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.