He's excellent for the most part. Only complaints I have is Cutthroat has a jaw that pops off extremely easy so could be lost easily and there is no large gun for Abominus' combined mode.Quote:
Originally Posted by SharkyMcShark
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He's excellent for the most part. Only complaints I have is Cutthroat has a jaw that pops off extremely easy so could be lost easily and there is no large gun for Abominus' combined mode.Quote:
Originally Posted by SharkyMcShark
Cutthroat got my metal pin treatment to fix that.
Just discovered potp Blots' Monster legs can swing open on a hinge. Yay extra articulation!
(noted by Justowen yesterday) On the instructions for POTP Blackwing (and probably Dreadwind too), it is called a Duocon... probably because like Battleslash & Roadtrap, the toys combine, making the term a 2-bot combiner gimmick name in POTP, rather than a subgroup name like in Gen1.
Not sure if anyone's called this out yet, but Cog's guns look very similar to G1 Cerebro's gun
http://news.tfw2005.com/wp-content/u.../Siege-Cog.jpg
https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2...erebrostoy.jpg
That's pretty cool.
Nice. Well spotted. :)
Cheers :)Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
I skipped out on TR Fort Max (and subsequent Titan Class figures) due to a lack of space in my home. At least with this version of Cog coming out, I'll be able to own a part of Fort Max that's updated (or CHUG-erised). If you have TR Fort Max, Cog's guns should add more incentive to get Cog when he comes out. He'd go well with TR Fort Max and Cerebros.
EDIT: I also like some of the paint apps on Cog, like the red stripes on the shins. They're reminiscent of the red double-barrelled cannons on Fort Max's shins. Even though it wouldn't be faithful to the original, I think it would have been good to add more paint to the face.
I was fiddling with HFTD Ironhide over the weekend and managed to find actual incredibly solid locking points for the hood/chest halves in robot mode, about 8 years after the fact (and unfortunately long after I'd lost the turret cannon thing).
What a fun little mold that one is.
You learn a lot when you actually play with your toys, especially with kids.
I discovered that the roll cage of Potp Beachcomber slots perfectly into UW Hook's hook. It actually looks pretty neat, a beach buggy being hoisted around by a crane.
Please explain?Quote:
Originally Posted by VERT
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Originally Posted by KELPIE
All the points on his bird head that fall apart. Like the jaw and bit on top of his head. Drilled them out and inserted a metal pin to hold it all together. Like what Hasbro should have done. Did the same with studio series Bees roof hinges.
I wish I was that handy, but I'd just end up destroying toys if I tried to mod them.Quote:
Originally Posted by VERT
Wow nice work.Quote:
Originally Posted by VERT
A bit too involved for my ability, but Cutthroats beak is the only negative in all of the Terrorcons for me.
Nobody knows the identity of the Hasbro staffer who attended the 1983 Tokyo Toy Show by him/herself other than this person being from one of Hasbro's European branches. It was this person who saw Takara's Diaclone and Micro Change toys, and then had the idea that Hasbro could release these products to the West. S/he would've subsequently contacted Hasbro USA and forwarded his/her ideas/suggestions to them, and the rest is history.
Man, I would love to know who this person is, because the Transformers would likely not even exist if not for him/her! Whoever you are, I salute you!
I always thought is was a Hasbro US person. that makes the story even more interesting.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
Are you and Gok thinking about Henry Orenstein? If you liked The Toy That Made Us then this is a fascinating read..Quote:
Originally Posted by UltraMarginal
https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www....535517%3famp=1
Also.. https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Henry_Orenstein
That really is a fascinating read. I love little gems like these! Thanks for sharing :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Deonasis
I guess that's him. we always hear of the Hasbro employee that went to the toy expo in Tokyo and saw the transformers and brought the idea back to Hasbro.
It could be the same guy.
He was also a Holocaust survivor! :eek:
Watching the Energon cartoon with my son and they showed a black and white image from Rodimus’ past. It clearly showed him surrounded by G1 Bumblebee, Gears, Ratchet, Ironhide and a bunch of others.
Never noticed that scene before - pretty cool Easter Egg :D
It was one thing that the Unicon Trilogy did well... Armada had some cool flashback scenes as wellQuote:
Originally Posted by BigTransformerTrev
Still find it funny that the original voice actor for Rodimus didn't even remember the show. Not a great sign of a show's quality when cast members struggle to recall working on it! :D
Robot heroes movie Optimus (thanks1Azrael1!) has waist articulation!
I didnt collect the movie ones, so it's news to me :o
An MP Conehead's box and CW Lio Kaiser's box have different dimensions and different surface areas, but the same volume. Feel free to re-check my calculations.
I think I'll just take your word for it :DQuote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
POTP Swoop and Cutthroat share arms.
*mic drop*Quote:
Originally Posted by Bidoofdude
Siege Lionizer is my first CHUG Transformer whose name begins with the letter L. I wonder if he is the first CHUG ever to do this. Are there any other CHUGformers whose name starts with L? (I don't claim to have a complete CHUG collection)
Well let's see, do you have: Long Haul, Laserbeak, Lightsteed, Leo Prime (legend or voyager) or Lugnut?Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
I've completely forgotten about Lugnut. A great Animated toy and even better RTS toy. Really liked how he was one of the originals from the Animated cartoon that got enough character development and fanfare that they decided to carry over his signature elements (the single eyeball a la HAL from 2001 Space Odyssey, claws hands, giant bomber alt mode) to other lines - like Bulkhead and Lockdown.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulbot
Oh wait. I just realised that I have others alphabetised separately by faction and sub-group which is why it's not appearing alongside Lionizer on my spreadsheet. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
Thanks to youtube autoplay, I accidentally saw part of a video review for ROTF Stratosphere the other day. Had no idea it had a teeny-weeny Optimus toy with a launching gimmick (just like in the movie). Actually thought that was pretty nifty.
I didn't realise that legendary Transformers writer Simon Furman was now doing Robotech comics (since 2017 by the looks of it)... which would be a good fit for him, but just feels weird seeing his name on one of the rivals to Transformers in the 80s.
If you turn POTP Snarl around, you end up with the base engineering model that became POTP Sinnertwin.
https://i.imgur.com/EtuO649.jpg?1
Wow, me either. Love a good Macross / Robotech comic... Quick! To the Internet!Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
Just got my Leader Class Shockwave. I never realised WFC Leaders had shrunk so much from POTP.
This is disappointing.:(
If only there was a way we could search for an image somewhere and compare... :pQuote:
Originally Posted by DELTAprime
All smarty bum comments from me aside, I hear ya & mentioned the same thing in the review thread.
I try not to look at review images and videos. I like to be surprised, but this was a bad surprise.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sinnertwin
Playing with Flywheels from siege last night (carefully checks spelling) and put the tank turret on his back. Looks cool like blitz wing. Also a tank and a jet. Also one of the comics mentioned dioxins being prototype triple hangers that failed.
Tetsaverse now has flywheels being a little bit related to blitzwing. Yay
Never noticed that The_Damned kinda looks like Judd Nelson. ;)
https://i.ibb.co/sjMYGFH/temp.jpg
(Judd Nelson photo by Benson Yee)