Universe Cyclonus

[liegeprime]

have you tried fitting Universe Nightstick into G1 Cyclonus's hand?

I have and it doesnt fit, not sure on the TM cyclonus though as my G1 Cyclonus is that of the earlier issue. It could fit with a little shaving , which is easy enough to do. NIghtstick looks awesome, just my opinion. Wish they'd make more targetmasters newer version. Its like a more useable minicon partner! But then I like minicons - its the only thing I like about TF Armada.

[GoktimusPrime]

Yeah... if anything I'd say it might fit on a G1 Targetmaster Cyclonus (1987) but also trying to make it compatable with an original G1 Cyclonus (1986) would be too much of a stretch.

Too bad TM Cyclonus is hideously hard to find here since the toy was never released in Australia. (-_-)

[Omega Supreme]

Yeah... if anything I'd say it might fit on a G1 Targetmaster Cyclonus (1987) but also trying to make it compatable with an original G1 Cyclonus (1986) would be too much of a stretch.

Too bad TM Cyclonus is hideously hard to find here since the toy was never released in Australia. (-_-)

Id say it would fit on the G1 TM version of Cyclonus, as I just fitted Nickstick to TM Kup with no problems.

[kup]

Is Cyclonus out in AU yet?

[jaydisc]

Officially sighted today. Yes.

[kup]

Officially sighted today. Yes.

Thanks, I am curious to see it in person. I may buy it too for the Cyclonus and his Armada thing but also because I don't like the creative choice of the Henkei's lilac and chrome.

[GoktimusPrime]

well that was done for show-likeness - same reason why the standard G1 Galvatron reissue was done in that colour. I prefer the darker toy-accurate purple on Universe too.



But there appears to be more significant problems with the mould rather than colours from what I'm seeing/reading. Gah.

[kup]

I don't think that Cartoon Cyclonus had purple wing. Also the lilac on the toy seems a tad too bright in pics but I want to see it in person.

Personally I think both Hasbro's and Tak-Tom's version have equally deterring issues even if different in nature but like Universe Galvatron, it may be easier to fix Hasbro's Cyclonus with a bit of paint.

[GoktimusPrime]

I don't think that Cartoon Cyclonus had purple wing.

Yeah, he did.

Also the lilac on the toy seems a tad too bright in pics but I want to see it in person.

You could say the same thing about the purple on reissue Galvatron and even e-Hobby Astrotrain. The shade of purple (and other colours) on these characters sometimes varied. Look at the two different shades of purple on cartoon Galvatron in the pic in my last post. Compare these different colours of Cyclonus from the cartoon: 1, 2, 3. They pretty make an approximation of a colour like the cartoon - Cyclonus was a lighter purple in the cartoon, thus he is as Henkei.

Also don't forget that Henkei isn't G1 - it's a tribute/homage to G1 and his colours are a homage to G1 cartoon Cyclonus. When I look at Omega Supreme's comparative photos between G1 and Universe Cyclonus the shades of purple aren't exactly the same - Universe looks a bit darker, but it's close. Universe Cyclonus' colours are obviously an homage to his G1 toy/comic colours.

[Omega Supreme]

Having them both in my hands atm, the Universe is actually quite alot darker compared to the G1 version.