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SpazmasterX posted:Look at this loving thing! I will be the best uncle ever. Who do we petition to get a MP Grimlock reissue that says "I'M A BIPED! I WALK ON TWO LEGS!"?
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Phy posted:e: Man, pachycephalosaurus got the poo poo end of the stick for naming in its clade. "King dragon." "Demon from the River Styx." "Thick-headed lizard." Well if it makes you feel any better, one of those are now thought to be the younger version of a larger pachycephalosaur that was probably already named. But, yes I actually kinda want one of these. I'm partial to that ankylosaur. There should really be an ankylosaur Transformers if there isn't one already.
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There's an Ankylo drone that comes with PCC Dinopope, but he turns into a leg. I don't know if it counts.
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Look at these plebs who don't know about beast wars neo http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bazooka_(BWN)
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I love Beast Wars Neo toys and have most of them, but their transformations have the weirdest "feel" out of any line. I would love to give everyone in this thread a Bazooka and see what they think. Then Break.
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Why cookie Rocket posted:I love Beast Wars Neo toys and have most of them, but their transformations have the weirdest "feel" out of any line. I would love to give everyone in this thread a Bazooka and see what they think. Then Break. I've always thought Break was pretty awesome, but that might be because I really like penguins.
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Hasbro/Paramount have filed for trademarks for "Age of Extinction", leading people to believe that's the title for Transformers 4. http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers...demarks-178331/ One of the other trademarks filed under the video game category reveal some sort of spoiler which I didn't read. Edit: I looked at Seibertron's article about the same news and the "spoiler" was not spoiler text, and it's interesting, but if it's only in the video game domain and not the movie itself, I'd be ok with that. HiriseSoftware fucked around with this message at 19:33 on Sep 2, 2013 |
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So that's what, another point towards it being a Dinobot-centric movie?
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Arsenal_12 posted:I've always thought Break was pretty awesome, but that might be because I really like penguins. I'm torn, because my fiancee tolerates my TF habit, she loves penguins, but she hates frustration.
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404GoonNotFound posted:So that's what, another point towards it being a Dinobot-centric movie? That and the fact that they finally admitted the Dinobots are in it.
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Going back over MTMTE and I cannot get Brandon Keener's voice out of my head for Cyclonus. Not just because he's a bro, but because his upper mandible has been drawn so very, very Turian-ish.
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Keldroc posted:That and the fact that they finally admitted the Dinobots are in it. Oh good, they can make those instead of making classic dinobots, hooray. Hasbro is really skilled at making stuff instead of classic dinobots, but these are dinobots, so it'll be real nailbiter.
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The Dinobots are one of the few groups of Transformers that might appreciate being made into movieverse, since they're all jagged and metallic to begin with. Unfortunately the design cues they'd appreciate are on the Decepticon side so who knows what they're going to end up looking like.Phy posted:Going back over MTMTE and I cannot get Brandon Keener's voice out of my head for Cyclonus. Not just because he's a bro, but because his upper mandible has been drawn so very, very Turian-ish. On that note I am really hoping Cyclonus beats down Star Sabre, given the shot of him quite angry at Dai Atlas' death but unfortunately I think Roberts wasted too much of the five issues to give that any real time  And then we're off to Dark Cybertron, toot toot. (Admittedly a real IDW crossover is way more exciting than the shoveled poo poo the Big 2 books produce)
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Phy posted:Going back over MTMTE and I cannot get Brandon Keener's voice out of my head for Cyclonus. Not just because he's a bro, but because his upper mandible has been drawn so very, very Turian-ish. Ha I could see/hear that. The little moment where he's teaching Tailgate to speak old Cybertronian: "Heh. No." is very Garrus.
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Now i read Cyclonus as Garrus too. Thanks, guys. They have Sandstorm and Springer at the Targets in the north Chicagoland area. Got sandstorm because those VTOL engines look badass in robot mode. I don't really like the actual VTOL mode, though the dune buggy is pretty good. I get the feeling that I could transform it better, though, because in vehicle modes there are little gaps and things aren't quite flush. Hs gun kind of sucks compared to Springsr's weapons.
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Would anyone like to buy some of my TF figures before I try eBay? Heading back to University so it's time to clear out sadly: Reveal the Shield Wreck-Gar (still in packaging) Generations Deluxe Straxus/Darmount Animated Leader Megatron Animated Deluxe Jetfire and Jetstorm Animated Deluxe Sentinel Prime Animated Deluxe Lockdown (black version) Animated Deluxe Soundwave (original blue version) Animated Voyager Blitzwing Animated Voyager Wreck-gar Animated Voyager Shockwave Generations Deluxe Laser Prime Will be shipping from the UK so would need to sort out shipping, go ahead and make an offer. Pretty sure I can find instructions for most of them.
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BizarroAzrael posted:Would anyone like to buy some of my TF figures before I try eBay? Heading back to University so it's time to clear out sadly: Megatron is tempting. What are we looking at, vaguely speaking? talk to me at fortezeluxe at gmail dot com
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MP Soundwave arrived today, hurrah! As great as he is, I think I'm actually more impressed by the tapes as it goes, Lazerbeak in particular just boggles my mind the way they've gotten such a perfect representation out of a tiny sodding rectangle. Speaking of whom, I very nervously and gently coaxed the thruster fins up into place after an earlier poster's unfortunate tale of woe where they snapped theirs off the very first time. drat those things are scarily stiff. Looking at the gang chilling out on a shelf, it suddenly occurred to me we've already gotten the entire original set of Decepticons in MP form. Starscream, Skywarp, Thundercracker, Megatron*, Soundwave and co...yet still so many Autobots to get through. Surprising really, was always under the impression the 'cons weren't as popular. * Yeah, it needs a newer version but still, we did get one
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BizarroAzrael posted:Would anyone like to buy some of my TF figures before I try eBay? Heading back to University so it's time to clear out sadly: I'd be interested in this, I need more bearded robots shout me at attackships at gmail dot com
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I finally opened my Blitzwang. Holy poo poo, how did this pass QC? Aside from the shoulder issues, the limbs were all stiff enough that I thought I was going to break them. The paint on his upper arm is already scratched (that whole paintjob looks like someone had a go with their Humbrol enamel paints) and I haven't actually done anything. The missile doesn't want to click into his tank barrel. His faces won't turn. He's just so stiff all over, and he's not fun. The whole toy is lacking in fun.
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The_Doctor posted:I finally opened my Blitzwang. Holy poo poo, how did this pass QC? Aside from the shoulder issues, the limbs were all stiff enough that I thought I was going to break them. The paint on his upper arm is already scratched (that whole paintjob looks like someone had a go with their Humbrol enamel paints) and I haven't actually done anything. The missile doesn't want to click into his tank barrel. His faces won't turn. He's just so stiff all over, and he's not fun. The whole toy is lacking in fun. The face thing is a pretty easy fix, and though I haven't tried the shoulders fix, everyone says its easy too. You can probably loosen the screws a hair and work the limbs back and forth to loosen them up. Or say screw it to all that and return him and take your chances with the takara release
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Buckle your seatbelts, folks, non-stop white-knuckle thrill ride incoming. Finally, The Happening will no longer be Mark Wahlberg's worst film.
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Michael Bay will always be better than Shyamalan, yo. At least the guy can still film things that looks nice, and Shyamalan never inspired anybody like Neil Blomkamp or Christopher Nolan. By the way, the title has been confirmed to be Transformers: Age of Extinction. 
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The MSJ posted:Michael Bay will always be better than Shyamalan, yo. That is such a low bar as to be barely perceptible in difference. Bay's cynical contempt for the audience makes him worse in my book, though.
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Keldroc posted:Buckle your seatbelts, folks, non-stop white-knuckle thrill ride incoming. thats the biggest vacuum cleaner I've ever seen
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Keldroc posted:That is such a low bar as to be barely perceptible in difference. Bay's cynical contempt for the audience makes him worse in my book, though. Yeah as much of a misfire as M. Night has become, he at least strove for something with his films.
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Goldskull posted:I'd be interested in this, I need more bearded robots shout me at attackships at gmail dot com I had someone aproach me ahead of you, you get first refusal if they don't want to go ahead. For those that asked, it seems sending a 7 ounce (200mg) deluxe class is about £5 ($8?) normally and £10($15?) tracked and insured, taking 4-5 days. Leader Magatron will be more like £7.20 and £12.60. I also have an Animated Grimlock and an incomplete Cybertron Starscream, so the full list is: Reveal the Shield Wreck-Gar (still in packaging) Generations Deluxe Straxus/Darmount Animated Leader Megatron Animated Voyager Grimlock Animated Deluxe Jetfire and Jetstorm Animated Deluxe Sentinel Prime Animated Deluxe Lockdown (black version) Animated Deluxe Soundwave (original blue version) Animated Voyager Blitzwing Animated Voyager Wreck-gar Animated Voyager Shockwave Generations Deluxe Laser Prime Cybertron Voyager Starscream (instructions, rear fins, key and gun missing) Has anyone shipped a packaged deluxe blister before? Trying to figure our how best to package it them, I don't think they sell suitably sized boxes. BizarroAzrael fucked around with this message at 15:49 on Sep 4, 2013 |
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Keldroc posted:Buckle your seatbelts, folks, non-stop white-knuckle thrill ride incoming. Woah woah woah, are they riding INSIDE a Dinobot? That doesn't look like a Helicopter cockpit.
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WendigoJohnson posted:Woah woah woah, are they riding INSIDE a Dinobot? That doesn't look like a Helicopter cockpit. It's one of the Decepticon gunships from the previous film apparently.
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Keldroc posted:Buckle your seatbelts, folks, non-stop white-knuckle thrill ride incoming. DULL SURPRISE!
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Man I am already bored by this movie. At least the title doesn't sound like someone trying to talk while having a stroke (for the first time since 2007).
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The_Doctor posted:It's one of the Decepticon gunships from the previous film apparently. I bet the US military retrofitted the hard data from the Decepticon processing folds and reverse engineered the Gunships main control terminals which were what Project MOGUL was really about. I bet that's going to be an actual line in the movie.
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The idea of the US army building Dinobot mechs really amuses me. I love the idea of some general sitting around in the pentagon going "gently caress yeah! Our troops piloting robot dinosaurs! gently caress practicality, that's loving awesome! Besides, the shareholders over at General Dynamics think this is a fantastic idea, too and handed me this briefcase full of cash so I'd give it my blessing." The US Government then spends untold billions of taxpayer dollars to make said dino-tanks, which in practice are walking death traps that are huge targets for terrorists with RPGs and will topple over and explode for no good reason.
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Gammatron 64 posted:The idea of the US army building Dinobot mechs really amuses me. I love the idea of some general sitting around in the pentagon going "gently caress yeah! Our troops piloting robot dinosaurs! gently caress practicality, that's loving awesome! Besides, the shareholders over at General Dynamics think this is a fantastic idea, too and handed me this briefcase full of cash so I'd give it my blessing." The US Government then spends untold billions of taxpayer dollars to make said dino-tanks, which in practice are walking death traps that are huge targets for terrorists with RPGs and will topple over and explode for no good reason. The G1 backstory was that Wheeljack used Autobot resources to build the Dinobots because.... The comic one was the only one that made any sense, Shockwave braindamages a bunch of Autobots and makes them his experiments. Also it's a myth that walking vehicles would topple over under heavy fire, John Deere made some magic tree cutting robot that doesn't do that. It's designed to pillage trees while also surviving assorted fire from groups of South American rebels.
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Gammatron 64 posted:The idea of the US army building Dinobot mechs really amuses me. I love the idea of some general sitting around in the pentagon going "gently caress yeah! Our troops piloting robot dinosaurs! gently caress practicality, that's loving awesome! Besides, the shareholders over at General Dynamics think this is a fantastic idea, too and handed me this briefcase full of cash so I'd give it my blessing." The US Government then spends untold billions of taxpayer dollars to make said dino-tanks, which in practice are walking death traps that are huge targets for terrorists with RPGs and will topple over and explode for no good reason. I'm going to love watching a movie where the US Military has reverse-engineered Decepticon weaponry and not only will Optimus probably be totally cool with it because "It's their right to be prepared" or blah-blah some poo poo, but also the fact that this would obviously be enormously catastrophic for the balance of power around the world will probably be ignored in favor of "Look how cool the Army is NOW!"
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The entire plotline to Macross was that the United nations(they really mean America because we're the only ones who have extra aircraft carriers to spare) finds alien technology and repurposes it to our use.
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WendigoJohnson posted:The G1 backstory was that Wheeljack used Autobot resources to build the Dinobots because.... I was more making a joke about the military\industrial complex than walking tanks, although if the army had Zakus or Scopedogs that would honestly be kind of awesome. (Albeit still impractical as you could just remote control them.) However, bipedal robots do LEGITIMATELY have a lot of trouble standing and walking, and would probably topple over stuff and have trip getting back up. It's difficult to make them at a small size, imagine making big ones with people in them. Quadrupedal robots like the Big Dog do fine, but as far as bipeds go, I believe Petman is the best we have, and he's not perfect yet. Making a big petman and putting a soldier inside would probably be a really bad idea. A lot of robots have trouble getting up stairs consistently, let alone a battlefield.
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Gammatron 64 posted:Making a big petman and putting a soldier inside would probably be a really bad idea. For direct combat probably, but for unloading/equipment transport it would probably be ideal. Also any guesses to what Voyager Rinox will be retooled/repainted into? Grimlock became BW Megatron but I think Rhinox is going to go the other way and be a G1 guy. With a new head he could easily be Horri-bull or any of the Horrorcons/Monsterbots. Deluxe waspinator could easily easily pass as Repugnus. The last repungus figure was a repaint of the Fuzors Insect Lizard Guy and Waspinator colored red and yellow looks like Repugnus in robot mode. The Taint Reaper fucked around with this message at 18:46 on Sep 4, 2013 |
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