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Post by Fortmax2020 on May 13, 2024 19:59:39 GMT
Sonar. Really pings.
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Post by The Doctor on May 13, 2024 20:41:28 GMT
Like a submarine.
I had all the remixes of Das Boot by U-96, you know.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on May 13, 2024 20:44:36 GMT
Are we... are we going to have to vote on all of these sets? Come on Urzu, you can do it. Put that wobbly lip away. It'll be alright.
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Post by Pinwig on May 13, 2024 20:47:06 GMT
I stand with Ralph. Sonar's pantaloons are just ridiculous. He is the MC Hammer of minicons.
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Post by The Doctor on May 13, 2024 20:55:53 GMT
U Can't Touch This!
-Ralph
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Post by legios on May 13, 2024 21:30:35 GMT
Runway. Most solid plane mode Interesting. I'd say that the alt-mode isn't as good as Sonar's - Runway feels like it has a lot of robot bits stuffed under the fuselage and inner wing that don't feel well-proportioned with the rest of the aircraft to me. Sonar on the other hand takes advantage of being some sort of vaguely lifting body design, and essentially tucks all the extraneous parts inside. I'd say that Sonar has the tidiest altmode of the three. Runway is miles ahead of Jetstorm on the alt-mode front though, I'll give you that - at least Runway is making an effort to be streamlined. Jetstorm is just trying to drag two large blocks around under the wings, which can't be fun from a fuel efficiency standpoint! Karl
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Post by Pinwig on May 13, 2024 21:34:42 GMT
I will admit Sonar is doing a good impersonation of the Whomobile.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 13, 2024 21:51:02 GMT
Runway. Most solid plane mode Interesting. I'd say that the alt-mode isn't as good as Sonar's - Runway feels like it has a lot of robot bits stuffed under the fuselage and inner wing that don't feel well-proportioned with the rest of the aircraft to me. Sonar on the other hand takes advantage of being some sort of vaguely lifting body design, and essentially tucks all the extraneous parts inside. I'd say that Sonar has the tidiest altmode of the three. Really? The bit of the sword on the underside has always really irritated me, more than the robot bits on the other two: www.transformertoys.co.uk/resources/review/armada/+sonar+/876
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Post by The Huff on May 13, 2024 22:03:12 GMT
Hard to decide who to vote for here. None of this team have ever interested me, they are all dull colours and I seem to remember them falling apart a lot.
But if one of them has MC Hammer trousers then that's good enough for me.
(Didn't another Transformer have similar Hammer trousers in one of the past polls?)
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Post by Fortmax2020 on May 14, 2024 6:25:08 GMT
Interesting. I'd say that the alt-mode isn't as good as Sonar's - Runway feels like it has a lot of robot bits stuffed under the fuselage and inner wing that don't feel well-proportioned with the rest of the aircraft to me. Sonar on the other hand takes advantage of being some sort of vaguely lifting body design, and essentially tucks all the extraneous parts inside. I'd say that Sonar has the tidiest altmode of the three. Really? The bit of the sword on the underside has always really irritated me, more than the robot bits on the other two: www.transformertoys.co.uk/resources/review/armada/+sonar+/876You mean his engines? Given his alt mode is based on a glider it makes sense he'd need something extra in the engine department.
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Post by Fortmax2020 on May 14, 2024 6:26:12 GMT
Like a submarine. I had all the remixes of Das Boot by U-96, you know. -Ralph Thread drift, Phil. Can you remove (or delete!) and add 'remixes' to the swear filter for Ralph's profile?
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Post by Llama God on May 14, 2024 7:08:46 GMT
Are we... are we going to have to vote on all of these sets? Come on Urzu, you can do it. Put that wobbly lip away. It'll be alright. We can do this. We can all get through this if we do this TOGETHER. *hopes that no-one notices the single tear running down his cheek*
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Post by The Huff on May 14, 2024 7:29:24 GMT
Hard to decide who to vote for here. None of this team have ever interested me, they are all dull colours and I seem to remember them falling apart a lot. But if one of them has MC Hammer trousers then that's good enough for me. (Didn't another Transformer have similar Hammer trousers in one of the past polls?) It was G2 Groove. I remember now. He and Sonar need a dance off.
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Post by Pinwig on May 14, 2024 19:38:36 GMT
Come on Urzu, you can do it. Put that wobbly lip away. It'll be alright. We can do this. We can all get through this if we do this TOGETHER. *hopes that no-one notices the single tear running down his cheek* There will be a time when we look back on this as the golden era, the glory days of the poll*. Let us enjoy it now and bask in the glory of mininess. We did the Micromasters, we can do this! We can! *Which will of course be the first week of the ten years we have to spend on RotF.
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Post by legios on May 14, 2024 21:18:18 GMT
Interesting. I'd say that the alt-mode isn't as good as Sonar's - Runway feels like it has a lot of robot bits stuffed under the fuselage and inner wing that don't feel well-proportioned with the rest of the aircraft to me. Sonar on the other hand takes advantage of being some sort of vaguely lifting body design, and essentially tucks all the extraneous parts inside. I'd say that Sonar has the tidiest altmode of the three. Really? The bit of the sword on the underside has always really irritated me, more than the robot bits on the other two: Yep. Because those are molded in transparent plastic my brain treats them as if they are intended to not be there in that mode. It feels like a signal that "this bit appears by b*1l5h1t.. er...magic when they combine into a sword" in the same way that they use magic to be the the same size when they combine, despite the fact that Sonar's alt-mode should be significantly smaller than the other two. I think the fact that it is molded in "not really here" plastic, and the fact that it isn't an essential part of the alt-mode or the humanoid mode, makes my brain treat it as "not part of it" in a way that the legs of the other two can't be so easily so regarded. Karl
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Post by legios on May 14, 2024 21:20:02 GMT
Are we... are we going to have to vote on all of these sets? Nah. Just do what I do. Vote when I remember, and am also interested in what is under consideration. So, "when the stars align" as the song has it. Karl
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Post by Bogatan on May 14, 2024 21:21:38 GMT
We can do this. We can all get through this if we do this TOGETHER. *hopes that no-one notices the single tear running down his cheek* There will be a time when we look back on this as the golden era, the glory days of the poll*. Let us enjoy it now and bask in the glory of mininess. We did the Micromasters, we can do this! We can! *Which will of course be the first week of the ten years we have to spend on RotF. Movie legends class toys will be a whole thing. They might out do minicons for number of repaints
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Post by Pinwig on May 14, 2024 21:26:53 GMT
Those will be the... Difficult times.
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Post by The Doctor on May 14, 2024 21:30:47 GMT
There will be a time when we look back on this as the golden era, the glory days of the poll*. Let us enjoy it now and bask in the glory of mininess. We did the Micromasters, we can do this! We can! *Which will of course be the first week of the ten years we have to spend on RotF. Movie legends class toys will be a whole thing. They might out do minicons for number of repaints Winking Keroro! -Ralph
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Post by Bogatan on May 14, 2024 22:38:03 GMT
DAMN YOU!!!!!
but yes how will phils poll handle the sticker variants.
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Post by Bogatan on May 14, 2024 22:39:31 GMT
I'd finally forgotten about searching for winking keroko
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 14, 2024 23:17:43 GMT
Are we... are we going to have to vote on all of these sets? Nah. Just do what I do. Vote when I remember, and am also interested in what is under consideration. So, "when the stars align" as the song has it. Karl As it's also known "when the planes turn up"
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Post by The Doctor on May 15, 2024 7:42:02 GMT
I'd finally forgotten about searching for winking keroko WHAT. -Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 19, 2024 12:59:58 GMT
Finishes tomorrow. Sonar winning by a country mile
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Post by Pinwig on May 19, 2024 13:22:59 GMT
Runway can't touch this.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 20, 2024 6:27:22 GMT
Sonar wins
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 20, 2024 6:27:49 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 20, 2024 6:29:50 GMT
In Japan's Micron Legend MM-03 Land Military Micron these toys are known as: Bonecrusher = Bomb
Knock Out = Crack
Wreckage = Shot Repaints: Land Military Team (MM-03 Land Military Micron) | | | | | | | Night Attack Mini-Con Team | | | | | | | MM-08 Land Military Micron X-Dimension | | | | | | | Micron Legend Store Exclusive Ultimate Micron | | | | | | | Cybertron Air Defense Mini-Con Team | | | | | | |
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Post by The Huff on May 20, 2024 7:14:51 GMT
Bonecrusher for me. I remember spotting the robot in a Dreamwave (puttup) comic and thought he looked interesting and when I found the toy, it had this clever rotating in half transformation.
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Post by The Doctor on May 20, 2024 8:43:56 GMT
But wait. Bonecrusher can only be a Constructicon. Explain this, Phil.
-Ralph
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