That happened to me once. Went to be local parcel locker to pick up what I thought was an eBay purchase, turned out to be W1 Combiner Wars (all classes.)Quote:
Originally Posted by DaptoDog
I had to go back later that day for the eBay order
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That happened to me once. Went to be local parcel locker to pick up what I thought was an eBay purchase, turned out to be W1 Combiner Wars (all classes.)Quote:
Originally Posted by DaptoDog
I had to go back later that day for the eBay order
Just stickered up LG Fort Max. He's looking very.... patriotic. #RedWhite&Blue :p
Starting to prepare a 2016 Ozformer Awards voting form. So many Titanmasters!
Highly anticipated as always Paulbot!Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulbot
Will the Ozformer Member of the Year award go to griffin yet again or has the "BTT for 2016" campaign done enough to secure the votes.
Will Sinner's acquisition thread name "February Acquisitions." (note the ingenious use of the full stop) beat all the other equally creative monthly acquisition thread name (including janda's "March's Acquisitons") to take out this year's gong.
Well... I have 2 Generations Kickbacks now. The Deluxe Fall of Cybertron figure and the new Titans Return Legends figure. The Legends one is better in terms of scaling with Bombshell and Skrapnel, as well as just generally not looking like a massive freak. :p Not much point using the FoC figure as a generic Insecticon because it's outta scale and there is no Deluxe Bombshell or Shkrapnel to go with him. And there's probably no point in trying to sell FoC Kickback either, cos let's face it... you might as well go buy the cheaper and better Legends figures in stores now. :o
So I've decided to retcon my FoC Kickback as Bob in the Gokiverse. :D
That's actually a cool idea! He's never really struck me as being particularly "Kickback-y" apart from being a generic grasshopper. Bob is almost a closer match, given the somewhat chaotic design of the FOC mould.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
Topspin, and the likely Twin Twist can be knocked off that list soon too. Topspin was revealed recently
In my universe, different toys based on the same character usually represent a different point in that character's timeline. For example TR Bumblebee is him during the Titan wars, while the others are from other points in my universe.
Same here. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Handsprime
That is how I used to justify it, until I ran out of room :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Handsprime
What is this Room you speak of??
I was having a look at Titans Return Doubletwinfernocross, and noticed that he has the spark gimmick wheel moulded & painted on his chest in beast mode.
#thelittlethings
It's a great time to be a Skywarp fan in Australia. There's the G1 Legion Skywarp at Big W going for $5, the CW Legends Skywarp going for $10 at the Reject Shop, and the CW Leader Skywarp at Target going for $39 as of 15th December (tomorrow).
I get the feeling after opening my Sky Reign today that the UW line is not worth buying anymore unless you just want fantasy G1 combined modes cause aside from Sky Lynx none of the figures seemed like great replacements for previous CHUG releases.
Funny thing for me is that Skywarp was my favourite Seeker when I was a kid, but as an adult it's Thundercracker, who was my second favourite Seeker as a kid for entirely different reasons. Skywarp was my favourite because I just loved his ability to teleport, and a black jet just looked really bad-donkey to me. :) Thundercracker was my second favourite because I just love that deep metallic blue plastic on the toy - he was the first Transformer to have metallic coloured plastic. :D But as an adult, Thundercracker is my favourite because I'm more appreciative of the moral ambiguity in his character.Quote:
Originally Posted by FatalityPitt
I quite like CW Sky Lynx (never got the UW version) but I only like it as a stand alone figure. The ability to combine has absolutely zero appeal to me. I've never transformed him into his Sky Reign mode and in fact I didn't even really know what it would look like IRL until I got Liokaiser and vicariously experienced it via Deszaras. :p But I found Sky Lynx to be worth buying, it's just that his combining gimmick is an added bonus feature which I'll never use. But it's a feature which doesn't detract from the toy, so I can live with it. TR Galvatron on the head really suffers from being a Headmaster.Quote:
Originally Posted by DELTAprime
Like you, I've grown to appreciate Thundercracker a lot more in my adult years. Character-wise, he's quite endearing, especially in the IDW comics. Also when you compare him to Starscream; he's the underdog.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
For me as a child, even though Starscream stood out the most in the cartoons, I always thought the coneheads (Ramjet, Dirge and Thrust) looked hilarious. I got interested in Transformers a bit late, so I never saw the original G1 Seekers toys until years later. Though I did have G2 Starscream and Ramjet as a child (EDIT: I found them to be so-so), so I had some idea on how the G1 iterations must have looked like.
I think if I had to choose a favourite seeker, it's a tie between Starscream and Thundercracker. Skywarp has a nice deco, but he never really stood out to me (I guess that's what happens when you're clad in black at night Lol).
The Second year jets didn't interest me as much when I was a kid. I got Ramjet as a birthday present in '86 and I got Dirge and Thrust later in the 90s when friends who'd "grown out" of Transformers gave them away to me. :p
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It's also an incredibly underwhelming figure. But size-wise here's how TF Jr. Metroplex compares with Mini-Cons and Smallest Megatron...Quote:
Originally Posted by FatalityPitt
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...psdq2h3feo.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...ps2ybqpenw.jpg
If you just want little desk display figures, why not just go for the Super Collection Figures/Heroes of Cybertron? :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by FatalityPitt
SCF Metroplex
Heroes of Cybertron Metroplex
Super Collection Figure Fortress Maximus
Heroes of Cybertron Fortress Maximus
I sometimes like to pose or transform the toys on my desk to pass time, or relieve stress. I'm not really a fan of Transformers that don't Transform (Action Masters Lol). If I can't shake my craving for a mini Fort Max, I might cave in and import the Kabaya kit (EDIT: the recent "Metallic Edition" one) - if I can find one cheap enough.. Don't worry about me, I have a plan :)Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
But thanks for the suggestions.
5 more days until the Year of the Monkey ends and the Year of the Chicken begins. On New Years Eve/Day I like to carry a Transformer with me whose alt mode matches the incoming year's lunar zodiac animal, e.g. this year's NY I had Apache (mandrill) with me to welcome the New Year, and I took Optimus Minor (monkey) with me when I took my family out for a New Year's lunch. Apache came with us on a NY road trip. The year before then I had Ramulus (goat) with me to welcome in the Year of the Caprid.
Next year is the Year of the Chicken, and frustratingly enough it's the only lunar zodiac animal which has never been used as a Transformer's alt mode. So my dilemma is, which kind of Transformer should I have with me to ring in the New Year? My thoughts are:
* a bird Transformer. Since chickens are birds.
* a dinosaur Transformer. Since dinosaurs are also birds.
...or I could go with Archadys or Airraptor... I'm torn! What would you guys do?
Motormaster like playing chicken.
I thought the year of the Chicken only starts on Chinese New Year?.. Hmmm. Ok, sure.. A couple options:Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
- Beast Hunters Legion Windrazor
- G1 Cutthroat
- Titans Return Ptero
- Titans Return Crashbash/Cobbler/Overboard
- G1 Dezaras or the recent Combiner Wars one (If you want to be highly adventurous. Actually, out of everyone on the list, G1 Dezaras resembles a chicken the most!)
http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/...urus_g1toy.jpg
Most of these (except Dezaras) are small and easy to carry.
Gigastorm.
Deathsaurus.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
I mean, Airazor or Beast Machines Silverbolt could work too, but Deathsaurus' alt-mode is basically a giant metal death-chicken so it seems more appropriate for the year that's going to bring us President Trump.
Actual date may vary in different regions, but the earliest celebration is on January 1st, as the Meiji government decided to sychronise the Lunar New Year with the Gregorian calendar in 1873.Quote:
Originally Posted by FatalityPitt
Of all the toys suggested, the only ones that I actually own are:
+ Beast Hunters Legion Windrazor
+ G1 Cutthroat
+ CW Dezaras (the G1 figure is called Deszaras (commonly spelt as Deathsaurus by Anglophone fans); only the CW character is called Dezaras.
+ Airazor (original mould and Transmetal)
+ BM Silverbolt
I don't have Gigastorm, but I do have Trypticon. Other birdformers I have include Laserbeaks, Buzzsaws, Garboil, Sundors, Rav, Wingspan, Divebombs, Booster X10, Squawktalk, BW Silverbolt (Magnaboss), Doubledealer etc.
Also, if Gigastorm is a valid suggestion, how about other Dinoformers? I'm going to avoid pterosaurs because they are biologically unrelated to birds (they're actually reptiles, not avian-dinosaurs). I'll definitely keep Deszaras in mind when I'm making next year's New Year piccie. :)
just transformed a few of my old TFP deluxes and was impressed how complicated they were compared to the current line. Some of the transformations are very very complex - better than some of the current Leader Class TFs! Anyone else noticed this?
There was that archaeopteryx one as well. It's probably your best option if you're going for the dinosaur-bird link route.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
There's also always the Angry Bird TFs if you have any of those.
Technically two of them. And I have both. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Ode to a Grasshopper
Not a bad idea. I do have Angry Bird Ultra Magnus. And AFAIK it's a "species-less" generic kind of bird (let's face it, it's a ball with a face and beak attached to a transforming robot).Quote:
Originally Posted by Ode to a Grasshopper
For his birthday on the 19th got Orion a RB Hoist & Medix, Stomp'n'Chomp AOE Grimlock along with a BH card and TFP wrapping paper.
For Xmas everything was other themed gifts except for a plush TF AOE Sword & TF popping candy. He told me that 'Santa made a mistake' because he didn't get more robots. :p
You mean RiD Prime? Yeah, the Deluxe Rachet seemed simple enough, but Knock Out (deluxe) was a mind-boggler. I theorize that they made the transformations simpler because some people might have complained about them being too complex for younger fans. Also, the more complicated the transformation, the greater the risk of breakage, I think. If you're into complex/challenging transformations, you might want to check out RtS Deluxe Perceptor. To this day it still baffles me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dinkydarth
You know you've got an unhealthy obsession with Transformers when you start having dreams and/or nightmares pertaining to them.
I dreamt last night that I ordered an expensive figure online, I think it might've been Encore G1 Fort Max (can't remember exactly). Instead of receiving the figure I wanted, the online store posted me 5 or 6 copies of a Voyager Class "Link" figure, which was an unpopular figure that noboby wanted. I was going to email the store, but the website closed down, and their phone number was no longer in service. So instead of having the figure I wanted (...and paid silly amounts of money for); I got stuck with half a dozen copies of a toy no one wanted.
I think this is a sign that I should try to go cold turkey from Transfomers for a while..
.. Oh yeah, and for anyone curious enough, in this dream/alternate universe; the unpopular Link figure was a Legend of Zelda homage toy that was basically a green/brown/yellow redeco of TR Alpha Trion (same mold, except without facial hair on the head).
There's a thread dedicated to discussing Transformers dreams here. :)
C'mon, you've lasted 32 years without breaking away from Transformers, why start now?Quote:
Originally Posted by FatalityPitt
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...ps3sk4ao1s.jpg
Wow, this site has everything. I'll be interested in reading about some of these dreams..Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
Yeah, I suppose that there are worse things I could be addicted to. Even if I do drop Transformers (which would be very VERY hard), I'll probably find something else that'll rule my personal life just as much. Lol
I swing between video games and Transformers personally. If I'm not obsessing over one, its the other. My wife wishes I'd obsess over her :pQuote:
Originally Posted by FatalityPitt
My main thing were comic books (DC, Marvel, Image, etc) until this year. Before I was just a casual Transformers fan, then when Titan Masters turned up at stores, it became a full blown obsession. The first Transfomers I ever gotten as a child were all Headmasters, and spending most of my childhood in Malaysia; the first Transfomers fiction I watched was the Headmasters anime. So Hasbro/Takara really got me by the balls when Titan Masters were announced.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tetsuwan Convoy
I suppose it's good timing, since (frankly) Marvel comics had been declining in quality since their AXIS event (actually the crossover events have been sucking for years, except Secret Wars - the only good event since 2010). Though, DC seems too be getting better with the 'Rebirth' relaunch.
Yeah, I have that figure, quite tricky transformation.Quote:
Originally Posted by FatalityPitt
May 2017 be full of TF toys, movies and cartoons to your liking.
:DHappy New Year!:D
A Transformers New Year greeting to all. :)
^Pretty much accurate. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by FatalityPitt
The larger boxed figures in Machine Wars were all just G1 figures redecoed and repackaged, but some of the retooling made them not as good as their original figures. The most noticeable of this was the retooling of G1 Thunder Clash as MW Optimus Prime. While MWOP definitely had better colours, they did remove his rapid fire missile launching gimmick... although it's still mentioned in MWOP's tech specs! :eek: The smaller carded Basic figures were all moulds developed but never released for Generation 2.
Machine Wars allowed Hasbro to test the market to see if there was still any interest in vehicular Transformers in 1997 with relatively little cost to themselves since there was 0% R&D into the line. All that effort was being poured into Beast Wars. And you can't blame Hasbro for doing that, because we saw how the vehicle-based G1 ended and G2 utterly failed as an attempted revival. Twice bitten thrice shy. :o
I was one of the impatient ones who imported MW from the US (as during 1997 it was an US KB Toys exclusive line), only for MW to then be released in other countries in 1998 and in Australia it shelfwarmed badly. Really badly. Kmart even started selling them in "versus sets" which was two toys (an Autobot and a Decepticon) but stuck together via shrink-wrap. :p This made them better value for money, but I still remember seeing those "versus sets" clogging shelves for yonks. You literally couldn't give these toys away. On the other hand, Beast Wars was a solid seller and bringing the Transformers brand from strength to strength. :) On the ugly side, BW also attracted toy-scalping scum bags. :(
Meh... considering that this was an abandoned G2 concept it doesn't strike me as odd at all. Remember that G2 also gave us...Quote:
Originally Posted by FatalityPitt
* A green Megatron
* A purple Megatron
* A black Mirage
* A purple Ramjet
* A brittle gold Slingshot
* A fluoro "hurt your eyes" Soundwave
* A white Blast Off (hey, that's realistic!) - with purple camouflage (never mind...)
* A blue Sideswipe
* A black Sideswipe (okay, this actually worked well for him; although the weapon colours were still terrible and the MP toy deliberately avoids this)
...etc
A green-headed Prowl wouldn't have looked out of place among these toys. ;) At least the rest of his body spotted the same black and white colour scheme of the G1 toy.
In retrospect, Generation 2 also would have been difficult to market. I theorise that G2 didn't catch on mainly because of the inconsistency between the toy aesthetics and the cartoon. If memory serves, the G2 cartoons that aired during the time the toys came out were basically repeats of the original G1 cartoons. The problem: The aesthetics in the cartoons didn't match the toys being sold at the time; e.g. G2 Sideswipe was black (or blue) while he was still being shown in the cartoon as red, G2 Ironhide was either a jeep (powermaster?? I forget the name of the gimmick) or a silver ute (gobot) while his cartoon portrayal still showed him as a red van, etc, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
So as you can imagine, the cartoon didn't advertise the toys as effectively as it did in the 1980's.
Dilemma:
1) Hasbro could have commissioned for a new animated series be made for G2, but that would have been expensive and it had already been done (original cartoon).
2) Make the G2 toys look faithful to the cartoon... but if they did that; fans who collected G1 since the begining might complain about not getting anything new and different.
There was of course the G2 comics published by Marvel, which applied the G2 aesthetic to some of the characters featured like Megatron and Sideswipe. However the problem with comics is that they don't reach as wide an audience as a cartoon on free-to-air TV. Also, the comics, to be honest, were pretty violent (Case in point: http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/...s_Override.jpg). If young kids were the primary demographic to sell the toys to, the comic wouldn't have been appropriate.
G2 was a tough sell. Fortunately, with Beast Wars, they were able to enter fairly unexplored territory that both old and new fans could get into. Plus, some might disagree, but the toys were excellent! The common use of ball joints made the figures more articulated and posable than ever, and the organic exteriors gave the beast modes a somewhat realistic look. Also, because they were all animals (not aliens or mutants); this wasn't a gimmick within Transformers, but something totally new.
I think vehicular modes were dead and done at the start of the BW days, and the only way they could be fashionable again was for old fans to become nostalgic, or for Hasbro/Takara to run out of ideas or gimmicks around Beast Wars that they'd have to go back to vehicles. All of which happened eventually.