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World domination edition.
TITANic RETURNS
>>5617277
HIGH TIDE v TIDAL WAVE
I just beat Devastation.
I was hoping for a Nova battle, but I still had a lot of fun.
I HOPE we get some of those weapons from a 3P. Especially the Loud Speakers from Soundwave.
>>5617282
lol that Fixit between his legs.
>>5617291
Hopefully we get a sequel.
>>5617301
Well they set it the fuck up for one. Maybe the IDW TMNT game they're making will get them more money for a bigger budget.
>>5617301
I wouldn't mind seeing it. They've already got the basics in place. By taking advantage of the "class" setup they made they could slot new characters pretty easily into the existing roles (for example, swaping Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Wheeljack, and Prime out for Arcee, Hot Rod, Kup, and Magnus and doing a Pre-movie era storyline with basically the same movelists). With Grimlock there again, that could practically be done as DLC.
>>5617293
Hollow enough for titanmasters...
>>5617291
A lot of the weapons are based on actual weapons found with the toys or in the series.
The Loudspeakers are the combined form of Reveal the Shield Jazz's pistol and, well, loudspeakers.
That being said, I would give all my money to someone who makes even a shapeways set.
>>5617347
Wait. I had that jazz. Could they do that or did the game designers just use those as inspiration?
>>5617293
>>5617356
He can! The game model just uses the speakers facing forward instead of tilting them inward so the sides act as extra blaster barrels.
>>5617451
Whoa! They're supposed to be blaster barrels?? I always put them on as some wierd ass speaker rifle....
![DSCN0020[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/t1GosOp.jpg "DSCN0020[1].jpg")
>>5617366
Fixit is a creepy little bastard.
>>5617451
Is there a picture of this from the game?
>>5617366
So over here, Legion toys cost half as much as CW deluxes. With a budget of one deluxe's worth per week, should I grab a Combaticon or pick up Fixit?
>>5617551
And here its $5 difference.
What appeals more, meme bot or a bigger war machine with more (intended) features?
Which do you have a bigger affinity too?
Or if those won't help, which is simply stocked more?
We have a legion wave of just sideswipe's and fixits, and cw deluxes don't last very long.
Get the combaticon before the skyreign wave clears, otherwise use the past questions above
Thunderhoof, Quillfire, and Legends Wreck-gar are all up on Hasbro Toy Shop right now.
when will the titans returns soundwave be sold?
>>5617473
here ya go
>>5617597
i was looking up TF Devastation weapons, and i found this concept art of Sideswipes pile drivers and Blitzwing's sword, two weapons not in the game
>>5617603
>Wow, they're proper fans, eh?
totally, dude.
fucking Dai Atlas' gun is in this game, that's how obscure this game gets
if you havent played it yet, give it a shot. one of the best transformers games
>>5617595
First wave of TR is estimated to be next month according to BBTS, so I guess it'll be in a couple of months since he's in the wave after that.
>>5617600
>Prime's axe
>Grimlock's sword
>Wheeljack's wrench
>Motormaster's sword
>Megatron's flail
>Sideswipe's piledriver
>Blitzwing's sword
Whose swords are those on the upper right?
>>5617631
Is that global or just US? The UK used to be really far behind on Generations stuff circa Thrilling 30 (barely got any of it) but I recall Combiner Wars dropping pretty promptly
>>5617632
heh, those swords are Sideswipes! (based on the sword he carried in the G2 comic) he uses them instead of the piledrivers, which are not in the game.
I suppose its tie him into his Movie and PRID incarnations?
in any case, he totally looks cool with swords
>>5617634
You can't really say if they'll release everywhere at the same time. It can be weeks to months from the first sighting.
Expect them to appear on Asian shelves a week ahead of BBTS' estimate.
Buy Energon Unicron and repurpose him as Liege Maximo y/n
>>5617642
The volcano AM Unicron works better.
>>5617636
Aw man, I like that the generic Battlechargers used a tweaked version of the Wheeljack model.
>>5617341
Or your stash.
>>5617655
I'm working on a custom generic Battlecharger, using this head from Shapeways
i'm trying to find a g1 Razorclaw sword for the custom, but i'm not gonna pay 15 bucks for a sword...
>>5617652
This would be good for my unicron planet idea.
Has anyone gotten one of the new fixed CW Brawls yet?
>>5617655
The ingame models look more like classics Bee.
>>5617687
>new fixed CW Brawls
What's to fix, the whole design is shit.
I doubt even the UW is gonna be any better
>>5617694
Some had better tolerances on the clip so the waist don't flop, but yeah, it still looks bad, still can't believe the turret doesn't rotate either.
>>5617696
>still can't believe the turret doesn't rotate either.
was not aware of this. why doesnt it rotate?
>>5617699
Budget.
>>5617703
Well of course. But is there a part of the transformation that would prohibit the turret from rotating?
>>5617706
The lack of a swivel.
>>5617469
He is in the show too...
>>5617634
BBTS is an online US store.
It might take a while before they actually hit the stores in the US, and even longer to reach further.
I'm getting all my figures online, my country is shit at getting stuff and everything is insanely overpriced.
>>5617699
Same reason why the cw/uw constructions don't have working cranes etc.
It literally is budget, to have an extendable crane or tank turret rotation requires extra joints that may be beyond their budget.
Those bells and whistles all belong to mp's now these days
>>5617706
No, they just didn't wanted to expend on the missing panel to put the swivel.
Since we're talking CW brawl, anyone got pictures of that variant that was meant to come out after the initial one? I believe onslaught was also getting a variant, what's going on with those?
>>5617746
No variants have been released, we still lack the brown chested bruticus
>>5617746
Looks like green kibble Onslaught was cancelled, but we never saw the Brawl variant, it was just assumed that we would get one with a g1 toy accurate deco, because the released poop green looks like the one on the cartoon.
>>5617759
From what I can see, the one in the picture looks browner, I think the released one was toy deco, I'll try to find that gallery.
>>5617694
I've heard some people reported getting a fixed variant with a running change to fix the floppy waist
>>5617765
It's a shitty design that'll flop out after some time, even the UW would eventually suffer the same fate overtime.
Those "lucky" people better enjoy it now, me, I leave my brawl as a foot for life
>>5617764
Not even close.
>>5617780
Tell it to hasbro, whatever the case, I've only seen one green image of brawl, and that's in the digital render, If the displayed bruticus is the cartoon version, I don't see why the brown brawl wouldn't be, maybe it's lighting, idk.
>>5617820
Didn't Combiner Wars Megatron have a rotating turret? It seems that they can still fit those extra features into the larger size classes.
>>5617451
Never knew that. Sad they don't face forward though.
>>5617553
>memebot
No. This isn't like RotF breakaway where it's a shit figure but people just like the stupid face. This is actually a really good and fun toy.
>>5617832
In this case, both of the figures are shit.
>>5617722
he's not.
He's a cinnamon roll too good for this world.
>>5617839
>this much denial over fixit
You must just not like the character.
>>5617636
Almost anyone can use almost any weapon though. I've got Prime using fucking Fist of the North Star punching weapons...
>>5617844
How many times has that orange botlet even transformed in the show?
>>5617829
he did... at the cost of the robot mode proportions though.
the working treads didnt help with that either
I liked Classics tank Megatron, had a rotating turret but the turret is his arms. very intuitive
>>5617829
Yes he does, but his turret cannon doesn't go up/down.
>>5617853
have you found Grimlock's Sword yet? it's actually different from the red battle sword! it's much bigger and its on fire!
>>5617854
None? Not counting the impressive weapons systems his model of Mini-Con possesses, he hasn't done any transforming.
So he's next to Laserbeak for having basically no alt mode.
>>5617854
dont think he has?
>>5617861
I have one, that I got on the 2nd hardest difficulty, and the damn thing has shit stats. Which means I'd need one to drop with good stats before I could do much with it. Pisses me off, honestly.
Dunno why Grimlock's default weapons are fists in the game.
>>5617861
>much bigger and its on fire!
Is it Animated Grimlock's sword, or just a larger, flaming version of the G1 Energo-sword?
>>5617699
The retard answer is budget
The actual answer is because that's how the transformation works.
>>5617869
same actually... but it was so cool that i didnt care and i upgraded it to the power of my current weapons
>Dunno why Grimlock's default weapons are fists in the game.
oh its because he never used a sword in the cartoon. only one of the other Dinobots got to use his sword and he used it to shoot lasers
>>5617874
the latter, its quite impressive though. nice range
as well, the normal energo sword doesnt have a red handle, only Grimlock's Sword does
>>5617876
Provide proof, because from what I've seen, nothing's stopping it from being there.
>>5617829
Yeah but it's a really uncomfortable rotation and at the cost of being good
>>5617876
>put a thin, flat, plastic bar with mushroom or ball joint or pinned swivel on the hinges that make the forward/back turrent motion
>attach turret to that bar
>turret now does what it needs for transformation and rotates
It's gotta be pure budget. But given how well CW probably sold, and how much mold reuse there was, the individual molds should've been a bit better done in some cases.
>>5617877
Plus, fists thematically tie in with his grab moves as part of his role as the close-range power character.
>>5617854
Does the arm mode count?
>>5617896
>the individual molds should've been a bit better done in some cases.
Hopefully they do better with the TR deluxes. None of the currently-revealed figures seem to need turret rotation, but a bunch of their alt modes do have some nice touches.
>hinged cannon on Hardhead
>adequate beast mode articulation
>everybody has at least two spots for titan masters to sit, all with at least one hinged cockpit
>>5617902
>shoulder deep
>>5617907
I'm honestly assuming at this point, that all of the CW budget went into making every figure a decent limb and those strong as fuck ratchets. The individual molds are good despite their repetition, and the only real issue thats popped up so far is Brawl's waist tolerances being off at times and the helicopter molds handfootgun peghole possibly being a magnet for stress related failures long-term thanks to it's thinness and the peg holes/handfootgun peg tolerances being all over the place.
And paint apps aside, yeah, the TR shit looks great so far. Gonna nab me a Takara Blurr and Scourge, and the rest Hasbro.
>>5617902
I had no idea childrens shows these days promoted hard core shoulder deep anal fisting.
>>5617922
FUCK YOU
I'M GOING TO GO BUY FLAREWAR OFF EBAY
>>5617958
WHY ISN'T SHE ON EBAY
>>5617958
>>5617960
>>5617958
>>5617960
Try typing in "botcon flamewar"
Works for me
>>5617922
Someone shoop her a big rigid cock
>>5618003
Seconding this.
>>5618003
>>5618005
>>5618012
Boo
>>5618012
Disappointing but funny.
>>5617902
I'm still made there is no Chop Shop toy.
>>5618045
I love PRID Chop shop. Because of him I now picture G1 Chop Shop has that same cockney british accent
>>5618050
i like how much he homages the original chop shop, with his kleptomania, color scheme and alt mode.
also this video of chop shop has almost one million views, holy shit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3VINpaOPyM
>>5618045
The RiD toyline couldn't possible do his design justice anyway.
Universe 3.0 is what I'm hoping for.
>>5618054
...Never seen RID before, why is the animation so stilted and janky? It's like watching a PC game locked to 15FPS.
>>5618063
because they put considerably more effort into Transformers Prime's CG in the third season and it didn't pay off
>>5618045
it would be a great if HasTak made one RID Chop Shop that turns into a spider, but make it legion scaled and super deformed, but buying five of them resulting in a regular sized one, albeit each spider will have their own chop shop head.
>>5618063
The upload isn't good for that video.
>>5618069
>because they put considerably more effort into Transformers Prime's CG in the third season and it didn't pay off
this is true by the way. third season of Prime has some of my favorite TF fights. Predaking vs the Wreckers comes to mind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gCRt9XGJDs
>>5618093
>optimus comes in and saves the day
this worked better in RID season one, because he wasn't in 90% of the episodes
>>5618063
It's using a budget method the animation studio developed for Knights of Sidonia
https://youtu.be/51LMOJu9lwc
It doesn't look as good as TFP's animation but it allows them to churn out assets much quicker. It's why they could introduce a new transformer almost every other episode in RID.
In a previous panel the studio mentioned how
TFP was some sort production hell since transformer required at least 3 highly detailed models (robot, mid-transformation, alt mode). That's why the cast size is minimized and there's so many tricks employed
>Tailgate = cliffjumper
>Makeshift = wheeljack
>Alpha Trion is just a 2D painting.
>>5618114
>It doesn't look as good as TFP's animation but it allows them to churn out assets much quicker. It's why they could introduce a new transformer almost every other episode in RID.
Also, PRID makes clever use of 2D backgrounds, meaning you can get much more variety than in Prime, which had only a few locations and battles mostly took place in rocky canyons
>TFP was some sort production hell
I heard about that too. episode would start production a long time before they air, much longer than your average cartoon
found Skylynx and Wreckgurd today at Target. Skylynx joints are surprisingly stiff.
>>5618127
Is sky lynx out in the uk? we've got wreck-gar.
>>5617966
This is ausie privilege. ;-; I just wanna hotglue a flaming motorcycle girl pls
>>5618134
Buy the Legion-class one then
>>5618034
But not here in toy.
>>5618134
You are pathetic.
>>5618161
What else am I?
>>5618170
But they lack machine-looking parts.
Feel like domestic goods instead of lewd warrior robots.
>>5618170
Thank you
>>5618050
his voice is pretty great, he's voiced by Patricia Heaton's husband believe it or not.
>>5617780
Nobody cares about toy accuracy, autist.
>>5618271
I kinda do, to be honest.
But then again, Toy accuracy made me buy CW devastator over UW devastator.
... Starting to regret my attachment to toy accuracy.
>>5618285
You bought what you liked Anon, nothing wrong with that.
>>5618271
Did you even read the context? thats why your daddy left your mom, dummy.
>hasbrotoyshop.com
>Transformers
>sort by newest
>3 out of the first 6 are Age of Extinction toys
>Generations Scoop
What the fuck is wrong with these people?
>>5617636
Movie Sideswipe had the dual sword action going, too
>>5617854
>>5617862
>>5617865
>>5617902
Definitely at least once, and I think once more after that. He turns into handheld tools for larger 'bots. A tool Targetmaster.
>>5618310
>We will never get a masterpiece-grade fixit with this transformation
feels bad man
You know, I'm surprised we never got a unique mold for CW Strafe. Imagine all the retool potential:
>rack n ruin
>doubleheader
>topspin and maybe even twintwist with enough remolding
>slugslinger
>>5618321
Strafe isn't a two cockpit plane. Just a plane with two PEW PEW PEWs.
Just got this guy. Boy am I glad my wrists are skinny enough to fit the watch mode.
>>5618321
>>topspin and maybe even twintwist with enough remolding
i feel you can get those two from Takara Nosecone, there are already customs based on the rook mold
>>5618127
Yeah me too, I bought mine yesterday and was surprise that the toy is actually stable.
>>5617642
I repurposed RotF Fallen. It works, brah.
>>5618321
The CW Shockwave mold, packed in a pair with an altered reflector head, would make a surprisingly good RackNRuin considering the arms being the way they are means they can clip together.
>>5618304
Yet they had Legends Shockwave long before anyone else did.
Shits a mystery, Anon.
>>5618131
We have Wave 4 of Deluxes and Wave 5 of Voyagers and Wave 6 of Legends.
Chances are we won't get anything new until TR but who knows
>>5618127
Can wreck-gar ride himself at all? I'll probably still get a couple of them anyway and paint their faces different.
>>5618443
"sort of"
>>5618304
Thunderhoof and Quillfire are up there now
>>5618463
Eh, close enough.
>>5618443
Why would you do this for an inferior version of a character that already has a better toy?
>>5618443
You need to be way smaller to ride that bike.
>>5618342
That Real Gear line, so good.
http://www.toysrus.co.uk/toys/transformers-generations-legends-ravage-rumble/0127688
lol
>>5618468
Hey, you're right.
I only want Quillfire though so that's not enough for the over $25 free shipping.
...and... uh...
They put a Decepticon icon on Blizzard Drift's product image... and an Autobot one for Quillfire. [spoiler]I scanned the Decepticon icon on Drift and it actually does unlock Blizzard Drift.[/spoiler]
>>5618539
Good to know Toys R Us UK puts as much effort into their site as their US counterpart does.
Toxitron might be worth getting a hold of at some point.
The rest? Meh.
>>5618547
They really like that shuttle targetmaster mold, huh?
>>5618547
All but Counterpunch I think are pretty good or neat.
>>5618525
You're not my mom, Anon. I do what I want!
>>5618547
>people will pay money for these
I like how Counterpunch's head is already turned so you can't see how flat it is.
>>5618564
...really? They used that Ravage head...? Why?
>>5618549
I think it's genious. Pic related.
>>5618547
I might want to pick up Toxitron if the torso mode is nice.
Other than that, I'd LOVE to get Counterpunch and Fractyl. Hopefully they won't be too expensive.
>>5618568
Nono, I'm saying it will be as flat as the Ravage head.
>>5618563
Anon, I told you not to ride your skateboard like that!
>>5618547
I do like that Fractyl, but I'm a sucker for BW era Botcon stuff. Still its just teasing a proper Fractyl from a new Terrorsaur mold that I'd really want.
I heard Toys R Us is having a Combiner wars limb sale. What is it if so?
>>5618575
>>5618591
Probably a sale on Combiner Wars limbs.
>>5617922
>>5617966
Every time I think about buying her I just remember that it's ultimately not as sexy as that art and it's just a redeco of a mold I passed on for $5, so why would I pay 20 times that for a redeco of it.
But I also bought a $200 Botcon Megatron based on a mold I bough for a tenth of thatt with my allowance as a kid so my willpower only goes so far.
The tab on either side of the copter mold can (mostly) fit the holes on the butt of the gun like a holster.
>>5618595
Who is Shockwave riding on?
Should I go for Classics Jazz or just get the Adventure 2 pack with Drift
>>5618638
RID2015 Legion class Underbite.
I expected him to be a yappy runt in the show thanks to the small size.
But he's like an asshole /fit/izen with a black hole for a stomach that converts any metal he eats into energy. He was arrested for eating an entire goddamn city.
>>5618638
Wait fuck, wrong picture.
THAT is Mastermind Creations Terminus Hexatron.
Otherwise known as Not Sixshot.
>>5618643
>But he's like an asshole /fit/izen with a black hole for a stomach that converts any metal he eats into energy. He was arrested for eating an entire goddamn city
Kirby, anyone?
>>5618547
I dunno, man. I like Lifeline. The Arcee mold was hella.
I still need to get Nightbird, actually.
>>5618362
Are the ratchets solid on yours?
>>5618591
If I had to guess, it's probably gonna involve the Wave 4 Autobot limbs rotting on shelves.
>>5618648
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRlVTELRd6I
>>5618688
This show looks kinda fun desu
are there any good figures of Crosshairs or Lockdown from the TF4 movie? All that seems to exist are fucking terrible box shaped deluxe figures. I'll go as far as third party or shitty chinese IP infringing $1 store blister pack figure if it looks half-way decent. I really like the look of the characters in the movie and would love nice figures, but they all look like ass. Lockdown also always has some nigger head too.
>>5618547
I like the pretenders to be quite honest familia.
Toxitron also has a very sexy head design, although I'm sure FunPub will drop the ball again.
Is RTS/2010/HFTD Fallback any good?
>>5618646
Only autists use "Not" for third party toys. Jesus Christ it's cringy.
>>5618769
The deluxe Crosshairs isn't garbage, but isn't that great either. The rubber bits try really hard to emulate his cape but don't quite pull it off. My hope is that he'll be back in TF5 and get a better toy there.
Lockdown's deluxe is just sad. It's DOTM Roadbuster's scheme, but simplified. Absolutely not a toy worthy of the main antagonist of the movie. Honestly, one of the big 2-step changers would probably have better shelf presence even if they're bricks.
AoE was just a bit of a clusterfuck of a toyline because budgets for the toys were at an all time low, while the designs became even more impossible to translate to toys. I'd have loved to see ROTF/HFTD-era budgets try to tackle these designs. Or even if they had kept human alliance, that would have been the ideal size to actually pull off these designs.
>>5618787
>>5618776
I'm totally into the Pretenders too. Shame that they will probably go for stupid money on the secondary market.
If nothing else, I'm happy to know that the Grand Max shell is still workable. Maybe we could get a Encore Grand Max sometime. A shame that I don't think Encore Fort Max sold well enough for them to do it though.
>>5618826
I wish we got more JP-only molds in Encore. I'd love to see stuff like reissued Trainbots, Victory Saber, Breastforce, etc.
>>5618638
MMC's Hexatron, their Not-Sixshot. Probably one of the absolute best 3P toys in existence, and well worth his price tag. In my pic, thats his APC mode.
Or, as I like to call it, due to the length of it, the Death Limo.
>>5618793
>budgets for the toys were at an all time low
Really? The movie seemed to perform pretty damn well. Will TF5 have a larger toy budget?
>>5618787
its not six shot though. getting butt blasted that its not legally allowed to be sold under the official transformers banner is just massive autistic butt blasted :^)
>>5618787
Quit getting so anally frustrated, people do it because it amuses them.
>>5618837
It's not tied to the movie's performance. Basically, the cost of oil and labor went up significantly around 2010. This is why toys from ROTF are fuckhuge and intricate (often TOO intricate) compared to today's. Compare Battle Blades Bumblebee (nearly a voyager) to AoE Bumblebee to see the difference.
I may have my timeline wrong, but I feel AoE was one of the first lines the current design team produced, so a bit of it was just growing pains. They seem to have figured out how to work within their budgets better now (and cost have stabilized, more or less compared to 2010ish), so I am hopeful that TF5 will be a bit better, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
>>5618787
I like it because I can never remember the third party names.
>>5618846
Honestly I felt the budget crunch pretty hard messing with a lot of FoC toys.
Grimlock is hollow as shit, lankier than you'd expect from him, and all his ratchets are plastic tabs, the slots for which are visible on the outside of the figure. I'd rather they didn't include the light up mouth gimmick if it meant he felt more substantial.
>>5618854
Addendum: FoC Bruticus was so bad in hindsight I completely forgot about him.
I'd have rather Soundwave and Blaster be bumped from the lineup entirely if it meant Onslaught got to be a voyager instead. Also, Kickback could stand to get booted for an FoC Megatron.
>>5618854
FoC hit right at the crisis point for the new budgets. I have this feeling that those toys were not originally designed to be made on the new, lower budgets and had to be downscaled mid-stream, resulting in such harshly hollow designs at times. Once they knew what they had to work with, things seemed to get better as the designers could plan things out and make the most of what they have.
>>5618858
Pretty much the only figure I'd say was done unambiguously well was the seeker mold.
It doesn't feel nearly as wonky as any of the others, but even then it seems to go out of its way to hoover up the production team's money.
>>5618884
>>5618858
>>5618855
>produce quality product and sacrifice a bit of money from the company as a whole, not like the CEO's need those multimillion dollar paychecks right?
>no fuck that, make everything as cheap and shitty as possible, surely it will sell anyway
Thanks, capitalism.
Will I get my MP Megatron?
http://strawpoll.me/7422082
I bought CW Wheel Jack, I had an idea for back wings and shoulder missile using spare construct bot parts.
>>5618957
>>5618960
>>5618855
FoC bruticus wasn't really that bad. The plastic for sure feels cheap but those figures have passed the drop test for me a shit load. The colors could have been better, they did look like fuckin' fruity pebbles.
>>5618547
I kinda want to jump on this, just because I REALLY like the pretenders, as well as the Swerve mold.
>>5618547
Why are Counterpunch and Toxitron Wreckers? Why are the pretenders being advertised as double pretenders when they're not?
>>5618547
How much do you want to bet those limb molds won't come with fandfoot guns?
>>5619003
The double part comes from the Targetmasters that are stuffed into the shell with them.
>>5618981
Very much so.
But I bought it with plans on painting or at least reprolabels.
I love the Alt mode, well ateast the wing can go somewhere
.
>>5619023
>Forgot pic
>>5618973
Oh my problem isn't the color or the plastic.
It's the engineering.
It looks like a goddamn trainwreck in combined mode because they wanted a scramble city combiner that was also expected to be the ONLY set of figures in the line using it and is based on a design that sure as hell didn't show any sign of this.
While the individual figures look okay just standing there, Swindle, Brawl and Onslaught suffer for having to do more than two modes without being able to rely on accessories to pull off either mode. Swindle's back doesn't exist, Brawl's mass is all in his backpack, Onslaught's vehicle mode is absolute garbage, and even Vortex and Blast Off don't leave unscathed since their limb modes are just as subpar.
This is why I love combiner wars so much. The HFG may not be substantial, the transformations all samey, but it's objectively a step in a better direction.
>>5618658
Surprisingly yes, I just posted with it and they are still pretty good, just strong enough to hold a pose in combined mode and it still ratchets.
>>5619056
Played*
Auto-correct got me.
Got something kind of interesting in the mail from a friend today. I wish there was a crazy colors bootleg action master Prime I could find to go with it.
I also wish I didn't suck at painting.
>>5619043
Do you think it's possible for there to one day be a new FOC Bruticus with the CW system?
>Voyager Onslaught
>Deluxe limbs
>sturdy ratchets
>Computron-style hands
>articulated feet styled after Swindle and Brawl kibble
>>5619088
the cybertronian mode fad's kinda passed for now.
>>5619088
If it happens it will come from the group doing the FOC third party stuff. I wouldnt count on the official side of things ever revisting it.
>>5617885
HOW DO I GET SWORD?
>>5619147
It's all RNG.
>>5617652
Wish I could fix the knees on mine so they'd bend the correct way
>>5619154
tfw I got a dark star saber early on in the game.
>>5618851
but I guess when you already mention "3rd party" there's no need to say it's not actually that character. It's the "not-" part that is unnecessary.
Perhaps it's to respect the delicate feelings of people who hate 3rd party products?? Erring on the side of caution legally when news sites report it?
>>5619202
"Third party" does not equal "unofficial". The Not- prefix is an easy and fun way to refer to things that are.
>>5619202
Well, no.
Because there are third party products that ARE the characters, made with the official license to reproduce them.
Gigantic Action Scorponok and the Hot Toys Optimus figure variants come to mind right away. They weren't made by Hasbro, but officially sanctioned.
This is why third party figures don't put actual Autobot/Decepticon insignias on the toys and come up with wacky backstories and comics; To make them feel more like something inspired by Transformers rather than a replacement or competitor.
>>5619084
I'm jealous and I want this. Can your friend hook you up with another one? :p
>>5619217
>:p
Remember where you are and stop with that.
![teaser[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/WYkwAJO.jpg "teaser[1].jpg")
MP Inferno incoming???
>>5619237
Japan just picks this shit out of a hate don't they?
>still no MP Cliffjumper, Hound, Mirage, Sunstreaker, Huffer, Pipes, Trailbreaker, Dinobots besides Grimlock, etc
>>5619246
*hat
Sorry, it's late.
>>5619246
>that pics
I would pay so much fucking money for chibi Phase Sixers.
For not being the 3P thread, you all have been making me want Quakeblast and Hexatron. Only 3P figure I have is the car waspinator minibot.
>>5619246
>no MP Cliffjumper
>>5619269
I'm glad they did red Bee because I'm a slut for red Beetles.
>>5619260
I don't even know why they bother to have seperate threads. Is it just because of trolls trolling trolls?
>>5619283
I think it's just to give more room in the threads. Lately though it seems we may need to have 2 tfgs. One for takara and one for Hasbro the way every one talks.
I did go in to the 3PG once to ask if I should get Sgt stack instead of mp Magnus and they were pretty nice. Haven't been back since. Mainly because I'm too far out of that zone to keep up.
>>5619260
I'd honestly recommend getting him. A great update to a toy that hasn't had a real update in what, 30 years?
>>5619293
>Lately though it seems we may need to have 2 tfgs. One for takara and one for Hasbro the way every one talks.
Thats just trolls trying to stir shit. Ignore it, Anon.
>>5619293
>Lately though it seems we may need to have 2 tfgs. One for takara and one for Hasbro the way every one talks.
Or we could just ignore people that try to start those arguments.
>>5619299
I'm really considering it. Only on TFSource? I was holding off on Quakeblast till there was enough info on MP Shock to make a choice and nothing about MP Shock is appealing.
Also I have no connection to sixshot in any way but I do like his design. I almost got the KO once, but it lacks way too much unlike KO MPs
>>5619304
That NEVER happens. this board has been this way from the start.
>>5617754
Another missed opportunity was releasing that Unicron in marbleized brown plastic to resemble the rock formation he used to communicate
>>5619306
I got mine off BBTS. Price is probably going to be roughly the same anywhere though.
>>5619306
I just got my MP Shockwave in the mail today, and I'm thoroughly enjoying him myself. Admittedly he doesn't have as much going for him as other figures since there's only so much you can take due to him being in like five episodes of the cartoon. Plus I may be biased since I'm a tremendous fanboy who goes out of his way to get all the Chugways.
I have the Quakewave reissue sitting in my stack at TFSource, so I'm looking forward to comparing the two when I have him shipped. Probably gonna wait until Seraphicus drops though.
>>5619304
The only arguments that I've seen are when some 3rd party people feel the need to talk about their knock-off toys here because they're not getting any attention in their own thread
>>5619299
thanks for showing me that angle, that beast mode looks like total dogshit.
>>5618057
>The RiD toyline couldn't possible do his design justice anyway.
I dunno about that. Is it that complicated? It's not like the limbs have to be interchangable.
>>5618005
>>5618012
I can still get pleasure from you both.
>>5619330
Have you seen his combination in show? They take quite a few liberties to make his bot mode.
>>5619318
I really like a lot of MP Shockwave's tricks to keep everything mostly self-contained and stable in the long-term. Making his energy cable a metal coil with a string through it to keep it from uncoiling was brilliant. It puts to rest any fear of any rubber or rubberized plastic tearing itself apart while being tugged around by the transformation or just falling apart over time. The barrel is on an armature to keep it attached, folds up into a nice concise backpack, and he has a display stand for his gun mode that doubles as more accurate purple backpack.
May not look as immediately impressive as Quakewave or Quakeblast, but the simplicity of it all is what makes it so cool to me.
>>5619328
The beastmode is probably the weakest overall, but in that pic I also folded his legs in a bit more than you normally would. You can see on the inside of his legs where I folded out some panels.
Personally, I love the wolfmode. The arms/front legs have a lot of articulation, and so does the head. It's only the back legs that are a bit funky, but they serve their purpose and honestly, it's not like you're going to be posing him on your shelf ass-end forward.
What qualifications do you need to be hired as a Hasbro photographer?
>>5619346
Absolutely no knowledge whatsoever of the product you're trying to photograph, for one.
No clue why I'm on the fence about Quillfire and Thunderhoof now that they are on HTS. I've been waiting for them to show up there.
Maybe it's because I have a $5 target gift card and hoping they might show up there but it's only a $5 saving.
Weird.
>>5619352
>thumb on right hand not properly placed
>those fucking legs
>robot group shot doesn't include Blackjack
>one horn on Menasor's head not up/broken off, can't even tell from this tiny pic
![reduced-galery_image_11609_19282[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/lNGBqAk.jpg "reduced-galery_image_11609_19282[1].jpg")
>>5619346
>>5619352
>hasbro photography
>badly transformed
>badly posed
>inaccurate cg model shit or highly airbrushed photoshopped photos
>takara photography
>nicely posed
>shows off the figures well
>the paint apps are naturally so good they don't even have to shop them that much and they're close to what you get in hand
takara wins again etc etc
>>5619360
Not if you've looked at a lot of MP product shots.
Shit gets really ridiculous.
>>5619360
MP Hotrod begs to differ. The pics make him look like ass, then you get him in-hand and he's fucking perfect.
>>5619237
Oh fuck yes, inferno was my favourite g1 toy as a kid.
>>5619237
Sort of scared of the price, but damn I kinda want it.
>>5619237
>paid for Backdraft already
FUCK.
>>5618547
you know i like the double pretenders conceptually but not enough to pay premium big dick prices for the figures
that's sorta the running theme with club stuff, repaints that are kinda okay that I'd buy if I saw them at a Target for less than 20 bucks
but i guess repaints as new characters just dont happen anymore
>>5619330
RiD toys just aren't of very high quality.
It would either be very hollow or have limited articulation.
