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Post by Toph on May 17, 2024 2:03:46 GMT
So I figured out why the new Bumblebee doesn't sit right for me.
Robot mode is 100% sunbow based, while the vehicle mode is inadvertently toy because his animation model looked like that once in a while.
If they had put his wheels on his arms and went with a toy inspired robot, like what the upcoming Optimus is supposed to be like, I think I'd be frothing at the mouth for this.
Almost all G1 Bumblebees, as far back as Pretender, have been sunbow inspired. None have been toy inspired.
And no, I consider Missing Link to be a completely separate thing to Generations.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 17, 2024 11:50:47 GMT
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Post by Jim on May 17, 2024 12:06:25 GMT
The Siege vehicle mode photos are definitely more flattering - not putting the sword / rotor on top of the car mode and a higher angle on the helicopter mode hide some of the deficiencies of the mould.
I also still prefer those colours, including the battle damage.
The wrist blaster on the new one is a neat feature, but The Iconic Hammer just looks bad. If you're really going to lean into that idea (please don't) then it should be some big, sci-fi, mechanical weapon hammer not unlike the weapon that comes with Siege Ironhide. This one actually looks kind of comical to me.
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Post by Benn on May 17, 2024 14:36:40 GMT
It's more a mallet.
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Post by legios on May 17, 2024 16:17:16 GMT
Yep, looks much more like the sort of thing you hit tent pegs with than anything designed as a weapon (also, what is up with that haft? It is about fifty percent too short for that head. With Myjolnir the haft being too short is a part of the narrative - Loki was trying to cheat his way into the smith not winning the right to kill him... But this icomic hammer has no such excuse...)
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on May 17, 2024 16:44:23 GMT
Look. We've waited 40 years for the iconic Wreckers hammer to appear in toy form. What more do people want?
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 17, 2024 16:52:45 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 17, 2024 16:53:27 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on May 17, 2024 17:05:47 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 17, 2024 17:37:07 GMT
Look. We've waited 40 years for the iconic Wreckers hammer to appear in toy form. What more do people want? -Ralph Can you remind me for how many of those 40 years was The Iconic Wreckers Hammer not a thing? |
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Post by Benn on May 17, 2024 18:23:38 GMT
When the Iconic Wreckers Hammer was created in 2022 it had always existed since 1986.
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Post by The Doctor on May 17, 2024 20:27:23 GMT
Correct.
We've even seen Rack N'Ruin use it.
The hammer was in plain site all this time!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Kingoji on May 18, 2024 8:51:35 GMT
I'd rather they celebrate the iconic Wrecker Rack'n'Ruin.
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Post by The Doctor on May 18, 2024 9:04:43 GMT
This could be the first step! Each new release of a slightly different Springer comes with a part of Rack N'Ruin! Collect them all!
-Ralph
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Post by legios on May 18, 2024 13:02:51 GMT
When the Iconic Wreckers Hammer was created in 2022 it had always existed since 1986. We of course do not remember because as Time Travelers we have Protected Memories and recall the series of events that never existed prior to being changed to what has now always been the case... Time Travel...plays havoc with the grammar. Karl |
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 22, 2024 15:28:11 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 22, 2024 15:35:02 GMT
Ordered already.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 22, 2024 15:43:54 GMT
If only Shockprowl had ordered last year's Decepticon Shuttle Ambush he too could now be enjoying the pleasure of a full Autobot Shuttle Crew |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 22, 2024 15:47:42 GMT
If only Shockprowl had ordered last year's Decepticon Shuttle Ambush he too could now be enjoying the pleasure of a full Autobot Shuttle Crew On sale now at ID toys I may have also ordered them... |
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 22, 2024 15:56:45 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on May 22, 2024 17:57:07 GMT
Ratchet/Brawn out of stock already (I was going to cave). Nevermind then. Are we back to 2020 stock levels??
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 22, 2024 18:28:22 GMT
At the moment they're the only people in the world who've had it, and it's a set that completes a larger set of toys so.....
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Post by Shockprowl on May 22, 2024 20:22:07 GMT
If only Shockprowl had ordered last year's Decepticon Shuttle Ambush he too could now be enjoying the pleasure of a full Autobot Shuttle Crew oh no it has sold out already I won't be able to display an amazing collection of dead or dying characters who enriched my childhood gosh darn it |
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Post by Pinwig on May 22, 2024 20:27:02 GMT
I hope you took your daughters to the 40th cinema event.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 24, 2024 17:47:31 GMT
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Post by Llama God on May 25, 2024 9:00:54 GMT
That is one angry Brawn. Tempting to get him just for how angry he is...
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 25, 2024 9:09:16 GMT
You could score him on a scale of 1 to MP G2 Sideswipe
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Post by Benn on May 25, 2024 9:25:06 GMT
"Killing him only made him angrier"
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 25, 2024 20:26:43 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on May 26, 2024 19:02:15 GMT
Magnus has got me feeling I ought to be SS86 complete. £35 seems pricey for another Blaster, but I reckon I like the colours better. Even if they aren't toy accurate.
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