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Captain Invictus posted:sooooooooooo I got charged for five soundwave reissues on the TRU site from yesterday, complete with shipping. Does that mean I actually got them, or am I going to experience wacky refund antics soon? If it's the former, WOO! And no, none of them are up for grabs, one is mine, one is for my sister, two are for friends, and the fifth is for saving for either a: hoarding, b: replacing the one I'll open when I get the order, or c: one of my other friends if they want him. If it's the latter, don't do any refund antics. Tell them that you ordered 5 and only 1 showed up, and then ask for another one to hold you over and give that one to me 
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great movie. as with all sequel-generators, a lot of exposition where i felt there should be poo poo blowing up, but considering that i spent over half that movie uncontrollably grinning like an idiot, i'd consider it a complete success. thinking about it, cullen did a loving fantastic job. VO guys don't always translate well to movies, but he was probably the best actor in the whole film, and i don't think it would have worked half as well without him. also, starscream was the poo poo. no, he didn't get a lot of screen time, but he was 100% screamer. he only swooped in for short periods when he had the advantage, kept his distance, when he did come to the ground he displayed COMPLETE superiority, and once poo poo hit the fan he cheesed it into outer space. lookin out for number one. you just know he's gonna gently caress poo poo up in the sequel. and i think we really need to start an online petition to let hasbro know how much we need a deluxe-class vendbot. PS- which one of you guys did i sell that BW Tigerhawk to? i found ONE of those missiles for the flip-out cannons, figured i'd drop it in an envelope and send it your way. edit: hahahah holy poo poo! thanks to the sheep effect, deluxes are selling for 150% markup. on amazon. just look at this poo poo. Metallian fucked around with this message at Jul 5, 2007 around 01:39 |
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Now, a question I saw someone else ask somewhere... During the final attack run by the jets in the city, when they missiled the gently caress out of Megatron, I remember someone saying Starscream was in that pack shooting missiles as well. Is this true? If it is, that's beautiful
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| # ? Jul 5, 2007 01:47 |
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Captain Invictus posted:Now, a question I saw someone else ask somewhere... During the final attack run by the jets in the city, when they missiled the gently caress out of Megatron, I remember someone saying Starscream was in that pack shooting missiles as well. Is this true? If it is, that's beautiful I don't know, I was wondering that too. When he gets shot by that one in the air, he flips into robot mode, then shifts back to jet mode and rejoins the pack, but behind the lead jet, almost making it look like that jet was him.
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| # ? Jul 5, 2007 01:52 |
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Captain Invictus posted:Now, a question I saw someone else ask somewhere... During the final attack run by the jets in the city, when they missiled the gently caress out of Megatron, I remember someone saying Starscream was in that pack shooting missiles as well. Is this true? If it is, that's beautiful Wow, I'd never even thought of that - but if so, this movie is suddenly a hundred times better for me.
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| # ? Jul 5, 2007 01:54 |
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http://www.amazon.com/Hasbro-80345-...3600423&sr=1-89 jesus loving christ.
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| # ? Jul 5, 2007 01:54 |
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Captain Invictus posted:Now, a question I saw someone else ask somewhere... During the final attack run by the jets in the city, when they missiled the gently caress out of Megatron, I remember someone saying Starscream was in that pack shooting missiles as well. Is this true? If it is, that's beautiful
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| # ? Jul 5, 2007 02:00 |
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I can almost see Transformers pulling a Pirates of the Caribbean-esque 2 part sequel. I would imagine a sequel dealing with a handful of new Autobots finding their way to earth with news that Starscream is rumored to be amassing another Army of Decepticons. Decepticons arrive, stuff blows up and Sam smootches up on hottie mechanic chick some more. More than likely see the introduction of Arcee as a robotic love interest, whether or not that's a good thing I'll leave to you. End of film sees the Decepticons trounced and Starscream dethroned as Galvatron/Megatron comes back with the power of the Allspark at his disposal all bad rear end and ready to whip out a trilogy.
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| # ? Jul 5, 2007 02:03 |
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Captain Invictus posted:Now, a question I saw someone else ask somewhere... During the final attack run by the jets in the city, when they missiled the gently caress out of Megatron, I remember someone saying Starscream was in that pack shooting missiles as well. Is this true? If it is, that's beautiful I think you're right, unless they cut out him leaving the group, he only killed about 4 jets and then flew in with them all. I went to see the movie today to confirm this, because I noticed this immediately the first time. Since its Starscream, it does makes sense, and adds effect to the dialogue they had prior.
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| # ? Jul 5, 2007 02:11 |
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If they don't have Megatron slowly walk into a construction yard in the sequel, assuming he has life-making powers due to being one with the allspark, and zapping a variety of different construction vehicles to create the constructicons, I will be very sad. Obviously a far-fetched idea, but he is going to come back. It's just what new things he can do when he does.
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| # ? Jul 5, 2007 02:24 |
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Captain Invictus posted:If they don't have Megatron slowly walk into a construction yard in the sequel, assuming he has life-making powers due to being one with the allspark, and zapping a variety of different construction vehicles to create the constructicons, I will be very sad. "MERGE! AND CREATE DEVASTA... UM... poo poo, BRAWL? I GUESS"
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| # ? Jul 5, 2007 02:30 |
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Something that's kind of cool to think about is that since humans are an actual credible threat to transformers under certain circumstances, the Decepticons will still have to move around, plot, and execute said plots mostly in disguise. They won't be able to move about in the open like they do in the cartoons past the first 3 episodes. This means that even Megatron may elect to take an earth form--although we've pretty much already ran through examples of some of the most badass current military tech with the first movie's Decepticons, with exception of maybe aircraft carriers (but we hope that Tidal Wave has that form claimed) or whatever. What would be badass enough for Megatron/Galvatron to adopt?
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| # ? Jul 5, 2007 02:36 |
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Metallian posted:"MERGE! AND CREATE DEVASTA... UM... poo poo, BRAWL? I GUESS" http://www.lilformers.com/comic0005.php 
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| # ? Jul 5, 2007 02:37 |
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arioch posted:Something that's kind of cool to think about is that since humans are an actual credible threat to transformers under certain circumstances, the Decepticons will still have to move around, plot, and execute said plots mostly in disguise. They won't be able to move about in the open like they do in the cartoons past the first 3 episodes. Speaking of Tidal Wave, wouldn't Megatron bringing an aircraft carrier to life be the most badass thing in the history of film?
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| # ? Jul 5, 2007 02:49 |
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Metallian posted:"MERGE! AND CREATE DEVASTA... UM... poo poo, BRAWL? I GUESS" Classics Devastator only had five components! 
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| # ? Jul 5, 2007 02:53 |
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Darkon posted:Speaking of Tidal Wave, wouldn't Megatron bringing an aircraft carrier to life be the most badass thing in the history of film? Remember the Armada game level with Tidal Wave in it? I'm basically envisioning a carrier task force steaming somewhere in stormy seas. Lightning flashes, and we see Galvatron hovering in the air, and that the lightning is coming from his spark cavity. He laughs madly then gives a speech recalling for us the Megatron of end-of-S3 Beast Wars, and brings life to TIDAL WAVE. Tidal Wave then transforms and sweeps the rest of the task force away with a wave of his arms. I can only hope the second movie will be even half this cool.
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| # ? Jul 5, 2007 03:05 |
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arioch posted:What would be badass enough for Megatron/Galvatron to adopt?[/spoiler] luckily there is no shortage of utterly bad-rear end military vehicles in the world. this i could see working nicely. the new version can shred poo poo within 25km with 6 rounds landing simultaneously; less fancy stuff it can shoot even farther or faster, can fire all manner of explosives and chemical weapons, and eats mines for breakfast. more importantly, it's essentially a massive loving gun. with wheels. i think it fits.
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| # ? Jul 5, 2007 03:15 |
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Maybe I'm just an idiot, but I can't seem to get Ironhide to transform in a way that looks good...the midsection/waist snaps together at a weird angle when in robot mode, and I'm not sure if i'm doing something wrong... bah. Slanderer fucked around with this message at Jul 5, 2007 around 03:44 |
| # ? Jul 5, 2007 03:35 |
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This summer, I've been working at Target. It warms my nerdy heart every time I see a grown man twist his neck around like he's checking out the hottest woman in the world, except he's looking at our Transformers display. Then, he drags his girlfriend over and picks up Ironhide or someone. His girlfriend laughs under her breath, but ends up giving him advice on which one to buy. I've seen this happen at least 5 times this week.
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| # ? Jul 5, 2007 03:46 |
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Metallian posted:"MERGE! AND CREATE DEVASTA... UM... poo poo, BRAWL? I GUESS" From the Transformers Wiki: quote:During the movie, Brawl is identified in subtitles as 'Devastator', his working name, though the character is credited as Brawl in the end credits. When queried, director Michael Bay said he had always preferred Devastator and that it is not a mistake. Writer Roberto Orci felt that it was a mistake that would hopefully be fixed before the full official release of the film, this did not happen. At Botcon 2007 Hasbro representatives said they consider "Devastator" a "continuity glitch" and as far as they are concerned the character's name is Brawl. 
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| # ? Jul 5, 2007 04:06 |
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I think Hasbro wins in that argument.
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404GoonNotFound posted:But think of it this way: Leader Class Dew-Bot + custom paintjob = FREE SLURM FOR ALL HUMANS! The problem is according to my vision and memory, there are TWO different Dew Bots. The one in the movie, and the one in the generally crappy flash game on Mountain Dew's site. The sad part is both designs looked cool. And my dream ending to a TF trilogy has Prime saying the Cybertronian Wars are finally over. Only, a short distance away, a T Rex outdoor display transformes only to say the Beast Wars have just begun. Yess.. Dumb, but by that time a new CGI version of Beast Wars could be done reasonably priced for TV, right? 
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| # ? Jul 5, 2007 04:22 |
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Oh, in other news, I did some more repainting of my movie toys, including another re-repaint of Leader Optimus, using the same shiny chrome-silver I'm using for Leader Megatron, and he looks even better than my earlier tarnished-steel repaint. He's all shiny and he looks kickass. I also did some silver detailing to specific sculpted details on his head and legs, to make him more movie accurate. While I was at it, I also touched up Deluxe Bumblebee's face with the silver, and detailed some of his sculpted parts on his arms and legs with the silver as well, and then went ahead and did a silver coat on Blackout's hands and shoulder-missiles, and then drybrushed the silver on his face to bring out all the details and make his head all shiny. I'm planning on continuing to paint Megatron, as well as do touch-up stuff to Barricade (his claws), Ironhide (his dual arm cannons and his exhaust pipes), and Ratchet (going to do some black detailing to his face to make him more movie accurate).
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| # ? Jul 5, 2007 04:23 |
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Captain Rufus posted:The problem is according to my vision and memory, there are TWO different Dew Bots. The one in the movie, and the one in the generally crappy flash game on Mountain Dew's site. man i bet that cannon on his shoulder was loaded with 20oz big slams. most refreshing robot ever
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| # ? Jul 5, 2007 04:26 |
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Honestly, if one of you guys does a petition for a Dew-Bot (or 360-Bot) I will be all over that. Anything to get the Dew-Bot made into a figure :fuckyou:
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| # ? Jul 5, 2007 04:30 |
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Xenomrph posted:Hell no, as cool as the Ironhide toy is, Ratchet not only looks cooler, but he's bigger, too! Wait until the repaint of Ratchet, which looks good. Neon Green is awful.
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| # ? Jul 5, 2007 04:32 |
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Captain Rufus posted:The problem is according to my vision and memory, there are TWO different Dew Bots. The one in the movie, and the one in the generally crappy flash game on Mountain Dew's site. Matlock posted:Wait until the repaint of Ratchet, which looks good. Neon Green is awful. If I wanted a G1 version of Ratchet, I'd pick up the G1 toy, rather than a G1 repaint of the movie's sculpt. Or better yet, I'll wait for the Classics version of Ratchet, which got announced at BotCon, which will likely be a cartoon-accurate Ratchet toy. 
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| # ? Jul 5, 2007 04:36 |
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Matlock posted:Wait until the repaint of Ratchet, which looks good. Neon Green is awful. When is that coming out? Also, I'm almost sure I'm gonna eventually break down and pick up the Leader Prime soon. Although I really don't wanna plop down $40 on it, it's just so drat cool. Why did my love for these guys rekindle when I have no money? 
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| # ? Jul 5, 2007 04:39 |
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Demp posted:When is that coming out? Leader Prime is a bit overwrought and not worth the $40--the best bets RIGHT NOW are Ironhide, Target Repaint Voyager Prime, and that's about it. Blackout's cool, but he's so drat small compared to Ironhide.
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| # ? Jul 5, 2007 04:52 |
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MOTHERFUCK! I spend one day away from the Internet and this poo poo happens! http://seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=11028 This is less than one mile away from me! At the theater that I saw the movie at! They had no signs up advertising this.
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| # ? Jul 5, 2007 05:02 |
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Matlock posted:Leader Prime is a bit overwrought and not worth the $40--the best bets RIGHT NOW are Ironhide, Target Repaint Voyager Prime, and that's about it. Blackout's cool, but he's so drat small compared to Ironhide. Oh yeah, I like that Prime much better. It's more movie authentic, and $20 is much better looking than $40  Thing is, I have no Targets near me and it's not available online. I don' t know how available they are, but does anyone wanna be awesome and pick me up one? I'd love you forever*. (*may or not be forever) Demp fucked around with this message at Jul 5, 2007 around 05:14 |
| # ? Jul 5, 2007 05:09 |
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DarkPrime posted:MOTHERFUCK! Why did I have to go see it yesterday instead of today. Exact same theater and everything. loving Mechacon and their lack of ads  And holy crap another LA Goon
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| # ? Jul 5, 2007 05:19 |
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Hell, I wish someone would've told me there's a freakin' mecha convention in my home state. I mean, sure, I live in Baton Rouge, but damnit, I'd take the drive to Lafayette in a heartbeat if Japanese robots were involved.
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GojiraYoda posted:Hell, I wish someone would've told me there's a freakin' mecha convention in my home state. I mean, sure, I live in Baton Rouge, but damnit, I'd take the drive to Lafayette in a heartbeat if Japanese robots were involved.  ) was a showing of the "OMG Remastered and better than ever!" UK DVD of the animated movie....followed by an hour of My Little Transformer  Pre-registration's been over for about a week, but you still got a month to get your poo poo together. 404GoonNotFound fucked around with this message at Jul 5, 2007 around 05:33 |
| # ? Jul 5, 2007 05:28 |
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404GoonNotFound posted:Yeah, the organizers are pretty much diehard Transfans. The main event at the first one (two years ago, so the last day was interrupted by Kartina evacuation Can't. I'll be spending that weekend in Austin, Texas on Lake Travis on a houseboat. I mean, yeah, fun, drinking, hanging out, we're renting a ski boat. But the lack of Japanese robots slightly disappoints me. I'll go next year. But I'll be with you in spirit. The spirit that dwells in all Trans and Mecha fans. The spirit of giant robots beating the crap out of each other for our amusement.
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| # ? Jul 5, 2007 05:34 |
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I used to live in LA too! Though it was right outside of NOLA and I am also glad to be back in Chicago, but it was a fun 2 years of my life. Edit also that wiki was awesome for discovering cool things the toys can do like how wreckage's swords combine to make a two sided sword that can connect to his wheel and spin! AlkalinePunk fucked around with this message at Jul 5, 2007 around 05:52 |
| # ? Jul 5, 2007 05:40 |
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AlkalinePunk posted:I used to live in LA too! Though it was right outside of NOLA and I am also glad to be back in Chicago, but it was a fun 2 years of my life. Were still interested in the Primus? He cost me $25 and I figure since he's so big shipping would be about $12. Is $37 good for you?
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| # ? Jul 5, 2007 05:53 |
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I went as saw the movie today and couldn't stop grinning the entire time. It was a great action movie. A few slow spots in the middle but overall a must see in theaters. I don't normally watch movies twice, but I might with this one. I'm really surprised how over priced Transformer figures are on Amazon. I mean I saw Armorhide, but when I saw Scattershot I lost all hope. http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-list...3600423&sr=1-89
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| # ? Jul 5, 2007 06:15 |
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Revolver Bunker posted:I'm really surprised how over priced Transformer figures are on Amazon. I mean I saw Armorhide, but when I saw Scattershot I lost all hope. Every collectable item is overpriced as gently caress on amazon. I used to buy 'rare' games on ebay and turn around and resell them for 15-35% on amazon without any problem. gently caress, if small Cybertron figures really sold for that much, I will be the king of money after a trip to the walgreens in town that are loving plagued by them still.
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| # ? Jul 5, 2007 06:20 |
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Yeah, never trust Amazon's prices on anything. I defy you to explain this.
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