Thread 11548796

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>>11548796 (OP)
Fuck off Frenchshill

>>11548796 (OP)
Look, is that neurodivergent-coded guy!

>>11548796 (OP)
Faggot

Why’d they make Soundwave before Megatron?

>>11548826
Because it's way easier to design given his shape and transformation. Also Megatron can't be a gun anymore and the next thing it could be, a tank, is something Lego doesn't want to make either so they don't know what the fuck to do with the character.

>>11548832
Cybertron tank or jet? Non transforming figure? Truck?

>>11548834
Can you name a Lego spacetank outside of Star Wars?

>>11548850
Ninjago, Chima, Nexo Knights, Lego Indiana Jones videogame tank (look it up)

>>11548802
so autists get to claim robots?

>>11548878
this has nothing to do with autism, these are just the same fuckups who were inventing brand new original one-of-a-kind pronouns as if they were name kanji, and before that, they were otherkin. they just really need to be special, and instead of earning it, they're doing this.

>>11548796 (OP)
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The old thread is still alive and only on Page 2, so hold off before posting here.

>>11548802
Frank's gonna freak

>>11548947
If Welker, I don't think he would mind. Not sure about other Franks.

picked up the Ollie's special this week. Quick reviews:

Core class freezer: decent little bugger, ball joints love to pop free and he's kinda lose but pretty cool gun mode and terrifying robot mode.

Core class Ironhide (86): better than the Voyager. Fun to fiddle with. My favorite out of the haul easily.

Core class Arcee (rotb): Cute. Transformation is neat and it looks better than the mainline deluxe in terms of paint (but I prefer the mainline deluxe's wheel management)

Deluxe Legacy Strongarm: possibly the worst figure in my collection, robot mode is ehhh and transformation is a bit too fiddly even for me. Vehicle mode is the highlight, very delightfully wide micromaster monster truck.

>>11548973
not that Frank

>>11549010
Or the Kaiju Frank.

>>11549016
>>11549010

Im so tired of these "people"

>>11549016
(((Frank))). Every single time.

Today I paid a scalper for the only copy of Mixmaster for sale in all of Los Angeles. Not my proudest moment but I got too impatient. I havent paid over msrp for a Transformer in years so I guess its not too egregious.

>>11548940
Please stop

>>11549025
look, it's our fault
you don't blame the spoiled child for being a brat, you blame the parents. if it's a woman, at some point that job transitions over to her husband.

Are they doing a three pack of Insecticons in the SS86 line or did I imagine that?

And yes, I know about b the dramatic capture but I don’t want THAT Skywarp.

>>11549129
For target.

>>11549129
They are but i'm betting it's battle damage versions

>>11549129
There was a leaked listing for it iirc

>>11549094
The problem is that jews of all genders love this. It’s hardly unique.

>>11549065
Not 'till you're dead.

>>11549182
uhh.. anon? nobody brought up jews..
yknow, the people whose kids actually mature into responsible adults.

>>11549182
the Jews are a scapegoat invented by the decepticons to cover up the fact the world is getting worse because the decepticons are draining the planet's energy dry. Wake up. Throw car batteries into the ocean for the aquatic autobots to recharge with.

>>11548826
Lego can't do guns or tanks, simple as

>>11549214
That woman sure seems responsible alright. Responsible for everything getting worse. How’s the weather in tel-aviv?

>>11549223
uh, pretty hard to see with all the bombs in the air headed for it..
are you suggesting this woman is a jew? because if she is, y'know.. i'm sure they'd like to kick her out. but I really don't see what that has to do with any of this. this is modern lefty sickness, not traditional, conservative, middle-eastern ways. those are kinda opposites, dude. Oldest books written on the subjects of gender shit were in hebrew. sayin pretty plainly "penis goes in vagina, men and women aren't interchangeable"

>>11549226
What the hell are you even saying?

>>11549240
what are YOU saying? it sounds like you're trying to play to a racial stereotype for some reason, but you basically said the equivalent of "black people fucking hate watermelon" or "asians suck at math"

4chan horror short story:

>we had an entire 692 reply thread on /toys/.. where nobody mentioned the JEWS!


anyway, what's the best core class and why is it Iguanus?

>>11549258
Because it isn't just a little version of another guy.

>>11549258
>"the" jews
ew jew

>>11549258

For me it's how solid and sturdy he feels compared to the other CCs. That and he just looks damn good.

>>11549330
I believe it was Danny Sexbang who said
it's almost never a pleasant time when someone puts 'the' before 'jews'

hm, must be lunch break time in beheadistan

>>11549345
The hot pocket dogs still haven’t wiped away the 30 lego raidthreads, so thats an understatement.

>>11549346
Why would they?

>>11549348
Die Rat.

>>11549350

Hey now! I resemble that remark!

>>11549040
"Jroon" lol

>>11548878
Autists are robotic, therefore robots are autistic. Makes sense.

We've needed a good "speedbuggy" alt mode since forever, and this is the shit they give us?

Fucking grim. The worst part is that neither looks particularly good in bot mode either, so I don't get what the sacrifice was for. Hasbro is literally just too fucking lazy to design a good alt mode anymore. Pack it up. We're done.

>>11549800
We can definitely add Sureshot to the ever-growing list of "mogged by G1". Look at how much cleaner and better-proportioned this is. This looks like a cool toy I'd actually want to play with on its own, and not just a heap of robot limbs with wheels and a cockpit facade on top.

>>11549807
one detail I always liked on the original was how the fists retracted into the forearms and looked like intake vents behind the cockpit. On the new figure, they're just part of the ugly, indiscernible mass of red that makes up 80% of the toy for some reason.

>>11548826
Lego likes to pretend they don’t make war related stuff (They do). He’s usually a tank which lego is really scared of.

>>11549800
>>11549807
He's doing double duty as Joyride

>>11549807
Dogshit vs dogshit
G1 had nothing but garbage after they ran out of diaclone molds

>>11550091
>z tier ragebait from an anon who seethes about not having fortress maximus

>>11549800
>>11549807
These genuinely look the same to me, dog. Maybe the new one's cockpit doesn't extend to cover as much of the red bits as before, but that's it. I really don't see the issue here.

>>11550120
the newer one is more greebled, has more obvious part separation lines, and some of the colors ARE wrong (look at the area under the spoiler).

>>11550129
Right, that under-spoiler bit should yellow.
Nevertheless though, I mean, of course there's gonna be more part seperation lines, the figure's actually poseable this time - that's kind of expected.
There is a bit of lil vent/stripe lines molded in for greebling as you call it, but it seems very minimal to me, especially by direct comparison to most other G1 TFs made today - and the original itself had a few of those stripe detailings strewn about itself, also in its stickers, so I don't see what's wrong with the new one trying to evoke the stickers in a subtle way.

*should BE yellow, my b

>>11550149
>>11550156
you see, it's impossible to please the transformers community. The reason why hasbro releases so much kiddie focused stuff is because kids whine and complain less than manchildren

>>11549951
Crap, you are probably right.

>>11549951
But this looks better, too? They had to make one toy look really bad so it could cosplay as two better-looking toys? Lmao.

>>11550120
>These genuinely look the same to me, dog
I guess I'm happy for you.

>>11550233
I mean, they could just make an alt mode that doesn't look like shit, for a change. They used to know how to do this. LIke... we have pictures, bro.

>>11549800
>>11550120
so it looks to me like.. the original was better proportioned but the car looked visibly incomplete on the bottom. the new version is more complete, but more generic. reminds me of that Springer everyone liked so much

>>11549800
>>11549807
The alt mode on the old one was cleaner, but the robot mode was kibbly and didn't have to worry about articulation.

I don't hate the new one. I just wish the targetmaster partner was better.

>>11550257
>They had to make one toy look really bad so it could cosplay as two better-looking toys?
First day collecting?

>>11550448
why can't Motormaster get a decent toy?

>>11550492
all the black truck spots are taken by nemesis prime

>>11550088
>>11550089
nice pic, slightly outdated meme. who's your favorite of the bunch?

Got armada Red alert today, finally finishing out my cast of original armada autobots(Until Jetfire comes out next year) Love the way he looks, has some awesome light piping and great weapon storage for his different hand attachments. Main gripes are how stiff and tough some of his joints are, mainly in the arms and getting his head and feet supports out are a pain the in the ass.

>>11550613
oh i should probably specify that this is the age of the prime version, not the original toy, my bad.

got my weird little red and blue guys

>>11550619
that's a neat trick

>>11550621
i was thinking about the acrobat pill bugs from a bugs life

oppa? oppa!

>>11550625
That makes more sense than the reference I was going to go with.

I found a core class G1 Smokescreen. What series is this from?

>Amazon updated the release date for Alpha Trion and the two remaining aerialbots to September 29th

Shit, I bet everything slated for November drops before the end of the month.

Well Hasbro. At least you tried. Good effort. You’ll get em next time.

>>11550841
chonky boy

Devastator is an extremely mixed bag, leaning towards bad. My biggest gripe is the off-center knees. It just looks terrible and Im going to have order a Chinese parts kit to fix that. Hook is the crux to having fun assembling the full gestalt. Hes wonky and a lot of the process feels sketchy. Everyone keeps claiming this set is so “solid” compared to the CW and he is, but not entirely so. There are a few pieces that like to keep coming apart, the worst offender being Scrapper. He is not quite stable enough and the shovel assembly tends to collapse under moderate pressure. Mixmaster’s combined mode ankle ratchet is much nicer than Scrappers that feels like it wants to explode. The ankle pivots are at totally different heights and thats kind of weird. He reminds me a bit of Raiden with his lopsided feet. Also the knee ratchets are squeaky and kind of feel like theyre chewing themselves a bit. Finally the Bonecrusher shoulder is way jankier thank Scavenger. Mixmaster and Scavenger feel slightly more refined than the rest of the crew but not by much. Although Scavenger dosent tab into Long Haul properly on all copies but it is very inconsequential.

Overall not extremely impressed but whats new.

>>11550818
>core class G1 Smokescreen
Doesn't exist. You more likely found a 3rd party Smokescreen - the Newage one is roughly the size of a Core Class.

It wouldnt be a modern Transformers figure without a blemish on its fucking face
(Hard to see in the photo but he has a splotch of paint in the center of his visor)
So damn annoying

>>11550852
I think it's a recolor of one of the Prime Legion figures, I remember it at the time.

>>11550852
Yeah, that's not a Core-class G1 Smokescreen. Like I said, they never made one in Core-class.
Also, taking it from that angle so we can't see the roof or hood and that close so the front details are all blurred really doesn't help with the identification. Try taking a few more pics from a few more angles, as well as some shots of him transformed along with whatever accessories he may have come with.

>>11550841
maybe DNA will make a new in-proportion waist section

>>11550852
Yeah, it's a Legion figure; the Prime version of Smokescreen. That particular deco comes from a 2-pack with Grimlock.

>>11550904
Bro you can literally see the toy isn't the one in your picture. Quit being retarded.

>>11550904
Get new eyes, please.

I heard somebody got the Age of the Primes Alpha Trion to take pictures of its barcode for some reason. Might be for retailers.

>>11550492
He did. You just didn’t want to pay $90 for it.

>>11550960
I did buy that toy. It sucked too. I dare you to defend that gimpy trailer

>100 dollariroos
is it worth it

>>11550971
Wish it didn't include that shitty Thundercracker and costed less.

>>11550293
the original was not "incomplete on the bottom". You're only saying that because you're letting the new one, with tons of random robot parts shitting up the undercarriage, define the context for the original.

You guys need to stop being so stupid and tasteless.

>>11550448
but that's not even the same. If they had just made the mold look better, it would have benefitted both Sureshot and Joyride, because they share a similar aesthetic. Prime and Motormaster are two completely different bots, so of course there are sacrifices if the two share a mold.

I wish there were somewhere I could talk about toys where everyone wasn't so fucking stupid. I shouldn't have to explain this.

>>11550994
someone didn't dilate today

>>11550971
3 deluxes
1 Voyager
bunch of extra parts
dramatic capture series paint

It's worth 100 dollars in terms of the actual figure costs. However it's up to you whether you think it's worth 100 dollars.

Dramatic Capture aka taking the whored out molds for one last ride before we replace them all with new ones

>>11551102
if that's true then why haven't they given us a better G1 jazz with door wings and no cracking clear plastic

Dramatic Capture aka Takara fixing Hasbro's shitty paint jobs that we would have gotten from the start if it weren't for brand unification killing the franchise

(void rivals spoilers) what are the chances we get a [spoiler]Hot Rod and Springer 2-pack maybe with updated Darak and Solila Minifigures based on their current appearances[/spoiler]

>>11550960
I would have gotten this set, but I just couldn't get past the fact that there's leftover trailer kibble in combined mode. I mean, I can get past the bad QC, the fact that they half assed Breakdown, and even the shitty trailer wheels. But having to keep a big ass chunk of the trailer in a parts bin when he's Menasor is just retarded.

>>11551165
That whole design was retarded. I only bought it because I wanted a more accurate Motormaster, but they even fucked that up with that short ass trailer.

>>11551180
Do you have him displayed in truck mode?

>>11551165
What part is left over?

>>11551196
No, because it looks terrible.

>>11551165
You mean the part you put on the back for wings?

Since Vortex can become an arm part for Superion, is there an Alpha Bravo retool coming in the future?

>>11551244
I think he means that part

>>11551256
Yeah
The piece that you can plug into the back to act as wings
If you've any imagination anyway

>>11551264
Well the OFFICIAL use for it is a little stand for the gun so he can just sorta hold it at dick height, but the wings just plain look better

>>11551256
god frameslop is so fucking soulless

>>11551264
>wings
oh you mean shitty kibble hanging off the back that doesn't look like actual wings of any sort?

>>11551264
because we all remember Menasor having wings

>>11551294
>>11551298
Do you want a solution or do you want to be grumpy?

War crimes are fun times.

>>11551280
Menasor's g1 design is literally frameslop

>>11550570
I'm not sure who's at the top, but 86 is definitely at the bottom

>>11551318
I want a Motomaster that isn't shit and not a bunch of excuses for why its shit but I'm not supposed to complain.

>>11551335
The toy wasn't. and nobody was clamoring for the Akom animation that wasn't consistent at all.

>>11551335
NTA but honestly G1 cartoon Menasor is just a bit of a shit design. It really didn't need immortalizing in plastic.

>>11551328
Protip; killing enemy soldiers isn't a war crime

>>11551364
Being a Decepticon is a war crime.

Just got my KSI Widowmaker in and...is it just me, or does she seem to be at least loosely based off of Crystal Widow? Even with the concept art, she has a very similar head to Crystal Widow/BM Blackarachnia (minus the extra eyes), she's orange, at least one of the earlier concept arts uses a very similar-looking torso, and she was apparently supposed to have retractable wrist blades that mimic the big stabby middle finger claws on CW and BA.
Either way, the toy's not bad, though I would have preferred they based it off of one of the slimmer concept arts; having weapon storage in both modes is always a plus, and her car mode is pretty nice.

Allicon needs a reissue but in the SS86 line. I missed out the first time around and he’ll go good with my Sharkticon.

>>11551390
he had two releases. I don't know if they'll do a third.

>>11551416
make megs throw it back. You gotta.

>>11551425
Sorry they're stolen from a Japsnese man named terra810

>>11551461
MY EQUILIBRIUM

>>11550994
Hmm, the thing is, it's designed like a dragster, and dragsters have undercarriage that sits really close to the ground
but its wheels are sitting like a dune buggy or monster truck, there's HUGE ground clearance
there's also no bumper
but I'll grant you that if I'd only seen the original, I probably wouldn't think it looks incomplete on the bottom.

>>11551142
brand unification forced hasbro to become cheap as fuck?
i mean i'm all for cheaping out when it's appropriate, but not when it ruins your product.

>>11550091
Based 84 anon

>>11551386
now that you mention it... they do both have that ugly fivehead.

>Bayfilm is RotB 2/BB3
Sad

>>11551561
Fingers crossed on it just being TF6 and ignoring the last 10 years of movies

>>11551515
He means Takara got strong armed into releasing Hasbro releases as-is because Takara too a good number of liberties from Combiner Wars though Power of the Primes repainting and in some cases creating brand new molds instead of using certain new molds/characters Hasbro forced down fans throats, causing Hasbro to lose a ton of money due to fans refusing to buy the Hasbro version and just waiting for the Takara release instead.

>>11551142
The added paint details should be aired-out acrylics, right? That's why they're offshoots of Premium Finish after all.

It fits

>>11551581
gotcha
yeah that has been a problem

>>11551580
or hell, we could ignore the last 18 years and start fresh
and I say that as someone who liked the bay movies, but like, I was happy for them to be over at 3.. and then 4 gave us this really good plot and i'm like, really? wow i actually care about 5. then 5 had a shitty plot, so.. i'm okay with that being done, and we just start over.

my #1 wish for new TF movies is: get as many surviving beast wars actors in as you can before they crumble into dust.

>passed on the diaclone transformers zoids crossover
>Got this instead

Have I made a mistake?

>>11551694
I don't know what version of Genesic this is (and I heard one might be fragile) but why would Genesic GaoGaiGar be a mistake

>>11551694
honestly I'd have passed on the zoids crossover if I hadn't gotten in on a group-buy from a guy who knows a guy. and even then, YEESH. it is objectively not worth more than 130 bucks or so. especially with the liger's legs looking kinda weird, the hip armor not sitting right for my taste, and the robot mode not being the most proportional thing ever made.. plus it's at a confused scale because it's mixing zoids and diaclone. buuuuut i want it i want it i want it i want it
i will not be able to afford any future crossovers, but I'll look at them fondly at a distance.

>>11551706
The transformers part probably hurts that crossover the most, but it's also what got the most eyes on it

>>11551694
From what I understand the Toyrise stuff is all fun solid toys
But you and I did just pay titan price for something the same height as 86 Prime

>>11551694
Why are you even asking that? Are you lacking COURAGE or something?

>>11551699
That's the new Takara Toyrise one. Yes, Takara finally made a Genesic GaoGaiGar after all these years. And it's the first transforming one that actually looks good.

>>11551730
>But you and I did just pay titan price for something the same height as 86 Prime
It's actually a tad shorter. And it doesn't cost Titan prices at all, but I guess you're adding taxes to that.

Still waiting for mine to ship.

>>11551767
Wait, it's from Takara? And it's cheaper than a western Titan?

>>11551779
Yep, Takara. And it costed me 160 USD shipping included. That's less than a regular Titan class without shipping.

They're releasing GaoFighGar too, pic related. GGG is also planned, obviously.

>>11551730
a diaclone zoids crossover would be interesting, but I feel like diaclone is the weakest link in the crossover.. all it does is change the scale so it no longer makes sense (they clearly wouldn't be able to do this for any smaller zoid, or the 1/60 scale pilot wouldn't fit), and add in a bunch of little mini vehicle dealies and opening doors.
the transformers x zoids part is what's so cool. I've wanted a transforming liger for 26 years. it's downright surreal to actually get one. even if it does mostly just stand up to transform.

>>11551793
>160 USD
Ffs how are titans that expensive, I was getting my hopes up for some reason
Maybe I'll wait to see how their GGG goes

>>11551804
>Ffs how are titans that expensive
They BIG.

>>11551804
just wait for clearance

>>11551810
I think I just remembered commander prices and equated that with titans, since somewhere in the back of my head I resigned myself to never owning a titan
>>11551813
In this non-burger economy?

>>11551767
>And it doesn't cost Titan prices at all, but I guess you're adding taxes to that.
Yeah, taxes and shipping
Mine came to 260 maple leafs on Amiami all said and done

>>11551793
And all that's left would be GaoGaiGo, but to cheat things out, it will just be Kakuseijin Gaigo and Stealth Gao II, and you will need GaoFighGar's Drill Gao II and Liner Gao II to complete GaoGaiGo, and Stealth Gao II can be given to GaoGaiGar to create Star GaoGaiGar. But if they have the time and resources, I pray they do the entire Greatest Brave Robot Army with ChoRyuJin, GekiRyuJin, Big Volfogg, Goldy Marg, King J-Der, and even Mic Sounders.

>>11551827
>And all that's left would be GaoGaiGo, but to cheat things out, it will just be Kakuseijin Gaigo and Stealth Gao II, and you will need GaoFighGar's Drill Gao II and Liner Gao II to complete GaoGaiGo, and Stealth Gao II can be given to GaoGaiGar to create Star GaoGaiGar.
I thought about that possibility too, but I hope they actually release the needed Gaomachines again with GaiGo so you can have all four King of Braves together.
Even more crazy combinations, too.

>>11551827
Fingers crossed on these GGGs being on the smaller side because they want to do a proper big King J-Der

>>11551827
>I pray they do the entire Greatest Brave Robot Army with ChoRyuJin, GekiRyuJin, Big Volfogg, Goldy Marg, King J-Der, and even Mic Sounders.
Mic Sounders is not an "even" in mu book, he was one fo the greatest things of the show. His Boom Robo mode was what I was expecting Nekki Basara to be, a hotblooded rocker, and instead I found an autist.
I also need the four Ryu sisters and ShoRyu. And the Pliers.

>>11551817
>nonburger
oh sorry anon. I won't shame you for overpaying, you're cool for caring at all.

>>11551820
Amazon had it for 180 and I'm still pissed I didn't preorder it.

I made a bigger one.

So I got my first Ultra class TF since the 00’s.

Good- The plastic is shiny. Well made generally and transforms like the original (barely had a look at the instructions). Perfect size. I wouldn’t want it any bigger.

Bad- the only bad thing I would say is that it’s a little lighter than I was expecting. Like it feels the same weight as the original toy despite it being twice as big.

And yeah, I went with G2 version because getting the others in the G2 colors will be easier and also I’m sure all the kinks and production issues on the first release ones have been ironed out.

>>11551694
Waiting for my order from BBTS to go through. so many Japanese on twatter having fun with the pegs and ports.

I would shell out for a hot MP-scale Road Rage.

>>11551916
Which hands and feet are those? Dinoking's?

>>11551921
Will you?

>>11551827
A shame that if Takara do all the GGG cast in scale with Genesic that they'll mostly be Legends and Deluxe scale for individual members and Voyager scale in combined form.

Will still probably get the whole cast, though.

>>11550971
I think so. I'm not even bothered with it coming with Thundercracker since: 1 it's gonna be awhile before the 86 version comes out and 2 dcs tc can just be used as a generic seeker.

>>11551643
Yeah I feel like starting over is the best choice. As much as finishing TF6 with Unicron and Pretender Quintessa sounds cool, that ignores the fact that the canon is completely fucked with the amount or retcons every film gets. Like imagine trying to explain the bayverse timeline chronologically to a new watcher.

>>11552027
I'm not sure what I'd do for a bay movie reboot.. I think the best thing might be to just sorta pick a genre and do it.
like, do a movie where optimus, bumblebee, and whomever else you are CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED to bring along... are taking a space trip because they received a signal... and there, megatron and starscream and whoever is contractually obligated from them, is there doing something sinister and weird. Freeing an ancient trapped nasty bunch of WEIRD transformers, attempting to unlock a tech thingy similar to a 'dark allspark' that gives them crazy powered up abilities but it also goes wrong, or just having to go on an adventure in a weird, creative, alien landscape to find a macguffin. something. Something other than cities blowing up. personally I just want Beast Wars, but I get why that isn't really a fit here (and also because they just did, and it sucked)

>>11551643
>my #1 wish for new TF movies is: get as many surviving beast wars actors in as you can before they crumble into dust.
I really want Garry Chalk to reprise his role as Primal one last time. He was MY Optimus, the one I knew from my childhood, and seeing RotB with the character voiced by someone totally different was like watching someone other than Cullen voicing G1 Prime - it just felt WRONG.

>>11552048
Agreed.. but sadly he was whom I was thinking of when I said that.. I really hope he pulls through, but something tells me he won't be in any shape to do VO again even if he does.

>>11552050
https://www.reddit.com/r/beastwars/comments/1jlkm1d/garry_chalk_is_on_his_way_to_remission/
Oh! I just thought to look it up. Thank the lord, he's apparently gonna be fine. All the cancer's gone.
'pologies for the reddit link, but that's basically the only website left you can actually get google results for.

>>11552048

>like watching someone other than Cullen voicing G1 Prime - it just felt WRONG

I don't agree with this mentality. Cullen has one of the most iconic voices of all time, but I kind of hate that he's been locked into being the only voice of the character since the Bay movies. Peter Cullen and Frank Welker are amazing as many different versions of Optimus and Megatron, but we never would have got the equally amazing performances of Garry Chalk Optimus and David Kaye Megatron if only the original VAs were allowed to do those roles.

That said, I think they absolutely should have got Chalk for Primal, but I also think RotB's take on the BW characters is kind of shit, so it probably wouldn't have made much of a difference anyway.

>>11552064
yeah honestly these days 9 times out of 10 that they don't get the right actor for something (or he isn't allowed for being white or something), the quality of the product makes me realize he dodged a bullet.

>>11552067

I think the most annoying part of the casting for RotB is that they probably could have gotten all the surviving BW actors for whatever it cost them to get Ron Perlman as Primal. Or hell, even Pete Davidson as Mirage.

>>11552084
They can't be fucking serious

>>11552104
About?

>>11551921
There’s a 3P Tracks coming soon at MP scale
So you may get lucky with a recolour

>>11552104
To be fair, the design philosophy for Missing Link line is "Old toys but more articulation+extras". I do hope they'll also release a toon accurate version. I don't like the soulless empty eyes.

>>11552104
What? It's the old toy with modern engineering, just like every other Missing Link (except for Arcee). Unless you're bitching about his armored mode's knees - which are there, he's just not bending them.

>>11552048
>I really want Garry Chalk to reprise his role as Primal one last time.
He wanted to voice Primal, but the Hollywood idiots went with Perlman for some reason. Probably trying to get name recognition for the general public.

Either way, he was really hurt that they didn't even contact him for an audition.

>>11552084
Wonder if those missile launchers will actually work.

>>11552116
They should - they made working ones for ML Prime's Command Deck, so I see no reason why they wouldn't do the same here.

>>11551960
Already have that one. I want some REAL gooner shit.

>>11552084
It looks like nothing in renders but if it feels like my cordon/sunstreaker then I'm super hyped.
Like the instant you hold it I immediately understood why its that price, in this day and age.
The whole thing reminds me of this line too.

>>11552084
boomer toy

>>11552166
God do not remind me of how bitterly disappointing that line was.

>>11552182
I'm just mad it got killed before they got to Lilymon.

>>11552182
Digimon as a franchise is always doomed to disappointment in some form, but at least we got some solid toys out of it.

>>11551852
Misery

Love that he has the buggy

Teaser for the next release?

>>11552084
No waist swivel? REJECTED!!!!!!!!!!!

>>11552241
Aerialbots before most the cars sounds silly

Knees.

>>11552300
cant wait

Finally complete the decepticon big four

I guess it is time to quit collecting

>>11550415
>but the robot mode was kibbly and didn't have to worry about articulation.
There's nothing wrong with kibble, and adding articulation doesn't have to ugly up an alt mode. Very weird things to assert when basic logic will tell you neither are true.

The Missing Link line is proving how easy it is to make a fun, good-looking transforming robot toy, by literally taking 40-year-old designs and just adding articulation. Some of you guys treat Transformer engineering as though it's alchemy, when really the only secret is to put the alt mode first and let everything else fall in to place.

>>11552240
Is any of the OG Magnus' trailer made of diecast, or is it all plastic?

>not posting the pictures that show the neat base modes, or the aircraft launch deck

Those nips really knew how to make a toy. Despite being collector pieces based on 40-year-old designs, the Missing Links beg to be played with more than most mainline releases these days.

>>11552317
>Shockwave: I can't believe it... I was in a Decepticon propaganda group photo!

>>11552329
Those all look terrible and look more like bad amazon stock photos than real modes.

>>11552329
> neat
Hey anon, you do you

>>11552335
>>11552343
>t. soulless tooner fags who don't play with toys
sorry, I forgot what board I was on.

>>11552319
>bah your opinion is WEIRD and goes against BASIC LOGIC
calm down autist

kinda neat i guess

>>11552364
extra plastic for the win

>>11552362
Is that a King Gainer reference?

>>11552364
>>11552366
I'm confused was there a mini Shockwave in my Nemesis Bridge set I missed or are all of these coming with the Skywarp set?

>>11552358
>>11552366
Kickback is missing his big swords though

>>11552392
Mini Shockwave came with Centurion's extra accessories. It's also where Mini Soundwave and Mini Megatron come from.

>>11552404
Also the big Energon cube accessories
>>11552403
>Kickback is missing his big swords though

>>11552404
The ones that came with Centurion weren't painted.

>>11552392
its all in the new DCS set

https://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810093985/

>>11552414
Thanks anon

>>11552348
Neither of those things he said were opinions, lmao.

>>11552413
What Prime was that gun meant for

How are the Yolopark AMK minis?

>>11552456
Technically Earthrise, but it's ridiculously oversized. Like the designer made got told "it's for a Leader Class figure" and made it scaled to old Leader Class toys.

>>11552456
I use it for the new SS and it still feels too big

Is studio series Transformers One Starscream fragile? I was thinking of getting him but i saw some reviews on the shop's website saying he broke and that he had fragile plastic

>>11552456
It was for Earthrise, but was intended to be mounted to that Roller rather than held by Prime himself due to how comically large it was.

>>11552559
>mounted to Roller
But that Roller is tiny baby Roller.

Uh oh hand posei-ohs

>>11552084
>>11552240
>>11552241
Dude honestly looks like he's going to be a lot of fun, especially now that he's not a statue in armored-up mode. I'm looking forward to him.

>>11552615
Why is this giving me Johnny 5 vibes?

>>11552084
>Hasbro merch has to say 'convert' because if they ever use the WORD 'transform', it destroys their 'transformers' trademark
>Takara uses the english word transform, in katakana, instead of the more familiar and traditional HENSHIN
okay

>>11552300
i like that the new knees rely on the new knees

>>11552681
Transformers always TRANSFORM in Japan, the only time they ever did HENSHIN was in Beast Wars, and only the Cybertrons.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24s8H3xUW9M

>>11552688
In Car Robots/RiD2001, any beastformers say Henshin, since most of them were carried over from Beast Wars, and any vehicle guys go transform.

>>11552688
a zoy? Could have sworn..

>>11552736
fascinating
I wonder if it's because Beast Machines was already out by the time they were dubbing Beast Wars, so they got this idea that "beastformer = magical transformation" ? since in Machines it sure as hell was.

>>11552731
kek

>>11551694
Toyrise is all type of super robots with CHUG engineering so they supposed to be pretty cool if nothing else.

>>11553023
It helps that some of the past GGGG have made questionable choices. Most people in Japan consider this one the best transforming GGGG.

do we like wheelie? as a toy, as a guy?

>>11553038
As a character he is consistently awful, even his Spotlight comic.
Every one of his toys except the first one are not terrible.

>>11553038
I like wheelie, I think he's fly.

His figure with grimlock sucks, even though the 'g2' color scheme fucks.

Hasbro are idiots for cancelling core class, it's the first time small figures weren't hot ass.

I think talking about wheelie must be cursed, every time we talk we must rhyme, it's the worst!

>>11553052
I'm so tired of 'fucks' being used for 'rocks'
if nothing else, it makes the term 'fuck and suck' confusing. Not that I'm not tired of that term too.
You weren't supposed to LIKE roid-rage-billy-mays guy from silicon valley.

>>11553055
Tired of 'fuck and suck'? Maybe try getting a new innuendo at Chuck's!

Oh wait, they rebranded to Sneed's. They should still have all your comedic needs.

It's hard enough to rhyme, without people arguing semantics all the time.

>>11552358
>the decos I wanted the first time bundled with a seeker mold I didn't even want before it was obsoleted

munch munch munch

>>11553062
you gotta just keep your eye on ebay and mercari, wait for someone to be selling them without the seeker... yes, it'll cost more than three quarters of the four-pack, but less than the four-pack

>>11553062
I kinda prefer purple chest Bombshell

>>11553038
Wheelie is one of my favorite characters, specifically the Headmasters one. He's one of the few male figures I have. I'm building a harem for him.

>>11553060
god damn it that's a good giggle

>>11553076
i don't like the image you posted.

>>11553070
My bigger issue with that figure are the grey biceps and hands, as well as the black hips. Hips and hands can be swapped with Shrapnel easily enough to be the proper colors, but the biceps are pinned, and none of my efforts to get the pins out worked. Even if I could, that would result in a Shrapnel with grey biceps and hands which should be purple.

>>11553076
ein schöner Harem ist es

>>11553085
yeah DC does do that better

>>11553085
Pic related is what the easily swapped parts gets you. I got a pin punch recently which I used to fix SS86 Prime's heels as well as the Bonecrusher misassembly, but didn't think to try it on the Insecticons. Not sure if it would work because it's a different type of pin, having a large flat end on one side. I might give it a shot now that I can just buy these new ones if I fuck them up. It's dumb that this is even an issue in the first place. All because Hasbro is incompetent when laying out their molds.

>>11553082
Sorry anon, he's just a silly kid, don't worry, he'll get what he deserves tonight.

wish somebody would kill the thread spammer

>>11552240
>>11552300
incredibly hollow trailer and legs but people will still gladly get thrifted 100+ dollars because le toy accuracy, just lmao takara

>>11553157
You DO understand the whole point of Missing Link, right? The legs are hollow because they're a mass of folding panels (the truck bed folds up, the truck rear doors fold back) and there still needed to be room to plug the white Prime into the back. Yes, this could've been pulled off better if they'd done it using a modern transformation scheme, but the whole point is for this to basically be a reissue of the original '86 toy with a few more joints for added mobility. Straying from that defeats the purpose - if you're bothered by the toy looking like its original, then buy oner of the modern toys of him. I mean, you've got three to choose from now: Siege, Earthrise or SS86, so pick one and keep the bitching to yourself.

>>11553159
also like
trailers are supposed to be hollow. that's what a trailer is. it annoys me when transformer trailers AREN'T hollow, but I understand it would just be too hard to engineer all those panels folding away (and those often look like shit)

>>11553052
>it's the first time small figures weren't hot ass.
>my man never had scout class toys

>>11553243
I said it just for the rhyme, I really hope that's not a crime.

No offense to the scouts, they deserve their clout.

I must say I'm not averse, I do enjoy 2011 cyberverse.

>>11553288
"Wheelie" and "fly" don't rhyme.

>>11553294
>>11553038
>>11553052

>do we like wheelie? as a toy, as a guy?
>I like wheelie, I think he's fly.

I made the rhyme with the reply.

>>11553243
>it's the first time small figures weren't hot ass.
>my man never owned a scout class
I fixed your reply so it could rhyme
That's the only reason I posted this time

>>11553118
what are they going to do to him?

>>11553364
Wheelie had an experience so brand new!
Wheelie's fuel hose spewed sticky white goo!

>>11553065
I have those small cubes from Kingdom Nemesis Prime, I really wish they were more pink than red.

I am waiting patiently for Yolopark's Nickel.

>>11553386
Five cents for those? I doubt they'll keep that price.

YES!

>>11553376
Wheelie, Save your precious flower!

Should I bother with the Dramatic Capture Skywarp? Was there a new Starscream mold coming out?

>>11553451
fingers are covering it up, does this piece have the wheels like the original powered convoy or have those been omitted for accuracy?

>>11553584
there is a new seeker mold coming out yes

it has only been shown to be thundercracker so far, but it looks miles better than the earthrise version.

>>11553589
He got them

>>11553614
alright I've seen enough, takara cooked here.

>>11553451
Is there a name for this drone, like Roller is for Optimus Prime?

>>11553634
Dildos.

>>11553634
Breastheadmaster

>>11553634
Scooty Puff Sr.

>>11553634
designated driver

>>11553634
Teaspoon

>>11553451
Lil Sweeties’ Honey Baby Roadster

>>11553453
Looks like the inner bot’s knees are meant to bend when you use the hips for the armor. I can tell right now just from looking at this thing its gonna have a ton of random QC issues

>>11553634
Daniel Witwicky's baby stroller

Kenny Rogers Roasters

>>11553634
Rellor.

>$225

Lmao

>>11553949
Why would anyone buy from BBTS? Its around $140 from jap retailers.

>>11553949
giant, cavernous holes are ok when takara does it

>>11553963
try getting this shipped from japan for under 60 bucks

>>11553949
Hasbro is asking $135 for the dramatic capture Insecticons from US retailers. I ordered from HobbyGenki for $87.22.

>>11553993
I still win?

>>11553988
They're adding joints to a 40 years old design that was pretty much a plastic plank. Anyone who owns the original can tell how impressive that is, and changing the overall looks too much adding fillers goes against what Missing Link is supposed to be.

>>11554033
sure but... you don't know what that's gonna be beforehand, or what tariffs will hit you.. then again SOMETIMES you don't know that on BBTS either. in this case you do, but..
I rarely buy anything directly from Japan like that. I go with BBTS when I have to, or when there's a huge sale, but these days USAGS, TomyUS, and even KotoUS are typically better. Granted, that's not transformers I'm usually buying..

>>11554039
That's the powered buggy, not the chest plate+helmet vehicle.

>>11554043
I've been buying from Japan for almost 20 years now, tariffs come and go and shipping prices fluctuate. One thing is for certain, BBTS always charges the most it possibly can.

>>11554060
The buyers for BBTS just buy from a lot of JP sites retail too, which is why their markups are always massive. Their base cost is what you would be spending from Amazon.jp

Where were you when Transformers became unaffordable?

>>11554070
watching the last night and enjoying my 10.99 potp legends class dinobot slash

>>11553988
It's not okay when your brain does it either but we all have to live with you being unable to understand what Missing Link is about

>>11554060
>>11554066
Until very recently, I've never known BBTS's priced to be above anyone else's. in fact often they're lower. So whatever this is, it's new.
>>11554070
finding it hard to make any more room on my shelves, actually. so it's kind of welcomed.

>>11554066
how much more do they add?

>>11554010
>I ordered from HobbyGenki for $87.22
No you didn't. They're charging $142 for him.

>>11554164
>dramatic capture Insecticons
read anon read

I stopped buying BBTS once international shipping costs became unreasonable

>>11554171
I've been canceling a lot of my preorders, but i'm glad to know they're there... they always promise the moon with preorder fulfillment dates, and then when they lag, I don't feel bad canceling since.. yknow, if you'd sent it to me when you predicted, i wouldn't have returned it just because i found someone cheaper.

>>11554182
What did you cancel

>>11554010
>>11554167
Shipping isn't free, baby girl. It's $87.22 + $35 shipping.

>>11554204
That should be 122.22 then. Cheaper using that method than Hasbro's price if everything stays the same.

>>11554197
nothing transformers related, in fact my rathalos prime is sitting in my pile of loot right now. I know I should just eat the 4 bucks, but what if something else finally comes into stock.. i have some more zoids waiting..

Why are all the Nemesis Titans for sale like $400. Did they underproduce her?

>>11554236
Yes, Metroplex didn't sell well, so Nemesis got a much smaller run.

>>11554241
should've included Drill Bit

>>11551964
Though King J-Der is obvious Titan Class. I wouldn't mind a Voyager Goldy Double Marg. Yes. Goldy Double Marg, as in two Goldion Hammers in a single tank with kendama clackers for x4 pain. And they can make you just use the standard Goldion Hammer if you so choose. But if we get King J-Der, a Silverion Hammer (all-silver Goldion Hammer from head to grip) might be a TT Mall exclusive.

And speaking of which, anyone got the last Primes of the year for Age of the Primes yet? And is anyone deathly concerned for Micronus being all clear plastic?

>>11554204
I buy other imports from HobbyGenki and use their private warehouse feature to ship a bunch of stuff at a time, so adding this to one of those shipments is a negligible increase in cost.

>>11554010
Hasbro is hiking the price of this Dramatic Capture set $20 over the $115 Reflector/Thundercracker set, despite both sets costing the same in Japan. And before anyone blames the tariffs, the Reflector set went up for pre-order early June when the tariffs were very much a thing.

>>11554048
That's a vehicle, with a driver, it's called "the protector machine"

>>11554010
>Hasbro is asking $135 for the dramatic capture Insecticons from US retailers
What are you talking about? We don't know the price for us yet.
Are you quoting scalpers like bbts or something?

Blokees Kickback comes with a baby Shrapnel

Don't talk to me or my son ever again

>>11554329
why?

We've just received an email saying Scavenger will be in soon. REALLY hoping Megatron and Mixmaster aren't too far behind so I can just bulk ship.

>>11554271
Drill bit also got fucked over. They planned for a core release and that was certainly cancelled when Metro didn't sell.

Looking forward to ML Arcee prototype edition, but I would be much happier if the shoulder pods were reversed (with the wheels and screws facing the back) and it had a waist swivel.

>modern day rubber wheels are melting plastic again

I taped all the contact points with masking tape which is made of paper

Will this prevent further damages to the plastic?

I think the design of this figure sound
But if they actually use the material that make up the wheels which is non reactive to the rubber tires then the whole thing woulf look really cheap

>>11554446
>I would be much happier if the shoulder pods were reversed (with the wheels and screws facing the back) and it had a waist swivel.
I mean yeah, but that's not how the prototype these two are based off of looked, which is the point. Making a version with the cartoon-accurate head and paint was already pushing it, considering the line's design philosophy.

Let's go back to those who got AOTP Alpha Trion early. Has anyone tried headswapping him to see if he looks better, on top of transforming his head to see if his beard fits the head cover? I notice a tiny gap on the back of that head cover seemingly to fit the beard.

>>11554446
this should be how it looks so I wouldnt worry much about the screw holes

>>11554484
That's only on the movie colors version.

>>11554447
Looks great

what is the worst (non-dinobot) core class? Is it really hot rod?

>>11554615
Hot Rod is the worst mold. Selling Skywarp with a fork instead of his null rays is baffling.

>>11554618
Cant forget about Bouldercrash / Geocron with a giant rod the entire length of the figure. Did we ever figure out why theyre like that? Either it was intended for a scrapped combiner mode or its one of the most rookie design choices in the history of the franchise.
Honorable mentions for worst core are Cheetor and Galvatron. Boy, the very last wave of Core sure was sad as fuck

>>11554446
nice mother bearing hips

grimlock is pretty cool

>>11554465
>I mean yeah, but that's not how the prototype these two are based off of looked, which is the point

Not true, the prototype has smooth shoulder pods on the front side. And if they engineered it differently, they could have done a torso swivel beneath the chest without affecting the sculpt.

>>11554647
Cheetor being terrible is accurate to his original toy

core class galvatron was a lazy repaint but the actual figure doesn't seem too bad?

But yeah, the last wave of core was kinda rough. It's fucking baffling, why did they cancel core class AND THEN RELEASE STAR CONVOY

>>11554711
The tinfoil hat theory I've heard is that that canceled core class to not compete against cyberworld

>>11554753
I've actually been the anon spouting that theory. But even then- STAR CONVOY ISN'T CYBERWORLD COMPATIBLE! you can't fit cyberworld figures on the turret and they sure as hell don't fit in the leg bays or the micro trailer!

>>11554711
>Cheetor being terrible is accurate to his original toy
Yeah, but the issue was that they didn't even stick to how the original toy looked - they utterly fucked up everything below the waist, and then they added this retarded pegs to clip his arms to his chest for no reason like they did with BW Silverbolt.

>>11554647
Bouldercrash was meant to double as a shitty rock sword thing, it's on the packaging
>>11554711
I've seen the core energon megs mold get praise but honestly I don't get it. It's extremely frustrating to play with, looks stupid when posed, the cannons love to pop off and the transformation is more like a suggestion of a transformation. Like, parts move around but nothing really satisfyingly clicks together, it all just vaguely mushes in place and doesn't hold for shit.

>>11554773
ehh he had like six toys.. wasn't it accurate to one of them?

>>11554780
Not really. The one with legs that more closely resemble the one Legacy shat out was his Nightslash toy, which was his least accurate depiction; even then, that toy still gave him actual cheetah feet and not the robotic wedges you see on the Core toy.
Of course, his legs were only part of the problem - they utterly fucked up the cheetah mode. Hell, the old McDonald's toy managed to pull off a better looking cheetah than the scrunched-up, squatting frog Legacy gave us, and the only thing on that one that actually transformed was the head!

>>11554685
The prototype also doesn't transform and it's two separate half cooked models that don't really try to make perfect sense. And the knee wheels would be bitch to design so that's why they're fake on the Missing Link. Sacrifices needed to be made if you didn't want an overly complex transformation that would go against the G1 style.

>>11554808
>floro dery was the first IDW artist

>>11554685
>the prototype has smooth shoulder pods on the front side
Because the prototype has no actual wheels on it at all and doesn't actually transform - the alt mode you see in that pic is an entirely separate (also non-transforming) figure. They had to stick actually functional wheels on her somewhere to make a toy that could actually transform, and that's the only place that made sense.

>>11554794
Hmm maybe you're right, but to me they just all look uniformly awful. like there was a really cool IDEA in there, but.. it didn't happen.

>>11554843
Honestly, the only toy of BM Cheetor that came out looking decent in both modes was the Titanium Series one. It's still not accurate to the show, but the chunkier proportions make the robot mode look far better and it somehow manages to get the lankier limbs and slender torso for beast mode.

>>11554774
>I've seen the core energon megs mold get praise but honestly I don't get it. It's extremely frustrating to play with, looks stupid when posed, the cannons love to pop off and the transformation is more like a suggestion of a transformation. Like, parts move around but nothing really satisfyingly clicks together, it all just vaguely mushes in place and doesn't hold for shit.
This, exactly. Its garbage

>>11554774
>>11554907
You're absolutely right about Energon Megs but I like him all the same. Granted that's mostly for the novelty of just having a modern Energon toy of any sort. I have always liked that design though.

>>11554615
Cheetor probably, even if he is accurate to the source material. I haven't played with all the Studio Series cores though so there could be worse ones in there.

its that time of the year and im thinking who to add to my spooky squad

top of the list atm are:
Oil Slick
Dracula
Ectotron

what are some other tfs that fit the halloween vibe? stuff with glowy orange/green/purple plastic or creepy alt modes or scary face sculpts

I guess the monsterbots are another obvious pull

If my haslab rid ultra magnus hasn't yellowed by now, it's one of the safe ones right? I kept it in it's box while waiting for the replacement optimus though.

>>11555069
honestly pretty impressive

>>11554773
I never thought I'd find myself growing nostalgic for beast machines designs.

>>11555063
Even my Optimus had yellowing. I actually have to add to my claims since I don't know if the new parts includes the super mode pieces for Optimus and I only now realized one the hands is discolored.

>>11554667
No, Grimlock is King. Grimlock not is cool.

>>11555105
the real king is wheeliemus prime

>>11555060
The orange Tarantulus from last year’s legacy 4 pack

Finally got around to transforming Magmatron. Love the way his alts look and I'm looking forward to seeing them combined when I've got a little more time.

>>11555157
Personally I hate everything going on with the sword and its transformation

>>11555167
>mixing cartoon and movie figures
I just ate please stop

>>11555060
Orange Tarantulus from last year’s 4 pack

>>11555191
until they make a concept art ultra magnus we'll have to suffer together

>>11555191
erm actually magnus is from the 86 movie

>>11555208
that would just be sentinel prime

>>11555069
see, plenty of them do still call him Convoy
>>11555074
and the additional parts all feel like they belong. that's a subtle thing.

>>11555191
technically both are based on real vehicles, so-
>movie figures with cybertronian modes
oh nevermind

New toy of the year candidate.

>>11555280
>hollow
>not gun mode
Not a chance.

>>11555280
Easily. It's hard to say it's no contest, star convoy is up there, but 86 megs is damn near perfect aside from the fusion cannon and unphotographable legs.

>>11555280
It really is impressive they managed to make anything out of that design besides a gun. The tank isn't perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but it is passable. I hope we get a silver deco down the line, this one is FINE but I've really grown to like Megs as silver instead of grey.

Side note, I can't help but think that the three-point hinge system for his shoulder/turret assembly seems so uncharacteristic of Hasbro/Takara toys. I just don't think I've ever seen that before.

>>11552084
Finally, a good Ultra Magnus figure.

>>11555295
>I've really grown to like Megs as silver instead of grey.
Because Megatron was always INTENDED to be silver, or at least chrome. Being grey was always just a limitation of the medium - silver/chrome isn't really a color so much as it is a lustre, which is a quality that's not easy to replicate on paper.

>>11555306
I just realized Hasbro won't be doing a missing link Megs.

>>11555314
"Just"?

>>11554829
I’m not saying the wheels should disappear entirely, but with a couple clever twists they could have been on the back instead of the front. No I couldn’t do it better myself, but it wouldn’t have been that hard for a veteran toy designer.

By the way I’m fine with the fake wheels on the knees of the ML figure, I’m not expecting some magic engineering.

>>11555314
Hasbro doesn't do Missing Link anything

>>11555314
what >>11555325 said. But takara will probably eventually do a missing link Megatron.. when they get around to doing the decepticons. And I imagine that starscream will be first of the decepticons, since takara likes including the dianaut pilots, and also you can repaint starscream. You can't exactly repaint g1 gun Megatron.. there's no nemesis Megatron or magnustron, there's no SG gun Megatron, the only person that uses the gun Megatron body type is Megatron. Unless they decide to do a lupin iii or U.N.C.L.E. crossover. Which they won't. Unfortunately

>>11555331
Either Starscream or Soundwave
Soundwave would be super simple engineering wise
They were able to incorporate Optimus' fists but Starscream's... everything might be tough

>You can't exactly repaint g1 gun Megatron
Sentinel Prime shows they aren't above getting weird

>>11555332
Starscream is probably easier than people think.. if takara is willing to do the same thing as sunstreaker and make 'faux-hands' but keep the classic gloves as accessories.

>>11555332
>sentinel prime shows they aren't above getting weird

..Who would they repaint Megatron into? Megastorm/g2 megs? Archforce/purple g2 megs? Those don't exactly make sense with a gun mode

>>11555331
>>11555340
Do some research before talking out of your ass please anon there's several versions thanks to Diaclone and regional differences between US and JP G1
>Black Diaclone version with the brown legs
>Flat gray JPG1 version (no chrome)
>JP version with blue plastic instead of red
They could also sell 2 initial versions like Convoy, one with just the base body & scope and another with the UNCLE attachments & JP weapons since there were originally multiple versions sold without the accessories, throw in a tooner colour scheme and the neon orange & blue safety Megs that never got released for a laugh and you've got 5 or 6 repaints easily.

>>11555323
It just hit me.

>>11555325
>>11555331
Right, Takara.

What a skank

>>11555351
that's like helping a guy with his shoes.. a servile thing to do but not ... lewd.

>>11555331
>And I imagine that starscream will be first of the decepticons, since takara likes including the dianaut pilots, and also you can repaint starscream.
Also, it would make sense to release him now that they're releasing Ultra Magnus - that launch pad mode seen in >>11552329, while originally shown with G1 Silverbolt on his Hasbro packaging, was actually designed to work with the Jet Robo (the toy that became the Seekers) back when he was a Diaclone toy.

>>11555352
He was talking about Bee.

>decide to go Megatron hunting
>find him at the first Wal-Mart I go to
Well, there goes my plan for the day
Might as well still hit Ross while I'm out

why must all the windblades near me be the gerwalk one

hasbro why

>>11554446
they look so cute!

After 40 years the mystery is finally solved. It was Mixmaster’s pistol.

>>11555811
why did he use a lightsaber in the movie instead of his flail

>>11555402
competing for a kiss is a gentlemanly thing to do!

>>11555870
maybe the power of his flail was tied to his fusion cannon, so when that got knocked off he had to scrounge for a sword off the ground

>>11555917
energon weapons are malleable, aren't they?

>>11555280
how big does he scale compared to Masterpiece figures

>>11556009
https://www.reddit.com/r/transformers/comments/1l0gbrd/spoil_size_comparion_mp_ss86_megatron/

not well, unfortunately. Short king Megatron. However, 86 prime had a few MP scaled KOs last I checked. Just wait for them to make an MP scaled KO of 86 megs with a better fusion cannon if you're a die-hard MP collector.

>>11556018
>spends hundreds of dollars to get deluxe figures a month early to flex on the community
>dosent have basic hygiene

>>11556018
hey it's that core class bat guy everyone likes

>>11556018
I think they got scammed, that's a pretty obvious figure swap. Doesn't look like megatronus at all!

>>11556013
darn.

Thank you anon.

>>11556023
Hasbro should've made more of these

>>11556024
how the fuck could you figure swap a bubble though

>>11556027
I think he's joking.

what's the worst combiner and why is it Volcanicus

>>11556052
Dinobots have no business combining.

https://hobby.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/interview/2044878.html
From a designer interview about Missing Link Ultra Magnus:
>--Please give us a final message for our users.
>Developer: "Missing Link" has been releasing products on a regular basis, and we've finally reached the point where we have a major product, "Ultra Magnus."
>Additionally, "Missing Link C-01N Nemesis Prime" will be released in February 2026, but please think of this as a preview of the Decepticon product lineup. From here on, we plan to actively develop Decepticon products, so we hope you will look forward to them.

>>11556042
yeah I realized that as I was typing it, but it's only just now that I realize that invalidates the need for my post
I guess I'm still reeling from the fact that I genuinely cannot tell if that is Legacy Bomb-Burst.
Because it really, really looks like him. But he wasn't sold on a bubble card with a mini-con and a .. what is that, three claws? and the packaging claims it's megatronus.. but that's bomb-burst. wait, is it just.. the insert is wrong? did they re-release him? when the fuck did we go back to bubble cards?

>>11556073
Post Siege collectors are adorable

>>11556078
I only collect beast guys, I'm kinda out of the loop. I know basically nothing between Prime and Kingdom, and I know very little since Legacy... ended?

>>11556079
oh except the movie lines

>>11556069
>whole front of chest is diecast
oof, that paint is going to get absolutely fucked up by normal play

>>11556060
EXACTLY

>>11556079
Megatronus is the little guy and he's packaged with the Bomb Burst decoy armor. It's from Power of the Primes.
The gimmick was the Thirteen Primes were sold as Prime Masters, essentially Headmasters with a symbol instead of the face, and packaged with decoy armour in the form of one of the G1 Pretender shells.

>>11556052
Menasor. Car combiner is a good premise but it needs to be redesigned from the ground up.

>>11556113
that's fucking weird and confusing.
but thank you!

>>11556147
It sure was
And then no one but the real sweaty completionists bought them

>>11556145
that's just because of that shitty Motormaster that needed to be rejiggered from Prime instead of given his own mold

>>11556157
I bought them. I didn't give a shit about the Primes thing. I just considered them CHUG Pretenders.
they were neat.

>>11556069
You better be! Sure, no way we're getting Megatron anymore, but please make the Seekers good with the limits given to you.

>>11556145
Nah, it just needs to be like the toy instead of the toon
OX version looks good

>>11556147
>that's fucking weird and confusing.
Power of the Primes was a poorly conceived line.

>>11556226
i hear people praising it all the time! it seems like it had some good ideas, but..

>>11556226
>>11556232
It's mostly recycles, Predaking is lanky, and it could have been a perfect chance to redo Ginrai with the Evolution Optimus mold, but couldn't because of the crappy Ultra Magnus mold in Combiner Wars doing it first. The Evolution Prime mold having a hidden base mode revealed when it was retooled into Star Convoy might have been a hint this was always meant to be done into a Super Ginrai the whole time.

>>11556232
>i hear people praising it all the time!
The legends were decent and the leader gimmick was at least interesting but on the whole POTP was awful.

>>11556252
>hidden base mold?

>>11556255
The only good thing was that it gave us the Terrorcons

>>11556261
OH MY GOD, STOP BUTCHERING WHAT I TYPE, YOU FUCK! I'm no longer in a good mood for so many things, and you keep ruining everything!

No, never mind, let me just say the creators of the Evolution Optimus mold hid a base mode for the trailer half, and it feels more like a complete homage to Ginrai's trailer base. They only revealed it when it was retooled into Star Convoy.

>>11556263
This. I love my Abominus, even though I had to get him some better hands and feet.
Slash was also fantastic, though I wish she came with some weapons.

>>11556263
>>11556294
All toys are graded against Blot. "Oh, you bought that? You could have easily gotten three Blots for your money instead. That toy? Almost as good as Blot."

>>11556232
Who the hell is praising it? It's considered one of the worst TF lines ever. Maybe THE worst

>>11556343
it's mostly CWfags and people that think maga jazz was a good toy

>>11556350
I'm a hardcore CWfag and that Jazz was widely regarded as being shit, even without the clear plastic issues.

>>11556343
It's hardly the worst toyline. Worst generations toyline..? Tied with combiner wars (in terms of individual figure quality)

>>11556369
Yes, but retards will praise anything, no matter how shit, as long as in their delusional minds they can justify it as 'owning the libz'.

Man I'm really curious on how they're going to do Nexus prime if he's the combiner gimmick guy as a voyager next year. The only thing i can think that they can do is have him split in half with a top half and lower half bot like Powerlinx.

>>11556430
four person combiner, maybe? 2 Legs, torso, head, arms made out of weapons/accessories. Each individual bot is between micromaster and core size?

>>11556430
if only they had a current combiner standard, he could be compatible with that. but those standards always sucked. the universality cost it a lot.

>>11556432
Sound wild but after what they did with Micronus Prime this year with the core class bot and the smaller but still deluxe like Exo suit body anything is possible. Still i think they should have made him a leader class if they were going with a combiner theme.

>>11556436
the combiner wars joints are still being used even if they aren't 100% compatible

>>11556441
with each other, you mean?

PotP was rough but at least it gave us these cuties

>>11556451
really is either thunder thighs or micro thighs, eh

>>11556430
My guess is he'll split into multiple small vehicle forms

Was hoping we'd get the botcon nexus treatment with both the aerialbots and combaticons coming out, but being a voyager + alignedshit basically ruined any chances of that

Look what I got

I get the extra paint jobs and everything else

But I still don't get why TT/Hasbro did not came to an agreement to go with a more cartoon accurate head in the first place.

Ok

This is kind of weird
There are a lot of holes on the plastic tray. Usually those are for the plastic ties. But there is no tie to be found besides a cut one that also fallen out of the box.

They taped the top cover (so the toy is clearly not second hand) but the box is clearly double taped on the side- somebody open the package before.

Looking at the japanese unboxing , they have the same box condition too.

Did TT actually reopen the figure after completion and did something extra to it?

>>11556525
so this is the scoop:

originally this was supposed to be released around march. But due to a factory error they were misassembles and thus not being able to transform. They were opened up, fixed and resealed. That's why we got him just now instead of earlier this year.

I do wish i knew what the error was to be exact.

>>11556383
dis nigga posts on android

Well, looked closely there is actually one tie still tied to the leg
You can see it in my previous image

As for the figure

Go for the new one

Besides the red almost all the painted colors got replaced with metallic version.

The original yellow plastic all got replaced with painted gold or molded gold (parts for the back)

The torso is now molded in red plastic with the white painted in instead of the gray plastic painted in red

The lion head is able to spin freely
But doing so the new one is now missing two guns (the original comes with four)- the head no longer have the space for them

But the best improvement I think is with the shoulder joints.
The original figure the shoulder joints just flaps around and barely holding the arms.
The new one is tight.

>>11556496
>>11556525
>>11556538
He looks great - now we just need a Flash Lio Convoy redeco of him to go with the Burning Convoy we got a while back.

Speaking of POTP, I just recently got a used Predaking off ebay.

>>11556676
Predaking is a very cool combiner but god their head is ugly.

>>11556533
It's TFWiki Willis

Lightbulb went off in my head. Nitro Zeus would be really doable with Senator Shockwave's head replaced by Siege SW's. He's even got those big ass thrusters in the back that can raise over his head.

>>11556496
cute retro packaging
>cartoon accurate head
i love anime, and i love lions, but the cartoon head looked goofy, and WAY too small. as does this one.

>>11556876
Prime NO!. It's a trap!

>>11557001
The alternative looks terrible, a result of them trying to make every beastformer "realistic" since kingdom, which has only really worked for the dinos

>>11557161
the alternative needed work, but at its basis it was good
that reminds me, I got some of that putty to rework his face (for a different project, but I have it now)
I think the mane (heh) thing keeping me from doing it right now is I'd have to do it for Nemesis Leo AND this custom I made too. and then color match the paint.

>>11557161
>which has only really worked for the dinos
megatron, dilophotron, and one third of magmatron have a really fucked head to leg ratio. dinobot is a bizarre choice of basing him more on the old toy than the show or a velociraptor. Terrorsaur is inexplicably based on airazor. naw I think it's safe to say they fucked up the entirety of dinos.

>>11557161
The bugs also faired pretty well, except for Inferno's cutesy ant mode. It was only really the mammals that suffered.

>>11557233
the cuteness of inferno's ant head was certainly a detriment, but much worse were the spazzed-out legs.
also forgetn't scorponok. his beast mode is mostly okay, but there's so many compromises.. that hollow tail..

>>11556113
I saw this thing go for clearance as low as $2, but I didn't rescue it because I didn't really like Metalhawk and Bludgeon etiher since they were just bricks
Did I do the wrong thing ;_;

>>11556538
Is the voyager good? It's 34 CAD (deluxe prices) with $6 shipping

>>11557375
I would argue that leige Maximo is worse since the claw mode is ugly and misproportioned as sin. At least metalhawk/vector's blaster mode looks decent.

If you wanted a cheap little prime master for a display it was probably a good purchase but other than that not really

>>11556876
Nemesis Primes throne

Scavenger came in today, and finally, Devastator is complete!

>>11557430
heyyyy wait a minute...
You put the leg on upside-down, dummy.

>>11557433
Thanks for looking out.

>>11557440
holy shit he's gonna devastate my entire.. situation.

>>11557235
Scorponok's problems weren't anything to do with having a more realistic beast mode though, it's just a badly designed toy.

>>11556018
This is that faggot Laserwave btw

>>11557499
true. I guess I shouldn't lump that in.
but I could say the same about lio convoy's lion face. it's not the realism that held it back, but that they messed it up a little.

got concept art megatron in the mail, he's really expressive

Amazon just pushed my Mixmaster preorder up to Wednesday, and my Skydive preorder to Friday.

>>11557719
Shame about the whole transformer thing.

>>11557794
if they focused on just a tank they might've come up with something as cool as brawn or arcee, but yeah the modes aren't great

>get legacy armada prime
>This happens with the rachet hips

Is the in between dead region of the rachet joint supposed to be this wide and weak?

Why is it designed it like this for something that transform into arms for the super mode?

>Mixmaster, Skydive, Alpha Trion and Onyx are all shipping from Amazon this week

Well, looks like it's going to an unexpectedly fun (and expensive) weekend.

>>11557851
And Canada has them a week early, maybe even Asia for all I care.

Anyone remember any figures that include a tiny accesory that both a peg a peg holes on the opposite side? I want to use a spare Star Optimus gun as a shoulder cannon, but the included peg is too small and I'd need the least intrusive adapter so it doesn't look too off.

>>11557960
I've got an accessory here that fits except I can't remember who it came with. It's a small grappling hook that pegs into a piece that itself has a peg.

>>11557960
Proofread before you post. I can barely tell what your illiterate ass is asking. Weaponizers, ER Bee's bazooka guns, and nonnef 5mm adapters are go-tos for that.

>>11557719
>>11557806
I like him. Robot mode is awesome, tank mode is kinda meh, jet mode isn't too horrible. Personally, though, I think the hidden gun mode is pretty neat - even has a flip-up gun sight!

>>11558177
>Transformers fans will post this and and laugh at the 90s Punisher gun toy

>>11558230
I mean, that's a little different - that toy was an ordinary human contorting into a gun, while this is a transforming robot who was already known to turn into a gun contorting into one, among other forms.

>>11557833
I saw that hint of finger, you chalky devil

>>11555091
Canonically a fembot.

>>11558395
Also apparently obsessed with trying to murder this guy.

>>11558408
Are his arms supossed to look uneven?

>>11558230
it's 85% of the way there!

>>11558422
one is tilted forward while the other is- hey wait, their mounting points aren't level, you're right!

>>11558430
Also I found the answer myself it was just drawn wrong. I would've believed it was on purpose because Halloween is a season with a lot of bodily deformities. Also, I don't get how you make a candy corn dragon and don't make the tip of it a snout. The flat face looks stupid.

>>11558432
you'd have to hide the eyes and mouth somewhere and they'd end up lookin kinda silly.

>>11558432
>Also, I don't get how you make a candy corn dragon and don't make the tip of it a snout. The flat face looks stupid.
Agreed - the crib dude makes for a better looking dragon. I have no idea why they didn't just bend that candy corn tip down to make a snout - it's right there.

anyone bother posing micromasters around aotp star convoy yet?

I’m surprised cassette Ramhorn has never been repainted to create a new character (not shattered glass).
Seems easy enough. Paint him green, give him a name already trademarked by Hasbro, like Short-Fuze.
And voilà, new Autobot character so the Ramhorn mold doesn’t go to waste.

>>11558689
aren't there kind of too many cassetteformers already?
I mean yeah people like them, and they like soundwave and soundblaster, but... their altmodes are pretty tied to their tapeplayer masters, and those guys can only hold so many tapes. And the autobot tapes are just NOT as popular.

>>11558689
>>11558712
honestly they need to make more cassette player characters to justify having so many cassettes in my opinion

it's what, soundwave, blaster, and doubledealer as of WFC Siege? I don't count soundblaster and twincast as separate characters.

>>11558744
Hey that's a dilly of an idea. One could turn into like, one of those really businessy tape recorders used for confessions or whatever, he'd be this really hardcore autobot who wants to grill everyone..

>>11558744
Why does Perceptor come with Ratbat and Ramhorn if he doesn’t have a chest to open and insert them?

>>11558748
Quick Case (the 'brief'case detective. Get it?)

Short attention span, probably friends with Blurr, works with prowl?

>>11558751
https://youtu.be/YsgPcdf1gCM

It references this scene. It's also probably to do with the pricepoints. Blaster was a voyager so they'd likely have to include a third cassette and bump him up to leader like they did legacy soundwave. Perceptor on the other hand can get some new gang-molded tooling and come out at a voyager pricepoint.

>>11558757
how did blaster get away with being a voyager with a pack in partner anyway when titan class figures can't even include a mini con

>>11558744
Mainframe could've worked. He used to turn into a reel to reel computer

>>11558767
I knew we DID get a toy of him, but I would've loved one that turned into this

>>11558748
It's worth remembering Soundwave actually turned into a minicassette recorder

>>11558770
Yeah, but unlike this one, which would have no room to turn into a robot, he turned into a microcassette _boom box_ which is such a silly idea and I love 80s japan.
those lil businessy confessy tape records also come in both normaltape and tinytape versions. In fact, I wanna say... dictaphones or whatever? were even smaller tapes.

CHUG figure when?

>>11558767
>>11558768
Honestly, this design seems like it would be exceptionally easy to pull off with a 3d printer.

>>11558774
I remember some 3rd party tried a Soundwave like this. I was tempted to get it, but I heard that the quality wasn't so good.

>>11558744
VCR transformer

>>11558781
This figure has notoriously terrible quality despite how cool of a premise it was.

>>11558781
that's really impressive usage of limited altmode space..

new
>>11558884

>>11558761
>titan class figures can't even include a mini con
Cybertron metroplex and nemesis are the only ones that don't include any form of smaller figure. Tidal wave comes with his smaller ships for megs so i count that.

I'm getting Leo Prime, what am I in for

>>11558979
General excellence

>>11559000
Huh

>>11558979
Get Leo Convoy instead

>>11559004
I'm getting the Legacy one, I know he's Lio Convoy but I'm going by the product name in case people would get confused
Aside from the lion eyes, are we good to go

>>11559006
I'm just saying I think the Takara version just improves it by a large margin

>>11559049
Wait, the Takara version of the Legacy figure? I didn't realize there was one, or I forgot because it'd be expensive
I JUST want decent eyes

>>11559689
>eyes
you mean the lion eyes? because it redoes the entire lion face, making it smaller, and weirdly cartoony despite being from an anime (it's clearly inspired by Tezuka who in turn was clearly basing his stuff on western cartoons)

it also redoes the mane, making it robotic and angular, which.. in the anime, that's a magical transformation, and the beast mode still has a fur mane. but when it transforms, the lion face is also supposed to change, so... this isn't really satisfying either.

>>11559746
What the fuck? No, this is amazing. I'd rather take an expressive Lio Convoy in beast form (the beasts were a bit more expressive in the anime from what I recall) than a completely dead and accurate lion. And missiles that aren't actual dogshit either. One one hand holy shit am I missing out, but on the other hand I guess that's why it went down to deluxe-level prices?

>>11559753
iirc the missiles are the same but you get fewer of them

>>11559778
No, the Takara ones are actually painted instead of just being indistinguishable from the mane

>>11559811
but aren't they meant to be the same color as the mane?
also, i assume the takara one comes with the gun that, in america, only nemesis leo got?

>>11559816
https://youtu.be/f1wmdc6EEAA?t=1184
Nuh uh
And no uh, the default generic Maximal rifle is something that ONLY Black Lio Convoy got.
Wait. Why DOES Takara's have two less missiles, in exchange for having them look decent. I guess painting the others differently was too much?

>>11559829
that's weird, but I'm glad I got two black lios to repaint one..
>gray missiles fired out of black launchers, and red-tipped black cannons that pulse
huh. that is NOT what I thought they looked like.
They weren't like that in the original 90s toy, right?

>>11559839
>bought two to repaint one
What the fuck
And they were just simple red and brown spring-loaded launchers for the original toy
Oh man, the Takara one looks way better than the Legacy one

>>11559846
there was a sale, and I really like the mold. Lions are my favorite, so I wanted to do a realistically-colored lion with a dark blue altmode.

>>11559881
Oh okay, fair enough, sales are always good