money. but they justify it saying, this is the LEAST lose-money of all the lose-money options. that's why it's 'safe.'
>>11717965I remember noticing back in the 90s that vehicle transformers tended to focus on the vehicle modes, while beastformers tended to focus on making a cool robot mode, and if the beast mode was just a dumpy monster with obvious robot arms or legs bent funny, they caredn't.
>>11717837Well at the very least it's a Monstructor that won't disintegrate on you. Although it's funny how Monstructor's lore has him as some kind of spooky, eldrich horror but his toy is always one of the smallest combiners.>>11717839Nice to see Hasbro put in at least a little effort to change them from dinosaurs. Yeah, some of these modes look a little stupid, but it's not like the original Pretender Monsters had good alt modes either (look at original Icepick for example).
>>11717839these two are mistransformed, right? those can't be their intended alt modes...
>>11717998pretty sure these are for little little kids
>>11717998Have you seen the original?It's spot on
>>11718003It's $90 anon
>>11717981I think these are just action figureshttps://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/356757
>>11717837Abominus blows this chump outta the water.
>>11718011Abominus doesn't even have his dragon knees.
>>11718010>Pay a third more for someone else to put a model kit together for you
>>11718011Well yeah, abominus isn’t a micromaster combiner
>>11717987putting words in my mouth. Never mentioned anything about displaying them next to g1 guys. (I don't display my figures often anyway, they're on my desk, in my pocket, or in storage.)>what's the advantage of being smallpocket bots. >complicated looks/partsthey literally made the dinobot transformation work at core class. They fucking tooled the core class dinobot according to a designer interview. Primal's transformation is the easiest shit ever too. >muh scaledon't care, proper scale is for MPfags and I'm a chugger. Dinobot and rattrap being the same size just means rattrap has an easier time plugging him. I will give you the price thing just because I've never actually seen an earnings report from these 3p companies
>>11718008Mrs. Glick go home. you're drunk.
>>11718010Ah ok. I already have the kits so guess I can skip these.What I really want is for them to release that Blackarachnia kit that they've teased before.
>>11717837>>11717839>CoreEh, I'll still take it.
>>11717839wait, do they forseriously not have the trademark on 'monstructor' ? You can trademark a portmanteau.
>>11718025Even if they do, putting "Decepticon" in front just strengthens it.
>>11718020>putting words in my mouthno shit, the green text not a clue for you? that was a Jim Gaffigan aside. You pre-answer objections you've gotten before, so as to save someone from saying the same tired shit again. Have you seriously never seen someone do that before?>pocket botsokay but theyd better not have any parts that can come off. i can carry leader class guys in my pockets.>dinobot transformationyeah and that sucked. notice how I said 'look good.'>Primalokay fair, his is really easy. And they have done scaled-down ones before.>never seen an earnings reportand you never will. they have to keep claiming they're making record profits, so they can appease their shareholders asking why profits are in the toilet (and to rile everyone up against business so they tear it down for their chinese masters)
>>11718028Given that everyone else with their faction in their toy name has an untrademarkable name, I'm gonna say that's not true. Any more than a cast will strengthen an unbroken arm.
>>11718029oh waitthe actual-ass quotes are also in greentext. Okay, I can see how that looked like I was trying to pretend you said something you didn't.
>>11717931>I want that goddamn legacy core class dinobot.I've mentioned it a few times but they should just make a Jurassic World 2-pack of Blue and Beta using the Voyager mold and Core mold respectively. I would buy that.
>>11718036i have a suspish that the reason they haven't done one with the voyager dinobot mold is because they don't feel the flat chameleon feet suit their carefully trademarked cool and '90s realistic' dinosaurs. so Core would be that on steroids.It's too bad, I think it'd be really easy to fix, just replace the hands with proper raptor feet, and let the hallux be the thumb (and the stabilizer for standing). you could even make it a double hallux and nobody would mind, he'd just have kinda long foot-hands. He already has fuckin yaoi hands, so
>>11718038while we'll likely never see the core class dinobot I'm 99% certain it's literally just going to be the same exact proportions and transformation as vertebreak/dracodon, just with a non-skeletal dino mode.
>>11718038quick shoop job of what I mean. yeah the hands look a little weird, but if you changed where the port goes, that could be easily fixed. extend the foot out more, keep the hole in the 'palm', whatever. but that wouldn't work as well for the tail weapon. might want to remold that too.>>11718047seems odd they would do that when the original toy is right there to use as a guide, and actually somewhat resembles how the character transforms on the show, unlike the dracodon version.
>>11718011KWAB
And why have there been no 3p legends scale BW dinobots.. seems like a popular enough character.
>>11718053actually wait, I realize i did it wrong.if you move the halluces back to the wrist joint and extend the foot while removing some of the unnecessary underjunk, you get more like this for the hands mode.
>>11718055pretty sure that was the first 3p toy I was ever made aware of. they just stole some guy's design and put it out there. was that not 'legends scale' ? it was pretty small. and had bad proportions.
>>11717839Also, I love Slog's beast mode. Its so goofy.
while we're on the topic of Beast Wars dinobot someone please pester the cyberworld toy designers about making a cyberworld dinobot at whatever con or toy fair they show up to next. They're doing primal and Cheetor (who has tigatron's deco for some fucking reason..)A dinobot with a cyberworld autotransformation would be awesome + they would get to have him appear in the show (which is pretty decent)
>>11718064you like the little kid ones? that's cute anon.
>>11717574Not at the $80+ they're asking for. Barely comes with anything worth the original price, let alone the new one.
>>11718066I've only got the armored cyber Optimus since he was on clearance, but damn, the autotransformation is super neat and well engineered. And cyberworld's show is pretty good especially after slogging through earthspark season 3 and 4.. could rival cyberverse if they don't screw up soundwave and shockwave honestly. While generations is fumbling sometimes it's nice to enjoy the spoils of the mainline. I seriously do recommend picking up one of the car cyber changers at least since they do the autotransformer gimmick the best, it seems.
>>11718066They're actually pretty good. At least Bulltron and Chop Shop.
>>11718074bulltron does look like he's immediately asking for a scaled-up missing link, as it were.
>>11717837Rad, as in both cool and radioactive.>>11717839What a bunch of stumpy fellas.>>11717840Cool robot as expected.I hope with Micronus showing us Pretenders are possible we may be able to get their shells as Deluxe class modular figures. That way we can place the figures from this set inside, AND further have fun combos with their shells' parts.
>>11717839You think we'd see a g2 volcanicus box set?
>teasing us with a core class release after killing it offI want more target masters and weaponisers, I managed to dredge a few up online but I came in well after siege, I want more little dudes to go with my regular dudes, and not the static cutout little dudes.
>>11717574>>11717975I really do wonder when the next one of these is coming, I'd like for each girl to get the treatment, Elita, Nightbird, Airachnid, Slipstream, Flamewar, so onI think I remember their being artwork for an Airazor somewhere?
>>11718055Because legends scale, like most of 3p, is still 99% geewun s1-2 There is only two companies tackling BW at that scale, only one of them is actually accurate and they only just put out a cheetor
>>11718121Frank's gonna freak
>>11718138Frank?
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>>11718143are we insinuating that's a man, because referring to a lady by a male last name seems kinda ... well, exactly what those kinds of people want you to be okay with.
>>11718145what did you hope to accomplish by exposing us to this ... creature. how does this help us?
>>11718148>>11718143good lord that's a lot of weight gain. Then again, not looking that bad for being over 50>>11718151thanks to you.
>>11718153ima tell you what I told school after they tried to traumatize us with holocaust stuff againforgetting was never on the table. We just want to reward ourselves for NOT putting anybody in camps by just not having to think about and look at it for more than a year. To continually be reminded feels like a punishment we didn't earn.
>>11718155>>11718139 didn't know. he had to be warned, lest the horror ever return
>>11718155hey kid.wanna buy an Overlord?
>>11718143>>11718145>>11718148Ew, well now I hope she does freak. Its always the SJWs that ruin everythingAlso, I was right, there is a Black Arachnia being made! tho I swear there was an Airazor too...
>>11718159it is indeed. They sit around looking at things happening and going "Oh that's gonna make (people I don't like) SO mad! heehee!"Let's try not to have anything in common with them.Except the heehee part. Heehees are the right of all sentient beings.
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>>11718155I remember hearing there were camps for the Japanese in California.
>>11718160True that, I really hate people like that, the ones who go out of their way political when I just want things to be fun like before. Its way Star Wars is so low as is now.>Heehees are the right of all sentient beings.Truer words have never been spoken.>>11718156Thank you for your warnings anon.
I don't like nicee or the super athletic flame toy arcee designs. Not because I am a woke liberal or whatever, but because I prefer my fembots with a bit of heft on their aft and evenly distributed kibble Speaking of big bots, that blitzwing fag on tfw just said that earthspark cosmos is cancelled. They shot weird al dead in oregon.
>>11718169yep, Democrat president Franklin D. Roosevelt initiated them.Democrat shill George Takei never shuts up about them but leaves out that detail
Why do these boards get so political in the middle of the night. This is a board about Transformers toys
>>11718174*thread, not board
>>11718174it started with Frank.....
>>11718174because people drag politics in to ruin our toyssee>>11718145
>>11718177>>11718178Both of you are posting about images from Twitter/X, not 4chan. Go complain about it there, not on a random website that has nothing to do with Twitter/X
>>11718180so it didn't happen?
>>11718182I’m not saying it didn’t happen, I’m saying that this is not the place to talk about it
>>11718184It's a transformers toy threadsomeone asked who Frank was. He and his buddies like tfwiki owner Dave Willis actively caused trouble because toys came out they had an issue with so this IS the place to discuss it.now, you can ignore posts in the thread you're not interested in because the world doesn't revolve around you, or you can drag things out even longer. which is it?
>>11716252>>11716319If it's not coming out then you're allowing the part you're hitting to move around too much and it's absorbing the impact instead of the pin getting the impact. You need to hold it down very still, maybe prop it on top of a piece of wood so you can balance it. It use a block of wood so pins can be driven into the wood instead of clanking against the floor or something.
>>11718169yeah that wasn't nice. but you know what the japs did?forgave us and understood why we freaked a little. didn't make it a whole-ass thing. Took us a while to realize oh yeah, immigrants FLEEING a bad country are probably not in support of it.>>11718172except him. but he's just like that. he won't tell Shatner why he's mad at him even though Shat wants to apologize.
>>11718180>spoiler: the guy posting it is Frank and just wants to stir shit up
>>11718189did you just MISGENDER ME-I MEAN-HER?!
armada starscream is the hottest starscream design btw
>>11718192oh yeah?
>>11718187Yeah, it was just a little oopsie, a slight gaff, a little boo-boo.
>>11718193too-flat-and-the-cups-fall-down is MASSIVELY underrated. I want to see a whole lot more of it.>>11718194Prtymuch.
>>11718153Was basedEntirely fake made up shit we schizo'd into existence that made the troons have mental meltdowns that is STILL racking wins todayIt's a wonder these creatures find the ability to leave the fuck house at all
starting to feel my theory is correct. let's all stop feeding attention. and post more cute flat bunny girls, if they are indeed related to transformers (T-AI perhaps?)
>>11718200Wait, what’s your theory?
>>11718193That's a human
wut in tarnation
>>11718200So real
>>11718209It's just Tarn and his repaint, what's the issue
>>11718143>>11718145>>11718150>>11718151>>11718153>>11718154I have virtue signaling fatigue.
>>11718224I have no idea what they were trying to accomplish with this shit. Flex their power? For how long? The only principle left today is "leave me alone".It's not as if the chinese making an Nth Nicee clone is going to make them less of a bunch drugged-up porn addicts anyway.
>>11718171>Not because I am a woke liberal or whatever, but because I prefer my fembots with a bit of heft on their aft and evenly distributed kibbleAlso agreed. I hate designs that completely forego vehicle kibble and magically make it disappear or non-existent in robot mode. I like designs that creatively use vehicle mode parts to make up the humanoid shape.
>>11718228yeah that's what makes transformers coolif you wanna make cool sleek humanoid mecha, like that's fine. but that's another franchise. This is the one where they transform, so the movie kinda made some stnanks.
>>11718144Yes, that IS a man.
>>11718232ah in that case, carry on calling him Frank.
Do you guys think they will complete the ARMADA cast or do you think they will just forget and not make stuff like armada cyclonus, demolisher, and smokescreen? Them concentrating on stuff that isnt the main cast like sideways makes me wonder if they will complete the main cast.
>>11718143This is the result of Democrats shutting down the asylums and letting the insane retards out.
>>11718154Cross dressing doesn't make you a faggot, being a man that fucks another man does.
>>11718241Honestly I want a Demolisher mostly and CyclonusPROPER Tidal Wave Titan recolor/touch up would be niceWe're getting fucking DoubleFace so it's weird to NOT do othersAnd they already made Armada Wheeljack but he's SG SideswipeI remember not liking Devastator at first but he grew on me so fast and he really was one of my favorite Toys during AramdaI want a new one or a 3P to do him so I can have proper with a soft goods cloak
>>11718272yeah in the 90s everyone understood crossdressers were straight. their wives helped them dress up. it was mostly just a rebellion against how fucking drab male fashion had become after like 3 decades of it being pretty okay. Men are supposed to be flashy like that, not women.>11718265ask how I know you're trolling>>11718241armada had some pretty cool guys.. I'd like to see another go at the lion arm guy (that was armada, right?)
>>11717837>>11717839>>11717840>>11717843Anybody know about when Monstructor is supposed to go up for preorder? >>11718285>I'd like to see another go at the lion arm guy (that was armada, right?)That was Leobreaker, and he was from TF: Cybertron, not Armada, but I agree, I'd like to see a better version of him, especially if they make him backwards compatible with the old Cybertron Optimus Prime (the original one, not the Siege attempt at a remake).
>>11718295it'd be nice to come with adapter parts to be able to function with both of those AND a new one they'd surely make if they made him
>>11718171>They shot weird al dead in oregon.Wait, what? Is this some reference I'm not getting?
>>11718241I want a new demolisher so badly. They're taking way to long to do the rest of the UT trilogy decepticons. I don't even think we got a single animated decepticon either that wasn't based on an autobot mold either.
I don't get itAre these just the same previous model kits but pre-build in factory?
>>11718310I'm assuming Weird Al voiced Cosmos?And he lives in Oregon? I think the Earthspark Cosmos was truly fucking awful. As a Cosmos fan yea it'd have been nice to have another Cosmos but it was so god damn hideous that i'm honestly not upset at all lolNot even 3P could have saved that thingSoundwave however. Is damn good and just needs gap fillers or so
>>11716215I see the sand people from star wars.
>>11718332Tuskin raiders
>>11718328Pre-built and pre-painted, for an upcharge. It's become a bit of a trend in recent years among plamo.
>>11718330>I'm assuming Weird Al voiced Cosmos?Huh. I had no idea, as I stayed far, far away from Earthspark. The toy looked kinda neat, though.
>>11718344his tiny head is admittedly funny.
>>11718359He’s actually massive in earthspark
>>11717837>>11717839>>11717840>>11717843Damn. I forgot how shit the original G1 monster-modes were. I guess I should probably go track down a Dinoking.I wonder if it can do the little T-Rex style secondary chest arms that IDW always depicted him with.
>>11717837So when does this guy go up for preorder? Is he going to be a Pulse exclusive?
>>11718143This shot is from like 6 years ago. Why the fuck are we dragging it back up here again?
>>11718389the transformers fandom doesn't have nearly enough drama
>>11718389someone asked who Frank was.
>>11718384?The dinoking alt modes are literally the same though
>>11718395Who's Frank?
>>11718404
>>11718400do you mean the new Dinoking, because they all have different alt modes now. they're all Dinobot repaints.
>>11718389the new Furai figures are coming out which reminded everyone of what an asshole Frank was the last time
>>11717837>>11717839>>11717840>>11717843McDonald's toy looking fuckersI'm totally buying this once it's on deep discount. Now Abominus when? Only combiners I give a shit about from G1
>>11718384The monster Pretenders are such a funny concept to me. They’re robots that transform into monsters who use shells to disguise themselves as monsters. It feels like there was an unnecessary step in there somewhere
>>11718451They did Abominus
>>11718456the enemy was supposed to think they're just random monsters, not Decepticons
>>11718384I wish there was a little more transformation in the arms on some of these guys. I know the original toys pulled that shit too but still. and Icepick is just flipping on a mask. I honestly wish they just kept the Grimlock transformation and changed the beast head. I know it would look less accurate but not as lame.
>>11718459When the hell did they do an Abominus?
>>11718465Power of the Primes.
>>11718461I get what you mean, but it does seem kind of redundant given their alt modes are already supposed to do that. Either that, or their alt modes just suck at disguising who they are>>11718465I’m assuming they’re talking about either PotP or Gen Selects Abominus
>>11717841Nah it works, Dinoking gets the good looking head of old japanese vibes, while Monstructor lives up to the word Monster he/they evoques>>11717965>Siege ignored the vehicle modes and focused only on the robot modeNah, Siege still put sauce on the alt modes, the locomotive is great, only the front being undersized because of how it stores on the legs, while the shuttle is still good, back if rought ngl but it got 5 thrusters (3 large, 2 small) as nasa shuttles do (ER Sky Lynx got that too)Just, they werent thriving off to sunbow"The apology tour" that marketing stunt so ass if you ain't in your fifties
>>11718471>if roughtis rough*Also went to say jerking off intead of thriving offBut considering that SS86 shos no sign of slowness + that "apology tour" + they were thinking of SS84, SS85
>>11718470that was kind of the case for all the Pretenders. especially the Decepticon ones which just looked like angry monster warriors. None of them were blending in with Wall Street.If I had to fanon a decent excuse, it would be cases where they wanted to send Decepticon agents out to pull shady shit, but not have it traced back to them. People would think it was just random aliens and whatnot stealing things and causing trouble. Rememeber these was from the later years when Outer space travel was fairly common in the plot.I remember the commercial for the Pretender Monters actually showed Pretender Starscream making them. I feel like they're could've been an interesting story there.In cartoon lore, he's still supposed to be dead, killed by Galvatron. nobody knows he's actually alive and running around because he's disguised as a human and has a bunch of "organic monsters" helping him.
>>11718328Where can I preorder? I don't want the model kit.
I like to imagine Abominus using folklore/mythical creatures as alt their modes, like Hydra hun-gurrr, phoenix cutthroat, orthrus sinnertwin
>>11718488BBTS and TF Source have them.I saw newssites saying Amazon and Entertainment Earth is supposed to have them too but I can't find it on their site.
>>11718384could they not at least find a way to make him hunched over?
>>11718519Looks like a penguin
>>11718344Did this toy even come out?I know a couple dozen Soundwaves made it to market, but I never even heard if someone getting a Cosmos
>tariffs deadsurely this means prices will go back down... right?
>>11718556For Transformers? Nah, we've got a new Boston HQ to pay for. For the shit I buy on Aliexpress? Hopefully.
>>11718556Have the tariffs actually been removed or have they just said they’re unconstitutional
>>11718389Matt Frank.
>>11718556Tariffs have nothing to do with it.Hasbro is just greedy and you're all dumb enough to buy figures at these ridiculous prices.
>>11718569From what I understand they were implemented as an "emergency measure" under an executive order, and to continue remaining in place they'd need approval from another branch of government. The Supreme Court striking them down means they should be coming to an end in the near future.
>>11718556>>11718569>>11718574World War 3 boys. That's what is on the menu now. Gonna be a hot summer.
>>11718575At least we wont have a WW4
>>11718574>>11718571>>11718569Tariffs aren't going to matter when buying from places like Target, Walmart, or directly from Hasbro. They eat the prices of those, the reason prices increased is because of inflation, yes prices didn't raise at the same rate as inflation, but that, in combination with companies like Hasbro being greedy, caused it. The real question is, does this reinstate de minimis? Can I import my Japanese figgies without having to pay $40 in shipping?
>>11718577Sure we will, it’s supposed to be fought with sticks and stones, remember?
>>11718628>>11718577>>11718575there is never gonna be a ww3, ww4, anything. Nothing ever happens, billions must sleep
>>11718492Thanks, I'm not against model kits since I do gunpla but I can't paint lol.
>>11718549NTA, but did you read the reply chain? That's the Cosmos toy that just got cancelled.
>>11718643Rather die from nukes than continue to pay inflated action figures while billionaires get away with molesting children. Hopefully the Aliens are Decepticon-coded and will engage in human extermination so I don’t have to compete with scalpers anymore.
>>11718569Looks like they were just ruled unconstitutional
Just because the tariffs are over doesn't mean things will get cheaper. The companies will keep the prices as is. Because greed.
>>11718556W H E E Z E
>>11718628I’ve been stockpiling sharp rocks and pointy sticks for years in anticipation.
>>11718400Right, sure, except for the part where they aren’t though.
>>11718410>>11718795I wonder if some autist has photoshopped the Monstructor gang into "accurate" Dino Force members yet
>>11718801I might have to do that when I get off work
>>11718340that's goofy as shit. the entire point of model kits is building it.. the plastic isn't that good. for an action figure I'd ask more.
>>11718344kek what is that teeny tiny little chode of a gun. i'm sorry but if a gun sticks UP more than it sticks out, that's not a gun, that's a club.
>>11718404>>11718408>Whenever Frank's not around, all the other posters should be asking "Who's Frank?"
>>11718569why would tariffs be unconstitutional. they literally exist to punish other countries. our constitution protects us.>>11718578but they arent eating the prices, they're passing them down to us. which goes right in the face of the concept of tariffswhich is the point. it's deliberate well-poisoning.
>>11718731This. Prices never go down - not unless there's an entire economic crash first, which hasn't happened yet (and likely won't any time soon - the country's still trillions of dollars in debt, but as long as the government keeps plugging their ears and screaming "I can't hear you!" really loudly while printing money regardless of the fact that it lost its value ages ago, we'll continue to run on IOUs indefinitely).
>>11718819yeah the buses never lowered their prices after that gas increase was a brief spike, as everyone knew except people who watch the news, because they made it a big thing and it killed like the entire grocery delivery industry. Bad times. Weird to think it's worse now, almost 20 years later. I just want cool toys, dammit. and to not have to work.
>>11718818Because that is a function of a different branch of government to pass.
>>11718824oh you mean -unauthorized-like invalid. because yeah. which again, is the point. really hope people wake up to some of that shit soon, but i don't see it happening.
>>11718795That’s not even what they look like thoughThat’s just the dinobots repainted
I woke up late and had no idea they were even putting new stuff up today. I can't believe Eva Optimus and Blackout aren't instantly sold out.
>>11718845They will remain available for preorder until the date listed.
>>11718860speaking of preorderslet's say my finances suck a little less nowwho's got green lio convoy for the cheapest?
I just discovered that my SS86 Megs is missing one of the inner thigh panels so his leg is gappy, and I already want to order a replacement. This is mental illness, right? Someone talk me down.
>>11718866>I already want to order a replacementWhy? Just do a return.
>>11718867I've already had it for a while. I'm half sure he didn't actually come like this, but I also don't know when this would have happened. I went to transform him just now and noticed the gap.
>>11718569Anons here are retarded and secretly redditors so they're jumping at "orange man bad" gotcha's despite this isn't about thatThe flat is >Administration wants to push Tariffs on countries fucking us to force changes>Senate is retarded and "Orang man bad" shitflinging entirely twists shit>We get the Tariffs we have now>Which are severely a mess>Senate strikes down the IEEPA charges>Now we can have ACTUAL Tariffs the proper way we were supposed to have>Companies that have been scamming you for years with made up Tariff shit won't pay a single penny back to you>Won't be held responsible>Prices will not decrease at allThank you RetardsVery coolILOVETRANSFORMINGROBOTTOYSTHATTURNINTOVARIOUSTHINGS
>>11718384>>11718795Threw this together while procrastinating on coursework. You’re welcome.
>>11718839Allow me to explain this to you as I would to a small, somewhat slow, child:-I do not care for the Monster-modes of this Monstructor.-Pic related, the somewhat recent Boxset, is called “Dinoking”, as is written on the lower right of the box.-I prefer the Dino-modes this Dinoking has.-I would like to go find a copy of this boxset to purchase instead of this upcoming Monstructor one.-You were the reason your parents were always fighting and unhappy.
>>11718882>I prefer shitI can tell
>>11718874This really isn’t the place to be espousing your incorrect economic and trade beliefs and monetary-policy cope. Could you and everyone else please kindly fuck off with this shit.
>>11718888They managed to make him transform LESS than a G1 figure. You look me in the eyes and tell me this is a good alt-mode.
>>11718875Combiner Wars flashbacksActually, PotP is probably the better match since that was where they had animal combiner guys
>>11718889>Retard mad because his shit didn't work
>>11718882That thing is a turd and you're coping
How long until we get a toy of the greatest transfomer, Generator-1?
>>11718894I literally have the G1 figures anonListen to me when I tell you this about every figure that comes outNot liking one figure because it's not great doesn't magically make another figure less shitty
>>11718901It technically already exists, just not a mass market version
Good news, everyone! Even more tariffs were announced.
>Retard didn't read thread>WrongWow what a wonder
>>11718871oof, that's the worst. not knowing if you lost the piece or not. because when it was new, coming out of the package, it was brand new to you.. your brain couldn't parse it allthen like a week later, wait, this is missing something. did -i- lose it? It's worse on model kits for sure..>>11718874Pretty sure everything being done by that administration is to make the things being done look bad, so they will be reversed, hard. It's really obvious how the pattern works.
>>11718889this birb looks better every single time I see her.even with the kinda odd color separation. I am probably only going to wait til she hits what used to be normal deluxe prices.
>>11718898>>11718903I mean, it probably helps that I personally have no real connection to Dinoking and the Dino-force since I’ve never watched Brave or Victory or whichever JP show they were in.I don’t much care for Volcanus, since he’s got worse hands and feet, and if I’m getting the Dinobots I’d like them to be better than the legends. It might also be harder to find since it came out in 6 separate parts.As for Monstructor, I admittedly have no personal connection to the Pretender monsters either. Mostly I just like the guy as that one giant semi-directed abomination which showed up in IDW from time to time to wreck shit. Ideally he’d be able to do the sub-arms to better emulate him. But again, I don’t hold by at least half of those Monster modes, so that’s probably a pass for me.So since I still would like a modern micro-combiner whose alt-modes don’t suck too hard, that leaves Dinoking.Not saying others should share that preference, it just happens to be mine.
>>11718958Somehow, Siege Megatron returned
Going to ask in here because /co/ has no Transformers thread up and I don't wanna start one just to ask. What do I read/what's the order after IDW Phase 3 Vol 3? I found a R*ddit post listing the following:>Optimus Prime Vol 3 -5 (#11-25)>Lost Light Vol 3 & 4 (#13-25)>Requiem of the Wreckers>Unicron (#0-6)>Last Bot StandingThis all seems well and good but I don't know about read order. I know about >IDW and all but I'm in this deep and I want to read the conclusion.
>>11718958>sixgun and slammer retoolshell yeah more weaponizers
>>11718874>Now we can have ACTUAL Tariffs the proper way we were supposed to haveIs that why President Poopypants declared 10% increase on every country in the world?
>>11718958Still no Cryotek...
>>11718925Cool animation, where is it from?
>>11718962Lost Light is off on its own, read it whenever you want. Requiem is somewhere around Optimus Prime #15. Unicron is the grand finale.Last Bot Standing is its own continuity.
>>11718958God finally, I'm the one who's been insufferable about Megazarak, can't wait to get him
>>11718973So, post Phase 3, I'd read:>Optimus Prime Vol 3 (#11-14)>Requiem of the Wreckers>Optimus Prime Vol 4-5 (#15-25)>Lost Light Vol 3-4>Unicron 0-6And then Last Bot Standing whenever?
>>11718958Hopefully that 3-pack is another opaque collection like the 5-pack was.
>>11716252Needs all the DNA equipment sets to complete all six with trumpets... But you choose the parts you want to upgrade.Side note, how do you think will they tampograph Vector Prime's Prime Master symbol in his eventual package refresh? Though honestly, he would have been raised to Leader Class not just for his Galaxy Force recolor, but to pad out his box by including the Recon Mini-Con Team (Jolt, Reverb, Six-Speed, Safeguard) were he had been released in the Walmart capsule line. Doesn't mean he won't be released in the future someway else.
>>11718974I know nothing about the character, but I like his colors. I hope he comes with a minicon this time, since neither the Megatron nor Galvatron uses of the mold did.
>>11718958Megazarak gang WW@
>>11718958Please make Ironhide good. Add the stripe he was missing on the SS86 version of his figure. Also, at least we get Mirage without dealing with that ugly Dinobot recolor.
>>11718958>siegeslop
>>11718958>>11718974Okay, NOW I will buy this mold
>>11718976Yup. Theres also Transformers vs Visionaries, if you really must. It takes place right before Requiem. But its pretty lame.
>>11718958Please god let the walmart exclusives go on deep discount it would be so funny
>>11718989it's not exactly a visionary idea
>>11718989>Transformers vs VisionariesI'm already kinda tapping out on Phase 3 because of the GI Joe involvement, I doubt I'd get much out of a crossover with a franchise I know literally zero about. Unless it's like Infestation where the crossover ends up playing into the Transformers stuff then I might just to have the context.
>>11718981>I hope he comes with a minicon this timeAnon...
>>11718974don't have this mold yet and I I can't decide whether I like that deco or armada galvatron better
>>11719007I recommend Armada Galvatron just because you can find him for cheap as shit. This mold is.. fine... but if you don't have an attachment to armada it's pretty damn simple for a leader. Large but whatever.
>>11719007I always though Armada Galvatron was a really weird deco. He's mostly beige or sand or whatever you'd call it.
>>11718910At least your text-to-brain-o-tron still works.
>>11719012armada Galvatron was released in 2003. we went to Iraq in 2003. armada Galvatron's desert colors are patriotic.
>>11719009the only transformers series I have any real attachment to is Prime. I'm mainly in it for the toys>>11719012the maroon, purple, and gold give it a kind of royal look that I like
>>11719024The armada Megatron mold is again, very simplistic. It's big and chunky but the shoulders are kinda eh. If you like large figures with underslung cannons it's decent.Me personally, I would pick literally any other post prime wars leader class over the ArmMegatron mold. Maybe except kingdom Magnus (even though I love kingdom Magnus's robot mode)
>>11718968Based if trueYou're retarded and unaware how much other countries have fucked usWe unironically should have had cheaper costs to import for YEARSLike 10+ Years nearly>>11718974Actually excited>>11718980I'm fine buying him at Leader if he has Safeguard and better details and colorsActually paint the Cyber Key and give it his Prime Master InsigniaJust sucks best Vector is still>Buy him for $22 range on Amazon as he dips often>DNA Kit $40>115 Workshop set $15>Toyhax Decals and Shin Covers $35And what he really needs is the part around the Collar in that Magenta is what hurts the Alt Mode Profile color wiseYet if it were in White/Pearl to color match the rest it'd be perfect
>>11719036NTA but how are we benefiting? prices have only gone up
>>11719036>"Best Vector" still has a shit altmodeThis remold is unsalvageable dude, just let it go.
>>11719039Talk to the companies doing thatBBTS, HLJ, Hasbro, Amazon and others jumped pricesNobody else really didBecause they're not ENTIRELY outsourcing their shit to some Vietnamese children factoriesThat is corporate greed no their part and so long as redditors and others enable it and still excitedly rush to pre order/pay in advance everything at new price day one then it won't changeI WANT EVEN THE 2020 prices backI'd gladly take those over this nowAt least Deluxe's were $20
>>11719046HonestlyIt's not TOO bad. It NEEDS to be curved nose Vehicle. Like the front end is way too squareThat's a problem with modern day Hasbro tho. they just can not break away from things being too boxyGive him better wingsFix the Chest/Body a bit more
>>11719046That's why we expect a more faithful Vector Prime based on the original Cybertron release, complete with the few Powerlinx ports it has (which I wish would be enough to hold all four of the show's Mini-Cons, and I still think the Gigantion partner Mini-Cons are nothing but props compared to the Recon Team).
>>11719007If you live in the US he's at Ross for $15
>>11719054Naw, anon. It looks like and transforms nothing like the original; which is embarrassing given how simple the og transformation was, and it also effectively becoming a spacebrick. I don't see why I should accept a half-measure for an altmode originally so simple.>>11719055Sadly no, we don't "expect" one this year, it's definitely a repack of the Legacy one; they've confirmed as much.But they'll redo him eventually. They redo everyone.
>>11719063AnonHe's really not that bad. It just needs to be cleaned up front end and shrink the forearms a bit so they are smoother
>>11718967Hell yeah, I love slammer and wish I had more of him.
>>11718925this doesnt look handmade or AI, I'm very confused.
>>11719048i miss competition.seems to me if the gubmint wants to meddle in business, they should start enforcing antitrust laws and prosecuting anticompetitive behavior and fraud.Instead of forcing every company to give every employee over X hours Y amount of shit for free (oh look, now they no longer employ anyone for X hours, and the price of that shit went WAY up)>>11719059you guys and your rosses, i've never seen such a store..
>>11719059Can confirm, I bought 2 like a month ago and saw six more this past week altogether at the ones by my work.
>>11718958>Blue Siege PrimeIs it finally happening?
Stealth Bomber Megs?
>>11719074Nope, it looks like ass. Fat and stumpy, wrong colors, completely inaccurate back half, somehow even more kibbly in all the wrong places. It fucking sucks, and you have the gall to make fun of redditors while you choke this shit down all the same and cope with even more expensive copegrade kits.
It's a tragedy that we don't get more small combiners. The PotP/Siege Duocons were 7-8 years ago now. They should've just made Nexus a duocon/powerlinx instead of a frame torso.
>>11719036I kinda hope they don't put out a new better VectorBut that's just me speaking as someone who sunk money into the toyhax set
>>11719203Why does the sword have a hinge joint?
>>11719199How about:>Duocon>Armor up into a super-mode, or "triocon">Rearrange two into a torso like Devistator while armor guy becomes hands and feet, or skeleton >Final combo into combiner with 4 limb bots who also Duocon with each other
>>11719203Somebody good at it recolor the collar part to color match the pearl
>>11718974What's the deal with Megazarak that people want him so much? I've got Titan Black Zarak, is he supposed to be a different character?
>>11719223for me its wings becoming limbs and holding the transformation partslike maybe 2 core class figures can combine to be the wings or backpack of a deluxe, then they all can combine to be a voyager-sized botits not very transformers-y but its very cool, like these two are the same kit but configured differently without needing any extra part
>>11719203I don't get the Toyhax meme. Why do people think covering their toys in shitty, garish stickers improves them? It looks as tacky now as it did when Hasbro was doing it officially during PotP.
>>11719074Sorry but, he is to me anon (I'm the guy you originally responded to lol). I've basically all the issues as that other guy, just, maybe with far less buzzwords.Like again, you could argue "oh the original was a nothing-brick anyway" but... I mean, at least it was a much cooler looking and less-stumpy nothing-brick :PMy position is: if they can't perfectly replicate XYZ real-life vehicle but got close enough, sure, I'm willing to be lenient. But, if they can't even be bothered to get the nothingmobile correct... how much am I willing to excuse, you know? You'd think the nothing-mobile WOULD be the most accurate, it's already something that was designed to favor the bot-mode. They can't be bothered to get even that right? I dunno dude...
>>11719256Someone correct me if need be, but Megazarak is basically a multiversal conqueror, jumping from universe to universe killing anyone he comes across. I personally want him because I have self imposed rule that I can only have one version of every character in my collection, so he’s my work around having multiple Megatrons
>>11719267NTA but stickers have literally been a part of Transformers since inception
>>11718961Kek
>>11715466holy shit first onslaught unboxing!!!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pcehmzl5WMPS:I'm getting my preordered Brawl at 25 february.I have just Vortex - got him during September.In my european country Onslaught is for preorder for August.I guess it will be exact same thing as with Devastator - i will finish Bruticus around Halloween...
>>11719256He's a great deco.
>>11719322this vid gives me gay porn vibesIn fact this whole set looks like 2010s post-scenes gay porn bloopers when they do that talk in the studio. (this guy is kinda hot)
>>11719322Man that Onslaught is AMAZING as a figurei never de-transform Devastator but with Brawl and Onslaught looking that good i guess i will be just playing with robot modes from time to time
>>11719322>Toys are russYeah, waiting for an actual good review.
>>11719267I agree>>11719293>NTA but stickers have literally been a part of Transformers since inceptionStickers just feel right on older transforming toys. They had less surface detail and were sculpted with the sicker placement in mind most of the time. Also, the whole old school proportions and aesthetics meshes well with those sticker designs.But replicating the random 80s style tech detail stickers and aplying them on moders figures is just bad taste to me, even more so when they're shiny foil. It makes the toys look like a garish chinese KOs, and handling them when they're covered in stickers is not a great idea either. I can understand their use for small details, but that's it. Robot toys after the 90s need actual paint, not stickers.
>>11719355What.He's pretty cool. Did he insult poltards or something?and then again if you are not brainlet you pretty much just need to see it once to understand if the toy is good
>>11718903>I literally have the G1 figures anonI'd shake your hand but I know how those pretender monsters tend to melt
>>11717238I have the deluxe class b127 from the bumblebee movie and I broke like three tabs off of it in transformations. Funny thing is, you wouldn't be able to tell unless you knew what to look for.
>>11719388He's pretty inoffensive. Just a bit awkward.
>>11718814The plastic is also generally better and often includes metal, too.
>>11719393>He's pretty inoffensive. Just a bit awkward.OH NO...HE'S INOFFENSIVEoh my god this is totally prevents me from looking at Onslaught to see how the toy looks!!!autismoPS:Btw he made a next video with Bruticus standing next to other bruticusesss that's so cool. I'm very excited.https://youtu.be/3hBFC9w9OYE
>>11719388Anons here bitch too much when reviewers aren't literally bigots, agreed; that said I personally dont like Russ's vids that often because of the production quality - the lighting and camera focus always suck.His main appeal is only that he gets stuff out the earliest, but that also means he hasn't spent much time with the figure and doesn't really have anything insightful to say about it or have many good comparisons, and sometimes (rarely) mistransforms small bits too.
>>11718969Or G1 Skyquake...
>>11719036>Just sucks best Vector is still>>Buy him for $22 range on Amazon as he dips often>>DNA Kit $40>>115 Workshop set $15>>Toyhax Decals and Shin Covers $35Best Vector is Galaxy Force. Always will be.It's a damn shame Hasbro botched Vector the year before the Primes themed line.
>>11719210So you can peg both the sword and planet key into the back. The key pegs above the sword so the handle folds out of the way.
>>11719412>bigotsgo back.
Got Legacy Thundertron today. Decent toy.
>>11719434Stuck Leo Prime's head on him to make the laziest custom ever.
>>11719434>>11719436Works quite well, I think.
>>11719436>>11719438The colour matching on the blue is pretty satisfying
>>11718328These kits don't even need paint though, like they're very well made and are pre-painted anyway. I guess if you want to get fancy with it you could but like even Windblade's face is already painted in the model kit. There's decals, but hardly any of them anyway. My point is I think you're literally just paying an extra 30 bucks for someone to put a model kit together for you. Shit, buy me the model kit and I'll put it together for you if you cover the shipping and throw in 20 bucks.
>>11719412>His main appeal is only that he gets stuff out the earliest, but that also means he hasn't spent much time with the figure and doesn't really have anything insightful to say about it or have many good comparisons, and sometimes (rarely) mistransforms small bits too.it's just good to have that "aperetivo" of his video before the actual meal (the Prime vs Prime review) comes outIt's like that european "spritz + snacks" while cook is preparing your meal and you have some time to snack something and talk with your bros about stuff
Those lucky GEEWUNNERS!
>>11719540we call those appetizers in americabut anyway; Toys are Russ is refreshing. It's nice to have someone who's a little bit rough around the edges in their reviews.As far as I see it nowToys are Russ - early reviewsPrimeVSPrime - clean screenshots and comparisons EMGO - actually funny (sometimes) + just transform it videos
>>11719546How many Bayverse guy are left that are in the appropriate size for a studio series release and aren't banned from existence like Skids/Mudflap?
>>11719388Shit video quality, getting facts wrong, mistransforming things, cutting a single review into five shorter videos so he can generate more views... It's just bad.>>11719540>it's just good to have that "aperetivo" of his video before the actual meal (the Prime vs Prime review) comes outPrime VS Prime is even worse. The guy throws words like a fucking machinegun repeating the same shit over and over again. Watched some of his first reviews and had to stop, it gets repetitive extremely fast.I'll rather wait more and watch something better, it's not like I need to see the first reviews that come out.
>>11718328>>11718340>>11719518are these as flimsy as the model kits? I though they were straight up action figures
>>11719322I was kind of considering it but then I saw that they were cheating the fucking backpack. Are you serious?
>>11719199>It's a tragedy that we don't get more small combiners.Outside Skytread and Slam Dance from Siege you could count the Fossilizers/Infernac/Junkions ad mini combiners as people have made a lot of fun combinations with them which I find fun. I'd love to see more Duocons though
You guys watch non-PerspectiveEnd/Jobby reviews with audio?
>>11718958>saw Energy Optimus Prime>expected the combiner from the energon show>it's just a recolor?Oh....
>>11718958Man, I just wanted Ironhide and Ratchet in a two pack, with all 3 Datsuns in another. I couldn't care less about Kingdom Mirage.
>>11718958is this just kingdom mirage, SS ironhide, and earthrise bluestreak or new molds/decos. only reason I'd get a new ironhide is if it had non-transclearant windows
>>11719598Yes.
>>11719557I can probably recite all the same buzzwords PvP throws around in every singe one of his reviews. He's not the worst reviewer out there but it's pretty funny.
>>11719598>>11719554For me, It's Patriot Prime>"HOO-AH"
>>11719604I assume both Ironhide and Bluestreak use regular plastic. It doesn't really help Bluestreak too much, since the molds main issue was that the clear parts where on a slightly misaligned pin, so you couldn't go into vehicle mode without putting some force to keep those parts in the correct orientation. Even the dead Prowl version had this issue.
>>11719598You watch either of them still? How old are you now...?
>>11719555Daytrader, Oreo Bot, Xbox 360 robot, the watch that killed Hitler.
>>11719615Dispensor.
>>11719598I used to watch thew a decade ago
>>11719598I still enjoy Jobby, never got why people like PE tho
>>11719171I get the feeling its going to be transparent blue or some shit
>>11719611Good channel but niche - he's more for cool G1 or other vintage formers.GOD TIER: - Prime vs Prime to see a "basic normal review without any bullshit"- Nim Suedo for fun and memes- Prime vs Prime to see cool vintage stuffSHIT TIER:- That toy guy- Emgo- - some other nerds
>>11719611I watch him for the vintage G1 toys reviews. It's kind of his niche.>>11719613Not Jobby, he was only good in his first year and then fell for the being the Filthy Frank of toy reviews and fell off a cliff.>>11719622PerspectiveEnd is kind of whiny but he respects other's tastes and is one of the few reviewers who are honest, maybe the only one left. He not only goes over the transformations and aesthetics but the QC and design issues of the figures.
>>11719632>Not Jobby, he was only good in his first year and then fell for the being the Filthy Frank of toy reviews and fell off a cliff.he also reviews 3rd party only. And his taste is visible - all toys from his reviews look the same (pointy overdesigned asian designs with 90000 flop-panels you unfold).Jobby is an example of "your overpriced 3p transformer"
>>11719598I started watching Thew and Vangelus like 15 years ago and then just never moved on
>>11719618>>11719641I don't like Thew. He's a piece of shit and on top of that disappears for years between reviews.
I wonder what Bobby Skullface (a.k.a. Ghostler Jr) will think of the upcoming Style Gen Hot Rod by time he gets his ham hands on one?
>>11719622I like PE for his brutal honesty and his roasting.
>>11719652Something retarded for sure.He has to be the biggest idiot in the fandom, and we have actual down syndrome retards among us.
>>11719660And the ER Cliffjumper abuse.
>>11719598TRDQ and Ni Stuff
Display Case With Nate is a newer channel with high production values and very nice to watch and sometimes gets upcoming figures early and Chinese/JP market exclusive figures which is neat
>>11719665That too.
>>11719636Mine needs to hurry up and ship already.
>>11719338I mean that's no huge shock>drab, blank room>extremely muscular jarheaded guy with a weird fucking head shape and no facial hair beyond stubble>tattoosbut he likes transformers so he's cool with me.
>>11719632>>11719635>Reviews SS86 Prime>Likes it okay enough, his only real problem is the back (as it usually is for him)>Reviews Newage Romulus>Disappointed that it's shorter than 86 Prime>SS86 Megatron comes out>Cleanest back on an official TF in a while, scales much better with 86 Prime (kinda goes without saying)>Reviews everything BUT 86 MegatronThe one time HasTak seemed to cater to him specifically and he still doesn't give a fuck. Then again, he'd probably complain about Megs turning into a tank, not having a mace, and the legs being too blueish gray, either as himself or in his "BUT JOBBY" persona
>>11719355I would watch the fuck out of toy reviews from Tim "We ain't found shit" Russ.>>11719394You mean figures? because i said that.
>>11719412If you aren't being called a bigot past 2008 or so, I don't want to know you.>>11719436That actually REALLY works. and the reverse would work with some paint, too, I would think.it's just too bad the lion head is so small
>>11719554We also tend to say 'apperitif' if we're being fancy.where do you put my man Jorby on that list?>>11719641>>11719643He was great until he went kooky. It's sad.
>>11719704I assume Lunar New Year is causing that
>>11719388>>11719401>Immediate spergoutChrist
Do you guys collect toys other than Transformers? I'm not sure if its true, but I get the feeling that a lot of TF collectors ONLY collect TFs.
>>11719761I just got Dragon Kaiser in the mail yesterday
>>11719761Transformers, Zoids, and the two specific TMNT lines targeted at A) the old movies (nearly complete now) and B) essentially "Missing Link" of the old toys (line is dead but we're hoping it comes back)Havent got the money for much else. occasionally I get a wild hair to make some custom lego shit, only to be reminded why lego is kind of awful for mechs.
>>11719592I dunno man but the picture looks literally just like the model.
>>11719761Collect is too strong a word, but I liked usual things like Hot Wheels and Lego as well as a kid. Most non-Transformers things I bought as an adult are all over the place and only like 4 from the same line.
>>11719652This guy really is a fucking mong>>11719632>>11719635>>11719712Ltierally thisIf you were watching Jobby at all past 2017 or so then you're friedGuy is ACTUALLY fucking retarded unfunny spergHim claiming "Oh yea Filthy Frank really was a huge inspiration for me and my humor" then proceeds to do absolutely nothing frank would have doneHe wanted to be "Alt Timeline Pink Guy who reviews figures" but hated calling himself a reviewerSo retarded
>>11718958Siege kino molds are back, yesWeaponizer retools are appreciated (+ it's the good kind)Tho it sucks these are under current pricesCan't care less about a recolor of this shit Armada Megatron mold & Gen selects sunslop pack
>>11719763Glad I didn't fall for the Toyrise Exkaiser stuff, both of them are ugly as sin. I'll wait to see how Bandai does Dragon, their Exkaiser looks great.
>>11719761>Toku>Some Gi Joe>Gunpla/Plamo>Star Wars sometimes>Very very rarely MarvelMostly it's TF and Toku with random picks here and thereSometimes Anime stuff but that's getting harder to find good shit
>>11719797Personally I'm staying far away for SoC ExkaiserF that noise
>>11719761Collect Gunpla and some Braves (mainly GSC Gattai and Toyrise). Semi Transformers adjacent, but I also pick up the occasional Metal Cardbot or other Korean or Chinese transforming robot toy that catches my eye.Non transforming robot related, I also collect a few G.I. Joe Classified or Star Wars figures, but only of characters I like (got Kyle Katarn preordered on Amazon).
>>11719636This fucking owns
>>11719761Nope, but I only collect 3rd party TF
>>11719636Thank god they put some effort into the upgrade kit
>>11719761I can't imagine being a Transformer only collector. Especially if you have certain taste that are not being met such as wanting Energon Updates but having to deal with the fact its poor reputation is making HasTak constantly avoid it. Well my childhood was varied to begin with so I collect a lot of things not just Transformers, like the occasional Lego mechs and Speed Champions, Gunpla, some Toku Figuarts and several Hot Wheels. Having a varied collection helps because it can fill the void waiting for a toy that hasn't showed up. Like me waiting for Energon Optimus for 22 years with no hint in sight at all so rather than despairing everyday I put my focus onto something else. (And no I ain't getting the Fanshobby toy, I don't like certain aspects of the stylized design)
>>11719861Energon Optimus is coming in 2028, Evan showed someone an early development concept at Toyfair.
>>11719867>2028No, that one is Ginrai because 2028 is the 40th anniversary of Masterforce.>Evan showed someone an early development concept at Toyfair.Proof? I haven't seen anyone made a report on that, that's a big news if it did happen.
>>11719761>but I get the feeling that a lot of TF collectors ONLY collect TFs.How did you come to that conclusion?
Random ass find at the local ghetto flea market today. Not a Star Convoy guy, but is this the kind of deal where I should immediately go back tomorrow morning because it's just THAT good? lol
>>11719889he said "i get the feeling"that's not a conclusion, that's an introduction. he's then asking if that's true. So far, we've said no. Presumably that is the conclusion he'll come to.
>>11719867>>11719870Lol, hasbro don't want to risk money making toys out of a cartoon that literally killed the franchise forcing michael bay to step in and save it. Ahaha you really think hasbro would do thaf when g1 sells?
>>11719890I'd get it. I plan to pick him up when I get paid next week.
>>11719761>was into plamo for a bit but concluded I like the talent>used to big into Glyos>play MTG (taking a break)>play 30k/HH 3.0>play DCC RPGGranted I have bought only Tiny Turbo Changers and Blokees so far this year so I'm not going too hard on TFs right now
>>11719867I assume you're referring to that youtuber Chris Jaam and his video about someone being teased a 3D file of Energon Optimus's Super Mode Drill Foot. The guy had to make another video later clarifying that it's all heresay and rumors until it is fully confirmed by Hasbro themselves because as it turns out, getting second hand information by a guy you do not know and whose only proof is his words isn't really substantial enough to be actual rumors. Don't be so gullible anon.
>Evan outright telling people to buy 3rd party stickers for Astrotrain's absWe've hit a new low.
>>11719919there's no way that's legal
>>11719936What else can he say? "Paint it yourself"? Transformer fans are allergic to paints which is why they pay for reprolabels in the first place.
>>11719938i assume from context that this 'evan' works for hasbroa hasbro representative telling people to go buy unlicensed add-on material is... it's gotta be hot water for someone.
In-hand pictures make it look mildly better but there's no getting around the fact that Astrotrain's arm are too damn small.
>>11719949in some shots, his torso looks too long and his thighs too short, but I realize that's because of the hip skirts. which are sitting too high.the arms, however, never look good.
>>11719592What part of "pre-assembled model kit" was unclear the first time? Like I said earlier, there's a trend going on in Japan right now where companies are selling professionally assembled, painted, and de-nubbed versions of a kit straight from the factory with an upcharge. That's what this kit is cashing in on. Also>flimsy As someone who owns both Arcees and Windblade, they are most assuredly not flimsy. You can pose them just fine, and since they don't transform, there's no need to worry about breaking things from moving something the wrong way.They wouldn't stand up to a small child, sure, but you shouldn't be as big of a klutz as a 10-year-old to begin with.
>>11719955so even japan is falling.. is the autism epidemic hitting their kids too?
>>11719949>mildly betterreally?looks even more anemic when it's in some hands
>>11719966nothing's as bad as the first pics we were givenI mean this in all the seriousness someone of my age and position can: the people who take the initial promotional pictures need to be fired. There are so many CAPABLE people who would LOVE to play with toys for a living and pose them. By allowing these parasites to steal the jobs and do them poorly, enabling their behavior by not firing them, you are stealing from the more deserved.
the wait for liokaiser is unbearable. i backed it when i was a man and i'll be a woman when it finally gets here...
>>11719982>i backed it when i was a man and i'll be a woman when it finally gets here...So, it'll never get here? How sad.
>>11719985>The curtains draw to show the uproar of the audience, throwing you roses and mothers asking you to kiss their babies. Critics describe it the comment of a lifetime
>>11719994I hope they stop throwing the roses during the baby kissing part, those suckers are sharp.also, while that was indeed an excellent quip, I think it's safe to say the guy he was replying to was being facetious.
>>11719949Everything about this is just a visual mess. It's really just the arms and the chest though. Upper chest needed to be smaller and lower down, and the arms just needed a different shape or something.
>>11719949It's really baffling that they wasted the budget on this when a repaint of Siege Astrotrain would have been preferable to this mess of a design.
>>11720029Let’s see if DNA can fix it
>>11720051DNA would have to essentially remake half of the toy to fix the issues it has across all three modes. It's unsalvageable, and you're better off saving your money and sticking to the Siege mold.
What is the reason behind the current trend of remaking toys that are inferior to their previous versions?
>>11720087I think new arms and a chest cover could solve a lot of the bot issues
>>11720106Based on the fact that even terrible, shitty releases like this new Astrotrain sell out preorders, they know that they can slop out whatever goddawful thing they want and plebs will still lap it up.
>>11719949Long Astrotrain is long.
>>11719995I was being facetious. Dumbass
Was there a potn attack here recently or no, the /lg/ chris chan had another melty so just curious
>>11719949My boy hasn't eaten in over a month!
>>11720151Still better than the Siege mold
>>11720218Yet they still wont make Gigastorm.
>>11720222The Siege Astrotrain is a perfectly fine and fun figure, you're retarded.
>>11720226If you never transform it, sure
>>11720223Make him more weird Ultra-Q/Ultraman than Trypticon for a reimagining, him just being camo tryp isn’t going to be as good as him being part tank
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>>11720151Money is the thing they used to makeBack when their business worked like it used to workSo the question of "why change to thing that does not work?" is still valid.
>>11720183>You were right.>You idiotwha
>>11719949is this supposed to be toy accurate? as in it is doing the whole G1 toy where the arms are just sticks?
