Old thread >>5593454
>>5594859
>>5594545
I feel like his arms are really bare, the concept art gave him nice arm colors. otherwise it looks fuckin sexy
In my dreams we are all burning and the only one left is Satan.
>>5594868
looks like a shriveled albino prune
>>5594868
I've seen some shit but damn.
>>5594868
The sad thing is that they coud've just done a Cheetor/Tigatron head and used it for Ravage anyway. Shadow panther/Tripredacus agent are both considered Ravage,and both are Cheetor repaints. Instead they tried cramming this head in.
>>5594868
wew, oouch
>>5594868
>>5594868
>Someone thought this was okay.
>>5594892
Even worse:
>people paid for it
>people will defend it
>>5594888
>>5594467
HAVE NO FEAR
THE CRIMSON CHIN IS HERE
>mfw rp sign ups on tfw2005 are full of whining children
>>5594867
It looks great, but It's annoying they used gold chrome for a god chunk of the body, then used regular yellow for the legs.
They should have gone with one or the other.
>>5594927
They wouldn't be able to chrome only parts of the leg like that.
>>5594921
Wat?
>>5594933
Good point, but I still think it looks weird. Oh well, it's not like I'll ever see that at ana reasonable price.
>>5594952
>Oh well, it's not like I'll ever see that at ana reasonable price.
EAT THE HELL
>>5594966
Yeah, I'm not paying 300 for a 35-40 dollar mold. Maybe a 100.
So how often are themed Botcon years?
Like I know there was an Animated one, and this one is full of Beast Wars homages. Wondering if there will later more UT character homages. Off the top of my head, I remember there being ones based on the toy-only Cannonball, just barely managed to poke his head into the comics Skywarp and a SG guy that was pretty much Side Swipe but with different logo.
Kind of surprised they didn't make Red Alert and Crosswise based on the above.
>>5594973
Themes are normally based on a line, or tv show (Animated, Machine Wars, Classics, etc..), with a few being their own thing like Knights/Pirates (which had Transformers that referenced many parts of the franchise)
>>5594973
Every year Fun Pub ran it was a themed year, though sometimes the theme was more a concept than a specific line(like The Elite Guard, or Pirates vs. Knights). Before that the theme was mainly directly based on whatever contemporary line was out. We don't know what the next con organizers will do but it'll probably remain similar.
And the asshole mod at TFW has the audacity to ask for civility in the thread.
>>5594894
I'll give you one better.
>People will even think this figure will have value over many other better figures, merely for being an exclusive.
>>5594982
>One of the first comments is "Great news"
Heh.
>>5594963
>can't be arsed to remove the police light bar
I haven't seen this level of lazy since Super Powers Green Lantern. Or CW Smokescreen.
>>5594982
good riddance to funpube and the nazis that run it.
>>5594987
They literally can't remove it because they were fucking idiots. Instead of molding that piece to the windshield part, they also molded bits of on the roof making it impossible to take it off since it require way more remolding.
>>5594921
>mfw the same 12 people are in every RP thread
>mfw every RP thread has the same copypasted OP
>mfw it's totally freeform "muh fiction" with no dice involved
>>5594943
Autistic roleplay children
>Reflector's bio references events that are copied from IDW into this universe, even though they have no context in this storyline
>It's not even needed, because the bio makes those events pointless within the context of itself
christ
>>5594991
coulda just used the deadend/wildrider version of that mold without the lightbar... but hey, fuckpub right?
>>5594998
Yeah, it's ridiculously convoluted. Just having them be the G1 trio getting upgraded would have been enough.
>>5594995
It's like an endless circlejerk, they literally have to agree on who wins.
>>5594998
>>5595002
The whole storyline is a collection of "why" decisions. Megatron, who was initially intended by 3H to be a TF Universe(post Best Machines) version of Megatron, is actually his FIRST form in this. Before his Botcon 2006 form, before his BW T.Rex form. same for Tigatron. They could've just done a "Return of Beast Wars" story, but nope.
>>5595011
It's confusing. The events of Spotlight Wheelie happen way in the past, but due the nature of the ship the Reflector trio used, they technically died only 3 years ago in the comic.
>>5595012
Considering this is the last Botcon, this storyline was probably intended for their Beast Wars Uprising story. They probably lost the license after most of the toy colors, and new head sculpts were done, so they were forced to use these guys as is.
Megatron using his TM 3 body may have made sense in whatever they planned for Uprising, but not here.
>>5595019
They said this isn't BW Uprising. As stupid as that decision is.
>>5595024
It isn't, that's what I'm saying. It was probably intended as an Uprising story, specially since they built up so much of that through out the last few years.
I hope someone gets a hold of one of these new megatrons to cast and copy the head so we can just buy the old used bodies, slap it on and paint it. Fuck, for the money I'd be saving I would pay 30-ish bucks for an unpainted head if it meant I didn't have to pay 300+ for a 13 year old toy with red paint and a new head on it.
>>5595024
They're bullshitting, it's really obvious this was meant for Uprising. Hasbro probably changed it after they took control of the convention.
>>5595026
Why would they intend for it to be Uprising, then not do it? Hasbro wouldn't care either way.
>>5595039
To tie it to something that's still relevant (IDW, which they've been pushing hard these last few years) than something that's tied to Funpubs fiction (which will no longer be relevant to them).
>>5595031
That shit is not going to stay at $300. To get an idea, Botcon Scorponok, an equally demanded reuse of a mold in colors fans really wanted. With a Headmaster, too! It's averaging $100-$200.
Every year, people scramble to buy the exclusives they think are going to sell and, and here I am buying them at decent prices just by waiting a few months after.
>just funpub my shit up
>>5595041
That's retarded. IDW doesn't have anything still relevant to be tied to this story.
>>5595043
This is true. Seems like fewer and fewer of the Botcon exclusives are going up in value like they used to. Probably because Fubpub shits out tons of the figures instead of just a few in limited numbers like they used to.
>>5595047
They clearly did, since this apparently follows up on IDW Beast Wars fiction.
>>5595050
I hope that's true with the Reflector set. I want them so bad, but for $60 for such small guys I'd like to wait for the price to go down.
That knee mod for Barricade really helps his look.
>>5595057
$60 for 3 Legends is a few bucks less than 3P prices. So it's...Sort of fair. Sort of. If you consider 3P prices to be fair.
>>5595054
You said relevant. IDW's Beast Wars hasn't been relevant in 9 years.
>>5595062
>toys that aren't retail prices are ripoffs
>doesn't understand scale of economics
>probably a poorfag Hasbro fan.
>fanfiction
>relevant
it most certainly is unprofitable
>>5595063
IDW, the company, is still relevant while Funpub are not.
In terms of fiction? Uprising is more relevant by far, but its better to use the fiction of the company you still have ties to, instead of the one you no longer work with.
>>5595064
No one gives a shit about your supposed "scale of economics" Anon. Show me hard data on what 3P manufacturing costs really are and them maybe we'll take you seriously.
>>5595067
Hasbro, nor IDW care about having official ties with a small run convention comic. I very much doubt it was their decision.
Shame I never made it to BC. I've wanted to but, from what I've heard it wasn't what it used to be. Maybe I'll make it to TF con one day.
Hope we get to see how Trypticon is coming along this weekend...
>>5595078
A bit too soon for that. At best we'll get a teaser like the one for Fortress.
>>5595019
>>5595024
>>5595026
>>5595039
>>5595041
>>5595047
IDW's BW is more relevant in so much that it's tied into the actual Beast Wars show people care about, and not some bizarre AU like the uprising stuff that few people care about. Lets be clear, here, what they really should've done is a post Beast Machines, post-Universe story that attempts to make up for the failings of those and give us a decent Beast Wars sequel.
>>5595080
Anything would be fine.
Even just the concept art.
>>5595071
>supposed
You're retarded. You know this. Right? Anyone who knows anything about mass production know costs go up when you produce fewer units. With anything. Period. I don't need manufacturing costs from a third party to understand why their products don't sell for as low as mass produced products from a colossally larger company. Are all manufacturing costs equal? No. Do some companies charge more than others? Yeah. Companies decide how much to mark up to recoup from expenses, and make a profit. Some companies are more greedy than others and want to cash in a bigger payday. Capitalism.
>>5595082
I understand what you're trying to say, but relevant isn't the word. And if IDW does revisit Beast Wars, if it comes to it they aren't going to reference a small run convention comic that not very many people read, for historic events or a new setting, they'll just do it again.
>>5595071
>people this poor exist
lol go buy your action class rid figures at walmart fatso
>>5595100
>implying that in his heart of hearts, any lies Brian Savage tells aren't true, in his mind
I'm just excited to get that class Ratchet and work him into this.
>>5595094
Honestly the whole connection is more incidental than anything. The IDW connection was a last minute announcement and it's just due to them deciding to stick the story in the "real" BW universe I mention, where Dawn of future Past and IDW were also crammed in, and even things like 3H(though that all gets largely undone which makes it moot), Universe, and even Dreamwave's G1. Naturally if you really look at it none of that makes sense and it's just because IDW in general is the current hotness as far as fiction goes(and really the only hotness, because no one is talking about RiD).
>>5595106
Not to rain on your parade, but I don't really see the CW First Aid body, or that custom class head as a particularly good base for a season 3 MTMTE Ratchet. I suppose it's better than from scratch though.
>>5595115
It's a Ratchet head, so close enough for me. If I was good at Photoshop, it's lay out the details I've already planned on painting.
>>5595124
True enough. Although if the neck joint works, a TF Prime head would work for that Ratchet, given that Milne literally said it's inspired by that.
>>5595062
True.
I can get someone to hook me up with Megatron for $95. Should I get it or fuck no I can buy MPs and delicious 3p with that money?
>>5595127
>no nose Prime style
no can do
When is botcon showing off new shit? Tomorrow, or Saturday?
>>5595136
Get it, then flip it for 200-250 on ebay
>>5595136
Hell yes motherfucker, that gigatron mold still looks prettier than any 3rd party toy or modern TF. MPs are fine too but they aren't going to jump up in price like Megatron. also $95 for a third party figure will at best get you a single deluxe or voyager sized combiner limb.
>>5595106
I hope that we start getting Voyager scale 3p IDW style MtMtE robits.
I'd love Megatron in leader size, maybe a little bigger, someone to look imposing next to MP-10.
There is the War Within Megatron coming but I don't think he'll do for me.
>>5595145
There's MMC's DJD. But yeah, the more the merrier.
>>5595145
>MP size
ugh no. Anything MTMTE should be Classics scaled. And Megatron would be a Voyager, not a Leader. Magnus is quite a bit taller.
>>5595149
>And Megatron would be a Voyager, not a Leader
I agree. Leaders have been so pathetic lately that the only way they can do that figure justice is if it's a voyager.
>>5595152
>IDW might become the focus of any third parties
chinese don't read western fanfiction
>>5595152
Hoping Maketoys keeps going forward with their Manga Mech series. Not many more lilttle guys for them to make that are popular. Maybe they can move up to Rung next.
Look how BAD this is in detail!
>>5595174
Welp, I won't be sleeping tonight.
>>5595159
They do in abundance actually, overseas sales are amazing.
>>5595136
>>5595140
>>5595143
Any better in hand pics of Megatron or any reported issues?
I MIGHT bite because this is a stupid time sensitive exclusive and the fact he has a bunch of alt modes sounds like I'd get my money's worth. And it will still be better than that fucking FoC remold we never got and will be the bestest BW Megatron we'll get til Takara or a 3p or someone makes a fucking new one.
Hello, I am from the year 2000. I have been frozen for 16 years. I wonder how the new Botcon toys are like these days, if the convention is even still around. I mean, last I was conscious, we got this awesome Tigatron toy, with chrome detailing, plenty of paint apps, based on a widely requested Japan-only mold. Surely any toys these days must be a thousand times better than this!
>>5595194
Go back to sleep, friend.
>>5595185
I was told before the con that the dragon heads have zero paint apps, and a post on TFW confirms it. They're saying something about stickers for the eyes, that you have to buy separate, or something.
I'll keep reading.
>>5595185
The foC Grimlock mold is honestly pretty terrible, we didn't miss out on much. besides this Botcon figure the takara release of Transmetal Megatron is probably the best.
>>5595194
All money pre-2001 has been recalled due to a huge counterfeiting scandal under President Clinton. It's now illegal to own pre-01 cash. I'll take it off your hands for you, though.
>>5595194
He's pretty cute..
>>5594868
thank god I have the 2001 version
>>5594982
only about 5 years too late
>>5595159
They obviously do if all these 3P things are any indication.
This is a real exclusive.
>>5595024
what was uprising supposed to be?
>>5595201
Its not as bad as I thought, the red works well enough so it doesn't seem completely off. still, green eyes like the TMII or some detailing on the snout like the original would've been nice.
>>5595218
Beat me to it, you fuck. Take this instead.
>>5595220
his intelligence should really be the only 10+
>>5595220
>straight 10's in everything
I wish they put more thought into the toy stat cards. Like, shit, you know who should get a 10 in something? Abominus in Strength. Computron, Wheeljack, and Brainstorm in Intelligence. Stuff like that.
>>5594982
The TFW news says
>“Hasbro remains committed to providing fans with exciting experiences” around the Transformers brand, but does not specify if that means new conventions are to be held or if the “BotCon” name itself will make a comeback under new leadership. More news and updates were promised at a later time from Hasbro.
>>5594783
Not too bad. At least there's one exclusive to salvage from this year.
>>5595043
I hope so. I'm going to contact my middleman and hope I don't have to wait until extras are sold on Saturday. Megatron's quantity is 850 for some reason, while Reflector set is 1300. G1 be fucked, that's going to be easy to get.
Someone asked for Tigatron's car mode.
>>5595216
A stupid funpub BW fiction that has all the BW character as transformers that turn into vehicle, but keep their BW names.
It's the reason a few people believe this years botcon was meant to follow that fiction, since all the BW characters turn into vehicles, and have characteristics from their animal forms.
>>5595230
uh
isn't that just pre-bw? or transmetals kinda?
>>5595218
damn fuckpube didn't even bother having the eyes painted?
>>5595226
Well, he might sell out at con. Though it's been a few years since that's happened.
>>5595230
>>5595231
It's more like Autobots and Decepticons made Maximals and Decepticons to fight their war cause they were too old. There's no travel to Earth and lots of Maximals and Predacons are sick of fighting someone else's war. It's not just Cybertronian Beast Wars" since there's other dumb class shit going on.
>>5595231
No because the Uprising universe doesn't take place in the same universe as the cartoon. Its a world where the Maximals and Predacns where created to fight wars for the autobots and Decepticons, but begin to rebel against them.
This is Pre-Bw. Well, actually it's pre-pre bW, since it takes place even before the dOFP story from Botcon 2006.
>>5594867
the more I see this image, the more I think that Titans Return Galvatron would be so easily retooled/customed into this.
The nosecone becomes the tail, the canon is replaced by the blades, his feet become two dragon heads, the tank treads become his dragon claws, just attach wings to his back
>>5595242
Megatron also has a sub-1,000 production run(850 pieces) so who knows. Its a smaller run than most recent exclusives.
>>5595231
This contradicts Dawn of Futures past.
And the Uprising fiction is Maximals/Predacons playing in war games, acting as a proxy to the Autobots and Decepticon war.
Okay I might bite on Megatron I got an SG G2 Optimus (no idea where the data card is) I could sell. How much is one loose, but with sword going for these days?
>>5595259
BIN on ebay is like $100
the original has gone down in value now too since that fucking KO
>>5595001
It's weird I don't mind the light bar, but I'm dissappointed they didn't use the Deadend head
>>5595298
Probably because Streetwise's is more heroic.
>>5595265
I paid like $70ish for mine? Whelp time to stuff him on TFW BST and pray I can get reasonable $ back and get my cash back for Queen Megatron.
>>5595227
Vegicle mode isn't bad, I like the color scheme
>>5594868
This was probably done by the same person who did the Botcon TFAnimated Cheetor headsculpt.
Its gotta be someone's girlfriend or wife who thinks "transformers are really cute."
>>5595346
There is no Botcon Animated Cheetor.
>>5594888
The cybertron Snarl head works ok for a modern Tigatron, if I had the combiner I'd swamp it, then again that mold has a lot of problems already.
>>5595044
>Third parties BTFO
>Hasbro BTFO
>Takara BTFO
>God BTFO
Funpub wins again
>>5595356
>inb4 B-B-BUT THAT'S TRANSTECH
>inb4 B-B-B-BUT TFCC ISN'T BOTCON
I can't wait to get the Reflector set
>>5595373
...but It's not from botcon
>>5595373
Fub Publications is a company.
They run Botcon.
They also run the Transformers Collectors Club.
Animated Cheetor was a Transformers Collectors Club Exclusive.
Not a Botcon exclusive.
Try to keep up.
>>5595384
"They run Botcon."
Not anymore, they don't!
>>5595392
Wrong again, moron! They do for the next 72 hours!
what shit
>>5595395
>I'm wrong but I'll try to shift embarrassment by bringing up something else
REMINDER: Animated Cheetor is not a Botcon Exclusive.
>>5595395
There's no splitting hairs. Its fact. Animated cheetor is not a con exclusive. I'm sorry you're wrong, but acting like a child won't help you.
>>5595397
Oddly enough Reflector is a hasbro pre-tool.
Poorly thought out Perceptor when?
>>5595412
This is just completely unacceptable.
Isn't there like...Announcements of new shit at this or something? Or do they not do that here?
Can we stop posting pics of this hideous exclusive shit and get some news of new stuff?
>>5595437
Event hasn't started yet. I want more pics of Megatron.
>>5595440
Ah, damn. Guess I'll just have to sit here disappointed with another deluge of these shitty funpub remolds and babys-first-modeling-clay tier headsculpts.
>>5595082
you mean "attempts to make up for the failings of everything from the moment the term "beast wars" entered the fiction.
there's a lot of retardation to clean up even from BW itself. somewhat of a hangover from G1's rampant retardation.
>>5595437
that will be saturday, probably at like 11 or 12
>>5595440
Do they reveal anything on Fridays?
>>5595456
Not toy wise.
>>5595446
that reminds me
FUCK YOU HASBRO MALAYSIA!
GIVE ME MY BIRD SHUTTLE ALREADY!
>>5595468
Just wait for the Takara version. Hopefully they'll add some actual locking points for combiner mode, fix the ratchets, and fix the feet in birddragon mode.
>>5595469
>fix issues all related to the combiner mode
who cares
>>5595457
Bummer.
Oh well, it's not like we don't already know what they'll display.
>>5595469
Theress a easy quick fix to tight the ratchets, don't need any expertise unless you don't know how to use a screwdriver. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6t0-_HeB1E
>>5595469
I've had my Sky Lynx since early February and mine has none of the reported issues, his legs in combiner mode aren't very strong ratchets but he has yet to collapse on me.
>>5594982
Im too retarded to understand the issue with this
>>5595231
Uprising was an alternate universe in which Humans achieved scary power level and kicked the asses of all Cybertronians, quarantining them on Cybertron.
Using Human technology, For Max created the Maximals and someone else created the Predacons. The Autobots and the Decepticons have their kids fight in bloody gladiatorial combat to sate their desire to continue the Great War.
The execution was pretty awful from the toy perspective but it's a very interesting concept and probably the best idea FunPub's had.
>>5595519
That's the best way I've seen it described yet. Probably a good thing that most of their fiction has been their text stories.
>>5595519
>The Autobots and the Decepticons have their kids fight in bloody gladiatorial combat to sate their desire to continue the Great War.
Man, that was practically My toy story with the original BW toys before I saw the cartoon. Only difference being it was bat Optimus as the leader of the Maximals and ape Optimus was G1 Optimus who went crazy after losing the Matrix and was the 'big bad'.
>>5595412
quality figure from pete shitclair and brian sodom. enjoy tfcc fans. this is what you deserve by eating all the shit from those guy's assholes.
So what's the deal, do these Maximals have a bot they combine into or what
>>5595562
No?
>>5595562
Suppoused to be Magnaboss using the 2 new cars with Silverbolt, Ironhide, Prowl and a sheat of stickers.
![61Tm5LdxU+L._SL1100_[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/xdf7aL3.jpg "61Tm5LdxU+L._SL1100_[1].jpg")
TAKARA
![71HfP1dlJvL._SL1100_[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/KXbg75t.jpg "71HfP1dlJvL._SL1100_[1].jpg")
WINS
![71lFPeVbSrL._SL1100_[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/zpnJkKU.jpg "71lFPeVbSrL._SL1100_[1].jpg")
AGAIN
![619j2fYaZ5L._SL1100_[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/foNRhwa.jpg "619j2fYaZ5L._SL1100_[1].jpg")
AND
![71XmlW69gzL._SL1100_[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/bbXEg4W.jpg "71XmlW69gzL._SL1100_[1].jpg")
AGAIN!!!
>>5595592
BUT
WAIT
THERE'S MORE!
>>5595584
Did they re-do the head? It looks less sad smug.
>>5595591
WTF i want those guns!
>>5595253
Huh. I thought it wasn't that unusual, but you're right. They've been typically above 1K since 2007. Much lower in the 2 years before though.
http://gbblackrock.capturedprey.com/
... I wonder if they're going to pull a Mattel and actually have a few hundred above that 850 that they sell themselves on the secondary market. I mean, who's going to stop them now?
![1436490951747[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/PS52hgo.jpg "1436490951747[1].jpg")
>>5595602
he's not beta anymore anon
>>5595606
Looks like the same head, but the coloring on the Takara one is obviously better looking.
>>5595591
Show-red Afterburner feels weird to me, and making him toy-orange would break up the large clump of red on Computron
>Want to get CW Optimus/Menasor because it's the only central robot mold with torso twist, shame for the slightly ugly combined form hips
>There's a 3rd party addon that fixes the hips and crotch
>but it blocks torso twisting
>Last year of Botcon
>One of the figures is Under-3
I ain't even mad. This is hilarious.
>>5595616
Why do you have such a boner for combiner waists?
>>5595632
Due to Gunplas I now expect a certain amount of articulation and bodily proportions from my plastic robots
>>5595635
Do gunplas usually have transformation mechanics running throughout their body?
>>5595662
Some of them, see any non-High Grade Zeta Gundam
>>5595669
Um... To call Zeta transformations anything similar to what a Transformer does it pretty laughable. They don't have to look like a real vehicle, they just have to fold up into something that resembles a future jet.
>>5595677
>something that resembles a future jet.
i don't see the problem
wait, what's the point of cybertronian using earth vehicle alt mode nowadays? is it still for disguises?
>>5595677
On top of that there isn't a goddamn Gestalt Gundam that forms from 5 smaller gundams.
>>5595679
that, mobility, or better offensive power
>>5595677
>To call Zeta transformations anything similar to what a Transformer does it pretty laughable.
Are you really saying any Transformer toy is more complex than the Zeta? Because that only happens with Masterpiece toys, and the movie leaders. Anything else is very, very simple.
>>5595685
still don't see the problem, transformaton is not the main gimmick for mobile suit since forever
even in universe they have Re-GZ to justify this.
>>5595688
>Are you really saying any Transformer toy is more complex than the Zeta?
Well not a fucking one step changer, not ANY Transformer toy. Certainly a CW core that has three distinct modes none of which look like Zeta Gundam laying on its back with its legs folded inward. Super complicated transformation there.
>>5595692
You're posting a very flattering angle.
>>5595693
i wish Zeta gundam got less complex transformation. i don't even dare to touch the RG for posing anymore
>>5595680
the SD gundams had one of these
also SD turning into proper "HG" forms
>>5595692
>anon complains that Transformers toys don't live up to gunpla standards
>"just look at zeta suits they transform and have great articulation"
>called out on how shit they look transformed
>"well transformation isn't their main gimmick anyway"
Everybody post cool transformations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOrhTFNBBqo
>>5595699
still don't see the problem
>>5595702
That zeta gundam kit you posted a gif of is my favorite gunpla seom zeta gundam that is a model kit.
How'd they wedge Ironhide's gun in there? I'm trying to do it with my Offroad but nothing's solid hold.
>>5595631
>tfw no 4-U
>>5595740
Can't wait for bootleggers to get this. That looks fucking metal.
>>5595591
holy shit dat guns
japan>burgerland
>>5595802
shit, you're right. also look at the combiner port hole at the bottom of the leg, legs are reversed too
I don't care if IDW's Arcee is a tranny, these thunderthighs were built for death by snu snu and I want to do just that.
>>5595806
Tranny is a derogatory term (as is trap, btw), trans is the proper term.
>>5595740
>hasbro asia exclusive
>supposedly made of diecast
That is the most METAL mace I've ever seen
>sky walker
>destroyer
>flame knight
Damnit, looks like bootleggers have gotten a hold onto the taiwan made bots
Hurry up with the ko deluxes with starscream heads, I want muh seeker gestalt
>>5595807
Your point?
>>5595807
You need to go back to Tumblr if you seriously think somebody on 4chan would give a shit.
Also, traps don't view themselves as the opposite sex. They just like to crossdress like degenerates.
>>5595809
>this was a picture taken at the same bootlegger convention
OH SHIT, dat black rook
>>5595810
Education if you were ignorant, calling out if you were dismissive.
>>5595807
>giving much of a shit about terms
>on 4chan
You are correct, but damn, I thought the grandma nazi was wasting his time.
>>5595814
Nobody likes trannies. Go be a faggot somewhere else you nigger.
>>5595814
fuck off tranny
>>5595814
>>5595234
I guess maybe it's a nod to Savage Noble?
![1460115081911[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/KOTeZdX.jpg "1460115081911[1].jpg")
>>5595817
>>5595818
I'm a tranny lol
>>5595824
>>5595082
Yeah, but IDW Beast Wars is dogshit all the way through and Uprising ranges from decent (Broken Windshields, Micro-Aggressions) to fantastic (Alone Together, Head Games, Burning Bridges).
It's like an IDW G1 reboot for Beast Wars, which - to be honest - really needed it. BW is the only continuity "family" that has a piece of fiction regarded as sacred and unassailable; whenever Beast Wars characters show up in universes without the events of the cartoon you get a wave of fans insisting that they should've done new fiction designed to be in canon with the Beast Wars cartoon instead.
And really, when has any of that ever been good? Beast Wars just isn't a story that works with events happening just offscreen.
>>5595814
And you are trying to force your ideology on others through shaming and stigmatizing, not to mention being offended because someone isn't being politically correct on 4chan of all places.
Whats the word?
TAKARA
>>5595846
AGAIN
Seriously the hasbro one didn't look anything like blur.
And all it took was a shitload of paint, ALL IT FUCKING TOOK WAS SOME PAINT, NOT RETOOLS, BUT PAINT
HOW DO YOU KEEP FUCKING UP SO BADLY HASBRO!?
>>5595850
Waiting on scourge to fucking demolish hasbro
>>5595853
I'm conflicted, impulse bought cw bruticus, but the takara one floors me.
I'm debating on selling 3 of the 5 (keeping swindle and takeoff) or buying the 2 mentioned and selling the rest as a set (they serve a custom gestalt currently)
>>5595845
>>5595846
>>5595847
It's still crap. Granted, I'm not in the target group since I'm not as big a fan as everyone else here and the character has no nostalgia value for me.
My point is that if you take off your nostalgia goggles, it's a design that went out of style over twenty years ago. Plus all that light blue more than hurts the eye if you look at it for too long. I'd much rather Hasbro either used the comics designs of the characters or invented new characters entirely.
>>5595853
Then you have shit tier tastes.
here's a silly question
between the CW/UW toys, which do you consider the "best" one for each mold type?
>>5595865
Takara. Doesn't matter who, they do the best version of each character.
>>5595845
It's perfect.
>>5595862
Here's the funny thing, I'm like you, infact
>I find blurr ANNOYING due to his speed talk
>never cared for his vehicle design
>Never was a fan of blue
But seeing this lit something inside me, and while its just a lavish repaint of a hollow shitfucker who's already getting retooled into A CHARACTER WHO SHOULD BE A HEADMASTER since blurr ISN'T I...just fell in love.
Maybe I'm retarded, maybe I'm a takara fanboy, maybe I just appreciate what they do, who knows.
Scourge though is a must have, blurr here is just a HOLY SHIT THATS MUCH BETTER kinda thing, one that got me to pre-order it.
>>5595865
What, you mean the deco?
Apart from computron they're pretty similar mold wise, we only have a few differences in molds, superion swaps slingshot for idw's alpha bravo who we never see again, hasbro gave us rook who is a fan fav despite simerlar shit as per alpha bravo, bruticus is quite subjective as some prefer the "new" blastoff, oh and offroad is...ok I guess.
Honestly, it can get quite subjective, takara/UW wins on deco and mold retooling for sheer g1 accuracy and production values, hasbro's only real win was defensor with rook, and if people don't like that we got deluxe groove to fix
>>5595866
I'm sorry, I wasn't clear enough
Here's an example of what I meant:
Between all the bots which use the Offroad mold, I think First Aid is the better one/coolest looking
>>5595871
It also helps that First Aid is alot more stable when in arm mode, and doesn't split at the forearm with ease (unlike Off Road and Ironhide).
>>5595871
Again don't matter bro. Takara superior QC. Nippon quality.
>>5595862
>only modern designs are good, everything old is automatically crap
>>5595397
Why... why wasn't Reflector a mass retail release? Hopefully Takara will put out there own version.
>>5595862
G1 isn't a specific style, it's just regular robot design. And it never went out of style. Regular looking robots are still made in tons of anime and cartoons.
Get over yourself.
>>5595882
Because Reflector deserves more than a Legends release.
>>5595882
Too similar to Shockwave's colours, retailers wouldn't go for it
>>5595891
Hay buddy the botcon heads are elsewhere in the thread
>>5595866
>Drag Strip
![transformers-g1-0493_1191620162[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/Dq00HUg.jpg "transformers-g1-0493_1191620162[1].jpg")
>>5595845
>>5595846
>>5595847
You don't understand! The Hasbro one sucks on PURPOSE!
>>5595894
Get your eyes examined, Takaracuck.
>>5595877
I can do this too.
>G1 was the best everything. Everything after it like Fur Wars and animooted was shit because they didn't look like it
Grow up. The design of every thing ever changes with the years in order to stay fresh and relevant. I understand iconic or vintage but Blurr is neither, and the major reason the majority of people buy toys is because they look cool. Not because it's that one guy from that one show.
>>5595891
>And this is what sour grapes look like, class..
>>5595898
Unnecessary changes. No point to do an old character if you're not going to do it right. And if you already did a toy in toy colors, then the cartoon should be next up.
>but nope let's reference the same shit over and over again, let's not be fresh and relevant and do boring and terrible toy colors
>>5595845
Why does Blurr have downs?
>>5595883
I'm talking about Blurr in particular. Also the "regular robot design" itself has evolved over the years and isn't as boxy or ill proportion as it used to. Heck, that's noticable even in the same cartoon. Compare Blurr with Sunstreaker for example.
