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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 11, 2022 9:18:56 GMT
I mean everyone here would buy 2, one for themselves and one for Ralph.
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Post by Llama God on Dec 11, 2022 9:30:46 GMT
If it happens he's going to be such a lucky boy.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 11, 2022 9:41:24 GMT
The luckiest!
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 10, 2023 23:11:19 GMT
Bomb Burst finally came out his box. It miss grade A+ status by having just one flaw: try transforming it without the jet canopy pinging off. You can see holes where there should be a pin holding it in place, but just like a similar issue with a chest plate on the Siegeker mode there inexplicably isn't one.
Otherwise, it is fabulous. I would rate it above Iguanus if it did not have this one flaw.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 14, 2023 21:10:11 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 14, 2023 21:12:40 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 21, 2023 13:28:10 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 21, 2023 13:29:32 GMT
How is it I got to last week before realising that the Autobot and Decepticon Legacy (and Legacy Evolution) boxes each have half of that range's picture and form the entire thing if placed next to each other?
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 21, 2023 22:59:48 GMT
Oh, Phil.
-Ralph
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Post by Llama God on Feb 22, 2023 8:00:08 GMT
It's okay, I didn't realise that at all. But then we only tend to get a single figure at a time, and the boxes are straight into the recycling, so we never get much of a chance to see anyway. And as for looking closely at boxes in the shop, usually a Scraplet's present, so attention is generally on making sure chaos isn't occurring elsewhere...
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 6, 2023 22:51:39 GMT
Galvatron is nice chunky figure. I have him posed with ER Ultra Magnus so they can shoot the ground together.
THE NEW LEADERS ARE HERE.
-Ralph
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Post by Llama God on Mar 7, 2023 8:16:36 GMT
Where?
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 7, 2023 10:54:41 GMT
HERE.
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on Mar 7, 2023 16:28:21 GMT
Not there?
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 7, 2023 17:05:34 GMT
and everywhere....!
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 2, 2023 9:41:12 GMT
I can't find the recent conversation we had about there not being more reuses of the Earthrise jet mould, but it occurs to me having a fiddle with Armada Starscream this morning that it might be to do with the shift in size of Voyagers this year. I'm surprised how small Voyager Armada Scream is, not compared to the original (obviously) but to other recent Voyager jets. Then I realised that we've seen a downsize in Voyagers recently - not just the beasts, but everyone commented on how slender Tarn is too. It could be that even Earthrise moulds are now too expensive to put out at the voyager price. I know Dirge is coming as a PR, but he might be excused on the grounds there's no development cost in just reissuing a toy. I'm just thinking that might be why we don't see the ER jet mould outside more expensive exclusives.
Anyway, yes. Armada Scream I've been really looking forward to as Armada is one of my favourite TF lines. He's a bit underwhelming though. Very small jet mode, and although the transformation maintains a lot of the original, the robot is floppy as hell. On mine the bicep swivels are really loose so his arms wobble about and his hip joints are really weak.
It also seems silly to me that, yes, we have his iconic wing sword, but why give us the star sabre when what he really needs is a couple of missile ends to sit in the launchers? Fab that they swing over like the originals, but what's the point when there's nothing to put in them? I can't find an upgrade kit with some either.
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 4, 2023 7:45:26 GMT
I opened Crankcase last night and discovered something I didn't notice with Skids, mostly because the pins in Skids' knees are tight and he has no trouble standing. Crankcase meanwhile is much floppier and his knees are quite loose. Bemoaning the fact that pins in knees aren't the best way to support a figure again (see also, AWE Striker Bumblebee) I noticed that there is actually a ratchet in that figure's knee joint, but the pawl (and yes, I had to look that term up) doesn't reach the teeth of the gear underneath. Same with Skids. So it looks like that mould should have a nice solid clicky knee joint but whether by accident or design, it's been disabled.
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Post by Shockprowl on Apr 4, 2023 21:55:34 GMT
Pawl.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 10, 2023 16:15:05 GMT
Nightprowler released from packaging. That is a very, very nice colour scheme in hand.
This may be heresy, but I think this Cheetor mould is far superior to the original one in BW.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 10, 2023 20:10:05 GMT
Never been that keen on the yellow bits on Nightprowler
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 10, 2023 20:22:18 GMT
I like it as it suggests the Cheetor within.
Sandstorm on the way to be his pal.
-Ralph
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Post by Llama God on Apr 11, 2023 7:08:45 GMT
This may be heresy, but I think this Cheetor mould is far superior to the original one in BW. I mean, the point of these updates is to improve upon the originals. Which is difficult with Beast Wars, so if one hits then I'd say that's a success. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 11, 2023 7:43:05 GMT
I am very fond of the original Cheetor but am aware that the beast mode "could be better" with the front being too bulky.
Previous attempts to fix this have resulted in Cheetor robots which "could be better"! Universe 2, I'm thinking of you especially!
THIS gets both modes just about right, so major points there.
Blackarachnia is good, but a ****er to Transform.
Airazor is the real winner of the beast updates for me, a real improvement on the original.... which itself didn't do an awful lot wrong for a basic!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 21, 2023 20:00:59 GMT
Since I did a repaint table for Evolution yesterday so thought I should do one for Legacy too | SIZE | Wave | Toy | From | Reuse | Potential | D | 1 | Skids | | Repaint as Velocitron Burnout & Evo Crosscut, Retool as Crankcase & Evo Medix | Reboost | D | 1 | Dragstrip | | Repaint as Velocitron Shadowstrip | | D | 1 | TFP Arcee | | Repaint as Velocitron Road Rocket, Toxitron Laser Cycle, Evo Erial | ? Cybertron Arcee | D | 1 | Kickback | | Repaint as Buzzworthy Ransack | | D | 2 | Wildrider | | Retooled as Breakdown | ? G2 Wildrider, G2 Breakdown | D | 2 | Prime Knockout | Retool of SS86 Jazz | | ? Dark Energon, Croc-out, Adventures Bloody Knockout | D | 2 | Tarantulas | | Evo PR | ? FK Tarantulas | D | 2 | Elita 1 | | Repaint as Minerva, Retool as Evo Strongarm | | D | 3 | Skullgrin | | Repaint as Evo G2 Cybertronian Trooper | ? Longtooth | D | 3 | Pointblank | | | ? Armada Blurr, Universe Swerve, Cybertron & SG Blurr | D | 3 | Crankcase | Retool of Skids | Repaint as Evo Medix | | D | 3 | Deadend | | Repaint as Velocitron G2 Deadend | | V | 1 | Blaster | PR of Kingdom Blaster | Repaint as Twincast | | V | 1 | TFP Bulkhead | | Repaint as Wreckers Bulkhead | | V | 2 | Jhiaxus | | | ? Armada Thrust, PL Thrusts, Universe Sunstorm | V | 2 | Soundwave PR | Redeco of Siege Soundwave | | | V | 3 | Armada Starscream | | | ? Armada Thundercracker, Skywarp, Universe Ramjet, Energon Sam's Club Ramjet | V | 3 | Beast Wars Inferno | | Repaint as Selects Antagony | | L | 1 | Laser Optimus Prime | | Evo PR, repaints as Velocitron Scourge & Toxitron | ? Laser Ultra Magnus | L | 1 | Galvatron PR | Repaint of Kingdom Galvatron | | | L | 2 | Blitzwing | | Evo PR | ? Flywheels | L | 3 | Dragon Megatron | | Evo PR | ? RiD Cryotek, a whole rainbow of other dragons |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 22, 2023 10:09:40 GMT
I draw my learned colleagues to 3 entries in this table Since I did a repaint table for Evolution yesterday so thought I should do one for Legacy too | SIZE | Wave | Toy | From | Reuse | Potential | D | 3 | Pointblank | | | ? Armada Blurr, Universe Swerve, Cybertron & SG Blurr | V | 2 | Jhiaxus | | | ? Armada Thrust, PL Thrusts, Universe Sunstorm | V | 3 | Armada Starscream | | | ? Armada Thundercracker, Skywarp, Universe Ramjet, Energon Sam's Club Ramjet |
3 new toys, all with no repaints as yet, All with possible Armada repaints. Hasbro's lining them up..... |
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Post by Toph on Jun 22, 2023 16:55:13 GMT
Pointblank has a Mach Alert/Prowl in him, too. Now with Sideburn a sure thing, I don't think that's off the table.
I'd rather a P/CP retool myself, but that mold probably isn't current enough.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 11, 2023 8:55:48 GMT
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Post by Benn on Jul 11, 2023 9:13:13 GMT
It's hard to argue that. I don't dislike Skullgrin as much as a lot of people seem to, but I don't think he's particularly good either.
He's a very whelming toy.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 11, 2023 12:56:12 GMT
Phil saved me cash. Skullgrin was on my wants list until I handled his. Dreadful toy.
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on Jul 11, 2023 13:50:34 GMT
It just makes me think you need to commit one way or the other. Just do the inner robot, or the pretender shell. Not a hodgepodge of them both.
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