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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 12, 2020 14:03:33 GMT
There's a couple of really good pictures in there which make it clear how much of Moonracer is reused. The waist, majority of the body and 5mm combiner foot/hand port.
The beast legs are mounted on Moonracer's rear axles while the squid arems are mounted on the hinges that let Moonracer's rear arches fold out to the sides.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 13, 2020 9:47:47 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 13, 2020 13:44:27 GMT
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Post by Shockprowl on Apr 13, 2020 17:55:31 GMT
That looks really good.
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Post by Toph on Apr 13, 2020 21:10:40 GMT
I got my Nautilator today. Want to like it a lot more than I do. Same exact flaw Siege Ironhide has, though. The lobster legs attach the exact same way that Ironhide's leg van panels do, only worse because the hinge is also attached to a tight swivle joint required for transforming, and mine are already pre-warped.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 14, 2020 19:02:41 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 16, 2020 19:47:05 GMT
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Post by Bogatan on Apr 17, 2020 18:17:00 GMT
Skalor has arrived with a friend in the states. And just as I was thanking him for letting me know. Snaptrap and two of the others reappeared on Pusle so thay are ordered too.
If I cant get the last two at sensible prices at least I only need to fork out for one of them, Tentakil obviously, to complete the combined form.
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Post by Bogatan on Apr 17, 2020 18:19:08 GMT
Downside thats an outlay of money I could have done without this month.
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Post by Toph on May 5, 2020 17:13:07 GMT
Got Tenta-kil today.
First, this toy was totally made with Scylla in mind
Second, it is amazing how clever a retool this is
Third, this might be my favorite of the set.
Though mine is painfully floppy. Not nearly as bad as Red Swoop, but he's worse than any of the others.
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Post by Toph on May 6, 2020 17:18:31 GMT
Piranhacon is a monument to the hubris of man.
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Post by Llama God on May 7, 2020 13:24:49 GMT
Well now I'm regretting not buying it.
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Post by The Doctor on May 7, 2020 13:57:49 GMT
I only regret passing on Tentakil.
-Ralph
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Post by Toph on May 7, 2020 14:59:32 GMT
Well now I'm regretting not buying it. That wasn't really meant to be a complement. Stability was not taken into consideration. They dreamed so big that they exceeded the limits of CW technology.
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Post by Toph on May 7, 2020 15:09:37 GMT
I got Overbite yesterday.
Maybe I'm a bit biased because the original was one of my all time favorite toys when I was little, but this one is the most disappointing of the set.
He's like an afterthought. Barely more than Rippersnapper repaint. The beast head needs a pin, because the hinge pops out if you look at it funny. The beast head requires hinge tension to stay in place during robot mode
And he is disappointingly inaccurate in ways that some of the other inaccuracies in the others aren't. Like... Skalor makes the differences work for him. Overbite doesn't.
I still believe they should have flipped him. Turned the robot legs into the beast head, and stow the tail where Ripper's beast head was.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 13, 2020 6:53:42 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on May 13, 2020 7:00:06 GMT
And a price bump no doubt! Calling it for £250 all in.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on May 13, 2020 7:00:33 GMT
Oh does that mean the boxed set Kapow were talking about a while back is actually going to be a repaint set? This is going to test the resolve...
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Post by Toph on May 13, 2020 8:44:40 GMT
GIVE IT TOO ME NAOW!
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Post by Llama God on May 13, 2020 9:35:57 GMT
FUCKING SILHOUETTES!!!
Actually the silhouette's probably worse in this case - we already know what the molds look like, so stop teasing us and show us the godsdamned colours!
But anyway, much as I'm not interested in picking this one up (I didn't get the original release, and those colours are much more this thing) I'm pleased that they're releasing this, because people are excited.
Except...
This is Selects, remember? The line that has so far failed to give us a correctly-coloured G2 Megatron. We're all expecting God Neptune, but what if this is some other, little-remembered alternative colour scheme instead..?
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Post by Benn on May 13, 2020 10:03:04 GMT
Nemesis Seacons, all teal and black.
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Post by Pinwig on May 13, 2020 10:16:53 GMT
Ooh, lummy. That would look amazing.
Put that with Megatronia and a Nemesis Prime and you've got one sinister looking bunch of 'cons.
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Post by The Doctor on May 13, 2020 10:23:04 GMT
I will lash if it is a homage to the mad Fun Pub Seacons.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 13, 2020 21:05:56 GMT
Opened Tentakill - did you realise the name is a pun Ralph? - and Overbite today. Both fab. Tentakill is superb work given what they started with!
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Post by The Doctor on May 13, 2020 21:06:49 GMT
A pun??
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on May 13, 2020 21:14:29 GMT
Surely...
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Post by Shockprowl on May 13, 2020 21:30:38 GMT
He's worse than me...
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Post by The Doctor on May 13, 2020 21:41:45 GMT
There is no pun! Phil lies!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on May 13, 2020 22:09:48 GMT
Oh no.
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Post by Pinwig on May 13, 2020 22:14:02 GMT
Doc, what are those six dangly purple things around the face in the middle picture?
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