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Rhyno posted:Yup. Been unavailable for a few weeks. And knowing IDW's trade policy it won't be back in print for a long drat time. It's back in stock now. The TPB for Drift, however, apparently "ships in 1-4 months."
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| # ? Nov 23, 2010 03:58 |
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Sigma-X posted:oh yeah, I know the original is laser prime, I've got him and the Nemesis Prime repaint. I was interested in the new one, which I think looks pretty solid. 3 posted:Fag Smoker.
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| # ? Nov 23, 2010 05:43 |
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So I exchanged the PCC Rallybots set for the Destructicons set... and so far I'm not all that impressed with them.  I can't get Mudslinger into monster-truck mode, the motherfucker doesn't want to peg together properly. His cab doesn't sit right in the front, nor do the legs hold together in the back, and the instructions are vague on where his arms are supposed to be angled along the underside so that his wheels are "in position" (and those arms don't seem to tab or peg into anything so they're just kinda loose on the underside and it looks like rear end. I messed with the drones with PCC Huffer (which I had bought a while back) and they're pretty neat I guess, but oh man Mudslinger is not impressing me at all. I'm real close to just returning the set because his vehicle mode is pissing me right off.
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| # ? Nov 23, 2010 06:47 |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvxfVaj60WI Peaughp-off reviews iGear's mini-masterpiece OP in translucent plastic. It even comes with an Orion Pax head.
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| # ? Nov 23, 2010 17:06 |
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A bunch more scans popped up for Masterpiece Hot Rod/Rodimus Convoy. http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers...0-scans-170969/ If the rumors pan out and they *do* bring him over here without the trailer then that's one mode we lose out on since we wouldn't have the Space Winnebago.
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| # ? Nov 23, 2010 18:13 |
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I like HotRod better than Rodimus so I couldn't care much about his trailer. They should include a fishing pole though.
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| # ? Nov 23, 2010 18:51 |
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Oh wow, he even has a Matrix chamber in his chest. Nice.
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| # ? Nov 23, 2010 19:48 |
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The more I see of that MP Rodimus the more I'm sceptical about it.
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| # ? Nov 23, 2010 20:35 |
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I really like him as Hot Rod, but the longer face as Rodimus has always looked off to me.
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| # ? Nov 23, 2010 20:59 |
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Ka0 posted:Peaughp-off. 
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| # ? Nov 23, 2010 21:27 |
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Rei_ posted:The more I see of that MP Rodimus the more I'm in love with it.
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| # ? Nov 24, 2010 00:04 |
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Xenomrph posted:I thought his name was Peaugh? He pops-off a lot. Get it. It's witty. World popoff record -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z15b_zbOVB0
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| # ? Nov 24, 2010 02:26 |
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Ka0 posted:He pops-off a lot. Get it. It's witty. And then he pops its limbs off more than a power core combiner in the hands of a ham-fisted eleven year old. Seriously, this is an honest to god nightmare. This is what I imagine a bad acid trip would look like. All it needs is classics starscream dissolving into american flag coloured snakes and it would be complete.
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| # ? Nov 24, 2010 02:55 |
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I like him, plus he has reviews of Kup http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTogiDBW6pk
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| # ? Nov 24, 2010 05:16 |
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Rei_ posted:I like him, plus he has reviews of Kup I was totally wrong about the backpack, hooray!
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| # ? Nov 24, 2010 05:29 |
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Rei_ posted:I like him, plus he has reviews of Kup Yeah, that Kup is awesome. To hell with the naysayers.
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| # ? Nov 24, 2010 05:49 |
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The only naysayer just repented a post above yours. I mean of TF fandom I pay any attention to; has Kup gotten some bad press outside this thread?
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| # ? Nov 24, 2010 05:50 |
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Spiderdrake posted:The only naysayer just repented a post above yours. Just a few people on TFW2005 who're never happy about anything but I usually tell them to go to hell anyway. 
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| # ? Nov 24, 2010 06:03 |
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Zaa Boogie posted:A bunch more scans popped up for Masterpiece Hot Rod/Rodimus Convoy. (copy/paste to avoid hotlink blocking) I can't believe that cop-out on the car-to-trailer mode. If I didn't already hate the character so much that would have totally turned me off from buying the Space Winnebago version.
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| # ? Nov 24, 2010 06:52 |
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I picked the PCC Bombshock/Combaticons set up today at Wal-Mart for $15, and I can't get Bombshock's legs to peg together for vehicle mode. I don't understand what I'm doing wrong. I really want to like the PCC stuff but the commander bots just keep letting me down. Huffer's transformation is insultingly easy, Mudslinger doesn't peg together well in vehicle mode, and now apparently neither does Bombshock. I just don't get how Hasbro could drop the ball THIS badly with what is otherwise a pretty neat concept.
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| # ? Nov 24, 2010 08:29 |
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Knormal posted:http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers..._1290534646.jpg What cop-out? Makes him more screen-accurate (and more complex than the original toy, though of course that's not saying much). Given how much is packed into that main body I can live with the second windshield and hood being part of the trailer.
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| # ? Nov 24, 2010 09:22 |
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Chev posted:What cop-out? Makes him more screen-accurate (and more complex than the original toy, though of course that's not saying much). Given how much is packed into that main body I can live with the second windshield and hood being part of the trailer. Exactly. They were going to have to compromise somewhere, and I'd rather it's on the trailer than trying to squeeze a third (fourth?) transformation out of the main toy and ending up with the usual issue of most of them looking half-finished.
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| # ? Nov 24, 2010 12:15 |
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So what are the Black Friday deals to look for? I see TRU is 50% off TF Voyagers, so I might yet pick up Seaspray.
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| # ? Nov 24, 2010 12:23 |
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Who is this guy exactly and is he worth getting for $10? Click here for the full 800x600 image.
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| # ? Nov 24, 2010 22:49 |
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He's Universe Dropshot, a redeco of Cybertron Scattorshot. and I passed on him due to his color, so I have no clue about his quality.
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| # ? Nov 24, 2010 23:05 |
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vkeios posted:He's Universe Dropshot, a redeco of Cybertron Scattorshot. and I passed on him due to his color, so I have no clue about his quality. I loved the hell out of Cybertron Scattorshot, so I can at least respect the deco. As for Dropshot himself, I have no idea.
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| # ? Nov 24, 2010 23:43 |
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Xenomrph posted:Who is this guy exactly and is he worth getting for $10? I bought that, and was eventually so bored with it that I gave it away.
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| # ? Nov 25, 2010 00:07 |
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Xenomrph posted:Who is this guy exactly and is he worth getting for $10? I have the original mold of Cybertron Scattershot. I like him a lot. I didn't get the redeco because the colors just seemed so plain. I think he's worth 10 dollars. His key gimmick is that his missile pods fold out into a larger twin rocket launcher and a cannon.
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| # ? Nov 25, 2010 00:48 |
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So Special Ops Jazz is pretty much the perfect iteration of the character, and Turbo Tracks is pretty drat great. For some reason Wal-Mart neighborhood markets are getting Reveal the Shield in way early, so everyone go out and check if you have one in your area!
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| # ? Nov 25, 2010 03:22 |
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3 posted:So Special Ops Jazz is pretty much the perfect iteration of the character, and Turbo Tracks is pretty drat great. For some reason Wal-Mart neighborhood markets are getting Reveal the Shield in way early, so everyone go out and check if you have one in your area! Also I figured out how to peg PCC Mudslinger and Bombshock together properly, I like them a lot more now. The drones are neat and I think the sets were worth getting at $15 a pop. I'm still REAL tempted to pick up the Rallybots set, provided they've fixed the QC issues.
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| # ? Nov 25, 2010 03:28 |
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Zaa Boogie posted:A bunch more scans popped up for Masterpiece Hot Rod/Rodimus Convoy. And Space Winnebago is the best alt mode ever. Well at least I won't have to rush around TRU stores trying to find one... 
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| # ? Nov 25, 2010 03:52 |
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Xenomrph posted:I'm still REAL tempted to pick up the Rallybots set, provided they've fixed the QC issues.
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| # ? Nov 25, 2010 04:15 |
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Zaa Boogie posted:A bunch more scans popped up for Masterpiece Hot Rod/Rodimus Convoy. Is that "Heroes" stuff later in the scan set what the Japanese are calling "Prime"? Some of the proportions are givin' me huge Transtech flashbacks.
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| # ? Nov 25, 2010 05:41 |
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According to /toy it's the design documents that eventually morphed into Animated Prime looks really awful (to me, no offense to anyone) and those don't seem to be quite akin to that...
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| # ? Nov 25, 2010 05:57 |
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3 posted:For some reason Wal-Mart neighborhood markets are getting Reveal the Shield in way early, so everyone go out and check if you have one in your area!
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| # ? Nov 25, 2010 06:10 |
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Phy posted:Is that "Heroes" stuff later in the scan set what the Japanese are calling "Prime"? Some of the proportions are givin' me huge Transtech flashbacks. Spiderdrake posted:According to /toy it's the design documents that eventually morphed into Animated Yeah, it really is "Transformers Heroes", not Prime. It's indeed the line that was developed to take over as a TV series after Transformers Cybertron, and eventually became TFA. They wanted to distance themselves from Armada/Energon/Cybertron, so they tried more cartoony proportions and the idea that the autobots would be kinda like superheroes on earth (hence the title). The idea was progressively refined to become Transformers Animated, with the most significant change being the involvement of character designer Derrick Wyatt, who brought them a wholly new perspective on just how cartoony they could make the robots, especially once the engineering guys discovered just how close they were able to stick to Wyatt's style with the toys.
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| # ? Nov 25, 2010 10:26 |
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Wyatt's a really cool guy from what I've heard, and he's probably one of the most passionate dudes about nearly EVERY aspect of the Fandom. He was a really cool guy to have working with Transformers considering he came out of Hannah Barbara, I believe. He's one of those guys you can walk up to at a con and say 'Hey can you draw me Kilbison/Powerhug/Blacker/Tankor' and he'd be all like 'I know exactly who that is and the coolest pose I already want to put them in' Rei_ fucked around with this message at Nov 25, 2010 around 18:02 |
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On the flip side, just to paint a full picture of the dude (personally, I generally like him), he's extremely opinionated and will tell people that his "personal fanon" (I feel dirty for using that word, but it's unfortunately appropriate) is right over official statements by Hasbro or statements by the writers. He also gets upset at people and tells them they're wrong if you point out that Hasbro is necessarily going to trump his personal opinion, since he'd have to get approval from them for it to be something official; and that the writers are going to have more say in what happens plot-wise than the guy who draws pictures, since they actually decide and then write what the plot is.
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| # ? Nov 25, 2010 19:17 |
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Derrick Wyatt is one of the coolest dudes this side of the pond. (God knows how manny old designers have had a hand in Japan Transformers). Speaking, posting this to make Xenomrph jealous: 
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Voyager TFA Prime makes me sad. I wish they had completely overhauled him at the end of the line and redone him with everything that had been learned in the interim. He's a great little figure but he shows an awful lot of aging compared to say, TFA Rodimus. It PROBABLY would have happened with Animated Powermaster Prime.. Which considering that was what happened with G1, would have been amazing. It's sad to look back at TFA and see what could have happened.
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