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Post by The Doctor on Dec 15, 2020 22:05:46 GMT
I like the face colours better on the Pit one but prefer the egg colour on the retail one.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 15, 2020 22:16:56 GMT
The faces detach don't they? You could... Swap them...
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Post by Toph on Dec 15, 2020 22:21:59 GMT
They do?
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Post by Bogatan on Dec 15, 2020 22:23:07 GMT
Ive just turnhed the Judge in to Prison? mode. So very odd.
Really need to track down an allicon now.
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Post by Bogatan on Dec 15, 2020 22:24:26 GMT
Not sure detach is the right term, but thet do appear to be screwed on to base plates so shouldnt be too hard to remove and swap if someone really wanted to. |
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 15, 2020 22:24:40 GMT
The faces detach don't they? You could... Swap them... No, Pinwig, no! -Ralph |
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 15, 2020 22:29:53 GMT
I haven't opened any of these yet but I'm sure the retail judge comes with two of the faces separate to the figure doesn't it? Don't they all come off?
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 15, 2020 22:30:53 GMT
The faces detach don't they? You could... Swap them... No, Pinwig, no! -Ralph But... It's the same character. It's not like you're giving a different character someone else's face. You're giving a character its own face... |
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Post by The Huff on Dec 15, 2020 22:39:13 GMT
I haven't opened any of these yet but I'm sure the retail judge comes with two of the faces separate to the figure doesn't it? Don't they all come off? They snap on. Not sure if they would snap back off safely. But then, maybe they can: to recreate the strange cock up in Five Faces Of Darkness, when they are on Goo. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 15, 2020 22:40:10 GMT
I haven't opened any of these yet but I'm sure the retail judge comes with two of the faces separate to the figure doesn't it? Don't they all come off? No, just those two..... ... and in my case the red one STILL WON'T GO ON! |
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Post by The Huff on Dec 15, 2020 22:41:44 GMT
No, just those two..... ... and in my case the red one STILL WON'T GO ON! It took me a while to get that one on (and a lot of other people). Something to do with the angle. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 15, 2020 22:45:25 GMT
TWO AND A HALF MONTHS I'VE BEEN TRYING!!!!
I may have tried harder if the Quint pit hadn't turned up two days later....
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Post by Shockprowl on Dec 15, 2020 22:47:56 GMT
Man-E-Faces.
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 16, 2020 8:56:34 GMT
I haven't opened any of these yet but I'm sure the retail judge comes with two of the faces separate to the figure doesn't it? Don't they all come off? Pain lies ahead for you. -Ralph |
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 16, 2020 21:30:50 GMT
If I'm feeling masochistic I may try that on the next Zoom.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 5, 2021 13:46:34 GMT
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Post by Toph on Jan 7, 2021 23:07:18 GMT
Thust is kinda really weird in hand.
I can appreciate some of the decisions made, but a few others stand out as especially odd or look really bad.
I appreciate that they gave up on the wings instead of doing something really stupid for "sunbow accuracy," like the VTOL fans on the previous Generations version popping off and moving to the tailfins, leaving those dopey really thin, really long wings on his back.
On tge flip side since the ER seeker is an entirely new mold being designed from scratch to have four unique toolings (unlike classics, which was ever only designed to be starscream and ramjet), it puzzles me why they didn't engineer an option for thrust's wings to be attached to his legs.
(Just like why didn't they sculpt Starscream's chest differently to be more 80s accurate instead of keeping the weird flatness of the classics tooling?)
The lack of black nosecone paint is weird, as has been pointed out. But stands out a lot more on Thrust than it does for the other two. At least for me.
Also something i hadn't picked up on, is he's mostly black. And where they chose to paint him burgundy vs where they left black plastic, combined with his legs being solid chunks of burgundy plastic makes his jet mode look really incomplete.
Of the seven seekers we have, thrust is my least favorite. Though I suspect my opinions would rise with either a better/more consistent deco, or repainted into a different character (Nacelle)
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Post by Toph on Jan 7, 2021 23:55:09 GMT
On a side note, my target has/had a bunch of Decepticon Clones on clearance for $13, if anyone wants any.
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Post by Benn on Jan 14, 2021 15:41:02 GMT
Netflix Prime might be back in stock for home delivery from Smyths on 26th Jan, I may need reminding.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 26, 2021 21:11:27 GMT
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Post by Benn on Feb 1, 2021 17:28:01 GMT
Netflix Prime has been put back another week for home delivery on Smyths. Annoyingly, they have three in stock.
My patience is tried, I have never wanted to go to a toy shop so much!
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Post by Benn on Feb 26, 2021 19:42:51 GMT
So, are Bombshock and Growl the only Micromasters to not get repainted?
I mean, released on their own as Micromasters, I'm not counting Countdown at this point.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 26, 2021 20:34:08 GMT
I'd need to check....
.... however Bombshock and Growl aren't original they reuse parts from the Siege Battle Patrol
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 26, 2021 21:05:58 GMT
Is Ricon not remoulded from Highjump, he wasn't just a repaint was he? He hasn't been reused.
We were expecting a couple that never showed I think, because the heads were there on two of the ten pack ones? something like that. The guide I did isn't easy to pull that info out of. A table would be better.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 26, 2021 21:17:31 GMT
Yeah we saw Bombshock and Growl heads on the Battle Patrol repaints but they went unused on the actual Bombshock and Growl!
I think the original or remoulded versions of one of the cars haven't been reused.
Yes a table would be useful but it's the end of a long day and I'm very tired and brain dead thanks to British Science week sucking my mind out
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Post by Llama God on Feb 27, 2021 9:31:35 GMT
Ah, we've gotten to the brains-in-jars level of lockdown science. Excellent.
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 28, 2021 17:14:27 GMT
So, are Bombshock and Growl the only Micromasters to not get repainted? I mean, released on their own as Micromasters, I'm not counting Countdown at this point. Last night during the Zoom chat I had a look at what's what when it comes to the WfC Micromasters - this spreadsheet breaks it all down: drive.google.com/file/d/1tZerwyOqw0R5XQ4qhsbS9A4AuQeUrugP/view?usp=sharingWhen you hold Bombshock and Growl next to Topshot and Flak it's pretty harsh to call them remoulds. They're engineering reuses, but the parts are different and in places aren't even the same size or position - Bombshock's legs are shorter and the support strut for his feet hinges in a different place, and he has the bit that drops over his chest that Topshot doesn't. The only actual shared piece is the gun barrel. Similarly, Growl's legs don't flip up on top of the vehicle like Flak's, they slot in to make the back of the vehicle. The only shared piece between those two is the torso. There may well be more engineering shares, not explored it fully. It also appears Furzer and Blastmaster are still called that in the Amazon Odyssey 5 set. The naming for that set seems to be a shambles. Phil will now tell me why the spreadsheet isn't right. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 28, 2021 22:05:33 GMT
It's a bit more complex than that.... Top ShotFlakBombshockGrowlBombshock has Top Shot's Cannon & Heel Spurs and Flak's thighs Growl has Flak's 5mm post & his upper torso and the thighs of Top Shot. In addition Bombshock's head *MAY* have made it's debut on Cratermaker - I'm unconvinced, have a look at yours cos The head on the TFWiki picture is wrong. |
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Post by Benn on Feb 28, 2021 22:11:03 GMT
In all fairness, thigh and 5mm post reuse don't really count as recolours though.
Still, fascinating stuff.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 28, 2021 22:12:24 GMT
No but there are distinct parts in common to both toys, namely a frame that's grey on both sets.
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