Are you buying the newest Oveargear figures, to cleanse yourself of Hasbro's cheap slop?Previous:>>11930612
>>11933954why does he have both 3mm and 5mm ports? is that a normal thing for non-transformers takara stuff?
>>11933954Nah, too monochrome.
>>11933972Yeah same here I get what they're going for but I still don't like it. I feel like there was a happy medium, maybe dark red and black instead of bright red and blue for optimus idk.
>>11933954Looks like this person figured out how to use his ab crunch
Would (you) like or dislike it if Transformers leaned harder into being mecha in a new entry? I'm talking super modes, power-ups, non-scramble combinations, and the like.
>>11933996Would love it but it would be even better if it was a new Brave show.Then again, we have Dandivine as a spiritual successor this season and it is pretty terrible, so...
>>11933999>we have DandivineToo bad it fucking SUCKS
>>11933994posted this at the end of the last one
>>11933970SORT OF!
>>11933996the term you're looking for is 'super robot' I think. though I fail to see how non-scramble combinations fit that specifically.
>>11933954they look cool but I can't justify the price tag
>>11933925>>11933968You guys reminded me how much I like ER Trailbreaker/Hoist. I did end up preferring the Selects version, in part because I just couldn't unsee the brown plastic on ER, but also I really liked the contrast between the charcoal grey and light blue, plus the light grey and red are better shades IMO.That mold has one of my favourite transformation steps. The way you fold down the hood and then hinge the crotch forward and it all locks together with the most satisfying click. Absolute hand candy.
>>11933972As one of the few people here who hates gaudy late G1/G2 colors I really like it myself.
>>11934012Bro is actually putting his toys through a slop filter
>>11934021Yeah, just fucking around.
>>11934000You're replying like I said otherwise, but I totally agree. What a shame.
>>11933996I would like another go at Multiforce/Powerlinx stuff but for both factions.
>>11933999how is dandivine a spiritual successor the robot looks like something out of a korean show
>>11934003You’re stupid. A reverse ab crunch is nearly useless. Also characters that can’t fly don’t need to do flying poses. Meanwhile I can list 100 reasons someone might bend over forward.
>>11934050list three, if you please.
What Beast Machines guy should I get next
>>11934052Who do you have? I really like Skydive myself
>>11933954do these feel like newer SS which can be pretty solidor like diaclone where you can feel the quality in hand and its brick solid
>>11933954what is the best Transformers Prime figure of Optimus Prime to get? I should have one, but I don't, and I have no idea which one to get. I probably will get the beast hunters one at a later date, but I'd like a pre-revival one for him first
>>11933954
>>119339703mm is for diaclone ports
>>11934061I assume Diaclone as it feels and looks by the material, design and detailing
>>11933954>Are you buying the newest Oveargear figures, to cleanse yourself of Hasbro's cheap slop?Not unless they go on sale somewhere.They look cool, but I'm not super interested in $100+ Voyagers.
>>11934072At this point there isn't much of a difference between paying for $60 voyagers and $100 voyagers
>>11934074just buy blokees if the big boy toys are too pricy for you
>going around my local ROSS looking for GI Joes>miraculously find Scorponok, just sittin there>only have $60 to spare for fun stuff after paying rent>area is notoriously hunted and picked clean Fuck man, finally lucked out and I couldn't capitalize on it. Doubt it'll be there by next week. I did find a couple retro green shirt Joes though.
>>11934072NOTICEABLY different from a VoyagerEngineering wise it's more classic MP tier
>>11934074About 1.3 deluxes worth of difference
>>11934051I shouldn’t have to but; 1. Super hero landing pose 2. Battle ready hunched over pose 3. Heroic crotch thrust Humanoids bend over all the time and rarely ever do back bends
Grindor
Headmaster Arcee
Go Prime & Vector Sigma
>>11934064The first edition one is a fantastic toy that completely changes between modes and gives the illusion of having more mass in robot mode. Regular release has ugly blue translucent plastic and panels hanging from his back that can be seen from the front.
>>11933954I don't need to cleanse myself of Hasbro's turds because I don't buy them. I don't think Takara's output is all that impressive either, really.
>>11934092>landing posehuh. I guess I thought of that more as a knee-clearance issue, but maybe you're right. still, that one really helps if you can bend the head upward, and failing that, surely the upper body (that is, reverse ab crunch)>hunched overokay, obvious. but again, if the head can't bend...>crotch thrustnow see, that's- well that's not exactly reverse ab crunch, but it is... more about the ankles than it is the stomach
>>11933954I buy chinese/korean robot toys when my Hasbro fatigue reaches critical levels. That was the entire first half of the year btw.
let's say I have some loved ones who want to buy me actual presents this year, and I'm poorhow would I acquire some recent takara stuff e.g. glowing leo? these loved ones refuse to use anything but amazon by the way..
>>11934104You appreciate that you have loved ones who will get you gifts and pick something that would actually be reasonable for them to get you.
>>11934052Either Night Viper or Battle Unicorn.
>>11934105the trouble is I've sort of.. pared down everything I could want, found a way to pay for the majority of it, and at this point there's little else I would actually want.Plus this person has a tendency to buy me things she would want instead, if I don't think of something in time. or clothes, which I could use, but chinese manufacturers don't make the kind I like anymore, and they're all there is.
Wondering when we'll hear about Cryotek.
>>11934098Legendbros what other characters do you expect or ate hoping to see from takara? I'm not familiar enough to know what to hope for
>>11934117When hell freezes over
>>11934118There's no point in trying to predict New Legends, it's a fever dream.
>>11934121Yeah. They just picked one of the absolute worst molds in all of Legacy to redeco >>11934098
>>11934127it's so sad that such an awesome character, such a cool altmode, such awesome style, has had two such terrible molds. it's funny people compare him to a zoid liger, because they have been doing the same for years now, shrinking the lion's head down til it looks ridiculous.
>>11934117>>11934119What do you mean? Blokees Cryotek will be out before 2027
>>11934118They're pretty random so far, but I'm hoping Takara does BW II Starscream and BB. They've also hinted Super Megatron really hard, and I want that to pay off.
>>11934131How are they? Never bought one. Any images?
>>11934095It's a collab with a great cyberpunk style JP brand apparently>>11934097Okay so yea I'll just get normal Arcee I guess>>11934098He's so good and yet this mold just isn't that great
>>11934146>JPgod dammit now I'm reminded of how many jurassic park crossovers we didn't get to get
>>11934118Considering how much Superlink references TakaraTomy had been sprinkling around as of late, I wouldn't be surprised if the next all-new mold Transformer toy they make is Grand Convoy which would give them an excuse to make Grand Scourge.
Remake one day
>>11934154I get the feeling Hasbro hates Energon because they dont want to deal with the combining gimmick and they know people will complain if everyone cant be pants and shirts for each other
>>11934156I'd say that's one of many reasons why Hasbro won't do anything Energon related but I believe the primary reason is that nobody at Hasbro has any idea what the Energon toyline or anime is actually like and refuse to touch it because of its bad PR with a cursory glance and thinking it's not worth doing. Not helping is the fact Legacy United Core Class Energon Megatron was made as a trial to gauge interest and it ended in a failure because people didn't want a Core Class Energon Megatron.After all, Hasbro has nothing wrong with the gimmicks, in fact they love it so much they keep pushing either Energon weapons or dual combining in kids toylines like RiD2015 and Cyberworld.
>>11934095Why can't we get this as the first release instead? And have Grindor in green?Blackout is just plain compared to this
Don't know how they did itBut the same figures always look better on the showfloor shelve
>>11934198yeah he was a huge anticipation, a huge letdown, and an even more huge price tag. Absolutely nuts how poorly this was handled.
>>11934206The Blade Liger version looked a bit better. I'm hoping that a future release improves upon the mold.
>>11934098A bit dissapointed it's the A Hero is Born Vector Sigma. I was hoping they'd redeco the new Soccer transformer into Vector Sigma. Sort of related, I was also hoping they'd redeco Micronus into the Legend disc, so that's a bit of a bummer.
>>11934012>>11934025Honestly doesn't look terrible. I tried using AI to edit some of my toy photos awhile back, but I found the mileage really varied with the end result. Even the decent looking ones felt like they lacked soul compared to the photos I was taking before, so I just gave it up.
>>11934214yeah that concept art looked great. but it would have been even more impossible. the entire point of BL is how long the head is, the long, flowing mane with all these spikes it forms. you simply can't make that a torso.. and it's crazy how tiny the liger head looks in the finished product, in zoid mode, yet so oversized and goofy in robot mode.
>people don't like the shield prime Wut?Really?I have the thing after getting MPG Gen prime and I felt I shouldn't have gotten Prime at all (they were priced the same) with how good shield prime is. Anyway, have another transformers. Shield prime is the only transformers brand related item in the show
>>11934152I still want a Blue 2-pack using the Kingdom Dinobot mold for Blue and one of the three recent motorcycles for Owen.
>>11934198I don’t know how they fumbled this design so badly. It should have been significantly smaller, with completely different proportions, a Bullet Core liger head, and limbs that could be swapped with Dia Battles X-1.
>>11934238It should have been either ZoidsxDiaclone or ZoidsxTransformersTrying to fit all three bogged it down too much
>>11934238Same thing with the Macross crossoverThey made him Optimus Could’ve easily been a Delta Leo Prime instead
>>11934152I’m very surprised we didn’t get at least one more with Dilophocon retooled into a Raptor. Could have packed it with a Chris Pratt dirt bike or an Ian Malcolm Mercedes ML 320.
>>11934156Speaking as an Energon/Super Link enjoyer I would not care if shirt/pants combining was nixed. Energon has a bunch of good character designs that I’d prefer to see done without being compromised by a combination gimmick. I would love to get Rodimus Convoy with modern articulation and better proportions.
>>11934099the one that came with the matrix or the one that was part of the first edition wave?
>>11934260I disagree, the reasons most people like the Autobot character designs is because of their body proportions with the legs being bigger than the arms as a result of the Superlink/Powerlinx gimmick, it gives the Autobots the heroic proportions that make them look cool to begin with. Take that away and redoing the proportions to make the designs more balanced just takes the charm away from the designs.
>>11934266The one without the matrix, obviously. Just compare them and it's clear which one looks better.
>>11934272Ah, thanks. Sucks that the first edition one is around $120 on average, I may just need to settle for the one from Prime's RiD wave
>>11934273Look into the KO APC toys version. It’s around $55 shipped, it’s a slightly improved version of the official toy.If you want more show accurate but are ok with non-transforming, there’s also the Blokees model kit.,
>>11933954when will the next wave of stuff be up for preorder?
>>11934321Google.com
Do you guys know if there is a team of three raptor fembot transformers or if I just dreamed it?
>>11934355No but you could buy Slash three times and pretend there is.
>>11934135He's a mini-con/micromaster-sized chase figure
>>11934355FunPub fiction only
>>11934355https://youtu.be/O0aidZMN78k
>>11934271By better proportions I just mean more like those of the character models, as opposed to the anime/toys. Take Rodimus for example. The head is more angular. His biceps are longer and more defined while his forearms are shorter. His torso is longer to better differentiate his chest from his crotch. The thighs are longer but the knee pads and feet are smaller. All those little changes add up to a better proportioned design without losing his heroic appearance.
>>11934388I think they literally just stretched him vertically and called it a day.I mean...it worked, but won't work when transformed.
This feels like a Ship of Theseus moment.I found a old Optimus Primal KO online that was missing some parts and it looked very similar so i was curious if actual parts would fit the figure. turns out the parts do fit. albeit a little difference in tolerances.
>>11934198>>11934206While I agree that he could've been a lot better, I still like him. As I've mentioned before, though, I don't like to think of him as a Transformer so much as a Zoid that somehow got displaced into the Diaclone universe and got upgraded to have a robot mode (which just happens to resemble Optimus, as Optimus' own appearance is the result of him originally being a Diaclone toy to begin with).I do wonder if someone out there will eventually figure out how to make a kit to fix up the Liger mode a bit, though - I don't mind the robot mode looking weird, but the Shield Liger form really should have taken priority here.
>>11934216>I was hoping they'd redeco the new Soccer transformer into Vector Sigma.I'd rather see Breakaway redeco'd into Krok and bundled with a repainted ROTB Skullcruncher to be Gatoraider.
>>11934401forgot pic
I really wish Pulse used the postal service instead of FedEx. I've had the Minicon set in the local FedEx hub for the past week, and today is the official delivery date and still nothing.
>>11934410Nah USPS will just send that shit to guam cause they’re retarded
>>11934104>loved ones want to get me a gift>these loved ones refuse to use anything but amazon by the way..Sounds like you need to pick something off Amazon. Eh? What kind of question was this? Seems like you are mentally retarded, unironically
>>11934238I think you and me want very different things, but I also didn't understand any of what you meant..>>11934239when I heard about it, it made sense. like one bridges the gap between the other two, or so I thought.but modern diaclone is just -weird->>11934259dilophocon retooled into a raptor instead of just.. dinobot? hm
Just got my minicon pack. Seems like the Runway and Jetstorm from this set also have the same issue when connecting for the star saber. The holes are too small and you need to widen them for the tabs to fit properly.
>>11934451>dilophocon retooled into a raptor instead of just.. dinobot? hmDid I stutter?
>>11934455Als, I know most people are already aware, but I'm still annoyed with how they handled the new minicons. Swindle and Longarm both end up compromised when they didn't need to be. If they always planned to make sets that shared molds, they should have included minicons that shared Leader-1 and Sparkplugs colors, instead of adding two minicons and having them be fully painted.
>>11933954If they do him in Energon colors I will buy him but I just don't like the black deco.
>>11934463They did minicons for the figures that had already released. minus Ramjet for Tidalwave. Truth be told they knew Longarm was the one minicon that'd be the least controversial to fuck up. He sits on Red Alert's ass you won't even see him in most collections.
Who am I missing that would be in your essential Autobots team?
>>11934475Blaster, Ratchet, Ultra Magnus, and Smokescreen.
>>11934475For G1? Trailbreaker. Wheeljack. Ratchet. The Lambo Bros. Blaster. Tracks, to preference (Don't like his Boston Brahmin accent, personally.)
>>11934403the only thing I could see being fixable is the legs, the bizarrely spindly thighs (why the shin-meat didn't move up there, I have no idea)the head is just irredeemable. too small, and neckless. Same issue, like I said, that most modern zoid liger releases have had. Look at this teeeeny tiny lil head. I get it, the mane restricts the highly-desired neck movement, and for a transformer, you want a cat head to be extra flat so it can be a chest, but.. did it occur to them to tilt it down, instead? that would have been okay, and freed up some mane-space.
>>11934406the beauty of injection molded figures and kits.. interchangeability.. the equivalent of movable type.>>11934488compare the original, and how powerful it looks with its big, meaty head and huge mane that you could believe generates an energy shield to cover the whole body.
>>11934488>>11934490You realize you posted the Blade Liger, right? Shield D. Prime is the Shield Liger, which looks very different from that.
>>11934475Wheeljack and Ratchet
LMFAOTo think the person who designed this thought to themselves "Yes. I have done good work here."
>>11934503Now he produces shockwaves just by walking.
>>11934497yeah, it's just that Bladey is an even worse example, because, possibly due to its big mane spikes, they shrank it even WORSE in recent versions.but you've illustrated the issues just the same with the AZ shieldy here. Absolutely neckless. The poor cat couldn't lick his own junk.again, compare the iconic original which they seem downright ashamed of.. how majestic it looks, how it has a neck...
>>11934503Roses are read, lasers shoot skeethe boot too big for he gotdamn feet
>>11934503I think a ko oversized Shockwave would look better.
>>11934474I know, my point is, if they wanted to do gangmolding, they should have used appropriate members. Adding in the Skyboom Shield would have solved all these problems, since they share colors with Longarm, Sparkplug and Leader-1. Swindle would be left out and possibly released with some other minicon that uses red.
>BW Megs mentorSo what are the odds his old mentor just so happened to be a recolor of his Transmetal 2 form that he only got after coincidentally taking in the old Megatrons spark and thrown in lava by his traitorous crew?
>>11934527Wasn't the lore that he based it on Megatrons dragon form?>>11934472Seems like they'll go for it if Grindor is any indication. Just market it as Ironhide in surveillance colors (flashy colors so they assume it's just a normal truck).
>>11934530Also, I want it because I know some sites will be very confused when a blue Ironhide pops up.
>>11934530Or they can just call it Armorhide like a normal company.
>>11934534Fuck I meant Roadbuster. Armorhide is Animated Ironhide's Japanese name I fucked up.
>>11934527>>11934530In lore, Cryotek tricked Megatron when they met in-between BW and BM and stole the schematics for Megatron's TM2 form in order to upgrade himself because Megatron wanted to be rid of his organic components
https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Overgear>According to Yūkiya Amano, at the time of the line's creation, the design team had developed simple backstories for a total of around 30 different characters in the Overgear universe.[2]Which 27 TFs (minus OP, Blackout and Ironhide) should be in Overgear?
>>11934546An OC named Overgear, so he can be released as Overgear Overgear
>>11934503those hip skirts are nice but why give him fuckin pumps?
>>11934546I was going to say "What about Megatron?"Then I remembered he was MPG and not Overgear
>forgot to pre-order Powerlinx Red Alert>already sold outI swear I did, guess I fucked up
>>11934503There is literally nothing wrong with the original toy.
>>11934546There seems to be a somewhat Bayverse bent to it, so helicopter Drift, Bumblebee as a Jeep, Jetfire, Crosshairs, some of the Wrecker names in more militant-than-Nascar Altmodes, like Topspin or Roadbuster.Military themed autobots would dovetail well, so Guzzle, Hound, Fortress Maximus, Warpath, or Gunrunner.
>>11934562Its sold out and no one with issues will get a replacement but don't worry in a few months time hundreds of the things will magically appear at Ross.
>>11934564A Cybertron Defesne Force inspired Hot Shot would be so fucking good though.
>>11934546You forgot Grindor, so 26. Anyway:-Megatron-the main seeker trio (F-35 Starscream, F22's Skywarp and Thundercracker-Soundwave as a drone, again (though, the type that looks like a stealth bomber)-All the combaticons (though, they likely won't combine). Swindle shares a mold with Hound, but has different weapons, Onslaught is a prime retool with a flatbed trailer, Brawn is an Abrams, Vortex is a valor, and Blast off is a bit tricky, not sure what you could use for him in a modern setting.Autobots-Hound, a modern jeep but almost g2 style weapons assortment, maybe he gets the live action versions hard hat and triple Gatling.-Warpath: M7 Bradley-Hot Shot: M1117 asv -Ironfist: SVI max 9-Huffer: Oshkosh M-ATV-Sunstreaker: Darpa flypmode carNot 30. But it's a start.
>>11934566Honestly, the three of them would all be good choices. Who doesn't like heavy artillery?
wait is this true?
>>11934572I don't believe any media directly mentions Junkion is a piece of cybertron.
>>11934572Not really, since they drew Cybertron entirely different in the movie.
>>11934527Cryotek looked like this originally. Megatron was strapped to the outer hull of the shuttle the Maximals were on when they jumped back to the present, but he fell off partway there and ended up on Cybertron an unknown amount of time before they returned; as is such, he met up with Cryotek in the time period between BW and BM and tried to get him to help remove his organic beast mode; Cryotek failed, but instead managed to copy that beast mode onto himself before taking off to start his own plan for subjugating Cybertron - only to realize that Megatron had backstabbed him AGAIN by stealing his Stasis Lock virus from him. Knowing what was about to happen next, Cryotek fled Cybertron entirely, escaping just as Megs released the virus that allowed him to take over the planet. By the time the Maximals finally arrived in the present, Megatron had conquered the planet and Cryotek was already hiding safely on one of the Cybertronian colony worlds, admiring his shiny new dragon form and waiting for Megatron's inevitable defeat.So yeah, it's not a coincidence - Cryotek literally copied that alt mode from Megatron.
>>11934572
This upgrade kit was worth it. Knocking the pins out of the butt plate was a lot easier than I thought it would be. Everything locks in and VERY solid.
>>11934578Mobile post fail
>>11934579The gun upgrade is awesome
>>11934580New butt plate
I saw Happy Meal Blitzwing sell for $350 on ebay. Who the hell got disposable income like that?
>>11934581
>>11934582Crypto dorks?
>>11934582How many times are you going to bring up that piece of shit toy?
>>11934578>>11934579did it come with a pin-knocker?>>11934580saaay, not bad.>>11934584gotta admit, wishin i'd gotten into that shit.
>>11934589>did it come with a pin-knocker?Yes and two extra pins in case the originals get damaged (mine did).
>>11934589>gotta admit, wishin i'd gotten into that shit.I remember making fun of the Cryptofags when it was first getting big. Called it play money, laughed at them for wasting their time. Now I wish I had bought in.
>>11934581But can you still transform Long Haul into vehicle and robot mode?
>>11934592Yes, it comes with a replacement piece that pins back into Long Haul, which splits where the arrow is pointing. It makes the butt plate removable and usable as a shield.
>>11934594Neat. Kind of tempted to get the upgrade kits for Devastator but not sure I want to drop 150 on all of them.
>>11934572Unironically tho i'd like a 3P part for a big ass sword or Cannon or something that folds out into that shape to gap fill and "complete" Cybertron Primus
>>11934583>Mouth not painted
>Check Powerlinx Red Alert. >They painted the roof white>But they didn't paint the bottom of the gun to match, so a chunk of the roof is orangeWhy in the world did they bother. Leaving the roof unpainted would be better so it can match the gun.
>>11934605Its supposed to be mismatched. The original was like that too.
Someone already repainted the new Moderoid Dorvack kit into Roadbuster
>>11934613I’m really tempted by this. It looks clean, has great articulation, and doesn’t partsform
>>11934584Maybe>>11934588Til I get one.
>>11934224Holy crap it's galaxy convoy
>>11934613That was quick
>>11934625The opposite, Galaxy Convoy is eight years younger.
