War For Cybertron: Earthrise

[Pinwig]

Ah I see, so the grey plastic parts are all reused from the originals but are swapped around between the robots. Growl's chest is the same as Flak - the grey part. The stomach and hips are a different piece on both. Cratermaker and Bombshock have different heads, Bombshock's is much bigger. They're the same design but it looks more like Cratermaker got a rejected prototype. Bombshock's is much better.

That's really interesting. Very clever parts use.

[The Doctor]

I can't stand the confusion in my miiiiiind.

-Ralph

[Pinwig]

Feb 28, 2021 22:12:24 GMT Philip Ayres said:

No but there are distinct parts in common to both toys, namely a frame that's grey on both sets.

That I think is one way how we separate 'remould' and 'engineering reuse'. When you look at Flak and Growl's vehicles they are completely different, but clearly share the same transformation design.

[Pinwig]

More FIDDLING is needed with this. It occurred to me this morning that Trip Up and Daddy-O are basically the same figure with different parts, so one is a heavy remould of the other, but they are both derived from Swindler - same proportions and engineering with a single change in the way the bonnet hinges.

[Philip Ayres]

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[Philip Ayres]

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[tomwe]

13 months since I ordered it, Forbidden Planet have finally admitted they won't be able to get me a Runabout. Certainly not at RRP anyway! I knew it was a long shot but I still had hope.

[The Doctor]

I too have received this email of despair.

-Ralph

[KnightBeat]

Sounds like they've given you the runaround instead.

[Toph]

And Captain Sisko just throws runabouts away.

[The Doctor]

Nov 29, 2021 17:20:12 GMT The Doctor said:

I too have received this email of despair.

-Ralph

Three times no less!!!

-Ralph

[Philip Ayres]

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[Toph]

The mustard and ketchup twins

[The Doctor]

WHAT.

-Ralph

[Pinwig]

Those... kinda work.

[The Doctor]

NO THEY DO NOT.

THEY...THEY LOOK LIKE CRASH COMBINERS!

-Ralph

[Shockprowl]

Yeah, they look weird.

[Pinwig]

Goodness me no. Crash Combiners are all kinds of shit. These look like previously undiscovered Mexican variants. Probably some kind of happy meal toy.

[Shockprowl]

Don't spin me 'Mexican' 'less it's a Black Prowl, Snowflake. Or you ain't dating my sister.

[Pinwig]

I was just looking at the jets. This is the total for the Earthrise mould and its descendants isn't it?

Starscream
- Thundercracker
- Skywarp
- Coronation Starscream
- Decepticon Seeker

Ramjet (new head/wings)
- G2 Ramjet
- Sandstorm
- Cloudcover

Thrust (wings)

Dirge (wings) (plus the non-painted wings version)

There's nothing in the upcoming leaks that suggests this mould is getting another run out next year is there? I would like to think there's more to come in the exclusives department but I'm just trying to think realistically beyond Acid Storm, Sun Storm and the other unreleased colours of the original mould, like Blackout and Jungle Starscream - what else is there? If Nacelle is coming stupidly from the Siege mould, it doesn't seem likely characters like Bitstream and Hotlink are likely. 

[The Doctor]

Nacelle is coming from the Siege mould as it is based on a comic appearance, so does make sense as that is what it is meant to be.

I would love Blackout and Jungle Starscream to be made real!

I really want the Dirge non-painted wings version but I have no idea why. I already have the first release of that Dirge!

-Ralph

[Pinwig]

Yes those other four Decepticons from the opening of the pilot episode make more sense as Tetrajets. I'd just like a third trio of jets from the earthrise mould like we had the rainmakers from the Siege one.

Having G2 Ramjet, Cloudcover and Sandstorm is annoying because although they're a 'G2' trio they're all the same mould. We really need two other funky colours versions to make a nice set.

Not sure why I'm so taken with this at the moment. It feels like this mould has given us a lot but not enough in the right places. I do miss there not being a proper Sunstorm, Takara colours style.

[Toph]

Cloudcover should have used dirge wings, while the black Starscream should use the thrust wings.
I don't care how inaccurate it is to toys that were never released. We've had vastly less accurate homages to unreleased G2 toys in the past.

[legios]

Now, using Dirge wings on Cloudcover I think would have been fine. They are slightly odd design wise, but aesthetically. But using Thrust wings...those things are just...wrong...on an aesthetic level for me. They'd be fine on some sort of ducted fan rotorcraft, but on what is supposed to be a conventional aircraft I'm not a fan of the look at all. (And it isn't like they serve any really useful purpose - almost all of the secondary media show Decepticon jets using transformation as a method of doing vertical take-off and landing, so it isn't clear what benefit is even being derived from them. (Like the air intakes on the underside of the jet modes of the Classics jets they just appear to be decorative and without any real utility).

Karl

[Shockprowl]

I still utterly adore the Seigeker mold.

[The Doctor]

I still weep for how Siegeker Skywarp became £Unobtainable.

-Ralph

[Shockprowl]

And I will forever be grateful to The Great Pinwig.