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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 19, 2023 10:35:32 GMT
Was saying the other day how I regretted only getting one SS86 Sharkticon.... Am I allowed to confess that I have done a minor Pinwig and have two unopened TR Gnaws? They're tucked into the Quintesson Pit box with all the opened ones, the Legends one and the one from the Q Pit. I've also got a SS86 - really should have bought more - and a Cyberverse ....so this is good news though possibly not for me & Ralph's wallets |
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Post by Jim on Aug 19, 2023 12:12:33 GMT
Given what seems to be the driving force behind the current line wouldn’t the deciding factor be cartoon scale, to the extent that’s possible?
I can’t quite visualize Wheelie in relation to other minibots in the cartoon, but I have a feeling he’s generally portrayed smaller, so the SS86 core release might be about the right size?
Of course when Missing Link Wheelie rolls around he’d better be the same size class as the other minibots...
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 24, 2023 17:21:15 GMT
The three new ones went up on Pulse:
Ultra Magnus - £92
Ratchet - £35
Frenzy - £12
Frenzy sold out already.
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 24, 2023 17:30:30 GMT
It's alright, he's on Star and ID at the moment too.
That Ratchet appeals a lot more than the Ironhide did, can't work out why.
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Post by Benn on Aug 24, 2023 18:02:57 GMT
Ratchet sold out on Pulse, too.
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 24, 2023 18:07:40 GMT
Hmm. Ironhide wasn't around long was he. Maybe this Ratchet is one to get now rather than later. Pity. Should have put him in the Frenzy order.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 24, 2023 18:21:41 GMT
Magnus gone too at Pulse
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 24, 2023 18:25:39 GMT
Pulse do restock most stuff, an expensive mainline toy like Magnus will be around when he comes out. Frenzy I was less sure of.
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 7, 2023 21:21:34 GMT
Went into Smyths on the way home tonight with the intention of getting Gamer Ed Bumblebee but came out with 86 Brawn. I'll keep him for Saturday to celebrate surviving the first week of school.
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 10, 2023 9:06:40 GMT
Brawn's got one heck of a transformation for a deluxe. It's taken me quite a while to wiggle all the tab slots into place so the wheels are all straight, but that's a nicely accurate vehicle mode. These deluxe minibots just get better and better.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 10, 2023 10:22:23 GMT
Can the wheels roll in vehicle mode?
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 10, 2023 10:49:36 GMT
They can as long as you get them all straight.
Well, they roll about as well as any Generations TF with wheels does these days.
Which as we know is not particularly well.
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 10, 2023 12:36:49 GMT
What I'm not coping well with this afternoon is that with these newer figures, Huffer is now a bulkier/taller figure than Brawn. I realise on the Sunbow scale chart, Huffer and Brawn are the same size and a little taller than the other four, but this doesn't sit right with me. Kingdom Huffer doesn't feel like he fits with Brawn/Cliffjumper/Bumblebee.
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 10, 2023 12:41:13 GMT
What I'm not coping well with this afternoon is that with these newer figures, Huffer is now a bulkier/taller figure than Brawn. I realise on the Sunbow scale chart, Huffer and Brawn are the same size and a little taller than the other four, but this doesn't sit right with me. Kingdom Huffer doesn't feel like he fits with Brawn/Cliffjumper/Bumblebee. Oh no. I haven't compared them all yet. |
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 10, 2023 12:54:35 GMT
I only mention Sunbow because obviously we know the designs lean toward that. But Huffer really sticks out. He isn't a Sunbow design and he doesn't look like the original either. He is much more in fitting with the Siege styles. I keep swapping my Mechanic Studio one in and out and I think that works better.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 10, 2023 13:18:21 GMT
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 10, 2023 20:44:51 GMT
Booooooooooo
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Post by The Huff on Sept 11, 2023 14:58:59 GMT
Where's the token female? |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 11, 2023 15:54:01 GMT
Round the back with Slag, Snarl & Sludge
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 11, 2023 17:50:14 GMT
Round the back with Slag, Snarl & Sludge PHILIP! |
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 11, 2023 17:59:17 GMT
He just means they are behind the backdrop.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 11, 2023 18:02:29 GMT
I don't think he does, Doc'!
I don't know what he thinks, I'm sure!
...frightful sexual ghoul...
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 11, 2023 18:46:42 GMT
At least he isn't claiming that Arcee is actually Hardhead.
-Ralph
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Post by The Huff on Sept 13, 2023 7:25:14 GMT
At least he isn't claiming that Arcee is actually Hardhead. -Ralph No, it would be one of the Dinobots with the .... |
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 22, 2023 6:31:43 GMT
What I'm not coping well with this afternoon is that with these newer figures, Huffer is now a bulkier/taller figure than Brawn. I realise on the Sunbow scale chart, Huffer and Brawn are the same size and a little taller than the other four, but this doesn't sit right with me. Kingdom Huffer doesn't feel like he fits with Brawn/Cliffjumper/Bumblebee. So I've been doing some posing. And afterwards I did some intensive comparisoning with the Mini-Autobots we have. And I know what you mean, Pins- Huffer does seem a bit out of aesthetic with Brawn, Bumblebee and Cliffjumper. But, I've concluded that it's not too significant a difference and personally I'm ok with it. The offenders here are Cosmos and Beachcomber! Now I adore both figures, but put them with the members of the Six we have -and Warpath, who very much matches Huffer and the others- and they really do seem like they're from a different toy-line (which they obviously are but one would hope figures released this close together that are apparently meant to go together would be more similar). Cosmos and Beachcomber look like a third party company has enlarged the original mold. Just slightly, but they do. They're... smoother somehow. Yet they're superb figures! Brilliant updates of the originals, with tremendous personality. So it's not a deal breaker, and they go with Warpath adequately enough, but... it's a thing that there is. Brawn though is a high of 'updated minis'. With no shoulder injury in sight. ONWARDS, THE MINI-AUTOBOT ROAD! Edit: The Five did look and feel different from The Six back in the day, so maybe it'll be ok when the teams are complete. Maybe The Five should feel a bit different from The Six. |
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 22, 2023 7:26:05 GMT
SISYPHUS!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 22, 2023 22:44:07 GMT
The five are definitely in an odd position. I need to pick up a Beachcomber now he's come down a bit but there's no doubt they're not being designed as companions to the six. They're a bigger bunch of bots.
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 22, 2023 23:43:04 GMT
Yup.
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Post by Llama God on Sept 23, 2023 8:00:19 GMT
They're grizzled veterans of four million years' worth of war on Cybertron, whilst the six took a nice nap - of course they're going to be a little beefier.
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Post by Toph on Oct 14, 2023 18:28:20 GMT
Maggie came today, and be warned, his horns come detached and in his accessory bag, and are very losable if you're not careful.
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