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>>5319950
Isn't that a Brave guy?
>>5319951
I've been following a HK transformers page for some time, I couldn't decipher alot of these thunder cracker post...until now.
>fucking takara
Poster compared this to acid storm qc...dunno what he's on about, mine wasn't this bad, but this is the worst I've seen, should see its face
>>5319981
He posted a pic of his acid storm next to it and the acid store does look fairly better...thanks google, your translations suck.
Still this is a worry, my ramjet better not be like this
>>5319950
The mistransformed leg gets me every time.
>went to Walmart to look through the Transformers, last time there they had a ton of stock of the Defensor molds and some Alpha Bravo's
>figure I'll nab an Alpha Bravo for shits and giggles, might as well, I've got UW Superion already so whatever
>everything gone except for the same 2 Silverbolts that have been sitting there for months, no one likes Silverbolt it seems
Ah well. I don't care enough about Alpha Bravo to actually buy him online, would have been nice to nab him just to "complete" Superion 2: Electric Boogaloo.
>>5320187
Very brave, going to Walmart this time of year.
>>5320191
Where I live you have to go to Walmart. It's the only shopping centers and grocers around. So I make it a habit now to just check out the toy section in between nabbing food.
Also, are any of those clear, claw-hand figure stands any good? Like those Tamashii ones or whatever, does anyone know? Would they support a Voyager figure? Deluxes? Was thinking of ordering a few sometime in the future just to display some jet/helicopter/flying figures a bit better. It does look rather unimpressive to have a jet just sitting on the ground.
>>5319953
It looks a bit like Volfogg.
>>5320222
It looks 100% like Volfogg.
>>5320229
The people who did the brave series worked on g1 of transformers before splitting off.
>>5320222
>It looks a bit like Volfogg.
It IS Volfogg. The original toy looked like that.
>>5320229
SOC when?
![RevengeBruticus_BlastOff_Vortex[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/FunA7hd.jpg "RevengeBruticus_BlastOff_Vortex[1].jpg")
I can't wait to imitate this pose with Combiner Wars Blast Off!
>>5320318
Or what of the opening scene in [spoiler]B.O.T[/spoiler]?
>>5320325
Damnit!
Forgot /toy/ doesn't have spoiler filter.
>>5320318
Here's another cool moment you can recreate.
Provided you have TFCC/Adventure Runamuck of course...
>>5320325
pic related always gets me
>>5320348
And this?
I wish the components of CW Bruticus didn't have so many issues (especially in Brawl's case).
>>5320355
Hey, dat Blast Off looks like Sky Lynx.
>>5320355
Probably a manufacturing error. Hope Takara fixes it.
>>5320318
Man, space shuttles and the Slingshot mold plane look similar enough, I don't get why people are so furious over it. The head, I get, but his alt-mode seems fine.
>>5320355
What issues? The only actual issue I'm aware of is Brawl's shitty hinge-waist.
The only other issue is people whining that Blast Off is a jet, which isn't an actual issue with the figures in terms of quality, it's one of aesthetics.
>>5320309
Not before this, but probably never.
If they release a GaoFighGar and Genesic we can consider ourselves lucky.
>>5320395
I don't think Brawl's cannon can rotate in vehicle mode? that's a issue.
>>5320404
If thats true, that'd also be an issue.
Ever notice that Optimus Prime always wear some jetpack to fly around, no matter the series? Well, if Megatron can be a truck, so Optimus can be a damn SPACESHIP.
Allow me to be the dog in your bowling alley by showing off my custom.
>>5320435
Better details of the spaceship mode. The 2007 Movie voyager Starscream is an great custom fodder.
>>5320439
Side view.
>>5320443
Bot mode. Sure, the proportions are LooneyToonesque, but heh, I do it for the fun of it. Not to sell it for a bajillion $ on Ebay.
>>5320439
First movie Voyager Starscream and Animated Voyager Megatron?
>>5320446
Pretty posable too, with rotating waist and all. The shoulder wings are also ajustable for posing.
>>5320447
Yup Animated Voyager Megatron for the legs. AVM is one very shitty toy, but his parts are very fun to use. As for the arms, DOTM Voyager Soundwave and ROTF "power attacker" Longhaul gave their parts. The head directly come from a Kreo set.
He stand tall and proud in my OP collection. Also, dust.
>>5320435
I love how in the Kanrabat universe, every other person looks like 07 Voyager starscream.
>>5320318
I know right!
>>5320468
That mold is my favorite to customise. Mainly because the legs and arms are not really part of the latmode, making them easy to swap them out for other things.
For those who don't know me allow me to be a bit lazy and linking to my other customs based on that mold.
http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/-kanrabat-s-kreation-apetimus-supreme-t87563s50.php#p1398772
http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/viewtopic.php?f=143&t=101045
http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/viewtopic.php?f=143&t=100995
I plan to be even more crazy with the next one. Trying to pull some beastmode out of it!
>>5320397
>If they release a GaoFighGar and Genesic we can consider ourselves lucky.
Why's that? GGG and Goldy sold well, didn't they? at least GGG did
>>5320474
What stands are those?
So I got Legends Skywarp today. First time with the mold. He's pretty hella, but I prefer Thundercracker's colors. I really, really like what they did with the nullrays- they're both 3mm and 5mm compatible! Unfortunately the only 3mm compatible guy I have is Legends Blazemaster...
>>5320191
Tell me about it, Anon. I went to Target today and it was hell.
>>5320237
Fun fact: there was a sixshot repaint that ended up in Brave Police. He showed off all his modes in the show, and the toy uses Sixshot's mold, too.
>>5320397
I'd love Takara to make Hotspot repaints of the twins. The bot and vehicle modes match almost perfecty with the twins' character models. Same transformation, too.
>>5320485
I really want to see Mother's Supreme Being. The idea seems cool. A chimera of Beast Wars/Machines ultras
>>5320485
You don't hide yourself well.
>>5320435
>>5320439
>>5320443
If that really is Kanrabat. please know that your customs are goddamn horrid, and we that we shit talk them here all the time.
before anyone starts praising this guy and shit, please remember that he made pic related
>>5320531
>Why's that? GGG and Goldy sold well, didn't they? at least GGG did
Because the regular releases of the secondary Super Robot Chogokin GGG Braves (Big Volfogg, Volfogg, HyoRyu/EnRyu, ChoRyuJin) shelfwarmed hard. J-Decker and Might Gaine too.
People doesn't seem really interested in anything else than GGG and its variations, unfortunately.
>>5320536
Standard figma stands.
>>5320485
These are all you, aren't they?
http://www.fimfiction.net/user/Kanrabat
http://www.ebay.ie/usr/kanrabat
https://derpibooru.org/search/index?q=artist%3Akanrabat&scope=scpedbe1f087b1205c5ac3552b6cba55cac87528e4f4&utf8=%E2%9C%93
https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1194141/Kanrabat
https://twitter.com/Kanrabato
http://intensedebate.com/people/Kanrabat
http://myanimelist.net/profile/kanrabat#statistics
>>5320549
Who the hell is kanrabat? An old tripfag? Sage for off-topic.
>>5320541
>http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/mother-cybertronian-matron--t101503.php
Jesus, this guy's a psychopath.
>>5320575
>read through
I don't see anything wrong here.
>gets to the very end
Never mind.
>>5320575
Still remember when he posted that abomination here and got upset when everybody told him that it was a disgusting piece of shit and sucked monkey balls.
Kanrabat, if you want everybody to tell you how awesome your customs are you should continue posting them in one of those forums full of circlejerks and falsehood. Everyone here will be brutally honest about them.
>>5320549
Yes and that's the point. I'm like a Dr Frankenstein of sort.
>>5320567
Let's break this down by links.
1) Yes
2) Yes (BTW, anyone want a Hegemon?)
3) Also yes.
4) Still me but that project was abandonned years ago.
5) No. Never had any Twitter and never will.
6) Yes.
7) No. Never even heard of the place.
I'm honored that you googled me!
>>5320580
Buahahahaha! I may build the "son" eventually.
>>5320596
>Buahahahaha! I may build the "son" eventually.
Please for christ's sake don't build another abomination like that.
>>5320187
Could be worse. My Walmart still has AOE Leader Grimlocks.
>>5320630
>Implying I'll listen
It will be an abobination to end all abobinations. It wont transform for sure. But it will make picture related way less disturbing by comparison.
It will take time. But evil have patience...
>>5320642
>It wont transform for sure.
Just call it an Action Master.
>>5320648
That'll do. Or a Hero Masher. Or a "shampoo bottle".
>>5320575
>http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/mother-cybertronian-matron--t101503.php
I really hope this isn't... IT IS! GOD HELP US ALL!
>>5320575
What do customizers have against Unicron to always take off his arms for projects?
>>5320671
Leftover parts after ripping his crotch, the most precious and elemental piece to any customizer working on a combiner.
>>5320575
>seibertron
There is a reason no one goes there anymore.
how the fuck does he fly with all the shut hanging off his wings
why does this bother me so much
>>5320690
>There is a reason no one goes there anymore.
Because they're the Official Home Of Funpub?
>>5320691
>Implying a spaceship need wings to fly.
>>5320690
I'll bite, what's the reason.
it seems like the least vehemently autistic of the 'big 3' tranformers forums.
>>5320694
>One of the most active and popular TF site out there.
>No one goes there anymore.
>>5320671
For several years he was one of the only really big (and well articulated) tfs. That's probably why people used his parts like mad in custom combiners.
>>5320716
Plus, he's not rare and pretty easy to find for cheap incomplete and broken.
>>5320725
Most are also missing crotch pieces.
>>5320733
No biggie since the arms and hands are usually the most used parts.
>>5320537
TFs are actually the only reason Brave , save GGG, can never be in anything again. Every single other show has at least one Transformers mold in some capacity in the series, and therefore minor liscence with Hasbro cause problems.
Beyond depressing that we'll never ever see any of those shows in SRW or any likewise game besides that one PSX game. Really wish that at least Takara would remember they made an Exkaiser MP and maybe make others. Would kill for a Da-Garn or Golden MP...
Neat. Wish the red chrome was gone, though.
>>5320817
Neat.
Which head would work better as a replacement for "Slingblast's" head? Alpha Bravo/Vortex, or First Aid?
Oh Hasbro you sly bastards.
>>5320838
>into the trash it goes
>>5320199
Plz respond, anyone. Really curious about these stands.
>>5320838
At least they are addressing it.
>>5320850
In their usual passive-aggressive 'fuck you' way.
>>5320796
The high end Brave stuff is seriously some of my favourite things that I own. I just wish there are more than four figures.
Don't worry Great Exkaiser and GaoGaiGar are both in a less dusty place now.
>>5320435
>>5320439
>>5320443
>>5320446
>>5320449
>>5320575
These certainly are things.Pyroflash is even sort of okay. The weird baby-thing isn't that weird considering all the weird shit in a lot of Beast Wars figures like veins, gut gun, and skeleton pieces.
>>5320705
Seibertron really buys into "number of posts by users = value of user's opinion" meme more than other TF site.
>>5320817
Nice
>>5320854
Based Hasbro BTFOing manchildren such as yourself.
>>5320893
A weird bloody fetus is a lot more strange than veins or a gut gun.
>>5320796
I'm sure Takara does want to do more Brave stuff, too; hence why a lot of their Japanese original TF stuff emulates it. But the legal minefield of Brave works two-ways. They likely don't want to make merchandise that'd partially benefit one of their competitors, bandai. I think the Diaclone reboot might be one of their go-arounds of doing Brave-style mecha without Sunrise.
>>5320919
There needs to be Transformers VS Gundam.
>>5320923
There's honestly like 3 or 4 mecha series I'd love to see cross over with Transformers before Gundam. I do think it'd be interesting to see a crossover where theAutobots side with the Zeon or Zeon proxy of a series.
>>5320923
I'd rather see a Transformers & Brave crossover first.
>tfw there will never be a team up between the Protectobots and Brave Police to fight crime
What a fucking travesty
>>5320540
I would pay large amounts of exclusive release dollars for this.
>>5320923
I'd prefer
>Transformers vs Mazinger Z
Turns out that Mycenae and it's Mechanical Beasts are really ancient Destrons. Can Kabuto Kouji and the Cybertrons protect Japan and the Photon Power Institute against the combined forces of Dr. Hell and Megatron? And what is Hell King Galvatron?!?
>Transformers vs Getter Robo
To survive a burst of cosmic radiation, a species of alien robots who had settled on Earth combined organic materials with their robot structure. Millions of years later, the Saotome Institute mobilizes the Getter Robo to fight the mysterious Destron cyborgs. But what role do the seemingly helpful Cybertrons have in this conflict? What is the "Unicron" that Professor Saotome discovered and what does it have to do with the Getter Rays?
>>5320838
I appreciate the middle finger, Hasbro.
>>5320865
I only own the G1 versions of them. I got the original Exkaiser MIB but missing stickers which kinda sucks cause it was un-applied so mine looks really white and the Sonokong release GaoGaiGar.
>>5320838
That's kind of a cool idea. An actual team leader decepticon.
>>5320707
>seibertron
>popular
This is what Funpub believes
>>5320333
Why the fuck would anyone use that lame shrimpy Legends figure instead of the correct TFCC version?
>>5321098
Because the tfcc is to big.
>>5320817
That's one nice repaint. Is it hommaging a certain character?
>>5321145
Yep. That's Star Saber from Transformers: Victory.
>>5320596
>Yes and that's the point. I'm like a Dr Frankenstein of sort.
Dr. Frankenstein took corpses and created an intelligent being. You create shit. Please don't compare yourself. You're more like Sid from Toy Story but without any of the charm.
>>5320838
I fail to see the issue. They're addressing that they know he should be a shuttle, but he isn't. Okay.
>Onslaught required him to change his vehicle mode once again. This time, he became a fighter jet in order to stay closer to the team.
See? That makes a tone of sense. At least, a helluva lot more sense than when he was a tank.
So I've never gotten around to watching the Brave series or collecting any of the toys from it but I just found this red Scorponok.
https://youtu.be/uE7caCCFWKc
Considering there's only 3 or 4 photos of the toy on Google images I'm guessing it's fucking impossible to find one?
>>5321211
It's a custom figure, unfortunately.
>>5321211
I thought it was released. If you look carefully, you see the green on the legs, hence a custom. My guess was they PLANNED to release it but big villain toys rally sell well in Japan.
>>5321218
Japanese place enormous value in the imaginary role play of toys and media. Most kids don't want to be the bad guys.
>>5321211
I wish they weren't so expensive and hard to find...
I really want the original toys of the symmetrical docking guys from GaoGaiGar, but they're like $100 a pop...
On the bright side, I bought the old "Galaxy Defender" kos of HyoRyu and EnRyu together for ~$25 until I can afford the real guys. The plastic quality is decent but the tolerances kinda suck. I fixed some of the floppy joints, but the ladder/crane parts are a bitch to attach in vehicle and combined mode. Especially on the combined mode. They fall off really easily.
Just got my hands on these and they're freaking nice.
>>5320838
Basically Blast off is just about as upset as most G1 fans about his vehicular transition.
Well played, Habro.
>>5321249
Nothing said he was upset.
>>5321257
>His unhappiness with the loneliness of stellar orbit has been replaced with anger at having to change alternate modes from shuttle to jet.
It pays to read.
>>5321257
It plainly says he's angry about being forced to change from shuttle to jet.
>>5321257
>anger at having to change alternate modes from shuttle to jet.
>>5320439
> Starscream humping Megatron
Just like my fan fics!
>>5321242
Don't leave your TFs in the dryer for too long.
>>5321303
I chuckled.
>>5320446
Anyone here got swindle?
Can he be used as a form of skates without anything being crushed much like rook in apc mode?
>>5321358
Not yet, but yes he can be a shoe, so does Brawl, unfortunately they have different height in altmode, so you'll have to use 2 Swindles or 2 Brawls.
>>5321371
>so does brawl
Awesome, more options, might get swindle or hound instead.
Unless they make another retool of brawl that isn't an exclusive I don't think tank feet would work if they're the same
How many of you guys plan to display your combiners like this when your Bruticus arrives?
Mine's going to be missing Groove (replaced by Rook, while the Stunticons are replaced by Sky-Lynx and the Masquerade dudes.
>>5321380
Well there's the running change on Brawl's color, early versions are dark olive/brownish and later versions will have the brighter green "classic" color.
>>5321396
Other way around. Early versions are olive drab green that doesn't match the promo art for the green Brawl, later versions will be the full brown color.
Anyone else here find they've been spoiled by Transformers? I get bored quickly with action figures that don't transform into something else.
>>5321393
I do, I have most of them, but who is Superion right leg, Streetwise?
>>5321405
If you think modern transformers are spoiling you then you have absolutely no fucking standards.
I
NEED
MORE
>>5320199
>>5320846
The Tamashii Stage Act 5 come in sets of three (bases, arms, claws, other claws.) Got a pack for the wife who has Sky-Byte on one base with two arms (one peg and one claw), and First Edition Starscream on the other (claw). Since Starscream isn't positively engaged he can rock a bit, but they're otherwise both stable. Both are in vehicle mode at this time. Haven't experimented with them, but others have noted that the screws can be tightened to handle heavier loads. As they're under $20 a set it's definitely worth trying.
>>5321405
They've spoiled me on a lot of toys because most of the time they feel like a new experience. Where as humanoid figures all start to feel like the same after a while.
>>5321431
Will the claws fit around most Voyagers/Deluxes easily enough, or do you run into problems?
>>5321429
>KA-NE-DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
>mfw the hip ratchets on wave 4 Motormaster
But why, why couldn't they fix Blackjack's pegs?
>>5321436
Most likely. Haven't experimented much. Note that the whole set is modular. You can use an arm (peg end, around 3mm) by itself, or with a claw, or the second type of claw. There are also extender pieces (socket in each end) and connectors that let you lock bases together.
Attached a bad picture, but it was the best I could find right now. The Act 5 is just one of several designs. There are plenty from which to choose.
>>5321462
People suggested Act 5 to me since it's supposedly for the bigger figures due to it's size/shape of the bottom plate that holds the rod.
>>5321471
They seem quite sturdy. After holding a Voyager class shark for some months, I have no complaints. It would take all three arms, and probably multiple bases locked together for stability, but I'd be surprised if an Act 5 set couldn't hold Unicron, at least for a short period.
>>5321426
No. I haven't spent a penny on CW shit. Mostly talking about MPs and older stuff.
I actually have to thank CW. It helped me save a lot of money that I redirected toward just buying more MP figures I had skipped over because they were just repaints or retools. If I'm gonna shell out for retools, it may as well be of a figure that's already fucking excellent. I ended up buying and enjoying some figures I probably would have just let pass me by, like Smokescreen and G2 Sideswipe.
>>5321495
Guess I'll look into getting some Act 5's. 3 to a pack seems like a decent price, and they don't seem to be too pricey on the places I've looked, around $15-20 per box of them.
>>5321426
Not the same Anon, but the last Transformers I owned were G1 stuff as a kid. They were, for the most part, big bricks of die cast and plastic, with little articulation beyond what was needed to transform, and usually just the arms could move up/down. Coming from that into the Combiner Wars stuff seems amazing, at least to my limited experience. I'd have went off the wall as a kid if I got toys like the CW ones now, in the 80's and early 90's.
>>5321505
3 to a pack seems like a decent amount, I mean. Damn insomnia.
>>5321506
They come three to a pack? Guess I have 15 on the way instead 5 like I thought. Neat.
>>5321507
According to the packs it comes with 3 of them each, unless I misread whats on Amazon.
>>5320838
>they couldnt form bruticus
Wait, I don't get it.
Why can't the combaticons form bruticus without Blastoff? A one armed bruticus is better than no bruticus.
This isn't like when Scrapper died and they couldnt form devastator anymore...
>>5321413
isn't it Wildrider?
>>5321522
I'm guessing all the gestalt members need to be present for them to form up, otherwise they can't do it?
Unless something directly contradicts that. Which is possible. Not like comics/toys/shit spread out over 30+ years isn't gonna be filled with potential plot holes.
>>5321522
They could, using his corpse at one point, pretty much acted like a peg leg and couldn't do what he usually could as a result.
In idw
>>5320838
>see guys!? we know he's supposed to be a shuttle!
>n-now pls by our cheapo redeco pls ;_;
>>5320817
Damn that's beautiful. I wouldve taken a Star Saber repaint over the seekers.
>>5320838
>As a robot, the closer his rotor blades come to a prisor, the more likely the captive will talk
I'm sorry, do you mean the rotor blades that are stapled to his butt?
That's an incredible image, isn't it? Vortex giving a rotor blade lap dance to some hapless autobot
>>5321585
I know right? it came out surprisingly well, i like the shoulders.
what's with the black on the feet though?
>>5320982
>they think that unicron is a corrupted herald of the getter's will
>and later they found out that he wasn't corrupted at all
>>5321448
Hey anon, that hip fix took out a good chunk of 2016's budget.
>>5321429
>devastator chest parts
>powerglide in gun form
Dear god how many lives were sacrificed for this?
>>5321698
Looks like Generations Trailcutter/breaker/watever.
>>5321586
>Vortex hotglues his enemies
>Vortex has twerk-activated rotors
>Vortex is now Vortwerk
>>5320838
>everyone upset that blastoff is not a space shuttle
>everyone forgets that swindle was a chopper and blastoff was a tank a few years ago
>>5321743
>implying people who bought that didn't immediately replace them with the superior(at the time) FP versions
>>5321429
Need Legends Bumblebee holding it
![12317[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/1hyL8Or.jpg "12317[1].jpg")
>>5321728
>>5321743
That was a different situation.
>>5321753
Aye. 'Twas the era of the nameslap.
>>5321750
>lol
>twerking
Kill yourself
>>5320865
>Dragon Kaiser is in the mail
Feels good, man.
Translucent red eye
G1 blackhead CWhotspot
>>5321802
I hope I can still find one of these with a reasonable price after march. so much good stuff coming up
>>5321902
Never stop lurking YJA, that's where I got mine.
>>5321860
Does this require modding?
What's the hardest tf to transform?
>>5321961
G1 Twin Twist.
>>5321961
Any non-Elite Action Master.
>>5321961
Early binaltech. Try to transform them without scratching the glossy paint on the diecast bits.
>>5321961
Alternators Grimlock\Wheeljack
Does anyone own this? How is it?
>>5322010
Fuck, forgot link:
http://sirtoys.com/toys.php?c=8&p=961&t=Abominus_TFPBH_Deluxe.html
>>5321961
Beastwars Break's limb configuration to close his penguin shell.
RID Sideburn's arms
CHUG Galvatron, because he keeps falling apart
I never knew this but Hasbro took the Transformation of a 3rd party Arcee for the official Arcee? That's quite something huh?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGPGJ12WsCU
>>5322015
It's close, but not quite the same transformation. Theres like 1 or 2 different things about it.
>>5319950
I feel like articulated g1 toys have a special charm about them. What do you guys think? got any favorites?
>>5322027
The G1 stuff has it's charms, thats for certain. But I'd rather have something engineered to actually have that articulation in the first place, than try to mutilate old toys.
>>5321802
Oh god, that's the small Studio Halfeye one, right? thing of beauty, manages to look better than the MP in my opinion. shame it's so expensive
Why dont we talk about Brave more in these threads? it wouldnt be off topic, they're basically the same shit as Transformers
>>5322033
Most discussion tends to be be on newer stuff even when it comes to TF stuff. It'd be nice to have a new Brave line, though. Even if it was just retools of TF toys. The CW toys could be a good springboard for retools as Brave figures.
>>5322033
>Why dont we talk about Brave more in these threads? it wouldnt be off topic, they're basically the same shit as Transformers
I'll be all over it because I like Brave but there's not enough interest there to warrant its own thread. But some people already gets their panties in a twist when someone talks about Star Saber because he's too super-robot-style for their "US-Tranformers only" minds to understand, so expect posts against it.
Random question, but
Does anyone have a TFP Hungrr that theyd be interested in selling? Mine broke and honestly he's not worth the lowest price on ebay for him.
>>5322083
If you are in the US look and see if you have a Five Below nearby. They have a lot of TFP legion for $3 including the abominus guys.
>>5321751
It ain't me
It ain't me!
>>5321961
Masterpiece Megatron. Did it once, never again.
Oh good, I got my CW Autobot cars today. First time I've ever gotten a package on a Sunday.
At least it wasn't at 1 A.M. this time.
>>5322133
Like do you want us to ask about the 1am delivery? Do you want that attention?
>>5322133
So why would you get a package at 1am?
>>5322138
What? No, it's just a thing that happened. There's nothing more to that.
>>5321961
For the life of me I can never seem to be able to transform rotf leader starscream
>>5321310
>Fans Toys version
MakeToys.
>>5321772
Start twerking like Vortex.
Hipster Swindle was a Decepticon before it was cool!
>>5322229
It's a pity Voyager class (Motormaster, Silverbolt, Onslaught, and Hot Spot) don't get their own comics with in-depth analysis description.
>>5322239
Here's my el cheapo analysis, just for you.
>Motormaster: psychopath
>Silverbolt: pussy who is scared to fly
>Onslaught: autistic control freak
>Hot Spot: backfires
And three bonus
>Cyclonus: can't remember who he was
>Sky Lynx: narcissistic ass
>Scattorshot: beta
>>5322239
At least we get cards with cool art. I'd dig mini posters with that art over cards and comics from a series I don't read.
>>5322279
>Hot Spot: Backfires
How so?
>>5322318
From his universe bio I skimmed it said something about his cannons can backfire and explode.
>>5321396
but is the mold fixed?
>>5322387
Nope.
>>5322392
Is there a way to contact Hasbro or Takara to let them know of this glaring flaw with Brawl?
>>5322400
They won't listen to us.
>>5322400
Just email them, you never know. And it appears they might already be aware of the problem, look at the promo image for G2 Brawl. perhaps they're already fixing it, and it was one of those issues they couldn't see until it went into production.
>>5322416
>What is Motormaster
You seem like one of those retards who bitch and moan about everything but never actually do anything to fix it.
>>5322434
What's this about Windblade's feet?
>>5322439
>Just email them, you never know.
This will be your reply.
>"Thank you for buying our brand new Transformers: Dark of the Moon products!"
>>5322454
You guys just think Hasbro is worse than Hitler, don't you?
>>5322458
>toy maker worse than a real-life dictator
Yeah, no. They're a shitty company, that's all. Barely a step below Mattel.
>>5322439
That is the same mold just with the waist part rotated another 45 degres, Optibotimus does that on his review, but it doesn't peg and you'll hide the painted detail.
>>5322440
they changed the lenght of her feet, "fixed" versions have a red stripe on the otherwise complete black feet, all the takara versions are repainted from the "fixed" mold.
I want someone to explain to me something about Bruticus and the combaticons. They are arguably one of the best combiner teams and regarded to have excellent strategy. Especially they're one of the few teams that can be ready for any combat-based situation.
>Vortex provides air support
>Blast Off provides orbital strikes, or in the case of his new form, provides air strikes
>Swindle and Brawl are both ground combat
>Onslaught is anti-aircraft
Compare that to the Stunticons, or the Arielbots, who only can fit one thing. The Protectabots are their only counter, but they're rescue vehicles and aren't best suited for combat. On top of that, unlike the Stunticons, they don't hate each other, and work very well as a team.
So why is Bruticus one of the dumbest combiners? If anything, shouldn't the minds merge into something very strategy based and become one of the more intelligent combiners?
>>5322461
It's a figure of speech you idiot. About how you just figure Hasbro to be at their absolute worst for a production error which quite possibly will be fixed as shown by how they've done so before.
>>5322462
Yes, of course it's the same mold, but they could have slightly changed something about that in order to fix it so that it'd transform better. Obviously if they're displaying it like that in promo shots, they must have done something differently, especially since that is the side with the production stamp. Doesn't that also show that they're at least aware of the problem?
![12347[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/45BYnCn.jpg "12347[1].jpg")
>>5322239
But they did, in the 80s.
![12222[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/MFhxY1m.jpg "12222[1].jpg")
>>5322481
![12272[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/B4wmMbv.jpg "12272[1].jpg")
>>5322486
![12215[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/etZd045.jpg "12215[1].jpg")
>>5322489
>>5322461
>Taking "literally worse than Hitler" seriously
Why are Transfags so autistic? Or at least why does Transformers attract so much autism?
>>5322065
Yeah, aside from SOC GGG hype, Brave threads rarely make it over 30 posts.
Why is MnemonicSyntax such a flaming faggot?
>>5322492
I don't know, but something about Hasbro as a whole definitely attracts the most autistic of collectors.
Still not as bad as Funkofags, at least.
>>5322477
IIRC the Stunticon's were made to deal with the Autobots ground superiority. Arielbots, same deal, made to deal with the Decepticons air superiority. So it wasn't a problem that they were so focused, they were supposed to be because they were filling in the ranks to cover weaknesses.
Bruticus is somewhat dumb because no Decepticon combiners truly work well. All of them are plagued with problems except maybe Predaking. The Autobot combiners traditionally seem to have less overall problems, but still aren't perfect.
>>5322477
Yeah, it's weird. Wasn't there some version of Bruticus that was basically "Onslaught: Super Mode" that made use of the full potential of Scramble Power?
>>5322510
>All of them are plagued with problems except maybe Predaking.
I don't think Devastator has really any major problems either. I know Menasor has the issue of the fact he can barely function because everyone hates Motormaster, Abominus is just a monster, and Piranacron is too good of a combiner that he needed to have an automatic deactivation timer or else he'd just keep hunting.
>>5322510
I think the Autobot combiners each have their number of issues as well:
>Superion is a glass cannon
>Defensor cares too much about humans and doesn't fight much
>Computron is insanely slow processing-wise to get accurate readouts
![12143[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/hhFeZZ9.jpg "12143[1].jpg")
>>5322510
>>5322518
Bruticus is dumb in the sense that he has no creative thought or initiative. He can follow orders, but he can't improvise or strategize.
And that's really a common enough theme among the gestalts. Superion has the same issue, actually.
And besides, none of them are as rock stupid as Abominus. Trivia: He has a tech spec Intelligence stat of 1. No other transformer in the 30 years of the franchise has ever had a 1. Not even the non-sentient drones. Abominus is THAT dumb.
>>5322528
>Defensor cares too much about humans and doesn't fight much
That's why Groove was demoted to bra and Rook was made.
>>5322015
The hasbro one is actually based on a fanmade custom that was so good they hired the guy to design the official one.
>>5322529
I have personal headcanons for a few of the combiners, as some are pretty boring character-wise:
>Bruticus is basically a powered up onslaught that constantly reconfigures his limbs depending on the situation
>Superion is basically every fast "sweeper" in competitive Pokemon
>Menasor's high power comes from his rage, while Abominus is the strongest of all the combiners, but incredibly dumb at the cost
>Devastator is the most mentally stable of the combiners, followed by Predaking
>>5322531
Gotta love Protectobot "Cook the spooks, they're all crooks" Rook!
![itemimage_imgsrc[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/x17iCX3.jpg "itemimage_imgsrc[1].jpg")
>>5322540
You are correct. Neat.
>>5322529
>He can follow orders, but he can't improvise or strategize.
And that's what I find odd. The Combaticons are among the most strategic Cybertronians. With the exception of brawl, all of them have very high intelligence readouts.
>Onslaught - 8
>Blast Off - 8
>Swindle - 9
>Vortex - 9
>Brawl - 2
Unless Brawl brings it all down.
>>5322519
IIRC Devastator's problem is he has major weak points that when struck force him to decombine?
Plus he's one of the weakest overall combiners since he was the first, others had improvements (usually at the cost of intelligence).
>>5322551
It usually only takes one to bring down a team. When the Seacons let Nautilator be a limb, Piranacon's effectiveness is diminished which is why they make him be the gun.
>>5322551
>Unless Brawl brings it all down.
"Boss! Hey Boss!"
"Yes?"
"I think someone mislabeled the neo-cortex fusion engine connectors. We might have accidentally hooked up the main line to one of the leg-"
"Look, Megatron is busting my ass to finish this project. Get them together, apply the magna tape, ship them out. I'm sure it'll be fine."
>>5322553
I feel like Devastator is really one of the strongest combiners, and could be noted due to the fact that his Autobot counterpart is not a combiner, but instead an Autobot giant. Perhaps Devastor's big weakness would instead be his speed.
>>5322564
His main opponent is a giant because the Autobots didn't have any combiners at the time. Autobots also generally have less gestalt teams for whatever reasons.
>>5322477
I'm guessing it's because of Swindle and Brawl?
Swindle's not much of a fighter, and Brawl's fucken stupid
Bruticus makes up for his dumbness because he has the most guns of all the combiners. another reason why he's so cool
Here have this Ruination screencap that I photoshoped into bruticus
>>5322572
>Bruticus makes up for his dumbness because he has the most guns of all the combiners. another reason why he's so cool
That might be thanks to Swindle, considering his whole black market dealings.
Kek, maybe Swindle conned Shockwave into being Bruticus' gun for the Combiner Wars line.
>>5322575
>Kek, maybe Swindle conned Shockwave into being Bruticus' gun for the Combiner Wars line.
Speaking of, is it true that CW Bruticus CANT actually hold shockwave as a gun? some anon said he can only attach on Bruticus' back, weird...
>>5322580
But isn't the whole point of the Shockwave Legends figure to be the gun for the other combiners ala Powerglide/Viper?
>>5322541
>Gotta love Protectobot "Cook the spooks, they're all crooks" Rook!
My favorite name will always be "Ole' nigga grave digga"
Seriously, the only reason I want Rook is cause of these threads, today i spotted him at retail but fought against buying him cause i'm gonna get Swindle...
>>5322580
Peaugh has a review up for Shocky right now. I believe his handle was specially designed to be held by gestalts. But as a tradeoff, the weird two-pronged handle for his gun mode can't be held by most voyagers or leaders due to their finger thickness. Deluxes and probably other legends can, too, but the gun is far too big for them to hold without sagging elbows and just looking dumb.
>>5322583
I still need the Protectobot limbs. I've only got Hot Spot and I bought him back in August.
>>5322580
No? I don't know where you heard that one from. All I saw from video reviews was that Leaders and voyagers with big hands can't hold Shockwave. Peaugh proved it. The only thing odd is that he has this little piece that goes in front of the handle which makes it odd for any other figure to hold him, but he totally fits being held by Hasbro's Combiner Wars fists. And I say that because it doesn't appear he can fit in 3P fists.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Suyles_9Df0
>>5322594
On the note of hands, what does /tfg/ prefer? Open hands or fists? I've always preferred the old "cube with a tube" fist, and Thew calls 'em.
>>5322598
closed hands, open hand usually just make it harder to hold weapons
>>5322598
Fists last longer. Open hands tend to break easily.
>>5322598
For me, the BEST hands are ones with knuckle joints like Leader Magnus or MP Tracks. you get fists and open hands. On Transformers I prefer them over individual finger articulation.
I'll take cube with a tube over open hands though. permanently open hands give you less poses
>>5322594
So wait, there's a plastic stick that exists solely to reduce how many figures can use it?
Can't we just cut it of or does it do something in the transformation?
Biggest contender for doofiest transformer ever?
Even as an eight year old I thought this guy was retarded.
>>5319950
that open leg panel really rustles my jimmies
