How is Siege Sixgun compatible with Titan Metroplex?

[Tilarta]

I read a note that some of the SIEGE toys were intended as companion pieces to the earlier released Titans (Metroplex, Trypticon, Fortress Maximus).

I just got Siege Sixgun this week and decided to compare him with the original Sixgun, just to see what I could do with his parts:
https://i.imgur.com/6LCGqDql.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/YuBuWyKl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/IKg7mkFl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/UVtlyhKl.jpg

Unfortunately, there was not a lot I could do, as most of his parts weren't able to connect with the G1 Metroplex:
https://i.imgur.com/MzB0wKkl.jpg
This is the only one I could use, the leg guns.

https://i.imgur.com/bPleKPIl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/YX781Pgl.jpg
Sockets weren't compatible.
Maybe some creative Shapeways designer could make the adaptors?


Which got me wondering, as the Sixgun SIEGE parts are much smaller then the original G1 parts, how the heck will they be compatible with the increased scale Titan Returns Metroplex?
Where exactly are you meant to connect them?

[GoktimusPrime]

You're using the wrong Metroplex if the intention is for CHUG Sixgun to be compatible with CHUG Metroplex then you'll need to use your CHUG Metroplex rather than G1. I suspect that the compatibility would come through the common use of 5mm ports.

I might have a fiddle with my CHUG Metroplex and Sixgun later tonight - if so I'll post pics

[Dan]

I might have a fiddle with my CHUG Metroplex and Sixgun later tonight - if so I'll post pics

Oh, please do. I don't have Thrilling Thirty Metroplex (was too penny-pinching back then and cannot help but think he's too wasp-waisted) but love seeing images of toys in context. :)

I do have Titans Return Trypticon and am very much hoping Brunt works well with him. In fact, since Brunt seems such a clone-like robot I might even get two and see if that allows my Decepticon citadel to bristle with bits even more. I can then give them character by having each claim to be Brunt, and insisting that the other is called Runt. :p

[Lint]

Which got me wondering, as the Sixgun SIEGE parts are much smaller then the original G1 parts, how the heck will they be compatible with the increased scale Titan Returns Metroplex?
Where exactly are you meant to connect them?

Here's some ideas (http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showpost.php?p=608995&postcount=9)

Though to be honest, there's less ways than I would have liked

[Tilarta]

What is CHUG?
I am unfamiliar with that term.

I only have a G1 Metroplex, so I wasn't personally able to tinker with the Titan Returns version and find out if the Sixgun parts can affix to the hardpoints to emulate his G1 configuration.

Mostly I just wanted to see if I could swap the arms with my G1 Sixgun to give him proper hands.
That didn't work, because of the socket system being incompatible.

Also, when you bend his arms at the elbow joint, the gunarm falls apart because the tab holding the black gun on disconnects.
They should have made the main socket better able to grip the black gun.

[DELTAprime]

CHUG = Classics, Henkei, Universe/United, Generations.

It's the term used by fans to describe the ongoing toyline that started in 2006 with Classics as it's had a ton of name changes over the years. War For Cybertron Siege is the most recent.

CHUG Metroplex refers to four different Metroplexs that were released in the 2013. The Generations release, The Takara Genenerations release, the SDCC release and the AKG-Con release. All use the same mould with minor deco changes between them.

https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Metroplex_(G1)#Generations

[GoktimusPrime]

What is CHUG?
I am unfamiliar with that term.
Classics Henkei Universe Generations
Sometimes known as CHUGUR (...United Reveal-the-Shield) or simply "Classicsverse."
Basically when Hasbro first released Classics in 2006 giving us G1 toys with more contemporary designs and engineering, and subsequent toy lines that carry on that spirit, which is currently the Generations-Siege-War for Cybertron line (CHUGSWFC :p)

[DELTAprime]

I see Gok is still pretending I don't exist.

[KELPIE]

(CHUGSWFC :p)

CHUGCWTRPOPWFC....?

[UltraMarginal]

I've been referring to CHUG as generations for several years now, as the original acronym has lost it's meaning and really there are multiple generations of characters represented in the various product lines, from G1, modern computer games, Beast wars, and coming this year, representations of RID magnus, convoy I think and some star convoy that I don't really know about.

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

Really, if they were after a catch-all term then 'Legacy' seems best to me. JMO.

[GoktimusPrime]

Meh, as fans we can just call the whole thing "Classics" even if Hasbro hasn't explicitly marketed it as so, although "CHUG" seems to have taken off.

Besides, the term "Generation 1" was used as an unofficial fan term for all pre-G2 Transformers for a good 7 years until it entered official usage. But we always knew what "G1" meant even though actual G1 era stuff was never branded as "Generation 1"

[Jellico]

I know plenty of people who have had no contact with the franchise since the 80s view 84/85 as G1 and 86 and beyond as G2. It wouldn't surprise me if that was where the term originates and was picked up more formally when there was an actual G2.

[Tilarta]

I actually numbered the production waves G1-G5.

G1=Optimus and Megatron Era.
G2=Combiners Era.
G3= Rodimus and Galvatron Era.
G4= Headmasters, Targetmasters, Powermasters, Pretenders Era.
G5 = Turbomasters, Predacons and whatever else was released as Hasbro's last design phase.

Officially, G2 was when they re-released some of the G1 toys with a G2 symbol and repainted most of the Combiners in new colors.
Anyone remember Bruticus in garish camouflage colors?

[BigTransformerTrev]

I've been referring to CHUG as generations for several years now, as the original acronym has lost it's meaning and really there are multiple generations of characters represented in the various product lines, from G1, modern computer games, Beast wars, and coming this year, representations of RID magnus, convoy I think and some star convoy that I don't really know about.


Meh, as fans we can just call the whole thing "Classics" even if Hasbro hasn't explicitly marketed it as so, although "CHUG" seems to have taken off.

Besides, the term "Generation 1" was used as an unofficial fan term for all pre-G2 Transformers for a good 7 years until it entered official usage. But we always knew what "G1" meant even though actual G1 era stuff was never branded as "Generation 1"

Yeah, either ‘Classicsverse’ or more appropriately ‘Generations’. CHUG doesn’t really work anymore.

Just like I personally think we should use ‘Movieverse’ rather than ‘Bayverse’ since there has been more than one director now. To be honest I never liked the term ‘Bayverse’ anyway, gave him too much credit. Not like the sod knew how to design a CG Long Haul or anything :rolleyes:

[GoktimusPrime]

Siege Sixgun with Generations Metroplex (http://otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?p=609912#post609912)