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I probably asked this before, but is the only difference between TR and Takara Legends the Targetmaster and some different coloring?
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Tighclops posted:The fact that the dual cockpits aren't for titan masters is kind of a let down, especially when that other dude has nipple emplacements for them Clearly they're for humans, and Titan Masters are larger than humans. No Prize, plz
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Jul 11, 2017 21:15
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pubic works project posted:I probably asked this before, but is the only difference between TR and Takara Legends the Targetmaster and some different coloring? TheDK posted:The titan master has more paint, the bot might have more or different paint as well. and the targetmaster.
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Jul 11, 2017 21:21
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Spiderdrake posted:He's only a deluxe? Are you comparing the play pattern's implementation between deluxe and leader? I just feel like there are two cockpits right there man, maybe it was something they looked at doing but couldn't implement in this size class. Don't get me wrong it's not a dealbreaker or anything. Like the rest of the line my complaints are basically minor quibbles or quality control issues at worst. Keldroc posted:Clearly they're for humans, and Titan Masters are larger than humans. Well this is too delightfully simple to ignore, thank you
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Jul 11, 2017 21:35
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Okay great. I'm torn between getting Takara Legends Misfire and Slugslinger, but I already got Triggerhappy in TR so I might just stick with that. Plus I'm sure someone will sell the Targetmasters online separate. There's always weird poo poo like that on eBay.
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Jul 11, 2017 22:02
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pubic works project posted:Okay great. I'm torn between getting Takara Legends Misfire and Slugslinger, but I already got Triggerhappy in TR so I might just stick with that.
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Jul 12, 2017 00:18
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Takara's Octane comes with a Ghost Starscream Titan Master. The_Doctor posted:Oh my god, it's a KO FT-10 Phoenix. This is hilarious. Can someone explain the whole shitshow that lead to this?
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Jul 12, 2017 00:32
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pubic works project posted:Okay great. I'm torn between getting Takara Legends Misfire and Slugslinger, but I already got Triggerhappy in TR so I might just stick with that.
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Jul 12, 2017 01:07
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Now that the nausea has subsided, I have some questions/thoughts about TF5. Mild spoilers, I guess. Where did the lil' Dinobots come from? Why was that girl introduced, when she doesn't do anything in the movie? Where did Barricade go? And if he was trying to hide out in the quarantined city, why was he driving around with his lights and sirens on all of the time? When Marky Mark and the chick got into the submarine, the army guy says "They're in a Transformer", but there's no indication that it is a transformer. Why is Galvatron now Megatron again? Why did they waste time doing the Suicide Squad introductions of the Decepticons, just to kill them all off in the next scene? If I took a drink every time Optimus says "I am Optimus Prime" or some variation of it, I'd be dead before the movie ended. Holy poo poo, they called the Native American guy "Chief." Bumblebee rips out his Siri voicebox after he gets it, then speaks like a radio throughout the movie. Until Optimus is about to kill him, he suddenly has his voice back. Then it goes away again. And then it comes back again. Why was Optimus floating in space? Did he launch him self up into the sky at the end of the last one forgetting that he needs a ship to travel through space? Why was the aspect ratio bouncing around from shot to shot? Goddamn my head hurts again.
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Jul 12, 2017 02:33
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the guy from Semisonic posted:Where did Barricade go? At this point, Barricade inexplicably vanishing only to reappear later is what I expect from the character.
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Jul 12, 2017 02:37
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the guy from Semisonic posted:Why was that girl introduced, when she doesn't do anything in the movie? Force Awakens. Michael Bay saw Rey and BB-88 and wanted his own version of a young girl scavenging with her pet robot.
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Jul 12, 2017 02:46
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KOOS CW Breakdown is out! Just paid for it at Sirtoys!
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Jul 12, 2017 02:56
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So, if you're like me and missed out on the next boxset at BBTS, or if you're just impatient and have a lot of money to throw away on shipping, the Siege of Cybertron set is in stock at RoboToyBase. It's a legit site, it's from the people who used to run Chimungmung, if you've heard of them. http://robotoybase.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=3806 Now, time to recoup some of my shipping costs, since I really only wanted Optimus and Pounce, and maybe Tidal Wave, but now that I have him in hand I'm just not that big of a fan. Who wants: Tidal Wave - $35 Metalhawk - $25 The Head Of Thunderwing - $5? That's more that I'd normally charge for those size classes but I had to pay $50 for shipping from China, so I'm factoring that in.
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Jul 12, 2017 03:35
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Yiks, $50 for shipping? That's nuts. Also funny that they got them before BBTS.
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Jul 12, 2017 03:46
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Medullah posted:Force Awakens. Michael Bay saw Rey and BB-88 and wanted his own version of a young girl scavenging with her pet robot. Michael Bay saw how much the cartoons took from Star Wars (including reusing sound effects) so he pays tribute to what he sees as an essential part of the franchise. I'm just amused it was 5 movies before he successfully made most people realize why they never heard of the 1986 movie. I think Izabella was more part of Hasbro's push to appeal more to female audience, after two fan polls had fans choosing new female characters over male ones.
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Jul 12, 2017 03:49
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Knormal posted:So, if you're like me and missed out on the next boxset at BBTS, or if you're just impatient and have a lot of money to throw away on shipping, the Siege of Cybertron set is in stock at RoboToyBase. It's a legit site, it's from the people who used to run Chimungmung, if you've heard of them. I would pay $5 for the Head of Thunderwing. Gonna get me a Nitro Zeus anyway...
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Jul 12, 2017 03:58
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The ghost Starscream head makes me giggle way more than it probably should.
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Jul 12, 2017 04:04
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Knormal posted:So, if you're like me and missed out on the next boxset at BBTS, or if you're just impatient and have a lot of money to throw away on shipping, the Siege of Cybertron set is in stock at RoboToyBase. It's a legit site, it's from the people who used to run Chimungmung, if you've heard of them. Is Tidal Wave a Voyager-class? I'm going to sleep on it, but if no one snags him from you by Friday, I will.
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Jul 12, 2017 04:04
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I would like for one of these deluxes to be a two-seater, although it only really gets me annoyed when it really seems there's enough space for two seats and the titanmaster just sits awkwardly in the middle like with the cars. I think Hardhead's the closest you can get to a dude riding shotgun with the room for a seat in his gun. Also the Blurr sidecar.
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Jul 12, 2017 04:14
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Knormal posted:So, if you're like me and missed out on the next boxset at BBTS, or if you're just impatient and have a lot of money to throw away on shipping, the Siege of Cybertron set is in stock at RoboToyBase. It's a legit site, it's from the people who used to run Chimungmung, if you've heard of them. I'll take Metalhawk because of course I need two, shut up everyone else don't judge me!
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Jul 12, 2017 04:19
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pubic works project posted:Is Tidal Wave a Voyager-class? I'm going to sleep on it, but if no one snags him from you by Friday, I will. Rainbowbeard and Cookie, PM me your address and I'll get back to you with a shipping quote. Edit: I should add, the instructions for the five figures are split between two big sheets, so unless you really want the instructions the figures won't come with them. Knormal fucked around with this message at 04:33 on Jul 12, 2017 |
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Jul 12, 2017 04:22
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The MSJ posted:Michael Bay saw how much the cartoons took from Star Wars (including reusing sound effects) so he pays tribute to what he sees as an essential part of the franchise. Nah. Hasbro may be pushing for a female audience but the character and Sqweeks are absolutely taken from Rey and BB-8. Michael Bay draws ideas from things that make a billion dollars, not the source material of his projects.
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Jul 12, 2017 05:19
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the guy from Semisonic posted:Why was Optimus floating in space? Did he launch him self up into the sky at the end of the last one forgetting that he needs a ship to travel through space? Hilariously the answer is yes.
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Jul 12, 2017 05:36
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Keldroc posted:Michael Bay draws ideas from things that make a billion dollars, not the source material of his projects. Like yeah the movies diverge from the source material, but I'm very confident they were conscious choices, not because Michael Bay was ignorant of the source material.
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Jul 12, 2017 06:48
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Blackheart posted:Hilariously the answer is yes. I laughed for like 5 minutes straight when I saw that scene in the trailer.
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Jul 12, 2017 08:27
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 Uh, cripes. Would that result in the largest Superion yet? Was never quite sure of the scale of the other 3p efforts.
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Jul 12, 2017 10:59
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Xenomrph posted:I'm not sure how people can say this when all of the Transformers movies are littered with references to Transformers "lore" from start to finish, with many major plot points being cribbed straight from the cartoons and elsewhere. Bay's not the one putting those in there, I guarantee he doesn't care or know what they are. But I can absolutely believe him telling the writers to put a girl and a robot in a junkyard in there like in that Star Wars movie that made two billion dollars. Maybe the girl's age is a Hasbro request but they're there because of Rey and BB-8, no doubt.
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Jul 12, 2017 11:15
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I'm still not sure why including a character in the tradition of Rey and BB-8 is a bad thing.
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TFRazorsaw posted:I'm still not sure why including a character in the tradition of Rey and BB-8 is a bad thing. Adding any character "just because" is a recipe for a bad thing, seems pretty straightforward. From what it sounds like, there's no reason for them to be in there other than "Star Wars had a girl and her robot so we want one too" except in Star Wars the girl at the very least was the whole point of the film so you couldn't NOT have her character in there, otherwise there's no movie.
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Jul 12, 2017 12:00
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She was also more enjoyable than the woman they introduced to play off Cade, so if anything, the movie needed more of her. Hell, make her Merlin's descendant and drop giving Mark Wahlberg a love interest completely. Vivian's introduction partly results in the plot grinding to a plot anyway, but no one ever suggests writing her out and consolidating with other characters.
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Jul 12, 2017 12:23
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I think we're forgetting that adding human characters to Transformers films is always bad and (controversial opinion) Rey is a huge Mary Sue.
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Jul 12, 2017 13:15
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SpazmasterX posted:I think we're forgetting that adding human characters to Transformers films is always bad and (controversial opinion) Rey is a huge Mary Sue. Max Landis' account spotted
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Jul 12, 2017 13:24
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Well gosh, it's a while since I turned a page in a comic and actually gasped but hey ho, well done Optimus Prime #9. And nice to see Zama's nods to G2 'swipe aka the best 'swipe. The backup/preview Rom strip might have a surprisingly interesting premise as well, I'm inclined to check it out now.
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Jul 12, 2017 13:37
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Keldroc posted:Bay's not the one putting those in there, I guarantee he doesn't care or know what they are. poo poo, wasn't Bay basically the one writing Revenge of the Fallen (uncredited), courtesy of the Writer's Guild strike? TFRazorsaw posted:She was also more enjoyable than the woman they introduced to play off Cade, so if anything, the movie needed more of her. Hell, make her Merlin's descendant and drop giving Mark Wahlberg a love interest completely. Vivian's introduction partly results in the plot grinding to a plot anyway, but no one ever suggests writing her out and consolidating with other characters. While I did like Vivian and thought she played well off of Cade as the movie went on, your idea is pretty great and definitely the way they should have done it.
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Jul 12, 2017 13:56
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Hasbro do have a great deal of creative control on the cartoons and comics. If they can make Buzzsaw shoot down Omega Supreme, they can tell the movie writers to add a teenage action girl and her BB8 robot. Especially when you remember Hasbro also made Rey and BB8 toys. Of course Izabela is kinda similar to Mikaela, Michael Bay's avatar in the first two movies.
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Jul 12, 2017 14:34
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Xenomrph posted:That's the thing, I'm not sure I believe that, not when he's dedicated more than a decade of his finite time on this planet to this franchise. He dedicated his time because he gets paid a lot of money. That's all there is to it.
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Jul 12, 2017 15:16
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Anora posted:I laughed for like 5 minutes straight when I saw that scene in the trailer. He literally died on they way to his home planet.
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Jul 12, 2017 15:23
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I got my HA Soundwave out to play with and drat I still love it so much. Kinda makes me wanna get the Movie the Best version, it looks so freakin' sweet all in silver.
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Jul 12, 2017 17:33
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EthanSteele posted:He dedicated his time because he gets paid a lot of money. That's all there is to it. Yeah but that doesn't mean he doesn't give a poo poo, or he just does things "just cuz". None of the Transformers movies have felt in any way "phoned in" from a directorial standpoint, to me. You look at any of the behind the scenes materials or interviews about Bay on the set, and he's right there with the actors giving them instructions, framing shots, etc. it's not like he's just sitting in the director's chair all day and letting the second unit director do all the work while he just reviews the dailies and lets it all get fixed in post. People like to poo poo on Michael Bay a lot, and I get a lot of why, but I've found that my enjoyment of the Transformers movies (and Bay's work in general) has risen immensely when I step back and look at the movies framed around Bay's strengths, and just don't let the weaknesses get to me. Yeah the continuity from movie to movie (or even scene to scene) is shaky, but so was the G1 cartoon. And when taking the movies on a scene by scene basis, and taking the movies as more of an emotional and visual spectacle rather than a logical narrative, they're freaking great. And in the grand scheme of cinema, there's really nothing like them - and a lot of that draws from the source material. The movies consistently treat the Transformers as aliens first, and robots second. The series is about humanity reacting to an alien invasion, and as the series goes on it's got an interesting and largely pragmatic reaction to what's happening, and I dig it.
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Oh my god I just got around to reading Salvation. Trypticon at the end is the best. 
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