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So I'm researching Diaclone and with the exception of a couple of retools every single robot toy after they started using realistic vehicles became a Transformer. Except the guy on the right in this pic.  And I can't help but wonder why they excluded him specifically.
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May 26, 2020 20:35
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Lodin posted:This is my poo poo. then I saw the second post https://twitter.com/SDC_MisterJazzz/status/1265320662412992512
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May 26, 2020 20:37
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Finally received the last two Seacons. Really happy with this set. Tentakil is the weakest for me but I still have to give it credit for being a pretty creative re-use of the female combiner team limb mold. Definitely can't hold one of the individual bots as a gun but it works surprisingly well as a gun emplacement socketed into one of the combiner hands.
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May 26, 2020 22:29
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Droyer posted:So I'm researching Diaclone and with the exception of a couple of retools every single robot toy after they started using realistic vehicles became a Transformer. Probably either a problem with the mold or it didn't pass US safety standards
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May 26, 2020 22:39
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I'm glad to see even Blitzwings' original art wasn't accurate to his toy design
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May 26, 2020 22:41
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Droyer posted:And I can't help but wonder why they excluded him specifically.
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May 26, 2020 22:52
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Spiderdrake posted:My immature reaction is "rotor dick" I thought that too but then, Megatron is pistol dick
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May 26, 2020 22:57
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Spiderdrake posted:My immature reaction is "rotor dick" That's uh, that's not where the dick goes my dude.
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May 26, 2020 23:28
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Droyer posted:That's uh, that's not where the dick goes my dude.
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May 26, 2020 23:32
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Captain Magic posted:I thought that too but then, Megatron is pistol dick I'm not seein a lie here Y'know though, there's a little of Phantom Apache in my perennial favorite Skyhammer. Mainly that he's a blue attack helicopter with He-Man Straps on his chest.
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May 26, 2020 23:43
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Skyhammer is everyone's perennial favorite. The best toy to come out of DOTM's original line easily.
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May 27, 2020 00:35
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Droyer posted:That's uh, that's not where the dick goes my dude. More of an outie bellybutton rotor situation
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May 27, 2020 01:22
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Droyer posted:So I'm researching Diaclone and with the exception of a couple of retools every single robot toy after they started using realistic vehicles became a Transformer.  But then there's Megatron's lost brothers. Frankly they look like better figures than Megatron and I'm surprised they never got used. I'd say they maybe didn't want to complete with Megatron being the only gun and thus kind of special from the other Decepticons, but then Shockwave ruins that.  Source, for anyone interested: https://micromanclub.tumblr.com/post/113055115824/micromansecretfilepart4
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May 27, 2020 01:25
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So, someone went into this before. It's likely that the toy that got turned into Megatron the way he did (And he was the only realistic firearm, Shockwave was a laser gun) because of all his extra bits and bobs. It made him feel more special and more valuable. The others were all fairly self contained, though they were superior action figures.
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May 27, 2020 01:31
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Knormal posted:There were also a handful of Microman figures who didn't make the cut for whatever reason. A binoculars guy who looks pretty lovely so I don't blame them for not including him. loving the hammer pants on binocular guy here.
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May 27, 2020 01:37
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Knormal posted:There were also a handful of Microman figures who didn't make the cut for whatever reason. A binoculars guy who looks pretty lovely so I don't blame them for not including him. Browning did get used, though Japan-only (as were the Diaclone Trainbots). It's only the .44 Magnum that got missed.
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May 27, 2020 02:02
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Are those ancient Bakugan on the right?
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May 27, 2020 02:21
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I have no good reason or place for it, but I kind of want to pull the trigger on Studio Series Shockwave. Anybody have any thoughts on him?
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May 27, 2020 02:28
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Those orb bots are way cooler than the cassette bots
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May 27, 2020 02:29
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Captain Magic posted:I have no good reason or place for it, but I kind of want to pull the trigger on Studio Series Shockwave. Anybody have any thoughts on him? Movie Shockwave is my favorite one and I almost got him, but didn't since I didn't want to put away my Streetside Shockwave and I also don't really need 2 of them out. He looks really nice though.
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May 27, 2020 02:30
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Captain Magic posted:I have no good reason or place for it, but I kind of want to pull the trigger on Studio Series Shockwave. Anybody have any thoughts on him? He's gorgeously painted and looks imposing as hell, with solid posability. On the other hand, his tank mode is so uninvolved that he's basically an Action Master.
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May 27, 2020 04:27
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Burkion posted:So, someone went into this before. It's likely that the toy that got turned into Megatron the way he did (And he was the only realistic firearm, Shockwave was a laser gun) because of all his extra bits and bobs. It made him feel more special and more valuable. The others were all fairly self contained, though they were superior action figures. Americans wouldn’t be able to handle guns that look that realistic, even in the 80’s. Metal parts and heavy plastics is a bit much.
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May 27, 2020 04:38
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Why hasn't a wheelgun megatron been made since the diaclone days
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May 27, 2020 06:06
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It's really sad, because the basic premise is that the proliferation of firearms in the US has gotten so bad that it's realistically possible for a child to just have a real gun and be a threat. And US police forces at the very least use the proliferation of firearms as an excuse to amp up their own lethality, although there is also a whole thing where police forces have been massively unaccountable for their actions and encouraged by vendors, inspirational speakers, hate groups, politicians, lobbyists, and people in other positions of power within the established order to maintain their unaccountability and act as murderous thugs. It's real bad. There are no signs of it getting better. Sorry Prowl, acab. That's the world that we've built. It's too dangerous to let a child go pew pew with their toys.
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May 27, 2020 07:10
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Burkion posted:So, someone went into this before. It's likely that the toy that got turned into Megatron the way he did (And he was the only realistic firearm, Shockwave was a laser gun) because of all his extra bits and bobs. It made him feel more special and more valuable. The others were all fairly self contained, though they were superior action figures. Phy posted:Browning did get used, though Japan-only (as were the Diaclone Trainbots). It's only the .44 Magnum that got missed.
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May 27, 2020 07:19
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SlothfulCobra posted:It's real bad. There are no signs of it getting better. Sorry Prowl, acab. That's the world that we've built. It's too dangerous to let a child go pew pew with their toys. Because the police will also come and kill your children for playing with toy guns too, such as in the case of Tamir Rice.
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May 27, 2020 08:12
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DoctorWhat posted:Skyhammer is everyone's perennial favorite. The best toy to come out of DOTM's original line easily. The_Doctor posted:Because the police will also come and kill your children for playing with toy guns too, such as in the case of Tamir Rice. 
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May 27, 2020 11:14
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Droyer posted:So I'm researching Diaclone and with the exception of a couple of retools every single robot toy after they started using realistic vehicles became a Transformer. probably because his alt mode goes from flying vehicle to different flying vehicle, all the other triple changers have alt-modes that let them go from land/sea to air or vice versa. in comparison this guy doesn't change up his style enough, it's not as exciting
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May 27, 2020 11:29
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Just realized that OG Megs turns into a P38, the same gun Lupin uses. Now I want a crossover where he steals som mcguffin from the Decepticons to help the Autobots.
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May 27, 2020 11:44
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oh hey I forgot to update you guys, but the giant bugman diaclone is dropping this saturday, and I gotta plan a twitter story to tell. Last time around the bad guys went in sneaky then tried to steal a power source by force and got wrecked by Lego Star Wars guys and calico critters. This time they're gonna steal the power source from the hello kitty planet by asking nicely and saying please. The diaclones will find out when the sanrio-ians come crying that the waruders borrowed it and never returned it like they promised. my kids assure me this is hilarious. The overall arc is that they're trying to take out the main supercomputer in tokyo, but also wrecking the place in general too, so you don't need to be in the main storyline if you don't want to. The schedule is they'll wrap the story on the 7th which means I can probably get in on the tail end. Also I figured out the hard part about diaclone toys, it's not the cost, it's the base you want to build for them. Trying to build a cool diaclone base is way worse than it sounds like it should be. It's like 50% model railroad diorama and 50% magenetized warhammer terrain. Most of the time I end up with something functional like this one https://twitter.com/AT_1220/status/1265613212277370885?s=20 but then you see a dude go all out and throw your hands up https://twitter.com/moonbasev3/status/1265304633808793600?s=20
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May 27, 2020 14:09
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Kapow Toys in the UK will apparently be getting ER Sky Lynx this Friday!
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May 27, 2020 14:57
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DJ Fuckboy Supreme posted:Why hasn't a wheelgun megatron been made since the diaclone days There were no Diaclone days for Megatron, he used to be a Microman toy.
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May 27, 2020 15:39
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Droyer posted:So I'm researching Diaclone and with the exception of a couple of retools every single robot toy after they started using realistic vehicles became a Transformer. It's a stretch, but Rotorstorm is somewhat maybe kind of similar, except for the triple changer part. His rotors are stuck on the back, though.
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May 27, 2020 17:54
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DoctorWhat posted:He's gorgeously painted and looks imposing as hell, with solid posability. On the other hand, his tank mode is so uninvolved that he's basically an Action Master. This is basically what I was thinking it would be, yeah. I really like all my display pieces and everything but sometimes it’s nice to just have something you can hold and a.) not worry about breaking because it’s been playtested and b.) not worry about breaking because you’re not out $80+ dollars. Edit:  WHAT CAN I POSSIBLY FIDDLE WITH!?!?!? It’s me, I’m the spoiled capitalist baby Captain Magic fucked around with this message at 18:06 on May 27, 2020 |
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May 27, 2020 18:02
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Arquinsiel posted:That's a really weird spelling of "Lugnut" you've got there. Lugnut is from Reveal the Shield, I think, or maybe the 2010 Yellow-Box line. not Dark of the Moon.
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May 27, 2020 18:25
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Finally snagged a SS Scrapper. Hes a chonky boy. Very hefty for his class. Wish his yellow wasnt so bright that it burns my retinas but still very nice.
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May 27, 2020 18:59
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Captain Magic posted:This is basically what I was thinking it would be, yeah. This is one of the two big things I've been enjoying about Siegerise. It's a bunch of my MPs but built to be smacked together by 7-year-olds. (The other is the presence of the Autobot Big Bois) (The ones that aren't cityformers)
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May 27, 2020 19:11
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Vaporware posted:oh hey I forgot to update you guys, but the giant bugman diaclone is dropping this saturday, and I gotta plan a twitter story to tell. Ah drat, these are awesome.
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May 27, 2020 20:02
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DJ Fuckboy Supreme posted:Why hasn't a wheelgun megatron been made since the diaclone days I mean Classics Megatron turned into a nerf maverick 
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Open Marriage Night posted:Americans wouldn’t be able to handle guns that look that realistic, even in the 80’s. Metal parts and heavy plastics is a bit much. Entertech says hi.    Realistic looking toy guns were NOT a concern in the '80s.
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