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Spent the day at work playing both DS games...I agree with the sentiment of the last thread that the Autobot version is a little weak. Way too much clock-racing and quasi-puzzles. Whereas the Decepticon version is very, very cool. The wi-fi features worked out pretty well for me too. EDIT: Also, great title/icon! GrimGypsy fucked around with this message at Jun 25, 2007 around 00:44 |
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g-c posted:How does DS wifi work for the TF game? Local range...if you're in range of someone with the same version, you can play co-op. If they have the other version, you can go head to head. EDIT: I'm a retard, but this is how local play works  The wi-fi is fun too, though!
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Sesq posted:I'm going; since I need to be in New York the first part of the week, I may as well spend the last part in Rhode Island. I'm going to see the movie this Thursday, and I'm going to an Awards Dinner thing with music performed live by Stan Bush, and I'm getting Dreadwind and the Seekers, and I'm getting my copy of the TF: The Movie DVD signed by PETER loving CULLEN!!!! I'm gonna be there too...was very excited when they added the Stan Bush concert. ...I'm thinking I'll try to get my Softimus Prime signed by Peter Cullen
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Raar_Im_A_Dinosaur posted:which reminds me, did they have to have so many classic characters die so loving easily? When I saw prowl and ironhide go down with one shot, I figured they'd get back up and shoot back in the next scene...they were just knocked out like always...right....right...? In the comic Starscream killed about a hundred classic characters by waving his loving hand at them. 20-25 issues later they managed to bring back most of them somehow, but still.
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Raar_Im_A_Dinosaur posted:Can there BE a hundred classic characters? In the original comic run, they introduced a hell of a lot of characters at a pretty frantic rate. Issue #50 is where Starscream contacts the 'Underbase' which is some sort of super-energy factory deal thing, and develops god-like powers. I'm serious when I say he kills slews of characters by waving his hands at them - even badasses like Grimlock go down in the space of a single panel. It paved the way for them to introduce and work more with all the 'new' characters that had just arrived as toys/cartoon characters such as pretenders, headmasters, micromasters, etc.
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Woo, alright, just got back from Botcon. First off, it was awesome. I haven't been to one in many years and it has become absolutely massive. The coolest sights: -The Optimus big rig from the movie was there courtesy of Hasbro, along with display cases full of the upcoming movie toys. Ultimate Bumblebee looks great, and so does the new lineup of deluxe figures that includes Arcee. -A Sector Seven interactive event was there. You went into this black trailer and 'Men in Black' type guys started telling you about 'rumours of non-biological entities in the area', and then a transmission comes in and shows a not-before seen clip of the movie starring Scorponok. It was neat. -The movie premiere Thursday night. One producer showed up, whose name is lost to me, as well as the actress who was the blonde hacker in the film, and Tyrese Gibson showed up too. People were going absolutely nuts, and there were dozens of moments where the entire theater was standing and cheering. Some really great nods to G1 stuff are in there...and there are some funny scenes. The film is pretty long, and as far as PG-13 films go it's not a soft-ball. Lots of 'poo poo', I think one or two 'gently caress's, and a whole lot of violence/death. Also, the movie was really, really good - and there are some pretty incredible scenes. -Peter Cullen autographed a table in the convention hall for some reason. -That giant Devastator that you saw pics of earlier in the thread, plus an even bigger giant Bruticus. Both lit up and moved around a bit. -A massive Autobot hand breaking through the floor holding a clock counting down the time to the movie. I'll have tons of pics and a few video clips up later. Not too many costumes this year. One pretty good Starscream, a couple who went as Red Alert and Ironhide, and some chick who came as the Baroness. And of course, the loot. I walked away with -Masterpiece Megs and Screamer -'Hybrid Style' Convoy. If you haven't seen this thing yet, it's probably one of the coolest TF figures ever made - http://www.tfsource.com/Reissues/TH...HX02-Convoy.htm -About a dozen various movie posters, which they were basically just handing out. -Revoltech Megatron and a Revoltech Unit-1 from Evangelion -The box set of exclusives, the clear Mirage exclusive, and the Huffer/Springer exclusive pack. All of which are great. Also a brilliant target gift-card that transforms into a little Optimus. -A few random shirts. -A signed copy of that Arcee pinup poster. -Signed up for the Collector's Club finally and got a ton of back-magazines and a couple of the toys. -BC '07 light up mug. -That Toys R Us Soundwave -The Robot Heroes Prime/Unicron and Jazz/Cracker pack -Pretty much the set of World's Smallest Transformers -A teeny, tiny little Arcee model kit I've never seen before that I have to assemble/paint. -A crazy little Silverbolt model kit that I got for $1 mostly because of the great insane Japanese packaging. -A boxed set of the entire G1 cartoon and the movie all in one beautiful book-style case that comes in a great tin. -The Saturday Night party goody bag, which had another movie poster, a reproduction of the great air-freshener Bumblebee has in the movie, a sheet of trading cards, and a 'Party like it's 1984' shirt with a picture of Optimus holding Soundwave. Anyway, it was a great time. I overslept my goddamn Hasbro tour so I'm not sure how cool that ended up being. I'll have pics up in a day or so. GrimGypsy fucked around with this message at Jul 2, 2007 around 00:59 |
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SpikeMcclane posted:Geeze man... how much did that all total? 2-3 grand? All told I think it came in around $800. A decent amount of it was freebies of some sort, and I knew I'd be going for the better part of a year, so I set aside a lot of cash leading up to it. I don't think it's too bad considering the haul, and I managed to shop around/haggle pretty well.
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SpikeMcclane posted:Were you local? Also, I just looked and the primus package wasn't as much as I thought it was. For some reason, I was thinking it alone was about $500. Still, seems you got some pretty good deals. Primus registration was around $325. I didn't add that into my $800 estimate, so I guess with that I spent a little over a grand in total. Dies Irae posted:I need to see a pic of this ASAP.  Sorry, McSpanky. Like Keldroc showed, I did indeed get a seeker set - but didn't pre-register more, and they were sold out a month before the con even started. EDIT: Bonus pics - Here's one of the Target transforming gift card, that little Arcee model kit, and the Silverbolt model in his crazy Japanese box:  Heres' one closer up of the Arcee model kit, with Exclusive Stealth Mirage: 
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Pharaoh Dust posted:Oh crap, was that con exclusive? I want that so bad. Well, it was in the goody bag people got when they arrived at the Saturday night party/concert. It's from 80stees.com and has their URL on the back, so it might end up being available on there. Also, one last pic for the night - my whole seeker set, including the Sunstorm repaint I did:  Pardon the awful glare.
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Pharaoh Dust posted:Can I come visit you? I promise not to steal them. While you're looking. Absolutely, but you need to make little holiday costumes for each one.
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Something odd I noticed at Botcon: TRU Soundwave was selling at several booths for $70. I literally found him the day before the dealer room opened in a Rhode Island TRU for $20. Is he really that rare in stores now, or was this an exceptional case of scalping?
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Keldroc posted:And if you really want to watch the life cycle of a TF rarity in action, keep tabs on the going prices for those Nike shoeformers for the next few years. drat things were scattered around Botcon for between $100 - $150 per set. They're smaller than I had expected, but pretty nice looking. I was pretty tempted, but the wallet was pretty barren by the time I had all my other 'must-buys'. Honest Ray posted:You guys have any questions, praise, complaints? Want to come up with theories for the next movie? Also, where was Barricade in the 'final battle?' I'm pretty sure I never saw him in the city fight or after. Now, as for what I think will be happening in the second: Apparently Barricade is still alive, Scorponok seems to live in the film, and Starscream is obviously alive. It's also -possible- other 'cons survived, though unlikely. I'm guessing Starscream tries to gather up a new army of 'Cons, while maybe Barricade and/or Scorponok find Megatron and somehow wake him up? Megs reformats as some sort of cool Earth form(I personally hope he stays 'Megatron', not Galvatron) and surfaces and we have a movie with a lot more cool battles. Hopefully they throw in more Starscream/Megatron interaction, too. GrimGypsy fucked around with this message at Jul 4, 2007 around 19:02 |
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Waryn posted:I second your idea good sir. Not so much with Swindle, but I'd have loved to see Wreckage - he had a great look and seemed like a good personality too from his toy-card bio. Swindle does appear in the prequel comic for a couple panels, though.
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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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IN celebration of the renwed and sure to be great classics line, here's the current line-ups(minus the minicons): Puny Autobot lineup:  Enormous Decepticon Army:  And a bonus pic of my Optimus Prime legion: 
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Alright, so I decided to write a fanfic. It'll come in chapters, and eventually be fairly long.(I hope) It's set in a G1 universe, not accurate to a specific comic, cartoon, or toyline. Through the story you'll see whose who in terms of leadership, who is dead, and so forth. It will include pretty much the entire G1 universe. This includes Micro/Action/Target/Head/Power-Masters. It also will include movie characters like Kup, Arcee, etc. It's going to be a theme of the Autobots being pretty much a single currently-dominant army while scattered Decepticon factions strike at them from all angles. I plan on bringing in a pretty wide cast of characters, and I already have my main characters plotted out. However, beyond them the TF universe is an enormous one - and logistically there are a ton of good characters who just aren't going to get that good a spot. Which is what brings me to this post: I want this to be almost like a weekly/monthly/whatever comic for TF fans..releasing regularly with no set end in sight. I also want it to be reader-interactive....sooooo....I want the goons in this here thread to toss up suggestions of who they'd like to see in semi-main/supportive roles throughout the fic. The chapters will all be pretty comparable to the average length of one in a real novel, but the story itself will probably stretch on very far.(I already have a good bit written, and very much more planned out) So, go ahead...toss their hats in the ring. Keep in mind major characters are probably already in it with signifigant roles, and that I'm looking specifically for G1 Universe characters. No fan-made TFs, please...maybe some point in the future, but not yet.
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Pharaoh Dust posted:I know you already said movie characters, but: Springer, please. Please please please. He doesn't get quite enough love. Springer, Sixshot, and Dead End already have parts set out for them, guaranteed. The rest I'll see what I can do with.
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OK, update on my big ol' epic fanfic. I still haven't decided on a final name for it, but I'll come up with something soon. I'll be setting up a website for it, and an e-mail list so people can have new updates sent directly to them. I should have new chapters up every two-to-three weeks. I'll be doing a little bit of art here and there, but it's not my specialty by far. So if any of you folks are budding TF artists, down the road I'll be looking for some work depicting the more interesting scenes of the 'fic. Finally, a little set-up: As I posted earlier, it's in a complete G1 Universe. Action/Micro/Head/Power/Target-Masters are all there, as well as original movie characters. It begins not long after a massive battle that covered the majority of Earth. The Decepticons no longer have a single 'home' and instead have broken into small factions based out of their remaining Battleships. The Autobots have established complete hold on Cybertron ands Earth. Prime has enacted a policy of reconstruction - repairing Earth, Cybertron, and all the other worlds ravaged by the war. It is so far a succesful effort, despite the grumblings of many Autobots who think this is the perfect time to hunt down and finish off the Decepticons. The Decepticon factions have come to be as much at odds with eachother as with the Autobots, and thus far none have mustered a signifigant attack against Earth, Cybertron, or each other. Anyway, I have all my main characters planned out for a long stretch, and a lot of the secondary set too. But there are a million cool G1 characters and as I said before, I'm still taking any suggestions if people want to nominate their favorites. First chapter should be up in one to two weeks.
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Pharaoh Dust posted:HOLY FLAMING JESUS SHITS, YOU HAD THIS THING, TOO?!?!?! OH.MY.GOD. Happy day! I -know- I still have Mr. A there and a few other letters stored away somewhere. I used to have them battle the evil forces of those Happy Meal McFormers that turned into old McD's food items
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I thought I was the only one who knew it existed! 
I can't even find any reference to him online. If you need help re-finding him, he's made by Masudaya (Yes, those people that made the robots in the 70s people spend $6k+ for). Good luck! There needs to be more A-formers in the world.
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Somewhere a few pages back, someone requested some images of Tater Prime versus Softimus Prime...and so here you are. (Click for big versions) One shall stand...One shall fall!  Tater gains the upper hand!  Softimus reverses! Run Tater run!  Impact!  What...what have I done?  He was...pregnant?  The Abomination Must be Destroyed! 
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| # ¿ Jul 12, 2007 04:10 |
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So -this- is where the thread ended up. Awesome, I was afraid somehow everyone had just stopped posting. Anyway, I just picked up that Frenzy that turns into the boombox. It's pretty neat, seems a bit better made than the other ones in that particular line-up.
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Wow, it's been forever since I stopped in the good old thread Just made my Botcon reservations...wouldn't normally make the trip, but the 25th anniversary is worth it. To contribute, I finally managed to pick up the new Cheetor and Cyclonus at a local walmart, and while Cheetor's robot mode kinda dissapointed me, Cyclonus has to be one of the best transformers I've bought in years.
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So I'm probably going to slap myself for asking...but what's the big deal about 'JAAM'?
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Just picked up Hound and Swindle. Hound looks great...I think he may be a bit too short, but he just looks really nice. Ravage is cool too, I'm glad they threw him in there...but Cyclonus is still my favorite of this new line. Swindle is really nice too, I'm pretty impressed with his look - but the shoulder/elbow joints on mine are pretty loose. ...and the news about the cartoon sucks. I wasn't a huge fan, but it has spawned some awesome toys and despite the animation style and writing being kinda kiddy, they made an effort to make a lot of nods to the fans. Think this is happening because some sort of other show is in the works? Something based more tightly off the movies?
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Sigma-X posted:You're not the only one. I guess maybe I'm too old to understand why presumably grown adults are watching a stupid kids cartoon. It's nice that it has callouts to G1 and stuff but its staid, asinine children's cartoon type plots. And it doesn't have awesome 3d like Beastwars did Yeah all of us grown adults who spend all our time collecting toys. Can the holier than thou routine, huh?
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| # ¿ Jan 28, 2009 01:51 |
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Hey, are we even absolutely sure those twins are actually in the movie?
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| # ¿ Jan 31, 2009 04:08 |
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That honestly looks like a kinda...not so good toy. But the trailer was so drat cool. Ravage looks like he got a very good translation into Bayformer style...but who was that Autobot who came rolling through and then smoothly transformed? And Honest Ray, how is Ultra Magnus? I've been looking for him for a while, but no dice.
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This may be old to some of you guys, but I just found this video while poking around randomly on the official TF site. Absolutely badass. http://www.hasbro.com/monkeybartv/d...Select&aid=3265
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So I just got ahold of a dubbed set of all the Japanese Headmasters, Victory, Masterforce, Scramble City, and Zone cartoons pretty cheap at a local comic shop. And the dubbing is just...great. There seem to be about 3 people doing all the voices, and it's very odd to hear Optimus say in a very regular voice "Hey guys I'm here" and Galvatron freaking out on screen but just saying "Those dumb guys." Another great one: Weirdwolf pulling a gun on some Autobot, saying "Beware my magic spell!" then shooting the guy. Also, Wheelie has the voice of a middle aged woman and no longer rhymes. And it's apparently pronounced "CyberTON". Also, about 3 episodes into Headmasters is an equally awesome and tragic moment. Soundwave and Blaster(whose name in the dubbing is "Billy") get into this big duel and KILL EACHOTHER. Blaster just turns white/gray like Prime did, Soundwave EXPLODES. And the scene ends with all of Soundwave's casettes coming in to carry away his head and parts to real sad music. EDIT: No worries though, it would seem their respective teams rebuild both of them(in mildly new color schemes) a couple episodes later ...but Prime dies. Again. All in all it's great, though...the gestalt teams all fighting eachother all the time, Ultra Magnus fighting with SixShot, Autobot Headmasters fighting the Horrorcons, Jazz fighting Galvatron! GrimGypsy fucked around with this message at Feb 7, 2009 around 00:37 |
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Smoke posted:It sounds like the infamous Malay dub to me. It should be more entertaining than the original Headmasters series at least(I watched a few subbed episodes, somehow they were boring as hell) Yes, reading through that site, this is definitely what I got! I don't mind the silly dubbing because as long as it lets me know what's going on, I'm happy just to be finally seeing all of these episodes in order. But it is...well, at times it's just pants-pissing hilarious. Like the one on the page that is really just awesome: After "Billy"(Blaster) and Soundwave duel, Soundwave has just died and 'Billy' is lying on the ground about to kick the bucket. Rodimus - 'Billy, are you okay?' Billy - 'Not really' *Dies*
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Vaporware posted:They were going to make the new game, but it's in limbo now. It got picked up by Atari and is coming out June-ish.
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| # ¿ Feb 12, 2009 01:55 |
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That second trailer is all kinds of badass. I managed to go see the tapings at Bethlehem Steel in PA, and it sure as hell looks like that's where a lot of those Constructicon shots happened.
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| # ¿ Feb 14, 2009 03:25 |
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So in the newer of the RotF trailers, about mid-way through...it sure looks like Spike is loving with an Insecticon. Anyone else notice that?
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| # ¿ Feb 20, 2009 04:00 |
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Hagetaka posted:I'm far more irritated that the motherfucker doing All Hail Megatron thinks pace is a type of salsa I really like AHM insofar as I think it is a great story, I love the way the main guys are being characterized, the art, and those propaganda-style covers are brilliant. ...but yeah, it hurts to buy a $4 comic and have it contain about as much content as the back of a cereal box. Once the whole mess is said and done, it'll be a fantastic story...it just feels like it could have been a four/six-full-issue fantastic story instead of however many skimpy issues.
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| # ¿ Feb 20, 2009 05:26 |
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Well, Botcon looks good - but I'm a little disappointed that there's no mention of a special pre-release screening of RotF, like there was for the last movie two Botcons ago. I hope they maybe add one in, as I was really looking forward to it.
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^^^^^^^ To my knowledge this is the case. I liked that Red Alert figure in the original incarnation, so the Kup remodel looks alright I guess. That custom one made out of animated Optimus is gorgeous, though. But those custom jobs from TFsource are amazing. Does anyone know if they show up at Botcon in any way? I haven't seen them at the two I've attended, but maybe I somehow missed it.
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Shiftypenguin posted:poo poo. I hope I can at least score a Waspinator. This is a big bummer to me too...stores around here have JUST NOW started getting the Twin two-packs. I've yet to see Ultra Magnus...and doubt I'll ever see Wreck Gar or anyone else now until I hit Botcon and have to pay *sigh* a lot, lot more. I'm really disappointed over Arcee because I think that was an excellent mold. In other news, I saw a Universe figure of Leo Prime - it's an old late-era Beast Wars lion mold(I forget who) done in classic Optimus colors. His bio on the back actually references 'The Pack' that was in those awesome comics, which I thought was a nifty nod. He's voyager-class, though, and I didn't have the spare money at the time.
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Speaking of TF toys that would randomly talk for no reason... Botcon '01(I think) had a premium Arcee which was a repaint of a Beast Machines mold of Black Arachnia, and was really nice all around...even had her own custom box. That said things like "I'm more than meets the eye! Arcee, maximize!" when you opened it. Or when you had it in your closet for weeks and hadn't touched it in ages. All night.
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Pics of Botcon Exclusive #3 are up. It's Landshark...looks pretty neat I guess. http://www.botcon.com/BotCon09/figurePRE09.cfm I never got this mold so I suppose I'm glad for the chance, but it's not really thrilling me either. Last time I went to Botcon was the set with Classics Thundercracker, Ramjet, and Dirge...so this one is kind of a buzzkill compared to that 
GrimGypsy fucked around with this message at Mar 10, 2009 around 06:50 |
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So I had to work and had a power loss at home that killed my DVR. When is this thing supposed to re-play?
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