what the hell am i doing wrong with rampage???
behind the bulldozer blade, where dowes the bit between the 2 pistons go???
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what the hell am i doing wrong with rampage???
behind the bulldozer blade, where dowes the bit between the 2 pistons go???
Just spent about 20 minutes transforming Leader prime, must say i'm impressed with how everything slots in but as other have mentioned, the instructions really don't help at all.
What a fine piece! But prefer bot mode :)
I saw the leaders today. Megatron's gimpy arm didn't look as bad as in pics but it is still bad. Leader Prime on the other hand looks awesome but I still think his paint job is somewhat cheap.
The voyager Prime looked very mediocre to me, almost KO red plastic but Starscream looked pretty decent with a greatly improved Jet mode but the claws sticking from the back really hurt it.
Oddly enough that's the only ROTF TF's Ive had a chance to look at so far, and overall I must say I'm impressed. I really like the jet mode, the claws at the back are a bit of a pain, but at least there flat black so they don't jump out at you. Overall though I find him to have a very good jet mode for a regular Hasbro toy, certainly the best depiction of a F22 to date. He also has landing gear that's not embarasing, a rarity for a TF these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by kup
Robot mode is pretty cool, though it does lose out to the original in some places, mainly that ROTF Starscream has even more distance between shoulders than the original. He's also a bit smaller though I consider this an advantage as he looks better standing next to Blackout, deluxe Brawl etc etc. The mecha alive gimmick is pretty meh, but it does add some nice detail. And as long as were talking detail, I love Starscream's new head sculpt it looks spot on to the movie.
Overall though aside from the Jet mode the other place ROTF Starscream outcalsses his predecessor is in his transformation. ROTF Starscream is way more interesting.
So overall my first ROTF toy experience has been a good one, overall ROTF excitment for me has increased by 15%. We'll see if that lasts when I open the next one.
ROTF Knock Out is cool. In the Diggerverse he is the little brother of Energon Arcee.
I like ROTF Dead End as well. Creepy looking little bastard with great hands although at some angles the wrist and elbow articulation is a little loose.
I didn't really spend much time with this (as I converted it to bot and haven't changed it back yet) but I know what you're talking about. When turning it into bot those 2 pistons fell down and I was trying to think where they'd go when converting back... From what I could tell at the time there isn't anything to attach them too (like there is in bot mode) - they just kinda float around amongst the other stuff. :/Quote:
Originally Posted by Krayt
Difference on TakaraTomy Japan release of Leader Class Optimus Prime:
http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?t=4399
If you look at where his two front legs sit in alt mode. You will see the black tips on the end of the legs which should have enough space to sit the piston connection to. Although it isn't too secure. I would have thought it connects to the back of the blade but there's not such connections.Quote:
Originally Posted by Krayt
As cool as the toys may be... the lack of paint makes me sad :( Will be skippin' most of the movie toys I think...
Likewise.
Was most annoyed at the amount of paint damage to various sideswipes from twist ties no less. Have had less trouble than I thought getting him to stand up and have actually managed to get some cool poses. The Mech-alive thing is pretty cool, with the "tendon" bits on the thighs and kneecaps.
Dirtboss is nifty, but when I have him forky mode, the side panels don't sit flatly. Am I doing something wrong? I have the arms pegged to the legs and everything looks as it should, but they just don't fit right.
Like Knockout, especially the way his head looks like the nose of the bike!
Leader Prime is lovely jubbly. Nice to have a movie accurate toy this time. I like the lanky look over chunky TF1 version. I will have 1in trck mode and ROTF in robot mode for sweetness. Shame about the blades blocking arm movement, but at least they are there!
Soundwave. Hmm, cool robot mode as he looks nice and regal, but the vehicle modes dont do it for me. Probably coz they don't look like anything. STill not too shabby.
I like the look of Starscreams Tats, but I won't be getting one.
I recently bought deluxe class Rampage and I have to say it's the first ROTF toy I'm disappointed with.
The transformation is fiddly and generally not much fun, it has WAY too much yellow (Bonecrusher was broken up really nicely with different pain apps, what happened here??) and the 'centaur' look they are going for is one big epic fail. Instead it looks like a weedy bipedal decepticon pushing up against some weird bit of machinery with legs.
Having said all that it's not a terrible figure, but it's certainly not as enjoyable as the other ROTF toys I've bought so far and by no means is it a must-have.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ng/rampage.jpg
My Sideways is pretty fine as far as paint QC goes. And I don't find the feet a problem. Having difficulty getting his rear wheels right when transforming him back to car though. overall though his biggest flaw is he has to much red plastic in robot mode. other than that I think he's a really good deluxe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tetsuwan Convoy
Haven't had a look at him yet though I did get him, but you hilight my main problem with a number of the old movie toys including old Leader Prime, I like my Movie toys lanky rather than chunky. I think it suits the alien movie style better and defines it from classic G1 style. As such though its a bit splayed to the side I prefer ROTF Starscream to the 1st movies chunky Starscream. I just wish they would redo Ratchet now, he's to blocky for me.Quote:
Leader Prime is lovely jubbly. Nice to have a movie accurate toy this time. I like the lanky look over chunky TF1 version. I will have 1in trck mode and ROTF in robot mode for sweetness. Shame about the blades blocking arm movement, but at least they are there!
And ofcourse a new Jazz, but that's not gunna happen.
your wish will be granted ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord_Zed
Rampage's jackhammer gimmick is really stupidly annoying as it impedes with the toy's poseability in robot mode. Teh suck. :(
I like the complexity in ROTF Sideswipe, its a decent transformation that is not as painful to align back into car mode as Barricade, but the robot mode really irks me when it comes to posing, his wheel-feet make getting him to stand-up a chore.
I like Sideswipe, easily the best of the first wave of deluxes, yet I much prefer Dirtboss as a figure.
I don't have any serious problems posing/standing Sideswipe. I brought him with me to a buffet restaurant on Saturday night where the table would have a few gentle movements from people dining on it, and it never fell down. And I've been able to do some dynamic poses with it too (one of which I posted on the Action Pose thread). <shrug>
I don't have Dirtboss yet. I got Rollbar last night and he's full of win. One of my all time favourite Scout/Basic figures since the original Rattrap toy. :) My only gripe is the lack of weaponry; this toy cost me nearly twice as much as what I paid for Rattrap, yet there's no weapon. Even if including a small weapon would've exceeded the budget, they could've sculpted a weapon onto the toy (e.g. forearm) like what they did with some Mini-Cons. My Rollbar is also a victim of Hasbro's QA because the paint on one side of the truck panel has a small chip. Can't be bothered exchanging it - but yeah.
Sideswipe actually fits right in with Alternity Prime. The head sculpt and size, also the detail. Sideswipe and OP will be hard to top in this line. Sideswipe is one of the best TF figures I've ever laid my hands on. Figure of the year so far for me.
Hence why I got Dirt Boss-his forklift becomes arm-mounted blades. And I love arm-mounted blades.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
Dirt Boss is cool. He feels a little loose, but that may be innate or something.
I'd get Rampage (or, as I call him, Flatwhips McCracken) if he was better.
Melee weapons are fine but guns are better. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by SilverDragon
Unless there G1 lasers that just knock TF's over, except in the movie. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
Unless you're in the G1 cartoon. Then swords can be used as lasers. Of course, like all other lasers in that continuaty, good luck trying to hit something.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
Of course, if you have swords in the G1 Marvel comic, then you're just screwed.
Unless your name is Bludgeon. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by SilverDragon
and the comics, a lot of carnage there more so than the movie.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord_Zed
argh! so i opened my three scouts all had paint problems:(:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
dirt boss has a wierd brown smudge, symbol scratched
rollbar symbol scratched both of them
knock out slightly scratched
knock out - flimsy side panels, bike cant stand up on its own, pretty good overall
dirt boss - fiddly so many holes and pegs to slot in place and getting the legs right in forklift mode, his seat go over his back and kinda just hangs there in bot mode
roll bar - mine has a crap left arm that keeps popping off! lil tricky have to get the fin things spot on to get the sides up, overall good
mainly the paint apps are shocking and let the line down:(:mad::mad::mad::mad:
How are Sideways and Breakaway looking in Australia? The ones in stores in the US seem to be lighter in colour (Sideways silver, Breakaway light brown) than the ones we bought at Botcon. ???
Sideways is a dark gunmetal sort of colour, quite nice really. Not sure about Breakaway I've only seen him in the store once.
Spotted this repaint on another forum...
http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/1240/dsc80071.jpg
How bizarre. Sounds like you got TakTom versions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulbot
now thats a sweet custom...id love to do that to mine...but im to scared ill ruin it. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by willocrew
It does actually seem like a running change. Members on TFW have purchased the normal and variant coloured figures from the the same store, in the same purchase. The darker variants come with the US instructions not the Japanese issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by jaydisc
Let me do a quick search... Here. 'ams' does a comparison and listed the different product codes.
Does Rampage have working treads? Because Demolisher doesn't (he apparently has little wheels like fake-treaded TFs).
nah, they're fixed. :( Kind of disappointed when I found that one out. And Demolisher doesn't have little wheels either, their fixed in his vehicle mode. They do rotate in his bot mode...but not easily.Quote:
Originally Posted by SilverDragon
They need to be fixed as part of the toy's transformation. But yeah, Demolishor really is a rather disappointing toy. Really should've been a Deluxe. Oh well. Rampage I can forgive because his treads breakapart in the transformation to form the whip weapons.
IMO the best Transformer toy with working caterpillar treads is Beast Wars Rampage. That's gotta be one of the sweetest feats of Transformers engineering - simple yet so amazingly awesomesauce! I love how the treads can roll in tank mode, but in robot and crab mode you can't see any trace of them at all!
i will have this toy!!:mad::o:DQuote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
Saw FAB Longhaul in Kmart today (along with the animated Sun/Shock 2-packs :eek:). That is one horrible, horrible shade of pea green. Bleugh! I really hope the voyager is a more vibrant green!
http://www.majhost.com/gallery/jimme.../worshippy.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by willocrew
Determined to make good where his Decepticon father went bad, Springer joins the Autobots!
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y57...2/S7303151.jpg
In robot mode he's a chubby little guy. He's predominately green (with small sparkles) with grey and orange. His head resembles a flying mask/goggle set like the ones worn by fighter pilots. An advantage he has over Incinerator is that he actually has hands, rather than rotor blades for fingers. However, he isn't very poseble, even by Legends standards-his arms move up and down, his legs move back and front stiffly, and his hands and feet can move as a result of the transformation.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y57...2/S7303153.jpg
Springer's alt mode is a V22 Osprey, like Incinerator. His rotors can only point forwards-likely the cause of his vehicle mode being labelled as a 'plane mode' as opposed to Incinerator's 'helicopter mode'. What is cool is that the rotors spin if you blow on them hard.
What is also cool is that he has his name printed in 1337 on his wings.
Apparently, Springer was due to be in the film, but was cut for some reason. Hasbro, though, saw fit to turn him into a toy (he also got a Robot Heroes figurine, too). Overall, he's pretty cool, but he could have been better with even a tiny bit more articulation, despite the size class restrictions.
RotF Springer reminds me of Obsidian.
I believe the same thing happened in the last movie with Arcee.Quote:
Originally Posted by SilverDragon
Is Springer a Scout or Legend?
I can't tell.
Only the Legend version is out at the moment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord_Zed