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Post by Llama God on Oct 8, 2019 6:32:51 GMT
Yeah, I'd much prefer Grapple to have a more original-toy-accurate head, just for the contrast. But it's my first Transformer (by a few minutes) so I can't not get him.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 8, 2019 11:36:20 GMT
I love how the storyline is about the robots being IN SPACE and battling ANYWHERE IN THE COSMOS but the toy line is 'Earth modes/Sunbow 1984'. -Ralph It's a bloody joke. Why can't they come up with a decent story or premise? It's like PotP, they just made it up as they went along. War for Cybertron is just being made up as they stagger and lurch along. Now some of the figures are amazing! But if these good figures were part of an organised story it would be better for all. I like the idea of a line being set IN SPACE. I'm just befuddled that the line set IN SPACE has put everyone in Earth modes: a planet they haven't been to yet! -Ralph |
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Post by Shockprowl on Oct 8, 2019 17:46:08 GMT
I totally agree, Doctor. This line, WFC2, should be IN SPACE. But it isn't IN SPACE. It's on Earth. WFC3, or even the next trilogy after that should been on Earth. With WFC truly being IN SPACE.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 8, 2019 19:14:17 GMT
IN SPACE.
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on Oct 8, 2019 19:24:27 GMT
I'm sorry, where?
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Post by Jim on Oct 8, 2019 19:25:19 GMT
A good name for a Transformers line set in space, between Cybertron and Earth, would have been Armada
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Post by Benn on Oct 8, 2019 19:48:26 GMT
Transformers: In Transit
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 8, 2019 20:04:48 GMT
Transformers: tracking information supplied.
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 8, 2019 20:06:06 GMT
Did Armada ever actually have can armada in it? I remember pondering this at the time.
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Post by Toph on Oct 8, 2019 20:14:33 GMT
Well it had a near ridiculous amount of Minicons (still not enough)
Once you put them all together, it was a pretty sizable fleet
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Post by blueshift on Oct 8, 2019 20:48:19 GMT
Did Armada ever actually have can armada in it? I remember pondering this at the time. Yeah they get together in an armada to fight unicron at the end |
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Post by Jim on Oct 8, 2019 21:40:38 GMT
I read somewhere years ago that it was part of the early story concept which got dropped, but the name stuck because it sounded good. TFWiki just says that nobody knows though, so that was probably just hearsay.
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Post by Llama God on Oct 9, 2019 6:41:30 GMT
What do you mean, no one knows? Our ma does...
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 10, 2019 18:22:45 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 10, 2019 19:40:59 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 12, 2019 13:59:29 GMT
Interesting - ID Toys say Jan for wave one, yet Kapow and amazon.com say end of March. I suppose this is Kapow playing ball with Hasbro UK and waiting for their stock whereas ID have taken a short cut with imported stock from somewhere.
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 12, 2019 14:00:58 GMT
I'm all for a break to be honest. Earthrise looks amazing but I can wait until March for them. That'll give me a chance to clean up the Siege stuff properly without panicking and get through the Seacons.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 12, 2019 14:14:18 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 12, 2019 14:39:42 GMT
We raised this matter last weekend: How many Ironworks does Phil need?
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Post by blueshift on Oct 12, 2019 14:46:27 GMT
One, phil!!!! One!!!!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 12, 2019 14:50:30 GMT
Burns, explain to Blueshift why he is mistaken
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 12, 2019 16:10:57 GMT
One to stay in base mode 1.
One to stay in base mode 2.
One to form part of the new Micromaster City.
One to be donated to other toys in Weaponiser mode.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 12, 2019 16:18:27 GMT
I wonder if that's a hard and fast date, or whether we'll see the first wave slip out early. It's unusual isn't it? Almost four months from the Dec wave, which usually hit in the first week, to the end of March. We usually see the wave after the Dec one in early Feb.
Like I say, I'm not complaining. I'd welcome a few months without a retail wave to get the existing stuff tidied up.
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 12, 2019 16:19:20 GMT
We raised this matter last weekend: How many Ironworks does Phil need? I would say given Warden indicated there will be three more MM bases in the Deluxe size that one is enough! |
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Post by Dezzeh on Oct 12, 2019 16:19:41 GMT
Ordered the wave except for Prime from Kapow, if Prime shows up in the cheap in Smyths I’ll get it
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 12, 2019 16:30:31 GMT
And this is Dezzeh 'Getting out of Generations' is it?
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Post by Dezzeh on Oct 12, 2019 16:35:54 GMT
I’m skipping one! Maybe.. what I am doing though is the same as you and finding the best modern interpretation I can and will be ditching the rest.
I need G1, MP and modern.
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 12, 2019 17:10:50 GMT
I'm going for sets of those three too. But MP only as far as the Movie. The 87 lot feel like toys to me and I don't have the desire for MP versions. 84-86 live more in the mind and I want decent display pieces for them.
Thing is I can't keep myself to that. I keep buying Micromasters and other bits. I'm also determined one day to finish my TF Animated collection and fill in the missing few I have from Armada. and... and... and...
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Post by Toph on Oct 12, 2019 17:33:25 GMT
I wonder if that's a hard and fast date, or whether we'll see the first wave slip out early. It's unusual isn't it? Almost four months from the Dec wave, which usually hit in the first week, to the end of March. We usually see the wave after the Dec one in early Feb. Like I say, I'm not complaining. I'd welcome a few months without a retail wave to get the existing stuff tidied up. The final wave of Siege is slated for December. Which means many places won't even see it until january, while others may see it start to pop up around thanksgiving. Saturation will happen in january, though. So January for wave 1 sounds way too soon. March sounds about right for how hasbro schedules releases. |
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 12, 2019 18:24:03 GMT
Yes, it matches the pattern we know for US retail, but over here through import shops we've had waves earlier over the last few years. What you see in shops mid-Feb/Mar we get in Jan. It just seems this time the date is universal.
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