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Post by The Doctor on Jul 10, 2019 11:40:14 GMT
She was in like, less than five seconds of "The Search for Alpha Trion" Ah. A brief background person. That will be why they made no impression on me! One of those characters who doesn't actually exist. I like the mad colour scheme! -Ralph |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 10, 2019 11:44:18 GMT
That's because it's Impactor'a colours
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 10, 2019 11:55:12 GMT
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Post by Toph on Jul 10, 2019 12:12:44 GMT
She should date Actionmaster Thundercracker.
No one would be able to look upon their combined brilliance. It would be like gazing upon a million suns.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 10, 2019 16:08:16 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 10, 2019 16:37:20 GMT
Do Kapow use couriers or Royal Mail?
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 10, 2019 17:15:07 GMT
There's an option for which mail company they will use.
They did use DPD as a courier, who were great in Swindon, but appear to have switched to Parcelfarce now. Not a good move!
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Post by Benn on Jul 10, 2019 17:51:43 GMT
I can see myself getting RedWing, if only for the novelty.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 10, 2019 18:12:48 GMT
There's an option for which mail company they will use. They did use DPD as a courier, who were great in Swindon, but appear to have switched to Parcelfarce now. Not a good move! Ah. I'll pass then. I find it much easier to get deliveries via RM. -Ralph |
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 10, 2019 20:00:20 GMT
The lighter purple could be a shade lighter still, but it's pleasing to see Lancer confirmed. Even if it means a combiner with four limbs based off the same mould, it is at least a full set using characters that are actually a team.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 11, 2019 16:00:49 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 11, 2019 19:44:29 GMT
She's called what now? Orthia?!
It doesn't look a great combiner because the limbs are all so similar, but I reckon the general look could be improved a lot by putting the heavier colours on the legs (so swap arms and legs from those photos) and giving her white feet.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 11, 2019 20:05:22 GMT
Oritha, as revealed using Greenlight's code on the Siege site  |
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 11, 2019 20:18:36 GMT
But what's that a reference to? Orthia isn't a name from the cartoon.
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Post by Jaymz on Jul 11, 2019 20:32:12 GMT
But what's that a reference to? Orthia isn't a name from the cartoon. |
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 11, 2019 20:50:45 GMT
Wow, that's pretty obscure!
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Post by Toph on Jul 11, 2019 21:04:37 GMT
This makes what, the third name this combiner has had? At least it's not half unpronounceable numbers anymore. I like it. Too bad it's the only thing about this combiner I like. She's called what now? Orthia?! It doesn't look a great combiner because the limbs are all so similar, but I reckon the general look could be improved a lot by putting the heavier colours on the legs (so swap arms and legs from those photos) and giving her white feet. She doesn't look like a great combiner because none of those are particularly great combiner parts. That limb mold isn't a terribly stable leg, and as an arm, it's really skinny and has an unnatural crook in the forearm. And I just don't really have much of anything decent to say about the torso mold. |
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Post by Toph on Jul 11, 2019 21:09:49 GMT
I got Redwing today! Though I hate this mold, I decided to get it to just go ahead and complete the set. Already getting Thundercracker because I can't not skip Thundercracker. And getting Skywarp for the battlemasters, so why not redwing?
Opinions on the changes made to follow. I imagine it'll look better in "tetrajet" mode than Starscream due to the deco probably not making his chest look so obviously hanging off the back of it.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 11, 2019 21:14:33 GMT
This makes what, the third name this combiner has had? At least it's not half unpronounceable numbers anymore. I like it. Too bad it's the only thing about this combiner I like. Second, after Elita Infin!te, which is now being taken to mean Elita-1 with any four robots tfwiki.net/wiki/Elita-Infin1te Oritha is specifically Elita-1, Moonracer, Novastar, Greenlight & Lancer tfwiki.net/wiki/Orthia
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Post by Toph on Jul 11, 2019 23:33:43 GMT
Okay so I got my redwing out.
If you have Starscream you already know what to expect out of the mold itself. If Starscream didn't impress you, I doubt he will do much to change that.
New head- This comes with the smirking face that Thundercracker uses. Personally, I feel it's a better fit for Starscream and Skywarp, over TC and RW. But what do I, a fan who's been invested in these characters for 35 years know?
Colors- This mold wears these colors better than Starscream's by far. I was right about the chest piece blending in better to his rear. He still stupidly looks like he's got an earth jet cockpit stuck under his thrusters, but it doesn't call attention to it nearly as badly. The plastic is a lovely shade of red, and Red/Black has always been a favorite combination for me.
He's almost pretty. He would be if it weren't for the...
Deco- ....weathering tampos being abominable. It's the exact same pattern as Starscream. Them having the exact same scratches, scrapes, rust spots, or whatever this is all supposed to be just highlights how poorly thought out this concept is, and how overboard they went with it in the first wave. Honestly, it looks way worse on RW than SS, and more pointless.
The splotches in jet mode are now in rust red, which not only is a bad look in general making anyone "young" look rusty, here it almost completely is lost in his red plastic. And these bad color choices continue in robot mode. His legs use a really dark color that both is lost on the black, and makes the black paint look sloppily applied. The spots on the red still uses that rust red color, and the color they chose for his arms looks like actual paint that's been rubbed over him, rather than exposed metal that's been scraped away.
In robot mode, he looks like he's been painting houses. He looks like a painter. Not an artistic painter, a house painter.
I think that's my new headcannon for him.
Now for the mold itself- mine is tighter than Starscream. Nothing even slightly loose. But nothing too tight either. So he's an improvement there.
And didn't Hasbro say they were gonna fix Starscream's chest problem by adding pins to future uses? Yeah, that didn't happen.
All in all, I am happier with him than Starscream.
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Post by Llama God on Jul 12, 2019 6:29:12 GMT
Wow, that's pretty obscure! Toys can be edumacational too! Buy toys! |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 12, 2019 8:13:04 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 12, 2019 9:40:31 GMT
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 12, 2019 10:50:43 GMT
Redwing.
Red. Wing.
Amazing name there, Big Phil. Inspired. *Slow handclap*
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 12, 2019 11:17:01 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 12, 2019 11:53:16 GMT
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 12, 2019 14:37:41 GMT
Too. Many. STRIKE PLANES!!!
Madness!
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 12, 2019 16:00:27 GMT
I think I need a Redwing.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 12, 2019 17:15:46 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 12, 2019 17:20:41 GMT
Well that rumour suddenly looks more reliable now the maddest item on the list is confirmed! See tmukhub.proboards.com/post/374684/thread for details! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DaimChocReports/posts/940749479608813No source is given for this but ... Deluxe Cybertron Hot Shot - assumed since the head was spotted on Hound's package G1 Toy color special package Refractor - rumoured since a diagram of a combined mode Refractor with extra pieces was shown New Micromaster 10-pack - we have a Hasbro product code for this. So the new items are: + Deluxe Nightbird , repaint of Chromia , with accurate new Headsculpt. Likely Tranformser Generations Selects. + Deluxe Powerdashers - repaints of Cog, Sixgun & Brunt, with accurate new headsculpts. + Deluxe Decepticon Impactor - features different paint deco. + Leader Shockwave in Galacticman Deco, full black Shockwave. Impactor was originally advertised as a Decepticon so I could believe that .... |
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