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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 15, 2024 9:10:01 GMT
I believe I said at the beginning of the Minicons I was only doing the original versions of the teams so we had voted on the individual moulds at least once Two weeks off now before the Minicon Marathon begins! We'll start Bank Holiday Monday with a matter not covered by the main Minicon poll. THAT poll will have the 11 original Armada Minicon teams up against each other. Then on a week by week basis we'll vote on which member is best on each team - 11 weeks worth. And then we'll move onto the pack in Minicons. By the end of that we'll have voted on each Armada Minicon mould |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 15, 2024 11:12:56 GMT
Terradive doesn't impress me much in terms of looks Terradive's always been the one that impressed me most ever since I saw the grey scale prototype Still love it today. Would LOVE an upscaled version that shows off all that detail Plus he turns into an SR71 Blackbird! |
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 15, 2024 11:16:51 GMT
But explain why Thunderwing is no longer a Pretender, ay?
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 15, 2024 11:28:18 GMT
Not the same Thunderwing, different Universe
Name reuse still annoys me though
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Post by Jim on Jul 15, 2024 12:09:26 GMT
Terradive is a nice-looking design, but I find he feels disturbingly fragile in-hand.
Gunbarrel wins for me. Nice in all modes, feels very solid and characterful.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 15, 2024 12:15:38 GMT
The legs fall off every version of the Gun Barrel mould that I own!
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Post by Llama God on Jul 16, 2024 7:51:44 GMT
Terradive doesn't impress me much in terms of looks Terradive's always been the one that impressed me most ever since I saw the grey scale prototype Still love it today. Would LOVE an upscaled version that shows off all that detail Plus he turns into an SR71 Blackbird! Now you're right, that is a nice looking prototype. Unfortunately, for me, anyway, it doesn't translate into the plastic. I've got the Shockwave version of the mold, and it just doesn't impress at all, being a little fiddly and not pushing together properly. Maybe because the mold was getting tired by that point... |
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 16, 2024 8:39:46 GMT
Not the same Thunderwing, different Universe Finally you admit that more than one TF can have the same name!!! -Ralph |
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Post by that_bluestreak on Jul 16, 2024 16:38:53 GMT
yes, that awesome proto does it for me.
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Post by legios on Jul 16, 2024 18:07:00 GMT
The legs fall off every version of the Gun Barrel mould that I own! Likewise, except past tense. I've had that issue with both of that mold I've had, as well as the fact that the loose hip joint makes him prone to toppling one way or the other without warning. No, for me this one is easy - Terradive is a gorgeous little toy. Love the humanoid mode, it has a visually interesting outline. Gorgeous and exotic aircraft mode. Top that off with a lovely looking weapon mode. (I gather that this team was intended to lean towards being melee weapons, so I presume that Terradive is supposed to be some sort of claw-type weapon - like Nekode or Bagh Nakh. But I can't get the idea out of my head that they turn into some sort of charged particle beam or gauss weapon. It is the shape of the business end which almost feels like some sort of magnetic accelerator thingumy). Karl |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 21, 2024 11:33:34 GMT
Finishes TOMORROW!
ONE last Armada Minicon Team to go - stay on this channel!
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 21, 2024 19:59:09 GMT
Only one? There are far less mincons than I had thought!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 22, 2024 6:32:35 GMT
Terradive wins  |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 22, 2024 6:33:13 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 22, 2024 6:35:26 GMT
In Japan's Micron Legend MM-20 Emergency Micron these toys are known as: Firebot = Draft
Makeshift = Twist
Prowl = Prowl Prowl retains his wetsern name! He's the ONLY Micron Legend 3 pack Minicon to do so! Repaints Emergency Team (MM-20 Emergency Micron) | | | | | | | Unicron Battles Emergency Mini-Con Team | | | | | | | MM-21 Emergency Micron X-Dimension | | | | | | | DVD 11-13 Hazard Micron | | | | | | | Micron Booster 2 First Responder Micron | | | | | | | Universe Emergency Mini-Con Team | | | | | | | Galaxy Force Store Exclusive Hellflame Micron | | | | | | | Cybertron Mini-Con Council of Sages | | | | | | |
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Post by The Huff on Jul 22, 2024 7:06:18 GMT
Makeshift. I love his propeller fingers! Although I do like Prowl's gun mode.
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Post by Llama God on Jul 22, 2024 7:23:47 GMT
A pretty decent bunch these, all of them look not bad. Firebot is very tempting as a pick - he's very fetching in that smart red and he looks wonderfully blocky and tactile. However, Makeshift has to win for me, just because he has the most interesting of all the looks.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 22, 2024 8:04:09 GMT
Makeshift. I love his propeller fingers! It's a shame you can't do propeller fingers with movie Incinerator who's a similar sort of aircraft tfwiki.net/wiki/Incinerator_(Movie)  |
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 22, 2024 8:27:00 GMT
QUENCH.
-Ralph
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Post by The Huff on Jul 22, 2024 9:30:16 GMT
Makeshift. I love his propeller fingers! It's a shame you can't do propeller fingers with movie Incinerator who's a similar sort of aircraft tfwiki.net/wiki/Incinerator_(Movie)Something else the little minicons can do that larger, more expensive figures are unable to. But Incinerator is from Bayverse... |
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Post by Jim on Jul 22, 2024 12:58:59 GMT
Definitely Makeshift from this set, a very handsome toy, but when it comes to the repaints I could see myself going either way with the other two moulds. They're all good.
Of the sets I own, I'd probably go with Prowl from the X-Dimension version, and Anti-Blaze (great name) from the Cybertron two-packs.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 22, 2024 13:12:40 GMT
ANTI-BLAZE.
AUNTY BLAISE.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 22, 2024 13:16:41 GMT
I love Anti-Blaze as it does the amazing job of convincing me the vehicle isn't a fire truck but a SWAT Armoured vehicle with a water cannon
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 22, 2024 13:39:08 GMT
Yeah, but can you explain why Groove is not nice a bike, hmmm?
-Ralph
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Post by that_bluestreak on Jul 22, 2024 18:37:10 GMT
yeah, Makeshift. This is another team I had but I don't remember the third modes at all. the others are ok but Makeshift is the only one I'd keep if they came my way again.
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 22, 2024 21:21:08 GMT
I love the fact that Firebot can see almost nothing but he doesn't care because he's got GREAT BIG missile launchers on his shoulders.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 22, 2024 21:22:39 GMT
He almost certainly has severe tinnitus.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 22, 2024 21:24:27 GMT
Prowl!
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Post by legios on Jul 23, 2024 14:15:28 GMT
I love the fact that Firebot can see almost nothing but he doesn't care because he's got GREAT BIG missile launchers on his shoulders. Why would he be entirely reliant on a single pair of optics. How do you know he doesn't have camera booms on his shoulders, or a radar system that can see 100 degrees ahead of him for missile guidance... I know that everyone will be expecting me to vote for Makeshift. After all, he's the first of only a handful of tilt-rotors in Transformers to this day, and the only flying member of the team, and I'm me... Now I do like Makeshift, he's a fun little toy - the rotors folding up to make either three-tined claw hands, or triple-barrel rotary guns (he makes an amazing turret for MD Shockwave). But that is to forget the other influences on me. Firebot has a fun little vehicle mode, but it is the other two modes that really seal it. The humanoid mode is hefty, chonky and square - it evokes the early Destroid of Macross, that became some of the original iconic Battletech mechs, crossed with the Tread from Mospeada. There is a real projection of character from this mode - he seems solid, dependable and capable. The sort of 'bot who just tells you "I've got this", and you know whatever it is will be taken care of. And his weapon mode is superb. Its a straightforward box of missiles, an Itano Circus waiting to happen, that clips neatly onto the arm hardpoints of so many Armada/MD toys and gives them a very "loaded for mecha-bear" appearance. Two of these on Starscream (normal or Supermode) look absolutely marvelous, likewise they go really well with Megatron/Galvatron... Yeah, Firebot is one of my favourite mini-cons of this team, and a candidate for S-tier in general. Karl |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 28, 2024 13:19:09 GMT
Finishes tomorrow when we get cracking on the pack in Minicons sold with the larger sizes
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Two weeks off now before the Minicon Marathon begins!
