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>>11523921 (OP)
>buying autismo: tooner edition

Amazon won’t ship my Scavenger :(

Bucketheads of varying quality

>>11523938
They sent mine. Still nothing on Mixmaster though, so it's not like getting Scavenger now matters to me. I'm waiting to open all the Constructicons at once.

Somebody should make a Rails toy

posted this in the old thread, but figured i'd post it here, too. Regarding SG Nemesis Prime

>>11522792
I mean, they already did that in the OTFCC/Botcon comics. SG Prime gets dumped off in a similar way to Megatron in TFTM, SG Unicron finds him and reformats him into that one IDW Orion Pax remold they did for the club, Nova Prime.

>>11523938
I pre-ordered mine from fucking BBTS so who knows how long it's going to take to come.

>>11524444
nice quads.

I'm still waiting for my Megs from Pulse, if it has a fucked up face im going to kill myself becuase of course they take so long to ship I cant get a replacement cuz theyll be all sold out

We’re due for a Zeta Prime.

>>11523921 (OP)
Makes me glad Hasbro put windows back on leader class figures, and is a good illustration of why I avoid ordering stuff like this online. That QC is atrocious!

Are they still planning on reissuing Masterpiece Megatron or should I just go for the KO?

>>11524507
I'd expect him to, they'd have to be monumentally retarded not to give him one.

Reposting pastebins from last thread:

>Upcoming Transformers
https://pastebin.com/y5N3phCP (updated)
>Leaks and Rumors
https://pastebin.com/2QivfSSE (updated)
>Online Stores for TFs
https://pastebin.com/3raSp3ZY
>Where to watch TF shows:
https://pastebin.com/xiX5Q7SE
>Transformers General Archives:
https://archive.palanq.win/toy/search/subject/%2Ftfg%2F%20-%20Transformers%20General/

>New thread on page 9 or 10 or at image limit

>>11524540
Why? When is the last time anybody used any of these links?

>>11524490
just buy the KO

>>11524472
The Perceptor 3 pack has similarly bad QC I had to go through like fucking 5 of them to find one with decent chest paint

So Hasbro is just going to ignore the Omega Prime stuff and hope people forget?

Rank them. I need the data.
https://tiermaker.com/create/transformers-movie-glup-shittos-18570611

>>11524660
They're sending a replacement Optimus to everyone who complained, they're not even asking for the original back. You don't know this because you're just looking for trouble.

>tfw you get the last pre-order for ss86 megatron on bbts


You know if new age Romulus wasn't so small and fiddly I might have held back, but I'm good with my Zeta McTron for gun toy Megatron, and unless someone does a silver/premium KO of ss86 mega, this one is nice enough as it is

>>11524674
I've gotten no email updates from them and this is legit one of the few transformers I own and only bought it cause I loved the original cause I saw the anime on fox kids when I was a kid.

>>11524589
does anyone know how the KO is, quality wise?

I found Vortex at Target today, just one, literally nothing else worth buying other than three Ques and that new B-line I can't be assed to remember the name of.

I'm a bit underwhelmed by him honestly. Hope the other Combaticons turn out okay.

If I have MPG Ginrai, do I even need 86 Optimus, in your opinion? 86 is totally inferior in the articulation department and he is basically G1 Optimus. But not. I have never been in love with 86 based on looks either, but the Ginrai cab bot isnt the most aesthetically pleasing figure ever made either. I feel like 86 is a gap in my collection but idk. I dont want to spend $100 on it. I am about to cave for a cheap ko with no trailer, but I dont like KOs. Also, I feel like I dont need the trailer but if I dont have that dust collector box Im sure I will miss it. As you can see, Im really at a loss.

>>11524671
These images are kind of small. I'm having difficulty recognizing who is in them.

>>11524693
Ginrai is a different character anon

>>11524700
Only in Japan. I dont live in Japan.

>>11524703
Powermaster Optimus Prime also is very different from the original. There is no problem in having both.

>>11524703
Even in the comics he’s post death Prime
That’s like saying you don’t want a Megatron because you already have Galvatron

>>11524564
NTA, but I use the Leaks and Rumors one all the time, as I don't browse TFW2005 or the such and these threads are my primary source of information.

I hope the comic edition stuff eventually expands to doing stuff like Scioli's Prime. I'm in love with that stupid trailer cloak / cape.

Galaxy level mogging

How big are the dinobots Magmatron transforms into? I heard his head is pretty much a deluxe class, is that true? Like would it look good with another deluxe class dino? Does that mean his Landsaurus and Seasaurus forms are leader class would you say? For example, would the Landsaurus look good next to Leader Grimlock?
Thanks for the help!

>>11524761
Makes zero sense, unless like Dinobots and gravity defying "transformations"*, Bay walked back his dislike of mass-shifting too.

*aoe got the gravity defying without proper transformations, forgot what the galvatron bunch were called and whatever the hell that conversion process was... it might count as morphing which was also a Bay no-no.

>>11524824
might be bigger than deluxe, maybe.

>>11524829
Oh wow yeah thats more voyager I would say. Which is even better, thanks anon!

When's Hasbro going to release an SS Sentinel? Just slap sme treads on the back of the legs and have it fold onto a pseudo-tank mode to make it transformable. [spoiler]Also, should I use 'an' or 'a' before the 'S'?[/spoiler]

>>11524881
>spoiler
holy cross boarding nigher

Notable details and summary from the first draft of the CBS pitch
>Dated Feb 25th, 1984, meaning it was still in development the same time the original pilot was being scripted (Feb 8, 1984)
>As such, nobody has their Budiansky personalities or bios (a footnote says these will come "later")
>Concept tone is set with a bunch of faux news reports of people seeing UFOs/ball lightning, and jets/experimental beam cannon vanishing afterward
>Transformers are established as having just evolved that way due the alien world they inhabit. The war raged until the Decepticons were defeated-- but the Autobots only destroyed their physical bodies. Actual living part is described as "electronic life-entitites"-- effectively their intelligence/brains which can then possess normal Earth devices and turn that into a new transformer body
>Decepticons base is under the sea, off the coast of Florida

>Megatron has the particle beam cannon alt mode, but can also shrink in size to be a hand held laser pistol (the pitch NEVER says the word "gun"). Megatron has all the Decepticon orbs in a containment unit, and he blasts them out of his cannon to make new Decepticons for any given episode (these new troops are established to be defeated by episode's end to keep the status quo going)
>Soundwave is second in command, and is constantly at odds with Megatron and thinks HE should lead the Decepticons. Mass shifts from a tape recorder into a "30' tall robot".
>Buzzsaw, the only Cassette mentioned. Focuses on spywork, recon. Spies for Megatron's plans, but Soundwave also has him do things for his own agenda and overthrow Megatron
>Starscream, "white" jet. Female in the first draft, and is a "screamer". Vicious, quick to start her tirades at the slightest provocation. Has the hot and cold weapons that later revisions would give to Firecycle. Specifically has it out for Jazz, who destroyed her original body on Cybertron

>>11524886
>Thundercracker, "Red" jet, described as "the strong, quiet type". Weapons are tractor beams so he can pull an enemy close and use his huge physical strength on them
>Skywarp, "Black" jet. Full of bottomless hatred after being imprisoned by the Autobots. Weapon is his "Warp-Ray", which is both "ear-shattering" and makes a space/time warp that is cited as a method to allow Decepticons to escape when they need to, or possibly be used as a trap for the Autobots

>Optimus Prime is basically exactly the same character he would wind up as. Trailer turns into the Autobot HQ. Intentionally chose a truck with a human companion both because he figured a human ally would be useful, and because he was too caring to just steal a vehicle the way the Decepticons do.
>Jazz has an "impulsive personality". Jazz isn't afraid of Starscream, and intends to put her out of commission again. Reckless driver. Makes a mention that Transformers overall can be damage still and still need to be repaired, with an example being "they react to a dented fender like we would a broken arm"
>"Toad" - Early Bumblebee/Muffler, is a GREEN Volkswagon Beetle. Messenger, spy. His car was a junker, so has issues like not transforming properly, or running out of gas, or maybe even getting a speeding ticket from a cop. These drafts LOVE the idea of people looking into the vehicle and seeing no drivers. Is companion of human character Wendy, because he took her car and Optimus said stealing is forbidden so now Toad is "her property"
>Trailbreaker, scout and can fly. Enjoys the beauty of Earth when on mission, but gets homesick for the metallic home of Cybertron
>Sideswipe, red countach. Text doesn't have enough detail to say which of the Lambos this was going to be. Girl. Intelligence gathering, can tap any earth broadcast and even read Decepticon memory banks. Loves and admires Optimus. Optimus isn't oblivious to this, but has known war too long to risk ever getting attached.

>>11524887
>Mirage, fastest autobot. Cool, calm, but also quick with a wisecrack, epsecially if he's in trouble. Makes passes at Sideswipe, who is quick to remind him that Optimus is her "prime" man.
>Ironhide/Hound/Ratchet are all secondaries, background filler unless a story's script needs one. Ironhide has tough armor, Hound is adept at getting in and out of all sorts of terrain, and Ratchet is for when there's an emergency (especially if humans are involved).

>Humans
>William "Duke" Conroy, the trucker whose truck Optimus took over. Begrudgingly involved in this, constantly griping about how this all got in the way of his earning a paycheck. Han Solo type, still does the right thing in the end. Since Optimus's trailer is HQ, ALL the Autobots are stored in the trailer, and Duke grumbles about this since there's barely any room for his shipments he'd prefer to do. Duke is taken along even when Optimus turns into a robot and would be seen in the window chest of Optimus, bitching the whole time.
>Wendy Fairchild, ordinary midwestern teen. Would prefer to focus on regular teen girl things, and having a car that's a space alien robot doesn't help with that. Pitch suggest she's not used in every plot, just when they need a little more peril, or a comic relief situation of her having to explain to her parents why the car is missing or at episode's end why the car has all these laser holes in the windshield.
>Arthur Kroll. Standard saturday morning evil human, strikes a deal with Megatron so he can rule the human slaves after Megatron conquers the planet. Could be used to get Megatron into places a giant robot couldn't sneak into otherwise. Neither trusts the other. Special callout made that Duke hates "traitors" and would love to really rough up Kroll.

>>11524888
>Rest of the pitch document is just basic premise establishment that is very close to final, transformers need fuel to function, too much damage makes transformation impossible, etc. Autobots saying "We're running on empty" seems like a nudge that they wanted it as a quick way to add some peril to plots (oh no what if they don't have the strength to win? before a commercial break sort of thing). Last few pages are story springboards which all amount to Megatron goes [mechanical thing] to turn it into [new decepticons].

>>11524889
Biggest vibe reading these documents:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DrM2Cu-0Bc

>>11524564
I used them just yesterday

>>11524703
You bought a japanese Ginrai toy, not a Powermaster Prime one.

When will you quit?

More people are waking up each day

>>11524507
Is the same fire effect but in blue good enough for you? Because that's exactly what you're going to get if they release Cryotek, that part must be gangmolded with Megatron's translucent orange pieces and those are blue on Cryotek.

When is the g2 swoop and sludge supposed to come out? Are there any pics of them yet even?

>>11524921
Not even confirmed

>>11524921
A year from now at the absolute earliest

>>11524907
I can't afford to buy tfs as random fun purchases anymore, too expensive and they got too greedy with how they sell 'em. Fuck the online stores, fuck the exclusivity, fuck the inflated prices, fuck them toys.

>>11524907
The moment they release a Leader Class G2 Megatron with a non-garbage head, I'm done.

>>11524688
crazy how much better the MFT one looks, genuine humiliation ritual

>>11524907
i am giving up on chug mostly, all i want are the main devastation and armada cast and we are almost there for both

>>11524886
>>11524887
>>11524888
>>11524889
kinda wild they wanted the main human to be called Duke given who is one of the main GI Joe guys is also named.

>>11524907
Advertising is against the rules

>>11525016
This general has been an ad for Hasbro the entire time.

>>11525041
You have to wonder how much these generals were just teams of the companies posting to try and hype up fans or try and make a fake hype that was never there.

>>11524907
Fuck off retrospammer

>>11525045
Given most of these threads are shitposting or whining, not much.

>>11525045
All of them, the whole time.

>>11524907
Hard to say.
I'm more focused on 30k so very little is on my radar except ArmaDark Convoy and the two new junkions. Maybe toy colors Brawn and Seaspray too.

The alt mode vote starts tomorrow (on instant gram)
Glancing through the comments so far it looks like spinosaurus shockwave is the meme being pushed

Personally I'm still deciding between Grimlock or Starscream

I found a SS AOE drift NIB at my local thrift store for $2. Managed to flip that bad boy on ebay and just bought a go-bots guardian 3-pack with the proceeds.

>>11524907

When I'm dead. It's Transformers. You're never done, even when you think you are.

Got Hook and Long Haul today, I have to say I wasn't expecting them to be this big. I thought they were going to be tiny.

>>11525224
>Skeleton receiving its latest package from Hasbro Pulse....

I keep getting recommended videos like this. Lots of people in their 20s making YT videos for the first time about Transformers, sub 1k views. Makes me think that a new Bay movie could kill from all the zoomers that are just becoming nostalgic for bayshit. Bumblebee Movie tried the nostalgia angle but I think it was too soon after TF5.
https://youtu.be/qmHgXx_b-bg?si=yRyafkAD1-NSU13n

>>11525142
It's a popularity contest on instagram of course Grimlock vs Starscream is going to be final vote.
>spinosaurus shockwave is the meme being pushed

I remember old fan comic and it looked cool.

>>11524448
Maybe via Studio Series, since his design is concise enough, but mix in some IDW and he would be a feasible toy. Hasbro said they're ready to branch out to comics soon with this line, and no, it's not the reason the numbering dropped either.

On that note... Remember when we got those mass-produced Sideways through the Galaxy Force DVD pack-ins (the same way we got stuff like the Red Excillion that gave him Hot Rod colors and Thunderblast in Minerva colors)? If I have my guess, it's easy to imagine that the Unicron Soldier listing we got for next year's fall wave is 100% the MP Sideways from Cybertron. I mean, they are basically designed for easy army building, especially as solo releases compared to that excuse of an army building set back in Legacy.

>>11524907
After I get Megatron and Grimlock in. Feelin pretty stupid getting them from Pulse now

>>11525359
>he thinks he can stop

>>11525369
Nta but I haven't picked up anything this year and don't really want to now, I need that money for living.

>>11524761
This was an error made by the event

>>11524907
Honestly, never. I've quit collecting everything else but Transformers at this point. I'm all in.

>>11525403
I've been buying Transformers toys than longer than people posting in this general have been alive.

Is it true SS86 Megatron is taller than Galvatron?

>>11525381
The whole chart is fucked

>>11524907
The only TF’s I buy are those that turn into insects.

>>11525374
>You can't stay away forever.

>>11525432
It used to be nothing to drop $12 on a deluxe just to satiate a momentary desire for novelty, hell that's how I wound up with '07 Payload that rickety bastard. Paying $50 for a Voyager Blitzwing (and hulk hands!) made me feel dirty and it's no longer fun to be exploited for my nostalgia by a soulless corporation who've figured out how to milk us forever.
If we still had Legends/Legion guys for $6-$10 I'd probably stomach it a lot easier, but then again I've got no desire to recollect the '84 cast yet again. Maybe the movie crew, a little Springer would be neat. God dammit.

>>11525449
>Paying $50 for a Voyager Blitzwing (and hulk hands!) made me feel dirty
This hits harder than I want.

>>11525449
I almost never buy the more expensive size classes at retail price. The only leaders I bought at full price where the dinobots, the rest I got on sale.

>>11525408
1 mm taller mostly proportions make him look like that.

>>11525458
And good luck trying to find a commander class on sale, let alone at retail price.
Finding SS86 Ultra Magnus was a special kind of hell but thankfully he's here now and sitting on my desk. I found SS86 Optimus in Target but I really had to be on the ball and track him down through the website right as he just released.

>>11525469
It's not impossible, but stuff like Magnus and Optimus were the sort to sell out faster, for obvious reasons. All the others got a price cut and were even up for a while. Hell, this is how much I paid for a commander:

-Jetfire: 45
-Sky Lynx: 65
-Rodimus: 30
-Motormaster: 45
-Optimus: 90
-Magnus: 72, but I got a full refund due to a qc issue with the face.
-Armada Prime: two for 50, each.
-Magmatron: 57

>>11525477
>Jetfire: 45
>TWO Armada Primes: 50 each
Dang, I am jelly. How did you manage to get deals like that? ebay?

>>11524564
>why

>>11524828
huh? what has gravity to do with it?

>>11524907
I've been enjoying the very slow trickle of ones I actually want, and my wallet and shelf have been enjoying it too
but there's been some announcements that I must get. YET, I also must wait 1-2 years for their prices to plummet to clearance, because they're charging insane amounts these days
and in the case of Razorclaw, I'll have to buy an upgrade kit for him AND another set of 3P MP hands (hopefully they come in black)

>>11525414
that is a downright silly grimlock image.

>>11525480
Walmart put Jetfire on cle6 really early. Armada was from a quick sale when Amazon restocked it last year.

>>11525493
Oh alright, good job finding those.

>>11525502
Ebay does have good sales. I saw the entire Legacy Menasor set, plus 2 of the g2 repaints for $100. I already had the full set, but someone must have been very happy.

On titans, I have gotten some good deals on ebay, like Scorponok for 110, Tidal Wave for 107, Amazon had the cybertron Metro for 99 (ended up getting it for free due to qc issues, and hasbro allowed me to exchange it for another despite knowing I got that refund, so that was nice).

>>11525484
To mock...who?

>instructions for Devastator have dedicated spots for all the extra guns
Aw, that's adorable.

>>11525615
I love weapon storage, or accommodation for all the bits

Any ideas when we can expect armada nemesis with the sword to go up on pulse? I'm assuming september at this point which puts it in re-issuepalooza and thus will require organs to be sold.
>inb4 they all sold out at cons already

>>11525622
I didn't think they'd suggest a way to put them all on the combined robot. Still, that's a long ways off-- my Devastator is still two men down.

>>11525625
Its this year's Pulsecon exclusive, so whenever that is this year. Usually September.

>>11525419
have you gotten cyberworld chop shop yet?

>>11525369
When they're getting more and more expensive, and I've almost got definitive versions, or at least as close at those can be, of all the characters I give a shit about, so yeah, I know I can stop

>>11525700
I-I want to stop, but I can't

What's the best articulated Ravage that would look good with 4in Baroness?
The one from the 2013 sdcc is a fkn statue and also retardedly expensive.

>>11525743
Masterpiece, maybe?

>>11525477
>>11525480
When walmart has drals they have deals. I bought Jetfire for 20

>>11525725
5 seconds?
I at least spend a week with my figure before losing interest.

>>11525743
Possibly the blokees pack in with action edition soundwave.

>>11525743
There’s a few 3P ones but they’re probably not as good looking as a statue

>>11525839
Forgot pic

>>11525518
dude you know who you are

>>11525725
honestly i get the biggest hit when ordering it
>>11525743
what about the gi joe crossover soundwave one

>>11525851
That's 200$ fkn dlls...

>>11525751
Probably this is the best option: has good articulation, looks the most like sdcc2013 ravage, the head kind of sucks but what can you do?

Thanks trans guys, appreciate.

>>11525956
>That's 200$ fkn dlls...
Must be out of print
It was 80 and came with laserbeak and rumble

>>11525945
gi joe crossover (at least the thunder machine one) ravage is a redeco of MP ravage

I don't understand

What the hell is happening?
We are going see the death of transformers again?

>>11525945
>what about the gi joe crossover soundwave one
You mean totally-not-Howlback? That one's blue and red and uses the Masterpiece mold, which is the one >>11525956 is suggesting.

>>11525957
aren't there KO's available?

>>11525945
Looks the same as masterpiece in a worse color palette and double the price.

>>11525961
well there you go then.
>>11525964
oh I totally missed that he said that. I was looking for it to make sure someone didn't say MP already
>>11525967
>double the price
boooo
but hey that color rules.

>>11525965
The KO comes with sound wave but it’s a little wonky

>>11525965
How to find these? On ebay cant find anything if search for KO

>>11525245
They're still close enough in proportion to the rest of the team.

What I don't understand is Long Haul's knees. What are the locking clips above the knees for? They're not for his vehicle mode, they're not for his combined mode, so what purpose could they serve in robot mode? To lock his knees in place? Why would you want to?

>>11525974
Rp-46 sound wave should come up with some results
Though it does come with sound wave, frenzy and laserbeak

>>11525962
People don't want to be buying unsubstantial remakes of the same characters again and again. How many G1-style Thundercrackers and Megatrons do you really need? On top of that, Legacy had mostly low quality vehicle modes (which AOTP seems to be fixing). Hasbro is just doubling down since they're going to be putting "show/comic-accurate" figures in Studio Series while Generations is for characters remade in the G1 aesthetic.
Hasbro needs to make more new characters and designs and lay off on the remakes. It's becoming stagnant. I'm just glad the Primes are really cool.

>>11526000
Not really, they need to compete with legend scale 3P

>>11526000
i don't look forward to 10 years from now when I have to buy all the beast wars guy again

>>11526013
Speaking of Beast Wars; is it just me or has there not been word on MPG Rattrap in months despite him coming out in just a few weeks?

>>11526018
>MPG Rattrap

I forgot that was even a thing.

>2025
>Still no RotF megatron with proper giant leg treads and skinny torso
>Not even the statues sculpt the bladed treads.
If MPM Sideswipe is 2026 we'll get him in what? 2029?

>>11526117
Look how fucking big his legs are, godamn.

>>11526117
>>11526120
Theres the Yolopark figure, though obviously not transformable

>>11525982
>What I don't understand is Long Haul's knees. >What are the locking clips above the knees for?
Long Haul's knees aren't at the edge of his bucket - they actually split along the rear half of his truck bed on his G1 show model. Those red squares are supposed to be on his thighs; the toy accomplishes this by letting you clip the upper edge of his bucket to his actual thighs, locking the transformation joint in place and allowing you to bend his actual knees beneath it. The stock photography is mistransformed (shocking, I know) - the two red circles here are his actual knees.

>>11526130
For comparison - look where his knees are located here. The red parts are on his thighs.

>>11526126
Feet are a bit too small and dont split AFAIK. Also no tread blades. Torso looks good though.

>>11526018
can't imagine there's much more to say at this point.

Amazon sent my Scavenger today, my Devastator is finally complete. I am happy to have a complete set for the OG combiner.

Devastator feels nice and solid and has satisfying heft. About the only thing I wish they did different was maybe make the shoulder joints ratcheted somehow, but that may not have been in the deluxe budget for Scavenger and Bonecrusher.

Am I the only one who's notice the weird size creep the designers have gotten into? Whenever a big character is brought, they always want to make them titan class, as if the commander class can satisfy their needs anymore.

>>11526158
It's less about the size and more about having an excuse to charge Titan prices for characters that would normally only merit a Commander slot. Same thing's been happening with Deluxes - packing some unnecessary shit or bundling two characters together means they can get away with charging a Commander price point for them.

>>11526131
longhaul on cyberzempic

>>11526162
It's peobably several things, aside from charging more, they might have set aside larger characters for it to make sure they don't end up phasing it out. Not sure I'm willing to spend 150 for Gigatron when they didn't even paint Star Convoy Properly.

>>11526018
>despite him coming out in just a few weeks?
More like a month and a half

>got nostalgic for these old pop-out wooden "models" I had as a kid, look up if they still exist nowadays
>see picrel
Combiner Wars Megatron, Bay 1-3 Optimus, T30 Armada Starscream, and someone else? Lmao. Anybody know who that last guy could be?

[toyler]Also yeesh I never actually had to screenshot Amazon before, I had to crop it like 3 times because I kept noticing my personal info being displayed somewhere. They really don't want me screencapping their site without violently doxxing my name and address, huh.[/toyler]

>>11525942
No, I really don't.

>>11526158
Leader Class: I am... Forgotten...

>>11524907
>>11525962
Midlife crisis.
>Oh god I'm in my 40s and all I have is shelves of toys
>It's no longer cute I'm OLD now
>Nobody wants to buy this shit I spent so much money on it I wasted my life my dad was right
etc etc

>>11526225
Midlife crisis is usually the opposite anon

>>11526210
Leader class can only really handle simple large dude’s like the dinobots, if they try and copy a large toy that has multiple gimmicks then they usually get hampered, like Big Convoy (he might be one of the better ones even)

>>11526225

I don't really get this mentality at all. I've been dealing with pretty bad health issues for over a year and thinking and feeling like I've been near death at various points throughout it all has really only made me appreciate collecting more. Toys have the ability to inspire joy just by looking at them. When you're working them into a pose or setting up a display, none of the world's problems or your own matter. It's just you and the toys, living in the moment. How could that be a waste in any way?

>>11524828
There was an featurette back in the day for RotF where Bay used Devastators transformation in the '86 movie as an example of defying his idea of a grounded Transformers universe. Can't remember the exact quote, but I'm sure it was something about the transformation defying gravity or something. Which the man-made TF's in AoE went on to do anyway. He used pic rel, even though you can clearly see Scavenger and Bonecrusher jumping.

Granted this was a while ago and I might be misremembering.

>>11525486
>>11526264
I am uber retard and (you)'d myself

>>11526148
where did you get Mixmaster?

>>11526000
They don't need new characters. They have 40 years worth of characters they constantly ignore and who could use improved toys.

Whats the difference between taking a previously ignored guy and giving him a proper CHUG and making up a literal who, and pushing Skybound to shove him into their comic so he has some kind of identity?

>>11526294
Why does he look like Garfiele?

>>11526294
I think people just want to bitch about the G1 toon, it's nothing new

>>11526130
>>11526131
Long Haul just inherits weird legs from his original toy and the show never could decide if he just had regular thighs or the tallest boots ever. AKOM episode tended to put the knee where the new toy does, but Toei episodes would rotinely give Long Haul regular thighs or put the knee at the top of the truck bed.

>>11526297
you mean Garfield?

>>11526309
Yes. Fat fingers.

>vote started
>King beats bozo
And fuck you too Mirage

>>11526348
Garfield transformer when?

>>11526357
I haven't been keeping up. What is the vote for?

>>11526201
last guy is a g1 scramble city style combiner, although I can't tell who.

>>11524973
I thought the one on the left was hasbro because of how cheap and shitty it looks kek

>>11526368
New alt mode for 1/4 characters. This week is Grimlock vs Mirage and Shockwave vs Starscream. Then in final vote it will be (let's be honest it will be Grimlock and Starscream) to pick a winner. Then next vote will choose land, air, water or whatever altmode. It will be later made into a toy.

>>11526294
They're never gonna make a G1 Landfill and Quickmix to go with T30 Scoop and I'll never be okay with that. Fuck you, Hasbro.

>>11526383
>the vote was rigged against Shockwave from the beginning
BITCHES. They knew it'd be an actual contest if it was someone like Soundwave against screamer.

>>11526357
New Grimlock incoming

>>11526430
Naval ships are neat, we don't see enough of those in transformers.

>>11526420
I mean, they just made construcitcons so they'll probably some upcoming remoulds

>>11526373
Ready for Mondays

>>11526474
we said that the last time the made the Constructicons

>>11526493
Yeah but they only recently released quake

>>11526420
They're JUST getting around to finishing the 84 Targetmasters. They'll never give us a complete team

>>11526357
You need an instagram account? fuck sake hasbro

>>11526496
And Needlenose and Spinister

>>11526496
Yes I know. It'll be 2049 before Hasbro gets around to Landfill and Quickmix.

Wish I would've grabbed the Cybertron Quickmix back in the day as a gap filler.

>>11526500
>You need an instagram account
I'm not a woman so no thanks

>>11526509
Nah man, even sureshot is coming soon
Guaranteed the constructicons get remoulds within a year for double targetmasters, though I hope with improvements

>>11526500
Worse, you need app.

>>11526513
I keep saying it since idea reveal

>>11526515
yep Sureshot.
6 years after Crosshairs.
9 years after the Decepticon Targetmasters.
11 years after Scoop
I'm not holding my breath for the other two

>>11526513
why are they doing this at all? Who is asking for yet another toy of these guys.

>>11526513
Those are the two I'd vote for anyway just because they're so locked to the alt modes they've always had

>>11526545
You wouldn't be interested in seeing Grimlock or Starscream done as a car or tank or something?

>>11526373
>>11526487
Well that's just lasagne...

>>11526574
No, I'd be interesting in seeing a different character who was a car or tank or something get a long overdue CHUG. How many Grimlocks do I need.
Not to mention it's been done

>>11526420
>the only reason Scoop exists is because they needed one more idea for a case assortment and the guy working at the time was like "ORANGE CONSTRUCTION VEHICLE"
Scoop the diversity hire

>>11526357
The vote is closer than you'd think
About 55%-45%
But scrolling through the comments it's a mix of people thinking Grimlock is too iconic to change and pity votes for Mirage

>>11526591
They already blocked out what they are going to do, so it can't be helped.

>>11526629
Show them that time he was a car.

>>11526158
Yes there is an obvious size creep starting. The deluxe minibots are pretty solid evidence for this. Also 86 Optimus, Ultra Magnus, and Megatron are all bigger than their previous iterations. When Hasbro killed Star Wars TVC they stated that it was no longer economically feasible to make small figures as they basically cost the same price to produce as figures twice as big. The costs have become negligible so they make larger figures for the same cost as small onces but get to charge us more because bigger = more expensive to our pea brains even though they just explained otherwise. Its jewish money magik and word magik, you wouldnt understand goy

>>11526643
This one?

>>11526635
maybe they'll do a retool into someone I do give a shit about.

>>11526263
Im going on 6 months with my first serious health issue and it fucking sucks. So I feel you on that. I pray that we both can get better and live full lives.
Unfortunately im having some really serious crisis and depression and its really changing y relationship with my toys. I love them too much. I have dedicated far too much time, money and mental energy to them. Ultimately are escapism and a waste. Your collection will eventually be someone else's burden if you dont sell it while alive. Im also having major financial problems so this is about it for me. I really need to at least sell my collection of movie figures but I know Ill be mad as hell when the next movie rolls around.

I just ordered all the SS Constructicons.
I hate myself.

>>11526667
This is where Im at with basically every purchase. Im guessing you are poor bc this is broke mentality. Otherwise, whats the big deal?

>>11526294
I do like it when they do characters that haven't been made in a while like Pointblank and Cybertron Sideswipe as well as comic-exclusive characters like Jhiaxus and the Thirteen.
We do need more original guys still. Look how many new, original characters even something like RID2015 had. The Junkions didn't work because that's a very specific aesthetic.
>>11526420
Oh man, I'd love a Scoop rerelease in maybe 5 years. I don't know why they're avoiding that and instead making ANOTHER Cosmos and Seaspray when better versions were out a few years ago.

>>11526682
>cosmos
No. Deluxe cosmos is awesome.
>seapray
I think I have to agree. I think the new seapray is the first deluxe minibot that is a downgrade from its previous figure

Oh and Deluxe Beachcomber’s alt mode is hideous. Otheriwse, the deluxe minibots have been stellar and trounce all previous versions of themselves

>>11526684
>awesome
>looks like an ugly water tower instead of a flying saucer
Same with Seaspray. The colors are far too gaudy and the robot mode is too big.
>the deluxe minibots have been stellar and trounce all previous versions of themselves
Did we really need a Gears redeco right after Legacy and the 2019 reissue?

>>11526673
I'm not poor, but I already have a couple Constructicons sets. I was like, "Do I need the gang AGAIN?"

but then I saw some places were sold out of some members and I knew it. I knew by the time I decided that I really did want them, I'd be paying twice as much on Ebay.

I got way too many figures as it is. What I really need is a different hobby

>>11526691
Robot mode isn't too big.

>>11526693
>What I really need is a different hobby

learn to draw furries and you can make bank off of a hobby to support your transformers habits

>>11526664

I'm really sorry to hear that anon and I pray we will too. I understand what you're going through though. I started looking at my toys that way too when I really started going through it. I felt like I'd wasted so much time and money on these stupid little plastic idols. All I had at the time were the Kingdom BW figures and I nearly ended up selling them at one point. But as time goes on and I continue with what feels like the next stupid, pointless appointment to run the next stupid, pointless test, I find they help me more than anything. Is the time I spend messing around with them a waste? Maybe, but it's better than endlessly googling symptoms of conditions I may or may not have and or falling down the anxiety/depression hole for the thousandth time. It's a different story when struggling with your finances and your health though. I hope you don't have to give up your toys and that you're still able to buy the new ones you want or will be able to eventually. And if we both end up dying, well, I'll see you when we're one with the Matrix.

>>11526713
This is a very thoughtful post anon. Thank you. I appreciate you. Youre right, I shouldnt beat myself up so badly about the toys. Theyre one of the big joys in my life, it is what it is.

>>11526722

No problem, man. Like I said, I know what it's like to be where you are and it fucking sucks. I've spent a lot of time reflecting over the last 15 months. If some of the rambling insights I have floating through my head help someone else in a similar position even a little, then it at least feels like it wasn't all for nothing. I wish it weren't so, but the most valuable wisdom you find in life is often attained through suffering in my experience.

And I think we're all guilty of needlessly beating ourselves up about this hobby. All of us have probably been shamed at one point or another by the people who like mature things for mature adults such as themselves. Those people don't decide what makes you happy though. It's hard a world that seems to be getting harder for all of us by the day. If you're meeting your other responsibilities, financial or otherwise, and aren't hurting yourself or anyone else, who gives a single fuck what you to do wring what joy you can from this world while you're in it?

>>11526673
>Im guessing you are poor
This is a hasbro shill.

Please let Animated Ratchet not be shit.

>>11526855
He will be a new mold at least, also leader Bulkhead was mentioned.

>>11526858

That's a plus and leader Bulky sounds great. It'll be nice to have the whole crew minus Sari together. We need more Animated Decepticons though, especially the Constructicons.

Speaking of animated, didn’t lugnut win a fan vote a couple of years ago, isn’t he supposed to be getting a figure?

>>11526888
Yes but his size is a problem. Also Evan said too much about TFA Omega so it might be next haslab with alt faces as tiers.

SS86 Perceptor (new version) is awesome.

Hearts of Steel Megatron and Bumblebee just arrived. They do a good job of realizing their Tooner designs, it's really Tooner. Look just like the comic.

>>11526691
>>looks like an ugly water tower instead of a flying saucer
That is kinda what Cosmos looks like, and unfortunately we're in the bad timeline where HasTak doesn't do cool reimaginations of characters anymore as part of the main line. I'm happy with the old TR Legends class, honestly. Fun little figure.

>>11526874
animated sari would have been a perfect core class

but hasbro killed core class for cyberworld

Congrats tfg, lego is more autistic than you

>>11527057
Sometimes I go on /lg/ to look at modern set prices and remind myself we could always have it worse
Imagine having to pay 1000 bucks for a slice of the death star, lmao

>>11526225
I mean we could get SOME of our money back but..
yeah if you don't get married when you're young, you're basically fucked
>>11526263
it's more like realizing that I would rather have a family, and if i did, i'd probably have to sell this stuff since it'd feel pretty rotten to tell my kid sorry can't afford that, meanwhile I'm buying myself more.. not to mention it has made the already impossible task of finding a new home even more impossible, as I need space for all my shelves.
Basically this was our substitute for a life, and as life runs out we realize this isn't really enough, and also things don't really last like we thought they would, and also every product line is going to shit.

>>11527057
But we are more retarded

>>11527087
There’s currently the pedo spamming up likely the 26th thread to infest the board, help

>>11526264
I think the manmade transformers were meant to parody criticism of the bay movies.
like oh you think these transformers are just a mass of shrapnel that transform in impossible ways, do you? well check THIS out

>>11526513
there's a reason normies didn't used to be allowed to vote for president
>>11526545
depends.. actually they're both characters who, due to their altmodes, I often appreciate reimaginings of.. but also have almost never been fully satisfied with outside of the movie designs.

>>11526749
There's no shame in being poor (but it's no great honor either)
it's worth admitting to so you can make better decisions.
>>11526693
time to sell the old ones?
>>11526698
man i wish i could get furry commissions. i have the skills.

>>11526664
>6 months
the first 5 years are the hardest. i'm on 13 years now. you just keep lettin go.
I'll be happy if you guys get my collections someday.

>>11527090
that's just really in your top 12 words used innit

>>11527114
Shaddup french

>>11527120
*snorts in french

>>11526487
Primed for Mondays.

>>11526685
SS86 Windcharger is looking kinda bad, especially his alt mode.

>>11526130
I actually prefer to use the higher-up joints on his legs as the knees. I know it's not correct, but they make it feel more dynamic in posing.

Honestly you could just use both at the same time for some kind of double-jointed knee business.

>>11526685
I really wanted to like Warpath, but the way they handled paint really annoyed me.

>>11527287
I ended up getting that deluxe-sized third party Warpath instead. So much nicer.

>Heart of Steel Megatron has some of the best spinning wheels despite being clip ons
>the huge painted spikes on them mean he can't actually roll all that well
Irony.

>>11527303
Try on the grass

>>11527284
there is plenty of precedent in mecha for a short thigh. it only becomes a problem if the torso is not also short. in this case? that works fine.

>>11527279
Agree

So to the surprise of pretty much no one; Grimlock won the vote

>>11527425
The vote was only open for like one day?

>>11527432
From what I can guess today was Grimlock vs Mirage
Tomorrow will be Starscream vs Shockwave
And the next day will the final vote

Then alt mode voting starts next tuesday

>>11527086
>it's more like realizing that I would rather have a family, and if i did, i'd probably have to sell this stuff since it'd feel pretty rotten to tell my kid sorry can't afford that, meanwhile I'm buying myself more.. not to mention it has made the already impossible task of finding a new home even more impossible, as I need space for all my shelves.
Imagine knowing there's people out there who can have both.

>>11527446
This, you can deal with both. You obviously need to be smarter about purchases, set budgets and not waste money on stupid shit.

>>11527469
Anon I know what you think you're saying, but I'm already really good at that. The issue is one of income, prospects, health, energy, incompatibility with current culture, and economy.

my parents always had to set limits for what I could get, and.. in retrospect, i got a LOT of toys. Like for a while, Dad was taking me out every single Friday to grab a TMNT figure and we'd hang out and that was special father-son time. Now in retrospect, 4 bucks a week was probably nothing in '89, but...
My dad would never and did never have anything of his own to speak of. a guitar, some books, nothing to treasure. That all went to the kids. and that's the kind of dad I want to be.
But at the same time, particularly with transformers, the idea of handing down the old ones reaeaallly appeals to me. Like "hey the new one is more fragile, it's kinda for adult collectors, but I have this rock solid old one from 1996 you can have. here, I still remember how he transforms.."

>>11526292
Mixmaster appeared early in Canada in Walmart in limited quantities a month or two ago and I happened to find one.

>>11524686
I remember people really liking the quality of the infinite transformation one, but its always a gamble with KOs.

>>11526148
Rate the individual Constructicons from best to worst.

Anyone figured out how to theoretically build the Well of Sparks using the Thirteen's artifacts?

>>11527642
One theory is nexus, micronus, and amalgamous are all weaponizers and will be reassembled into the well.

City mode

>>11527642
Titan Primus or Sentinel dlc pack coming next year.

>>11527704
I hope we get a new Primus - we're due, especially since we got a Unicron recently.

>>11526357
>>11526383
I actually want a toy of that one time Grimlock was a cybertron truck in that war for cybertron ds game. Or maybe it was fall of cybertron idk. But I remember him looking pretty cool in it. I'd actually love that.

>>11527711
This one?

>>11527709
a Haslab Primus?

>>11527094
>but also have almost never been fully satisfied with outside of the movie designs.

which is always going to be the issue. Hasbro is never going to give us a perfect figure.

>>11527097
>time to sell the old ones?
I REALLY don't want to get into that habit of selling the previous version of a guy every time a new version comes out. It's not even collecting at that point, it's renting.

>>11524907
I quit when they started making live action movies.

I now only collect G1 and the occasional modern TF that catches my fancy.

>>11524907
I quit when Bay finished his trilogy.

I now only collect modern TF and the occasional G1 that catches my fancy.

Any quality differences between the reissue of SS86 Grimlock and the blue G2 one?

The Starscream vs Shockwave vote is up

Shockwave is absolutely dominating

>>11527886
People want a Shockwave that isn't a gay little ray gun or another lame space tank. I genuinely hope he wins and gets to be something cool for once.

>>11527886
>>11527895
>shockwave's had three different alts
>Starscream is always a plane
I don't think you assholes understood the point of the vote.

>>11527879
I don't get it.

>>11527900
It's popularity vote in reality

>>11527900
>You're all wrong for not voting the way I want

>>11527900
Starscream doesn't need a new alt mode because him being a fighter jet is perfect.

>>11527902
>>11527904
>>11527905
I prefer Shockwave and even voted for him. But pretending he hasn't had more alts than most TFs is ignorant. Space tank, spider tank, and his not-raygun not-space ship are all wildly different.

Starscream needs a new alt because the F-16 sucks balls.

>>11527905
This. why would I want a Starscream that turns into a truck or something?
Shockwave is always getting fucked because his original alt mode is verboten, so maybe he'll finally get a cool alt mode.

>>11527907
he's had other jet modes besides F-16, a lot in fact.

>>11527909
Jets are gay. For penis.

>>11527910
Hearts of Steel Starscream is a biplane. For penis AND vagoonie.

>>11527909
>>11527911
>Starscream can be a ton of different jets and planes
>but god forbid Shockwave be a tank variant
Okay.

>>11527904
We're going to get a lot of this all the way until the toy releases, people crying that people didn't vote for what they wanted and how their idea is "so much better" than what got made.

>>11527920
Welcome to /tfg/, where the boogeymen are made up and the posts don't matter.

>>11527913
Jets all have the appeal of being inherently cool, ysee. Thing with tanks is just that, well, as far as TFs go they're just bricks that roll. Even with Shockwave's quad-walker tank it was kinda just boring.
I'd like a Shockwave alt that really leans into his retro sci-fi angle the same way his raygun alt did; maybe have him become a War of the Worlds-style UFO walker with the real long legs, that'd be neat.

What would you like for Starscream to become? I wouldn't mind summin unique, just that his wings are pretty mandatory to his silhouette being recognizable (even the Bay design didn't dare remove them).

I want a Shockwave that turns into a big purple dildo with his face as the head. The mode he truly deserves.

>>11527907
Also copter, artillery, that 3ds mode, Superlink space thing,
Starscream was F15, F-22 and few more jets.

>>11527925
>What would you like for Starscream to become?
Ice cream truck
Sides of the truck unfurl into robot wings
Cockpit chest it replaced by a waffle cone

Imagine if this goes like the Windblade vote, and whatever wins gets pushed as the new normal for like 6 years

>>11523925
Remember when 19.99$ could buy you a voyager class figure?

>>11527953
This, abandon all delusion of control.

>>11527967
At least it's the character we actually care about.

>>11527970
Wow yeah thats crazy. I always reference everything based on the price of deuxes. 19.99 Voyagers was around the time of 7.99 deluxes. How much were leaders at that time? 39.99?

/biz/ idea:
Shockwave, but his alt mode is an f-15

What if they give him a beast mode.

So I was looking go finally get a shockwave for my collection, but the siege one looks grody with all the greebles and such. I might pick up a KO Masterpiece, which would be just a hair shorter than SS86 Megs.

I feel like Shockwave should be kinda big.

>>11528008
SS86 Megs is that tall?

>>11528008
For me this is the best though the alt mode is shit but it always is for Shockwave. https://a.co/d/fbpiJSq

>>11528008
there's a SS86 Shockwave coming next year, just wait for that

>>11528013

>>11528008
>>11528024
>just get the new one
I bought and love my DCS Cons. They aren't perfect, but I'm not spending double that for "updated" versions that will also be replaced before you can blink. And that's also money I could use towards improving my existing toys or getting some of the more obscure fuckers to complete my lineups. You'd best believe when I go, my grandchildren will be burying me with my piss-yellow Siege Jetfire.

>>11528065
One would think the implication here is that you don't have a shockwave at all
A KO mp-29 would run you like 30-50 bucks which is about the same or more than what 86 shockwave will be anyway

>>11528079
>One would think the implication here is that you don't have a shockwave at all
If you skipped over reading the first sentence then yeah I can see how you'd be confused.

>>11528024
why is he so tall? He's out of proportion with everyone.

Or is this now, gotta buy the whole lineup to keep them in scale again?

>>11528085
>Or is this now, gotta buy the whole lineup to keep them in scale again?
You are beginning to understand what Hasbro thinks you are: A paypig. They're right, too.
They'll have you buying new Megatrons and Optimuses until you quit or die, that's the game.

>>11528079
>A KO mp-29 would run you like 30-50 bucks which is about the same or more than what 86 shockwave will be anyway

But a whole year or more away . . .

>>11528085
Yes that's exactly it. Don't forget we're getting an SS86 soundwave too.

Thank you Snapdragon, you're a decent Grimlock's severed head stand-in.

>>11528088
>>11528089
That's it! I'm switching to He-Man

ITS ALL FUCKING G1!

>>11528088
And that's why I just stick to G1.

Collecting modern TF is just re-buying the same dozen characters all over again once every year or two, you buy an Optimus Prime and a Megatron and in a couple of years Hasbro is just going to release another, better one, forcing you to buy them again. And again. And again. Even if you don't, you'll still find yourself buying characters that never get any toys otherwise that suddenly make your old Optimus look crap because of a whole decade of engineering improvements, you have to re-buy Optimus again. And don't tell me you're not that autistic, you collect Transformers, you're 100% that autistic.

Meanwhile there is only one G1. Vintage G1 is definitive; everything else is derivative.

For Beast Wars it's a different story, but that's also because they mostly fall into the "once in a lifetime" category of getting like one modern figure ever, so if you're into Beastformers, avoiding the hellish cycle of re-buying is pretty easy.

...which is also probably why nearly all the modern TFs I buy anymore are beastformers, and I don't even care about Beast Wars. Go figure.

>>11528165
Post your shelf

Well I did the thing

>>11527970
You still can, if you know where to look.

>>11528183
And this is what modern voyager money gets you

>>11528174
Which one?

>>11528183
>>11528184
It looks bootleg. Like a mall merry-go-round or one of those $2 squirt guns. I guarantee my superior Western grip would crush that flimsy plastic in a matter of seconds. The painted on eyes also carry a brand-like cheapness that SD Gundam suffers.

>>11528198
Cardbot have ratchets and their plastic is tougher than UT era material. Cope

Beast mode

>>11528232
No way. Maximize right now and get an energon overload.

>>11527970
>Remember when 19.99$ could buy you a voyager class figure?
No, Voyagers were 32€ in my country 10 years ago.

>>11528228
It looks ugly. Congratulations, you bright blue slab of shit will outlast all of us.

>>11528085
>Or is this now, gotta buy the whole lineup to keep them in scale again?
You weren't supposed to notice anon, but yes.

Is that little light grey clip inside the knee fragile or is it made out of something durable like POM?

>>11528339
Enjoy your McDonald's Cyberworld toys.

I’m old enough to remember $15 Mega during Beast Wars.

>>11528388
I just want $6 legends back

So should I get G2 Grimlock now or wait for SS86 Grammy reissue? I plan on getting that G2 set too.

>>11528394
legends got killed for micromasters, micromasters died for core class, core class got assassinated for cyberworld

>>11528405
Are you not able to make decisions for yourself? Do you like blue or grey?

>>11528183
>>11528184
I really don’t understand who likes these designs, they look terrible to me

>>11527789
sounds good to me.
honestly the main issue now is that A) Google shopping is even more broken than google search, absolutely useless, and B) everyone goes to ebay and ebay now takes a 13% cut plus whatever other fees they feel like

>>11528673
UT-adjacent

>>11527910
jets are the coolest vehicles around. but they're also super hard to make into a robot.

>>11528701
i'm a huge UT fan and these don't scratch that itch for me
they look more like sentai megazords but without the novelty of being combiners

>>11528711
Sentai combiners are reserved for mini force

>>11527994
Yeha, and Supremes were only $50

Please let the next thread image not be megatron

>>11528165
> if you're into Beastformers, avoiding the hellish cycle of re-buying is pretty easy.
has been so far! I do have two rattraps and I really wish I could fuse them into one in between in size, and I still want to see another redo of scorponok that still has the Kingdom aesthetic but fixes the robot mode and puts more money in, but.... eh

>>11528388
that doesn't sound right, I remember having to blow 20 or 40 dollars on optimus and again on megatron. those numbers have the same flavor to me. i saved my allowance...

>>11528427
why won't cyberworld die?

>>11528646
>>11528394
tiny Transformers are so comfy. Hasbro is stupid for killing them.
I don't believe that people weren't buying legends and core class. I think Hasbro just wanted to charge deluxe prices for core class figures

>>11528803
Budgets are lower than bootlegs, profit margins are high. Next series will be even cheaper.

>>11528699
My autism gets tickled by having multiple different versions of a toy. It's neat to think about all the variations of, say, Thrust that I have.

>>11528752
got your next thread image RIGHT HERE!

>>11528818
Wholesome reddit frontpage

>>11528752
got your next thread image RIGHT HERE!

>>11528822
Had to do it again. First GIF wasn't Giffing

>>11528165
What about Missing Link though?

>>11528183
>>11528184
I really like Carbot for the alt modes, but next to Transformers these robot modes look utterly bland and generic. Even RID2015 and Cyberverse had better robot modes.
>>11528701
This guy looks cool though. Maybe it's just the gold.

>>11528833
Weak bait

>>11528701
Apart from being chunky, I don’t really see anything UT
I guess just like K-pop, I don’t understand the appeal

>>11528840
Wow, truly engaging stuff. The takeaway is Cardbotsfags are annoying. Now hovel back to the 3P gutters you crawled out from.

>>11528814
I'll say this, I'm glad we're out of the era where every main character got like, 4 different size classes out of a possible 5, making it hard or impossible to have an entire team in one scale, and ensuring most of your stock goes unsold.

>>11528846
Railracer with liobreaker claws

>>11528848
If Cardbot was bad you wouldn't be seething about them everytime they're brought up ITT. Very insecure behavior.

>>11528853
Railracer looks cool
This does not

>>11528863
Put a trip on so I can filter your posts already, christ. I'd rather listen to Boco or Magister at this point. At least they talk about Transformers.

>>11528865
Railracer is one of the worst combiners of that era. More kibble than robot.

>>11526201
G1 Scorponok maybe?

>>11528852
I still want tiny transformers

>>11528869
Struck a nerve huh?

>>11528874
> Railracer is one of the worst combiners of that era. More kibble than robot.
That should tell you how bad these Korea bots are by comparison if you think that

what if you wanted to go to heaven

but god said

leader class bumblebee

>>11528874
What do you mean? He's got hip armor and a booster pack
That's like saying wings are kibble

>>11528881
Blast Train mogs the entire last decade of mainline.

>>11528853
Railracer wasn't UT...

>>11528887
Omega Supreme with liobreaker claws

>>11528885
Well, as long as you enjoy it I guess

>>11528878
i just want them to be tiny characters.

>>11528882
>$60 for an undersized deluxe

>>11528878
They exist anon, go looking

>>11528888
If anything it looks like a bad energon scorp

>>11528917
He's more like a good Cybertron Menasor

>>11528930
Uh huh, I’m sure you feel that way

>>11528878
Missed most of Tiny Turbo Changers
I discovered them too late

>>11528930
>>11528917
Nah he's totally Armada Prime with the upgrade gimmick.

>>11528963
>still with the UT
Let’s be honest, it’s a dollar store brave bootleg that costs way too much for what it is

>>11528394
This combiner is fun.

>>11528977
Yeah, it's more like Powermaster Prime when it comes to the aesthetics.

>best Optimus still has yet to be topped
>you can still buy his upgrade kit for $14
Kneel, worms.

When are these metal cardbots coming out? Also how durable are they? can you bash them against each other with kid strength and they won't break like modern transformers?

>>11528993
I take umbrage with that. It's hardly worse than Armada Prime, who uses his gross ass feet as his hands in his combined mode. Ponder the smell of his gun's grip.

>>11528998
American release of season 1 supposedly comes out late this year for online retailers. Season 3 releases late 2025 in Korea as well. Plastic is about as strong as UT sans chrome plastic.

>>11528998
>>11529014
What a very natural and totally not made-up conversation to promote some sappy Jap crap.

>>11529022
Totally natural redirection inside the Transformers advertising thread.

>>11529028
Sorry, if you want any more replies from me you'll just have to buy the DNA upgrade kit that lets me communicate with faggots. Gonna just hit you with the link to your containment general. Be on your way now, fag.
>>11502540

I got my replacement 86 Ultra Magnus today and it has a bunch of the same shit wrong with it as the original copy. Some of the first copies flaws are not present but it has at least one problem the first copy didnt have. Very frustrating. Seems the factory was very sloppy with this figure.

>>11529036
You've been seething for 8 hours over Cardbot now. Interestingly you've never posted Cyberworld toys, if they really were superior you'd have no problem showing them off.

>>11529049
>>11502540

>>11529061
Please no, they can make their own thread
Leave 3P to transformers, I don’t wanna see these ugly things there either
>captcha:wh0ry

>>11529049
Neat, what's he turn into? I got a non-TF blue fembot thing years ago that was pretty okay, I don't like how her altmode's roof stows but otherwise she was okay.

>>11529061
>No rebuttal
Butthurt. Just wait until these start shipping to retail.

>>11529074
I haven't seen any yaoi of the cardbot designs but I have of the cyberworld designs. Cyberworld better confirmed.

>>11529036
I'm glad I don't have whatever autism makes me yuck others yum and gets butthurt when slightly off topic posts are made

>>11529079
The same dork used to spam "IDWasteofpaper" whenever someone would reference a comic he didn't like, ignore him.

>>11529073
Triple changer pterodactly-tank and combiner limb

>>11529083
Wait wrong one. Quad changer Giganoto-tank, combiner limb and combiner sword hilt.

>>11529078
Quick Google search shows they're pretty equal. Only thing I'm noticing is that there's no trend for specific Cardbot characters while Megabull is almost always the focus.

>>11529014
Thanks

>>11529022
transformers are jap shit
cardbot is kor shit

>>11529099
Only MPs and Diaclone are jap shit. Nu Transformers are all Westoid trash

>>11529103
Yeah no

>>11529107
Transformers havent been primarily nippon folded since Thrilling 30

>>11529079
That's a funny looking Victory Saber

>>11529103
Transformers as we know it wouldn't exist as a property if it weren't for chadbro
Not even japs understand what actually makes transformers good. It's why every jp-produced transformers title shoehorns in generic super robot schlock like human pilots and le epic super giga mega name attacks, it's the only thing they know how to do

>>11529078
Cardbot's western fandom is built on fujos. Some insane Tumblr fujo became obsessed with the show around 2023, started spamming her "art" everywhere and exposing others to the show, and now Cardbot is popular enough to get a Western release.

>>11529138
first i'm hearing of it

>>11529121
>Transformers wouldn't be in the state it is if it weren't for Hasbro
True...

>>11528394
This guy has more articulation and paint than Cyberworld Prime.

>>11527592
Robot mode
Mixmaster>Long Haul>Scrapper>Hook>Scavenger>Bonecrusher

Vehicle
Long Haul+trailer>Scavenger>Scrapper>Hook>Long Haul alone>Mixmaster>Bonecrusher

The tread legs for Scavenger and Bonecrusher really hinder them in robot mode. As Vehicles Bonecrusher is easily the most boring as he doesn't have wheels. Scavenger has a decently articulated excavator shovel so I find him more fun despite also lacking wheels.

>>11528955
SS Chopter when?

>>11528827
Missing Link is in a bit of an oddity.

I mean I really can't see it suffering from the "constantly updating the same character" problem because you really can only add articulation to those designs once, but it's also giving us a bunch of redecos and even sculpts we've never had before, with Cordon and prototype Arcee respectively.

I mostly picked up Sunstreaker in lieu of there being an actual reissue, but even then there's a part of me that wishes I just got the original instead; the added articulation makes the transformation less, I dunno, fluid? compared to a G1 toy proper. It's kind of hard to explain. Like with the added range of movement that isn't in the service of the transformation, I have to keep re-adjusting everything after moving them during the transformation.

>>11528763
Speaking of size, I'm still hoping for a proper voyager or even leader class Animated Waspinator. I love the design but I hate the original toy, it's too small and consequently too flimsy.

>>11529198
yeah I would definitely buy that. and a redo of animated blackarachnia.

>>11529204
The actual Animated Blackarachnia isn't as bad, she's the one I kept, but she's definitely showing her age, and I'm not necessarily talking about the engineering.

>>11528184
Man, Musclehyde was one of my favourite designs out of that wave of metal cardbot, was hesitant on aliexpress' ~£45 price tag - but holyshit that is a lot of bot-for-your-buck.

>>11528701
And how big is Blastrain next to a tf? Might pull the trigger on these guys afterall

>>11529049
Cool design, the best of the limb guys, but the alts are rock lord tier. I do like rock lords, but they are cool rocks from the 80's, for a modern guy... Also feel like if you get one of these limbs guys you *need* the big rex and possibly the rest of the limb bots.

I've been pretty up and down on Prime as I through it for the first time, but the Terrorcon episode was honestly great. I guess it being centered around the show's best cons (Starscream and Knockout) probably helped with that.

>>11529238
I think the limb vehicles are decent for 5-changers at a deluxe price.

>>11528394
What about legends size at commander price points?

>>11529238
AFAIK Blast Train is the same tier as Bluecop Trinity, who is a bit taller than Commander Armada Optimus.

>>11529290
5-changers? isn't that a fan mode?

>>11529323
They shared it officially, plus the tail isnt used on the tank mode.

>>11529311
That's crazy, I'm sure I've seen him online for like ~£60

>>11529324
I'll take another look then, you seen any reviews you'd recommend?

>>11529172
why can't the put wheels on these ground vehicles anymore?
Cheap fuckers

Looks like Shockwave wins the vote

its over grimlocksissies...

So Shockwave chads, what alt we voting for? I want a helicopter.

>>11529410
You autists and your stupid wheels. Are you 5 yrs old? Those damn wheels you love so much are the reason 86 Megatron rattles like a baby’s toy.

>>11529420
>Shockwave
This entire poll is fake and its obviously a way to give Shockwave a new alt mode because he cant be a gun anymore

>>11529426
Copter or beast mode but jet also seems fun.

>>11529435
He's a triple changer in the 2007 game. Goes from Shockwave to an Apache to a Howitzer. Best of all worlds imo

>>11529426
been done

>>11529427
>Just consume the slop, bro

>>11529426
He’s going to be a boat. This whole thing has been a PsiOp by Hasbro to get a not-gun alt mode for Shockwave and voters are using it to try and get Hearts of Steel Shockwave made.

shame no beast modes

>>11529546
Is this the fan art rveryone has been begging for?

>shame no beast modes
I assume they'd be under the wild card option
But we'll know for sure in two weeks

>>11529562
>Is this the fan art rveryone has been begging for?
no idea, the design is from IDW, the Dinobots and Shockwave were on earth long before the Ark left Cybertron in that continuity.

>>11529588
>the design is from IDW
No it fucking isnt

>>11529524
>>11529546
It will be a shame if either of these happen, I'd rather an original idea

>>11529599
Are you on your period(leaky axewound)?

>>11529689
What kind of a response is that to someone correcting misinformation?

>>11529697
>Misinformation
Get a grip, it was a simple mistake and you shit your pants over it. It's been over a fucking decade since I read Spotlight Shockwave and I misremembered it.

>>11529726
>Get a grip
You're the only one here having a melty. Faggot.

>>11529740
okie dokie

>>11529546
was any thought put into how this could really transform?

>>11529427
>Those damn wheels you love so much are the reason 86 Megatron rattles like a baby’s toy.

That's the best part tho'.

>>11530176
Well, at least she didn't use the Siege or Earthrise transformation schemes, or things would've been far worse.

>>11530176
>the space pirates when attempting to reverse-engineer samus's maru mari

... it's unusual for conversation to utterly stop like this for days. is everyone in another thread?

>>11532141
If only you could check the catalog. If only...but I guess you will have to make another thread instead right?

>>11532143
Not gonna lie, I also forgot that fag made a thread two weeks ago.

>>11532143
i did check the catalog, i saw no other thread
>>11532162
the fuck you say?

>>11524907
prob calling it quits when i get the combaticons.

Working on the G2 Toxitron Autobots, the upcoming Skywarp and Thundercracker 4 packs, probably a few stray figures from WfC, and I'm tapped out.

>>11518588
I can't believe they sacrificed the party boat mode for this fucking thing

>>11529039
and those flaws are????????????? What?
Sounds like youre one of the retards who spergs out over something completely normal and that every figure has