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Post by The Doctor on Apr 10, 2021 17:02:55 GMT
I still have nightmares about handling and transforming WST Ravage.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 12, 2021 9:06:36 GMT
Loads of I've seen it and you haven't style rumours on www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/description-of-upcoming-transformers-kingdom-terrorsaur-toy/45819/for what Terrorsaur is.
I've seen a pic of Terrorsaur, looks pretty good for an Airrazor retool
Pteranadon mode looks good to me, with the concession that like most TFs with jet/aerial modes it looks best from the top.
He looks decent in botmode, a bit sleek maybe, and the wings on the back are quite off model but will probably not be an issue when you have the figure in hand.
It looks like he has a faux chest piece made to look like the back of the Pteranadon so they didn't have to reorient the transformation scheme.
I'd say on the whole it's the Botmode that's compromised (and only barely) which was the right choice as Terrorsaur's onscreen transformation involved CGI magic...
Can't tell size from the images I've seen, but a pretty significant re-tool.
From what I can tell the major shared parts are the lower legs the forearms and potentially some of the internal skeleton/structure.
Head(s), wings, chest, waist, feet etc all look to have new sculpting
To be honest he's not really show or toy accurate, but you can tell the team at Hasbro have done their best within the retool budget allowed.
Pteranadon head (articulated opening mouth) on the back in botmode, and what looks like a faux chest that remains the chest in Pteranadon mode. Wings are tip down (not upside down like the OG toy).
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Post by blueshift on Apr 12, 2021 10:20:48 GMT
Hmm, bit odd that Terrorsaur is a remold that doesn't quite hit the bill, given how many recolours you could get from him!
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Post by Toph on Apr 14, 2021 20:52:41 GMT
I got wave two deluxe today.
All three are awesome, but Airazor is the weakest of the BW figures. She's still pretty great, but she's not without issues. My biggest complaint is her ankles are ball jointed, not very tight, and her feet could stand to be a fair bit bigger. And in beast mode, she's really front heavy. Still love her. Gorgeous sculpting.
Ractonite is better than Paleotrex in terms of usefulness as a weaponizer. Very solid in both robot and beast mode. He's not opalized though. He's got a weird shiny finish that in pictures makes him look pearlescent. I'm not exactly sure what kind of fossil he's meant to emulate.
Huffer steals the show. Not perfect, but he's my favorite of the three.
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Post by Toph on Apr 14, 2021 21:02:17 GMT
Huffer does have this weird thing going on in vehicle mode where due to the shape of his legs, it creates a weird optical illusion that the correct transformation (all pegs locked) is not straight and aligned correctly.
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Post by Stomski on Apr 15, 2021 6:17:08 GMT
Ball jointed feet of Airrazor could be easily tightened with nail polish etc.
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Post by Jim on Apr 15, 2021 11:38:40 GMT
Ball jointed feet on my Airazor are pretty solid, she's been out on my desk for a couple of months as _the_ toy to fiddle with and pose, so mileage might vary on that.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 16, 2021 15:03:14 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 16, 2021 21:49:57 GMT
Been really eager to have a look at Core Starscream because of the huge number of 'what a clever transformation!' comments I've heard in reviews.
What a clever transformation! Great robot, great jet. Super figure.
Now where are Skywap and Undercrackers?
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 16, 2021 22:11:45 GMT
I suspect that like the ER jets they will be Exclusives rather than main line. I hope to be wrong.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 16, 2021 22:19:57 GMT
I'm really hoping one of these multipack exclusives we've heard about is a set of jets.
We really need a Shockwave this good too.
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Post by Toph on Apr 16, 2021 22:38:49 GMT
One amazing unexpected side effect of Airazor's falcon head being articulated, is that it's extremely easy to be replaced. And as generic as the rest of her beast mode, she would be extremely easy to retool into other, wildly different birds, like a raven. (I know there's the magnabolt/skywarp rumor, but if that's done correctly, it's a pretty big remold)
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 16, 2021 22:41:25 GMT
I *think* there could even be a Silverbolt retool in her....
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Post by Toph on Apr 16, 2021 23:33:37 GMT
I *think* there could even be a Silverbolt retool in her.... I think it would require so much work, that Silverbolt would be almost entirely new. If they want him to be even half as accurate as the rest of the BWs. Maybe just reuse the wings wholesale, thighs and feet, and design the rest from scratch?
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Post by Llama God on Apr 17, 2021 8:04:52 GMT
I suspect that like the ER jets they will be Exclusives rather than main line. I hope to be wrong. Let's not forget that with the previous Legends-scale Jet it took a couple of lines before you could get the whole set. Starscream was released in T30, followed by Acid Storm (because of course), and we didn't get Thundercracker and Skywarp until Combiner Wars. So I'm not holding out too much hope...
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 17, 2021 8:47:01 GMT
I think we think Thundercracker and Skywarp are leading candidates for the Kingdom 4 pack. T30/CW: Acid Storm wasn't the original plan, there's product listings that show the T30 repaint toy was originally planned to be Thundercracker tmukhub.proboards.com/post/176628/threadIt's not 100% clear what was going on there but the repaint phase of Legends looks very different to what the computers say was there!
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 17, 2021 8:56:03 GMT
I'm really hoping one of these multipack exclusives we've heard about is a set of jets. We really need a Shockwave this good too. I would white-out the hell out of everything if we get a Core Shockwave. -Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 17, 2021 10:23:22 GMT
New Age have just shown a really really nice one, but I don't know how big it is compared to these Core figures. It'll also be silly expensive for the size. I'll find a pic for the 3P thread.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 18, 2021 16:53:59 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 18, 2021 21:23:31 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 18, 2021 21:50:07 GMT
Useful. So the remoulding on Tricranius is just the top part of the Dino head?
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Post by Toph on Apr 18, 2021 21:58:55 GMT
Do be fair, that's all that's needed to change a styrachosaurus to a triceratops.
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 18, 2021 22:10:02 GMT
Oh I'm not criticising, just making sure I've not missed anything.
I'm just trying to work out why it costs so much. Centurion was £30 with his box of bits iirc, but here we have a minor remould with a complicated paint job and what was it? 15 blast effects? And it's £38. I reckon the paint job would push the figure up to £20 so the blast effects must cost a lot more to make than the plastic bits that Centurion had, and they were all new designs.
Equally, SS86 Blurr is already premium being a £20 deluxe, but SG Blurr is £30.
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Post by Toph on Apr 18, 2021 23:14:38 GMT
Centurion and This dude cost exactly the same, here. So the price increase has something to do with you guys over there. Someone scamming somewhere (more so than the blast effects already being a scam)
As for blurr, I have a hypothesis, but I need way more than one singular release and a handful of unsubstantiated rumors, before I'm comfortable sharing.
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Post by Benn on Apr 19, 2021 8:30:46 GMT
Ah, a hidden benefit of Brexit!
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 19, 2021 8:48:38 GMT
Frictionless trading! Price upgrading!
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Apr 19, 2021 17:05:46 GMT
Smoke 'em out! Give 'em a clout!
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 19, 2021 20:35:07 GMT
That is interesting. So we get an £8 increase over here for no apparent reason.... Even more reason to skip it.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 19, 2021 22:37:12 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 20, 2021 7:14:45 GMT
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