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>>5378310
Recommended Figure Guide (a work in progress):
http://pastebin.com/vgkZ1EBp
>>5381809
>>5381773
>>5381756
Yeah, I want to see some shit that wouldn't look out of place on my classics shelf. Hell, they dont even need to be classic g1 characters, just give me some solidly designed transformer toys that don't stick out like an overly designed thumb.
My biggest dream 3rd party line would be something that just focuses on unconventional alt modes. Taxi-cabs, Busses, farm equipment. I mean I know it would probably be too risky to pull off, but I'd like to see 3rd party stuff -expanding- my toy roster. Most everybody liked Steel Core right?
Maybe not cramming every surface with blocky greebly detail might actually make them less expensive too
>>5381863
One guy in the 3P thread argued that most 3P designers are good 3D modelers, but they're not necessarily good with aesthetics and stylization.
I wholeheartedly agree with that point. it perfectly explains the weird aesthetics you get with 3P designs, and them stacking on more and more layers of detail on their designs
>>5381863
Waifushit line when?
>>5381952
Iron factory's making legends cute waifu toys, like Windblade and Arcee
>>5381863
I want a line that turns other famous movie/tv cars into transformers.
Differentiate the designs as much as needed to avoid lawsuits, of course, be we'd all know a transforming delorian when we saw it.
>>5381960
>Differentiate the designs as much as needed to avoid lawsuits, of course, be we'd all know a transforming delorian when we saw it.
We're getting off topic, but like, XTransbots announced MP Windcharger and Tailgate, and one repaint for them is the car from Knight Rider
>>5381965
Does it look like hasselhoff?
>>5381977
i think its just a repaint?
there's just a pic of a black MP Windcharger car, released two years ago
No updates yet, but it'd be cool. I'd prefer the Tailgate face
>>5381998
Yea, I guess it'd be more than it's worth.
I'd settle for even just a afro accessory.
>>5381941
They probably know they HAVE to make it different (ie: unnecessary greebles and whatever the fuck) to not get assraped in court by lawyers, guys.
>>5382077
I get where you're coming from, but your argument would have only made perfect sense a while back. it doesnt hold water anymore cause everyone is doing Masterpiece toys, who look exactly like the characters because of cartoon accuracy. so it doesnt make sense that non-MP designs HAVE to be different..
>>5381562
Let's pray it's better than the third party Ironfist with a 80% chance of exploding thighs.
>>5382144
>Ironfist with a 80% chance of exploding thighs
Still buttmad about that.
>>5382283
The mushroom peg (I think that's what it's called?) came off extremely easily.
People assumed it was a manufacturing error, but others reported that their figures didn't have any stress on the peg, and it still came right off. The likely cause is the plastic they used, since their other 2 figures using the same mold didn't have this issue.
Really starting to wonder if I should just buckle down and buy Onslaught with Scattershot.
Every place I find him he costs nearly as much as he does when packaged with Scattershot.
>>5382325
That's because most places know they can't make a profit on Scattershot because Hasbro fucked him up, so they have to raise Onslaught's prices.
>>5382327
Just be patient, anon. Same shit happened with Motormaster and Blackjack.
You guys remember when everyone started scalping blackjack because of some rumor that further releases of him were getting cancelled?
>>5382325
I did. the actual sale price isn't any more expensive than getting them at say, TRU or Walmart. And I may as well get scattershot, on the off-chance that bullshit technobot rumor turns out to be true.
>>5382336
Might as well wait for Takara at this point.
>>5382336
Same here, I don't normally see the first few waves of the year. They either get skipped, or arrive in very small numbers, and I sure as hell don't want that awful tan chest plate.
>>5382325
I got the same fucking issue Anon. It's biting my ass every day. I just want to finish my Bruticus team without being fucked in the shitter by scalpers, or forced into buying Red Superion.
>>5382338
>doesn't want tan chest
>"lol wait for Takara"
>Takara
>the ones that do cartoon accurate figures
>where he had the hideous tan chest
>>5382349
>>5382341
>>5382336
Where does the "tan chest" even come from?
>>5382349
But the cartoon chest was more a dark brown, with shades of purple.
>>5382362
From Onslaughts animation model... I think.
>>5382349
The tan chest they showed at Botcon isn't cartoon accurate either.
>>5382370
oh god please no I don't want it
>>5382373
It looks like shit. Who the hell approved that color?
>>5382362
Why is Onslaught white as Bruticus?
>>5382376
you don't prefer reedun?
>>5382377
It looks like the same plastic color as Brawl
>>5382349
The real question is, when we getting Baldigus/Ruination?
>>5382386
the ACTUAL real question is why would anybody want that.
>>5382386
We might get it from Japan... from their Tokyo expo or whatever, since that's how they released Scourge.
>>5381824
Remember this post? Yeah it's shaping out to be true isn't it?
Get ready for the other pictures soon.
>>5382388
about the same reason your parents wanted to have you in the first place.
>>5382424
99% of these are directly from the Transmissions Podcast guys, who have predicted everything so far. Quit shilling your own "rumors" mixed into it, faggot.
>>5382388
No the revised real question is why aren't we getting a CW urban camo Ruination?
>>5382424
That post is essentially "no shit" stuff though. I'd hardly say they "called it".
>>5382373
Aaaaand this pic just convinced me to order a Onslaught & Scattershot set over waiting any longer.
Fuck getting shit chest.
>>5382325
Do it then donate Scattorshot. You'll get your Onslaught and some kid will get a toy instead of nothing at Christmas.
>>5382424
If all the stuff on there is going to look as wonderful as that Blurr, I'll be saving tons of money this year.
>>5382473
Other than the colors I think Blurr looks great, what's your problem with it?
>>5382469
>donate Scattorshot
I think you might have slept through christmas, but I'd hand him off somehow.
>>5382478
Not GeeeeeWAAAAHHHHnn enough it seems.
>>5382478
the color breakup sucks
>>5382469
I would except the only person with any kids I know of has girls, and they're far too young for these sorts of toys (ie: They'll break something off or try to eat the fucking cannon or broken bit and choke).
So I'm just going to end up stuck with the guy.
>>5382518
Who's this chick? Despite (or because of?) the derpy face, she's pretty as fuck.
>>5382527
No idea. Just some random pic I saved fuck knows how long ago off a thread in /v/ that someone used as a reaction image.
>>5382508
Except it's so geeewaaaaahn that the front end makes a shield just like on the original toy
>Warbatron Bruticus has issues out of the ass and a bad color scheme
>CW Bruticus looks like fat trash
>Fansproject's upgrade/overhaul is the best of the three but it's still polishing a turd
>>5382633
Being a Bruticus fan is suffering.
>>5382633
>>CW Bruticus looks like fat trash
CW Bruticus looks great. The silver chest version anyway.
>>5382642
I'm glad I like devastator more. Fuck. Anyone can get 5 different devastators at all sorts of pricepoints but Bruticus gets two shitty hasbro sets and a premium figure that reeks of QC issues.
I might do Fansproject or something. I don't know.
>>5382654
>The same exact mold for the twentieth time
>The same stumpy, wide-as-he-is-tall voyager figure
>Team members consist of the plane deluxe, the car deluxe, and the helicopter deluxe.
They've effectively released the same ~5 CW figures a gorillian times.
>>5382664
Get ready for more of the same in Titans Return.
>>5382664
You really expected anything different? Fucking Victorion has two Alpha Bravos in the same set for fuck's sake.
>>5382668
>Implying I ever purchased a CW combiner figure
Brainstorm was the last hasbro transformer I bought in store. Bought generations lugnut a couple of weeks ago online . Extremely disappointed with everything from CW.
>>5382676
Wise beyond your years, anon.
>>5382675
Reminder that that is what happens when you let "fans" vote.
>>5382682
I don't understand why people collect them. By all means more power to them, but they have to be getting tired of the same five freaking figures by now.
I'm assuming they don't sell these in box sets in stores. They go for 150+ dollars for the full set online.
I think as far as toys go you could do a lot better with 150 dollars then spend it on a set of figures you already own three fucking times.
>>5382683
The helicopter mold was legit good, just overused.
>>5382696
>spending $150 on any UW/CW set
You fucked up bad if you paid that much. A set of the CW limbs shouldn't be above $65, and a Voyager is around $26. A UW set usually goes for $120-137 or so. And you can usually find any of those with free shipping to boot.
Congrats, you can get maybe one Deluxe or Voyager sized 3P figure for that price. Maybe.
I was wondering if anyone had any tips on tightening joints. I'm new to this kind of stuff and I don't want to mess anything up. I mostly just want to tighten the hips on my Prime so he's more stable in combined mode. Also, what are some cool poses he can do?
>>5382719
Shoulda got the White Prime which had the Takara hip fix.
>>5382719
>>5382719
It's worked for me so far on every toy I've tried it on.
>>5381863
It's why I bought the Kaon from MMC. The novelty of having a figure that transforms into an electric chair for murderizing other figures on was too great to pass up on.
>>5382633
If you don't mind the Hasbro molds, the upgrade set from PE + mistransforming the Onslaught torso is your best cost to look ratio. If Takara can fix the paint schemes and deliver a proper blast off it might be the best option until some other turd gets around to Bruticus again.
I agree that in combined mode that Fansproject's looks great, but any other mode and its a mess of parts. Cool weapons though.
>>5382321
>The likely cause is the plastic they used, since their other 2 figures using the same mold didn't have this issue.
Quick question but which are those?
>>5382723
I got him as a gift from a friend before the white one came out, and I'm not a fan of that one anyways
>>5382750
Apply a small amount of it to the problem area (a drop or 2 from an eyedropper is enough for most ball joints, for example), move said area around a lot as best you can to work it all around that area, then let it sit for a full 24 hours.
It should be fine afterward, assuming you did it right. I've used it on quite a few figures, only one I haven't gotten to work on is my Motormaster, and it's probably because the joint thats floppy on him is a bitch to get the drops into. I have heard some people need more than one application, but besides my Motormaster, none of mine have needed it yet.
>>5382718
>Implying I'd touch a CW combiner
I have standards, thanks. I'd rather have $80 masterpiece carformer or a FP headmaster than one of the many variants of the same 5/6 robots.
>>5382763
I ordered it off Amazon. Walmart stocks it, but none of the ones by me had any in stock.
>>5382750
Just drop a small amount at each joint and it will spread by itself, it helps also if you move the joint to spread it.
Use a toothpick as an applier since you really need a SMALL amount enough to wet cover the ball and the socket.
>>5382755
Piston and War Gauntlet.
>>5382766
>I have standards
>collecting Transformers
>>5382766
>I'd rather have $80 masterpiece carformer
>not buying the same quality $30 KO
>>5382783
>buying KO
That's taking it too far man.
>>5382788
>Any money on a CW combiner more than once
>>5382765
So should he open up the ratchet and apply the stuff, or just dab some on the joint itself and work it in?
I've got a hotspot with awful combined mode hips and Id like to see if this strategy works for him as well.
>>5382822
CW Prime's hip ratchets aren't the problem as far as tightness goes, his knees are.
I really need to find some of this stuff for my PE-modded Motormaster. The torso upgrade helps but loose-knees on Motormaster really hurt Menasor after it's been applied.
>>5382828
PE is releasing one for CW Optimus Prime so I guess they're releasing one for the KKK Prime.
>>5382817
I've always just dripped some into a joint and worked it in, I dunno shit about opening toys up like that.
>>5382778
thanks, might try to get either of those if they dont have the thigh problem (hadn't heard they were immune before so thats cool)
>>5382800
>not following the fucking conversation like a mong
How many CW combiners do you people have? I mean y'all even spending dosh to upgrade those ugly things? I mean hotopinions.wav but damn the combined mode is ugly af.
>>5382854
A good deal on a bad toy doesn't make the exchange any sweeter.
>>5382788
$30 is cheaper than $45, dumbass. 1/3 cheaper, actually. That "not supporting Hasbro" adds up after time.
>Cucks
Strong insult when you rely on them so bad for ad revenue, Jin. Or are you still pretending to be Aryan? No one considers you to be white but you, faggot.
>>5382865
>Every KO is just as quality as the Original
QC is dodgy but paying 30 bucks for 80 bucks of engineering is always sweet.
>>5382861
I like Defensor's looks and... that's about it.
>>5382865
TakaraTomy, not Hasbro, dumbfuck. Enjoy your factory fumes over $15.
>>5382862
The conversation ditched being about CW and onto MP cars, mong.
>>5382884
I may speak about whatever I please, autist. You aren't obligated to reply.
Finally got my hands on AoE Slog!
Now I have the complete Super Sentai Citrusaurer team!
>>5382861
3. Technically 5, but I don't count Optimus and the G1 squad because I didn't buy them to combine, and the Combaticon's don't count because I don't have Onslaught yet (just ordered him today though). And all have PE feet/fists except Optimus and the Combaticon's (because their set isn't out yet), and my Menasor has the big plastic crotch supporter.
Enjoy what you want to enjoy Anon. I'm just happy to have something that both updates and recaptures my childhood, especially since I'm a newer collector and didn't have a chance to grab much of the stuff pre-CW save for fishing around eBay for deals.
I'm also not made of money, and buying all this stuff to begin my collection was expensive enough as-is, though now I'm starting to look at 3P stuff, mostly Feral Rex to cover my need to have a Predaking, plus he looks pretty close to what Predaking would, which is nice. A lot of the 3P stuff looks pretty odd at times, like all those Devastators with the wrong color green or completely inaccurately colored limbs. Other than that, I want maybe a few others like the FP Dinobot's, maybe Commotus and Hexatron, and that power core-esque IDW The Fallen.
>>5382879
>notasinglefacttobackthatup.gif
>>5382861
superion with quickslinger and white PE hands/feet. All I needed.
Bought a KO TFC Uranos that I want to MG-ize as I was inspired by someone on TFW making an attempt and they look amazing when you put lipstick on them.
>>5382861
I have all the UW releases so far. I don't plan on buying any of the shitty filler like Optimus though.
I have a third party Menasor and I had a third party Superion up until I sold it. The official ones + add ons are better.
>>5382976
The FP Menasor doesn't do it for me, neither does the official. I might wait until the Transformission Menasor parts start coming out so I can jump on that train.
>>5382861
I got CW Bruticus and that's it. I'm happy with it, and it's my first time with any of the molds so I don't really feel cheated. Still buying PE's upgrade set though.
I may end up getting UW Computron if that ever comes to fruition though. Bruticus is my favorite Decepticon combiner and Computron is my favorite Autobot combiner.
>>5382861
I own 3 complete; Superion, Defensor, and Devastator. I'm thinking of getting Bruticus too and finishing off Menasor since I do have the PE upgrades for Motor Master just in case I do finish the whole set.
>>5383049
Yes.
>>5383049
If demand for the TFCC limbs is low enough, I'll see if I can grab them for cheap so they can become Galvatronus' limbs instead. I think the colors would mesh well, far more than Bludgeon.
>>5382793
>I haven't found a KO G2 sideswipe though.
They're all over eBay.
Where is the best place to get Transformers Cybertron figures? My old ones are either missing or destroyed by my old house's attic.
Whatever happened to those japanese transforming robots that turned into bullet trains? They were announced a few months ago (i think they may have been made by takara), but nobody's mentioned them since. Only other thing I remember is that they weren't very articulated.
>>5383092
Ebay or Toycons.
>>5383074
This.
That bludgeon is stupid as fuck and that thunderwing head looks like shit
http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/takaratomy-transformers-unite-warriors-grand-galvatron-inhand-pics/34494/
For anyone interested in Grand Galvy.
>>5383114
"It's the factory's fault, honest."
-Brian Savage (pic related)
>>5383136
Vile
>>5383135
I feel like that starscream was a mistake
>>5383162
Personally, I just think it's going to break. The leg lock tabs on all my jets are pretty damn tight. I could see Statscream's legs breaking at them if they're anything like the rest of mine in terms of tightness.
>>5382861
Been collecting them since day 1
Silverbolt
Skydive
Air Raid
Fireflight
Quickslinger x2
Alpha Bravo x2
Thundercracker
Skywarp
Powerglide
Viper x3
Windcharger
Little Groove
Bombshell
Rodimus
Optimus Prime
Cyclonus
Motormaster
Dead End x2
Offroad x2
Breakdown x2
Dragstrip x2
Breakneck x2
Hot Spot
Rook x2
Blades
Streetwise
First Aid
Prowl
Sunstreaker
Ironhide
Mirage
Scattershot
All the Combaticons including Shockwave x2
Devastator
All the UW released so far counting Grand Scourge
Also got Runabout and Override from Adventure series
Very annoyed Runamuck and the green Viper are going to be mail orders going to make it very difficult to get
Even more annoyed how limited Deception combiner limbs are, it's why I have so many flipping doubles of them. And it looks like this year is going to be awful with a running change green Brawl, a bunch of narnishing bright Club exclusives and Grand Galvatron which comes with a limb that will likely crumble apart regardless of how you treat it.
>>5383135
>in hand pics
It's not in hand if company men are posting images. I mean, shit. It's not even a new image, it's just the promotional picture unphotoshopped.
>>5383074
Places like BBTS and the like are sold out of Spinster and Needlenose preorders
I wager Bludgeon is the only one to go really cheap, because we have Cyclonus and grand scourge torsos with no limbs
>>5383179
>Quickslinger x2
Damn you lucky SOB, I can't even find one for a non-scalped price and I don't have money to invest for a UW version.
>>5383192
I was that bad person that bought the max of him and break neck on amazon. gifted a couple to friends that got into CW and sold the rest when they spike to that insane $60+ a piece price.
>>5383198
Is that Knock Out on the left?
>>5383211
Hard to fathom, huh?
>>5383211
Yes
They made a Racing planet in the IDW comics and Knockout is a representative of said planet
>>5383198
When did IDW start putting out Sunday comic strips?
>>5383216
>racing planet
Cool. So kinda like in Cybertron/Galaxy Force? Are there other themed planets, too?
>>5382861
I've only got Menasor, worked on him over the course of a year
Drag Strip
Motormaster
Blackjack
Breakdown
Dead End
Brake Neck
Perfect Effect's PC-02
Nonnef Hip Ratchets
Perfect Effect's PC-04
Nonnef Shoulder Locks
Renderform's "The Eliminator" rifle
After some reprolabels I'm pretty much done with him.
Looking to build Bruticus now, for whatever reason there's just no autobot combiners that interest me. I WAS momentarily interested in Defensor, but that didn't last (only long enough to buy Rook)
>>5383234
yup
War Theme
Beast theme
Micro theme
I feel like Im forgetting a few but it's an ongoing seeking them out theme with a total of 13 colonies.
Yo if any anons in SC still need bruticus limbs the Walmart in North Myrtle Beach has a full set.
>>5381863
Yellow Cab and Hearse at like the two Carformers I'd want more than anything.
>>5383281
Minicon Overcharge
>>5383179
>Even more annoyed how limited Deception combiner limbs are
The funny part is they should have the lions share of limbs, given they have so many. Hasbro fucked up by making Devy some retardedly huge project, and not making Abominus/Predaking/whatever the fuck those Seacon combiner is named. They could've easily scaled Devy down to Deluxe's and made him his own special box set but kept the combiner pegs, and then made a dedicated Predaking with remolds into Abominus/Seacon combiner.
>>5382861
I just have Motormaster because he's cool, I'd have the other Stunticons/Combaticons in their robot modes, except the Stunticons are gone here and Combaticons haven't been released yet.
I went out looking for Combaticons today
I didn't find any, but I'm surprised to see some places still have Generations Tankor.
Man, the PE set for combiners is awesome, but i think the feet gun modes would be much better if they had peg holes somewhere, so you could stack the feet together and make a sentry or turret type device. Using them as handheld guns is silly since they are so huge.
>>5382424
>> Retool of Deadend Chrome
I don't want to live on this planet anymore.
>>5383198
A Geewun Classics style Knockdown when?
His Prime figures were underwhelming.
>>5383429
Well a prime knockdown doesn't exist.
>>5383440
I'm sorry my brain froze. A G1 Classics-style Knockout. Still forever waiting on Bulkhead.
>>5383456
>bulkhead
It'll probably be a long while before we get any animated classics that aren't in movie style.
>>5383460
At least we have Lugnut...
>>5383468
But he's in movie form. Not heavy, but he came out with the movie line. Good figure, but after 8 years of that aesthetic it's getting really oldnn
>>5383456
TFP:FE Bulkhead is good enough for me. It doesn't look terribly odd beside the the CHUG toys.
>>5383480
Only some movie guys even have the movie look to them
>>5383460
I'm wondering why they haven't repainted this into animated Prowl colors yet. Seems like an obvious choice.
>>5383324
One of my local Walmarts put out at least one case of that wave after Christmas. Tankor, Rattrap, FOC Skywarp I think.
if anyone has a scattershot they don't want i'll buy.
>>5383486
Yeah, but the problem is that IS just Prime Bulkhead. I'd like to incorporate the character into my regular collection, but I think he should get something new.
I'd be all over homages to Prime Bulkhead, Knockout, and Breakdown (which we're getting), along with some Armada homages especially. Those toys themselves didn't really live up to the excellent character designs and colors.
>>5383491
I'd be down for a TFA combiner team. Problem though. Should bulkhead be the torso or prime? IF they had to be retools use hot spot for prime, rook for bulkhead, of course first aid for ratchet, and groove for prowl. Here's where it gets tricky. Bumblebee won't work for what's available so he can get a new mold. Retool Off Road with a plow up front for a sentinel piece? Maybe do a dead end Jazz?
>>5383480
Reveal the Shield was a weird gray area between Classics and Movie.
>>5383530
You just got Starscream and Megatron you greedy fuck
>>5383555
Just Starscream, Megatron was lazy.
>>5383570
You mean 86.
Junkion.
working on a sorta upgrade type thing for my computron... thoughts?
>>5382458
Same here. Of course BBTS are selling Onslaught and Scattershot together only because they know no-one would buy Scattershot otherwise.
>>5383660
I think I now want a transformer with an etch-a-sketch alt mode.
>>5383662
Ironically, thats where I bought it from. If only because other places I get shit at were working out to be more than getting it there.
When are they going to revive Beast Wars? Not just making new toys of existing characters, but making new characters with new molds that feel like they came right out of the 90's. Like a Maximal hedgehog or a Predacon Daddy Long Legs Spider. Some more sea-creatures might be nice as well.
>>5383681
Never unless they do a line focused on beast era like how they did combiners and headmaster/titan shit.
>>5383660
Make it for the "g1 mode" a panel to lock the arms in place using the 5 mil port on them and some crotch/ leg armor.
>>5383698
There is a 50:50 tossup between Pretenders and Beasts for the third section. Those are the two big gimmicks left.
>>5383296
I wonder if Overcharge is like the Autobot equivalent of Swindle.
>>5383681
The RID15 beasticons seem to be popular enough for them make better versions. Maybe if they become a big hit with the kids, Hasbro might go in that direction.
>>5383720
He's Micromaster Swindler's righthand bot.
>>5383715
Powermasters, Action Masters,
>>5383735
The former is being merged with Headmaster/Target/Micro, etc and Action Masters are in the AoE and RiD lines.
>>5383730
I don't think anyone wants Pretenders again. Holy shit those toys were terrible. Headmasters and the like were cool (kids losing their toy heads aside), but Pretenders were hideously bad.
>>5383735
I don't even remember what either of these were. Were the Actionmasters the GI Joe like figures that didn't transform?
>>5382861
So far I've only bought a handful, mostly different molds.
Fireflight
Breakdown
First Aid and Ironhide (because the Universe2 version is that bad)
Streetwise
Air Raid
Vortex
Swindle
Scattershot (yeah...I skipped Silverbolt because I like the Universe2 version)
Onslaught
I will definitely buy UW Bruticus.
I will probably buy Brawl, Dragstrip or Mirage, Sky Lynx, G2 Menasor.
I would probably buy Lightspeed or Strafe if they make them.
>>5383744
>Holy shit those toys were terrible.
They'll probably do what they did with RotF bludgeon.
>>5383741
Merged how? by being ignored completely?
>>5383744
If they did it right it'd be awesome, I love the decepticon designs, I'd settle for non transformers figures of them.
>>5383756
Yeah. Headmaster from Powermaster Prime, Headmaster from Targetmaster Blurr, Micromaster base-esque play pattern at the Legends scale.
>>5383681
Well, Takara announced that 2016 will be the year of Beast Wars.
No new characters probably, but it's something!
>>5383754
I wasn't around for that, and I ignore the Bayformer trash heap designs, so I'm a bit ignorant here. What'd they do with him?
>>5383730
>Eh there's a difference between animal like robot modes that have vehicle alt modes and robots with beast modes.
Sure there is. But if your beast/vehicle hybrid doesn't take off, do you think they'll do a whole new cartoon filled with beast-formers?
>>5383771
Made a tank with the robot mode based on his shell
Who writes this garbage? I don't think even walky is quite this bad.
Quick! Is a better Transformer practical or cool looking?
>>5383774
Heres a question: Do original beastformers (Grimlock and co, Predaking, any other G1's I might forget like the Seacon's, or the big red preying mantis guy, or insecticons) count as beast transformers? Or are they their own shit? Would a beast line see us with some updated G1 Dinobots?
Or does the beast shit only count 'bots that have non-robotic beast forms (ie: the Beast Wars crew before Transmetal stuff, etc)?
>>5383785
Practical. A Transformer can look great but be a nightmare to play with (Genetations Rattrap), while another can be relatively plain, but be great to play with (HFtD Hubcap). Hubcap is the better figure.
>>5383783
Transmutate's ep was after Airazor was out of the show, so that might have worked. Like Friezabird and Prostitutespider find an apparently female one and get all self-explorey, wondering what a female in terms of Transformer is?
>>5383761
Can you even really call them those if they don't even have those gimmicks? the only reason people call the new leader class Optimus; Powermaster Optimus, is because it's what everyone refers to that bodytype as, even though it's a misnomer.
I'd say this is simply the headmaster line, none of the others make a appearance (a halfassed base mode out a leader isn't what micromaster bases were) and any of them can be the next lines gimmick, but hasbro could do anything else, so it's up in the air.
>>5383785
both are good, but I prefer cool looking. cause i'd buy transformers that dont transform if they looked cool
>>5383799
>Little robot comes with a thingy it can ride which turns into two modes
>>5383783
Can't you just look at page history?
>>5383803
Those aren't micromaster bases, they're vehicles for headmasters.
>>5383799
>people call the new leader class Optimus; Powermaster Optimus
I call him Ginrai, but thats a good point.
>>5383818
That thing doesn't deserve the name Super Ginrai.
>>5383818
It is Hi-Q and and Optimus Prime
>>5383820
technically the headmaster is called Apex.
>>5383783
SJW Allsparkers
>>5383824
That is just Hasbro being shit about keeping trademarks.
>>5383830
Yeah, that's probably why.
>>5383824
They shoulda called Apeface's headmaster Apex
>>5383789
Who was the big red praying mantis guy?
I really want to like that new PM Optimus, but I really wish they'd at least give him 2 new guns (both the same), and had the new cab section have bigger boob windows (or hell, have the fake chest armor resemble PM Prime's chest).
>>5383841
Although it's still inaccurate, I to feel ginrai fits the mold better, human piloting a Optimus-esque body? sure, that works, more so than a Optimus headmaster that, on his own, is smaller than most of his troops.
Seriously how does that work, if Apex/Hi-Q is his own entity, where is optimus' mind?
>>5383845
Just had to look him up.
http://toys.tfw2005.com/repugnus-3-216
This guy.
>>5383857
Same place all the other Headmasters. In the body part.
>>5383857
Body probably. Not like an alien shapechanging robot really HAS to have anything contained in his head.
>>5383862
Cheers.
>>5383889
But then you can't have the little body and the big body doing things at once
>>5383889
You are not the only one.
>>5383889
>Japan did it better, tiny robots who control bigger mindless mechs, none of that two linked minds stuff
Yeah, if we ignore that the Autobot Headmasters had super powers for no reason.
>>5383899
Like half the 84 cast had random superpowers.
>>5383896
What if the vehicle component was attacked? it'd be like deliberately putting yourself in the situation that happened in The Autobot Run episode.
>>5383901
Yeah, but got silly. They had:
-Telepathy
-Fortress could summon his sword if his friends were in danger
-Head Formation
>>5383916
Where can I read up on these supposed super powers? I haven't seen the headmaster anime.
>>5383916
Soundwave can read minds, Skywarp can teleport, Trailbreaker can make forcefields, and Bumblebee can drive underwater.
>>5383916
>Telepathy
They're robots, so that isn't so odd
>-Fortress could summon his sword if his friends
were in danger
He's an anime hero, they all can
>-Head Formation
Admittedly pretty dumb
>>5383929
http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Head_Formation
>>5383931
The worst part was that I don't think any of the Decepticon Headmasters had any of those things, it was just the Autobots Headmasters, so it made the DH really pathetic by comparison.
>>5383945
Mindwipe had vampire powers, the other two didnt do shit though
If Arcee's boyfriend is a super warrior, why is she not a badass combat specialist like him?
>>5383953
Oh yeah, I think he had those in the Marvel comics as well.
>>5383938
That's that stupid thing alot of these types of shows do, as is the sword thing, Power of friendship bullshit. Telepathy isn't that odd. The base concept, I feel, is better than the western one.
>>5383958
>Be a bat
>Get superpowers 100% of the time
Literally the best beast altmode
>>5383899
>no reason
Didn't the show explain them getting powers as a result of training on Planet Master? Which of course was a super terrible world where they had to train to survive.
>>5383971
>Hellbat had mind reading powers too
Damn man, you're right.
Anyone know a good place where i can buy armada transformers?
>>5383971
And Ratbat's power is... accounting?
>>5383984
EBay.
>>5383930
>Soundwave can read minds
Ok, this one is kind of bullshit, but it can be chalked up to technology if it's against other robots.
>Skywarp can teleport
Plenty of sci-fi has personal teleporters. Hell, lots of TF space travel tech involves teleporters at times.
>Trailbreaker can make forcefields
Another common sci-fi technology.
>and Bumblebee can drive underwater
He's a transforming car. Being water tight is probably possible. As would be having things for sea locomotion. Unless he doesn't have any propellers or something, in which case, it's kind of bullshit.
>>5383997
The most fearsome power of all. Seriously, he somehow was the best Decepticon leader in the G1 Marvel comics.
>>5384036
>Ok, this one is kind of bullshit,
According to bios, Soundwave's hearing is so good he can hear the electronic signals in other Transformers heads = mind reading
but actually mind listening. :)
Threads went quite so i'll pose a question to get a discussion going.
What would be your dream toyline?
>>5384200
Highly poseable TF action figures, either with a style based on the cartoon or an exaggerated anime style
Revoltechs should have been good, but they're based on the Dreamwave art style...
>>5384220
It'd be good if they did a animated film with models that detailed
>>5383220
Sunday comics are occasionally funny, that is like a Walky comic.
>>5383681
"Beast Wars was a mistake. A dark time."
-John Warden
>>5383828
Winner winner. Probably that Verity or whatever he calls himself now.
>>5384241
Hiring that guy was a bigger mistake. Many of the Beast Wars toys were so good they still hold up today, like Razorclaw the crab, or Powerpinch the earwig.
>>5384270
Not to mention that AOE Scorn is basically a deluxe version of he Ultra T-Rex Megatron without the shellformer kibble, and he's one of the best figures from that line.
>>5384282
I don't usually keep up with Transformer news I don't read here. TFW2005 and all those other news sites either focus more on third party than first party or have clunky websites that would take hours to load on a supercomputer, let alone my secondhand piece of shit I got in Bedrock.
>>5384285
How's Fred?
Rate my haul.
There was more to this but it was non-TF related statue shit
>>5384338
8.2/10
>>5384338
>in Japan every Optimus mold gets a Nemesis recolor without fail
>Hasbro never does Nemesis, and when they do he's some pooey off-black.
You'd think Evil Black and Edgy Optimus would be one of the most bankable bad guys they could sell, up there with Megs and Screams.
>>5384348
>Hasbro never does Nemesis, and when they do he's some pooey off-black
Or they let their excuse for a "fan club" do it.
