The Action Pose Thread

[GoktimusPrime]

(I don't have Hot Spot... but donations are always welcome! )

[SuspectimusPrime]

(I don't have Hot Spot... but donations are always welcome! )

Very, very nice I'm still waiting on Artfire, and would like a Pyro/Spark/Botcon 2010 boxset without having to pay eBay prices.

As for Hot Spot, you may want to keep an eye on TRU US (http://www.toysrus.com/product/index...prodFindSrc=rv). I got all 3 GDO Voyagers for $30 a piece after shipping

[liegeprime]

Nice one Gok! Mine is still in my POL while Hotspot's at Phil heheehehe. Did you get Stepper too?

[GoktimusPrime]

As for Hot Spot, you may want to keep an eye on TRU US (http://www.toysrus.com/product/index...prodFindSrc=rv). I got all 3 GDO Voyagers for $30 a piece after shipping

Eeehhh... not yet convinced that I want Hot Spot. I initially just wanted Classicsverse Inferno and Grapple. I got Pyro because it's cheaper than getting an original that's likely to fall apart on me (having said that, Pyro cost me $80, making him my most expensive exclusive toy [and one of the most expensive toys I've ever paid for in relative terms (i.e. compared to RRP)). I got Artfire for similar reasons... I'm not willing to pay the aftermarket prices for the G1 toy - $62 for United Artfire is a much more agreeable alternative.

But Hot Spot... I dunno. I already have G1 Hot Shot, and I don't feel the urge to have him in my Classicsverse collection. I already have enough versions of this mould. If he were a new mould like Silverbolt and Onslaught I'd definitely get him, but as a retool/repaint... eh. Maybe if he's still cheap when I've got nothing else to save up for or buy (currently still saving for Encore Fort Max!)

Did you get Stepper too?

Nah, I didn't bother preordering it because I already have reissue G1 Stepper, and I'm really not that big a fan of the RtS Jazz mould (the non-locking chest thing really bugs me), so I passed it and I haven't been able to find one at a price that I'm willing to pay ($50 is the most I've ever paid for an exclusive Deluxe). The cheapest Stepper I found was for about $70-80ish in Japan last year... for a Deluxe?!? Pppfftt... easy pass. Sure, in hind sight I wish I'd preordered Stepper and just gotten him at the original RRP (4700JPY/AU$51)... but I didn't know at the time that they would do a United Artfire later. If I could predict the future, I'd retire and win every Lotto game. So all things considering, I'm happy with what I've got.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Coz I am fishing for complements... ;P



FLAME ON BOT-CHES!!

[GoktimusPrime]

KNOCK OUT VS SMOKESCREEN! Battle of the Repaints
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(I took this shot to show that there was no cheating in keeping Knock Out aloft -- just pure balancing )

[GoktimusPrime]

It really is bigger on the inside!

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

As requested, my attempet at Hadoken.



Cheating with perspective and crappier FX

[GoktimusPrime]

Kickback leads his army


Kickback wielding his BFG


...damn it's heavy


Kickback vs Ultra Magnus

I tried to give Kickback a more 'feral' or 'frenzied' animalistic looking fighting style

Ultra Magnus Vs Kickback

Here I've tried to give Magnus a more "disciplined" looking fighting style, striking a solid stance (as best as I could with the toy's articulation anyway)

Ultra Magnus kicks back!


Ultra Magnus fights Kickback with Diffusion

Even with all of Kickback's funky extra limbs, all Ultra Magnus needs to do is get a good hold of just one of those limbs and he can control the rest of Kickback's body (as I'm sure folks here with any experience in grappling may appreciate )

Ultra Magnus locks Kickback into a hold

[seespotrun]

Skywarp stands alongside a sibling design. Both were from Shoji Kawamori, also known for designing the planes in Macross.