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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 13, 2019 8:07:27 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 14, 2019 5:57:14 GMT
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Dezzeh
Thunderjet
Wait, what?
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Post by Dezzeh on Jul 14, 2019 8:11:42 GMT
Oo I have $50 credit on the Canadian site, hopefully it will work out!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 15, 2019 17:01:47 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 15, 2019 17:50:00 GMT
Mr Purple Pen has got a new trick.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 16, 2019 3:55:16 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 16, 2019 4:12:47 GMT
Good job I'm not a strike plane collector, that's SEVEN now: The three 84 boys, Redwing and now these three. Power to add still too
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 16, 2019 4:32:19 GMT
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Dezzeh
Thunderjet
Wait, what?
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Post by Dezzeh on Jul 16, 2019 4:58:10 GMT
I DO like the colours though, hmmmmmmmmm.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 16, 2019 5:11:25 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 16, 2019 5:35:53 GMT
The colours...so bright...
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 16, 2019 5:41:43 GMT
But do you need SEVEN Siege Strike Planes?
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 16, 2019 5:43:11 GMT
I must have all of Siege.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 16, 2019 5:48:16 GMT
TQITQ
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Post by Bogatan on Jul 16, 2019 6:08:29 GMT
GIVE ME ACTION MASTER THUNDERCRACKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 16, 2019 6:21:04 GMT
So here's what I think the Micromaster set will be: • Groundshaker- Visper redeco • Skyhopper- Stormcloud redeco • Ironworks- Powertrain redeco • Skystalker- Stakeout redeco/retool • Erector- heavy Red Heat redeco • Garboil or Sundor- Laserbeak redeco • Howlback or Glit- Ravage redeco • Unknown Highjump redeco/retool • Unknown Roadhandler/Hyperdrive redeco/retool • Unknown Swindler/Blackjack redeco/retool I came up with a few more going down the Japanese repaint route: WFC-S4 E3557 Race Car Patrol:Roadhandler - Gunrunner tfwiki.net/wiki/Gunrunner_(Zone)#Toys Swindler WFC-S5 E3560 Airstrike Patrol:Whisper - Grondshaker Stormcloud - Skyhopper WFC-S6 E3558 Battle Patrol:Topshot - Gunlift tfwiki.net/wiki/Gunlift#Toys Flak - Powerbomb tfwiki.net/wiki/Powerbomb#Toys WFC-S18 E3561 Spy Action Patrol:Ravage - Glit, Howlback and Stripes Laserbeak - Buzzsaw, Garboil, and Sundor WFC-S19 E3562 Rescue Patrol:Redhot Stakeout WFC-S32 E4492 Sports Car Patrol:Hyperdrive - Ginham tfwiki.net/wiki/Gingham#Toys Blackjack - Black Heat tfwiki.net/wiki/Black_Heat#Toys WFC-S33 E4493 Off Road Patrol:Highjump Powertrain - Ironworks
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Post by Llama God on Jul 16, 2019 6:41:03 GMT
GIVE ME ACTION MASTER THUNDERCRACKER!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah, that would have done it for me. But as it is... not for me.
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Post by Toph on Jul 16, 2019 7:17:42 GMT
So here's what I think the Micromaster set will be: • Groundshaker- Visper redeco • Skyhopper- Stormcloud redeco • Ironworks- Powertrain redeco • Skystalker- Stakeout redeco/retool • Erector- heavy Red Heat redeco • Garboil or Sundor- Laserbeak redeco • Howlback or Glit- Ravage redeco • Unknown Highjump redeco/retool • Unknown Roadhandler/Hyperdrive redeco/retool • Unknown Swindler/Blackjack redeco/retool I came up with a few more going down the Japanese repaint route: WFC-S4 E3557 Race Car Patrol:Roadhandler - Gunrunner tfwiki.net/wiki/Gunrunner_(Zone)#Toys Swindler WFC-S5 E3560 Airstrike Patrol:Whisper - Grondshaker Stormcloud - Skyhopper WFC-S6 E3558 Battle Patrol:Topshot - Gunlift tfwiki.net/wiki/Gunlift#Toys Flak - Powerbomb tfwiki.net/wiki/Powerbomb#Toys WFC-S18 E3561 Spy Action Patrol:Ravage - Glit, Howlback and Stripes Laserbeak - Buzzsaw, Garboil, and Sundor WFC-S19 E3562 Rescue Patrol:Redhot Stakeout WFC-S32 E4492 Sports Car Patrol:Hyperdrive - Ginham tfwiki.net/wiki/Gingham#Toys Blackjack - Black Heat tfwiki.net/wiki/Black_Heat#Toys WFC-S33 E4493 Off Road Patrol:Highjump Powertrain - Ironworks I'm just going with what I think is most logical for Hasbro to choose. I would be shocked if Buzzsaw is in the set because he has enough fan devotion to sell him on card normally. Likewise, I also think Glit/SG Ravage and Stripes are strong enough to partner with Buzzsaw. Stripes is a non-entity, but has a record of Hasbro selling at normal retail. I don't see many people particularly begging for Sundor. So I see Buzzsaw/Glit at retail, Garboil/Howlback in the set, or Buzzsaw/Stripes retail, and Glit/Sundor set. Erector is a high desire for many fans for BS reasons, and has been on Hasbro's to-do list. Short of an entirely new mold, I think this is likely the best opportunity they'll have, with a clever repaint of Red Heat. Similarly, I don't think obscure japanese micromasters that have a minimal deco tweak are likely. I did look at all of them, and I think minicon homages are more likely than a fair few of them. The Flak repaint has merit, but I ruled it out because I see the Skystalker/Erector route. And there's less use for Topshot, who's gangmolded to Flak. There is potential with the black roadhandler repaint, but the red hyperdrive and black blackjack repaints are too derivative, just like the Bigshot repaint. So I'm predicting something more clever out of the cars and Tote. Or they'll just do "it's a car, just repaint it into this other car micromaster" My list is my official guess as to what will be in the set.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 16, 2019 18:52:42 GMT
Prime Day has come and gone. Still no sign of Skywarp. -Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 16, 2019 19:01:40 GMT
The next likely date is Thurs, during the SDCC panel
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 16, 2019 19:43:10 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 16, 2019 20:10:28 GMT
I continue to monitor. I can't believe an exclusive would be made so that is so hard to find!
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 16, 2019 20:11:32 GMT
I still must have them all.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 16, 2019 20:20:02 GMT
God there are more exclusives in this line than there are retail figures.
I quite like that set. Admittedly if you were buying an Acid Storm you'd probably want more variation in the colours, but given these three were flat colour background characters you can't argue they aren't screen accurate, and with these ones they have the alt modes they're supposed to have. Yes, I'm in for these I think.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 16, 2019 20:22:07 GMT
I am amused that each Strike Plane figure in Siege appears to have the same mud pattern deco!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 16, 2019 20:36:01 GMT
That is a bit crap.
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 16, 2019 20:38:04 GMT
I think it's only because it hasn't been properly released yet. It's hard to find because it isn't out to buy, unless you go a route like Phil did.
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 16, 2019 21:11:58 GMT
SHITSTORM'S influence is ever present.
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Post by Toph on Jul 17, 2019 3:52:20 GMT
Got Refractor x 3 and Brunt today.
Boy gosh Hasbro's instructions continue to further become useless. Brunt's instructions are confusing as all get out. It's easier to puzzle him out without them (and I don't find partsformers like weaponizers particularly easy to puzzle out). And Refraktor, the camera mode is advertized on the package, and the individual blocks requires a unique transformation to achieve Camera, it's not as intuitive as it looks (but it *is* clever), but there are no instructions. I had to youtube it. I've never had to youtube a transformer.
So F- to Hasbro on instructions.
Brunt: haven't tried him as weapons yet, but the build quality on him is much better than Cog and Sixgun. Those two for me barely hold together. All of Brunt's connecting points are all tight. My Sixgun is the worst of the three (I mean NONE of his parts stay connected as anything easily. Seriously thinking picking up another and hoping for a better outcome), but Sixgun is the most clever and suited for this. But due to the bad quality of him and mediocre bordering bad QC on Cog, Brunt is lightyears better toy IMO.
Refraktor: good robot, but bicepts are a bit too long, and kinda weird elbows leading to his arms being kinda weird. Camera mode is actually really neat, and really sturdy. Spaceship mode falls flat. But maybe I'm mistransforming it because instructions are really hard to read.
Neither of these are the best this line has to offer, but they're both pretty solid TFs.
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Post by Toph on Jul 17, 2019 4:36:30 GMT
A minor nitpick on Refraktor that bothers me way more than I thought, is that solid plastic faux "camera lense" piece isn't the standard 5mm peg. It's a bit smaller and I can see absolutely no reason for this. It can only peg into four places: stomach, butt (via a screw hole. Make of that what you will), under the crotch (part of the camera mode), and neck (part of spaceship mode).
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